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Descent Into Avernus – Episode 1 “A Rather Busy Beginning”

Here we go again. We began this campaign just inside one of the gates of Baldur’s Gate, which is currently sealed to keep anyone from getting in or out due to a massive recent influx of refugees. The three new player characters happened to be nearby when a fight broke out between civilians and guards, […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 16 “So… Um… Yeah… You Should Know What’s Coming by Now”

I was going to begin this recount with the surprising and hopeful note – that I forgot to mention last time – that, by surviving last week’s session, Jack became my longest-lived character since I started to recount my D&D adventures (ten sessions alive) . I would have ended that recount, as, indeed, I ‘wittily’ […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 15 “The Assault”

We began the session with our preparations for my solo scouting missions. These were brief. They mostly involved me handing most of my possessions to Cassius, just in case I didn’t make it back, before he turned me invisible. Then I went a-swimming. However, overall, my scouting went much better than I was anticipating. Despite […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 14 “Sahuagin”

We began the session by clearing the final room of last week’s dungeon, which almost turned tragic when a crystal minotaur statue came to life and bludgeoned me to unconsciousness. Twice. Luckily, my allies kept me alive, and we finally cleared the dungeon. With the island now safe, we returned to Saltmarsh, our priest friend […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 13 “Traps for Days, and Nearly Melting”

Upon leaving the beach, we made our way to the ruins of an abbey. It was the only structure on the island, but had been razed when it was attacked. However, upon reaching it we discovered a staircase leading down to a mostly unharmed lower level. Assuming this was where we needed to go to […]