team spode

All we wanted to do last night was finish The Harbingers of Madness quest for the second time, this time on Hard mode. The quest on Normal mode the week before last had kicked our butts; the Ghost of Pyzjyn slaughtered us, and Yaulthoon the Mind Flayer walloped us several times until we found out … Read more

My first Dungeons and Dragons character, I had no idea about. She was a dwarf cleric, a Hobbesian cleric — solitary, poor, brutish, nasty and _short_. Healing was more fun when hirelings would do it, so I picked up a fighter level and made her into a melee cleric. I put points into whatever stats … Read more

In the flesh, indeed. After crawling through the luxurious Harborview Lofts — entirely transformed into upscale accommodations for twisted monsters — we finally met Yaulthoon… in his mind. Nothing seemed quite real. We didn’t get to him right away, though. First, we had front row tickets to a fashion show. Yaulthoon isn’t your garden variety … Read more

Ulan was back from Mexico last night. How we missed your blade barriers so very, very much. Those little mechanized sawblades of suffering just tear through groups of mobs. We fed many mobs to the magico-metallic maw last night. We’ve taken a step back from Gianthold to focus on some easier adventures that grant actual … Read more

With the dragons in Gianthold Tor apparently out of our reach and with Ulan gone for two weeks, the question of “what’s next?” has been hanging in the air in Team Spode HQ. We need a level or two to properly kill the dragons — or a better _plan_. We have tried all different combinations … Read more