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Just used my first ever swanmay. One player figured it out later, but it was cool.

Just used my first ever swanmay. One player figured it out later, but it was cool.

Been a while since I've checked in here. Sorry folks!

Anyway, I just decided to finally run my own version of The Five Shall Be One. I think there is a lot that is cool in it, especially the orc ...

Sam calls out, "Din, if you are going back for your crossbow, can you pick up mine, please. It should be near where yours is. Someone make sure that we have left no trail and once I get Theyin healed, ...

Part 5 – Breakout!

With the campfire, Astrid is going to be able to attack too, so we'll see Norric go after the ogre, Theyln and Astrid come out going after the orcs. The others firing missile wea ...

I haven't posted anything in a long time, so here's the first of some more updates.

Part 4 – Into the Mines

"If there are orcs inside, then I am sure there are some inside, "says Sam, "The filt ...

Godsday, 4th of Planting (582)

The party travels on the rest of the day, which is only maybe a few more hours. Eventually they camp for the night, set up watches, and pass a rather uneventful eveni ...

Before you head across the bridge, you find a pile of coins near the statue of the pegasus. There are about 100 coins, all of various types. They are all at least a hundred years old, and some are muc ...

The continuing adventures of the Wild Bunch

Part 1 - The Troll Bridge

With things pretty well in hand after the final battle and then the arrangement with the flinds at Koralgesh, the groups dec ...

Nice! I especially like the tables for making other temples along a similar template. I have the perfect place for this in my campaign right now!

Queue evil DM laughter......

his is the thread for the birth of Hepla's baby. Now, I'm now going to worry about timelines or any such thing. This is going to just happen. Whatever else everyone is doing, assume that everyone who ...

Berenn arrives back in Warden's Station and is greeted by Seneschal Icar. "I am sorry Knight Commander, I have held it off as long as I could, but you hold the right of high justice on your land. Cert ...

Unfortunately, much of this was lost too. That is too bad, as it was such a critical event, with huge implication for the world. Sigh

Isilme puts on her gold spider silk dress, prominently displa ...

Having returned wounded from battle, Thorgrim sees relief in the eyes of the Azcral assigned to protect the magic mirror. He takes stock of the surviving party members. "That's everyone," he says. "I ...

Part 1 – Home again.

After their return home, the party members spend some time resting from their long journey. Some just relax, while others tend to matters left unresolved. There is a feeling of ...

Glad you liked it. Yes, the additional locations were from the Dungeon Magazine #151. It was all 3rd ed, but I liked how it fleshed out the place more. A lot of the other caverns were my own design ...

Or as a DM you can just let it happen. You don't always have to roll dice!

Thanks. It was fun to do. Large battles are a bit difficult, so I started this off by using a small action. It developed in an interesting way, and the NPC Mean Natron (named after Natron Means!) t ...

Those characters were great. Boy did my players not like the Iuzians, and they really liked the Velunans. I kept notes about their progress, as well as the Velunans, as well as notes regarding the ...

I hope you guys enjoyed the adventure. It was a tough one. The original module was very deadly, with little to gain for your effort, except survival. You guys though, you gained quite a bit, and not j ...

Round 11

Captain Altarius casts as spell, but Isilme casts Dispel Magic upon him in quick succession. She can't tell which of his other spells were just cancelled, but you did just counter his Mino ...

Round 8

"Come Duskhoof,” says Emyn. “Let's show these vile people what it's like to face the charge of an Avenger and the greatest horse to ever live. " Duskhoof neighs, rearing back and smashing t ...

Round 4

Elrae takes out one of his scrolls and reads the spell, Obold's Brightness. A thick, smoky cloud 60 feet in diameter that glows bright white, shot through with sparks appears. Unfortunately ...

With the party having decided to ambush the Iuzians as they are leaving the area through the narrow canyon. The party spent a full week planning and preparing, which culminated in lots of Stoneskins, ...

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They avoid them and make their way to the Behir caver. Berenn note ...

