DM Log Entries

Griff, Alvred, Mormesk, Suffering, Veby, Usain, Franke, Vlad

Kor, Oogway, Keera, Gerig. Arrive at Elturel, meet Leosin and Onthar Frume. Learn more about factions. Earned 150gp for information recovered from the Hatchery. Arrive at Baldur’s Gate. Hired on to caravan north to Waterdeep, sergeants at 8gp/day, guards at 5gp/day. 45 days on the road so far. Peyton potshots. Golden Stag grants Kor a +1 longbow.

DMReward Level UP! 200xp + 5 renown (can be split across characters)

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Benco (Mitch), Ojnab (Ian)
||Cleared Cragmaw Castle, recovered Gundren alive. Recovered the map||
Rewards:
|| 80 gold
4x potion of healing (Benco, Tythus, Marius, Zearatoel)
Scroll of Silence (Ojnab)
Scroll of Revivify (Breena)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

(Dan, Bruce, DavidW, Gabby) Finished Episode 3 - defeated Roper, 4x3 kobolds. destroyed three dragon eggs. Returned to Greenest, returned jewelry, snd exchanged precious stones for potions of healing (3 each)

Recruited Derry and co-DM'd
Zealot of Oghma: 7,500xp + 2,500xp
Missions 2 and 3
add: Derry has now DM'd 8 hours: add 5,000xp

Ken, Usain Kobolt, Veby, Vladimyr Gladstone, Franke Alamo, Jit, Meran

Session 4 - Enter Cragmaw Castle
Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Luna (Matt W)
||Defeated Hobgoblins in Hideout, rescue Droop, and found location of CragMaw Castle. Frontal assault on the castle||
Rewards:
||80 gold
Scroll: Charm Person (Matt W)
Scroll: Fireball (Pablo)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

DaveW, Wes, Dan, Bruce
Re-enter hatchery. Defeat 2 Dragonclaws, 3 guards, 9 cultists, 2 berserkers, Cynwrath (Areas 1,2,13,12,11,9)
Find Map and Note

Session 3 - Redbrand Hideout lower level
Breena (Tia), Ojnab (Ian). Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Zoia (Paul), Marius (Pablo)
||Captured Glassstaff and returned to find the Hobgoblins who might know the way to Cragmaw Castle where Gundalen is being held||
Rewards:
||40 gold
2 potions of healing (???)(???)
Spell Roll: Augury (???)
Staff of Defense
Talon: +1 Longsword
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest

Staff of Defense
Staff, rare (requires attunement)
This slender, hollow staff is made of glass yet is as strong as oak. It weighs 3 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells.
While holding the staff, you have a +1 bonus to your Armor Class.
The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class’s spell list: mage armor (1 charge) or shield (2 charges). No components are required.
The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges each day at dawn. If you expend the staff’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff shatters and is destroyed.

Talon, +1 Longsword
Weapon (longsword), uncommon
in a silver-chased scabbard. The sword is inscribed with the name “Talon,” and its hilt is worked in the shape of a bird of prey with outspread wings. It once belonged to a great knight named Aldith Tresendar, known as the Black Hawk. Sir Aldith died fighting off the orcs that attacked through the hidden caverns below his manor. Talon was lost here until the nothic found it.||

Recruited Ash
Zealot of Oghma: 7500 + 2500 + 5000 (8 hour mark)

Dan, DaveW, Bruce - revisit raiders camp. pose as hunters with a dear and (briefly) enter hatchery. discover trap in fungus room

Breena (Tia), Ojnab (Ian). Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Zoia (Paul), Marius (Pablo)

Arrived in Phandalin, Entered Redbrands, Freed the prisoners

Eryn (Brittany), Fogel (Tyrone), Galligan (Patrick), Norn (Pablo), Rhapsody (Astrid), Thiya (Ali)

Character Death: Gallagan died and was raised by Jenny Greenteeth

Spent: (Spellcasting service) -50gp per player for Jenny Greenteeth to raise Galligan. Also three “puppy” hairs.

Rewards:
||80 gold (up to a cap of 80 per level)

Eyes of Charming

Story Awards:
||The Demiplane of Dread.

Dark Gift (Gallagan) #8 The character’s mouth is magically sewn shut, preventing any form of speech – which also makes it impossible to cast spells with verbal components. As a bonus action the character can use a dagger or similar weapon to rip the seams open, becoming therefore able to speak for a full round before the mouth is magically shut again. Doing so causes the character to suffer 3 (1d6) points of damage. ||

Raise Dead options for Barovia
Season 9.1:
- Give up a magic Item (+ Dark Gift?)
Season 4:
- Pay Jenny 1,250gp + 50 DT Days
- Pay Jenny 250gp + 150 DT Days + Dark Gift
- Pay Jenny 250gp + a special favour + Dark Gift

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Bryn (Ray), Morotah (Jason), Ojnab (Ian), Thrawn (Rick)
Rewards (Tier 2):
Optional Level-up if you have the hours
240 gold (up to a maximum of 240 for the level)
||Spell scroll of Antilife Shell (who got this?)
Potion of fire giant strength
Potion of Superior Healing X 2 (who got these?)

