Monday, August 09, 2004
"I'm coming, Sir Damoth!" (inside joke for my D&D group)
My weekend was interesting, at the very least. Saturday was spent at a Roman Catholic wedding. Although I've been to a Catholic wedding before, it might have been the first time I've been to a Roman Catholic wedding. Not sure about that. Thankfully it wasn't one of the three-hour high mass thingies, but only an hour-long service. Still ... Catholics are bloody weird. They're like cultists. They even have the cannibalism. *grin* The twenty-foot high painting of the happy, smiling, crucified Christ was just a little ... absurd. Okay, enough of that. If y'all haven't picked up on my aversion to religion by now, you never will. ;)
Sunday was D&D day. Yay! This was the first session leading people into the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil super-adventure. Through a letter to Logan's paladin, I re-introduced an NPC bard from the first adventure I ever ran in this campaign (almost four years ago). The adventuring party is now traveling to the Village of Hommlet, but last night's session took place during a layover in a small farming region. It also allowed me to introduce Gareth, an NPC warrior serving the Dyvers Temple of Heironeous. I'd been planning on this for about three or four weeks, and the gist is he was delivering the letter to the paladin and telling him he'd been instructed to act as his squire. ... Sorry, Logan, I just really liked the idea, and I think he'll fit in well -- in addition to acting as comedic relief ("I'm coming, Sir Damoth!").
One more first: It was the first time I whipped out my new D&D miniatures and created grid-based maps of the combat encounter zones. I think using them worked out fairly well, and it really opened up the tactical aspect of combat. The only downside is that our table is just barely big enough for six people, so I think a couple of people might have felt a little crowded. I'm hoping to find a way to open up more room at the table -- perhaps through the use of a little table beside me to hold all of my DM's gear. I'll have to keep thinking about that.
Two weeks until the next session.
Sunday was D&D day. Yay! This was the first session leading people into the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil super-adventure. Through a letter to Logan's paladin, I re-introduced an NPC bard from the first adventure I ever ran in this campaign (almost four years ago). The adventuring party is now traveling to the Village of Hommlet, but last night's session took place during a layover in a small farming region. It also allowed me to introduce Gareth, an NPC warrior serving the Dyvers Temple of Heironeous. I'd been planning on this for about three or four weeks, and the gist is he was delivering the letter to the paladin and telling him he'd been instructed to act as his squire. ... Sorry, Logan, I just really liked the idea, and I think he'll fit in well -- in addition to acting as comedic relief ("I'm coming, Sir Damoth!").
One more first: It was the first time I whipped out my new D&D miniatures and created grid-based maps of the combat encounter zones. I think using them worked out fairly well, and it really opened up the tactical aspect of combat. The only downside is that our table is just barely big enough for six people, so I think a couple of people might have felt a little crowded. I'm hoping to find a way to open up more room at the table -- perhaps through the use of a little table beside me to hold all of my DM's gear. I'll have to keep thinking about that.
Two weeks until the next session.
// posted by Chris @ 8:23 AM 
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