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Cast of Characters

Paul - Eberk, Male Dwarf Cleric of Moradin
Trent - Jozan, Male Human Cleric of Pelor
Travis - Tordek, Male Dwarf Fighter
Angel - Lidda, Female Halfling Rogue
Sarah - Mialee, Female Elf Wizard

Introduction

This is Group B's first run through the Caves of Chaos. I had originally planned on letting them start at a higher level, but the group objected, claiming that starting at level 1 was the only way to go. I conceded to the point.

The combat style for Group A was "Theater of the Mind", but for Group B (a group of seasoned Fourthers) I decided to use Battlegrid combat, to see how it worked out, and whether D&DN would be able to accomodate the Fourthers (and Thirders, to a lesser extent). This inevitably led to hours of painstaking battle-grid preparation, since the adventure is...

Cast of Characters

Shaun - Lanstaf the Realmstrider, Male Human Wizard
Ed - Adrik Flamebeard, Male Dwarf Fighter
Liz - Finduiloth of Winterhaven, Female Half-Elf Cleric of Avandra
Pete - Erdan Woodsinger, Male Elf Ranger
David - Ulmo Brownbottle, Male Halfling Rogue

Intro and Recap

As I'm waiting for my D&DNext playtester e-mail link to arrive in my inbox I thought I'd go ahead and summarize last week's Keep on the Shadowfell session. If you recall, the PCs had already been ambushed (twice) by kobolds, rescued Douven Staul, discovered the treachery (and then neutralized) of Ninaran, saved the town of Winterhaven from undead doom, and finally cleared out the lair of the annoying kobolds destroying their goblin chief Irontooth in the process.

Now, after an extended discussion with Valthrun the Prescient...