Session Recaps
After every session, our DM Next Door recounts the shenanigans that took place. Click on a recap to read more and enjoy.
Session #97 - Strawberry Affogato
May 21, 2025
In our last session, the party answers the alarm bells of Honey Run Junction, both to save Benjamin, as well as the denizens of this dusty, socialist outpost. Po saddles the steaming skillet and prepares a dazzling, Rattlewurm entree (with spiders as garnish) which did much to placate his (alleged) younger brother’s tantrum. In your first encounter with the 100-tonne toddler, you learn of Vicarion’s troubled life, caused as much by the incredible power he has inherited as it has by the primordial-craving relic he has been given. Now, with no family who will take him, he has turned to the questionable influence of ‘Malar’, the mysterious figure who rules over the dark forests of Karasuthra.
Session #96 - Honey Run Junction
April 30, 2025
In our last session, the party absconds Benjamin and the spelljammer so as to raw dog interplanar travel with their flesh and blood bodies. While some come remarkably close to losing toes and fingers – everyone is more or less whole by the end, save for some minor changes.
Session #95 - Meat Lovers
April 16, 2025
In our last session, the party squares up with the Nothic Behemoth that has enslaved the citizens of Phandalin. This intrusive aberration peers into the party’s minds, uncovering Po’s origins as Teggun’s lost child, but fails to manifest any sympathy from the party. During your brief encounter, Veera swaps with Sulu and gets swallowed; Kiwi cuts somewhere between 10 and 15 times, Mari stealths into non-existence, Kaladin becomes a double bear, and Po rearranges the nothic’s guts (not sexual).
Session #94 - Little Big Bugs
April 02, 2025
In our last session, the party delves into Phandalin proper – finding Sulu’s errant fireball has not only dropped a giant on the town, but trapped an equally large snake as well. Opting not to test its temperament, you all agree to leave it be until you have dealt with your other obligations. Standing between you and your path inside, you opt to un-gigantify a once giant spider and simply walk by as it fails to do anything about it.
Session #93 - Phandelving
March 19, 2025
In our last session, the Boondiggle Boys lay the groundwork for a dead-on-arrival PR campaign – doing sparingly little to alter the crew’s attitudes towards the trio’s many misdeeds. Hizfitz does his best to offer what details he can, but Po’s patience for excuses wears thin.
Session #92 - No room for the Wheek
March 05, 2025
In our last session, the party sets off to investigate the recently uncovered settlement of Phandalin, which also happens to be the last known sighting of Po’s mother – an Aarokokra named Teggun. In your exploration of the ship you find many odds and curios that Benjamin has built just for you – including a crows nest, a study, and even an attunable workshop for the only other crewmate who is allowed to fly the Spelljammer. Yukas hair returns with a striking resemblance to his mentor’s ivory mane, and Kaladin contends with his new and gnarly, glowing scar.
Session #91 - Scouts to Rangers
January 15, 2025
In our last session, the party steals themselves as they move to confront the debriefment council. Your battle beneath the base has prompted extraordinary measures, including mass-evacuations making room for agents to comb through the caverns in search of other primordials. Upon arriving at the council, however, you find the door is being guarded by the Corps.’ most law-abiding bastard, Vernon Craw, who shares too much about himself by daring to share anything at all. He was even tending to Po’s drunk and distraught father – but no, no, I see your point – fuck that guy.
Session #90 - Taking the Fall
January 01, 2025
In our last session, the party welcomes into the world a bouncing, baby orc – Po, v2, who’s greener, meaner, and not wearing pants. Back from certain annihilation, Po has manifested a familial resemblance to his adoptive father, which, as we later learn, fills Mr. Silva with some complicated and drinky feelings.
Session #89 - First Encounter
December 18, 2024
In our last session, the party delves below the rolling hills of Drakkenrest – welcomed by splintering cracks from the dark entity that lurks there. Po and Kaladin’s recon mission afforded them little detail beyond finding an egg and being hunted by something both large and malicious. However, after talking it over with their teammates, the task ahead became woefully clear. Between them and the third egg there is a primordial – and they must be the ones to destroy it.
Session #88 - The End and the Beginning
December 04, 2024
Our last session begins with the end – to Veera and Vespa’s immediacy as they navigate a world on the brink of change. In preparation for her mother’s return, Vespa will be sequestering herself – both to keep her curse contained and to save Arcan from giving his life for hers. However, Vespa has one silver lining she has hidden within her sudden departure, and wants to speak with Team 287 before Ala’s revival.
Session #87 - Bloodletting
November 20, 2024
In our last session, two of Eldath’s chosen finally have their meeting. While Silva seems to appreciate his role as Eldath’s ‘light touch’ on Edena, Kaladin has, understandably, lost his appetite for generous reads. Silva ends your discussion by saying Eldath is concerned about the boy turned ascendant, but the two agree to disagree.
Session #86 - Poly’s Puzzle Box
November 06, 2024
Our last session takes us to the Debriefment Council, where Team 287 expands on their world-altering mission to Hyldor. Eager to get on to more present concerns, Councilor Shortfang pulls Kaladin in for a private inquisition, where he is asked about dragons, the grove, and if he who he says he is. With their own version of the message switchboard, the councilors mentally discuss his testimony, curiously opting to end the discussion despite some rather alarming revelations.
