Aboleth Group D&D Blog

27th Nov 2019, 7:45 – 11:00pm In-game timeline: Start of session, day 13. End of session, day 14. We join our 'Heroes' as they try to recover from a tough battle with a handful of Orcs and an Ogre, Gog, lead by a very tough Orc named Brughor. The party decide that it's a good idea to rest in this Orc cave, hopeful that they have cleared out anything that may be aware of their presence, so they take a short rest to recover some health and to get their breath, and in the case of Mallorn, some spells, back. Fortuitously, nothing untoward happens as they rest, and they are able to press on into the cave system after an hour's recuperation. Before heading further in, the party loot the bodies of the 7 Orcs and one Ogre currently lying, and bleeding, all over their chosen resting area. A few coins were gathered together, most (possibly all?) were added to the group's treasure. Pruni, having a strange idea that a bigger body must mean more loot, headed straight...

13th Nov 2019, 7:45 – 11:45pm In-game timeline: Start of session, day 11. End of session, day 13. We find our “Heroes” fully rested in the town of Phandalin, after having confronted “Sildar” to find that he wasn’t the real “Sildar”, but a doppelganger! After defeating the doppelganger, they once again rescued Sildar from the cellar and all is well once again in the town of Phandalin….. or is it? Keen to push on, the party decide to head out towards Conyberry and try to get the banshee Agatha to answer Sister Garaele’s query about what happened to Bowgentle’s spellbook. So keen they were to press on, that they didn’t even stop to “update their character sheets” after their long rests. Tut, tut. The trip to Conyberry took a couple of days – uneventful, though Esme was sure she spotted something in the nearby woods. The party were all a little on edge, not helped by the realisation that there were doppelgangers around, who they now know can appear to look exactly like a friend or ...