Kyle's adventures on Roll20

[earthwizard]

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I thought I'd just share about the game that I've joined recently. A couple months ago I was playing with a group on Roll20, and that game led into a Ravenloft adventure. I played the first couple days, but then I went traveling to London and New Haven. The group finished the adventure without me. Now I'm back in Concepcion for the foreseeable future.

This week we started a Tyranny of Dragons campaign. I'm playing a tiefling fighter with a Sage (Wizard's Apprentice) background, and I plan to take the Eldritch Knight path. His name is Akmenos Azazel, son of Kairon and Akta. He spent some of his youth studying with his Aunt Kallista in a town outside of Baldur's Gate. When the town was attacked by a dragon recently, Kallista was killed, and Akmenos inherited the remains of her library. Her life's work is a series of tomes related to dragonology. I'm trying to make my in-character voice raspy like there's smoke damage in his larynx or something (tiefling - fire - devils - get it?), but I'm really hoping I don't sound like a bad version of batman.

The other characters in the party include a dwarf fighter (m), a dwarf barbarian (m), a wood-elf druid (m), and a tiefling sorceress (f; played by m), and a human (maybe?) warpriest (m).

So far it has been good. When making our characters, we developed bonds between characters by coming up with some shared background. In-game we are playing with more of a "theater of the mind" style with some rough maps for guides. Maybe the DM will have a more detailed battle map in the future. We only play for a couple hours on Saturday mornings, so it isn't like our 6 hour Sunday afternoon sessions.

Now the Tyranny of Dragons (potential spoilers ahead) . . .

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We started out by escorting a caravan from Baldur's Gate to the town of Greenest in the south. We did some roleplaying between the characters, introducing ourselves. When we got close to Greenest, the party spotted a dragon attacking the town. A short while later a group of villagers came rushing up the road. Everyone jumped in the bushes as the dragon swooped overhead. We then decided to hustle into town to assist with evacuations and check on the family of one of the party members. We got into town and came across some human raiders. We fought them off; I killed two of the raiders, knocked out a third, and suffered only minor injuries. Our sorceress wasn't as lucky. She was immediately dropped before she could act, which was a bit worrisome. The dwarven fighter spent most of the encounter wrestling with one of the raiders, who eventually escaped his grasp, and I had to knock him out. Upon interrogating our one living raider, he only said they were mercenaries hired by a group simply known as, "the cult". Our dwarven fighter was less than impressed with the originality of their name.

We actually had two player characters missing from that encounter; our druid had to leave early, and the dwarf barbarian was still in the town somewhere to be found.

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That's as far as we got in our first day of adventure, but it was really fun! Oh yeah, we also stream the games. We did that previously on Twitch, and actually got some people watching us and cheering us on - which was a little strange. But this time, I think they are just on YouTube. I don't know. It is very weird to listen to one's own voice. I don't know about you guys, but I actually really dislike the recorded sound of my voice. It is so very different from the voice that I hear when I speak.

Chao for now! I'll keep you updated on my Tyranny of Dragons adventures.

[Joseph Barros]

Sounds awesome. Actually, reading your post, makes me wonder if our group wouldn't benefit from the live streaming...

[gabe]

Sounds fun! And don't worry, most people don't like the sound of their own voice because of how foreign it is. BUT, where can I find these youtube/twitch.tv videos?

[earthwizard]

Apparently you are interested, so here is the youtube link from our last game.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Qrc2e5z_Y&feature=em-share_video_user

I have to say it really isn't that exciting, but if you enjoy it, I'll post the others if/when we make them.

[The Keeper]

Oct 7, 2014 5:13:46 GMT -8 earthwizard said:

Apparently you are interested, so here is the youtube link from our last game.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Qrc2e5z_Y&feature=em-share_video_user

I have to say it really isn't that exciting, but if you enjoy it, I'll post the others if/when we make them.

I'm only going to watch it to hear your voice Kyle. Miss you

[reiphil]

We could stream ours too since I use the computer for David to call in, lol.

