A Duel of Dragons

As the party traveled back to Waterdeep from the Sea of Moving Ice, Kerri disembarked at the city of Luskan in order to meet up with the Arcane Brotherhood and return their stolen books. (And perhaps convince them to join the cause!) The rest of the party continued to sail south.

Sometime that afternoon, Charimon spotted a gold speck off in the distance, the sunlight making it sparkle like a far away gem. As it drew closer, Charimon recognized it as some sort of gold-skinned humanoid flying towards the ship.

A moment later, Auric the once-dragon "half-elf" landed on the deck of the ship, a giant grin on his face.

"Where's Kerri??" he asked. "I've been sent to join her and her friends."

Much to Auric's sadness, he learned that he would not be able to meet up with Kerri until the next Council of Waterdeep. Still, he had no time to feel lonely, for at that moment a sinister bluish shape appeared high in the sky, the sun framing its form: a blue dragon, with five people on its back.

The dragon tore down through the air, intent on engaging with the heroes. Auric immediately turned to his replacement-Kerri, the fighter Belkira (played by Colby), and made her and himself invisible. The black-robed assassins leapt from the back to attack the heroes. A furious battle ensued, in which the dragon's fearsome lightning breath weapon wreaked havoc on the heroes and the assassins alike. Fortunately, due to the quick thinking and martial prowess of the adventurers, the tide was soon turned in their favor.

The final blow of the battle was dealt by Auric: summoning every ounce of his draconic magic, he opened his mouth and released a deluge of flame upon the blue dragon, which staggered for a moment before toppling into the sea. It was a glorious day for flames.

Welcome to 24 Hours of D&D: The Rise of Tiamat

Hello, and welcome to 24 hours of D&D: The Rise of Tiamat!

This adventure picks up where The Hoard of the Dragon Queen--our previous 24-hour D&D marathon-- left off. I (Ben Campbell) and my two co-Dungeon Masters (Sidney Parham and Ryen Martinez) will be running the adventure for a group of brave heroes--and when we're not running, we'll be playing ourselves!

This event, like the one back in October, is an effort to raise money for the Extra Life charity. As such, our supporters will have the opportunity to donate money, which has the added bonus of in-game benefits for the player/character of your choice! Trust me, having read the adventure, I can say with confidence that we'll need every bonus we can get...

This adventure will be of truly epic scale! Starting at level eight or nine gives characters access to abilities such as Wall of Fire, Fly, Indomitable, and Raise Dead, and by the end world-shattering powers like Earthquake, Teleport, and Reverse Gravity. That said, the enemies we face will be stronger still, including necromancers, giants, and, of course, dragons!

Subsequent blog posts written by each player will provide their own introduction and description of their character. I will start with mine--some of you may remember Auric, the once-Gold Dragon-turned-Half-Elf, with a penchant for flying around and launching fireballs out of his mouth... as well as charming just about everybody he meets.

Let the adventure begin!