In the night, Sylla has seemed to have disappeared along with her boar companion Bacon. Upon discovering her tracks leading to the well at Barthen’s Seebo jumps in Leeroy style to investigate. He is confronted with an otyugh and gains the aid of Belgwyn, Dennis, and EKIM in the end. They discover a short sword in the carrion pile that they recognize as belonging to Sylla. Reaching the surface they notice Sariel talking to a dwarven stranger. Introducing herself as Gwyn Oresong, sister of Elsa the bartender at Stonehill Inn. She eagerly offers her help in solving the clues gained…
Return to Phandalin in a Mess – DM Notes
A little summary. With the conclusion of Lost Mine of Phandelver, or part one of The Shatter Obelisk depending on how you want to see it, our former DM had decided to trade his seat at the table. Over the last couple of sessions Tobin’s Revenge had worked their way through Wave Echo Cave, culminating in a battle between the party and the Black Spider. In the heat of the battle one party member, Tethren, surprisingly disappeared and took their foe the Black Spider with him. Excited to have vanquished the dragon Venomfang again but confused at the actions of…
Trouble in Phandalin – Session 2
It was not the best of the nights in and around Cragmaw Hideout for our adventurers. Between nursing their wounds and the smell of goblin remains emanating from the cave, sleep was hard to come by. In the morning, Ekim and Sylla retrieved the wagon from its hiding spot while the remainder of the group started to pull their loot from the cave. While resting in the wagon Sildar noticed the blue lion stamp on some of the crates for the first time. ‘Those belong to the Lionshield Coster’ are the first words Sildar had said since his rescue. ‘There…
The Job – Session 1
A man limps up the notice board, burdened with a satchel full of paper and nails. Without a care as to the previous papers cluttering the surface, he places the newest announcement as close to the center as he cares to attempt. The sound of his pin hammer echoes across the square. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. The nosier of the locals crowd around to be the first to know the newest gossip. “Brave Adventurers wanted. Escort duties to Phandalin. Easy money for a few days…” As the initial crowd disperses, the cloaked figure steps from…
The Haunted Tiefling – Tethren Torment
Lacking great stature but neither small like a halfling. Tethren does anything but blend in with the crowd. As he pulls back his cloak’s hood his silvery antlers glitter in the light. Immediately after you get lost in the bottomless pit of his all black eyes. He can command the room with ease only with his presence. His white skin with a slight blue hue and only darker blue hair pay homage to the ice peaks from a past long ago. Given his past, he is slow to make companions. Often found sitting in the silent corners of any given…
This is One of Many Potential Futures
One of Tyler’s favorite ways to pass time is watching online videos. While I have mixed feelings on the pros and cons of allowing him to watch online videos as a major source of his technology intake, one thing has become glaringly obvious. Tyler wants be a “YouTuber”. That what most of his generation calls it, but I prefer the more encompassing label of content creator. Now this is not a job that you go to school or technical training to be. It’s all about being inspired and learning as you go. That learning as you go is definitely something…
My First Year Living Abroad in Abu Dhabi
March 2022 marked my first year living and working abroad from the US. It has definitely been one of those years that did not feel like a year. It could be all the change or the challenging new work, but regardless I have fully enjoyed my time in Abu Dhabi. Let me go over some of the highlights for this past year and hint at some of the things I hope to experience during year two. A new city, country, and cultures were the first experiences I had this past year. I can honestly look back with 20/20 hindsight and…
Another 3 months have come and gone
n’t change time here it feels like I lost an hour somewhere, maybe that is just part of getting older. Either way here is another catch up post about the last 3 months in Abu Dhabi.
Here is what you missed on……
It has been a while so I guess we can pretend I went on winter break or something. You know like when sitcoms go on break and when they return the do the previously on part at the beginning. Well, this blog is going to be like that but the blog posts only happened in my head. I realized that if I used social media more that these are all things that would have been posted there, but I don’t, so they weren’t. So, brace yourself while I do my best to catch up.
Family of 3 Becomes Family of 4!
We got a dog! If you thought it was something else than you clearly don’t know me very well. One and done parents right here. Anyway, we went to the Abu Dhabi Animal Shelter a few days ago and Tyler just fell in love with a Husky mix. He really started liking Siberian Huskies over a year ago when he had a class assignment about them. Every time I would see a video of a Husky doing something cute and slightly annoying, I would show him so he could see how talkative and annoying they could be. I thought I…