Session #85 - Draconic Debrief
October 23, 2024
Our last session takes us to the unhallowed halls of Grimguard, as Veera and Mari follow up on what they’d heard of Gale and Huckleberry. Upon their arrival, however, they find the news they received was cruelly optimistic, learning Huckleberry had paid the ultimate price for Gale’s curiosity. Vespa is initially despondent, but Veera and Mari’s knowledge of ichor, irradiance, and ascendance spurs new hope within the Grimguard Commander – doubly so, having been given her mother’s soul engine. Also, your totally real and human DM proves he knows where kisses go.
Session #84 - Consequences
October 09, 2024
In our last sessions, you’re propelled forward by your mythical encounter in the Plane of Water. Here, you lay out considerations as your party rounds out your collection of the six, draconic spirits. A notable opposition in favor of keeping the dragons from Talbot arises within the group – prompting Mari to flip through their eldritch phonebook and call up the big man himself.
Session #83 - A Prelude to Beanstock
September 25, 2024
In our last session, the party returns to base, only to discover a titanic beanstalk has taken root outside its valley. Initially assuming it to be the consequences of some long, forgotten action – many are relieved to see this encampment is, in fact, a traveling festival – known as Beanstock no less! You are welcomed in by General Gar of Niege, or, just Garbanzo for today, a weathered warrior here to pay honor to his ancestor and the festival’s namesake, Beans McFlabbin’.
Session #82 - Queens Come Falling Down
September 11, 2024
Our last session begins in the demi-planar Kingdom of Scale, where Halcyon seems reluctant to let his new friends go so soon. On their way down to the docks, Ben and Sulu workshop how they might summon Halcyon’s power – settling on the idea to jam a certain spell into the waveripper’s propulsion. And so, they return to the docks, where Halcyon asks the pair to tell his deific siblings where he is – Ryu, preferably. Sulu surprises the golden dragon when he says he and Ryu are, in fact, quite tight, glossing over the part where he lives in an egg inside his friend’s dreams.
Session #81 - The Next Generation of Star Jockeys
August 21, 2024
Ben and Sulu emerge from their seance with the ancient triton, who, after having been stirred awake by their arrival, has appeared somewhere in the Plane of Water along with the tree, the egg, and, presumably, Halcyon inside. Within mere moments, a primordial breaches into the waters over Hyldor, compelling the party to make use of the opportunity created by the Vanguard’s noble sacrifices. And so, after a brief, crash course in interplanar calibration, Daddy’s Little Star Jockeys unpocket their trailblazers and go beyond the breach.
Session #80 - A Brave Attempt
August 07, 2024
Our last session begins with the unexpected comedy duo, Kaladin and Po, who find themselves in a weird, back alley eatery – the Crabby Hermit. Ramsey the Gastromancer serves you up an eclectic course of your favorite meals – be it soup in a boot or a stew your girlfriend made during your all-food diet. He cautions you of uttering Umberlee’s name, as she’s known to punish those that get in her way – alluding to his temporal eye-ticks.
Session #79 - Dragon Whispers
July 24, 2024
Our last session begins in the throes of Veera’s vision – once a stolen memory from Queen Cheandra, now the stage for Umberlee to confront the ‘skinwalking deviant’ who keeps meddling in her affairs. Perhaps to veera’s surprise, ‘The Bitch Queen’ seems more inclined to talk than torture. You talk of Cheandra, Tiamat, your mutual disdain for Eldath, as well as ichor and what it does to those imbued with irradiance – which Veera paints a rather violent picture of.
Session #78 - Hyldor Bound
July 03, 2024
We kick off our last session with the grand return of the industrious, goldscale Nepo-Baby, Benjamin Newgate – who has taken inspiration from Mari’s modular armor and given his cantripper an aquatic configuration! You are invited aboard to discuss next steps – and learn that while Mr. Newgate mostly enjoys his work, he’d much rather be sailing Edena – or even the Astral Sea beyond.. If such a thing were possible. With the promise of great news, the party slams a trailblazer onto the table and weaves their tales of the curious and enigmatic Star Jockeys.
Session #77 - Queen No More
June 19, 2024
In our last session, the party listens in on Queen Cheandra as she accosts the latest of her goldscale victims — wishing she could move things along before the next one gets here. With his sultry, intoxicating voice – her goldscale, kuo-toa accomplice, Golby, eagerly asserts that the next one is very close — who they both presume to be Benjamin Newgate.
Session #76 - Deep in the Trench
June 05, 2024
In our last session, Daddy’s Little detectives begin their inspection of a shadowy trench made most notable by the abandoned chapel sitting at its heart – where you hope to find some trace of that no good Pete Rhana. Some of you notice a cloud of glowing lights, and there you see a procession of eerie creatures forming from the ocean floor.
Session #75 - I was serious about the cloud giants
May 21, 2024
In our last session, we leave Benjamin Newgate behind and follow Buell, the tortle Dockmaster, who takes you on a ride to the bottom of the Cyanic Sea. Here, he gives you a cursory tour of the lower terran residencies and offers you free accommodations should you need them. Veera wisely inquires about waterbreathing aid, and Buell laments his entire stock has been purchased by a particularly cautious tabaxi – who Sulu recognizes as his foreign exchange pen pal, Whiskers.
