=====Episode Guide===== [[Start]] ====Episode 1 - the Yawning Portal==== - Oct 29 2023 *A fight broke out in the Yawning Portal inn *Malmack discovered the dark passages at the bottom of the well *Lakdorf is crushing on, but made a bad first impression with [[npcs#Yagra]] half-orc female zhentarim agent *Esme and [[npcs#Krentz]], (a xanathar sergeant) succeeded in covering their ongoing illicit affair *Ak was spotted by the five Zhentarim agents *Xundia picked up a rope of climbing *Innocence picked a bag of coin 🪙 50 gp - (Hilda, add this to your GP count) *Koularden asked Durnan for leads. Volo is now approaching the table ====Episode 2 - Of Orcpipes & Purple Books==== Nov 26 2023 *[[Lakdorf]] managed to woo [[npcs#Yagra]] with his orcpipes. * the party rescued Renaer * [[Xundia]] bought a mysterious book ====Episode 3 - the Hospitality of a Nobleman==== Dec 17 2023 *The party met [[npcs#Renaer]] and [[npcs#Lione]] and [[npcs#Cpt Staget]] *After a long rest at Renaer's they track the [[npcs#Xanathar guild]]'s yellow chalk symbols through the sewers and killed a [[Giant Slime]] ====Episode 4 - Hiding in the Sewers==== Jan 28 2024 The team encounter a trio of crocodiles and upon reaching the Xanathar hideout, a pair of goblins. [[npcs#Corporal Klegg]] proves to be a good source of information. ====Episode 5 - The Portal of Nihiloor==== Feb 15 2024 Deep in the Xanathar hideout, the plot thickens when the team encounter's [[Esme]]'s cousin/lover [[npcs#Krentz]], along with the half-orc [[npcs#Zemk]] whom is a big fan of [[Lakdorf]]'s music. They pick up Floon, convince [[npcs#Grum'shar]] that Renaer doesn't know anything, avoid Nihiloor and jump through Nihiloor's portal to chapter 5 (Krentz did not come with them) ====Episode 6 - Xanathar's lair==== March 24 2024 Having followed Nihiloor through his portal into Xanathar's lair, the team decide to enjoy the gladiator tournament, but after the first bout they steal the show - performing an impromptu half-time show which causes a dance party during which they rescue the prisoners and flee to [[Skullport]], where the meet Patience at the Guts and Garters. The take a long rest and level up (to lvl 6) ====Episode 7 - The Deed To Trollskull Manor ==== The next morning, Staget & Klegg escort the prisoners to Waterdeep for a proper interrogation. Floon goes with them, but Renaer and to stay with the party explore the docks. They find Renaer's ship "[[the chance]]", help the gnomes fix the locks and sailing to Waterdeep. The party takes possession of TrollSkull manor, allowing "Lif", the ghostly former owner to bartend. They are going to pursue options including [[Yagra]] as general manager. [[Fala]], the nextdoor apothecary, is keen to help and to partner with the tavern with herb infused cocktails and hosting community events in the alley. Fala's friend and occasional boarder, the [[npcs#Zhentarim]] agent [[Ziraj]] works with [[npcs#Davil]] (and [[npcs#Yagra]]) and helps convince them to move from the Yawning Portal to [[TrollSkull]] ====Episode 8 - Where's Golorr?==== June 2, 2024 During the downtime the establishing of the [[Trollskull]] Tavern has been coming together. All players earn an extra skill, their choice of: *Acumen (WIS) or *Entrepreneurship (CHA) at +1 above their base attribute bonus. When the players arrive back at the docks, the crew is securing the last few barrels - four barrels of live lobsters for a client in Baldur's gate. [[npcs#Renaer]] hastily disembarking from [[the Chance]] and breathlessly informs the party that he has secured their comfort for the trip, but sadly he must stay in Waterdeep to attend to [[business]]. He gives them a list of his favorite taverns in Baldur's Gate; "the Rainbow Unicorn", and "the Jaws Of Death" As they are casting off, the dockhand passes the manifest to the harbourmaster who (on a perception check) can be heard to joke "Chult eh? I wouldn't be caught dead there THESE days!" The trip to Baldur's Gate takes 4-5 days. On the way an [[https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aboleth|Aboleth]] named [[npcs#Eemmaat]] dispatches a couple of their Skum to attack the ship, killing a couple of crew members and knocking Malmac down to 0 HP, requiring a "Heal" spell from Ak. A dwarven crewman named Olie was charmed by Eemmaat and heard to mumble "where's [[npcs#Golorr]]?" the team levelled up to 7 after a tremendous battle. ====Episode 9 - Baldur's Gate==== July 14 2024 Docking at [[Baldur's Gate]], the team follows [[Ender]] who meets with Syndra Silvane. Syndra has spotted a pattern in the sicknesses - only those who had previously died are affected. This is a