We're playing the same adventure! I hope you enjoy it

[earthwizard]

The Journal of Akmenos Azazel
The First of Leaffall

I have set out from Baldur’s Gate in search of new knowledge and discovery. My father, Kairon, trained me well in the fighting arts. He and my mother, Akta, bestowed on me armor, a shield, and a sword before I left. They know how important it is to me to continue Aunt Kallista’s work. While she left her library to me, less than half of it remains after the dragon attacked her village. Most of the books I had moved to the townhouse at Baldur’s Gate, but I carry her journal with me - a treatise on the nature of dragons. I joined a caravan headed for the town of Greenest; I had received word from Leosin, an old friend, that my aid was required.

I have only just reached Greenest, and what a wonder I have seen! A great blue dragon flying over the town. I stood in awe of the beast as it flew directly overhead. I could see the scales of its underbelly. And as it flew not 20 feet above us, I could feel the hairs on my arm rise in response to its electric ferocity. It felt like an eternity, but it only took a moment for the beast to glide overhead. Then reality set back in and we saw the town of Greenest in flames.

I was reminded of my Aunt Kallista, and how she had died in a dragon attack not unlike this one. A curious coincidence, I now wonder at the increased dragon activity in this area. My new companions and I set forth to assist any townsfolk with evacuations. It seems one of our company, Oskar, has family in this town, so we set to find them and ensure their safety.

Upon entering the town we met with brigand and raiders intent on looting the ruined and abandoned homes of the townsfolk. This being a cause of malcontent in the town, we dispatched them forthwith. One mentioned only that they were mercenaries hired by a cult. We rescued the family of Oskar, and I met again with Darville Frostbeard, one of only a few dwarves to treat my family with kindness instead of suspicion and animosity. Darville joined us as we headed for the keep of Greenest, escorting several survivors along the way. Once here we met Governor Knighthill, who has beseeched to help defend the keep. For the moment I catch my rest, grateful that my father has trained me to fight. I am not sure I would have survived the brigands and kobolds otherwise.

It is dark now, and likely soon the band of outlaws will attack the keep. I will help man the walls with a longbow if one can be had while the others defend the sally port of the keep. These simple townsfolk will need our help.

[earthwizard]

Just a recap of some of our recent adventure.

After reaching the keep, the party had to secure a sally port from attack (I was out that day, so my character Akmenos manned the walls instead). Then we decided to head out from the keep to rescue some villagers who were trapped in the town temple. We got there and found three groups of kobolds who were attacking the temple. We attempted to take them one group at a time, but ended up fighting one large battle after the other two groups heard us and moved to attack us. We went down to the last man, and almost had a TPK. But luck held out and one PC was left standing. Those of us who were unconscious all stabilized.

After resting for a bit in the temple, we escorted the rescued townsfolk and returned them to the safety of the keep. Then, there was an apparent attack on a warehouse, so we went out to save that building. When we got there, it turned out it was a trap. The invaders weren't really interested in destroying the warehouse, but were more interested in attacking us. It was a tough fight, but we survived and returned to the keep.

Finally, one of the leaders of the invading force, a half-dragon, called out a challenge to the keep. They had 4 hostages and demanded we fight a one-on-one battle for their return. Obviously it was a trap/distraction of some kind, but my character stepped up to meet the challenge (tiefling fighter). I almost lost it in the second round, because the half-dragon got three really good attacks in, but our diviner mage foretold that the half-dragon would miss me once, and so it did. I survived long enough to second-wind and use a healing potion. I got in a couple hits, and my party took pot shots from a distance. This prompted the kobolds to kill two of the hostages. The half-dragon finally subdued me with two powerful swings of his greatsword, and I went down. Then, they up and left. One of the party rescued me and the two hostages who were 'killed' (just rendered unconscious it turns out). Obviously the invaders got what they came for, but we haven't figured out what that is yet. Each PC has a reason to go track them down, so after a long rest and discussion with various NPCs we will head out from Greenest to track down the Cult of the Dragon.