Magic Item: Opal of the Ild Rune https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/opal-of-the-ild-rune

Story Award: Dreamwalker. Kryshilir has taught you to look beyond the veil of the world and navigate your dreams. By spending 25 downtime days, you travel to the Seven Stones and meditate under Kryshilir’s whispered guidance. Upon completing this downtime activity, you gain the Dreamwalker story award (below)
Dreamwalker. Your meditations have granted you the gift of foresight. Upon receiving this story award, roll a d20 and record the number rolled. Once, you can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with the number you rolled. You must choose to do so before the roll. Once you have used this story award in this fashion, remove it. This story award may be earned again as often as you like, but you must complete the Dreamwalker downtime activity (above) each time and may not do so again until you no longer possess this story award||

|| Kora, Maximus, Ilanis, Slarty, Kristine.
|| Bounty (Maximus) Add: 500xp
|| Kora: Bracers of Archery

Eryn (Brittany), Rhapsody (Astrid), Galligan (Patrick), Norn (Pablo), Fogel (Tyrone), Alexander (Grant)
Rewards: **
200 gold (up to a cap of 240 per level)
||
**Bracers of Defense
Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you gain a +2 bonus to AC if you are wearing no armor and using no shield.
These leather bracers are stitched with a symbol of an open hand, bloodlessly pierced through the palm with a heart shaped hole. The bracers fill the wearer with the belief that that is love eternal, regardless of creed, nationality, or vital signs.

(Norn) spell Books:
Witch's Spellbook
This spellbook is covered in red leather and decorated with an impression of a wolf's and a raven's head. It contains the spells: alter self, invisibility, ray of sickness, sleep, Tasha's hideous laughter.

Esmae's Spellbook
This spellbook is covered in black velvet over metal plates. The writing inside appears to be in blood. It contains the spells: blight, charm person, cloudkill, counterspell, crown of madness, disintegrate, dispel magic, Evard’s black tentacles, finger of death, fireball, hypnotic pattern, lightning bolt, magic missile, misty step, polymorph, shield, witch bolt

Story Awards

The Demiplane of Dread. You have traversed the mists and now find yourself in the Demiplane of Dread and, until this story award is removed, you are unable to leave. So long as you are trapped, you cannot participate in any adventure or event that takes place outside of Barovia. Tread carefully during your time here, the Dark Powers are watching.

Escape from the Demiplane of Dread. You are free of the Demiplane of Dread and may remove the The Demiplane of Dread story award. If you later return to Barovia, you regain the story award again and must find a new way out.
If you have the Touched by the Mists story award, you fall into a magical coma upon returning and lose 10 downtime days for each dark gift you possess. You must pay life style for each of these days once you awake to eat, repair gear, etc., from while you were out. Upon waking (if you ever do...), you lose the Touched by the Mists story award.

The True Meaning of Love. You have defeated Esmae Amarantha and once again caged the Evening Glory. You are true warrior of fate and love and are marked as such. You gain advantage on Charisma checks made with followers of the goddess Sûne. You may cross this favor out to succeed on a saving throw against a charm effect that you have failed.
||

Griff, Alvred, Mormesk, Suffering, Veby, Usain, Franke, Vlad

Kor, Oogway, Keera, Gerig. Arrive at Elturel, meet Leosin and Onthar Frume. Learn more about factions. Earned 150gp for information recovered from the Hatchery. Arrive at Baldur’s Gate. Hired on to caravan north to Waterdeep, sergeants at 8gp/day, guards at 5gp/day. 45 days on the road so far. Peyton potshots. Golden Stag grants Kor a +1 longbow.

DMReward Level UP! 200xp + 5 renown (can be split across characters)

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Benco (Mitch), Ojnab (Ian)
||Cleared Cragmaw Castle, recovered Gundren alive. Recovered the map||
Rewards:
|| 80 gold
4x potion of healing (Benco, Tythus, Marius, Zearatoel)
Scroll of Silence (Ojnab)
Scroll of Revivify (Breena)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

(Dan, Bruce, DavidW, Gabby) Finished Episode 3 - defeated Roper, 4x3 kobolds. destroyed three dragon eggs. Returned to Greenest, returned jewelry, snd exchanged precious stones for potions of healing (3 each)

Recruited Derry and co-DM'd
Zealot of Oghma: 7,500xp + 2,500xp
Missions 2 and 3
add: Derry has now DM'd 8 hours: add 5,000xp

