Red Larch. The Dessamber Valley. 20th Mirtul. 1491 DR. A few days had passed since the adventurers’ triumphant return from Lance Rock. Monkey, Francis and Jakesy said goodbye to the other adventurers, and continued on their travels, while Diablo and Gimbel returned from their own travels and rejoined the party again, where they were regaled with tales of all the trouble the adventurers had experienced … Continue reading Princes of the Apocalypse, session 4
About ten years ago, I was playing a cleric in a D&D 3.5E campaign – an adapted version of Greyhawk Ruins. I was the oldest player there, with most of the other players being 10-15 years younger than me and fairly new to the game. As we explored one of the passages, we came across a large party of hobgoblins wearing plate armour. The other … Continue reading Running Away, Let’s Do It!
It is a delight to read the adventures of new writers, especially when they write adventures as well-constructed as this one. The Leviathan’s Tomb is an adventure for five level 3 characters, although it provides notes for scaling the adventure for 3-5 characters of levels 1-4, in the manner of the D&D Expeditions adventures. A nearby lord needs help clearing out an ancient, island castle … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Leviathan’s Tomb
Dale C. McCoy Jr has been producing material for the Pathfinder game for several years, and with Rescue from Tyrkaven he has turned his attention to the 5E game. Rescue consists of a single dungeon of 15 areas. A short but effective introduction gives the DM the background and synopsis of the adventure, but it wastes no time in giving you the meat of the adventure. In … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Rescue from Tyrkaven
Campaigns in Cairnvarthi is a big product – 145 pages in total – which its author, Matthew Evans, has made available through DriveThruRPG in pdf or print-on-demand format. Part campaign setting, part adventure, it’s something he’s been working on for some time. I’m not going to review the campaign setting here in detail. It contains a short history of the world and details on the … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Campaigns in Cairnvarthi
Out of the Abyss, the main published adventure for the next storyline season of D&D, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Here’s the descriptive text: Dare to descend into the Underdark in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game The Underdark is a subterranean wonderland, a vast and twisted labyrinth where fear reigns. It is the home of horrific monsters that have never seen … Continue reading Out of the Abyss – coming soon!
Outside Baldur’s Gate. The Sword Coast. 1489 DR. The adventurers had stopped off in Baldur’s Gate, where they had paid the priests of the Lady’s Hall money to raise Ice, the halfling sorceress having been slain in their last battle against the Cult. Now they were on the Trade Way, heading north back towards Waterdeep. However, the Cult of the Dragon had not finished with … Continue reading The Rise of Tiamat – Session 11
The Erigon Valley. Upper Macedonia. 358 BC. Philip had ascended the throne of Macedon the year before after his brother, Perdiccas III had been killed by King Bardylis of Illyria. Bardylis had been an ongoing thorn in the side of the Macedonians: he’d defeated Philip’s father as well and occupied most of Macedonia. The next year, Philip II of Macedon decided enough was enough and … Continue reading The Great Battles of Alexander: Erigon Valley 358 BC
Red Larch. The Dessamber Valley. 13th Mirtul, 1491 DR. Following the disastrous expedition against the Lord of Lance Rock, the remaining adventurers sent messages back to Waterdeep through their faction contacts, asking for aid. It was a few days coming, but five new adventurers presented themselves in Red Larch: some sent by the Zhentarim, others coming to find out what the Zhentarim were doing in … Continue reading Princes of the Apocalypse, session 3
As I was writing my last couple of articles, it became apparent to me that there were a fair number of events in the Realms that all related back to one storyline, and it’s a storyline that I didn’t even mention in my introductory article. Oops. So, before continuing on to the recent history of the Realms, I’m going to return to one of the … Continue reading An Introduction to the Forgotten Realms: The Time of Troubles
