February 2012
7 posts
#dnd Black Key of Naberius, Level 1
Here’s the map!
Black Key Report #3 Giant Beavers, Hans the...
So the “mashup edition” I’ve been running was originally supposed to be Labyrinth Lord but includes elements of other editions. (I can’t help it, but the inconsistency has been kind of fun for me). Figuring prominently in the mix, due to player demand and my own long familiarity with the material, I have added a ton of First edition AD&D.
In the last adventure there...
#dnd And then the Bodies Started To Pile Up - ...
This is an ongoing report of the Black Key- a Cyclopedia/Labyrinth Lord megadungeon campaign that takes place on Thursdays. The characters are first level, and it’s kinda starting to get real.
Our gang (Hafrazyn the fighter, Aelfwine the magic-user, Beldrin the thief, Dariel the thief, Trugilio the fighter, Balinor the dwarf), headed back into the Black Key after recruiting Bloody Rose Red,...
The Black Key - Level 1 Down
#dnd I love multi-level dungeons. Two or three levels of 10-30 rooms each is a nice minimum for me (I know there’s something in either the 1st Ed DMG or the Holmes Basic D&D book that suggests 10 levels is a good minimum). I have built more than a few of these structures for every edition over the years, not counting the OD&D booklets. (If you count basic D&D in all of it’s...
Kicked Off D&D/AD&D Mashup last night... Black Key...
So returning from DDXP, and at the last moment my older kid and I trashed some of the details about class and race unlocks and so on.. and came up with the campaign map (which had a place called Suldrun’s Crossing) as the central town, the tavern (“the Green Devil”) and the location of the main dungeon- the Black Key of Naberius. We did a short one on one adventure together, and...
DDXP - The Report!
Hey all, DDXP ran great- I DM’d 8 slots and played in 3. I was literally gaming throughout every single slot except the very last one (we had to leave before the final slot on Sunday in order to catch our plane).
Here’s what I did: I played in 3 games:
1. Mark Bradley’s ‘Strangers in the Night’ 4e adventure (which was very good, and had an interesting riddle/puzzle...