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November 8, 2021

We are taking a short break from Humblewood while we play a few other one-shots and Empire of Ghouls.  When we start up at the end of November the party will begin the final chapter and attempt to free Alderheart and rid Humblewood of all the gnolls.


October 11, 2021

Updates have been sorely lacking here, I think we've played three sessions and I haven't updated.  Soooo, super quick update.

Allies have been gained for the final assault on Alderheart, but first the mind flayers must be taken care of.


August 23, 2021
Quick Summary:
  • Fang the Damned went full on lich and was preparing to send Humblewood to a demi-plane once the mind flayers arrived while the gnolls went somewhere more pleasant.
  • The party didn’t agree with his plan, threw his phylactery into the no-where-verse between worlds, and killed him.  Problem solved.  
  • The githzerai have arrived, Evelyn is at the central gate, and Conicus is being held at the giant Temple of Anubis.

Other Updates:

  • You are now Level 11, known to DMs as the TPK challenge level.
  • The session summaries of Chapter 19: The Oubliette of Fang the Damned is done.
  • A preview of Chapter 20: Allies is up too.  
  • We’ll start with a staff meeting with the Resistance Council and then you'll be off to meet with the Githzerai.  


August 5, 2021

Okay, this is the longest we've gone without playing.  No more film festivals, no more "family emergencies", no more excuses.  Okay, two of those weeks were my fault, but enough is enough!  Get ready to play next week!!


July 2, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • Things didn't go so well with Xander sending you to the gnoll world.  But you made it back safely.  And didn't get to keep the Master Sword.  The DM is such a jerk.

Other Updates


June 24, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • You rescued Tisk and Madricen from the gnoll's house arrest.
  • You met rescued a whale from the belly of a dead kraken and met the druid Ratagast Noblewood.
  • You made it to the Isle of Tyton, found the Temple of Ardea, solved the puzzles of the four seasons, and found an artifact (The Chain of Ardea) under her altar, a sepulchre if you will.  Did anyone even look that up?  Or maybe your so smart you already knew it.  (Yeah, right).

Other Updates:

  • Did I mention you leveled up to 10?  I'm sure I did, I certainly wouldn't have forgotten to tell you that.
  • The session summary is done for 17: The Sepulchre of Ardea, as usual it's way too long which is why I do these shorter summaries.
  • Next up is 18: Interplaner Fiasco.  Xander Zibbik is ready to send you to the gnoll's world to see what you can find out about the mind flayers.


June 11, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • The traitor was Aldrich Ames (even his name sounds like that of a traitor).  Technically he was a gnoll who'd been wished into birdfolk form so maybe technically not a traitor just an enemy, but still, that's just semantics.
  • You defeated two death squads, or Scorpion Squads and Aldrich called them.

Other Updates

  • The session summary is done, 16: Death Squads in Brackenmill.
  • Don't forget about Tisk and Madricen.  We won't play it out, but I want to know what you do.
  • You are still level 9, halfway to level 10.  You need another 8,000 xp to level up.
  • Next you are heading to the Isle of Tyton to look for an artifact, somewhere in a temple dedicated to Ardea.


May 31, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • Tisk and Madricen want to be liberated of their house arrest.  Technically, only Tisk is under house arrest.  Madricen is enslaved there.
  • You questioned the three suspected traitors in Brackenmill, all swore their innocence under a zone of truth spell.
  • After you finish up in Brackenmill, you'll head to the coast and try to find a way to the Isle of Tyton.

Other Updates:

  • The session summary from last week is up, 16: Death Squads in Brackenmill.
  • You are still level 9.  So there.  You need another 127,000 xp to level up to 10.  I may have modified the the xp needed a touch.


May 23, 2021

A few more updates:

  • A teaser is up for the next mission, 16: Death Squads in Brackenmill.  
  • Also, the map for Brackenmill is updated with locations that will come into play for this adventure.
  • Don't forget about the consumables you have.  Use them up!
  • It can't hurt to double check what magic items you have.  They're listed under Items of you character.


