As you probably know by now, we stream our sessions live on Twitch , and store the recordings on our YouTube channel . As I’ve said before , I know that not everyone has the time to sit down and watch a three-hour RPG session, and I promised to create shorter highlight videos showcasing a single encounter. With the first few runs through the module wrapping up, the content fully released , and the public games starting soon , we’re ready to showcase some more!

Spoiler Warning: The remainder of this post contains spoilers and links to module content. If you want to keep the adventure a surprise for yourself, steer clear!

The Old Garumba encounter is designed to give the PCs a bit of a breather in an adventure where they should feel constantly chased, and allow the players some time to roleplay their characters and expound on their backstories by telling stories to a curious treant. She rewards interesting, honest stories with a handful of useful items. As you could have guessed, the party touted their prowess as escapees and wilderness survivors, talked about Daniel’s tale, and their recent successes in combat against orcs. Jaxx described how he ended up with his pet rhino Leeroy , something everyone had been wondering for a while, and Aviss bemoaned a group of Kobolds that dug a pit trap he fell into, vowing to crush them into the dirt. It was a fun encounter as a GM and a player favorite!

In this encounter, the party interrupts two gorillas engaged in a show of dominance. The apes charge the intruders, but the party is well prepared. Zanner the gnome sorcerer castson the first one to charge in, and Hayley knocked the other one out with ashot of drow poison that she made from plants in the Dankwood . Before the fight even started, the party had two unconscious gorillas. Amusingly, Zanner convinced Pell the human paladin to tie up and drag the gorilla back to civilization “for his circus.”

Approaching a mountain pass, the party came upon a number of trolls. Before they could turn around and come up with a new plan to cross the Orange Mountains, one of the monsters happened upon them. The curious gnome approached for a moment, but the rest of the party fled down the pass. Pell abandoned the bound gorilla, but Babyfood took the time to cut it loose before he fled. Seconds later, the starving troll came face to face with an angry gorilla! As the two hulking creatures clawed and slammed at each other, the party rallied together to launch ranged attacks. The gorilla was ripped to shreds, but Pell smote the troll and stood his ground. Hayley’s fire bombs kept the regeneration under control, and the party prevailed! Hands down the favorite encounter for the players.

While exploring an abandoned mine in the orange mountains, the party discovered that a clan of kobolds had made it their home and set up traps throughout the stone passageways. In this encounter, Hayley almost falls into a pit trap with a special surprise as she chases after retreating kobolds. Pell noticed something awry and shouted a warning just in time!

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