Aboleth Group D&D Blog

27th October 2023 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Ches 15. End of session: 1490DR Ches 16 After a successful battle with Tissora and her helpers, our "Heroes" venture back out into the large hall with the impressive descending staircase. Being completionists, they decide that rather than press on towards their goal of finding Kardreth and the Intricate Web before anyone else does, despite multiple warnings from Kardreth that other people are close to him, and getting closer, they would stop off for an hour or two to investigate another door that they are pretty sure is trapped. With the protection of burning incense keeping the stirges at bay, the party look carefully at the other door. The skeletons hint at a trap. The lack of handles on the discarded axes hints at a trap. The mysterious rows of holes in the door frame spotted by Derrick hint at a trap. They decide not to press on down safer routes, but spend an hour investigating. Until Iwee gets bored of the dis...

  20th October 2023 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Ches 15. End of session: 1490DR Ches 15 Our "Heroes" have managed a short rest - this time without interruption. At the end of their rest, Derrick is alerted by Pacino, stationed outside the room, that a duergar is approaching. Zoning in on Pacino's vision, Derrick sees that it is the duergar that they allowed to escape earlier, trying to sneak past. He seems to be alone, so the party decide to let him go past without impeding him. They emerge from the smelly room and proceed to go further into the mine, searching areas they haven't been before. They find a bedroom that seems to be where the mechanical-duergar hybrid creatures seem to live, and a large open area that has a few makeshift beds, a cooking hearth and a well. It also seems to contain a cell of sorts, which is currently holding a very scared, and somewhat beaten, gnomish couple - Blaise and Hotch Copperneck. It turns out these are residents of S...