Our most recent session of Dungeons and Dragons was fun . . . but in the end not much 'happened'. We spent the entire evening (about 6 hours) on reconnaissance -- as just about every route we attempted to take proved a no go. Now, I've had various questions through the life of this series … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Explaining the basics
Another long break between D&D sessions -- wah! -- but we finally got together again this weekend past for more adventures. We picked up where we left off, hanging out in a dark mountain chamber after killing a wraith... Our next move is to get out of there. We ascend the stairs leading up from … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Tunnels and tons of rubble
After a longish break while half our group moved houses, we finally resumed our campaign this past weekend. To add to the fun, we played Dungeons and Dragons by candlelight. Yeah. * We resume our campaign in the middle of some woods after a mighty battle -- three of our party levelled up after the … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Beware giant chickens
My new D&D character is a ranger called Ash. She is a northern plainswoman, a 'pale-skinned barbarian' in the imaginary world of our game. Hailing from a remote plains village that has recently been raided by thieving goblins, Ash and the village cleric (Alix) are the only surviving members of a party that set out … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: A tough induction for Ash
1. Poor Rhi -- my ranger -- is dead for good this time. (sniff) She was taken out on a snowy ledge by three ghouls, which paralysed and devoured her without her even swinging a blow. My party tried to preserve her body in the snow, but Rhi showed up later as a ghoul herself … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Shit happens… and then you die
Our DM is trying to kill us. No matter where we go, what we do, death lurks around every corner. In the last two sessions since I've chronicled, we've battled giant beetles, a massive wolf, multiple orcs and goblins, enormous crocodiles, dog-sized venomous spiders, and scary vampire bats that sucked our constitution points away... And … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Doors and a Giant Staircase
Here's the thing. I died on Saturday night. That is, my D&D character did. She stepped on a pressure pad when trekking down a dark tunnel, fell into a pit and was defeated by a giant centipede. Excellent! Not. We'd all been traipsing up a river, looking for a back way into the goblins' secret … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Death… and Resurrection
If I've learnt anything while learning how to play Dungeons and Dragons, it's that games don't seem to go the way you expect. Our group reconvened last weekend all ready to storm the temple and kill goblins, but . . . fate intervened. We left our last session on the outskirts of the clearing of … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Of spiders and a squirrel
Our little band of adventurers is really starting to hit its stride now. After Saturday's D&D session, we are lurking at the edge of a clearing in the forest, above which is suspended a temple in the treetops, completely overrun by goblins, hobgoblins and the like. We are poised for the battle of our short … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: the temple in the treetops
It turns out that food is terribly important when it comes to Dungeons and Dragons. And I'm not (for once) talking about the pizza, wine, popcorn, coffee, port and raspberry licorice we consumed as players -- although that was all quite fabulous. The characters have to eat too, it appears, whether 'trail rations', meals purchased … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: in which we almost starve to death
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