May 11, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • You did it!  You've restored the sanctity of the Lost Temple of Tyton, which now needs a new name since it's no longer lost.
  • You also received a vision from Tyton revealing a new threat to Humblewood.

Other Updates:

  • You leveled up to 9!  Now you need 14,000xp to reach level 10.  
  • With the reveal of the new threat coming to Humblewood, we've started Part III: Annihilation.  The resistance will have to figure out how to continue to fight the gnolls while preparing  for these other creatures.  We'll call them mind flayers for no particular reason.
  • The session summary is up for 15: The Lost Temple of Tyton as well as the teaser for 17: The Sepulchre of Ardea.  When we start the next session in a couple weeks it will begin with a meeting of the Resistance Council.  The Council of Kuato?  Anyone who says, "You have my [axe, bow, sword, or anything]," will have to make a DC 53 Constitution save or their character dies.


April 22, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • You're still exploring Tyton's Lost Temple and have found a staircase heading down to a third level.
  • The corruption definitely feels as if it's coming from down there.


Other Updates:

  • You are still level 8 with 45,000 xp.  You need another 3000 xp to reach level 9.
  • The session summary summary is up.  It's even shorter than last week.
  • We'll need to talk a bit about what you want to do next so you may want to take a look at the available quests.


April 18, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • You began exploring the lower levels of Tyton's Lost Temple, looking for the source of the corruption.
  • The Lord of Snails said to head north to find Tyton, who was always fighting with Ardea.

Other Updates:

  • You are still level 8 with 41,500 xp.  You need another 6,500 to reach level 9.
  • The session summary summary is up.  It's pretty short this time.


April 6, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • You jumped through a portal in the Wizard's Tower and landed in the mountains.
  • Amichai says Tyton has been talking to him, calling him to cleanse his temple.
  • You found the Lost Temple of Tyton, and cleared the first level. 
  • Something claiming to be the Mouth of Tyton, representing a new god of Tyton reborn, demanded fealty, and was promptly smited to death by Snow.

Other Updates:

  • Congratulations!  You are now level 8 with 38,000 XP.  You need another 10,000 to level up to 9 and then we'll start leveling backwards down to 1.
  • The session summary is up for 15: The Lost Temple of Tyton.
  • You have some consumable magic items.  I encourage you to use them and I'll work different ones into the game.


March 22, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • You met with Chicken Tender, Adina's son.  He's kind of a jerk.
  • Saltar's Port is now free of the gnolls!  You pretty much massacred Garek and all his Captains. The town immediately got their revenge on the rest of the gnolls.
  • You explored the gnoll Wizard's tower, found a number of interesting items, and are about to die as a whole menagerie of monsters appeared.

Other Updates

  • Current XP is 33, 999, (1 is needed for level 8, and a long rest).  Be ready to level up during the next session.
  • The session summary is done for Part II of 14: The Liberation of Saltar's Port.
  • We'll take a week off and pick up right where we left off.


March 14, 2021

Quick Summary:

  • Night Wanderers, they're annoying and slightly nasty.  Avoid them.
  • The party made contact with the SPR (Saltar's Port Resistance).
  • They did a favor for the SPR, finding a teleportation circle and burning down a gnoll inn.
  • What's the deal with this Q guy?  He claims to be a dragon?  I'm calling bullshit on this one.

Other Updates

  • Current XP is 30,600, (34,000 needed for level 8).
  • You'll have several missions you can choose to do, or not to do during the next session.
  • The summary is up from the last session, 14: The Liberation of Saltar's Port.
  • Because of Q, you know where the Southern Gate is.


March 9, 2021

Quick Summary of the last session:

  • You helped liberate Ashbarrow from the gnolls, the first city to regain their freedom.
  • You traveled to Saltar's Port.  It is being ruled with an iron fist that got especially brutal the last week in June.  Some kind of Papers are required to move around the city.  
  • You rescued some folk from being crucified and entered the city at night through the sewers (and werecrocodiles).  

