Thursday, December 13, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 13, Part 2

Ildirin nearly has his brain mastered, but Pronefest manages to mangle the Master Brain.

Rise of the New God - Session 13, Part 1

Pronefest plows its way through some psychic enemies, and heads for the Master Brain.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 12

Bûrzum and Mindartis manage to schmooze their way back to the party, and Ildirin likewise manages an escape from King Thrumbolg. Pronefest then takes the advice of the late Jackie Gleason.

Rise of the New God - Session 12 Pregame

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 11

In which the party delves into the intrigue surrounding Loray's murder, Krusk finds a new love, and "negotiations" with Fomorians go horribly, horribly wrong.

Rise of the New God - Session 11 Pregame

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 10

Pronefest finally finds its way to the Wizard of the Tomb of Horrors and their wishes come true! Krusk gets a heart, Ildirin gets his courage, and they all get to go home. Unfortunately, Ki-amar dies before getting a brain, succumbing to terminal stupidity. Upon their return to Shinaelestra, the political intrigue continues.

Rise of the New God - Session 10 Pregame

Friday, November 2, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 9

Pronefest venture forth into the tomb, encountering an ominous, spherical room, a strange chamber that seems to oscillate through time, some mysterious keys, and a horrifying ossuary filled with undead and bridges made of flesh...

Rise of the New God - Session 9 Pregame

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 8, Part 4

With a little sleuthing, Pronefest finally figures out how to escape this painful room.

Rise of the New God - Session 8, Part 3

Pronefest is confounded by a trap-filled room full of things that can't be knocked prone.

Rise of the New God - Session 8, Part 2

Ildirin is trapped in a tapestry, but is freed by a magical ritual. Pronefest giddily destroys hundreds of the souls of similarly trapped adventurers while cutting and burning their way through the room.

Rise of the New God - Session 8, Part 1

Delving into the tomb, the party finds a room filled with a roaring fire, wraiths, and mysterious tapestries...

Rise of the New God - Session 8 Pregame

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 7, Part 4

Ildirin finally figures out the secret of the puzzle and smashes open the eyes of the statue. Pronefest rejoices.

Rise of the New God - Session 7, Part 3

In this mysterious new dungeon, the party tries to figure out what to do next. (Mostly through trial and error).

Rise of the New God - Session 7, Part 2

Pronefest manages to escape the clutches of the Tortured Vestige...but where have they emerged?

Rise of the New God - Session 7, Part 1

Wandering through Moil, the party finds themselves fleeing the tortured vestige through a gauntlet of trials.

Rise of the New God - Session 7 Pregame

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 6, Part 3

After wandering through the city of Moil and encounter a group of undead on a bridge, Pronefest spots the Tortured Vestige off in the distance.

Rise of the New God - Session 6, Part 2

Pronefest finds themselves in Moil, The City that Waits, and the words of a dead Shadar-Kai remind them of the Tortured Vestige, an roiling mass of the dead souls of the city. I wonder if it can be knocked prone...

Rise of the New God - Session 6, Part 1

Pronefest is forced into a trial by fire by servants of the Raven Queen. They find an enormous bell emanating ominous energy. Ringing it raises a slew of undead. Ildirin slaughterously slays the slew.

Rise of the New God - Session 6 Pregame

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 5, Part 3

After the battle with the EIB draws to a close, Pronefest finds the Witch of Dreams fleeing the scene of the battle, and K'Artanyik finds some manner of "jetted pack" mechanism. Pronefest parties hard, and awakes to find themselves under arrest in the name of the Raven Queen.

Rise of the New God - Session 5, Part 2

Pronefest manages to dupe the EIB to rescue their abducted comrades. A battle ensues, in which there is much pummeling of (and by) Eladrin. To their dismay, K'Artanyik is unable to be harmed by their non-magical blades...

Rise of the New God - Session 5, Part 1

During their investigation of the Feygrove Vineyards, Pronefest discovers that people are disappearing in the night after seeing a white light. They continue their investigation, confident that the TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

Rise of the New God - Session 5 Pregame

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 4, Part 3

Reemerging, Pronefest ft. Ki-amar find the maze has been successfully conquered by the Winter Fey. Using rare "teleportation" magic, the party returns to Senaliesse where Ki-amar is knighted.

Rise of the New God - Session 4, Part 2

Deeper in the tunnels, Pronefest encounters and defeats a Fomorian guard amid a cavern of poisonous mushrooms. Then, they encounter a corrupted hangman's tree that nearly manages to kill Ki-amar after swallowing him twice. Ildirin destroys the source of corruption, and the tree is quickly felled.

Rise of the New God - Session 4, Part 1

Pronefest encounters a new companion, Ki-amar, who offers to accompany them on their quest to seek the cause of the poison. The party ventures into the underground and finds themselves infected with the Faceless Hate.

Rise of the New God - Session 4 Pregame

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 3

The individual members of Pronefest are sent to carry out their own clandestine tasks. But will secrets and conflicting interests cause their alliance to fall apart? I smell a sitcom! Next, Pronefest wanders into the Maze of Fathaghn to find it besieged by winter fey and narrowly avoid an encounter with a mess of treants. Then a flaming treant mysteriously appears in front of them with murder in its eyes...

