See part 1 here. Plot Exposition break Before jumping in the suspended portal standing 15′ over the 1st floor, the PCs rested for a few minutes and searched the Wizard’s lair. They found that the mad mage had recently abandoned his work on creating enhanced monsters and started focusing on portals. His various research notes […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: A Master’s Wrath, Part 1
Summer always makes gaming a bit harder. Getting a full group of players becomes a challenge and usually, by the time June hits, I’m well into my annual DM burnout. Weirdly enough, I don’t feel burned out this year. This is mostly because our current Primal/Withing campaign is so damn fun. This week I found […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: Say Yes and have Fun! Part 2
See part 1 here. The word of the Spirit After the Ritual was completed and the elemental monsters were vanquished, Dworkin announced that he was now the spokesperson of the Kodiak spirit. Franky and I had worked out the relationship between his character and the potential spirit beforehand so he explained that from now on, […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: Say Yes and have Fun! Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game… Our heroes are hired by a mercenary outfit to protect the lives of four City Within candidate in a one-day campaign/election of the city’s newest burg. Thought wheeling and dealings, criss-crossed agendas, monsters gone wild and delusional candidates, our heroes are caught in this electoral storm and try their best to […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: Election Day, Part Two
See part 1 here. Morning Plenary The second scene of the evening was a plenary where the voters and candidates mingled during a luxurious breakfast set in a specially-built area of Delve #57. The PCs were there as all other security and support staff. For the next 45-60 minutes, I let my players play out […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Font of Sorrows, Session 2 Part 2
See part 1, here. City Interlude After having beaten the undead prisoner-guardians of the Font of Sorrows and subduing ‘Spurt’ the enchanted Bulette, our heroes returned to town to complete their rest and return Spurt to its owner. The mad Wizard was relieved to recover his prized pet, although bitterly disappointed to see all the […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Font of Sorrows, Session 2 Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game… Our new band of heroes are hired by the Burgomeister of one of the City Within’s agricultural burgs to investigate the tainting of its water supply. The search lead them into an old Elemental Water temple guarded by spectral water wraiths. After defeating the guardians, our heroes explored further and discovered […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Font of Sorrow, Part 1
This is a report of my newest D&D 4e campaign set in the home-brewed Primal Dungeon/City Within campaign. I could see that my players were anticipating the game as emails about PC backstories multiplied like wildfire! All players showed up (s0me had to spend several brownie points to make it) and we got around to […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Crypt of the Thief-Prince, Part 2
See part 1 here. Mines of Shadows. The PCs took the Teleportal and found themselves on a Magic Circle in what was obviously a Mine (I used D&D’s Fantastic Location Mithril Mines map). As soon as they arrived, they knew something wasn’t right. Broken bodies of workers and guards were lying everywhere. The magical light […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: The Crypt of the Thief-Prince, Part 1
This is a recounting of my new homebrewed D&D 4e campaign called Primal/Within. I describe what my players did and I pepper it with some DM/Designer insights. The PCs are level 7. They are usually multi-parters as I try to keep each post under 1500 words. Enjoy! Yesterday, three of my friends from my usual play […]
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