“Monument of the Ancients“ was published in Dungeon #170 and is an adventure set in the Forgotten Realms for 13th level characters. The capsule description is thus: If myth and legend are to be believed, the antediluvian monument defends a region of Faerûn where the boundary between the world of Toril and the Elemental Chaos […]
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 […]
Friday Chat: Oh Wait!
I can’t write a long post today (rejoice) because I’m about to start work. However, I wanted to bring a hot 4e subject and wanted to launch a discussion about it over the weekend. My players are sick and tired of me harping on and on about the length of combat in 4e. Apparently I’m […]
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 […]
Caspule Reviews: Heavy Gear, Adventurer’s Vault 2, Eberron Campaign Guide
I’m going to try something new here. I have a pile of products to review and, to be quite frank, I don’t like doing long-winded reviews anymore. I think that the true appeal of a product can be projected in less than 100 words. I also believe that what many people look for in a […]
Review: “Revenge of the Giants”
Revenge of the Giants is the first WotC “mega-adventure” for 4e. It’s also the first adventure put out by them for 4e that comes in hardback book form (with a double-sided flip map attached in the back) instead of the double book folio style. The book is 160 pages and takes characters from 12th to 17th level. This is a review based on one read-through and has not been played in any part by me. This review contains some minor spoilers as well.
This is Why I’m Not a Journalist: Andy Collins Interview
On the last morning of Gen Con 2009, I, along with my good friend Graham, were given the opportunity to sit down with Wizards of the Coast’s 4e head honcho Andy Collins and perform an interview. He was gracious enough to grant a little more than one hour of his precious time to answer our […]
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 […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: City of the Overmind, Part 3
See part 2 here. Stealth and the Art of Not Getting Killed in a Hostile City Chatty DM: So what do you want to do first? Yan: Well, we’ll start my goal of trying to find rumors about the possible location of the key pats. Chatty: All right then let’s make this a 5 part […]
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