Recounting Encounters

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where theparty chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate. You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. What happened at your table?  Who succumbed to the will of the Gods?  Did your heroes come out victorious?  Did they restore some order to Baldur's Gate? If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where theparty chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate. You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. What are your players going to do? Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice? How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation?If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate. You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. What are your players going to do? Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice? How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation?If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate. You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. Stage 7 - Shut the Mouth, Kidnappings and a Senseless Massacre Ravengard suspects the broadsheet "Baldur's Mouth" is a  medium for codespeak amongst the thieves.  Will the characters confirm these suspicions?  People are kidnapped.  Not an uncommon occurance in Baldur's Gate, but not in 40 years have any of the kidnappers murdered their charges.  Bodies are coming up everywhere and ransoms are overinflated.  Will the characters be able to save the poor soul they are charged to find and return to the family. What is happening.  A simple protest turns into hundreds of dead.  Was it a happy trigger finger, or will the characters discover something more sinister in this senseless slaughter? We come back with a chalk full of goodies this week. What are your players going to do? Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice?  How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation? If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate. You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. Stage 6 - Arson, Swordfighting, and Jokey Courts Listen in as we talk about who is setting fires this week in this heavy season of political intrigue.  People are setting fires all over the place and will the heroes stop them? This place is getting out of hand, people are now allowed to DUEL!!  Upper city forlk are using swords while the lamplighters are defending themselves with candles.  Fear not Ravengard will have your head for any type of infringement. Craig comes back to us with a chalk full of goodies. What are your players going to do? Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice? Will they support Ravengard or will they start their own secrets and hold this over some of the people's heads. How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation? If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate. You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. Stage 5 - Upper City Lockout and Protectionism The rich are passing laws to make them richer and the poor are being excluded.  The poor retaliate and impose extra taxes on the fine goods sold at the Wide.  Who is going to win?  Who cares?  There are other things happening in the Undercellar and people are going to talk.  Sounds like a boring week...or is it. Only one of us played this week, yet managed to take (in my opinion) a sad encounter and turn it into a nice piece of work. Craig was unable to join us this week and he will be chock-full of details of what is happening at his table next week. What are your players going to do? Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice? Will they support Ravengard or will they start their own secrets and hold this over some of the people's heads. How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation? If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate.  You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. Stage 4 - Hands Off Garbage is on strike and the place is filthy, the Thieves Guild is at it again.  Ravengard is running for the council of 4 but has some serious opposition.  Sounds like a boring week...or is it.  Only one of us played this week, yet managed to take (in my opinion) a sad encounter and turn it into a nice piece of work. What are your players going to do?  Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice?  Will they support Ravengard or will they start their own secrets and hold this over some of the people's heads. How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation? If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate.  You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link. Stage 3 - Hands Off The party is confronted with some serious vandalism this week.  The city of Baldur's Gate wakes up to hands missing from some of the most important statues represented in the town.  The statues affected are the following: -Seaserpent Tamed by Umberlee, near the Water Queen's House, -Fury of the Fist, outside the seatower, -Balduran Looks Out to Sea, overlooking the river from the east of the city, -Six Wise machinists, near the High House of Wonders, and; -Faithful Shopkeeper meets the Honest Trader, at the foot of the Counting House pier. The next evening, the beloved Ranger Minsc is struck and its hand and Boo have disappeared. What are the players going to do?  Will they seek out the miscreants and bring them to justice?  Will they apprehend the vandals and dispose of them, or will they start their own secrets and hold this over some of the people's heads. What did your table do?  How did they fare and how did they resolve this situation? If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. The players affiliate themselves with a faction: Duke Thorin Silvershield, from the Upper City, Ulder Ravengard, current leader of the mercenary band of the Flaming Fist and protectors of the Lower City, and ...well let's just say it is a representative of the Guild, a Robin Hood thieves organisation. The party is then pulled into their various task, and taking into consideration their various assignments, and the stories fly all over Baldur's Gate.  You have to listen to believe it. Listen as Derek, Craig and I talk about what happened at our respective tables. Click here for the link.If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

