Awakened Legends: A D&D Greyhawk Campaign

Clearing the Shrine! From the Chronology: 10 Coldeven (March), 590 CY After a long night's rest, the party (now over a dozen strong) launch their assault on the Shrine of Evil Chaos. They demolish hordes of skeletons and zombies, cult members, and priests, eliminating the threat of the Caves of Chaos for the near future. They return to the Keep for a well-earned rest. The Narrative:  Evryhss (elvish adventurer) & Gozara (barbarbian warrior) again returned to the Keep the night before. The rest of the party now comprised Corvus (priest of Pholtus), Sheila (paladin of Pholtus),  Zask (mysterious spellcaster), Redd (dwarven paladin), Olga (Dwarven Scout),  Blacktoof (half-orc barbarian), Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobar (noble artificer), Ambiguity (Rakasta druid) & her companion mountain lion, Morbor (dwarven fighter), Abel (Kettite fighter) and two hired men-at-arms - Bober & Bilsack. This band left their camp in bugbear caverns and made their way to the Shrin...

From the Chronology: 9 Coldeven (March), 590 CY The party returns in force, clearing the orc caverns then attacking the bugbears and the gnolls. The priests of the Shrine of Chaos hire bandits to attack the party with the rest of the gnolls when they leave the bugbear lair, but after another long, bloody fight the party is victorious. The party then cleans out the minotaur's mazes and slays an owlbear. Orc Chieftain & Wives From  Into the Borderlands   (2018), p299 The Narrative: Evryhss (elvish adventurer) & Gozara (barbarbian warrior) returned from spending the night in the Keep with food supplies and news that the party's successes in the caves were not going unnoticed.   With their return the party now numbered fourteen: Corvus (priest of Pholtus), Sheila (paladin of Pholtus),  Zask (mysterious spellcaster), Redd (dwarven paladin), Olga (Dwarven Scout),  Blacktoof (half-orc barbarian), Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobar (noble artificer), Ambigui...

The Minotaur from the Caves of Chaos [ artist Bill Willingham  B2: The Keep on the Borderlands , p20] From the Chronology: 8 Coldeven (March), 590 CY The party camps in the woods not far from the Caves to rest overnight. The orcs turn out to be crafty as well, and launch a morning attack on the party's campsite. Both tribes have allied for the attack, they also brought in the gnolls and hired the minotaur.  The party fights a fierce fight and manages to slay most of their foes.   The Narrative: The players set up camp for the night, hoping to get a good nights rest and recover some spells before another bloody foray into the Caves. Two of the party, Evryhss (elvish adventurer) & Gozara (barbarbian warrior) departed to spend the night in the Keep.  The PCs remaining in the camp were Corvus (priest of Pholtus), Sheila (paladin of Pholtus),  Zask (mysterious spellcaster), Redd (dwarven paladin), Olga (Dwarven Scout),  Blacktoof (half-orc barbarian),...

   From the Chronology: 7 Coldeven (March), 590 CY After another night of rest the party went after the hobgoblins but found them tactically more proficient then the kobolds or goblins had been. They snuck from the caverns to attack the party from both sides. After blood fight to a draw, the party cut a deal with hobgoblins to attack the orcs instead.   The narrative: The party was very confident after slaughtering the goblins. They discovered a secret door at the back of the goblin lair that led to secret complex of rooms that led to secret storerooms and armories of the hobgoblins, but after a few sharp fights with hobgoblin guards they pulled out and went to rest.  The Secret Rooms behind the Goblin's storeroom When they returned the next morning well rested with spells rememorized they debated how to go after the hobgoblins. They had discovered two entries, through the secret door from the goblin storerooms, or to the east down a long corridor and up a couple f...

From the Chronology: 6 Coldeven (March), 590 CY   Another return to the keep after destroying the kobolds, and a good nights rest. The band decided their next target would be the goblins, so the next morning they again assaulted the goblin warren. They emptied it, killing nearly all of the goblins but a few fled to the hobgoblins' caves. Player's maps of the Goblin Lair The narrative: Hobart's Rolling Shields After a good night's rest, the band decided their next target would be the goblins. That morning they left the Keep and slipped silently to the Caves of Chaos, arriving late in the morning, Making good use of Hobar's rolling shields they assaulted the goblin warren, cleaning the guardrooms by the entrance and the ogre's cave out first, then proceeding to the main hall where they found the goblins barricaded in mass. The party burned them out, killing many with fire and magic. They slaughtered the boss, Big Chief Joe and his bodyguard.  A handful of goblins...

  Playing in the Pandemic! With some precautions we returned to playing once a month. This chapter comprised two play sessions, played in June & July 2021. Keoland, Coldeven (March), 590 CY The Next Morning: The goblin caves convinced the band that they needed more power to be successful against the Caves of Chaos. The feline druid Ambiguity disappeared into the mountainous woods on a mysterious errand while the rest of the band chose to hire some mercenaries and attempt to kobold's caverns. The taciturn ranger Gyr left as well, explaining he had to scout elsewhere in the area, but told the band that his hawk might bring them word, or an ally called "Jack-be-Nimble." Corvus (priest of Pholtus),  Zask (mysterious spellcaster) , Blacktoof (half-orc barbarian), and Evryhss (elvish adventurer) took on a new partner, Redd, a dwarven paladin. Then they hired four mercenary men-at-arms - Skargard, Jimbo, Maliin, and Kako.  They journeyed to the kobold caverns, hidden amongst...

DnD in the park! Our game sessions were interrupted by Covid, we tried some online play via Facebook, which got the group through the introduction to each other (see Chapter 1 ) but we were anxious to return to tabletop play, In April 2021 we decided it was safe enough to play at a local park - it turned out to be a very nice experience. This chapter covers our first two table top sessions in April & May. Corvus of Pholtus Keoland, Coldeven (March), 590 CY The Next Morning: A small band began this quest to discover word of the Giants and their allies. The initial band included Corvus, a priest of Pholtus, the mysterious Zask, Blacktoof, a half-orc barbarian, the adventurer Evryhss, and the Rakastan druid Ambiguity. The group was joined as well by a warrior who named himself Gyr, clearly quite experienced in the wildlands.  Leaving early in the morning the band chose to travel through the woods north of the road, looking for signs of the fabled Caves of Chaos. The party spo...