Session #74 - Giants in the Clouds
May 08, 2024
Our last session kicks off with a perilous predicament – the leviathan you all find yourselves in lurches into the sand as an enormous portal opens beneath it. Immediately, Kaladin and Sulu slip into the stomach acid and begin dissolving, but some quick thinking from Kiwi and Mari sets off a chain reaction of healing. As you each fly out of the creature’s maw and through an ethereal sea, you see cosmic visions of stars, colors, and shapes beyond.
Session #73 - A Shark Bit my Arse
April 17, 2024
We kick off our last session aboard the Emerald Opossum, which is your team’s final ticket into the Cyanic Sea. Here, sulu reads aloud a letter he had received from Howie Sturgel, one of the five Sea Sages.
Session #72 - Eat shit, Vernon
April 03, 2024
Housekeeping Note: Tell players to use their crusty, old inspiration otherwise I can’t reward them for the cool shit they do or the funny things they say.
Session #71 - Home Again
March 12, 2024
Our last session begins in the Frostmount, filled with the many beasts Yuka has yoinked out of the base and placed into his frosty party plane. As the once simple creatures contemplate the nature of their awakened lives, the air fills with a magical melody, responding to the rampant joy of its newest inhabitants.
Session #70 - Home Again
March 06, 2024
In our last session, Huckleberry ascends his father – and though he is, initially confused, Po and the party do well to calm him down and allow Huckleberry to explain. Yuka is asked to part with one of his many, stolen briefcases – and in his endless generosity he gives Huckleberry two. Your masked friend says he will stay to complete the work of collecting the horrors, but also to help his family flee if your plan falls through. With a tearful goodbye, he stays and you go.
Session #69 - Turning Point
February 21, 2024
Last session, the party laid eyes on Doth Talbot’s end game – a dormant amalgamation of draconic gods stitched into Eldath’s lost sister, Tiamat, who is revealed to be the apparent source of the ichor. She is an inherited prize, one crafted with all of Enthalpy’s failed schemes throughout your Sphere’s existence – and with the First Primordial now slain it was Talbot who would be the first to find it.
Session #68 - The Great Door Beneath the Mountain
February 07, 2024
Our last session begins at the peak of the Frostmount. Here, Yuka determines that this egg overflows with the energies of the Northern Wildfire, and that the egg itself seems to connect to the Plane of Dreams. When attempts to reach out to Tonrar fail, he returns to the group and prepares to leave.
Session #67 - First Night in the Frostmount
January 24, 2024
In our last session, Daddy’s Little Giggleshits laugh for the first 5 minutes of the recap, the proximity of the DM’s cheeks and Scott’s comments about it notwithstanding.
Session #66 - The Siren Sovereign
January 10, 2024
Our session kicks off with a party divided – one half eager to reach Huckleberry in the tower, the other mostly being Yuka wanting to spite his naysayers, as well as Kiwi and Kaladin who don’t want their teammate’s sour mood getting him killed.
Session #65 - Resonance
December 20, 2023
Team 287 departs the crumbling ruins of the EoV and heads into the dim frontiers of the tunnels beyond. Quickly, you run into a pair of feuding, bite-sized horrors, tiny monstrosities which appear to be made out of fingers and little else. A tickle-fight breaks out between the ones wearing masks and the ones who arent, the latter succumbing to the other’s superior numbers before being dragged into the depthless mists of the Undermountain. Understandably, the party chooses not to follow.
Session #64 - End of the EoV
December 06, 2023
Our last session begins with Father shoving a crude mask onto Huckleberry’s face, which swiftly overpowers him and sends the pair bursting through the walls. As the father/son duo make their grand escape, a banshee-like scream rings out through the cavern, prompting something to buck against the Undermountain and shake most of you off your feet. Except Yuka, now that’s a guy who can stand.
Session #63 - Shadow Drinker
November 22, 2023
In our last session, Yuka’s deep dive attracts the attention of an aquatic cave horror which chases our little fish moose back to Team 287. Expecting the worst, yuka prepares to collapse the cave but is stopped when the horror re-emerges from the pool wearing a cloak and an eerie mask. Mari attempts to connect with the creature’s mind, only to hear the soft, melodic tones of someone singing. The horror begins honing in on each of your faces, and while some are reluctant to accept its masks, your party thinks it better to take them than risk upsetting it.
Session #62 - Fuck you!
November 08, 2023
In our last session, the party has an interesting back-and-forth with Farker, the hopgoblin cobbler trapped in a violet crystal. Farker recalls a portal opening up swallowing him and his entire store – and finding out that was two entire centuries ago did not please him. So desperately did he hope you worked for Mr. Talbot, but alas, while you are here on Talbot’s behalf it is not with his best interest in mind. After much focus being put on Talbot’s soul-rending briefcases, the party remembers to keep an eye out in the undermountain.
Session #61 - Here Comes Ruby
October 25, 2023
Our last session begins with a quick visit to Salome Dior, where Po and the Boondiggle Boys repair their complicated relationship with new clothes and a renewed understanding of one another. However, the group has been tailed by Carlo, an agent of Mateo, who Po deduces to be a pervert. Not wanting to cause a scene, Po buys off the peeping tiefling and gets him to carry out his search for the gnomes elsewhere. The gnomes thank Po for his warmth and kindness, and promise to help him track down his mother when the time comes.