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 2, Part 4

Returning the way they came one last time, the party stumbles on several hostile angels of an unknown god. Then, they are received by the Fey who will become their new patrons.

Rise of the New God - Session 2, Part 3

After reaching the heart of the graveyard, the party finds itself up against an undead monstrosity and an enormous mass of animate vines. The party is knocked unconscious, but later wakes to find their foe has burned to death and they are victorious!

Rise of the New God - Session 2 Part 2

In which the party spectacularly fails a skill challenge and narrowly avoids a TPK.

Rise of the New God - Session 2, Part 1

In which the party discovers that the room from which they originally emerged contains something...new. (Yeah, that's right, I didn't edit SHIT. I do what I want bitches.)

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Rise of the New God - Session 1, Part 4

The party battles to free their minds from enchanted game tables, wherein Krusk reveals that he took Bocce Proficiency.

Rise of the New God - Session 1, Part 3

After being tricked by a lamia, the party is forced to fight and find their wills are sadly lacking (except for Ilidrin).

Rise of the New God - Session 1, Part 2

The graveyard is filled with all manner of dangerous traps and vicious undead. Ilidrin bravely seizes a mysterious enchanted torch...and nothing happens. Yet.

Rise of the New God - Session 1, Part 1

We meet our heroes called to a mysterious Eladrin graveyard that has been utterly desecrated.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 13, Part 3

The Sashes strike down the Dracolich, and after some debate, agree to destroy the Book of Horrors. For their unfailing service to the city, Rolan gives them titles and noble estates. And to Bane, he gives a heart.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 13, Part 2

The Sashes strike down the inky menace, and Bane assumes its form to attempt to deceive the Dracolich Deathlord awaiting them in the next room. To the Sashes' alarm, the Dracolich is clutching none other than the Book of Vile Darkness.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 13, Part 1

Prince Rolan reveals the source of the undead to the adventurers: an evil tome hidden inside the Deathless Palace. Heading to the Hall of the Ancients, an abandoned wing of the palace, the Sashes find themselves fighting an inky, undead monstrosity.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 12, Part 4

The sashes fight frantically to activate the defense system of Gloomwrought to fend off the hordes of undead.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 12, Part 3

Malachi and Mistress Ferranifer are taken down, and so is Fellwroth Ruin, netting the adventurers some sweet gold. Waking from their extended rest, the party is surprised to find Prince Rolan...

Atramentous Detritus - Session 12, Part 2

After finding a secret passage into the bowels of Fellwroth Ruin, they engage Malachi, Mistress Ferranifer, and their undead minions in a final showdown.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 12, Part 1

After returning to the surface, the Sashes call Balaren to ask about the state of the city. For their next move, they investigate Fellwroth Ruin...

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 11, Part 5

At long last, the Lord of the Blades and his cronies fall, and the party debates whether to take a rest with the fate of Gloomwrought hanging in the balance, or fight on and face almost certain death.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 11, Part 4

One by one, the undead minions that our heroes have come to know and love meet their end at the hands of the Blades. The party is thoroughly bruised as well.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 11, Part 3

The Fane of Night is cleansed of the Venomers, and the party then turns it attention to the Lord of Blades. At the bottom of the Stormy Sea, the Sashes and warforged face off.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 11, Part 2

A grueling fight with Saarveth and his Voice ensues, and the party gradually approaches victory, though not without taking a serious beating. Saarveth is the first to fall.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 11, Part 1

Balaren asks the Sashes to hunt down the leaders of the three gangs. Our heroes throw down the gauntlet first at the Fane of Night and find themselves face-to-snakes with Saarveth himself.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 10, Part 5

The Sashes kill a couple dragons, and raise Zebu as an undead minion.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 10, Part 4

Discovering that the Venomers are planning to create a potent poison from the poisons of two dragons, Antharosk and Zebukiel, the Sashes head to the Raven's Erie to find it profaned by the worshippers of Zehir.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 10, Part 3

The party takes a much-needed sleep while Claudiu sneaks out and does some evil crap. He manages to pull one over his compatriots, but they do figure out that a Rakshasa is impersonating Prince Rolan, and the whereabouts of the real prince are unknown.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 10, Part 2

After a heated debate, the Sashes decide to wait to sink the airship until it has cleared the residential areas of the city to minimize casualties. And the ships are taken down.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 10, Part 1

Our heroes are rewarded for their heroic deeds with some glorious treasure. The Lord of Blades begins raining down lightning from his airship, and the Sashes are tasked with taking it down.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 9: A Dramatic Reading

The Red Sashes interrogate their warforged captive, learn more about the Atramentous Detritus, attend a masquerade, get betrayed, and kill Olisk Carradh.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 8, Part 4

The party cleans up the warforged, making sure to leave one behind for questioning.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 8, Part 3

A group of warforged attack the city's public docks, and the Sashes are called in to crush them, while Balaren saves civilians and extinguishes flames.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 8, Part 2

