I hope all my readers had a great holiday season. My family spent some time traveling to visit relatives, and I came down with my annual holiday flu/cold. Our first session of the new year took place over the holiday weekend. Jason was unable to make it because of family plans, and Eric’s empty slot [...]

Our last session was some three weeks ago. This time of year is always difficult for scheduling, whether due to illnesses or holiday plans. Finally, everyone’s health and calendar lined up. Except for Eric. Something about seeing some friends before he moves back to Idaho after the first of the new year. Wait!? What!!!!???? Seems [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

The session began with a discussion about whether to take an extended rest in the dungeon or return to town. The heroes decided to camp out in the south guardroom of Balgron’s quarters. Someone or something attempted to open the door during Ansis’s watch, but he held it closed. The rest of the time passed [...]

After a short rest in the goblin guard room, the PCs decided not to pursue the one goblin warrior that fled, reasoning that it would have reached wherever it was going and warn whoever it was going to warn. Instead, they followed the path of least resistance and headed down the passage that lead west [...]