Part 61 – Rest and Refitting

After a short break in Hommlet, just a day to rest, clean up, etc., the party gathers at Isilme's grove. This group includes the Veluna party. They are all amazed by th ...

After leaving the caverns, the party travelled down the mountain to the crossroads. The trail leads up the flat-topped mountain, where Hepla was transported here by her mother. It takes a few hours ...

The party has reached the entrance to the caves, which are being watched by a large contingent of the Iuzian forces. Thorgrim casts Recitation, reading aloud ancient dwarven quotes from his clan’s hi ...

We left Manny quite some time ago, after he had unsuccessfully tried to get the Necronomicon and been captured. As the party is finally exiting the Caverns, we return to Manny and his plight. Can he ...

“Well met, warriors,” says Gotrek.

“True that!” says Emyn, stepping forward. "Friends, it is good to have finally found you. We had feared you lost when Ervil told us of your encounter with the g ...

I was NOT letting them make saves, just like I give enemies in meless an automatic hit. However, I like the penalty as if they had a 1 dex. In fact, I don't know why I don't use that for wis too, i ...

After their retreat deeper into the mountain, the party has come across the mountain man, Thaddeus, guide for Velunese party. Having learned that the other surviving members are ok, but one, Sir Ju ...

It seems that I have lots of problems trying to post images and even links to them here. Either they don't work, or you can't see them without a google account, or the formatting is weird and messes ...

In T1 there is the Monk Toruko, "a Bakluni from unknown parts."

In C1 - Hidden Shrine of the Tamoachan, there are two Olman monks.

22. CHAMBER OF THE NACEHUEL (Na-sG’-wal: “the achieved ones”)

All the doors into this lozenge shaped room are made of heavy bro ...

Rary's motives for turning evil and killing Otiluke and Tenser are pretty weak.

well, IMC this may get kinda answered. The party in my Heroes of Hommlet game ended up, eventually, finding the anci ...

Lanthorn, it's interesting that you bring this up. I've been toying with changing the spell to a higher level, along with Create Water and Create Food and Drink. More on both of those later.

Firs ...

Our intrepid party has defeated the twisted abomination that was Tsojcanth. Unfortunately, they failed to stop the Iuzian sorceress Naerenthyxelle from taking the Necronomicon and escaping. Berenn ...

Of all the resources I have used, none come close to her maps. They are one of the cornerstones of my campaigns as well.

Manny flies up and away, twisting to the left. The space is pretty non-descript. Looks like food and water in abundance is about it. So probably a flat plane. She is trapped here til it expires or M ...

Meanwhile, while the party continued to confront Tsojcanth, this is what happened beyond the pillar….

Berenn asks Hepla to activate the pillar. “Anyone coming?” he asks.

[Berenn OOC: Since they ...

"I was the one who caused this, years ago," says Drelnza. "I shall stop Tsjocanth. You should make your escape." She draws her sword and prepares to enter the passage.

Emyn, who has by now descende ...

"I was the one who caused this, years ago," says Drelnza. "I shall stop Tsjocanth. You should make your escape." She draws her sword and prepares to enter the passage.

Emyn, who has by now descende ...

After the crashing from the lab, the party makes all haste to get there. The lab is NOT across the bridge. The lab is reached by going to the bottom of the retriever pit. Hepla says she will scout i ...

After the crashing from the lab, the party makes all haste to get there. The lab is NOT across the bridge. The lab is reached by going to the bottom of the retriever pit. Hepla says she will scout i ...

After the battles with the retriever and with the Iuzians, both groups have come together again. As for the Azcral dwarves, they took a beating. Their leader, Delaim, fell in battle, as did many othe ...

Sir Godwyn strides on foot across to the other side and the open door Drelnza went through, remaining just ahead of Emyn, sword and shield at the ready to smite down upon enemies with the righteous fu ...

This is another place I may need to use in the coming months. Thanks for all the sources. Now I have even more stuff to search through!

I basically just finished B1 in my new Riftcanyon Campaign. It actually turned out quite well. Looking into moving on to a few others, including versions of B2 and B4 and other stuff about which I s ...