Session #60 - This, That, and the Other Thing
October 11, 2023
Our last session begins within the dark confines of Huckleberry’s crowded mind – the shambling mounds that share his body eager to hear of your party’s many exploits.
Session #59 - A Kingdom Reborn
September 27, 2023
In our last session, Daddy’s Little Diplomats begin their digging discourse with a room full of the Queen’s former political prisoners. King Julius confirms much of what you already know – that Doth Talbot came to Waterdeep just before the cataclysm and caught the king’s eye with his prototype for the Soul Engine. You also learned why he called himself Pradoth Vos’Talbot; an attempt to endear himself and his name to the aristocrats of the kingdom – something the King never found particularly necessary.
Session #58 - Royal Rumble
September 06, 2023
Last time, we kicked off the Queen’s assault on Team 287 and her dastardly attempt to snatch Veera and send her down into the undermountain. As the brutal onslaught commenced, you learned a bit about the soul engines in the room. The first you identified was Suri, The Great Liberator, who was being used as the Queen’s attack dog, alongside the King and the other nameless sentry.
Session #57 - Going Up
August 16, 2023
Our last session begins with a brief request of Don Forccuna – Team 287 needs some skrilla, and you make the case that you’ve more than earned it in your service to Skullport and Waterdeep as a whole. It takes some buttering-up, but the Underking beholder relents and pads out each of your coin purses with 100 gp each.
Session #56 - An Exchange
August 02, 2023
Our last session begins on the trail of our expeditious tabaxi, walking the streets of Skullport until he bumps into yet another Edge of the Void cultist. Having seen Kiwi leave Forccuna’s tower, this shadowy figure endeavored to have you find their missing leader, Dialgo Inconto, who he believes may be a prisoner inside the Underking’s tower. Letting little slip, Kiwi walks away and says he’ll think about it.
Session #55 - Brain Bomb
July 26, 2023
In our last session the party finally begins confronting the sheer breadth of all that they’ve learned – but not before endeavoring to erk out a little more. Kaladin shares his experiences with Eldath and Goryx in the Astral Plane, and his fears that he may be turning into a primordial – a hungry thing. Sulu, initially uncertain about sharing, explains how he would ally himself with Goryx in snuffing out Kaladin, if a primordial is truly what he’s become. The tritons have a previously-secret language known as ‘primordial’, which is used to discuss a portal-rich region outside their kingdom and the changed creatures it produces.
Session #54 - The Wedding
July 05, 2023
Our session begins with a warm, bubbly chat between just two gals. Veera catches up with Vespa, talking of weddings, fashion, and all the progress you’ve made on your mission thus far. While you have carved a war path through Waterdeep’s underbelly, The Woodland Corps has just finished sifting through its members, ensuring no agents of Talbot have infiltrated your ranks. Soon, all of your fellow scouts, rangers, and blades will know your enemy as you, some already in route to aid you in your mission. The stern, faceted swordsman, Crystal Maddox, among them.
Session #53 - Aftermath
June 21, 2023
The beginning of our last session takes us to a faraway place, in the scattered remains of what was once a peaceful, twilit grove. Kaladin is met by a titanic dragon calling himself Goryx, the draconic deity of Hope, Renewal, and Death. After a small bit of introductions, Eldath appears and has a curt exchange with her fellow deity. However, this does not last long, and Kaladin is swiftly swept away in arms of his verdant ‘mother’.
Session #52 - Skullport: Legacies
June 07, 2023
In our last session, the party confronts Xeno Morphis – or at least, something claiming to be. You briefly debate the ethics of one’s own survival if taking life is the price to be paid. However, Xeno does not give you time to explore the topic further.
Session #51 - The Gestation Room
May 17, 2023
The party is confronted by the newest addition to the Estate’s cerebral forces. An imposing, brainish golem with draconic aspects that is able to create its own Intellect Devourers. At first struggling to adapt to the difficulties of fighting in the dark (and on a pipe) – Daddy’s Little Plumbers eventually find their stride. Despite the Cerebwyrm’s best efforts it could not send anyone pitward. While Huck, Po, and Kaladin tango’d with the big beasty up top, the rest of the crew delved below and fought off a wave of brain dogs.
Session #50 - Second Anniversary
May 03, 2023
Fresh off the heels of your brutal clash with Sarah Morphis, the party emerges from the necrotized Don Forccuna who, despite his hopeful demeanor, does not appear to be doing well. He reveals that if he has any chance of surviving, the party will need to set out and save Xacharius from Xeno’s clutches within the Morphis Estate. Meanwhile, the heads of the Five Families work together to try and stabilize their dying Underking while you get ready to set out – but not before Po takes center stage and fans the flames of war.
Session #49 - Odds and Ends
April 19, 2023
Our last session begins with a brief audit of what Yuka’s new weavebeast can do – and despite having claimed membership within the Full Metal Witches, he has yet to make moves to actually confirm this with their leader, Maxima Baneheart. Nonetheless, the party seems pleased with their collective efforts to help out their friend.
Session #48 - Cleaning up
April 05, 2023
Returning to forccuna’s tower, the party once again scatters to clean up the loose threads left behind by their heisty preparations. We begin with the Kiwi, Veera, and Kaladin who return to the surface to collect their belongings from the day spa’s locker room. While Kaladin changes out of Nazeem’s silky, spacious PJ’s, Huckleberry is whisked away – much to the adulation of the day spa’s over-shantied patrons.
