Beneath the City of the Dead is an adventure for level 1-4 characters. It is part two of the Umbral Aristocracy trilogy of Season 8 of the Adventurers League. Set in Waterdeep, the adventurers investigate a crypt in the City of the Dead, which was the destination of the map in The Map with No Names. The adventurers believe it’s the location of a great … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Beneath the City of the Dead
The Arcanacon convention will run on the 26th and 27th of January, 2019. I’m planning to be there with a number of other DMs, running D&D Adventurers League games for whoever chooses to join us. In addition, I’m hoping to have Fai Chen’s Fantastical Faire (for the first time at a Victorian event), providing more opportunity for D&D Adventurers League players to… do something magical. … Continue reading Arcanacon 2019
So, you’ve got an idea for a big adventure, and you’re going to release it as a trilogy or other multi-part series? Good for you! I love series of adventures. At least, I like most of them… Recent readers of this blog may have noticed I’ve been getting very annoyed at some recent D&D Adventurers League releases – both official and Convention-Created Content. These have … Continue reading Adventure Structure: Trilogies
The Barrows of Solina, an Adventurers League-legal adventure for level 5-10 characters, sees the adventurers meet some Zhentarim tomb-robbers who are being chased by some angry ghosts. A lot of undead feature in the adventure! It is a good adventure, in which the main flaws are with its presentation. The storyline, history and encounters are very entertaining. One of the best things about it is … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Barrows of Solina
I ran a third session using the Pathfinder 2 playtest rules yesterday, as I was joined by three of my friends and continued to take them through the level 4 adventure. After the third combat of the afternoon, we stopped and looked at each other, and we started to express how much we weren’t enjoying the game. Even Warren, who is a great fan of … Continue reading More Pathfinder 2 Playtest
The adventurers come to the end of the Aetherglen trilogy. Or do they? Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Death Beneath the Roots
The Map with No Names is a level 1-4 adventure, the first of a trilogy, set in Waterdeep during the events of Dragon Heist. As a result, the city is full of people looking for treasure. The player characters join the fun when a local barkeep gives them a cryptic treasure map that was left behind in his bar; he initially thinks it must belong … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Map with No Names
