D&D Encounters: Web of the Spider Queen Preview

Hey everyone are you all stoked for the new season of Encounters? I am. I have decided to try to showcase this season as a podcast, starting with the sneak peek at the upcoming season.

Please note that the initial 5-10 seconds of the podcast is very loud, so before you play it, please turn your volume down.

Just to let you know that the things I am talking about in the podcast are attached to the post for your convenience.

Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!

Jeremy Crawford. The Future of DndNext?

I have been following the community and following all the progress of DnDNext.  Ican tell you honestly I was extremely wary, thinking to myself: "How are they going to combine all the forms of D&D together in something that will consolidate all the editions to bring the community together?"

It almost seems like an insurmountable task.  What will they include, what will they exclude?  I like certain things that I know will be excluded, yet they will go on an create this new game.

Don't get me wrong, I love this game.  It has been part of my life for over 25 years.  I have played Ad&d and up.  It helped me survive my childhood with some form of sanity.  Still, I am wary of 5th edition! Why? I think there are many factors that contributed to this. The biggest one in my opinion was the lack of tranparency when  4th edition came out.

All this changed when I viewed The Future of D&D Panel at PAX East - 2012.  I say we vote Jeremy Crawford to be the spokesman for Wizards of the Coast.

D&D Encounters: The Elder Elemental Eye Session 7

I am trying to catch up with my postings, finishing my courses did not allow me a lot of time to keep up.  I will try to get to session 10 by the end of this week.

The characters are in the Great Shrine area at the start of Session 7.

Here is the session 6 recap:

-The Merchant Council and Lady Bron of Iriaebor asked the characters to investigate rumours of an outbreak of the abyssal plague in Easting.  A cult is responsible for spreading the plague.

-Characters might have contracted the plague after a battle against plague demons in Easting.

-A cultist captured during the same battle revealed the location of the cult's temple in the badlands south of Easting

-The characters found the temple entrance and fought its elemental guardians, and explored some of the temple interior.

-Adventurers might have interacted with captured cultists and/or Malgrym, a prisoner in the temple. From such sources, they might have learned about the Great Shrine and its guardian (a "blue ooze"), the Black Cyst, and the source of the abyssal plague. Ask if the players know anything extra about the temple, and assume the party knows what the players know.

D&D Encounters: The Elder Elemental Eye Session 6 - Exploring the Shrine

Session 6 begins after the defeat of Azryg and the cultists in the main chamber of the temple.

Here is the session 5 recap:

-The Merchant Council and Lady Bron of Iriaebor asked the characters to investigate rumours of an outbreak of the abyssal plague in Easting.  A cult is responsible for spreading the plague.

-Characters might have contracted the plague after a battle against plague demons in Easting.

-A cultist captured during the same battle revealed the location of the cult's temple in the badlands south of Easting

-The characters found the temple entrance and fought its elemental guardians, and explored some of the temple interior.

-Adventurers might have interacted with captured cultists and/or Malgrym, a prisoner in the temple. From such sources, they might have learned about the Great Shrine and its guardian (a "blue ooze"), the Black Cyst, and the source of the abyssal plague. Ask if the players know anything extra about the temple, and assume the party knows what the players know.

D&D Encounters: The Elder Elemental Eye Session 5 - Visions of Doom

Session 5 begins after and extended rest by the party.

Here is the session 4 recap:

-The Merchant Council and Lady Bron of Iriaebor asked the characters to investigate rumours of an outbreak of the abyssal plague in Easting.  A cult is responsible for spreading the plague.

-Characters might have contracted the plague after a battle against plague demons in Easting.

-A cultist captured during the same battle revealed the location of the cult's temple in the badlands south of Easting

-The characters found the temple entrance and fought its elemental guardians.  A doorway into the shrine now stands open.