Session #47 - Heist, Part 2
March 22, 2023
Last time, our hungover, dryad druid made his way up to the Three Sisters day spa to recenter himself amidst a most harrowing series of days. Slipping into a dreamy stupor – Kaladin reconnects with his verdant patron, Eldath. He asks once more of the ichor and from whence it came, only to learn that Eldath ‘didn’t lie’ about not knowing about it but had instead ‘hidden the truth’ from you – that she had seen this substance before, back when her sister (the fourth sister) became the first of those touched by it, long, long ago. This ichor was commanded by a being that was present at many of Edena’s most tumultuous times – including the Godfall, the Terra-Aquan War, and the Entropic Cataclysm – though it hasn’t been seen since.
Session #46 - Heist, Part 1
March 08, 2023
The great, big, bachelor heist has finally begun. We begin with our pair of smooth operators who, in hindsight, may have over prepared as Kiwi quite creatively switches out his magic hat for the pair of Plane Peekers – completely nullifying my encounter.
Session #45 - Finally, Some Good Heisting
February 22, 2023
There is no recap for this session as it was mixed into the drop in.
Session #44 - The Meatball Himself
February 08, 2023
Team 287 has finally arrived to Forccuna’s tower, and after a brief detour to pick up a brainy boy from the street you follow nazeem into the tower’s illustrious halls. Inside, see all sorts of hand cannons, weave beasts, and more drugs than you probably knew existed. You get a quick peek at some of the entertainment options for the patrons of the tower, but you’re more the types to gamble with your lives and not your money. Veera does fuck with some financial debt, though.
Session #43 - Mother Monsters
February 01, 2023
We return to the dark, shaggy embrace of Xanabar’s lovers suite where the Goliath, Nyx, begins her grab at taking Blade from Kiwi. However, some ill-fated rolls make what could have been a formidable encounter mere child’s play for our tabaxi fighter – who ends up showing mercy to his opponent who does not seem as eager to join the denizens of Blade. In exchange, she reveals Blades previous owner, Dialgo Inconta, went missing some years ago and the EoV (Edge of the Void) has since splintered while trying to reclaim the sword. Finally, Nyx tells you the EoV Resides deep below Waterdeep in what was previously part of a Mad Mage’s dungeon – and then you make a blood oath that will help you find eachother in the future.
Session #42 - The Raven, The Witch, and the Dwarves Drove
January 18, 2023
We kick off with a little cruise from The Stacks on down to Skullport – courtesy of the Dwarvy Boys. Inside you are offered all sorts of fine amenities – booze, smokes, and privacy in the form of a magical, raven construct that gobbles up your words.
Session #41 - Daddy’s Little Detectives
January 04, 2023
We begin our session with some no-good pixiepocketing as some of you find stowaways in your coin bags – which kinda sounds like a medical condition. Of the 3 thieves, only one is caught and held in Po’s palm prison while very angry negotiations are made. Seeing that the remaining 2 have no qualms with letting the 3rd one perish, Veera decides that if she can’t have the money then no one can – and she melts it. When the remaining 10 gp is returned, yuka pays the fluttering felons back double and reminds them it never hurts to just ask first.
Session #40 - Full Metal Kisses
December 21, 2022
Last time, a City Watchman tries to get the drop on Daddy’s Little Girl’s, but Kiwi isn’t the type to let anyone catch him unawares, and so you once again don your best impressions of cockroaches and scatter into the streets of Waterdeep. As your uniformed pursuer tries to keep up on foot, Sulu and Po take notice of a punk witch with a hulked out hat who’s messing with the rollerways. But you don’t give her up, just long enough for a stray spark to catch this watchman’s attention – revealing the contentious.. Hmm – relationship – between these Full Metal Witches and the City Watch.
As it begins to rain, you all make it to Salome Dior, but you need to park ya mounts first . At the Stablestation, you get the option to leave your mounts or to buy Companion Collars, which shrink your mounts down so they are all nice and travel sized – which Veera and Sulu are keen to take advantage of. You waltz on into Salome Dior and realize that this may not have been your first choice if it wasn’t recommended to ya. You’re quickly greeted by the lovely and accommodating Letoya – who is eager to whisk you away to the Ellington Suite to get you all lookin’ prim and proper.
Session #39 - The Dashing Daydream
December 14, 2022
In our last session, the party sees the coppers comin and scatters like zazzed up roaches to keep the heat off. Some of you duck into the crowd – play it cool – others try and hide despite being bright pink, a moose man, and an owlbear everyone wants a piece of. But, with a little help from your magically-inclined members, the fuzz has a hard time keeping their mitts on ya, especially when their mark turns into one of them sky rats.
Session #38 - Whisked Away to Waterdeep
November 30, 2022
In our last session, Bippa & Grensourc settle on letting Kaladin’s burned-out mother stay with her estranged family while the rest of you move on to Waterdeep. Zariel warns Veera to be wary of her angelic siblings, her eldest brother Helm, most notably, who would very much disagree with Veera’s continued existence on the Material Plane. And finally, Kaladin sends a cute letter to his Galefriend back at base.
