With the PCs all ready to go to Stone Tooth and hunt for the legendary weapons smithed by Durgeddin Blackforge, I cast my last hook. Day headed back to the ruined keep to give the remains of Splug a proper rest. Gullyven and Elazul tagged along, leaving Ansis at Wrafton’s in the company of elf [...]

I recalled the other inns the cowherd had mentioned, and the Jovial Juggler sprang to mind, familiar for some reason. Then I remembered the gnome back at the Friendly Arm Inn. Her house had been next to the Juggler, and she had asked us to get some things for her. That could wait until after [...]

This is it! The climatic end of the adventure. The 28th and final encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. I’m tinkering with the idea of releasing this as a PDF, but haven’t committed to that. I’ve also considered taking what I’ve learned and putting together a proposal for an original 4E module. [...]

A polite cowherd gave us directions to several inns where we could rest. The first one we came across was the Burning Wizard, as proclaimed by the garishly painted sign out front. A young man lounged on the steps leading up to the door. “Excuse us,” I said as I tried to move past him. [...]

One mechanic I have struggled with as a Dungeon Master is hit points. Oh, I don’t mean from a rules perspective. No, hit points present a challenge to me in terms of describing the effects of a successful hit and the resulting damage. Like many gamers, I find it difficult to bridge the dichotomy between [...]

This session featured roleplay over combat as I set some hooks for future adventures. I had also offered the opportunity to change PCs at this point in light of the recent addition of a new player. Ben was the only one who took me up on the offer, so Kiran was retired and Elazul “Priest” [...]