The dwarves, led this session by Gemwin, take steps to secure the Mountain Door portion of Dragonfang Mountain. They bring Grom's porter Dhosus and the giant goats indoors (keeping them separate from new dire wolf friend Thrag), investigate the other commodity loads the orcs had, and strategize about how to engage the troglodytes below. They hire one of the former captives (Serena Vale), and descend down into the Glitterhame level. Instead of a full-on assault, Gemwin and Hokan negotiate with the troglodyte chieftain Khargaaz for the release of the duergar prisoner he's holding. They agree to pay in metal weapons and armor, and free duergar scout Veyra Blackflint, who tells them about the duergar leader Nimira and the other gray dwarves deeper in the dungeon.
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Hexcrawl 103 - Securing the Mountain Door of Dragonfang Mountain
Jendri leads Grom, Gemwin, and Hokan in an all-out assault on the Broken Tusks orc tribe. They offer the former leader Old Yarrick a deal, but end up with a two-fronted battle! Yarrick and an ally fight Jendri and Hokan, while Gemwin and Grom take on the rest of the horde. After she falls unconscious, Yarrick uses Jendri as a hostage, securing his own release from the dungeon. The party explores the rest of the level, including some hidden archer areas where the party rests while guarding against the possible return of the Broken Tusks.
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2:50:55
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Hexcrawl 102 - Assault on the Broken Tusk Orcs of Dragonfang Mountain
Grom takes the lead in exploring the dungeon ruins within Dragonfang Mountain, with Hokan, Jendry, and Gemwin (Vindalf missing). We playtest our new Dungeon Turn rules for tracking party actions in the delve, and Grom leads the party up to the orc-infested halls. First they battle the shaman and her apprentices, one of whom is allowed to escape, then they withdraw for Grom to heal from the wounds inflicted by her spear. They discover and free two prisoners, and then engage a large orc war-party including an ogre and a dire wolf. We pause mid-moment just after the first few waves of attackers have been slain.
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2:50:53
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Hexcrawl 101 - Exploring Dragonfang Mountain
Vindalf leads Gemwin, Jendry, and Grom on an exploration of several levels of Dragonfang Mountain. First, they discover a secret room where a dwarf druid lived, and his magical treasures, then they discover some scary creatures the gnomes were keeping as mounts. They find a hidden entrance used by the gnome cultists. They descend back down to the river level, and find a saferoom guarding a spot where an elevator once worked. Vindalf becomes a giant frog to go across the river and bring back a boat there, and they all cross back together. They ascend a tunnel that takes them back up near their original entry point, where they find several dwarven tombs. They explore a streambed and find a nest of stirges and an old adventurer corpse. Ascending up another staircase, they find a dwarven trap that spews fire, and a blocked off iron gate with some orcs beyond it. Descending again, they go all the way back down to the storeroom level by the river, explore a flooded storeroom, and hole up for another short rest.
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Hexcrawl 100 - Dragonfang Mountain River and Cultists
Happy 100th episode of the campaign! Jendri takes the lead of the dwarven expedition into the ruins within Dragonfang Mountain, with Gemwin, Grom, and Vindalf (Hokan has wandered off). First we discuss some rules changes, proposed adventuring company bylaws, and various rooms and teams efforts. Then the expedition finds a storage room with a vertical shaft, then a room with an underground river and a hidden crawl-tunnel, which they follow. At the other end, they fight some rats and a hook horror, then make their way across the river and up some stairs into more dwarven ruins, where they encounter some gnomish cultists of Urdlen the Crawler Below. They end up in a big battle with the cultists and their pet umber hulk, which Gemwin is able to lock down with his paladin abilities (leading to some rules consternation that we'll discuss out of game).
The Forgotten Realms through the eyes and voices of a crew of nerdy dads! We occasionally burst into song! We laugh at our own jokes! We make obscure pop culture references! Sometimes we even roleplay!
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