And so it was that our heroes set out to ransack the domain of Nuromen. Snorri was conspicuously absent, as was Zoltan, and Isildoro was lost in his cups, alongside Gaius Manus. It fell to Beorn, Son of Dalric, to lead the expedition. With him were the wizard Barrin, the priest Dereck, the savage hunter … More [Actual Play] B2 Beyond the Borderlands (LL) Pt. XXX; Nuroman
And now for the third time our heroes marched on the Caverns, now strengthened with dogs of war. Nortein the Hunter, recovered from a fever, joined the expedition. Cork the Cleric, a rotund worshipper of the powers of Law, had persuaded him that a third expedition would see the Cult broken. Snorri, who had grown … More [Actual Play] B2 Keep on the Borderlands XXV; The Routing of the Archpriest
And so it was our heroes continued their war against Chaos. This time around they were but 3 who ventured out for the second expedition. Snorri the Dwarf had grown queer of thought, never taking off the strange dragon helm they had found, and refused all entreaties to join the expedition. Skeines was lost in … More [Actual Play] B2 Keep on the Borderlands (LL) Pt. XXIV: Dogs
And so it was that the heroes resided for 1 week in the halls of King Gripli, lamenting the death of their comrades, mending their injuries, and staying as guests of the King. At the end of the week, he called them to his hall, and there under the eyes of his knights bestowed on … More [Actual Play] B2 Keep on the Borderlands Pt. XXII: A long march home
At midnight, Isidoro the Knave and his companions, the Gladiator Minimus and the Priest Paisisco, were taken from their beds by a company of grim-faced legionaries, and brought before the Castellan. This is how it transpired. The Castellan is dressed in his full regalia, bearing ornate armor engraved with his century-long lineage, and even in … More [Actual Play] B2 Keep on the Borderlands (LL) Pt. XVIII; Here be Dragons
Onward our heroes moved, leaving behind them the diseased kobolds, and venturing further into the Flooded Temple, exploring further chambers to the north. Inside an abandoned chamber, they found the rotten and diseased corpse of an earlier explorer, clutching a wooded chest. Using a pole-arm, Isidoro gently pried the chest from the corpse’s hands, and … More [Actual Play] Keep on the Borderlands Pt. XVII; Dragon Cult
And thus it was our heroes stood before the ruins of a many-angled shrine in the remnants of Law’s end, and there found the foundations of the altar. Having no desire to dig through a foot of earth with bare hands, our heroes sojourned back to the Keep, to purchase tools and fetch additional men. … More [Actual Play] Keep on the Borderlands Pt. XVI; Cursed Treasure
[Adventure]Ud (2017)Unbalanced Dice Games Mid level (3-5 seems about right) Ud is an interesting deviation from UDG’s SOP. Normal ‘UDG’ modules heavily favor dungeon creation in the mode of 70s OD&D; elaborate random tables, fairly simple rooms and single encounters. As time went on, more elaborate orders of battle would start to emerge, however, the … More [Review] Ud (LL); Growing Pains
After the battle of the Hobgoblin halls had ended, the Albian wizards Diggory and Chinning wasted little time in pushing for further delvings. Relentlessly energetic, they persuaded Fox the Elf, who had been lost to a spout of yearning for fields that had known no earthly sun for a month, and Isidoro the Rogue, now … More [Actual Play] Keep on the Borderlands Pt. XV (LL); Designs of the Coven
And so it was that on that faithful day, the Albian wizards Chinning and Diggory, and the holy man Father Bell, did gather to them what faithful warriors were available in the Keep, and set out for the Caves of Chaos, to meet their fate. Having returned from a month long mourning period, the Dwarf … More [Actual Play] Keep on the Borderlands Pt. XIV (LL); The Battle of the Hobgoblin Halls
Age of Dusk 