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Cipher and Eliera pursue answers to different questions. The group continues their journey to Vindus’ realm in order to reach the Shadowfell.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and our most recent session!
Continue readingIn the Shadowfell, Finnith and Daear enter the Fortress of Memories. Meanwhile, the rest of the combined party are dealing with Amuulqalo’s unexpected loss, and Nala receives a message.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and our most recent session!
Continue readingFall approaches for us in the northern hemisphere, and we’ve just had our second session of the roguelike campaign!
Here, I discuss the preparation and running of sessions for my roguelike-style D&D campaign.
Continue readingEveryone wants to have fun at the table! As players, our actions have as much of an effect on the game as the Dungeon Master’s. A little goes a long way, so I’ve put together a few things I try to keep in mind during the game.
Continue readingD&D is a game made of words! And it is a big game with many words.
Every feature of your character has specific wording that tells you what situations to use it, how to use it, and what its effects are. As your character grows, they’ll pick up even more features.
And you know what?
It’s impossible to remember it all.
The party discovers the crystal connecting the Material Plane to whatever unknown place the star spawn came from. They fight off the creatures guarding the crystal, but when the crystal is destroyed, an unexpected tragedy strikes…
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and our most recent session!
Continue readingMy new campaign has officially started!
In these posts, I’ll talk about preparing and running sessions for my roguelike-style D&D 5e campaign.
Continue readingWe’ve completed the session zero and have scheduled the first session of the new campaign I’ve been working on!
Moving forward, these posts will be called “Roguelike Recap” and will discuss the sessions of the campaign.
For now, let’s talk about the session zero!
Continue readingWhile my introduction to D&D was in-person, most of my D&D experience has been online. There are many different tools out there for online play! So far, though, I’ve preferred a pretty simple approach that uses Discord for sessions and campaign organization.
In this post, I’ll talk about different ways I’ve used Discord as a Dungeon Master.
Continue readingWhen they reach the river, the party takes a detour to investigate the fallen star. Meanwhile, in the Shadowfell, Finnith meets an unexpected ally.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and our most recent session!
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