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Welcome to a brand new adventure using Kobold Press's Book of Ebon Tides campaign setting.  Today we meet our players, who they are playing and have a little family trauma.  So sit back, relax and welcome to Glenvale.   Players Level 2 AJ - Jacerryl - Lunar Elf Sorlock (Hospitality)  Daxx - Kael Underwing - Ravenfolk Bard (Sentinel)  Razza - Akiatta - Ratatosk Rogue (Shadow)  Riley - Akamu - Duskl...

Our story picks back up right after finding the dead body of a dwarf, then meeting Madame Samira Arah, one of the Kings of Coin.  She had a proposal for the party and what they are asked to do, and what happens next, will drop a whole lot of information on them.  So sit back, relax and enjoy.   Players: Level 5 Saint: Niklu (Nik) Bugbear Paladin, Oath of the River  Belv: Flincher: Dragonborn Battl...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  Our session started right back after surviving a fireball that was dropped in the room, and as the mongrelfolk protected the female golem, topside Danala and Kalliope were ready to ambush those below them.  So sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of the battle.   Players Level 6 Saint - Damphir Inquisitive Rogue/Paladin - Kalliope Jess - Ch...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game. Our story picks up late in the night, after the Valaar's made it back to camp with the smoking remains of a starved polar bear being dragged behind them.  As morning slowly came, so to came a few interesting memories.  So sit back, relax, turn the lights out and enjoy.   May 15 1002 Players: Abe - Bjorn Valaar - Viking Raider  Whitney - Ge...

Our story picks back up after surviving the battle with a stone giant, deep underground in the ruins above Whitestone.  From here we dust ourselves off and continue our search for the lost Temple of Ioun.  But what happens next?  Sit back, relax and enjoy to find out.   July 5-6 660 PE (Post Emergence) 33rd Emergence  10th - 11th of Sydenstar - Highsummer in 4 days.   Player Level: 7 Belv (Khaal):...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  Our story picks back up right after surviving the fight with some sort of mutated crustation on a small rocky island, just a day away from our first destination.  What we find when we get there though, will break even the most sane Viking there is.  So sit back, relax, turn the lights out and enjoy.   May 14-15 1002 Players: Abe - Bjorn V...

Our story picks back up after learning about what happened just before the Divergence here in Whitestone, and that something called a Divine Anchor has been breeched and needs to be fixed.  So no big deal right?  So sit back, relax and enjoy what happens next.   July 5-6 660 PE (Post Emergence) 33rd Emergence  10th - 11th of Sydenstar - Highsummer in 4 days.  Player Level: 7 Belv (Khaal): Saurial...

Our story picks back up after leaving the forest and the hipster coven of hags, then coming up with what to do next.  As lunchtime started to come closer, the sight of a nearby Jeli Flower Winery with tastings and a lunch special caught our eyes, Arbane was in for a surprise.  So sit back, relax and enjoy.   Players: Level 5 Saint: Niklu (Nik) Bugbear Paladin, Oath of the River  Belv: Flincher: Dr...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game. We pick back up after our party finally got a nice long rest in after saving the town of Krezk.  But for Danala, waking up was quite interesting. So sit back, relax, turn the lights off and enjoy.   Players Level 6 Saint - Damphir Inquisitive Rogue/Paladin - Kalliope Jess - Changeling Wildfire Druid - Flint  Linkin - Harengon Bladesinger F...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  We pick back up our story right after Aronson learned that when he used the knife to try to send everyone home, we all ended up somewhere else.  But where?  Sit back, relax, turn the lights off and find out.   May 14 1002 Players: Abe - Bjorn Valaar - Viking Raider  Whitney - Genya Valaar - Pirate  Katie - Skelli - Spy - MIA Wade - Bjorn...

Today marks our one year since we started this improv campaign and its been a blast so far for all of us.  We pick back up our story after settling down for the night before waking up and exploring the ruins near Whitestone, in hopes of learning more about where the temple of Ioun went.  But Khaal and Zion had other plans again, so sit back, relax and enjoy all the nat 20's.    July 5 5- 660 PE (P...

Well folks here it is, our final episode after a wonderful 3 year journey.  But how did this come about?  Well I guess you need to listen into find out and in two weeks we will have our campaign wrap up that will go over all the other fun things that could have been, or did happen, or will happen.  Then I would suggest hitting up our Surviving Extinction Campaign that takes place 900 years after t...

