andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • found out what we had thrown rocks at
  • negotiated a mulligan for our first ever 'killed outright' character (a wizard / old lady whose first instinct was to go melee)
  • tore through all our healing potions
  • eventually killed 2 to 3 slimes
  • discovered there were no cheese sandwiches left
  • gave the stink-eye to some orcs
  • reached the heady heights of... level 2!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • joined the discord from a bus *
  • had a big refreshing sleep
  • checked in on a windmill
  • ordered cheese(?) sandwiches(?) in broken gnomish
  • did a flip and potentially a wall run
  • robot-crab whispered
  • Hid behind an employee
  • not all of us

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • had sinusitis *
  • irritated our way past the guards
  • stabbed a rug up real good
  • rescued a gnome
  • investigated the same gnome’s brutal murder
  • held a thing
  • brainstormed a ‘sanity gun’
  • received a royal commission
  • fired arrows at random objects
  • found a mimic (see above)
  • not all of us

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • nearly got eaten by a mimic
  • killed it just in time
  • were rewarded with magic items (some suspiciously similar to the ones from the 80s cartoon)
  • FINALLY got some sandwiches
  • fought rats in a windmill
  • saw a shadowy figure
  • snuck up a hill
  • talked to some orcs
  • began the arduous process of planning how to get a in a fight with said orcs (TBC)

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • continued the 2-week plan to surprise the orcs by 'using Grease'
  • did not use Grease
  • got chased round some rocks, Benny Hill-style
  • finally appreciated how fun playing Rogue is
  • used Grease
  • found some cheese!
  • stole some cheese!
  • ate some cheese!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • killed all zombies
  • named Grease as party MVP
  • took a short rest around a burning bear
  • attempted a wallrun over running water (x2)
  • fell in running water (x2)
  • found the mushrooms we forgot we were looking for
  • burned down a(nother) door
  • reached level 3! (It's swashbuckling time)
  • chose the way of the gun
  • asked around town
  • planned some downtime

Next week in D&D:

  • Lasers and Feelings!

andi,
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This week in... Lasers and Feelings we:

  • Reintroduced Dr. Shakamoto
  • Built a Discord bot
  • had a lot of feelings
  • took a lot of missile fire
  • investigated a temporal anomaly
  • saved / scared a scientist and his beautiful daughter
  • made a plan
  • made a documentary
  • carried out a plan
  • won (if such a thing exists)
  • ate some sausages and drunk some beer (hopefully)

Next week in Lasers and Feelings:

  • D&D!

andi,
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This week in D&D (also last week cause I forgot at the time) we:

  • cased the joint / slept in a bush
  • started doing up our ride
  • got a mysterious note
  • investigated a manor
  • did some renovations with Thunder Wave
  • snuck up on a big creature in a tunnel
  • left the session on a cliffhanger (would 'Operation We All Shoot It At The Same Time' be a success?)
  • it was
  • turns out it was a basilisk
  • riled some leeches
  • obtained more cheese
  • found a big key
  • GREEEEEASE
  • opened a big lock
  • wandered into a room full of corpses, which promptly got up
  • rolled initiative

Next week in D&D: TPK(?)

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • spent a ki to disengage with 5 zombies
  • wondered why they kept getting back up
  • observed once more that the wizard is not a good choice of tank
  • invoked a walking flamethrower
  • did a trick shot
  • eventually put down the Zombie That Would Not Die
  • found that someone else had already cleared the place out
  • scored a tasteful storage solution
  • obtained a well-appointed underground base
  • decided to go for a pint

Next week on D&D: we bully the mayor!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • bullied the mayor! (20gp)
  • carried a basilisk head around
  • went to the pub
  • met a wee dragon man
  • got some gamblers drunk
  • did some gambling (successfully)
  • Sold some basilisk glands (10gp)
  • Finally got to midnight (when one of us had to meet someone behind the pub for 'information on their lineage... alone')
  • Set up a panic word for our stones of sending
  • (cheese sandwich)
  • Used the panic word
  • Panicked
  • Ran out screaming the panic word, waking up 20% of our party
  • Ambushed an ambush
  • Realised the ambush was local dickheads
  • Neutralised 2 of 3 dickheads without incident

Next week in D&D: interrogate two dickheads!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • split the party (last time in D&D)
  • took some dickheads to the (other) pub
  • (meanwhile) heard the front door open
  • (meanwhile) interrogated some dickheads
  • (meanwhile) snuck downstairs to investigate
  • (meanwhile) knocked out a dickhead, encouraged the other
  • (meanwhile) met two black-eyed grey-skinned dwarves in a bedroom
  • (meanwhile) ordered another round, and found out a bald man with an unseeable face had paidto mess with us
  • (meanwhile) rolled initiative
  • (meanwhile) bribed the landlady with a sandwich (unsuccessful) and then gold (successful)
  • (meanwhile) barely made a dent, and do those dwarves look bigger than they did before..?
  • (meanwhile) attempted to leave the pub gracefully (unsuccessful)
  • (meanwhile) attempted to flee the house (successful)
  • (meanwhile) wandered back
  • (meanwhile) screamed for help
  • Reunited the party
  • Followed some normal-sized dwarf tracks (unsuccessful)
  • Went to bed

Next week in D&D: an ox named Vincent!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • set out on a journey with an ox named Vincent
  • rolled some 1s (in a good way)
  • fed some grubby dwarves (-5 rations)
  • navigated the woods
  • saw a weird stone, and left it alone
  • realised we'd been swindled (but we had backup wine so no harm, no foul)
  • glamped
  • got to the logging camp (where we need a signature)
  • sent the rogue on ahead
  • our Close Combat Wizard also went on ahead
  • oh no
  • fought a giant ant-mantis creature
  • just about managed that

Next week on D&D: signature! (?)

