After a couple of days of shopping and exploring the Rock of Bral, the party met back up at the low city’s Happy Beholder. Charlie spent a good amount of time at the Mages’ guild with an introduction from Idakath. There, she worked with the local mages to buy components and craft a number of…
Learning Fantasy Maps
Armed with an 9th gen iPad, Logitech Crayon, and Jared Blando’s How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps, I’ve been slowing working my way through his lessons. A couple chapters into the book, and following examples more than capturing any particular vision of my own, I have gotten this far in my first mapping…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 09, 2023-02-15
As the party set out to leave the derelict nautiloid and continue their voyage to the Rock of Bral, a nightspider appeared from behind an asteroid. Clearly, the nautiloid was left as a trap. The nightspider moved in as quickly as it could against the party’s star moth, but Charlie kept the faster ship at…
New? Start Here!
First time to this blog? Here’s what I’d recommend checking out if you’re not wanting to just click through every post one by one. Homebrew rules: Check out my work-in-progress changes to Spelljammer 5e’s ship combat and crew economy: Spelljammer 5e Rules Modifications (WIP) Actual play session recaps: Spelljammer 5e is the ongoing game I’m…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 08, 2023-02-08
The party was pulled from high speed when it came upon an asteroid field, the outer portion of the belt where the Rock of Bral hides away. Starting to work their way through the asteroids, the horror-filled exclamation of Captain Sartell stopped them in their tracks. “Mind flayers,” she gasped, spotting a nautiloid ship ahead…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 07, 2023-02-01
Disaster has destroyed Spelljammer Academy! A sudden explosion of iridescent vines bursts from the surface of Toril, causing earthquakes and destroying anything in their way. These vines were 50 feet in diameter at the base, seemed to be growing out of Toril’s core, and grew a thousand feet or more out above the surface. Along…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 06, 2023-01-18
The day after returning home to Spelljammer Academy from their trouble-filled adventure to H’Catha, the party was assigned to cleaning and repair duties on the Flighty Foundling. There was much complaining to Officer Tarto about deserving a break after their outing, but they continued work anyway. Their duties were interrupted when pirates appeared in a…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 05, 2022-12-07
After days of waiting for their rendezvous with Boatswan Tarto, the Flighty Foundling met up with the party and their tyrant ship. A rope bridge was secured between the two vessels allowing people and goods to be transferred. The party was surprised to find not only Tarto but also Saerthe Abizin and a new addition…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 04, 2022-11-16
Upon their reclaimed Tyrant vessel, the party found a trio of Clockwork Horrors in the ship’s hollow deck. Violent machines that they are, they quickly set out to attack the party. Thanks to quick planning of the party, their ambush tactics were successful, and the horrors were destroyed. Searching the hollow deck after their combat,…
Spelljammer 2022 – Session 03, 2022-11-09
As the crew pulled out of the asteroid field, they were immediately closed in on by a group of Githyanki pirates. The pirates had their eyes on the loot from the wreckage the party just claimed. A battle ensued inevitably ensued. Nagivating the oddity of gravity in space along the way, the party eventually overcame…