Session #37 - A Thousand Years of Trying
November 09, 2022
We jump back to the waist-high surprise calling himself Damian. He has pink hair and ruby-colored eyes, but just what else does he have in common with his older sister? The party sees the fruitlessness and cruelty in interrogating a child and instead delves into the sprawling D’aanit homestead to find Veera’s father.
Session #36 - The Three Sisters
October 26, 2022
With a very insistent ‘shoo shoo’ from the DM, the party stumbles their way into the welcoming maw of the Bronzescale bluffs where all manner of beast and hazard reside. But, before completely committing to this endeavor, and despite being quite thoroughly wounded, your party’s resident violence expert, Kiwi, does an excellent job of splitting up the party and capitalizing on everyone’s strengths and shortcomings – a true battle master. Maria kindly offers a ride on the back of their lightning lion to Kaladin’s mom – maybe not out of a fondness for Cillian but perhaps because Kaladin would probably be a little bummed if his mom were crushed by a boulder
Session #35 - My Son, the Monster
October 12, 2022
Our last session begins with an odd discussion about what animals the party would have Gale splice together – as though she were some sort of bakery of monstrosities. You have some parting theories given to you by Thibault on the nature of Kaladin’s current condition – but your bellies start a rumblin’ and you remember you were promised dinner by Kaladin’s Mom. And so the party returns to the quiet streets of Rosemere with nothing but the light tapping of rain and a soft, bellowing storm that was just beginning to brew.
Session #34 - Kaladin: Homecoming
September 21, 2022
We begin our last session in the fiery pits of Avernus where Veera has just reached out to the very being that has turned her into what she is now, or, so she thinks. She comes face-to-face with Zariel and a more distant Haruman who express surprise in seeing the young soldier after so many months of being ignored. Much to Veera’s surprise, however, she is met with what could be interpreted as concern, as this angelic devil pleads with her to stop resisting her infernal heritage lest she burn up and die.
Session #33 - Friends in the Frostmount
September 07, 2022
Our last session takes us to lands well beyond where we started but not all that much closer to Waterdeep. Following your swampy encounter, the party settles down and gives their coughing DM the sweet sustenance he so desperately craves – talking amongst yourselves. If your DM were an incubus that fed on character development, this session would be the only meal he would need for a long, long time – not unlike crocodiles, alligators, and various snakes such as boa constrictors and anaconda. You discuss fight dynamics, strategy, and Veera’s predisposition for running right into danger.
Session #32 - Feathered Frenzy
August 31, 2022
After what was only a week (but felt like months) – the party finally sets out to take care of the long list of business they have waiting for them in Waterdeep. As you depart The Burrow you run into the more traditionally sized scouting team of Willow & Vine, Podrick, and his Drakenhound, Stasia. They speak with you about their return to Cretia so they may lead the aid and research efforts into what you all had found there. Podrick is eager to learn about how to be a captain but also finds his uncoupling from you to be bittersweet – vowing to see you all again very soon.
Session #31 - The Nature of Ichor
August 17, 2022
After a brief visit to The Crag’s one and only TGIF – the party is summoned to the gathering of the High Circle by Arcan’s protege, Kirstine. As you step through the glittery portal, you once again find yourselves in Arcan’s tree chamber – only this time there is much more than a single Archdruid occupying its halls. Noble and majestic practitioners of druidcraft gather here from all corners of the globe to lend their aid and their ear to the developments you have brought to Arcan and Vespa.
Session #30 - Trinkets and Bobbles
August 11, 2022
We begin our last session on the curtails of Kaladin and Gale’s forest date. Your new, dryad friend had gone through the trouble of making you a delicious stew, but, since you no longer have a stomach you instead take turns sniffing it and lamenting on how good it probably would have been. You talk about your life before the Academy along with who and what brought you there. We, the audience, become privy to some of Kaladin’s inner most thoughts on the rest of Team 287.
Session #29 - Trashy Trouble
July 27, 2022
In our last session, Daddy’s Little Girls reconvene at their doorstep on River St and prepare to discuss everything you have learned thus far. But, before you’re able to do anything useful with your time – Po finds that your front door is unlocked and something - seems - fucky. Veera peers through the window and finds the aftermath of a chaotic, culinary scene – one that had splattered the window with an undisclosed number of herbs and spices. Team 287 would come to find that Trash Panther and Po’s friends got high on ‘shoup’ and had spent the ensuing 5 days wreaking untold havoc on your cozy domicile. While sulu’s salamander gives each floor the ole Sally Special, Veera and Kaladin share a somber moment standing at the scene of the moment that began their tumultuous relationship.
Sessions #27 & #28 - Birds of a Feather
July 11, 2022
The session begins with the fabled but rarely seen 4-way party split. Following your meeting with Arcan & Vespa you are eager to make use of your waning daylight. Willow & Vine return to their ebwin, or birth tree, for some long awaited rest while Podrick takes off to contemplate the ways of pet ownership.
Session #26 - Branches and Roots
June 29, 2022
The party begins making their way to the Debriefment Council. On your way, you bump into a triage of orcs, Team 283 in fact, who just so happen to be on their way to track down the mysterious shipment of dogs that had just wandered into base.
