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2014-09-04

Actual Play Hoard of the Dragon Queen--D&D Encounters S19 S3




















2014-09-03

Hoard of the Dragon Queen--D&D Encounters S19 S3

Another Fantastic week of D&D Encounters at Comic Quest.

DM Nathan had a full table full of superstar players on the end table by the window.


DM Brian was on the inside table--also with some great players




Some of whom possed for extreme close-ups




The had a fantastic time developing a great river bank map



My table was Jack who is playing Sin Bad the Tiefling Fighter, John [Alyssa the Halfing Cleric], and Ben [ Greymalken the Half-Orc Cleric]


John is playing a human paladin named Lantos. 

Jessica is playing Ranitae the Halfling Sorcerer. And Leo is playing Dexter the Drow Fighter.

Lots of healers and fighters at our table made for a great Encounter.

I had plenty of space to spread out.


The Heros spent most of the night battling in the Keep. Please note the Ape figure which is actually Sin Bad's Camel. 


This is the preparation for the Camel Charge Battlement Dismount Attack on the Kobolds. One of Jack's great moments.


No Crits or Fumbles this week which is too bad since I will be using the Pathfinder Crit & Fumble iPhone Apps this season.




2014-09-02

DM Summit I--D&D Encounters Hoard of the Dragon Queen @ Veggie Grill


Nathan, Brian, & I sat down to review Week One, plan for Week Two, discuss Doctor Who, and discuss our plans for this season.

It was a great event.

Week One Review

  1. 21 players & two DMs is not good
  2. Got to the Governor
  3. Combat takes at least 45 minutes
  4. Need to end at 9:00 PM--one table went to almost 9:45.


Week Two Plan

  1. Discussed bringing everyone together for a mission. Nathan liked it, Brian did not, still discussing.
  2. We have 5-6 weeks to get to the Boss Fight for the first section--likely not enough time.
  3. David planning to play outside
  4. May need a fourth DM. Nathan had Mike [?] who is interested.


Doctor Who

  1. Completely great


Season Plans

  1. Have as much fun as possible

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2014-08-22

Something Evil Stirs in the Gnoll Fortresses of Menectauren


Another fun week in Vandale's Garage playing the Bake--a 4th Edition Eberron game.

We started things off, like all real gamers, by having the Pizza delivered




Our Pizza man has been working there for 30 years... 



Set up in the garage was, like always, awesome--of course, I forgot my dice!



DM James was in fine form for this RP Session



Andrew character was the focus for a lot of the investigation this week--he is part of some evil shadow House Thuranni that left house Phiarlan 



Brett is playing Vassa, but we are getting closer to finding and killing Shooter.



Cameron hurt his knee & is playing Fiddenmar who is now in charge of Brett's ranger house.



David is playing a Warlord who is also in the evil house--and running G riff when Watson cannot make it.



I am playing KUBA, the final Shardmind who is a monk--I need to do a lot of min/max work on him. 



The session when well into the night--when things start to get distorted.


We listened to some really great music during this session--the Indie station was killing it!

Oh yeah, and we are gearing up to fight gnolls--some kind of demon gnolls--it will be great.