Thanks for all the ideas. I don't really do a lot of work on myths and such, or on the histories of the gods most of the time. Since I don't have much from 3rd ed and later, being one of those old ...

So, just wondering who the Suel God of War would have been. Does anyone know? I am surprised I never thought of this, but now it would be useful.

I looking things over, and figured that Llerg a ...

Now that the rest of the party and their dwarven allies have been driven back by the Iuzian assault, I will return to those who separated from them earlier when they followed Drelnza through the telep ...

"Abandon the Entrenchment!" Thorgrim shouts. "To the northwest! Gotrek, go with them, and get to the Magic Pillar. We'll wait for Isilme there."

Thorgrim then casts Dispel Magic, and the fog sudde ...

Everyone except Isilme, Thorgrim, and Gotrek have now gone through the teleporting pillar. Thorgrim gathered the dwarves, and they prepare a defense of the main entrance chamber at the foot of the ...

I think the best was the triple face palm!

Sometimes I think this party's name should be the Facepalms, not the Heroes of Hommlet.

Isilme has returned, still invisible, to the party. She finds them confused after the scrambled melee with the fleeing trogs. They quickly piece together that half the party is missing, with Emyn ha ...

It does, but the major difference is that the RiftCanyon does not have a narrow floor witth a river. in that regard, I see it more like Valles Marineris on Mars. There are some interesting artist in ...

And let's not forget that in first edition a lot was just left up to the DM. You don't have to explain exactly what you're doing nor why. In a situation like you are describing, I would probably not e ...

Nice to see you Jason. Welcome!

"I am Hepla,” says Hepla aloud. “We have been talking. I am glad you have such power, this can mean that together we can defeat your brother's army."

"The Old One brings minions to slay you,” says ...

I finally started my Rift Canyon campaign. I will post campaign journals soon, but let me throw out some teasers.

It begins with Anna's map, of course!

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The following i ...

I used another old medieval city drawing, like I did for Verbobonc years ago. I'd have to look it up, but I think it was a Spanish City, maybe Seville? I don't remember. Anyway, mine can be found her ...

Sounds like totally new take on some old stuff. It's definitely different than what I wrote years ago, so I don't know. Admittedly, I didn't buy any of the post 3rd Edition stuff so I'm out of the loo ...

While I'm finishing up B1 with my new group in the rift Canyon, B2 seems like the perfect transition. However, I'm also going to take the keep and place it in the rift Canyon itself. The caves will be ...

I ran an entire Adventure there myself. In the campaign journals forum I have posted the entire Adventure. You can check it out here: http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=view ...

I don't believe that the Gord books should be considered Canon. However, what really is canon in the first place? Considering how the game began and evolved, and specifically how Greghawk evolved from ...

As we left our stalwart band of heroes, they were within the circular chamber at the heart of the Great Caverns. Thanks to Isilme’s “Detect Undead” spells, they were alerted to the approach of a sha ...

Well, things are really going to start happening . . . once you finish that bacon and mushroom sandwich, anyway. Laughing

Actually, it was a ham and cheese croissant! Wink

Thing are REALLY about to start happening here!

Sorry, it's been a long time since I posted. They party has finally reached the central point of the original module, and I didn't mean to leave everyone hanging so long. So, back to the story!

* ...

With the party finally reunited, and the Iuzians, along with a small army of their own, arriving outside the mountain, the party settles down to plan.

"Gentlemen,” says Berenn, “in your absence a ...

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When you enter, a voice magically emanates from the mouth. "If you would ...

[DM OOC: The party has been split apart by the teleportation magic of the great portals. Where the half that disappeared is, nobody knows. Simultaneously, a large group of humanoids has descended u ...

The human magicuser already died. Replaced by an elven fighter-magicuser.

Still open for a couple players.... :)

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"I'd say it's Iggy's work, all right," says Manny warily. Manny starts looking it over for tr ...

The bats never end up coming towards the party, so there must be another exit somewhere else.