Other updates:

  • Current XP is 26,300, (34,000 needed for level 8).
  • The summary of our last session is in 13: Travel to Saltar's Port.
  • You mission is to make contact with Resistance here, there are some extra notes in Chapter 14.

February 7, 2021

Quick Summary of the last session:

  • You found a quarry where Stitches was melded into a large machine cutting five foot cubes of stone.  A gnoll there said it was for something being built a couple days north of Brackenmill.
  • In Brackenmill you met with Tisk, who wanted to help the Resistance and force a peace so gnoll and folk from Humblewood could live together peacefully.  She arranged for the party to meet with her benefactor, Clawmark.
  • Clawmark turned out to be The Scorpion.  You convinced him to "meet Kuato" in a couple days where you ambushed him and killed him.

Other Updates


January 30, 2021

Quick Summary of the last (two) sessions

  • Evelyn is definitely not Evelyn, she's Jenny, and has to live in the anti-magic zone in Wolpertinger Caves to stay as Jenny.
  • The Avium was experiencing a time loop due to some magic that got away from Xander Zibbik.  He needed several items scattered throughout the library to contain the magic.
  • It took a couple time loops, but the party was successful and Xander stopped the time loop.
  • Dúne found his father in the library, he went to Wolpertinger Caves to meet up with the Resistance.

Other Updates

  • A full summary of 11: Investigate The Avium is done.
  • The cell groups were a fund idea, but they're taking me too much time to maintain.  We'll just assume they are active and will periodically unlock missions for the party.
  • Next up the party is traveling to Brackenmill to meet with some gnolls who say they want to help the Resistance.


January 18, 2020

Quick Summary of the last session:

  • You rescued Evelyn from the gnoll jail in Ashbarrow (along with Tam Loxwood and Buff Orpington and a few others.)
  • It's not Evelyn although she's convinced she's Evelyn
  • You found this map in the interrogation room.  (No!  I didn't forget about it during the session.  It's just that no one remembers it, that's all.)

Other Updates

  • You are level 6.  You're welcome.
  • It's been just over a month since we played the Humblewood Campaign, so take a look at the notes.  I know you won't do this, I just want to pretend that you will.
  • The session summary for 10: The Great Escape (from the prison at Ashbarrow) is done.  Also the teaser for 11: Investigate The Avium.
  • We'll finish up the end of Chapter 10, figuring out what you want to do with "Evelyn".  I suggest a private one on one meeting with Kuato.  It'll be fine.
  • Also, check your magic items.  Everyone had an item that was given a special ability upon reaching level 6.


December 6, 2020

Summary of the last session:

  • You found a gnoll journal while exploring the Slime King's caves.
  • The outpost near the caves was abandoned.  Either the gnolls were punished who failed or there was a mutiny.
  • Evy Ashwood went a bit crazy, can talk with Yoda now.  Looks like she found the world of the gnolls, but possibly found something else too.  You have her journal now.

Other updates:


November 23, 2020

  • The session summary for last week is done, we'll continue with Chapter 8 this week.
  • You may want to take a look at the Teleportation Circle spell again.  You now know the sigils for two circles now.
  • We'll start out the session doing a couple rolls for cells to see how long their missions take.
  • If you send two cells on the same mission, you roll with advantage using the highest applicable stat.


November 13, 2020

  • Characters are Level 5 now, I hope you're happy because I think it's a big mistake.
  • The session summary for Chapter 07: Destroy the Weapons Cache is complete.
  • Buff Orpington's journal, The Lost Temple of Tyton,  is available to look at.
  • If you want to review the notes and map you found in the tower, it's listed under Papers from the Scorpion's Study.
  • You really surprised me with the Locate Object and sneaking in to give it to Tam, it was a great solution.
  • The party needs to decide who gets which magic items, particularly the Ring of Valor.  Also, if anyone else wants to lay claim to Dúne's mother's long bow, Bow of Reya, we'll have a death match next session.  I figure the Wand of Nystul's Magical Aura is more of a party item, but I want to know who is holding on to it.
  • Speaking of magic items, I think you've forgotten about the Blanket of Healing  that Cyrus is hanging onto.

