Aboleth Group D&D Blog

29th September 2024 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 20. End of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 20 Our "Heroes" wake in the inn in Helms Hold and become aware that Pacino has not returned from the manor house as he was instructed. Derrick is unable to contact him and fears that he has been killed. The group head down to breakfast and learn that Penny has still not returned and her parents, and Colwyn the bar owner, are all worried about her. Iwee tries to contact her using a Sending spell, but receives no reply. All our "Heroes" are concerned for her safety. So Derrick settles down to a full breakfast. Once sated, they head into the town towards Graysing Manor. The mists are quite imposing today, especially in the direction they are travelling, and it is not long before they are enveloped in unsettling fog - unable to see very far for very long, and all sound is muffled by the mists. As they progress slowly and cautiously, their minds are spooked by… visio...

7th September 2024 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 19. End of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 20 Our "Heroes" are mid-battle, beleaguered by goblins who are more annoying than they should be. Jaxii is frustrated. Standing in the middle of the pathway, unable to hit anything but raging in fury at every arrow that hits her - there are many. Derrick and Karoshi try to clear a path through the logs whilst Jaxii draws fire, albeit unwillingly and unplanned. Iwee has managed to lose one of her swarm of bees, and helps out by healing Jaxii of some of her wounds. Derrick and Karoshi manage to clear the logs and run towards the sniping goblins ahead. Gobby meanwhile dies, having been stung by multiple swarms of bees and being in pretty poor health to begin with. Jaxii rushes over to the goblins that have caused her so many problems so far and they try to run, allowing her a rare attack against them. With Jaxii out of the way, the sniping goblins attack Iwee instead, and fir...

30th August 2024 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 18. End of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 19 Before heading away from Neverwinter, our intrepid adventurers decide to spend some time in the library. Derrick's previous lack of success talking to any librarians, and his inability to hide his frustration at the slow pace of library attendants did not stop him heading to the large library in the Merchant's Quarter of Neverwinter. Him being accompanied by Jaxii did not fill Iwee or Karoshi with confidence, so they headed to the Temple of Moradin to see if the clerics there knew anything. They were all looking for information on The Five and the Cyan Revolution, especially where it related to Abbey Isle. Surprisingly, they all did a good job of finding out information and they gathered at the end of the day to combine their collective new-found knowledge about the history of the Cyan Revolution. Having spent a few days in the city, they eventually decide that Neverember h...

9th August 2024 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Ches 30. End of session: 1490DR Tarsakh 18 After a long out-of-game absence, there was a lot of catching up to do, and reminders of what had happened to the characters to get them where they are now. During the time it took for the group to level up to level 8 in Settlestone, the party did some "stuff": Karoshi did some asking around about an Eldritch Claw Tattoo, which it turns out is a bit of a taboo subject, as are most things "eldritch" in respectable cities like Settlestone. However, Karoshi thinks that there may be information available somewhere about tweaking such magicks to make them more "acceptable", and will be on the lookout for such in the future. Iwee earnt some welcome gold playing to the very receptive dwarven crowds, pretending to be the charming bardish gnome, whilst in the background learning spells to grind her opponents into the ground by twisting their minds and screwing with...

12th December 2023 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Ches 17. End of session: 1490DR Ches 30 Our "Heroes" have faced undead, fey and fiend, dragons and monstrosities. But now they face their hardest challenge to date. One which strikes fear into all their hearts. A slightly damp ladder. Karoshi, with a dragon almost snapping at his heels, sits down to read up on climbing techniques using the library of books he brought with him for just such a situation. He proposes a method of scaling the ladder to the rest of the party. Their eyes glaze over after the first 15 minutes of explanation and they just nod, keen to get out of this dangerous cave and climb up to the dangerous mine. The method is put into practice. It proves to be a useful method, as during the long climb first Iwee, then Derrick and Jaxii all slip and fall at one stage of the climb and suffer a little damage, but a lot less than they would have done without all the rope and tackle that Karoshi had rigged ...

8th December 2023 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Ches 17. End of session: 1490DR Ches 17 Our "Heroes" consider their options. They don't have many. At least on dragon stands (or swims) between them and their goal - Kardreth, the Intricate Web. They are all already damaged from the dragon's acidic breath weapon and would struggle to survive another such attack. The dragon seems uncaring of their plight, and seems happy to wipe them out without even a discussion. And so Derrick walks up to the edge of the lake and tries to talk to the creature. The black dragon offers a choice - the party could either offer all their items, weapons and armour, and then leave, or they can die. Their choice. Derrick decides it would be a good idea to ask about some treasure they are looking for. The dragon seems unimpressed, and even jumps to the natural conclusion that the group have come to rob him of his treasure. Derrick does not take the hint and doubles down on his talki...

24th November 2023 In-game timeline: Start of session: 1490DR Ches 16. End of session: 1490DR Ches 17 The group decides to camp above the chasm. Iwee casts her Tiny Hut for them to, hopefully, safely rest within, and Jaxii puts her Immovable Rod in the door handle to stop that being easily opened whilst they rest. The group rests for 8 hours. Jaxii and Iwee are no longer exhausted - not from the rest, which was not particularly restful in the current situation, but from using the potion of vitality and a Lesser Restoration spell. When they awake, and the hut disappears, Jaxii implicitly, without stating it, collects her Immovable Rod from the door. They then make their way down the ladder. Using Lionel the rope to aid them, they all manage to get to the bottom of the ladder, though the descent down a slippery ladder is not easy and a couple of them are close to slipping and falling. The base of the ladder is in a natural cave system, with a fast-flowing river flowing through it. The wa...