“Ah this reminds me of a song for my next musical,” says Elrae. “It's a duet and a work in progress. ...

The party meets back up at the foot of the stairs, where you can plan your next move. You have 19 dwarves with you now.

"Let's look to the southwest a bit,” says Emyn. “We may find signs of the exp ...

"Something is wrong," says Miri. "The grey man must have taken him!" She draws her blade and charges up the corridor. It is dimly lit by strange, iridescent fungi, as is much of the place, so you can ...

That's pretty cool. I would have to have like a new chart about Critical Hits, maybe you something from the Arms Law, Claws Law book as a base. I always wanted to do that too!
I like the idea of usin ...

So, I'm going to try this new healing system out for my 2nd ed Greyhawk Campaign. Basically, when you sleep overnight, if you get good rest as described in the ADnD Wilderness Survival Guide (I love ...

I just thought I would post that we are looking for a couple of players. The game is handled on another website, the Road of Kings.

http://www.warbarron.com/rok/index.php

Easy and free to sig ...

Delaim recommends posting guards here at this stairway you've uncovered if you are determined to go down further.

"Delaim, that's a good idea," says Thorgrim. "Your men have proven invaluable this ...

"That'll send her packing!" Thorgrim declares with satisfaction. He looks about for any more invisible enemies before assessing the party's damage. "We may need Isilme's help with healing before pre ...

There's a third version that appears in Iuz the Evil.

Legend tells that the Rift was created in a battle between greater Powers. Which ones varies from version to version of the tale, but it is s ...

dang. Missed it again. :(

I'm kind of thinking that it ought to be more like Valles marineris on Mars. There's some excellent pictures of that now, taken from our Mars Orbiter. I was I thinking that that's much better way to E ...

My second question I will put forward in another post here. I actually had this all typed out and then accidentally closed the window before posting. I hate when that happens!

Anyway, question 2: ...

Hey guys, just thought I'd revive this thread, since I'm about to use the Riftcanyon in my current campaign. I have always been fascinated by it, but never have my games gone there. The closest was ...

"I could cast Protection from Petrification on Gotrek and let him find the monster,” says Berenn. “Or we could just let Elrae sing it a lullaby....”

“Is there a way to return those stoned to life?” ...

The passage goes down, winding around for a bit before reaching a steep section with stairs carved into it. Thorgrim and Gotrek are pretty sure you've gone down another 50' or so. After descending the ...

I added this map to the Lost Caverns to make more sense. If Iggwilv hung out here, it seems reasonable that she had a more...normal dungeon level created, one where she could do some work, meet suppl ...

“We have found one door blocked by Raoist Wardings,” says Manny, taking in the scene, “behind which were deposited 3 bodies. Near there is a dead elf, tentatively identified as from Vesve/Highfolk in ...

Sunday, 23rd of Reaping (582)

The dawn breaks, and faint light enters the upper cavern with the shrine. It's a cool morning, barely over 40*, with a strong westerly wind of about 25mph. It whips up ...

As you can see, it's a beholder!

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Round 1:

Be ...

Emyn drops a lit torch down the hole to see how far it goes. It falls down so far you can't tell, at least 500', before hitting bottom and bouncing away. There is dim light down there, but you can't ...

Sorry for the absence. Work has been crazy! Anyway, I will now return to the adventures of the Heroes of Hommlet. We left off as they were seeking Iggwilv's Horn and the Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth. The ...

The party is traveling along an ancient road. They reach the lake where they find a stone causeway almost 2000' long spanning the edge. Large waterfalls pour into the lake from both sides of the steep ...

Part 24 - Valleys of the Horn

Starday, 22nd of Reaping (582)

In the morning the party continues its travels south. The mountains are indeed incredible, and the morning sun on the peaks leaves ev ...

ROUND 1

Isilme uses her Wand of Slow. One of the giants seems to move more slowly, talking funny, and the other one laughs at him.

"What is wrong, Kyvyn," he says, pointing. "Dragon got your ton ...