surprising large percentage of Baldur's Gate whose population is largely current or former adventurers. Syndra believes the source to be in Chult. (see ToA p8) She gives Ender some books and a map about Chult including a legend of Tamoachan temple. (see TftYP p61) Sailing towards Chult, they succeed in defeating a Harpy, which pisses off the harpie's Hag. ====Episode 10 - Sailing to Chult==== Sailing to Port Nyanzaru takes d20 days. But there are delays by... *[[Aboleth]] attack - in which a Dwarf named Olie gets his mind fried. *Pirate attack - the pirate ship //Dragonfang// attacks the team, led by Captain Fury. See [[npcs#pirates]]. See ToA p 17 ==Pirate loot== *Treasure Horde p 137 *Random magic items DMG p144 The team towed the Dragon tooth to Port Nyanzaru and we're offered 2000 GP for it (which is a shitty deal). They end up mooring it in Port ====Episode 11 - Port Nyanzaru==== arrived at https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Port_Nyanzaru and hired two guides: -Qawasha the druid and his vegepygmie, Kupalue which Lakdorf thinks looks edible. -Hew Hackinstone, who will make the team take "a quick detour" to redeem his family's mine. [[Lakdorf]] purchased a [[https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Triceratops#content|Triceratops]] named "Terry" who is now towing three canoes up the River Soshenstar toward... - Camp Righteous - Camp Vengeance - Mbala - Heart Of Ubtao - Hrakhamar and Wyrmheart Mine - Omu The first couple days they almost ran into a T-Rex, and killed 3 zombies in the river. ====Episode 12 - Zombie Tyrannosaurus Bunny==== Nov 14 2024 Begin druidic discovery (ToA p 205) 1 per day Hackinstone takes the opportunity to suss out if anyone in the party understands Dwarven. During the night an undead horde literally stumble over the camp, but they manage to polymorph the zombie T-Rex into a bunny. The female half-orc wears the priestly robes of a cleric of [[https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Torm|Torm]], emblazoned with a gold-embroidery gauntlet symbol Undril Silvertusk((ToA p16-17)) needs an escort to Camp Vengeance to deliver a package to Commander Breakbone. ====Episode 13 - Camp Righteous==== Along the way, the party finds Camp Righteous in ruins. ToA p 43. but populated by **goblins** see MM p 166 using Batiri battle stack tactics (ToA p 13) and thievery(they will steal the canoes if they get a chance). This area is mainly a puzzle trap. [[Magic items]] ====Episode 14 - Camp Vengeance==== Jan 2025 Camp vengeance is very narrative and NPC driven. ToA p47 Mainly, commander Breakbone and his two captains, who argue about the possible location of the list city of Omu. * Perne Salhana believes Omu to be two days east - actually the ruins of [[Tamoachan]] (TftYP p61) * Ord Firebeard (dwarf veteran) believes it is far to the south. Hackinstone secretly confides in Ord Firebeard, to convince him to join his quest to Wyrmheart Mine. *Undril argues for returning the wounded to Port Naranzayu, using the party's canoes. ====Episode 15 - Lost Cities==== Feb 2 2025 Kretz showed up and told [[Esme]] to come with him, as he knows who killed her father. She and Ak escorted the sick from Camp Vengeance back down the river. Following Salhana's trail, the party meet a Hobgoblin Warlord, hired to protect the ancient temple by an unknown benefactor. With a musical performance they persuade him to lead them to the lost temple known to him as [[Tamoachan]]. ====Episode 16 - Tamoachan==== March 9 2025 Episode 16 starts with the floor having given way and the party dropped into the dusty temple ruins. [[npcs#Salhana]] also fell in. The room holds 6 zombies, 5 of which are wearing Order of The Gauntlet tunics. 3 of the order have [[magic items]] Another hole in the ceiling has a grappling hook hanging down. Poison gas does not trigger yet, until they trigger the cave-in in the next room. they made it halfway through the temple, and camped on a sandy beach by a beautiful lake. ====Episode 17 - Tamoachan part 2==== June 8 2025 The party awakens in an empty stone room. All their coin purses are missing. Salhana, Qawasha, and Kupalue are missing. Only Xundia and Malmac vaguely recall a dream of a sandy beach. They find a few [[magic items]] in the upper levels of the temple, and meet [[npcs#Zalekoth]] a devil sent to track atropol. [[Xundia]] reads the rest of the book. The party level up to level 8 ---- ====Episode 18. - Back on Track==== (Aug 10 2025) Opon return to camp vengeance Commander Breakbone deflects resources to search for Salhana. A group of refugees includes [[Hama Pashar]] who is very ill with a jungle disease. And Varis, an elf ranger. Hama tells Malmac that [[Nadaar]] is looking for a purple book in the dungeons underneath Waterdeep, so [[Xundia]] sells her the purple book. [[Hew Hackinstone]] and [[Firebeard]] lead the party toward the mountains. [[Calcifer]] is carrying Terry in a portable hole. Riding rafts down the river [[Tath]] to [[Ataaz Kahakla]] where they avoid being eaten by a giant octopus vine.