I briefly considered announcing the skill challenge, as this was the first one the group had encountered. The group chimed right in with diplomacy attempts as soon as Sir Keegan finished his opening monologue, so I stuck with my standard operating procedure and asked for the appropriate skill check after they told me their actions. [...]

This is the 16th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. It combines 3 different keyed areas from the original map to make a truly dynamic encounter. There’s a trap, challenging terrain, and a variety of monsters. It feels like a 4E encounter without me having to do any tweaking. Overview The players [...]

Jason was absent for this session, so I played Ansis as an NPC. That’s a practice I try to avoid, but the party was deep into the first level of the dungeon, so coming up with a reason for Ansis to depart and be replaced was difficult. The heroes had just dispatched a group of [...]

This is the 15th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. Unlike the corresponding encounter in the kobold area, the goblin captives are sequestered off by themselves, making for a relatively boring 4E encounter. (Technically, it’s not even an encounter.) So, with a heavy dose of inspiration from Keep on the Shadowfell, I [...]

As much as I love DMing my current 4E campaign, I’ve really been wanting to play in a game since the release of D&D’s latest edition. I don’t have time for another scheduled, live game, so I decided to take a chance with play-by-post (PbP). My experience with PbP as a player has been less [...]

Wow! Welcome to the 200+ new visitors who discovered my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel via NewbieDM’s twitter and WotC’s November news article. Thanks to you guys, “The goblin gate” catapulted to my second most popular article in one day. The attention is flattering, especially in light of the fact that I am neither [...]