Playing Dice with the Universe

Campaign Log: Lost Mine of Phandelver Our Heroes Character Description Myandir Silveroak An Elven Apprentice Wizard and Acolyte of Selune, Goddess of the Moon Rance Raddish A folk hero scout armed with a pair of Short Sword Bjorn 'Bearkiller' Katho-Olavi An 8' tall Goliath Swords master in chain mail. He has a pet mouse from growing up on the streets. Raymondo Angigua Debonair and roguish storyteller who (thinks) he can talk his way out of any situation. Nessa May Half-Elven Charlatan making her way through life using her wit and musical ability. Chapter Two City Ruffians Our Heroes ride into Phandalin on the cart along with Sildar’s body.  We stop at Barthen’s Provisions. Myandir went inside talked with Barthen and received the payment for the shipment once he had come and checked the content. Continuing down the road a commotion was seen ahead where four red cloake...

Wizards in Fifth Edition D&D. I have always been a fan of Wizards in games as they are the ultimate expression of being a fantasy character.  Manipulating arcane power to blast away opponents or control them with mind alternating effects. In the latest D&D game our Wizard class has eight sub-classes, or schools, to choice from Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy or Transmutation.  Some of them, such as Illusion are really powerful at high level but three of the schools stand out to me as ones I would want to play from low level all the way through. School of Abjuration Eldritch Knight Abjuration gives us a mystic ward that absorbs damage before we take it.  Two hit points (HP) per level actually gives up 50% more hit points, the same number as a Fighter.  We can also 'heal' these hit points by casting spells.  The character I want to play with this is a Battle Mage striding into combat...

Dungeon Crawling Fools Episode 22 Background A lot of my friends starting playing Dungeons and Dragons with the Moldvay and Mentzer editions back in the eighties. One of them started up a nostalgia dungeon delve using the Basic D&D rules which we have now been playing for nearly two years. It is an open table format game with who ever turns up heading into the dungeon. The party Character Description Galan Foxflower Elven Warrior-Seer with Sleep and Blindness spells Karensa Elven Warrior-Seer with Sleep and Magic Missile spells Bon'hala Elven Veteran-Medium with Sleep spell Cnut the Great Human Swordsmaster Gibbit Human Burgler. Adventure Our heroes return to the Bath house of Blibdoolpoolp a section of the caves off the beaten track.Previously they had found some stairs down to level two. Getting to the stairs though means going through a couple of rooms on the ...

D&D Quest: Session Two The Party Arden De Vere, Bard of Apollo: Half Elven Noble who disguises himself as human. Magrig:  A hulking half Orc Barbarian with a fetish for Axes. Fyonar: An Elven Mage who has spent the last 90 years cloistered away learning arcane arts. Medrash: Dragonborn Paladin who wants to learn about Druidism. Kara: Human Scout and sharpshooter. The Story We left our heroes fighting the Sea Hags minions.  Magrig charged after the Hag but she was too slippery and was able to escape with the egg of the Merfolk Queen.  She triggered a trap that collapsed the passage way behind her. The Half-orc turned back to see his friends being battered by the Merrow.  He threw a javelin impaling the monster as it back handed Arden.  Medrash stepped up and smashed his flail into its thick hide and, with the help of a few arrows, it finally toppled to the floor. During the battle the captive sailors we had rescued fled and we had to sea...

Our Heroes Character Description Myandir Silveroak A novice of Selune, Goddess of the Moon with aspirations to learn Wizardy Rance Raddish A scout armed with a Short Sword and Dagger Bjorn 'Bearkiller' Katho-Olavi An 8' tall Goliath Swords master in chain mail. The party tank. Raymondo Angigua Debonair and roguish storyteller who (thinks) he can talk his way out of any situation. Session One - Killing Goblins In the city of Neverwinter our heroes meet up with a local dwarf merchant who they all know called Gundren Rockseeker.  He is travelling south and wants his trusted friends to bring a cart of goods to Barthan's Provisions in Phandalin, some three days journey south.  He is leaving tomorrow and the cart will be ready the day after.  He buys an extra round of drinks to help celebrate and Raymondo shows off with some knife tricks and gambling. On route four Goblins try a poor...

Name: Myandir Silveroak High Elf Urban Bounty Hunter. Level 1 Cleric of Selune, Goddess of the Moon then 19 levels of Wizard. Str 8 Dex 14 Con 13 Int 16 Wis 14 Chr 10 Concept I really like the Hypnotic Gaze power of the Enchanter Wizard.  The idea of casting a buff spell on the first round and then hypnotizing the Big Bad Evil Guy (BBEG) while the party clears out the minions is appealing. Split Enchantment at tenth level is a free Twin Meta-magic spell for all your 'save or suck' spells making them more useful as well.  Now if you are going to play a Wizard who is putting himself into melee combat you need to get some armour.  The best way to do that is with first level in either Cleric or Fighter. Background Myandir was an orphan who was raised by the church of Selune.  He spent much of his youth wandering the library reading books on magic and history.  He joined the church militia and worked as a bounty hunter tracking down those who had sto...