(ToA p41) ====Episode 19 - into the Mines==== Nov 2 2025 The team (well actually just Xundia, Malmac, Ender, and Innocence) narrowly survive a battle with a Storm Giant, by stuffing him into a portable hole and then dumping him and Terry in [[Tvinza Gerast]]'s office in the [[Zhentarim]]'s mining operations at Fort Acquire. This maneuver all but ruins any chance of working with Tvinza in the future, but could work to curry favor of his enemies within the Zhentarim ranks. To escape the panicked giant and triceratops, they quickly flee down the South tunnel, into the realms of the Dwarves. Meanwhile, Calcifer brought back gossip from hell, so now the party knows about [[npcs#Atropol]] ====Episode 20 - Down to Hrakhamar==== Nov 30 2025 After a restful night in the Dwarven mine barracks, note the ships anchored in the bay, visible from the balcony during a rare moment of the fog parting. From here, Dwarven mining tunnels run straight and smooth, allowing a quick 4 day jog to [[Hrakhamar]]. Too bad there are so many [[https://www.aidedd.org/dnd/monstres.php?vo=umber-hulk|Umber Hulks]](MM 292). In [[Hrakhamar]], they are fed a luxurious feast, then go to the smelter. The Dwarves give the party *a [[stone of planar stabilization]], *“Rrenyun's Pick” (DEX -2, d8+2) and *each a gem worth 200 GP with the promise of a larger gem once the dragon problem is taken care of. *a map to Omu ...they load up on crossbow bolts and head down to... ====Episode 21 - Hrakhamar Forge==== -Try to get them to Do the adamantine dip, before jumping into the train carts. -Upon entering [[Wyrmheart]], Olie is sitting in the mud near the pond at the base of the waterfall, muttering "Where's Golorr" -He will give a glint of recognition to the player who rolls highest PER + CHA, but is otherwise mad and reeking of his own filth. Anyone who touches him will be recognized by [[Eeemmaat]] later. *[[Hew Hackinstone]] (one armed battle axe) *FireBeard (2 handed axe, d10) *Haldir Gemcatch (war pick, d8) *Yurim Whipmaster (whip, +3, d6+3) *Stonebrow (runs around - "helping") *Scarpzen (runs equipment) They will take the fight to the dragon to save their mine, village and avenge their families and to reclaim honor. ===The Forge=== Hrakhamar map is on ToA 61, and rooms are as listed: - Magma rift - Smelter - Adamantium pool (dip a weapon for +2 dmg, crit vs obj) - 8 Fire Newts (ToA 219) work here, but will only attack if provoked. - Armory - Forge - Stores - empty - empty - Smoke-Mephit den - Passage to the Mine (500 M) - Cart bay, 4 carts (no Striders) ===The Mine=== The team enter area 12 in the lowest level. A waterwheel sits idle beneath a noisy waterfall. Olie is sitting in the mud. Tinder sleeps nearby... The dwarves plan is to sneak to the Control Room so Scarpzen can man the controls in the active mining site - a vertical vein with water powered lifts and ropes. They feel like this will prove advantageous while battling Tinder, but are hard pressed to give exact details. -unused ruins on mountain ledge -unused supply shed -ore cart (upper) -upper shaft -haunted forge -kobold quarters -upper landing -kobold quarters -kobold quarters -**Control Room** (big smash) - The dwarves didn't know that the Kobolds have repurposed the control ropes. It will take them a few minutes to reset the ropes. This will almost certainly alert the Kobolds. -explosives stores -bottom of the shaft & Hrakhamar forge access tunnel -Audience chamber -**Tinder's Lair** Aerial dragon battle ensues. The dragons lair includes a gold platter with an engraved map of Chult and shows Omu (confirming the dwarves X) and Tamoachan. ====On to Omu==== After taking Wyrmheart Mine, another 8-9 days through the valley of lost honor nearly due east to [[Omu]]. The undead are more focused, migrating directly towards Omu. Mostly skeletal animals. With random encounters on ToA p193 #5 [[fane of the night serpent]] in the [[Tomb of the nine gods]] - beware of [[tomb dwarves]], meet up with [[npcs#eemmaat]] on level 5 (Gears of Hate) p174 (aka G'lyh'rul) who talks to them regarding his quest for [[npcs#Golorr]] ---- Waaay later *[[Where is Golorr?]] *On main land, [[doppelganger bog]] ---- [[start]], [[Episode guide]], [[characters]], [[magic items]]