A Beginning
This here is the maiden voyage of what I hope to be a lasting endeavor- an epic journey. After being away from Dungeons & Dragons for over 20 years, I have returned to find what at first glance...
View ArticleYour DnD4e Wears Combat Boots
I have heard the criticism that 4e is too focused on combat, or that there is too much emphasis placed on combat, and I would agree with that. But, I would also say that that does not need to take away...
View Article1st Level Overload
Episode 12 LISTEN NOW: or DOWNLOAD: BND012 – Run Away! I am in agreement that 1st level characters in 4e are overpowered. Well, I guess that’s not exactly right. They aren’t overpowered, they’ve got...
View ArticleThere’s Too Many of Them! or Not.
Episode 13BND013 – There’s Too Many of Them, Or Not Well I’ve been saying for the past couple of episodes that we had an epic battle and here it is. I think I mentioned it being 2 or 3 hours long, but...
View ArticleLet the Dice Tell the Story
EPISODE 14 LISTEN NOW:BND014 – Rolling the Bones After the way-too-long encounter, I continued to put my campaign together piece-meal, stringing together encounter after encounter. I think I got into...
View ArticleCan I Interest You in Some Zombies?
EPISODE 15:BND015 – Down In the Mines The DM guide estimates that characters will advance after approximately 8 encounters per level. It does mention that this would count completion of a quest as an...
View ArticleDown and Out In the Mines
EPISODE 16:BND016 – Down and Out In the Mines The party is partying with the zombies and the rats, looking for info on the worm parasites. Roll20 makes making maps easy. So this episode is just another...
View ArticleUp and Out of the Mines
EPISODE 17BND017 – Up and Out of the Mines The party returns to Shel after exploring the mines and discovering what the bandits were looking for. They also come out of the ground with their hands full...
View ArticleThere’s a New Barbarian in Town
EPISODE 18BND018 – Party Peepers It happens every session, or after every session; the story is moving the party is focused and are aimed in a specific direction and I’m pumped up ready to go. The...
View ArticleRub Some Dirt On It
LISTEN NOW: BND019 – Le’Enoris Episode 19 begins with the boyz trying to heal up Angus. He contracted a filthy disease from the rats in the mines and needs some tender loving care. The party makes its...
View ArticleIs That Your Sword?
EPISODE 20 The party knows where the kids are and who’s got them. But it turns out, the kidnappers know where the party is and they send over the welcome wagon- replete with swords and worms. BND020 –...
View ArticleOpen The Damn Door!
Episode 21 Nothing is going to get in the way of the party as they confront the kidnappers. BND021 – Open The Damn Door!
View ArticleGoing to a Fish Fry
Episode 22: The party hooks up with Shel in Le’Enoris and heads off to Salt Beard Cove, arriving just in time for the Harvest Celebration during the Autumn Equinox. BND022 – Going to a Fish Fry
View ArticleLeviathan
Episode 23 The Equinox Harvest Celebration is interrupted by the appearance of a large sea serpent. The party eagerly descends into the depths to face the leviathan. BND023 – Leviathan
View Article10,000 Dwarves Under the Sea
Episode 24 The party continues to battle the Leviathan, pulling out all the stops, dropping dailies left and right aiming for the most unbelievable big fish story you’ve ever heard. BND024 – 10,000...
View ArticleDoes This Taste Like Magic to You?
Episode 25 With only 3 players present, we do a little RetCon action with the Dwarfs of Salt Beard Cove. Handing out magic items is fun for everyone. BND025 – Does This Taste Like Magic to You?
View ArticleThe Boys at the Bottom of the Sea
Episode 26 What’s the number one rule in D&D – Don’t split the party. Well the Underwater Bottom Boys are breaking the rule- but not of their own accord. DM blasted em with the old “portal to...
View ArticleAlone in a Maze
Episode 27 The party is split up, each in the dark, in a maze and the water is rising. Who will survive? Who will die? BND027 – Alone in a Maze
View ArticleCan Dwarfs Float?
Episode 28 The party is deep in the maze and they are not alone, and someone forgot to turn off the water. As the water level rises and the situation gets more desperate, the question on everyone’s...
View ArticleGetting My 4e Learning Swerve On
So the campaign and the podcast are rolling, and I’m even working on a second campaign using the Next play test rules. I haven’t had any time to write anything for the blog though, so since I’m sicker...
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