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Dwarven death cleric Thronor leads Jhank, Artvirous, Jorgrim, and Swift Current to try and secure the hexes where the Maze of Moradin and Moradin's Forge are located, but they are attacked by the fang dragon Incyzor, who downs Jhank while everyone else scrambles for cover! Some quick thinking saves Jhank's life and the party explores looking for all the ways in to the Maze of Moradin. They...

Jhank leads Floki, Swift Current, Thronor, and Render to the monastery of the Order of the Burning Forge, where grief-stricken widow Yulia Bronzevow detains them for the murder of her husband Gorya (Episode 34!). They face a dwarven tribunal of justice, and their sentence involves going upriver to battle foul spider-children of the demon queen Lolth!

Caradoc leads Thronor, MikMek, Render, and new kobold warlock Saurod set out to handle the remaining problems at the Golem Workshop under the house of the cyclops Harpalos. This goes terribly awry when the wraith who haunts the creepy mist observation room life-drains Saurod in a single hit. Thronor drives away the wraith but then animates Saurod as a zombie, much to his cousin MikMek's dismay...

Arty leads Bariq, Jhank, and Render to Highstar Lake, where they search for the underwater bubble they glimpsed many months ago. They find an enormous bubble protected by arcane traps and considered to be the property of Sh'derra D'zeer, the amethyst dragon who claims the lakebed as her own. They go to investigate rumors that the Wererats of the Hark are building canals and stop to attack...

Render the warforged artificer leads Jhank, Caradoc, Eaglebane, and Bariq to explore the ruined workshops and laboratories underneath the house of the cyclops Harpalos. On the way there they have a run-in with the stone giant Kuljarn, meet some goliath shepherds, and see evidence of ettins in the area. Harpalos welcomes them into his home and allows them in his basement on condition of bringing hi...

When word reaches the higher-level characters in the western forest that MikMek was petrified in the Razorvine Ruins, wildfire druid Bariq leads Artvirous the lizardfolk ranger, Jhank the dwarven rune knight, and Jorgrim the gnome druid back eastward to try to rescue him. Along the way they encounter a hostage situation with some bandits, which they resolve with a combination of cunning and violen...

Continuing their exploration of the Razorvine Ruins, kobold rogue Mikmek leads dwarf paladin Riswynn Ruby-Eye, goliath cleric/rogue Eaglebane, warforged artificer Render and dragonborn rogue/monk Swift Current deeper into the ruined fort. Things go terribly awry when Mikmek opens a door onto a basilisk and fails both petrification saves, getting turned to stone. The party tries to drag him back th...

Swift Currrent, a tabaxi rogue/monk reincarnated as a dragonborn, leads kobold rogue Mikmek, goliath rogue/cleric Eaglebane, warforged artificer Render, and new dwarven paladin Riswynn Ruby-Eye in search of some ruins along the Thorn River. Along the way they encounter a leucrotta ambush, some tricky fey boggarts, and a grove of reveling satyrs before arriving in the razorvine-infested ruins. Ther...

Jared guest-GM's a DarkWizard Quest Special Episode! Goblin wizard Litesnak leads Balifra, Bariq, Arty, and Render to a cave where the barghest Rockfire the Magnificent has taken refuge. The party absails in and starts to explore but ends up in a dangerous battle with a roper and the barghest! Eventually the baddies are defeated and some treasure is gained from Darkwizard, who is glad his gobl...

Atrvirous leads Bariq, Balifra, Swift, Jorgrim, and Oneiros against the Corpse Flower that has taken over the former Sootscale Caverns complex. They take it on in its zombie-filled lair and cleanse the caverns of its foul stench forever. They leave the skirmisher teams called Lyas Lions there to begin converting it into a base, and the party travels to the Altar of Nomog-Geaya, where they battle g...

Oneiros joins the party in the Feywild and leads Swift, Floki, Mikmek, Jorgrim, and Barriq against the evil archfey hag Mother Wormwood! It quickly turns into a battle on three fronts when a shambling mound and some redcaps join the hag's side. Both sides Entangle each other and after taking out the redcaps Oneiros gets polymorphed into a beached whale! Floki gets engulfed by the shambling mound a...

Jorgrim leads Bariq, MikMek, Swift, and Floki into the Feywild to find Mother Wormwood's lair!  They come across strange tracks, find some mourning blink dogs, and make their way to the fallen-log site of Loomlurch where Mother Wormwood aka Skabatha aka Granny Nightshade is said to dwell.  They meet an interesting goblin and split the party when the hag comes out to investigate. Floki is...

Rasprax leads Floki, MikMek, Fjori, Oneiros, and new warforged PC Render to a complicated cave system where drow have been raiding from. After MikMek tangles with some scouts, Rasprax sends in a small army of bandits and cultists by the main entrance while the party sneaks in a side water entrance. Epic tabletop battle ensues - we had a huge 5-elevation tile setup going and it was a blast.  I...