Session #25 - Homecoming 2
June 15, 2022
The party has arrived back at base – making a quick stop at check in before getting settled back home. An intense halfling going by Charscody and their helpful, fishboy assistant, Reidle – are eager to get Daddy’s Little Girls processed and on their way into debriefment. You’re given insight into some of the other ridiculous team names that scouts have come up with, including: Silver Spawn, Peanutbutter Anonymous, and We Love Dogs. Before you leave, Reidle distributes letters and packages that you’d received while you were away.
Session #24 - Puzzle Box 2: Eccentric Bugaloo
June 06, 2022
We kicked off our last session with an impromptu midair dog retrieval after Po accidentally knocks off 1 of the 15 dogs that you brought back with you. What could have be a very harrowing ordeal was made menial by Yuka’s cool-headedness and magical hang glider.
Session #23 - A Fond Farewell
May 25, 2022
After locating the source of the moat insurrection, the party sets up camp and hatches a plan to chase them back into the Feywilds. With the sun setting, our two druids and their chosen travel buddies head off in opposite directions while the rest of the crew guards the still sleeping ent.
Session #22 - Monkey Madness
May 21, 2022
As Doth Talbot’s Doth Crater cracks and smolders, the party dusts themselves off and set out to find the dogs that were mentioned in Serpica’s notes. As the party investigates the chambers inside the Amethyst lair – a dark shadow emerges from one of the openings. It is our beloved owlbear boy, Po, with roughly 15 or so dogs packed tightly beneath each of his arms – and perhaps more, elsewhere.
Session #21.5 - Doth Talbot
April 17, 2022
Standing before the long, dark road ahead the party partitions themselves into cart-sized chunks and set off down the tunnel beneath Logjammers. Along the way, your metal chariots are bombarded with an onslaught of enblightened wolves that throw themselves at you and explode – a very DnD sentence.
Session #21 - T-Wrecked
April 03, 2022
We jumped into our last session just as Kaladin had miraculously managed to escape Dominus’ jaws. In doing so, he stripped the monstrosity of its necrotic exterior and exposed the saber tooth tiger lying at its core. As he and Po drop into the pond-sized ichor puddle, Yuka and Kaladin move to try and separate the amethyst from out of its forehead.
Session #20 - The Sundering of Fortressa
March 23, 2022
Our last session began in the seconds that followed Yuka’s attack on an elderly woman. Our quick-thinking druid knew this attempt was a long shot but the follow-up bite from his saber-tooth tiger was able to finish the job. The lizard woman’s hand fell to the ground as the violet stoned, silver ring resting upon it continued pouring out ichor. This is when the party’s most recent nemesis, a black t-rex you now know as Dominus, barrels through this altercation and B-lines straight towards Fortressa. With wolves close behind, Yuka throws Serpica and Kaladin on his tiger and seeks to reunite with the rest of Team 287.
Session #19 - Po's Barrel of Bribes
March 03, 2022
In our last session, the party takes a moment to breathe after successfully repelling a monstrous onslaught from outside Cretia’s broken wall. But billowing smoke emerges from one of the Canid’s homes and Daddy’s Little Firefighters jump into action. Maria and Veera calmly pick up burning coals with their bare hands while Kiwi uses a priceless family heirloom to smother the flames. The crisis is put to an end with Sally leaping through the window and vomiting water and little bits of crab all over this family’s home.
Session #18 - A Breakthrough
February 18, 2022
As the party bathes in the afterglow of Logjammer’s uproarious party – you and the rest of Cretia are interrupted by a mighty explosion and a different roar just outside the tavern’s doors. In this same moment, Kaladin and Maria emerge from their secretive search of the tunnels beneath Logjammers, and are immediately confronted by Titus (and Beefcake), the former of whom accuse you of being Dwarven spies. But, he is spared no time to grill you as the emerging conflict enraptures this group as well.
Session #17 - Madam Hatchet's Logjammers
January 26, 2022
The party finally encounters the long-rumored Madam Hatchet and her inner circle consisting of Lance, Titus, and Beefcake. Veera presses Bourbon for details on these plaid-clad strangers and finds that Titus is head of maintenance and security, Lance was born at the Woodland Corps, and Beefcake is a real big boy. In Madam Hatchet’s opening speech, she reveals the sponsors of the day’s event to be none other than Ellen & Mary who have provided all of the rewards that you would be vying for in today’s games.
Session #16 - The Streets of Cretia
January 22, 2022
With the beast defeated and Ornstin saved, the party crawls back to the Order of the Claw’s encampment and attempts to recover from their fight. You wake up, determined to use the day as fruitfully as possible – but before any experiments can take place there is still the matter of a missing Salamander that Sulu set loose on the streets of Cretia. As you search through town, you come upon an angry mob that has formed around the docks which wields curses and accusations as sharp as any of their spears.
Session #15 - Midnight Malevolence
December 21, 2021
In our last session, the party launches into action as the creature called forth by Maria’s clever trap moves on to bigger prey when it finds it has been fooled. You all run into the adjacent orchard and find the massive hawk has morphed itself into an even larger bear that aims to consume the wounded, canid guard, Ornstin.
Session #14 - What Lurks Among the Plum Trees
November 30, 2021
In our last session, the party bids Mary & Ellen a farewell as the hopeful, dwarven merchants head off to find lodging in Cretia. Willow & Vine are quick to follow suit as they take Persnifitus to jail for holding – but not before Veera bids him a fond farewell.
