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Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 3

December 10, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here and part 2 here. Rat and Roll! After the PCs rested for a few minutes, they continued deeper in the complex of caves and crypts.  They eventually found the fleeing rats and followed their light to a large chamber.  As they approached, they heard a rumbling sound, like stone rubbing on […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Game Demo, Ptolus

Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 2

December 9, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. Of Kobolds and Rats As I mentioned in my pre-game post, the actual ‘dungeon’ of the adventure was a modified version of the Dungeon Master Guide’s ‘Kobold Hall’.  In fact, I took Area 1, 3 and 4 and modified them to my needs.  All kobolds became ratlings and I added a few other […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Game Demo, Ptolus

Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 1

December 7, 2009 by The Chatty DM

(This series title was chosen by the players, you have been warned) As announced here, I organized a D&D 4e demo for 4 members of the Mindnight’s Lair local RPG forum. I didn’t want to do a big D&D 4e lecture upfront, and I didn’t have to, most players had either played it once before […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Game Demo, Ptolus

D&D 4e Ptolus: Chatty’s Demo Game

December 4, 2009 by The Chatty DM

(This is the first post I write on my new mini-laptop that you all payed for by visiting this site, I thank you all!) Earlier this fall I attended a local gaming con called Draconis where I demoed a D&D adventure written by my friend Johenius.   At the con, I met Erik, the owner […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Ptolus, Teaching RPGs, world building

DM Chronicles, Session 11: When the stars are right, we get Planar Awesomeness! Part 3

February 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here and part 2 here… this is the last part I swear… (I’ll have spent more time writing this session log than actually playing it!) The PCs followed the Wolf lord to meet with Kharasutra’s General. While dodging troupes of Armanites (Centaur Demons, a shoutout to my buddy Cayzle) and buzzing Chasme […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Expedition to the Demonweb Pits Hack, planescape, Ptolus, Tropes

DM Chronicles, Session 11: When the stars are right… Planar Awesomeness! Part 2.

February 12, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. Also, please note that while the adventure is technically Expedition to the Demonweb Pits, about 90% of what happened last session was homegrown. Do not think of being able to replay this without some serious work! Seeing an overwhelming horde of arachnids attack the Elven compound of Iritidil’s House, all characters […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Expedition to the Demonweb Pits Hack, planescape, Ptolus

DM Chronicles, Session 11: When the stars are right… Planar Awesomeness! Part 1.

February 11, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Phil’s game… Our heroes investigate a series of Drow raids on Elven interests in Ptolus. Re-visiting familiar (under)grounds again, they meet and vanquish numerous Dark Elves and recover interesting documents. Meeting with Rule of Three again leads our heroes to obtain a cryptic Prophecy that talks of Demon slaying weapons, gates, keys and […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Expedition to the Demonweb Pits Hack, planescape, Ptolus, Tropes

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