Murder in Baldur's Gate is an interactive module where the party chooses their paths. Due to personal things happening in my life, we will post differently in the future. I will post and correct this in the future.  In the meantime here is the podcast for the session one and two weeks. Click here for the link.If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

In this follow-up adventure to the gameday: Vault of the Dracolich, the party is called to Hap to speak to the wizard Imani.  A great item has been found called the Diamond Staff which can open countless mysteries of ancient Elven societies. The staff is stolen by Orcs and the party must now stop the evildoers from unlocking the secrets of the elves and reclaim the diamond staff. Backstabbing, intrigue, betrayal, and of course the Orcs, will make for a great season of Encounters. Join us for another great season of the good the bad and the ugly as Derek from dungeonsmaster.com, Craig and I recap everything that happened at our gaming table this week.  We talk about what happened during the encounter, some of the changes that we made as DM's and talk about some of things we liked a lot and things we liked not so much. Click HERE for the audio file! Session 8 - Chomylla's Key Due to forseen, yet unforseen circumstances, I was not able to partake in the recording of this podcast, but my wonderful crew managed a good one. Listen to what happened at our table.  What happened at yours? Tell us of any memorable events at the table.  Are you playing next or 4th? Follow us where we once again talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of this season of D&D Encounters: Search for the Diamond Staff If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

In this follow-up adventure to the gameday: Vault of the Dracolich, the party is called to Hap to speak to the wizard Imani.  A great item has been found called the Diamond Staff which can open countless mysteries of ancient Elven societies. The staff is stolen by Orcs and the party must now stop the evildoers from unlocking the secrets of the elves and reclaim the diamond staff. Backstabbing, intrigue, betrayal, and of course the Orcs, will make for a great season of Encounters. Join us for another great season of the good the bad and the ugly as Derek from dungeonsmaster.com, Craig and I recap everything that happened at our gaming table this week.  We talk about what happened during the encounter, some of the changes that we made as DM's and talk about some of things we liked a lot and things we liked not so much. Click HERE for the audio file! Session 7 - Vault of Song Last week the party was busy.  Chitines all over the place, and webs galore.  The plus of all this is that the party(if they were smart for two cents) find a magic item on a supposedly sacrificed Zhent soldier. This week the party moves down into the lower levels and get into the Vault of Song proper.  Signs of the passing of Phoedele and her cronies are everywhere.  The players encounter upstream upside-down fountains, statue puzzles and old scriptorium where they have the potential for greater power. After all of this, the party moves into the chamber of the crystal well and fight a dragon construct and some Zhent soldiers. Once they defeat the enemies, the party will then move on to the next room. Listen to what happened at our table.  What happened at yours? Tell us of any memorable events at the table.  Are you playing next or 4th? This weeks podcast is a little long, we had a lot to talk about. Follow us where we once again talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of this season of D&D Encounters: Search for the Diamond Staff If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

In this follow-up adventure to the gameday: Vault of the Dracolich, the party is called to Hap to speak to the wizard Imani.  A great item has been found called the Diamond Staff which can open countless mysteries of ancient Elven societies. The staff is stolen by Orcs and the party must now stop the evildoers from unlocking the secrets of the elves and reclaim the diamond staff. Backstabbing, intrigue, betrayal, and of course the Orcs, will make for a great season of Encounters. Join us for another great season of the good the bad and the ugly as Derek from dungeonsmaster.com, Craig and I recap everything that happened at our gaming table this week.  We talk about what happened during the encounter, some of the changes that we made as DM's and talk about some of things we liked a lot and things we liked not so much. Click HERE for the audio file! Session 6 - Ruins of Uvaeren Last week the party was busy.  Interacting with the people from Peldan's Helm, the party managed to track down the Zhents and happen to stumble upon a group searching for the Diamond Dtaff themselves. The characters then follow the chimes and eventually end up at the ruins.  Only a few building remain, the rest having been obliterated. The first room is Chomylla's monument, a statue that was erected by Chomylla herself after the destruction of the beautiful city.  Touching the statue imparts a message to the  players of the horrors that befell this city and the cities surrounding the area. The characters can then move further into the ruins and can pass through the moon arch, a white marble wall whose top is carved in the shape of a crescent moon.  Webbing has been strung across and any player who passes through the arch can set of a tripwire trap that shoots poisoned darts at the party. Surviving this the party bump into a body strung up on webs...a Zhent soldier.  After investigation, they find some cool stuff on the dude. They then stumble upon the lair of the Chitines. These pale folk with four spindly arms are up on the webs and attack the party as soon as they move into the lair.  What happens next is up to your table. Listen to what happened at our table.  What happened at yours? Tell us of any memorable events at the table.  Are you playing next or 4th? This weeks podcast is a little long, we had a lot to talk about.  Stick with it to the end because we talk about how to modify the encounters, throwing ideas out there for way to overcome the "extended rest" the party is supposed to take. Follow us where we once again talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of this season of D&D Encounters: Search for the Diamond Staff W - Chitine Warriors S - Chitine Scouts C - Chitines If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

