Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 31st session in which the PCs confront the Green Wyrmspeaker Neronvain and the green dragon Chuth yet again. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 12th Hammer, 1491 DR (contd.) Crake scouts ahead, sneaking up the passage to the cultists’ quarters. He spots two groups of dragonclaw cultists, each led by a dragonfang, in rooms to the left and right. The thief rejoins the others and Gwastdyn casts wall of fire to cut off one of the groups while the res ..read more

Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session, in which the death curse was mentioned for the first time. Once the characters had escaped Firefinger, we started Rainforest Reckoning, the adventure I wrote for the Tome of Beasts 3 Lairs book and featuring a couple of creatures I designed for TOB3. I had a lot of fun drawing the battle map for the adventure on my Tact-Tiles and adding trees etc from Loke Battlemats. Emerald Cascade Begin here with Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice 19th Eleint, 1495 DR (contd.) Trapped inside the stone tower at the top of Firef ..read more

Here’s the write up from our last Scarlet Citadel session in which the adventurers paid their debt to Vuxarix the chort devil and made their way down to Level 6, the Howling Halls. You can read earlier posts here. This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Citadel. Before heading to the Skull Chamber to summon Vuxarix the devil, Tricksy sneaks up to the purple crystal chamber and peers in. As before, the room appears empty, so the rogue drinks a potion of augmented reality, and looks again. Now Tricksy can see two crystalline devils standing on top of the two crystal platforms; he realises t ..read more

Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 30th session in the PCs have a lucky escape and then try again. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 11th Hammer, 1491 DR (contd.) The characters discuss in whispered voices what might happen if Neronvain finds them in his stronghold and decide to act first. Gwastdyn casts a wall of fire across the tunnel that the elf went down, then Turin casts fog cloud as the elves on the ledge nock arrows to their bows. Neronvain casts  ..read more

Here’s the write up from our last Scarlet Citadel session in which the adventurers dealt with Kurgorom and finally cleared Level 4 of derro. You can read earlier posts here. This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Citadel. Tricksy rejoins the party as the adventurers have a short rest.  Clairmont heads north towards the shrine of Camazotz and encounters the two surviving ghasts summoned by Gilsfeyr last session. The cleric of Khors holds them at bay while the other two clerics attack from range and Tricksy moves into melee.  Once the ghasts were dead we stayed in initiative as t ..read more

Here’s the write up from our latest Tomb of Annihilation session. The PCs visited Firefinger – the first location they’ve been to in the jungles from the hardcover adventure itself. This session was notable for the players’ terrible rolls, particularly Tharhul’s player who rolled a succession of 1s, both when he was supposed to be guiding the group through the jungle, and in combat. Putting his d20 in a dice jail didn’t help, sadly. Inside Firefinger, we ran into one of the monster / room size issues Merric Blackman has been complaining about on his blog. Fighting Large pterafolk in a cave tha ..read more

Here’s the write up from our latest Scarlet Citadel session. The characters have returned to Level 4 of the dungeon so they can summon the chort devil Vuxarix using the skull portal and repay their debt. Last session, the characters defeated the many bats in the Bat Cavern, but this time they faced the derro bat cult and its leader, Gilsfeyr, a speaker in darkness (Creature Codex). We were down to just the three clerics again this session and the adventurers ended up in serious trouble against the derro. A second TPK was on the cards but they managed to escape on flying broomsticks. It was fun ..read more

Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 29th session in which we continued with The Rise of Tiamat. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 6th Hammer, 1491 DR The adventurers continue down the Trade Way towards the Way Inn. A black dragon is sighted in the distance, flying towards the Lizard Marsh. Ug is convinced this is the same dragon that killed her family and heads off after it. The other characters try to persuade the paladin to focus on their current mission to no avail and end up t ..read more

Here’s the write up from latest Scarlet Citadel session, in which the characters returned to the Bat Caverns to pay their debt to the chort devil Vuxarix. We were without Tricksy the elf rogue for this session. You can read earlier posts here. This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Citadel. As the characters enter Brutwer the blood hag’s gallery, the grotesque faces hanging on the walls fly around them. Clairmont uses burning hands to scorch several of the flapping faces but there are a lot of them! A peeled dwarf visage envelops Maya’s face, while an elf maiden’s skin wraps itself aroun ..read more

Here’s the write up from latest Scarlet Citadel session, in which the characters continued to explore the Black River as they searched for a way back to the upper levels of the dungeon. You can read earlier posts here. This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Citadel. After discovering deep ones worshipping at the Frog Shrine, the characters moor their raft and advance onto the landing. Meanwhile, the mysterious Boatman is still waiting silently nearby. Tricksy and Tunde use misty step and expeditious retreat to get behind the deep ones, while Maya and Clairmont attack from the front. The ..read more