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Eaglebane leads MikMek and new bard Benji into the northeastern portion of the Southwood, where they hunt an elk, find several disturbing sets of trees, and battle some skeletons.  They infiltrate a trapper camp, discover a drow cave, and discover that the Bignose Goblins are occupying the ruins of Eldergrove village. Benji writes several songs about their exploits and performs Elvis songs fo...

Fjori (dwarf fighter) leads Chaz (halfling monk), Bariq (fire genasi druid), Eaglebane (goliath fighter), and Sir Parrik (fairy paladin) to try to find the mysterious DarkWizard and take away his magical glasses, but along they way they have some trouble. They visit with some dwarf prospectors, get driven off by an angry farmer, and get a bit turned around in the woods. They come across a goblin v...

Jhank, Sly Zib Uppercut, and Sir Parrik take their keelboat on an exploration of the eastern portion of Highstar Lake, where they first discover a swamp witch who mainly just wants to be left alone. She warns them of several dangers but offers a quest for some magical mushrooms away up a river to the northeast. They begin to explore the northern coastline and one of their sailors is lost in the ni...

Floki leads Caradoc, Jorgrim, and new halfling monk Chaz to go investigate the disappearance of dwarven monk leader Gorya Bronzevow, but on the way there, they stop to eradicate the growing ankheg problem at the Old Sycamore. Tragedy strikes as the mama ankheg burrows right up to Floki and crits on him, one-shotting him into unconsciousness, and finishing the job with its mandibles. Their leader f...

Sir Parrik leads Barriq, Jhank, and Arty northeast from the Dungeon of the Hark to clean out a monastery inhabited by Worgs.  They discover that the worgs are cursed former monks of Auril, cruel goddess of the cold, and the pack's leader Gazrith gives them safe passage into the undercrypt to try to break the curse.  In the crypt they fight ghouls led by a wight and a coldlight walker and...

Barriq leads Jhank, Parrik, and Fjori westward, following new all-star NPC Conrad toward a mysterious settlement of mysterious inhabitants that everyone knows are wererats.  On the way, there is trouble with a mad hermit and his cat, a trail is blazed through a peat bog and a hidden glen of hardwoods, a dragon graveyard is discovered, and many new hexes are sighted and explored. Bariq is atta...

Under Wellby's Command, Jorgrim and Eaglebane depart the farmstead with a troop of laborers and skirmishers to discover the mystery of an abandoned village. They are attacked by a fierce ankheg, which burrows up in the night to attack their camp.  Once the village is cleared, they are again attacked, this time by an even more terrifying burrower, a bulette! Now the abandoned village is even m...

We skip 3 months in-game and the adventurers spend the time improving the four sites they control: the Dead Wizard Ranch (aka Farmstead), the Stone Circle, the Temple of Dumathoin, and Fort Heartwood (aka Stag Lord's Keep).  We put our homebrew downtime / property management system through its toughest test yet and it all works out!  

Fjori leads Thronor and Artvirious into the wintry mountains to explore the hidden ruins of the Temple of Dumathoin! They encounter cursed Azer and a very mean Otyugh who nearly devours Thronor despite his piety towards the undesecrated tombs of the dwarven priests.  Treasure is recovered and Thronor decides to make the temple the fourth Resources & Teams site managed by the party! With a...

The party gathers its small army and heads south to at last confront the Stag Lord! What they discover is not what they expected! They encounter axebeaks, a Korred, wooden people, a childlike brute and a necklace made of human fingers! Will the party gain control of their long-desired stronghold?

Jorgrim leads Caradoc, Mikmek, and Arty downriver to scout out the route to the Stag Lord's Keep!  Mikmek's fondest wish is granted by a wishing well and he is reunited with ClipClop the Pony. The party encounters a cyclops woodworker who inhabits ruins with strange wooden golems and who makes a pretty good goat curry. Mikmek stays on there and fresh-faced halfling monk Wellby Goodbarrel take...

The fates of Bariq and Sir Parrik (and Floki's body) are resolved, after which Thronor leads Jhank, Umgurn, and Artvirous first to the Order of the Burning Forge's monastery, where they hope to collect their armor from the dwarves.  The dwarves refuse to let them in and send them away empty-handed, much to Arty's annoyance. Then, after wishing they had a bridge to cross the Thorn River near t...

Jhank leads Fjori, Floki, Bariq, and Sir Parrik back to the Fire Giant Sorcerer's tower where Karg the Manticore lives. Along the way, some cave bears are fought and the tactics of tree climbing are discussed.  At the ruins, a strange set of mirrors and some food and drink are discovered. Bariq embraces his chaotic side and manages to send himself body and soul through a one-way portal to a p...

