Monday, April 29, 2013

Uncle Leo? Running a game for my teen daughter and her friends.

Uncle Leo left you a grand inheritance,
IF you can get it from his vault.
A few weeks ago, I ran Crucible of the Gods for my kids and they really liked it. Being revved up by it, my oldest daughter (just turned 14!) wanted to bring her two best friends in and have me run a game for them. I was told by my daughter to keep it down to just 2 hours of gameplay.

Last Friday night, we ran that game. I used some level 1 pregens from the D&D Encounters. I borrowed rooms from Fane of the Heresiarch (FotH) and Tower of the Ascendants Level 1 (TotA).

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Vault of the Wyrm Prince: Shadow Sanctuary

Almost drowned out by their own light, six silver torches are mounted on the east and west walls.
An unnatural, perfect darkness fills most of the sanctuary, save for six small pools of light afforded by torches of silver flame placed into holders on the east and west walls.

The six torches create a pool of light that extends 20 feet before being abruptly swallowed by darkness. The darkness is like a wall, blocking your view of the rest of the chamber.

The stench of sulfur hangs on the stale air, and the sound of dripping emanates from the darkness.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Vault of the Wyrm Prince: OOC #2

A fresh OOC tab for all of your scheming purposes. 

All the typical OOC stuff applies from the first tab found here.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Vault of the Wyrm Prince: Clockwork Guard


Music: Atrium Carceri | Seishinbyouin | Hidden Crimes

Towering over the room is a colossal 40-foot tall clockwork steel construct of an ancient red dragon. Its eyes burn faintly red with malice. 



You enter from the north door.
You hear the sound of spinning gears coming from within its rusted iron plates and scales, and can clearly see a large closed hatch on the beast's stomach. The enormous dragon stands motionless, completely blocking the hallway behind it, the only other obvious exit to the chamber.

At four other places in the room stand much smaller clockwork versions of the other chromatic dragons—white, blue, green, and black. Each of the lesser clockwork dragons holds a rusted steel egg in its claws. The mouths of each of these lesser dragons are open
and tilted back, as if waiting to be fed by a mother.

The light of the everburning torches mounted on the walls bathes the chamber in an eerie glow and gives you pause... you feel you are one step away from an early grave...

Monday, April 8, 2013

Crucible of the Kids: Playtest Report Part 2 (SPOILERS)

Playing Crucible of the Gods with my kids was awesome! Don't read this if you want to play, as there are many spoilers.