Lisa stocked Cody and I up for an amazing weekend of Con!
Cody riding the escalator down to the D&D Adventures League area is officially the start of Con for me–registration, shopping, mini painting–these are critical events, but Con begins when we hit the D&D Tables!
Cody was very interested in playing Video games, MtG EDH, and even some classic Artemis
I got some amazing Dice Envy dice this convention–very beautiful.
We played some great games–Numenera was awesome & the D&D adventure we played twice was fantasitc.
The Hilton gave away our room–it was a nightmare. I am still not entirely sure how to handle the situation–but I feel angry about everything.
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the Stygian Gambit–a casino heist. This week everything goes to hell (literally) as the heroes battle their way out of the vault and through a portal to Ravnica! Yes, enter the Magic the Gathering metaverse. Our second-level heroes – Deacon Dupree (Rogue), Top Hat (Rogue), Snow in the Mountain (Fighter), Grease the Greasier (Ranger), Swallow the River (Rogue), Carolus Rex the Eyeless (Paladin), and Julie Newmar (Ranger)– rob the vault, make progress on the Bag of Holding, and continue their adventures with the Golden Vault.
Carolus Rex the Eyeless (Paladin played by Adam) is based on Scarecrow Deacon Dupree (Rogue played by Rock) is based on Brother Dupree Grease in the Greasier (Barbarian played by Oshi) is Man-Bat Julie Newman (Ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face, Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick
The players continue a very serous Croc journey.
The table is large and players have plenty of room.
Glen’s character is addicted to Cheez-It’s and he is celebrating my hatred of Gum with yet another yard of gum.
Players have leveled up–and Louis has once again rolled wonderfully!
A fairly easy week behind the DM screen–I did get a call from my old friend Greg Miller at the shop, which was amazing.
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the Stygian Gambit–a casino heist. This week our second-level heroes – Top Hat (Rogue), Snow in the Mountain (Fighter), Swallow the River (Rogue), Kite in the Sky (Rogue), Missing Fingers (Rogue), and Julie Newmar (Ranger) were joined by new players Grease in the Greasier, Deacon Dupree (Rogue), and Carolus Rex the Eyeless–continue the heist as the casino descends into a lack of fire in Hell!
Carolus Rex the Eyeless (Paladin played by Adam) is based on Scarecrow Deacon Dupree (Rogue played by Rock) is based on Brother Dupree Feather on the River (cleric played by Brain) is Killer Croc. It may have been renamed Swallow on the River. Grease in the Greasier (Barbarian played by Oishi) is Man-Bat Julie Newmar (ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul Kite in the Sky Missing Fingers Snow on the Mountain (fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face, Swallow the River (cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec, the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Top Card (rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick
Weird night of D&D. I am planning to take the characters to Innistrad and the whole Magic the Gathering universe at third level — after this heist is over.
Table was crowded, but they seem to be having a good time. I am interested is speeding things up a bit.
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the Stygian Gambit–a casino heist. This week our second-level heroes – Top Hat (Rogue), Snow in the Mountain (Fighter), Swallow the River (Rogue), Kite in the Sky (Rogue), Missing Fingers (Rogue), and Julie Newmar (Ranger) –start to rob the Afterlife Casino by killing people and creating complete chaos.
Top Card (rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick Julie Newmar (ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul Snow on the Mountain (fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face, Feather on the River (cleric played by Brain) is Killer Croc. It may have been renamed Swallow on the River. Kite in the Sky Missing Fingers Swallow the River
Just started murdering people in the casino. Spine devils emerged from the mural and attacked.
I am starting to near the end of my Blizzard journal–maybe three more weeks!
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the Stygian Gambit–a casino heist. This week our second-level heroes – Top Hat (Rogue), Snow in the Mountain (Fighter), and Julie Newmar (Ranger)–watch a circus, explore the employees-only section, learn to play Three Dragon Ante and prepare to rob the Afterlife Casino.
Top Card (rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick Julie Newmar (ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul Snow on the Mountain (fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face
We did some exploration. I did some gender identification discrimination. We set up for next week.
I am still very much loving the Blackwing Dice case
I was not that well prepared and my role play was soft this week–not ideal; but, I think that the players still had some fun.
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA continues this week with the Stygian Gambit–a casino heist. This week our second level heroes – Swallow in the River (Cleric), Top Hat (Rogue), Snow in the Mountain (Fighter), and Julie Newmar (Ranger)–mostly wander around a casino create chaos. Very few rolls and even fewer attacks for those of you who love role play sessions!
Top Card (rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick may be addicted to Chez-Its. Julie Newmar (ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul dated Anais while in boarding school Snow on the Mountain (fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face and an export in the Life or Death dice game. Swallow on the River (cleric played by Brain) is Killer Croc. It may have been renamed Swallow on the River raised a viper.
My DM notebook was mostly around the characters again.
I had the characters draw the trophy at the Afterlife Casino Three-card ante tournament
Here is the results.
Brian won and has his piece displayed in the shop!
Also, I moved my dice from the D&D branded dice bag to the Blackwing Pencil Limited Edition 20 Gaming Pencil box
The lid can be used as a cup to hold the commonly rolled dice pools.
This week our tabaxi heroes flee the complete the museum heist and are sent on the road for their next adventure. They meet with a tabaxi card player and head to a casino to steal a prize trophy and some ill begotten booty.
This season we are using the rule “floor dice count”; basically if you roll a die there must be a result–even if it falls on the floor or is cocked we will try to determine the result. I was the first victim of this rule with this classic table gapper!
Keys From The Golden Vault live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA. This week our tabaxi heroes flee the museum pursued by the Heroes of the D&D Movie. The jump from the roof with the Murkmire stone and hightail it to the office where they start questioning their decision! In the end they are able to complete the heist and level up
It was the regular crew, minus Brian with a new player I meet in the shop while we were starting up.
I used the pregens from D&D Beyond for the movie characters.
My DM notebook worked great yesterday–the characters now have name, background, rouge gallery archetype, and catchphrase.
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