We completed Chapter 6 in this session of Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk, which was run on Monday, February 19, 2023. The current characters in the campaign are: Syzoth’s player controls the rogue henchman, I control Simeon. (Simeon stays out of discussion for the most part, though I occasionally employ him to aid roleplaying between characters). When we left off our previous session, the … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 17

We ran this session of The Shattered Obelisk on Monday, February 12, 2024. The party began the session at the great crossroads at the heart of Gibbet Crossing, after killing the lone alpha grick that was there. Listening carefully, they heard rustling sounds to the west. My party is very much of the mind that you shouldn’t leave monsters to creep up on them, so … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 16

We played this session of The Shattered Obelisk on Monday, February 6, 2024. The action continued through Chapter 6, and the exploration of the dwarven crypt sacred to Dumathoin’s clergy. The characters started this session looking at a blank wall. The players had worked out it would be opened when they pulled both levers at once, but let’s consider the wall. How out of place … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 15

We played our thirteenth session of The Shattered Obelisk on Monday, January 22, 2024. We were proceeding through Chapter 6. It was an unusual session. One of our players (Vel’rali) had lost his voice. So, he communicated to us throughout the session with posts on Roll20 chat while the rest of us talked on Skype. It worked surprisingly well. I will mention this here: I … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 13

We played this session of The Shattered Obelisk on Monday, January 15, 2024, the first session after a long break. Vel’rali was back, and Nymia’s player had chosen to create a new character – Killin, a NG earth genasi paladin (Oath of Ancients) following Mielikki. Syzoth and Jake the rogue henchman made up the rest of the group to rescue Simeon, Nymia, and the others. … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 12

We played our eleventh session of The Shattered Obelisk on Monday, December 18, 2023. During our last session, the group had fared very poorly in their first expedition into Zorzula’s Rest (part of Chapter 5). Simeon, the fighter of the group, had been captured. And for this session, one of our players couldn’t make it. I typically play Simeon as an NPC, so that just … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 11

We played our tenth session of The Shattered Obelisk on Monday, December 11, 2023. This was our first session comprised entirely of new material, as we continued through Chapter 5: Paths of Peril. The party had found a long tunnel leading away from Phandalin that some of the goblins had used to flee, but they quickly abandoned their idea of following the tunnel when I … Continue reading The Shattered Obelisk, session 10