Tag: Dungeons and Dragons
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End of Season – DM Planning Session
I rode my bike over to UCI for this weeks meet and greet. It felt great to be out of the house, I have been super silly sick for a long time it feels like.
The discussion was very similar to last week–we did focus on Chloe’s amazing note taking:
And Spenser’s style.
Diversity of DM is really going to be on of our themes this season–we have four very unique DM’s lined up to play which I am hoping will create a very special experience for our players.We did talk more about what each table will run — one Rise of Tiamet & three Elemental Evil we are thinking. The idea to start the season with an Expeditions table was also thrown around again, but finding the DM for that table remains a struggle.Really looking foreword to next season! -
Planning Hoard of the Dragon Queen–D&D Encounters S19 S18
Rodney Thompson wrote a great article on how to prepare to run a D&D Session. I thought I would use his ideas to prepare for this weeks D&D Encounters.
When I started this, I thought it would be a fun little exercise, but it turned into a very disappointing reflection on what a bad job I have been doing DM’ing this season–not enough prep time, too many missed sessions, season was too long, etc.I look foreword to being a player next season.Main Adventure
Hoard of the Dragon Queen Final Chapter. The Cloud Castle. Lots of Boss’s and fighting–some exploration. Key is to thwart the delivery of the gold–maybe capture the castle. They need to get to the Dragon before next week.Interludes
The Vampire is old school Cult of the Dragon and likes dragolich’s and stuff. The Giant are all about restoring the past even if that includes working with Draconic enemies–they treat dwarves as slaves. He misses his wife, alludes to her still directing his life, and is odd. Rezmir will escape when confronted. The Red Thay guys need to have a lot of books and be up to total no good–they are very very evil. Four Factions [Cult of Dragon, Old Cult of Dragon, Red Wizards, and Giant] should be more than enough for this week.
Character Story Arc
The dwarf cleric is confused. The wizards are cocky. The fighters are overly confident. The wyverns are awesome transport. I need to get the guilds more involved–Harpers are trying to steal the treasure–Robin Hooding it from the Lords Alliance, basically. Emerald Enclave needs the books that the Red Wizards have. The Factions need to get more involved this week–which faction will win the gold is the theme I need to start developing this week…
World Texture
More magic. More Mayhem. More of Elminster’s realms.
NPC Texture
Giant. Rezmir. Vampire. X the White [he is a Harper]. Red Wizards.
Random Encounter
None–way to much going on already.
Recap
Last week The Party got on the Cloud Castle in search for the Treasure being moved north by the Dragon Cult. Where is it going? Why a Giant? What is going on? -
Byeshk Metal, Gnolls, and The Bake
Brett opened his garage to us again this week!
James was behind the screen and ready to run!
I did not capture much of the session, but I have published our gaming soundtrack–we listen to Direct TV audio–Adult Alternative this time.
We use iPlay4E for our character sheets, but most of us like to role dice!
Lots of Dice!
Here is K>U>B>A going toe to toe with some Angle of Vengeance!
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen–D&D Encounters S19 S17
Huge Turn Out!Comic Quest is literally running out of room & tensions are rising!
Magic kids may have to go! Or a table outside…something…Lisa made some great asparagus as a snack!
We also scored some giant Grapefruits from Grandma’s house
and a fantastic bag of pretzels that will be seen later at The Bake
My table had a lot of players & I had a struggle to keep things moving.
Some of the players had to stand the entire time
The other table that Nathan ran had a fairly strong set of players and was rather crowded as well.
Magic players were in the back and seemed to be having a good time as well
I recorded mostly the audio this week & the video is up on YouTube.
Only one Crit this week!
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Hunting Lodge, Part One
This week we started moving towards the final act of the Hoard of the Dragon Queen
But before we stopped at the mall for some Mall Sushi–there were dinosaurs!
I failed to take photos at the table, but I was able to capture some of the Crits & Fumbles that were generated
I really love this iPhone Pathfinder app!
David Given Schwarm 