Beholder Group D&D Blog

  Wed 9th Feb 2022 20:00 - 00:30 In-game timeline: Hammer 10 - Hammer 11 DR1490 Our "Heroes" are hoping that their work in persuading Glisten and Kai to leave The Mistloch will be enough to cure the ills going on in that town. Whilst they wait for news, Alwaith visits Paxton (who has never had so many visitors!) to fill him in on the details regarding Azkael and his tower, Devon checks out the Irongull manor, to find that security has been recently stepped up, Drogan visits Norma Brightling to pass on a supportive message from his father, and Dwarrow takes the salt-boned Aboleth bones to the town hall for safe keeping until they can collect them and sell them in another town. After all these chores, the group decide to head to the Old Fort to check out rumours of Orcs there, who may have played a part in the deaths of the three miners, and the abduction of Elrik Brightling some weeks previously. Dwarrow seems keen to progress this path, the others less so, but they feel at a

Thu 3rd Feb 2022 20:00 - 23:30 In-game timeline: Hammer 05 - Hammer 10 DR1490 Our "Heroes" ready themselves for battle with a clockwork creature and his pet. With Devon out of action, it looked like a tough battle. But it proved to be easier than expected. Drogan used his usual tactic and raced towards the assailant. Unfortunately, he became trapped in the greasy oil that had been spread over the floor at the top of the stairs by the clockwork beast. The dog and the creature both attacked the barbarian, allowing Dwarrow and Alwaith to use their talents to damage the creatures with little risk of damage themselves. Despite the beasts being hard to take down, our three "heroes" manage it, somewhat helped by Alwaith's surprising Eldritch Smite ability that he used on a critical hit, and again on a normal hit, causing substantial damage, and following up with his Armour of Agathys which did cold damage (which, unbeknownst to the group, the large clockwork monster wa