The burst of song from the enchanted fish above the door of the tavern was a welcome reprieve from the harsh winter outside. It all seemed to have worked out well but as soon as the owner saw the body slung over Brenna’s shoulder he began shouting protestations. It was the usual hysterical and perfectly reasonable reaction to seeing a dismembered body casually hanging off someone’s shoulder. A string of expletives burst out of the owner’s mouth as he spluttered at them to take the corpse out of his tavern. … More A Loved One Comes Home

There is a huge difference between using milestone levels or experience points to measure your D&D success. Having played both at this point, I can say that I prefer milestone. It just takes the pressure off of keeping track of the points. That isn’t to say that experience points aren’t fun. … More Milestone vs. Experience Points

They were at a crossroads. The bear could not go inside the walls of the town and they needed to go inside for the night. Brenna made the tough decision to kill and harvest the bear for parts. They would be able to make some good trades with the materials and they would have plenty of food for the near future. Meat was soon becoming a rare commodity in these parts and they would need all the food they could get to be able to keep going … More Deeds and Deals

Everyone went around the battlefield gathering any useful items from the dead goblins. Mythe went around gathering his knives from where they had landed. The goblins didn’t have much of value on them. The real value was in the recovery of the ore that they had been hired to retrieve. Despite the morbid situation they found themselves in, all of them felt stronger and more powerful. A strong sense of having improved in their first real battle together gave them confidence.  … More Recovery and Return

Brenna knelt in the soft white snow, studying the tracks of the goblins they were following. They were two hours behind their quarry and needed to find them fast. With her observations she was able to determine that although the goblins had a two hour head start, they were hauling something extremely heavy that forced them to move slowly through the snow. They had a chance yet, of catching up to the scavengers and taking back the rightful property of the dwarves that paid them for the recovery.  … More A Clash of Steel