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • came up with like, six plans
  • implemented all of them
  • dealt with a tremors type situation
  • rolled a barrel
  • did a critical hit that upset the DM
  • beat a big ant monster to death
  • met the mayor's brother (and bullied him)
  • ADDITIONAL BIG ANT MONSTER
  • failed to shoot through a window
  • got that god damn signature
  • left the way we came
  • suddenly: medium dragon!

Next week on D&D: medium dragon!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • attacked a medium dragon, who may or may not have noticed
  • attempted to hide (unsuccessfully)
  • stayed in character
  • rescued Vincent the Ox (aka Dragonsbane)
  • got carried away
  • regretted our choices
  • hit every branch on the way down
  • slept
  • debated the relative merits of invincible bandits / vincible orcs
  • gained a reputation for huddles
  • left a baffling message
  • set out for adventure
  • rolled a 6 (in a bad way)

Next time on D&D: nothing good, probably

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • found a clearing of Orcsicles
  • explosively punched a wolf
  • found the place
  • made a plan
  • split into teams (team quiet and team loud)
  • came up with 'The Stealth Song'
  • failed our stealth rolls and got spotted (team quiet)
  • aced our stealth rolls (team loud)
  • failed to open a door
  • climbed some walls
  • opened a door (loudly)
  • [all hell breaks loose]
  • SUDDENLY, RATS
  • did some damage but left things largely unresolved

Next time on D&D: resolution!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • verified that the multiple sources who had described 'invincible bandits' had been correct
  • critically failed anyway
  • did some damage, saw it heal
  • parlayed (with literature)
  • found out the bandits were displaced from their homes
  • suggested an alternative solution
  • met Rupert, who we know from small times
  • left on good terms
  • took Rupert to the good pub
  • went on to the bad pub
  • took part in The Punching Game (we all won / lost)
  • negotiated a mining co-op wherein local workers own the means of production
  • had our best resolution to a fight ever (see above)
  • levelled up (using the power of communism) – level 4!

Next time on D&D: orcs, probably

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • did some shopping
  • stashed some gold
  • discussed our next adventure
  • hiked weast
  • went to the pub
  • met a sailor who didn't give a shit about the sea
  • went to a shit town
  • met the victims of our (second-hand) crimes
  • left a shit town
  • okay back to this lighthouse right
  • met a polite crab who outranked us
  • also met a ghost
  • also met some harpies (roll initiative)

Next week: lighthouse!

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • found the harpies extremely charming
  • failed to (acrobatically) climb a cliff
  • veered wildly between 1s and 20s
  • reached the lighthouse
  • posed as window cleaners (I think they bought it)
  • demanded to see the manager
  • shot first
  • didn't notice those orcs
  • stood in a line, and suffered the consequences
  • got a lucky shot in
  • did a surprising number of heals
  • found a conch shell for a ghost

Next week: do we own a lighthouse now?

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • debated whether this was a spiral staircase or not
  • went up the spiral staircase
  • got blinded by the light
  • wrapped an evil heart in furs, remotely
  • resolved a ghost's unfinished business
  • received a magic oar from a big friendly crab
  • did SCIENCE (from a pocket dimension)
  • pressed the Long Rest button for the first time
  • gained lightning powers! Accidentally! Doing a spot of DIY!

Next week: grease? lightning?

andi,
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This week in D&D we:

  • somehow tore ourselves away from the empty lighthouse
  • went back to the half-built town who may or may not have said they would pay us
  • found out they felt themselves on the 'may not' side of that particular equation
  • ate a number of fish
  • spoke to The Council, a supergroup of People Who Were Already Sick of Us
  • BOAT TRIP
  • didn't fight a big eel
  • did a vibe check in the pub, and found it lacking
  • broke a window / checked on Seamus
  • ran Good Cop, Bad Cop, Old Lady Cop
  • threw a dagger dramatically
  • tried to avoid doing a war crime
  • rolled initiative

Next week: Honey Heist??

andi,
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This week in Honey Heist we:

  • put together a crew for one last job (Grylls, Harry Bearenstein, and Baddington)
  • mauled some weirdly bear-sized VIPs and stole their VIP passes (and clothes / wallets)
  • cased the dance competition (grand prize: a briefcase full of rare Manuka honey)
  • bought out a stall of honey as a distraction to steal the stallholder's van
  • won a Vespa in a test-your-strength competition
  • set fire to a bamboo maze with honey tequila
  • executed the heist plan (climb a crane, smash the glass box containing the briefcase, jump a vespa off a ramp over the lake to catch it just in time)
  • rolled improbable / perfect failures (caught the briefcase, missed the bear, and got double-crossed without noticing)
  • realised the briefcase was a decoy
  • navigated a maze (bear-style, by ignoring the burning hedges and smashing straight to the middle)
  • drove a vespa and a bear into our nemesis
  • escaped in a fire engine with allll the honey

Next week in D&D: flashbacks??

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    andi,
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    @thatonegm my instance has a 1024 char limit on posts, and this is the first time I’ve had to severely cut down a post to make it fit 😄

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    andi,
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    @thatonegm Thanks! Just a nice way to document the bits that generally made us laugh the most during the game, but the random one-shots (usually when one of the players are away and our DM still fancies running a game) are particularly fun to annotate!

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