We pick back up our story right after some of us woke up from a nice nap, while others were walking back to the Inn after an interesting night of vice.  As our party had a nice breakfast of mostly bacon, they decide today is a nice day for a crocodile hunt.  So sit back, relax and enjoy what actually happens.   Players: Level 5 Saint: Niklu (Nik) Bugbear Paladin, Oath of the River  Belv: Flincher:...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  We pick back up our story right after distracting the guards of Krezek as a new baby was born inside a small cottage.  From here our party starts to make a plan on how to take back the rest of the town, before dealing with those in the abbey.  But for one of our players, something else happens that will change how they go about things fro...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  Well this was an interesting one for our Vikings.  We pick back up our story as our players are getting ready for a 2 week journey North, to find a Thule village, where hopefully we will learn more about what's going on around here, but they are enemies so not knowing what's in store for them, they pretty much prepped for a raid.  But the...

Okay fun one today.  We picked back off after Fixer found part of what he was looking for, the guide.  Her name was Lucia and she was some sort of Plasmoid that was left here a long time ago.  As she was introduced to the rest of the party we had a major lore dump followed by some more near death experiences for a few of our group.  So sit back, relax and enjoy.   July 5-6 660 PE (Post Emergence)...

Our story picks back up right after a nice shopping spree day where our players were finally able to find a magic shop, to spend their hard earned gold at.  But since this is a city of Vice, what happens to some of our players will stay with them for a long, long time.  So sit back, relax and enjoy.   Players: Level 5 Saint: Niklu (Nik) Bugbear Paladin, Oath of the River  Belv: Flincher: Dragonbor...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  We pick back up our story right after having a short rest and deciding on how to take the town of Krezk back.  So with the burgomaster in tow and pass without trace upon us all, we head back towards the cliff and learn a few interesting things when we get there.  So sit back, relax and enjoy what happens next.   Players Level 6 Saint - Da...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  We picked back up our story a day before we ended and went over what Genya and Skelli thought about the story of Surtur's Tears.  As we learned a few more interesting things, we then get back to everyone heading towards Eric's longhouse after everyone heard him blow on his war horn.  So sit back, relax, turn the lights out and enjoy.   Ma...

We picked back up our story after Zion smashing some sort of gem that held open a rift to somewhere.  Our party then heads once again down a tunnel into the unknown, in hopes of finding the one Fixer has been tasked with finding.  So sit back, relax and enjoy what they find.   July 5 660 PE (Post Emergence) 33rd Emergence  7-8th of Sydenstar - Highsummer in 7 days.  610 PD 7 days till egg hatch Pl...

We pick our story back up right after the fight with Audrey and Karen in the streets of Zinda.  From here our party gets asked to help look for the shopkeepers apprentice and see what he has done.  But our party is about to learn that they might be in over their heads, and do they finally get to go shopping?  Sit back, relax and enjoy to find out.  Players: Level 5 Saint: Niklu (Nik) Bugbear Palad...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  Lots of interesting combat today in Barovia.  Our party starts off fighting a Wight and the Defiled Archivist, a Vampiric Cleric of Lolth, and as that wasn't enough, Strahd decides to toss someone else into the fray.  So sit back, relax and enjoy as we get closer to saving the town of Krezk Players Level 6 Saint - Damphir Inquisitive Rogu...

Please read the content warning as this is a rated R game.  We picked back up our story right after watching the Obsidian Cross fly into the outstretched hand of Þóra the Bone-Reader, then told everyone to sit and listen to the tale of Surtur's Tears.  What our players learn next though, might just cause a rift between them all.  Or, bond them together more.  So sit back, relax, keep the lights of...

We picked back up our story right after watching Fixer walk into the Sun Tree.  What he learns and what our party finds out about this new island, might change how the rest of their lives go.  So sit back, relax and enjoy.   July 4-5 660 PE (Post Emergence) 33rd Emergence  7-8th of Sydenstar - Highsummer in 7 days.  610 PD 7 days till egg hatch Player Level: 7 Belv (Khaal): Saurial Blood Hunter Mu...

Oh what fun we had and lore we learned.  We picked back up right after teleporting to the Creation Chamber and found ourselves face to face with a huge platinum golem that told us the College was close and to leave or be executed.  What we go through and learn about this place however as we delve further into Talos's backstory, might just change our outlook on what someone truely insane can accomp...