The Dungeon House

After warming themselves in the Tavern, the Party, along with Valencia, Cragborn, and Momouw (the Tower Vigils), sneak out of the city wall while Pinky gives a distraction. Opal listens in on a cryptic message from a leader Orc, and the party sees a strike force of mounted Orcs atop giant bats heading toward the town. Opal sees that the leader has half of his face turned black as the eye shines li...

Once the gate is sealed and the Orcs are pushed back for the time being, our adventurers explore what is happening to the town. They discover rumors of more Vigils aiding in the defense of Coldstone. Upon reaching the Land Barren's Estate, they find a group of Vigils not from the Lighthouse but from what they call the Tower. Resigning to work together, both Vigil Parties plan their next step toget...

The Vigils struggle to save the caravan as they enter the town gates., being pressed down by an onslaught of Orcs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Vigil team continues on their path to help Ren. They travel to Havnok and meet up with a caravan heading north to Coldstone. As they reach the gates, they find themselves and the town surrounded by Orcs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The aftermath of their encounter with the Roc is felt throughout the party. Moss particularly has a changing experience as his condition worsens due to his natural body failing. Left broken by the realization that his body isn't solely his own anymore, the secret of his magic is revealed. The Vigils continue through the canyons and slopes dominating the base of the Grey Mountains and find a small...

Having been able to avoid the Roc twice, the party pushes forward, trying to reach the safety of the mountain valleys. The party suffers from clashes with the Roc and the exhaustion of trying to outrun it. They eventually can't run any farther and have to face the creature. The party is able to fend off and Alia saves Opal and Ren from the Belly of the Bird. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

With their work done in Ren's home village and having capitalized on the opportunity to interrogate a dead mind flayer, the party leaves off towards the Grey Mountains. After a few weeks of travel, the party finds themselves traveling along a savanna grassland a day out from the mountains. Above them, they spot a bird circling overhead. To their dismay, the bird dives and approaches at an alarming...

Upon retreating a safe distance from the village, the group makes preparations and unstops the bottle, releasing a Mind Flayer. Not completely understanding the creature, the group tries to communicate with it, but once they realize the foulness of the creature, they put a swift end to it. Upon returning to the Ba'wouli, Ren is finally able to secure rest for his dying mother in the flask, at leas...

The Vigils travel one day out to find the item promised to Ren by Yoko. They find a wrecked ship infested with sea spawns. After defeating them, the party finds a chest containing a Triquetra Iron Flask. Upon returning to Ba'wouli, Ren supplicates with his new patron and receives details on how to contain his mother inside the Flask, but first, he must cleanse it out of its current inhabitant. Hos...

Having caught the attention of the Usurper, Ren and Yoko form a pact and Ren is given the first clue to prolonging his Mother's life. Ren is marked with Lightning patterns around his eyes. Opal, recognizing the influence of an extra-planar entity, warns Ren that she will fulfill her Oath to keep his patron off the Prime Material Plane. Opal struggles to choose whether to follow her heart or what s...

With the hand off of Wakeen to Grigri, the party of Vigils prepares to join the Yoko Festival in Ba'wouli, a celebration of a God known as one of the Usurpers in the rest of Yavna. Ren, who has been helping his family all day, discusses with his sister, Tehenna, the symptoms of her curse. The celebration starts and the Vigils take part. Ren and Tehenna beseech Yoko through the Dance of Bacia and Y...

Leaving Ren to take care of his family, the party known as Donnie and the Oozemans set out to find a potential Vigil to send back with Grigri, all while performing empathy training set up by Opal and Adilaide. Eventually, a suitable Bullywug man named Wakeen was found and agreed to become a Vigil if the party could kill off some monsters he's been keeping away from the surrounding villages. The pa...

After finishing the Pungeon, the Vigils return to the Lighthouse to plan to go to Ren's home in Ba'wouli. On the way, Adilaide visits a holy site of her God and feels chastised in some ways. At the Lighthouse, the party meets Grigri, the Seeker, and agrees to help him find a new Vigil after taking them to Ba'wouli. Ren returns home to find the condition of his Family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Be prepared for Guest Dungeon Master Mitchell Christensen as he runs the one-shot called "The Pungeon" for our Vigils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The downtime shenanigans continue for the group. In preparation for family dinner and seeking personal interests, the Vigils visit the Library, the Archivists, and the town market. At the Archivists, the party is presented with the mission to help one of their field operatives explore a dungeon. During dinner, Ivin, the wand smith and field operative, meets the party and asks for their assistance....

The Vigils make their way back to Fel-sou, where they each have time to look for items and recharge. Adilaide got a Belt of Dragon-kind, Opal got a statuette that summons a white raven named Misty, and Ren is the proud owner of a slightly cursed foldable boat. More is revealed about Moss, specifically his true age. Barren gets stuck behind because of his missing pendant. The group continues settli...

As the party rests, Pablo heads out to fetch Adelaide's missing dresses. In the morning Adelaide finds out about the treatment of her belongings and starts to break down. Even with their best efforts the party isn't able to console her. Barren finds the group who had taken the children to be gone, Vance is gone. The Cat-man named Zemmerek discusses their next move with Barren as he hunts them beca...

The Vigil's journey through the ancient temple continues. Room after room of increasing difficulty wears down the party. They decide to take a long rest in order to not succumb to their wounds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The undead Ayocuan attacks the party as they enter his resting place. Throughout the fight, the wight seems to target Barren the most almost killing him and moss in the fight. Eventually though, the party destroyed the undead as Barren finishes him off. Upon completion of the fight Barren finds a amulet similar to the one he put on previously and finds it an impossible task. Moss takes the extra a...

Upon entering this ancient temple, the party finds themselves in an entrance room with dioramas of the ancient civilization's life and beliefs. Each diorama has miniatures of people and some animals, of which Pinky promptly takes twelve. Alia is able to find a key on one of the figurines and a keyhole in the keystone above the next door leading further in. As soon as the key is turned, the outside...

Continuing down the underground river, the party eventually reaches a pier with a wooden dock and a boat still attached. The party investigates the area and determines it to be the escape route for the Hav, the people captured, and Vance to flee. The boat had been booby-trapped by Vance and became damaged, so the Vigils built a ship out of the Dock itself. Later on, as the party rests, Alia reveal...

Leaving behind the burning heap that was the old Lord's manor, the Vigils headed out following Acorn, the mother of Chestnut. She leads them to Snow-blanket, an ancient Treant with roots that connect to an underground river. Only a select few of the party can understand his language, so much of what was discussed was lost on the others. One of the things that did get through was when he called Mos...

With the party gathered together, they venture down into the secret complex of the house. They find Vance, who had run down here once the fighting with Barren and the Dryads had started. Opal can see through his bluff and tries to apprehend him. He runs, but only a little before the group catches him. Acting very differently, he eludes that his only job was to delay the Vigils to allow the others...

As Alia's spirit enters her heart, she finds herself in a broken landscape of her memories. As the party sees her physical form change to metallic brass, she dies once more inside her heart. She wakes up and meets her father, who was soul trapped inside her when he died. He explains that her physical body was his creation. The rest of the party works to do a ritual to raise her from the dead as he...

With anxiety heightened, Barren and Opal find the body of a simple would-be adventurer. Though the individual's throat was slashed, other strange cuts were found. Moving onward, the Vigils push out to investigate the house further. They see strange things afoot, as there are now trees in the yard that weren't there before. Pinky and Opal investigate a wardrobe where they hear ominous whispers. The...