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City of the Overmind: Rumble in the Vats 3D, Part 2

See part 1 here. The interesting thing about a D&D session that consisted entirely of one fight is that I can relate it through the classic phases of a D&D combat encounter. What’s that you say? Over the last 10 years, ever since I started playing 3e, I noticed that all fun combat encounters shared [...]

City of the Overmind: Rumble in the Vats 3D, Part 1

Previously in Chatty’s Game. Our heroes arrive in the Overmind’s re-education camp, finding several brainwashed monsters and losing their Warden comrade, who he went chasing after another Shifter.  Once the commotion abated, the party sought out the camp’s Beholder foreman and defeated it, finding a 3rd key part and discovering how the city’s brainwash portals [...]

City of the Overmind: Of Beholders and Mind Control, Part 2

See part 1 here. House of the all seeing Eye As the PCs entered the administrative building of the re-education camp, I described how the first floor was deserted and was reminiscent of a U-store where the whole floor was separated in compartment where stuff could be stored.  Said stuff was mostly armor, weapons and [...]

City of the Overmind: Of Beholders and Mind Control, Part 1

Previously in Chatty’s Game Our heroes were transported into a monstrous city ruled by a mad, fascist Mind Flayer called The Overmind.  After learning that there were pieces of a  key to the Flayer’s castle strewn all over the city, the adventurers set out to seek them out.  They obtained one from a friend and [...]

Primal/Within Chronicles: City of the Overmind, Part 4

See part 3 here. Oh noes!  Failure! After recovering the key part from the Merchant “Prince” the players consulted the Map. Math: All right, the next closest thing is the Vats, let’s go! Eric: No, let’s do the Vats last, we’ll be able to bust them after and then go do Rocco, Franky and Mike’s [...]

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