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Saying goodbye to a PC: Lillee’s letter to Cruguer.

February 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Lillee, Yan’s Pixie Arcane Caster is leaving the group this week to be replaced by a new character. While our group hasn’t developed strong ties or built any spectacular interrelations, there was something building between Lillee’s concern for Cruger’s well being and Cruguer’s pained tolerance of that somewhat annoying little ball of energy. For those […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Storytelling

Saying goodbye to a PC: Lillee's letter to Cruguer.

February 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Lillee, Yan’s Pixie Arcane Caster is leaving the group this week to be replaced by a new character. While our group hasn’t developed strong ties or built any spectacular interrelations, there was something building between Lillee’s concern for Cruger’s well being and Cruguer’s pained tolerance of that somewhat annoying little ball of energy. For those […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Storytelling

DM Chronicles, Session 10: Oh My! Drows are squishy!

January 27, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This series chronicles our current D&D 3.5 campaign set in my home-grown world with Ptolus added to it. We’ve just started playing a heavily-adapted version of WotC’s Expedition to the Demonwebs pits. As you may recall from last time, I had mixed feelings about the game and I had been going a bit heavily on […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign

DM Chronicles, Session 9: Troubled re-beginnings

January 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is a continuing series on my current D&D campaign with my buddies. I had no illusions that this week’s game was going to be stellar. My 1st goal of the evening was to get with my pals for the 1st the of the new year and celebrate my 35th Birthday (which was yesterday) and […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing

DM Chronicles, Session 8: Heroic Conclusions

December 26, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Phil’s game: Our Heroes beat the leader of the Cult of Sehan and various other aberrations in an ancient tomb that predates modern Ptolus. After a short rest on Andach’s island, they returned, searching for a way to that pool of glowing green slime that may or may not contain Sehan. They had […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing

DM Chronicles, Session 7: Of Performing Crunch and Norming Fluff, Part 2

December 6, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Blog lessons learned: Never post a ‘Part one’ on Wednesday night… it guarantees no comments on the highest traffic day! Next time’ 2 entries articles’ will posted on same day with a few hours in between. See here for part 1. When a Custom Scene Blows Up in Your Face So the players made their […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing, Tropes

DM Chronicles, Session 7: Of Performing Crunch and Norming Fluff, Part 1

December 5, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Image Source: Paizo’s Pathfinder, Lamia Matriarch, copyright 2007 Paizo publishing (under Fair Use). Please note that this post features spoilers of Paizo’s Pathfinder #2, more precisely the nature of it’s boss monster. Previously in Phil’s game: The heroes vanquished the last Child of Sehan, squared off against a Succubus (and won), dodged deadly traps and […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing, pathfinder, Tropes

DM Chronicles, Session 6: Perfectly Paced Action Crunch! (Part 2)

November 21, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Image Source: Monster Manual IV, Wizards of the Coast, Artist: Jim Nelson In which ChattyDM’s players find all kinds of trouble and manage to always come out on top. See part 1 here. The players entered deeper in the tomb’s second level, finding themselves in a large “T” shaped room. It featured 2 more stone-doors-with-levers […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing

DM Chronicles, Session 6: Perfectly Paced Action Crunch! (Part 1)

November 20, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Phil’s game: The heroes struck a deal with the Keepers of the Veil to investigate where the plant-like humanoids, created by the drug Green Welcome, were headed in Ptolus’ Necropolis. Said plant-like beings, called Children of Sehan, were tracked to an ancient funeral mound and engaged. Two were slain, diffcultly, one remains, inside […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing

DM Chronicles, Session 5: Graveyard Shift, Part 2

November 8, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Part 1 can be found here. The players decided to go explore the Necropolis to find where the seven plant-creatures that survived the streets of Ptolus were headed for. They met once again with the leaders of the Keepers of the Veil who gave them another healing package (a 5 charge wand of Restoration and […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing

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    The Chatty DM is the "nom de plume" of gamer geek Philippe-Antoine Menard. He has been a GM for over 40 years. An award-winning RPG blogger, game designer, and scriptwriter at Ubisoft. He squats a corner of Critical Hits he affectionately calls "Musings of the Chatty DM." (Email Phil or follow him on Twitter.)

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