Author Archives: Josiah

Death and dying with style

Character death in D&D 5e typically unfolds like this: You drop to 0 HP, fall unconscious, lie on the ground for a few rounds, fail a few death saving throws, and within 2-5 rounds, your character dies. I propose an … Continue reading

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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of Leveling Up

Everyone loves leveling up, it is probably the single biggest highlight of a D&D game. You get new feats and ability score improvements, more hps, more spells, proficiency bonus increases, new class features, all the good stuff. But what does … Continue reading

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Castle Amber

Previously On Castle Amber Our last session saw our intrepid explorers using magic books to leave the cursed mansion of furniture horrors, and emerge into a pleasant meadow in a wider forest. Near them was a fountain with coins laying … Continue reading

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The Lone Tower

With water supplies running low Myrtha made her way to the old well and summoned water to its surface. The party drank their full and refilled their supplies. Noticing the leather straps and metal rings attached to the scorpion corpses … Continue reading

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More Spell Casting Experiments

After considering my houserule on limited cantrips and thinking about the Wild Magic chart I would like to try a few more changes. First as cantrips are limited I would like casters be be able to push that limit. To … Continue reading

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The Restless Plains

As nightfall approached the party discussed making some sort of accommodations for the night. Seeing no obvious establishments Oliver made his way to one of the few structure around The Oasis, a simple building made of packed dirt and stone. … Continue reading

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In Search of Erika

After a restful night at the Helping Hand Kosef was the first to wake. After preparing his equipment for the day he removed a small piece of paper from his belt and held it over the candle at the side … Continue reading

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The Underlord

As the party moved towards the chasm which Murf had fallen in Grisha heard the sound of movement from the ceiling. In the shadows at the edge of the torch light a strange insect like creature appeared to be moving … Continue reading

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The Fall of Murf

Talia knocked loudly on the portcullis and the mining went silent. Five creatures approached and negotiated with Kosev in broken undercommen. They agreed to let them pass through the mine one at a time. The party moved through the mining … Continue reading

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Search from the Dead

Continued deeper into the tunnels, passing through several caverns. Saw a dead familiar squid like creature with five eyes and long tentacles which was being eaten by beetles. Killed one of the beetles and they fled. Investigated corpse and saw … Continue reading

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