We discuss our domain management house rules, then Mikmek leads Arty, Rasprax, Jorgrim, and Oneiros to find out what's been happening with the fey plants at Sootscale Caverns.  On the way they investigate the village on stilts, where MikMek gets taken out by a phase spider and has to be rescued.  At the caverns, they discover things have gone very bad indeed. The kobolds have been change...

Fjori leads Barriq, Artvirous, Jorgrim, and dwarven Justiciar Balifra Brightblade down from Haela's Halls to the goblin circus / shrine / lair at the Altar of Nomog-Geaya. They're accompanied by dwarven troops and looking to stop raids by the goblins on their fortress. After falling prey to several goblin pranks and traps, they descend into the temple level with its labyrinths and crypts in search...

Emerging from the Feywild, Sly Zib Uppercut takes command of Oneiros, Swift Current, Rasprax, and Jorgrim. They first bury Chaz (who died from his Feywild wounds) and then set about trying to discover just where they are. They question the local cat and begin to explore the ruins of an old mansion, but in the basement Sly Zib gets almost killed by some green slime from the ceiling. As another ooze...

Jorgrim leads Rasprax, Chaz, Oneiros, Swift Current, and Sly Zib Uppercut as they infiltrate the hag Moongrave's fortress / theater in the Feywild realm of Yon.  The group poses as a troupe of entertainers and puts on a mostly improvised tragedy, then explores the fortress looking for a lost elf who can help cause a false eclipse that will help bring about the hag's downfall. A plan is hatche...

Teifling barbarian Oneiros takes over as caller in the Feywild, leading Rasprax, Chaz, Jorgrim, Swift Current, and Sly Zib on a series of cascading sidequests! First, they cross the river to find the outlaw Will of the Feywild, who recommends they go seek a Unicorn for advice.  High-voiced oil can Squirt joins the party and provides consistent comic relief. They eventually find the unicorn's...

Half-drow warlock Rasprax leads Sly Zib, Chaz, Jorgrim, new tabaxi rogue Swift Current and new barbarian Oneiros on an adventure to find out what's happening in the Feywild. They make their way from the Stone Circle to the feywild portal leading into The Night Garden (see episode 02!).  After Sly Zib is charmed by a dryad, he is knocked unconscious by Rasprax to keep him from wandering off. &...

Dwarf warrior Fjori leads Barriq, Jhank, Artvirous, and Benji to retake a dwarven fortress in the hills that is infested with trolls. On the way there, they discover a hidden valley with many ostriches. Barriq scouts in as a fox but runs into troll trouble, barely escaping back to the party. In a nighttime assault on the fortress, they end up in combat with an evil treant and a troll on a battleme...

Jhank leads Floki, Thronor, Sir Parrik, Benji and Caradoc as they invite Yulia Bronzevow and Nastasia Tinspike for a peace summit and Gorya's funeral. Thereafter, the party sets out through the mountains towards Sootscale Caverns, discovering a windy agate mine and a stone circle used by Talos druids along the way. They are attacked by owlbears and gnolls, but make their way to the kobold caverns...

Gnome trickster Floki Flanfloom leads Jhank, Thronor, Sir Parrik, Caradoc, and Benji to discover what's become of the missing dwarven monk Gorya Bronzevow, who disappeared into a labyrinth within the mountains. Aboveground, his wife Yulia and former mistress Nastasia each lead a faction of the Order of the Burning Forge and conflict simmers between them as each blames the other for Gorya's assumed...

Guided by a vision shown to him by the unicorn goddess Lurue, Sir Parrik leads MikMek, Artvirous, Benji, Caradoc, and Rasprax on an exploration of the northeastern Southwood in search of a lost temple in the forest. Along the way they encounter some giant wasps, several gruesome scenes of dead trappers, and converse with the local fey.  Mikmek gets in some trouble for trapping and killing a b...

Benji the Bard leads Thronor, Jorgrim, Jhank, and Sly Zib as they try to figure out what the crystal DarkWizard wants so much actually does. They travel toward the hunting lodge and find the mud bowl with mushrooms that the Old Beldame talked about, but unfortunately it's got a bodytaker plant and some pod people, so combat ensues in which Sly Zib almost gets consumed by the plant several times. A...

Thronor the dwarven death-cleric leads gnome druid Jorgrim, dwarven rune knight Jhank, halfling artificer Caradoc, and new human bard Benji south from the Temple of Dumathoin in search of the Adder River and the ship on a cliff seen by the DarkWizard in his vision.  They visit Karg the Manticore in the ruins of the fire giant sorcerer's tower, get lost in the mountains, Thronor gets bitten by...