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Quest for the Forest Gems: Session #4

Night after night, my daughter comes to me with her jingling bag of dice, demanding more adventure! Play time: 1 hour Characters: Rose the Druid (2) Beetles and Treasures Rose the Druid set off from the shores of the Mirror Lake toward Fang Castle high in the mountains. Along the way, Mittens the Jaguar smelled […]

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Quest for the Forest Gems: Session #3

My youngest demanded that we continue the adventures of Rose the Druid, and the quest to recover the five Forest Gems to restore the magical woods. So we did! Play time: 1 hour Characters: Rose the Druid (2) To the Green Island Druid Rose set out smartly toward the Green Island to find the third […]

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One-Shot: Infernal Firefox (homebrew)

I had an opportunity to run a quick one-shot for some friends using my homebrew RPG system. It’s a little like Dungeon World, World of Dungeons, Blades in the Dark, etc. Level-less, class-less, roll 1d6 to resolve an action. Low hit points, no combat initiative. And we ran it in one of the new mini-dungeons […]

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To Hunt the Stars: Session #3

The adventure continues! Last time, our heroes went diving for tongs in a boiling lake, went apple-picking in a twisted orchard, and lost two friends to a voracious meadowshark and a pack of talon-dashers… Play time: 4 hours Adventurers: Altair the Clockwork Sorcerer (Professor of Astronomy) Astra the Celestial Warlock (Professor of Astrology) Kaze the Kensei Monk […]

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To Hunt the Stars: Session #2

The adventure continues! Last time, our heroes arrived in the village of Kettle, fought some monsters, beat up some kids, hired a lot of locals to do their dirty work, and found a long lost hammer. Play time: 4 hours Adventurers: Aoede the Creation Bard (Professor of Performing Arts) Atticus the Order Cleric (Professor of Law) […]

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To Hunt the Stars: Session #1

A new campaign begins! As an experiment, I am running this whole campaign at Level 3. No XP, no leveling up. Also, to create some group cohesion right from the start, I had my players invent a reason for being together and a common goal. All I told them is that they would be going […]

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Quest for the Forest Gems: Session #2

My daughter and I have played a lot of D&D this spring, but somehow we forgot about her solo quest, so today we got back in the saddle! Play time: 1 hour Characters: Rose the Druid (2) Prowling the Woods After rescuing her friend and saving the first Forest Gem, Rose transformed into a wolf […]

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Desert Angel Fiasco: Family Edition One-Shot

My daughters demanded that we play D&D last night, so I grabbed my homebrew quick-start character sheets and a copy of Desert Angel Fiasco, and we had a fantastic 2-hour game! Heroes: Wreckya the mind-reading Fighter Violet the weather-weaving Beast Master Elise the astral Assassin Introduction The team was hired by Captain Ava to provide […]

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Fangs of Vulgoth: Session #17

The adventure continues! Last time, our heroes climbed up into Castle Torescu, destroyed the Court of the Damned, and defeated the vampire knight Adrian in the snowy courtyard, and now they are surrounded and outnumbered… Play time: 4 hours Heroes: Asmund the Divine Soul Sorcerer (7) Drew the Eldritch Knight (7) Hugo the Time Wizard (6), […]

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Fangs of Vulgoth: Session #16

The adventure continues! Last time, our heroes made a new friend, discovered the Ruby City of the vampires, defeated a Medusa, freed an Apex Werewolf (and set him loose on said city of vampires), and met a very sexy new NPC… Play time: 4 hours Heroes: Asmund the Divine Soul Sorcerer (7) Drew the Eldritch Knight […]