No, not the paladin–the GM. He had an encounter all planned out. It was a good encounter! There were drow warriors and blade spiders and all the trimmings and they marched up to the castle and demanded to know where Drow-Bob was and what we had done with him. …it got a little out of […]
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(I hate to be one of those people who Tells Your About Their Character, but since people asked for the resolution…) So when last we left our intrepid adventurers, Rooster the paladin was standing toe to toe with the avatar of Vecna, the rest of the party was scattered through a dungeon, and cultists infested […]
So here the party is, slaying their way through the dungeon, wandering through a maze, and we come across a cultist. ROOSTER: Convert or die, and I’m really in a hurry, so let’s make that decision quick, okay? Three…two…one… CULTIST: Convert! Convert! (loudly, obviously trying to raise the alarm) Oh look, a paladin of the […]
We were fighting Briar Witch Dryads (We named them Holly and Tannenbaum) in the temple of Vecna when a thought suddenly occurred to Rooster the (well-meaning, not very bright) paladin. ROOSTER: “Heyyyyyy, ladies…you know, we have a friendly wood-woad back home at the castle…all you’d have to do is renounce evil and I’d be happy […]
Yesterday, in the latest installment of the D&D Party That Means Well, we were in combat with some cultists, some Helmed Horrors, and a hellhound-thingy. Combat was slightly delayed last week, as the paladin browbeat the Helmed Horror into writing a letter to his mother in case he was killed in battle. (Last line of […]
Sometimes, it just all comes together in D&D. When last we left our intrepid adventurers, they were battling through the Walt’s Wasps* hand-lotion factory, to foil the plot of a demon lord who had decided to enslave the world with evil hand lotion. PALADIN: Seriously? Evil hand lotion? Are you guys sure you don’t want […]
Every year, in my D&D group, we do a little write-up of how our character spent the holidays. It’s basically a fun little creative-writing exercise that occasionally builds some plot points and nets us a couple of XP. Last year our Druid had a religious experience, my paladin got very drunk with his order, our […]
So in D&D this evening, we walked into the blue dragon’s lair and were promptly captured by its minions. Let’s not dwell on that. The details are somewhat embarrassing. In order to escape from the cell, we first broke down the door, then everybody who was able to hide/turn invisible/turn into a swarm of mice […]
I have come to realize, after yet another D&D session that ended with Kevin holding his head in his hands and moaning as the plot jumped the rails, went down an embankment, and burst into flames, what precisely the problem with our D&D group is. We mean well. This is what gets us into trouble. […]
It was a very odd D&D session. Ostensibly, all we had to do was get on a boat from point A to point B. There were lots of things to do on the boat. The module designer had written lots of them in. There were (apparently) illicit fights, war profiteers, and card games. We saw […]