In this follow-up adventure to the gameday: Vault of the Dracolich, the party is called to Hap to speak to the wizard Imani.  A great item has been found called the Diamond Staff which can open countless mysteries of ancient Elven societies. The staff is stolen by Orcs and the party must now stop the evildoers from unlocking the secrets of the elves and reclaim the diamond staff. Backstabbing, intrigue, betrayal, and of course the Orcs, will make for a great season of Encounters. Join us for another great season of the good the bad and the ugly as Derek from dungeonsmaster.com, Craig and I recap everything that happened at our gaming table this week.  We talk about what happened during the encounter, some of the changes that we made as DM's and talk about some of things we liked a lot and things we liked not so much. Click HERE for the audio file! Session 5- Rogue Agents Last week the party met Barcero and his cronies.  The party either avoided combat entirely by diplomicizing him, or plain defeated him with their weapons of mass destruction.  Regardless of how the situation panned out, the party either make their way back to Hap to talk to Imani about what has happened, or head directly to Peldan's Helm in pursuit of the Zhents. Arriving at Peldan's Helm, the characters are able to interact with the town on some of the recent activities and people coming through or around the town.  If the characters were successful in asking the correct questions the gathered that the Zhents have passed through and were carrying something long wrapped in blankets.  The party could have also gathered that the Cult of the Dragon is hot on the Zhents tail also. With this knowledge and the possible shortcuts provided by the Ranger of Peldan's Helm, the characters confront the cultists violently or diplomatically... it is up to them. Listen to what happened at our table.  What happened at yours? Follow us where we once again talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of this season of D&D Encounters: Search for the Diamond Staff If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton

In this follow-up adventure to the gameday: Vault of the Dracolich, the party is called to Hap to speak to the wizard Imani.  A great item has been found called the Diamond Staff which can open countless mysteries of ancient Elven societies. The staff is stolen by Orcs and the party must now stop the evildoers from unlocking the secrets of the elves and reclaim the diamond staff. Backstabbing, intrigue, betrayal, and of course the Orcs, will make for a great season of Encounters. Join us for another great season of the good the bad and the ugly as Derek from dungeonsmaster.com, Craig and I recap everything that happened at our gaming table this week.  We talk about what happened during the encounter, some of the changes that we made as DM's and talk about some of things we liked a lot and things we liked not so much. Click HERE for the audio file! At the start of this week, we talk about the changes coming to the public play program before we actually get to the meat of our podcast. If you wish to skip this part fast-forward to minute - 21.03 Session 4 - The Ghost Hold After last week's first meeting with the true force behind the attacks on Hap, the characters discover a letter by a man named Barcero.  Phoedele is to meet Barcero at an old decrepit building or estate called Sandersal Manor to hand over the Diamond Staff.  The character may or may not report back to Imani and regardless of what they do, spend a day or two travelling to Battledale where the mansion is located. The characters arrive to see the place has been gutted by fire and flame and are left to explore the area.  After some exploration, the characters encounter Barcero and his Dread Protectors, also surrounded by his Shadar-kai Chainfighters.  Barcero is not immediately hostile towards the characters and the encounter at this point can go any way. Listen to what happened at our table.  What happened at yours? Follow us where we once again talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of this season of D&D Encounters: Search for the Diamond Staff If you like this article, head over to the site for more great articles, or just keep reading the feed. Cheers Alton