November 4, 2020

  • We'll begin Part II next Wednesday on the 11th.  (We'll start with a "trailer".)
  • Be ready to level up.  You're not going to, I just want to give you some false hope.
  • You may be interested in the Wanted posters that appeared recently in the western towns.
  • I made a note for City Populations.
  • Did everyone forget the promise made to Max about getting his family out of Glenhaven? 
  • You decided an order for the next four or five chapters, but don't feel locked into it.  We can always switch it up if priorities change.

October 18

  • Character are level 4 and have 4,500 XP (another 2,000 is needed to level up.)
  • The quest log, part II of Chapter 06: Escort to Winnowing Reach is done.
  • With the players being in charge of the resistance, there are a lot of new rule/mechanics, they can be found in the parent note of Resistance Cells.
  • I added a new note, Potential Cell Missions, that really are cell missions that will unlock missions for you all.

 

October 10

  • Characters are level 4 and have 3,000xp (another 3,500 needed to level up).
  • The quest logs for Chapter 5 and 06: Escort to Winnowing Reach are done.
  • We got about halfway through Chapter 6, so we should finish it up next week.
  • The artist should be working on the tokens, we might have them by the end of the week.


 October 3

  • We are 2/3 of the way done with Chapter 5.  The quest log is updated.
  • We'll pick up with questioning the vulpin, and move onto the last of the three missions.
  • If you want to explore the map for the last mission, go to Beggar's Canyon.  You get to choose where the ambush happens.  The narrowest parts of the canyon are 10 feet, just enough for a horse and cart to get through.
  • Be ready to level up to 4 mid session next week.

September 26

  • Hopefully we can play this week!
  • Be sure to check out the Teleportation Circle.  I changed it slightly from the PHB.  It's a lower level with some slightly different mechanics (takes a half hour to cast).
  • Add some information to your character. It's an easy way for all of us to get a sense of who you're playing.  (Free magic weapon to whoever does this, unless your character's name starts with a D, A, S, or C.)
  • Also, if you've given me a backstory be sure to check out your quest, I did some updating this week.  You can click on the "My Quest" in the quick links on the left.

September 18

  • Characters are STILL level 3 and have 2,100 xp. (Amount needed to level up 600.)
  • The quest log for 04: Recruit Marcus is updated.
  • Take a look at the next chapter, 05: Odd Jobs.  The group has some decision to make about what how you'll do some of the missions.  We'll use this map for the center of Meadowfen.  
  • Gnolls of Note was added to the Quick Links on the left.  I refrained from calling it Gnolls of Gnote.
  • Items were added from the last adventure.  By the way, what was done with the gnoll ring?  Asking for a friend.

September 11

  • Characters are level 3 and have 1,500 xp. (Amount needed to level up is 1,200.)
  • The quest log for 03: Visiting Evy is done.  Only one or two things were added that I forgot to mention during play.
  • Take a look at your character's page and add any information you want the rest of the players to know.  This is a great way to flesh your character out for everyone a bit more.
  • As you encounter different types of gnolls they'll show up on that page.  There are many distinct kinds of gnolls, so think of these as nicknames that bird and humble folk give them.
  • The campaign will pick up three months after the Visiting Evy adventure.  Be thinking in broad terms (I don't want to spend too much time on this) of what your character does during those three months.  Different actions will get you different information, so feel free to be a bit creative.  You can describe what you do and I'll narrate a bit of what happens.

September 3

  • Session notes are done for 01: Prelude: Spring Festival and 02: Goodwill to Glenhaven.  
  • If you aren't interested in the notes, at least take a look at 01: Prelude: Spring Festival.  You'll see in the left had column PCs and locations are listed.  If you click on a character you'll see that they list which chapters they've been involved in.  I do my best to keep this up to date.
  • Edit: problem solved. Tim found a bug in Kanka during the gameplay.  If you go to maps and end up seeing the Legend that can appear on the left side of the screen, don't look at it to close.  There are some spoilers there of locations that are hidden right now, but still appear in the Legend.  I let Kanka know but haven't heard a response yet.