Session #13 - End of the Line for Persnifitus Kline
November 16, 2021
In our last session, the party emerges from a scrappy brawl with a pack of vicious viper wolves. Very few of you emerge from this battle without some amount of snake venom coursing through your veins – though several of you certainly endeavored to take the lion’s share.
Session #12 - Crouching Owlbear, Hidden Tabaxi
November 02, 2021
Following the events inside the magical puzzle box, Team 287 begins questioning Ellen, the supposed traveling merchant who has a suspicious number of powerful items in her possession. Why did so many of them seem cursed? And where exactly did she get them?
Session #11 - Ellen’s Wagon and the Things We Find There
October 19, 2021
Our session begins in the crowded, jostling chamber of Ellen & Mary’s wagon, the latter of whom was resting inside. Next to her is the weary and bruised Kiwi who has been offered a most peculiar ‘pillow’ to lay his head upon. Opting instead to examine it, Kiwi finds a well-crafted wooden box with colorful, elemental insignia carved into and painted onto its surface
Session #10 - Staying on the Beaten path
October 05, 2021
The sun rises on the day marked to be your first ‘official’ mission as Woodland Corps scouts. Kiwi’s hometown of Cretia beckons for your aid – not just to welcome back its mighty and capable son, but to also look into a series of odd happenings taking place around the town.
Session #9 - Burning Mayonnaise
September 21, 2021
Following the events at the Rune Fields, the party spends the ensuing days preparing for their first mission – strengthening their minds, bodies, and resolve for who or what they may face along the way.
Session #8 - You Again
September 07, 2021
You all clash with Riona and her fellow bandits that are leading an assault on you from beyond the veil. Some of you were a little more gassed than others coming into this fight and that led to interesting tactics to ensure no one died. Sulu joins the fight from the back of his new, giant salamander friend named Sally, and provides arcane cover fire from across the Rune Fields.
Session #7 - Discovering Daddy
August 24, 2021
Previously, Team 287 was on Veera’s trail after Beelzebrandy’s upsetting revelation of her condition sends her running out the door. You all return to your house in The Burrow, thinking perhaps she’d run-up to the bedroom to console herself and hide – but after checking every floor you find no evidence of her being here. Po recruits one of his animal acquaintances to help the team locate your missing member. This creature emerges from the shadows gnawing on a rotting melon that they’d found in the trash – they weren’t the best but they were nearby, and their name was Trash Panther.
Session #6 - Of Drinking and Splitting Headaches
August 17, 2021
Choosing to end the evening with a celebratory night cap, Team 287 shuffles their way into Gutterbrawl Tavern helmed by one of the Grubtusk twins – Veronica Grubtusk. It is when they first step inside that they come to find that young Kaladin, as a consequence of his mother’s rather opinionated upbringing, had not yet partook in any form of drinking.
Session #5 - Arrival
August 03, 2021
Team 287 has arrived at the Woodland Corps Home Base and everyone turns to Po to continue leading them onward. But before he can, the party is greeted by an excited trio of animals in the form of a giant hog, an eerily silent bird, and a fast-lipped stoat. Rosco, Brummer, and Plim (Po’s colleagues) were worried Po had gone missing and their boss, Mr. Silva, was quite upset with his unannounced departure. It begins to become clear that maybe Po had abandoned his duties to intercede the party in Woodhaerst, and Mr. Silva was the only one considering the consequences.
Session #4 - The Mighty Molala
July 06, 2021
With Riona dealt with and out of the way the party exits the cave with their treasure in tow. Forging ahead through a chilly, moonlit night the party returns to Woodhaerst to catch Mr. Ittner burying the bandits from earlier that day – with Aywin, bundled in her father’s cloak, sleeping nearby. And so, too, do you sleep. Though the day’s events have put you behind schedule, there was no doubt in your minds that you should savor every minute of this well-earned respite. Unless, of course, the day’s happenings keep you wide awake.
Session #3 - Riona's Reign
June 22, 2021
After a bloody clash the party stands in the sudden silence of an unoccupied Woodhaerst. The final bandit is cross examined with the information they’ve gleaned from their cooperative captive, Ultimus, and they are eventually released back into the wilderness. Podrick reveals that the bag he’d mistakenly given to you belonged to Headmaster Beelzebrandy – a satchel full of bird pheromones and tasty, tasty bird seed which earned him the attention of a certain, watchful pair of eyes towering 8 ft over him.
Session #2 - Crouching Owlbear, Hidden Tabaxi
June 08, 2021
With a leather satchel full of medical supplies in tow, the party sets off for the far town of Woodhaerst during their journey to the Woodland Corps home base. Their passage through the Kinderkine Woods is, for the most part, an uneventful trek as the geography begins to wrinkle into large, stony hills dressed in thick vegetation.
Session #1 - The Final Assembly
May 18, 2021
In our session 0, we followed the electric morning that each of your educations had been leading up to – Graduation! While the forgetful Headmaster Beelzebrandy was busy being delivered to the event by his soon-to-be successor, you all woke up to the day that would host your final assembly at The Academy. Sprinkled amongst the 700 odd students and faculty, our soon-to-be-party made their way to the ampitheatre where they would make their grand debut as Team 287