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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 […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 12 “Return to Saltmarsh”

Finally. We made it back to Saltmarsh. Not without effort, and not without tragedy, but we’re finally back. Let’s jump straight into how we did it. We woke up in a series of cages, each of us separate, hanging suspended high over clouds. In the middle of the ring of cages, two larger ones sat […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 11 “Out of the Frying Pan…”

So we began our session by picking up where we left off, with me unconscious. I actually was awake, with my consciousness in a different realm, or dreaming, or something, but whichever the case may be, I met Thanatos, another Greek god/death entity. He seemed a bit strange, but otherwise, not too bad. We had […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 10 “In Which the Bard did Bard and the Rogue did Rogue, with Expected Results”

And, in which we got totally played. And also gods. Bit of a doozy, this week. In fact, since I started playing D&D, I’ve never had a session that felt quite as D&D. If that makes sense. We began by finishing off the combat that was cut off last week, which went pretty well. We […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 9 “The Road Through Hades”

So this was an… interesting session. To put it this way, between constantly having to make saving throws to keep from falling into despair or apathy, to keep from being poisoned by the pervasive landscape, or to keep from getting killed by giant bird creatures, our trek thus far through Hades has really felt like […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 8 “Welcome to Hell…”

Well, Hades, but whatever. Turns out that’s the grey place we somehow were transported to. Not a nice place either, as it turns out. We learned this shortly after we began our session, when, while sailing our way along the River Styx, we met a creepy subhuman trader who told us where we were and […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 7 “Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick”

Interesting one today. Some fire, some fighting, and wait until you see the climax. And then the ending – woof. Fair warning, though, if you are playing or are planning to play through Ghosts of Saltmarsh, there’s a spoiler in this one for what I would call a pretty awesome surprise during an encounter. Consider […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 6 “The Tortle and the Hare”

Our session today picked up at the end of a short rest, where Cass and our sea elf buddy managed to recover some, but not all, of their health and abilities. As they were just finishing up, they were hailed by a pair of strangers appearing from the brush. And what an odd pair they […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 5 “The Maiden Voyage of the Eternal Ham”

And the last voyage of Friendly and Ghoti, as it turned out. Yeah, I’m not even going to beat around the bush this time. I died again, and I didn’t go alone. We were lucky to avoid a TPK, actually. Came real close, as you’ll see. We started with being asked to investigate the lizardfolk […]

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Episode 4 “Smugglers”

Finally, a fight we manage swimmingly (pun not intended – which you’ll understand later). Of our own accord, too; no dragons to take care of things for us this time. Let’s get to it. We began with a brief meeting where we learned that the smugglers had arrived, so we made our way up to […]