Recap

Phandalin and Below: The Shattered Obelisk live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with chapter three, The Spider’s Web. The Game Show finishes cleaning out the cave and returns to the wizard to receive the map to Cragmaw castle. The castle is more of a deserted town. There is a green dragon named Stephen who intimidates us. We meet the female drow who looks like a fox and inspires us to defeat the dragon

Characters

Cody – Zachtos
David – Garner – Gnome Bard (lexicographer and logographer)
Dylan – Ramen the Wizard
Glenn – Elf scum
Henry – Elf scum
Taylor – Mushroom fighter

Not there

Brian – Artemons Linktorious Lantimourous
Mike – Half-Orc Paladin

Summary

Phandalin and Below: The Shattered Obelisk is a D&D adventure that expands on the Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign. The chapter Spider’s Web is the third chapter of the adventure, where the heroes have to find the location of Cragmaw Castle, the home of the goblins who kidnapped their friend Gundren Rockseeker1. Along the way, they can explore various locations in the wilderness, such as Conyberry, Old Owl Well, Thundertree, and Wyvern Tor, and encounter different threats and allies, such as a banshee, a necromancer, a dragon, and a bandit leader2. The chapter also introduces the main villain of the adventure, the drow wizard Nezznar, also known as the Black Spider, who is behind the goblin attacks and seeks to claim the secrets of the ancient Wave Echo Cave3.