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Cannibalism, Spiders and Slavery: Out of the Abyss Session 1 Part 2

OK, I'm finally doing this. The second part of the summary for my first session of out of the abyss. I'm very sorry it took so long. Various things including Star Wars, Doctor Who, YouTube, Christmas, New Zealand, a computer that wouldn't turn on properly and laziness (mostly laziness) all slowed this summary down. But it's here now! You can read the first part of the summary here . After escaping captivity and eating a pacifist monk, the players and there nine other party members ventured into the Underdark. They were headed towards Gracklstrugh, city of blades, in the hopes that there would be a route to the surface there. I completely messed up with the travelling rules. Turns out, you're supposed to roll navigation daily to avoid getting lost. I just rolled for the random encounters. There were a few basic encounters, like a big ravine that they had to cross, and then there was an interesting one. A group of escaped human slaves, who had run away from Gr...

Out of the Abyss Session 1 Part 1

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Just like premiers for TV shows are usually extra long (I think. I don’t watch that much TV), the beginning of my new campaign went for way over my normal 4 hours. It was probably closer to 7. Therefore, this… what exactly are these, anyway? Session reports? Recaps? Anyway, this one will be in 2 parts. This is part 1. Part 2 will be out in a few days (hopefully). I bought Out of the Abyss ages ago (2016), but only ran the first chapter. I ran it horribly. So, here we go! I began with my usual three players (the ones from the Planescape campaign). We had: ·          Robert as Mishann Duvahkin, a female Halfling Rogue (how original*) ·          Wayne as “Jake 😊 ”, a male Half-Orc Barbarian (also original**) and ·          Jason as Darrak Unqart, a male Hill Dwarf Wizard (slightly original***) *Sarcasm **Also sarcasm ***Not s...