Caradoc leads Sir Parrik, MikMek and Bariq into the Graypeak Mountains in search of the fire giant sorcerer's ruined tower and Karg the manticore, but they are attacked by a wyvern in the night and struggle to drive it off as it keeps driving a poison-filled stinger into them!  They end up lost in the mountains and discover the entrance to a hidden shrine of Dumathoin.  A new Gray Render...

With most of the players absent this session, new adventurers Jorgrim (forest gnome druid) and Sly Zib Uppercut (goblin boxer) encounter a giant wasp and some Talos-worshiping weasels before they come across the farmstead and join the adventuring crew.  Sent out on a low-priority test to prove their worth, they range far and wide, exhausting themselves looking for the lost goblin Snoutscout,...

Arty leads Umgurn, Thronor, and Caradoc into the Greypeak Mountains to hunt duergar for the Order of the Burning Forge! The gray dwarves prove elusive, but some advice from a local manticore puts them back on track. The duergar are found and ambushed and their giant vinegroon whipscorpion mounts are captured to be retrained! Plans are made to expand the homestead. 

Thronor leads Umgurn, Fjori, Floki, and Jhank 'northlefterly' to investigate the Black Dog Brewery, which is run by shady halfling necromancer Losser Mirklav (formerly of Waterdeep) and a bunch of necromonks of Urogalan. He won't show them the brewing operation itself presumably because there are some undead involved, but the party leaves them in peace. They travel north to find the lair of the gi...

Umgurn, Floki, and MikMek take to the water in a recently recovered rowboat to explore down the Thorn River! They find a wyvern's nest, some disused iron mines, some giant sundews, and stop to explore some ruins connected to local hobgoblins. In the Altar of Nomog-Geaya, they discover a large painting of hobgoblins causing mayhem and they get attacked by a ghoul. Umgurn gets paralyzed and decides...

After a bluebook recap, discussion of leveling, and consideration of which armors to ask the Order of the Burning Forge for in exchange for the Hidden Lake Delve, the party sets out to explore the area west of the farmstead near the Thorn River.  Jhank leads Barriq, Floki, Sir Parrik, and Caradoc to a spot where a mysterious circle of dead birds turns out to be evidence of an invisible floati...

Caradoc leads Arty, Jhank, and Thronor back to the Hidden Lake Delve to clear it of gnolls once and for all! The party is ambushed by undead witherlings and then takes on the rest of the pack in the market hall, where Caradoc and Jhank both go down in battle and only Arty's Wall of Fog gives the party a fighting chance!  A huge pile of loot is discovered including adamantine weapons and armor...

Floki leads Sir Parrik and Fjori against the gnolls who have overtaken Eldergrove, and a nighttime battle ensues! Additional gnolls are picked off by guerilla warfare and Young Norbert is tracked to the Feywild Portal.  The group travels down to the Raided Farmstead and encounters a child zombie on the way. The zombie farmstead is dealt with and burned and evidence is discovered that the Chur...

Umgurn leads Thronor, Jhank, Caradoc, and Arty back to the Hidden Lake Delve to take on the gnolls that have now infested it! After a big battle with giant hyenas and a few gnolls, Jhank gets a magic battleaxe and the party retreats to the surface for a short rest; then heads back in to explore the side passages. The underwater course of the Shrike River is found on one side, and the other is a dw...

Thronor leads Umgurn, MikMek, and Arty northeast of the Sootscale Caverns to the edge of the Graypeak Mountains in search of dwarven ruins of Ammarindar!  They run into trouble with a bear! MikMek gets lowered down a ventilation shaft and sees a moving room. That night, there's more trouble with a territorial cyclops who nearly one-shots Thronor. A hidden lake is discovered and with it a hidd...

Kobold MikMek guides Arty, Caradoc, and newcomer dwarf cleric brothers Umgurn and Thronor towards the Sootscale Caverns. Along the way, Caradoc has a run-in with a wild basilisk but manages to escape. They come in contact with an undead bridgekeeper and promise to throw the Stag Lord's corpse into the Shrike River so the bridgekeeper can be put to rest. They visit the hidden shrine of Kurtulmak, w...

Some new secondary characters are introduced and Jhank, Barriq, Sir Parrik, Floki, and Fiori set out to regain the bandits' stolen gold and take vengeance on them.  They track the new set of bandits back to their camp at the Thorn River and exterminate them, with both Parrik and Jhank using their special mounts to great effect, while newcomers Fiori and Floki attack from the edges.  Some...