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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
After Action Report: D20 Cruise
Thankfully, a good friend of mine had applied and been accepted as well. This was convenient, because I did not have to share a cabin with a stranger and some of the DMs on this cruise were pretty strange. Neither one of us had ever been on cruise, but we both had decades of experience running games.
My largest concern was my players. I was worried that my players would not like me, or like my game. Basically, I was afraid I would not be good enough.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Session One-Hundred Nine: Tyrian Conundrum
They arrived back at the Lost Oasis. Kraah and Dimitria wasted no time in using what little healing magic they had to patch up the group. However, it was not enough and they decided to recover for the rest of the day.
Day 3, Week 2, Fifthover, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending
The group decided to rest and recover for another day.
Day 4, Week 2, Fifthover, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending
After the group had sufficiently recovered, they discussed their next move. They decided to disguise Kraah and Rafiq. Their plan was to have Rafiq pose as a slave of Kraah's and go to the client village, which the Bishara estate was near, and inquire why the Bishara estate was attacked.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Session One Hundred Eight: Return to the Bishara Estate
Selia tied a rope around herself and handed the other end to Yusef. She then leaped into the water and saw a creature dragging Clavis into the depths. Selia used her bone dagger and stabbed at the creature. The creature fought back, but in doing so, released Clavis. Clavis floated back up to the surface and Kraah was able to push him to shore. Rafiq and Dimitria pulled Clavis out of the oasis and used their knowledge of healing to expel the water from his lungs.
Meanwhile, Selia was doing a decent job of fighting off the monster, while holding her breath. However, once Clavis was safely back on shore, Yusef began pulling the rope and Selia was whisked away from the fight. The monster tried to grab her, but failed and Selia was dragged ashore.
Kraah, Rafiq, Selia, and Yusef were badly wounded, from their fight with the efreeti, and Clavis needed time to recover from his ordeal has well, so the group decided to rest near the oasis for the rest of the day.
Kraah. Rafiq, Selia, and Yusef shared their experience in the paraelemental planes with Clavis and Dimitria. Dimitria was fascinated by the entire story, but Clavis only liked the parts with fighting. They gave the efreeti's bronze scimitar to Clavis.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Session One-Hundred Seven: Assassins!
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Session One Hundred Six: Creatures of the Forest Ridge
Without warning, a huge, hairy beast leapt onto Clavis and bit him. The group was completely surprised. The beast was fast and blood thirsty, Dimitria recognized it as a sloth.
The sloth was vicious and, even when badly wounded, refused to give up. The group took some serious wounds, but were able to defeat the creature. Magically healing was applied and the group moved from the area, afraid the noise would attract more animals or, worse, more halflings.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Session One Hundred-Five: The Halflings of the Forest Ridge
Suddenly, Kraah found himself in strange place. The sky was dark, but he could see lightning flashing between clouds and rain pouring from one cloud to another. Being an air cleric, he knew something of the planes and realized he was on the Paraelemental Plane of Rain. What he was unsure how he had arrived there. He began flying around to investigate.
While he was exploring, he saw a miniature sun and began flying toward it. As he flew toward it, the sun got bigger and bigger. Distances were difficult to gauge, as there was no horizon to compare objects to. He soon saw small flecks of something moving off of and around the sun. He wasn't sure what it could be.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Guest DM on D20 Caribbean Cruise
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If you are able to join me, use my code: BRENTDUNGEON for $50 off.
The games on the cruise will be 5th edition D&D, but I am going to run it in OSR fashion, with death being very possible. But there are other DMs as well, if you want a more tame experience.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Session One Hundred Four: The Forest Ridge
A woman emerged from the darkness and put a hand over Selia's mouth. She was shaped like a human, but had pointed ears. Selia was colorblind, so the woman's skin looked gray and her hair appeared black. The woman told Selia to be quiet, that she would not be harmed.
The woman then asked Selia if she, or the group, were there to befoul her water. She also told Selia that she was reading her mind and Selia only had to think an answer. Selia answered no.
The woman asked about the group's reasons for being there and Selia, who could not lie, told her what she knew. The woman released Selia from the magical paralyzed state and asked her to wake up Dimitria, so they could talk further. She said her name was Raaza.
Dimitria was awakened and she and Selia talked to Raaza. Raaza said she was a creature of water, called an Avasori. She then told them that she was the guardian of the pool and the pool was very important to the elemental lords of water.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Session One Hundred Three: The Slave and His Noble
The group awoke and Dimitria caught up with Selia, as they passed out their daily rations. Yusef had used some string to fasten Raco's skull to his severed wrist and was talking to it, as if Raco were still alive. Everyone worried about Yusef's mental state; he had lost three friends and his hand in a very short time.
The group returned to the cloud ray carcass and carved off the meat they thought they could carry, leaving the rest for vultures and other scavengers.
They continued their hike through the mountain and, after a few hours, came upon a ravine. They were prepared to navigate around the ravine, as they had done so many times before, when something caught Kraah's eye. He saw some unusual colors on an outcropping, inside the ravine. He flew closer and saw two human men huddled together.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Session One Hundred Two: The Cloud Ray Incident
Dimitria told Yusef that Samsun had cut off his hand and Yusef was furious. Samsun apologized and told him it was an accident. Yusef understood, but was still upset.
Day 11, Week 1, Fifthover, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending
In the morning, Dimitria used her magic to restore Yusef's sight. Kraah used his own magic to restore his own sight. Yusef took Samsun's pound of goat butter and said it was his, because Samsun had cut off his hand. Samsun did not argue.
While they burned Cheet's body, the handed out food and water rations. Then, they scattered her ashes on the scant greenery of the mountain tops. Saying goodbye to Cheet one last time, the group hiked into the mountains.