Tabletop Takeaways: Surface Tension
Welcome to Tabletop Takeaways, tips and lessons for dungeon masters shared through the story of a campaign.
Episode 171 -Cloudy with a Chance of Bleak Mauls
Krask and Fyn head to the Pinnacle to check out the situation. Again, there is no sign of living creatures here, so they call up the rest of the party and investigate the main floor entirely. The center of the room has a large, smooth, stone circular depression in the ground. Fyn notices a strong …
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Episode 170 – Insect Sighs
Cautiously, Krask unlocks the cell door and the party steps out into the hallway. Immediately, the statue tells them to return to their cells, and advances. Trace, thinking on his feet, ensures his Sihedron Medallion is visible and shows it to the statue. The construct morphs into a liquid-metal form and inspects the medallions and …
Tabletop Takeaways: Hoodwinked!
Welcome to Tabletop Takeaways, tips and lessons for dungeon masters shared through the story of a campaign.
Episode 169 – Tooth Aerie
The party is confronted with these three, mammoth-sized spiders with odd-numbered legs, twirling their web bolas. The one in the middle makes some strange clicking sounds as they rub two of their legs together, balancing on the rocky, icy crags under the shadow of Mhar Massif. And in the midst of those clicks, suddenly everyone …
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Episode 168 – Choke-a-Bola
The party gets in their rest without any interruptions by curious giants. As it turns out, the city is ablaze thanks to Ghlorofaex’s fury. Apparently her electrical damage was enough to set the multitudes of building supplies on fire. Rows of giants are in a bucket brigade, attempting to put out the flames as thick, …
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Episode 167 – Look What the Rat Dragon
The ceiling above the party continues to shake violently, with bits of rock and dirt dislodging themselves and falling to the ground. The bone chimes clatter against each other, and Krask becomes concerned that his reconfiguration of the structure might not hold. And then….there’s silence. There’s only the occasional drip of water from some of …