It’s been awfully quiet here for a long time. It’s not that I have forgotten about D&D, or lost the want to play and write about it. Life just got in the way. In fact I got so busy, I had to put my campaign on indefinite hiatus. Doing so was not an easy decision. I put a LOT of work into it and because of that, I also didn’t want to water it down for lack of prep time. So I put it on hold.
Pausing my campaign allowed me to get some real life stuff done, focus more on Another Passion and getting into iPhone development. None of which has anything to do with D&D – so of course I was craving some gaming. Luckily, I was not alone. Sundering Wrath ran for almost a year with fairly regular gaming, yet we never even made it out the Heroic Tier. Needless to say, myself and a few of my players were curious about playing at a higher level and jonesing to play in general.
Since then, I have managed to put together a one-off adventure for a group of level 18 characters. I’ve only run two sessions in as many months so it’s slow moving even though I am playing with a smaller group. Starting at a higher level means it takes time for everyone to get to know their powers and how best to play them. Besides that, it’s a lot of fun! I thought I would share the outline for the adventure we’re playing here:
The adventurers are captured by an inter-planar gang of thieves led by the efreet lord Garcolth. His grand scheme involves capturing heroes for ransom or to torture for the location of any acquired treasure they might have stashed away. Starting with no gear and worn down from weeks of captivity and interrogation, the adventurers get a chance to break free and must find a way to recover their equipment, get even with their captor and escape his magical castle.
I currently have no plans for further adventures to continue this story, though there is certainly enough material in my notes to build on. I would like to share more about this particular adventure, but it will have to wait until we’ve played at least another session. There are still a few surprises in wait for the players, you see.
