Dungeon Idea!

Earlier this evening the brave adventurers found themselves fighting side by side with a pair of wolf-mounted orcs. They were taking on a small group of devils/demons over by a large scarred valley. Within the valley was a (relatively) small portal, and some potential caverns and buildings for demons to live in. There was very little other than a fierce battle against that small group, but I could see the terrain offering a very cool dungeon to explore later on.

I'm imaging the players fighting through waves of hellish minions to reach the portal, and then needing to explore the buildings and eventually the cave to accomplish their task. The heroes hack their way through the cave, and encounter periodic reinforcement from behind as more demons enter through the portal. The details will have to be worked out, but I can see this idea turning into a good module that will fit in with a lot of different campaign settings. I've even got some ideas on how to make the module customizable in itself.

P.S. Extra posts coming this week. I spent the weekend on the lake, so I didn't get much done.

-Lance of the Hill People

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To catch up, last week our party was exhiled from Villhelm, the town encampment in hills. After fighting off attacking hill giants, we (with the exclusion of Flint and Val who had to miss the session) we escorted to the town council, led by a old Paladin of Pelor. After the doors closed we were held at sword point by war forged guards, while the mayor revealed himself as a demon in disguise, who was not pleased that we had engendered ourselves so to his unbeknownst townfolks. Also, he informed us that the children who had taken our hard won mushroom cure had mysteriously died, and we would take the fall.
We were escorted from town, and left to die by a vicious orc encampment.

We slept that night, our Eladrin dozing, before preparing our vengeful return to the city when we were come upon by a couple of orcs. More intelligent than the demon leader had perhaps known, we talked our way into proving ourselves to their camp. And after beating down some of their battle hungry adolescents we were given safe passage in their 2.5k strong encampment. Battle!

Which brings us to tonights adventure- a demon fight. We started off the session by catching up with Val and Flint, still heros in town, who had come to find us. We made a bit of a plan to retake the town. But the orcs offered us another choice. Build up our skill on nearby demons.

Having a plot-lite session was nice for a change. Combat became the big event, and since our party has grown a few people since we started, it was good for us to learn to work as a team. Also, many of us had leveled up, and it gave us a chance to test out our new utility powers. The plot-filled adventures help drive the campaign, fo sho. But an evening of straight forward combant was a nice breather. Sometimes hack and slash is just what the DM ordered.

~Lady of the Hill People