Here’s the latest write up from the Scarlet Citadel, in which the characters came face to face with Imortra the Debased for the first time. I made a few changes to her spell list as the selection in the adventure is very concentration heavy. She made good use of dimension door this session! You canContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 44 – Derro Queen’s Bargain”
Category Archives: D&D 5th Edition
Tomb of Annihilation Session 2 – When Death Calls
Here’s the write up from our second proper Tomb of Annihilation session. The PCs are in Port Nyanzaru and I’m running the mini-adventures in the AL module, A City on the Edge. We’ve now completed three of these and have two more to go. This session I got to try out the zombies from theContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 2 – When Death Calls”
RPGaDay2023 Days 1 – 16
I’ve been taking part in #RPGaDay again this year, posting daily on Twitter X, Mastodon, and Threads, but thought I’d do a round up on here too. Here’s part 1. 1 – First RPG played this year was my Empire of the Ghouls game on New Year’s Day 💀 2 – My first DM wasContinue reading “RPGaDay2023 Days 1 – 16”
Scarlet Citadel Session 43 – Deep Sea Diving Expedition
After a 4 week gap, we resumed the campaign last Monday. This session the players at last solved the mystery of the floating pools in the Clacking Caverns, and found their way down to Level 4. You can read earlier posts here. This post contains spoilers for Scarlet Citadel. The adventurers enjoy some downtime inContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 43 – Deep Sea Diving Expedition”
Enter the Wastes of Chaos
As a freelance games designer, it’s always exciting to see how things you’ve written turn out in print. I’ve just received my copies of Wastes of Chaos and Tales from the Wastes from Kobold Press which I worked on from May to July last year and they look amazing! Wastes of Chaos was a reallyContinue reading “Enter the Wastes of Chaos”
Tyranny of Dragons Session 25 – The Sea of Moving Ice
Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 25th session in which we continued with The Rise of Tiamat. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 12th Nightal, 1490 DR (contd.) The crew of the Frostskimmr haul the longship onto the ice for the night.Continue reading “Tyranny of Dragons Session 25 – The Sea of Moving Ice”
Tomb of Annihilation Session 1 – Voyage to Port Nyanzaru
Last night was the first session proper of my Tomb of Annihilation campaign and was a lot of fun. The PCs travelled “by map” from Suzail to Baldur’s Gate to the Bay of Chult, where they ran into Aremag the dragon turtle, before arriving in Port Nyanzaru. I want the players to spend some timeContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 1 – Voyage to Port Nyanzaru”
Scarlet Citadel Session 42 – Death of the Beetle Queen
It’s taken a while but the characters finally dealt with the clacker beetles in this week’s session! I added a clacker beetle queen to the nest, reskinning the carrion beetle from Tome of Beasts 1 and replacing its Acid Spit with a more powerful version of the soldier’s Clack. We’re not quite done with theContinue reading “Scarlet Citadel Session 42 – Death of the Beetle Queen”
Tyranny of Dragons Session 24 – Flotsam Rosie’s Bloody Revenge
Tyranny of Dragons was the first full D&D 5e campaign I ran, starting back in 2015. Here’s the write up from the 24th session in which we continued with The Rise of Tiamat. Begin here with Session 1 – Greenest in Flames. 30th Marpenonth (contd.) The adventurers interrrogate the captured yuan-ti malison, Mek-Ssss who promises hidden treasure and safe passage outContinue reading “Tyranny of Dragons Session 24 – Flotsam Rosie’s Bloody Revenge”
Tomb of Annihilation Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice
Now that my Empire of the Ghouls game has finished, we’re returning to the Forgotten Realms for Tomb of Annihilation, a campaign I’ve been keen to run for some time. I’ll be posting write ups on this blog after each session – hopefully they will prove useful to others who are running the adventure. WeContinue reading “Tomb of Annihilation Session 0 – Caves of the Cockatrice”
