Category: Games

Summary

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, embarks on the final heist, Fire and darkness. The party attends the council, ports onto the volcano, and starts the serious scheming!

Characters

III (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision and is into horticulture.
Carolus (Paladin played by Adam) is based on devotion.
Days (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
Lazorius (Wizard Necromancer multiclass Bard played by Cody) is the Ra’s Al Ghul adjacent league of shadows connected.
Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
Ra’s al Ghul. (Wizard Necromancer played by Cody) is just a broken build controlling 12 skeleton warrior in the League of Shadows
Snow (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.

Summary

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the conclusion of the ninth heist, Heart of Ashes. The party flees from the castle as the void descends.

Characters

Days (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
Lazorius (Wizard Necromancer multiclass Bard played by Cody) is the Ra’s Al Ghul adjacent league of shadows connected.
Snow (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
III (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision and is into horticulture.

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the ninth heist, Heart of Ashes. The party enters the city, discovers the king, and runs with the heart, only to meet a dust witch at the door!

Characters

Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the completion of the seventh heist, Axe From the Grave. There is a demonic battle, child killing, and the Lectoring of a dwarf chief–an ugly session all the way around!

Days in a Haze with a Blaze (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.

Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.

Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.

Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult.  Filled member of the Golden Vault.

Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault. 

Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.

Tree Jewels Golden Isle (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision.

The only D&D Table in the land in which a rolled dice has a result no matter what.

A great collection of monsters

Still hating my D&D DM notebook from Fieldnotes–seriously, is this designed for chemistry homework?

Summary

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the seventh heist, Axe From the Grave. The party begins inside the conservatory; enjoy a demonically spicy lunch with the faculty and students, enjoy a Wu-Tang symphony, rob the master bedroom, and then flee the estate chased by Demonic infestation. Also, a reminder that at Alakazam cocked dice count!

Characters

Days in a Haze with a Blaze (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Tree Jewels Golden Isle (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision.

Adventure

Experience

The players drew the Golden Axe–best picture earned a point of renown.

DM

The characters back story is all based on Batman’s Rogue Gallery–here is a good image of the options from the recent Batman Day free comic.

Still not happy with my DM Notebook

Summary

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the beginning of the seventh heist, Axe From the Grave. The party begins with investigating the Azorius Senate on Ravnica and some additional renowned work. Sent on the Axe From the Grave adventure, they explore a small town, interrogate some halfling grave robbers, and approach the conservatory.

Characters

Days in a Haze with a Blaze (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Three Jewels Golden Isle (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision.

The name of this session was based on a meme for the country kids that follow the characters around.

There are some great villain’s in this heist–looking foreword to these attacks.

I am still struggling with my DM Notebook from Fieldnotes–there is not enough space.

some great D&D Vocab in the Graz’zt description–SLAKE!

Why is D&D Beyond tracking my activity you ask? Well, the Google Logon does not work without this enabled, which is horrible!

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the conclusion of the sixth heist, Masterpiece Imbrogli. The party captures Elix the Saint, steals his key, battles some marauding Hill Giants seeking Bigby, and raids the Agile Hand thieves’ guild. It was a relatively flat and fast encounter, defeating Guildmaster Dusk and recovering the Constantori’s Portrait.

Days in a Haze with a Blaze (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
Julie Newman (Ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul. Plated member of the Golden Vault. Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
Ra’s al Ghul. (Wizard Necromancer played by Cody) is just a broken build controlling 12 skeleton warrior in the League of Shadows
Shame (Fighter gunslinger played by Richard) is based on some cowboy villain from the TV show.
Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Two Moon Spoiled Custard (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision.

Another fun week of D&D at Alakazam. It was pumpkin spice latte week and DM Richard delivered!

We finished Tockworth’s Clockwork and started Masterpiece Imbrogli. Another great heist.

The maps in particular are just amazing.

Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the conclusion of the fifth heist, Tockworth’s Clockwork, and the start of the sixth heist, Masterpiece Imbrogli. The party defeats Trixie, disables the clockwork automata, and escapes the city. They are approached by a sphinx and sent on their next mission to recover a stolen painting from the Agile Hand thieves’ guild.

Days in a Haze with a Blaze (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
Sitting Horse (Fighter played by Nicholas) is a bow legged pike wielding penguin follower.
Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
Two Moon Spoiled Custard (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision.

DMing this session is awesome–lots of space for role play.