Dungeons and Dragons Encounters

2014-04-16

Scourge of the Sword Coast--D&D Encounters S17 S9

Things got off to a rough start this week when we got the following news:

Hello everyone, it saddens me to bring you this news, but unfortunately Mercenary Market is closing. We made a good run of it and made a wonderful community but were unable to keep the doors open. To that end, everything in the store will be at 30% off until the doors close. We will probably be open for another 2-3 more weeks, so come in and say hi one last time!

And before the body was even cold--people were giving us tips on other shops to go to!

DM Brian has still not read the module, so we spent most of this week exploring the fallen Dwarven kingdom overrun with Duergar.

Scott was on fire--he picked up the Pathfinder book for 30% off and bought some magic packs. His Monk Wizard is a force to be reckoned with at level four.

Richard was on fire this week with discussions of Crevasse's vs Crevice and some great nerd references--he even spent a lot of time taunting DM Brian on his bound of D6's

Jack had a lot of space and spent a lot of time gaming.

The other table once again had a great crew.

I am very much enjoying my dice.

and the space at Mercenary Market is amazing.

Our tables mini's look great & it is fantastic that Brian found his play mat.

I think Jack is the only person who got a crit this week...

what may be our last crit at MM. A great OC Shop that will be missed.

2014-04-15

Preview Dead in Thay

Conversation is already hot around the next season of D&D Encounters.

Even though it is not yet available from D&D Classics there are some spoilers available online.

The official blurb has:

This season of D&D Encounters kicks off May 10-11 with a cooperative launch weekend event, and then runs every Wednesday from May 14 until August 6.

Dead in Thay is a tribute to Tomb of Horrors, The Ruins of Undermountain, and other killer dungeons. The monsters, traps, and hazards in the adventure create a deadly challenge.

With Dead in Thay, Szass Tam, the lich lord of Thay, and his Red Wizards threaten to dominate all of the Sword Coast. The Bloodgate, an elemental node of power, must be destroyed in order to stop him.

This adventure is part two of the Dreams of the Red Wizards Sundering storyline, directly tied to Scourge of the Sword Coast, and loosely connected to the events in Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle.

Designed by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. This adventure is part of the Dreams of the Red Wizards storyline, continuing events in Scourge of the Sword Coast.

The Sentinel (The Sundering, #5) by Troy Denning [The Sundered Book Club]

My Good Reads book club is reading the most recent book in the Sundering series from Wizards of the Coast.

This book is so fast paced it is almost scary--likely not worth picking up if you have not already read the other titles--but if you have been playing along this is a Great Fifth Book--really moves things along very quickly.

My original understanding was that Sundering was supposed to correct a lot of the Forgotten Realms chaos created by the 4th Edition Spell Plague stuff, but in actually it is doing a lot more to clarify and correct some of the issues with the FR Pantheon going a lot further back.

A fun read & I really encourage everyone to join in the Good Reads discussion.