Nehem and Claudiu, with the support of Bane, combine forces to utterly destroy a group of Venomers escaping from the city jail.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 8, Part 1

Darrak gets his ass cursed, and the party has to fight off a group of vampires in a thrilling rooftop chase.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 7, Part 4

The Sashes manage to kill the aboleths, and Istoniel tries to figure out how he's going to get rid of his snake tail.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 7, Part 3

The party finds themselves in an old Drow city far underground. While debating about what to do next, they are ambushed by a group of aboleths.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 7, Part 2

As they fall deeper and deeper into the Underdark, the heroes disturb an umber hulk that forces them to attack each other. Thinking quickly, they manage to narrowly avoid turning into a fine paste on impact by slowing their fall before they hit the ground below.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 7, Part 1

The party mosey on down into the Undercity to fight the Venomers before they can poison the waterhole, and fall for the oldest trick in the book.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Mini Session 3

Istoniel clears out a fascinating clock tower for a new gnome friend, and receives a troubling premonition from his father.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 7

Turns out there was some awesome loot in the library, and the Red Sashes are rollin' in it.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 6

A harsh smackdown is laid upon the Venomers and their compatriots.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 5

The party fights a group of Venomers, and Istoniel gets stoned.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 4

The Brothers are interrogated, and the High Priestess requests that the Red Sashes find out why tens of thousands of dead bodies are piled up outside the city...

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 3

Claudiu rips the throat out of an important public figure.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 2

The fight versus the Vecnite impostors and the Brothers continues.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 6, Part 1

The party's penchant for raising the dead finally catches up to them. Or does it?

Monday, July 16, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 5, Part 5


The perpetrator confronts the party. Darrak is disappointed to find that, unlike at the Red Rake, no one in this encounter gives any head.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 5, Part 4


Decapitated bodies litter the streets. With no witnesses, the party tries to get ahead of the perpetrator by getting a head of his victims.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 5, Part 3


The party takes some mooncalf kidney stones, returns to Fizzet Fizzbarn for some juicy treasure, and Bane makes good on the stolen trade secrets of House Carradh.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 5, Part 2


The mooncalf manipulates the party with its inescapable tentacles, but Bane manages to incinerate its clutch of eggs in a magic molten metallic maelstrom.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 5, Part 1


Conversing with Sanda about her aberrant adventures leads the party into conflict with a mooncalf.

Atramentous Detritus - Mini Session 2, Part 2


We discover how Nehem earned his title, “King of Frogs and Frog-men.”

Atramentous Detritus - Mini Session 2, Part 1


Bane extorts the crap out of House Carradh.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 7


After slaying Malachi's Butcher, the party finds some swank magic rings.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 6


The party interrogates their Venomer captive. Seeking more information about the previous monstrosities they had encountered, the party stumbles upon Malachi's Butcher.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 5


Bane's shadowy webs divide the Venomers, and the party conquers.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 4


As the second floor of the Red Rake is engulfed in a fierce melee, the whores flee to cover.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 3


Our heroes clean up the warforged and return to the Red Rake to find Sanda's whereabouts. Back at the whorehouse, Darrak goes hump in the night, and Venomers go bump in the night.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 2


The remaining warforged continue to advance their anti-mirror agenda.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 4, Part 1


The Blades begin an all-out offensive on their sworn enemy: reflective surfaces. The Red Sashes step into to defend.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Part 6

The party takes no prisoners! And the session comes to a (poorly edited) close.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Part 5

The Red Sashes fight some cultists of Zehir, get seriously messed up by a powerful assassin, and everyone is dazed.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Part 4

Claudiu punches and bites a flaming scarecrow, and the party cleans house in the crypt. Darrak continues to be reckless.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Part 3

Darrak is browbeaten into exploring a crypt, and then smashes the living hell out of everything inside it while the party watches on in frustration (and paranoia).

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Part 2

In which Darrak, in an act of legendary baddassery, punches a 20-foot tall warforged to death, and then raises it as his undead thrall.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Part 1

The party meets Dedrik Harskel after saving his dock from some dirty warforged hoodlums, and travel to his emporium for their rewards. And the Word of the Day is "palanquin."

Atramentous Detritus - Session 3, Mini-Session 1

Claudiu goes on a little adventure of his own.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 2, Part 5

In which in-character racism continues to offer a disturbing window to player racism. Also, the party opens up a can of Dailies on some shiny, metal, warforged ass.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 2, Part 4

Claudiu, Nehem, and Bane beat the crap out of everything, Darrak heals the crap into everything, Istoniel closes a portal to the Far Realm, and the party gains some undead Cheerleaders of the Damned!

Atramentous Detritus - Session 2, Part 3

The Red Sash initiates fight a throng of Ktul-worshiping cultists and a tangle of tentacles to save a damsel in trans-dimensional distress.

Atramentous Detritus - Session 2, Part 2

Our 5 newly-minted Red Sashes find a cache of weapons ... and a gelatinous cube.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Atramentous Detritus - Session 2 Part 1

In this first installment of Atramentous Detritus, we meet our heroes, and they meet their patron, the tiefling Balaren.