Ken, Usain Kobolt, Veby, Vladimyr Gladstone, Franke Alamo, Jit, Meran

Session 4 - Enter Cragmaw Castle
Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Marius (Pablo), Luna (Matt W)
||Defeated Hobgoblins in Hideout, rescue Droop, and found location of CragMaw Castle. Frontal assault on the castle||
Rewards:
||80 gold
Scroll: Charm Person (Matt W)
Scroll: Fireball (Pablo)
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest||

DaveW, Wes, Dan, Bruce
Re-enter hatchery. Defeat 2 Dragonclaws, 3 guards, 9 cultists, 2 berserkers, Cynwrath (Areas 1,2,13,12,11,9)
Find Map and Note

Session 3 - Redbrand Hideout lower level
Breena (Tia), Ojnab (Ian). Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Zoia (Paul), Marius (Pablo)
||Captured Glassstaff and returned to find the Hobgoblins who might know the way to Cragmaw Castle where Gundalen is being held||
Rewards:
||40 gold
2 potions of healing (???)(???)
Spell Roll: Augury (???)
Staff of Defense
Talon: +1 Longsword
(Optional) Level-up and 10 DT days after a long rest

Staff of Defense
Staff, rare (requires attunement)
This slender, hollow staff is made of glass yet is as strong as oak. It weighs 3 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells.
While holding the staff, you have a +1 bonus to your Armor Class.
The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class’s spell list: mage armor (1 charge) or shield (2 charges). No components are required.
The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges each day at dawn. If you expend the staff’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff shatters and is destroyed.

Talon, +1 Longsword
Weapon (longsword), uncommon
in a silver-chased scabbard. The sword is inscribed with the name “Talon,” and its hilt is worked in the shape of a bird of prey with outspread wings. It once belonged to a great knight named Aldith Tresendar, known as the Black Hawk. Sir Aldith died fighting off the orcs that attacked through the hidden caverns below his manor. Talon was lost here until the nothic found it.||

Recruited Ash
Zealot of Oghma: 7500 + 2500 + 5000 (8 hour mark)

Dan, DaveW, Bruce - revisit raiders camp. pose as hunters with a dear and (briefly) enter hatchery. discover trap in fungus room

Breena (Tia), Ojnab (Ian). Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Zoia (Paul), Marius (Pablo)

Arrived in Phandalin, Entered Redbrands, Freed the prisoners

Eryn (Brittany), Fogel (Tyrone), Galligan (Patrick), Norn (Pablo), Rhapsody (Astrid), Thiya (Ali)

Character Death: Gallagan died and was raised by Jenny Greenteeth

Spent: (Spellcasting service) -50gp per player for Jenny Greenteeth to raise Galligan. Also three “puppy” hairs.

Rewards:
||80 gold (up to a cap of 80 per level)

Eyes of Charming

Story Awards:
||The Demiplane of Dread.

Dark Gift (Gallagan) #8 The character’s mouth is magically sewn shut, preventing any form of speech – which also makes it impossible to cast spells with verbal components. As a bonus action the character can use a dagger or similar weapon to rip the seams open, becoming therefore able to speak for a full round before the mouth is magically shut again. Doing so causes the character to suffer 3 (1d6) points of damage. ||

Raise Dead options for Barovia
Season 9.1:
- Give up a magic Item (+ Dark Gift?)
Season 4:
- Pay Jenny 1,250gp + 50 DT Days
- Pay Jenny 250gp + 150 DT Days + Dark Gift
- Pay Jenny 250gp + a special favour + Dark Gift

Breena (Tia), Tythus (Mark), Zearatoel (Terran), Bryn (Ray), Morotah (Jason), Ojnab (Ian), Thrawn (Rick)
Rewards (Tier 2):
Optional Level-up if you have the hours
240 gold (up to a maximum of 240 for the level)
||Spell scroll of Antilife Shell (who got this?)
Potion of fire giant strength
Potion of Superior Healing X 2 (who got these?)

Magic Item: Opal of the Ild Rune https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/opal-of-the-ild-rune

Story Award: Dreamwalker. Kryshilir has taught you to look beyond the veil of the world and navigate your dreams. By spending 25 downtime days, you travel to the Seven Stones and meditate under Kryshilir’s whispered guidance. Upon completing this downtime activity, you gain the Dreamwalker story award (below)
Dreamwalker. Your meditations have granted you the gift of foresight. Upon receiving this story award, roll a d20 and record the number rolled. Once, you can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with the number you rolled. You must choose to do so before the roll. Once you have used this story award in this fashion, remove it. This story award may be earned again as often as you like, but you must complete the Dreamwalker downtime activity (above) each time and may not do so again until you no longer possess this story award||

|| Kora, Maximus, Ilanis, Slarty, Kristine.
|| Bounty (Maximus) Add: 500xp
|| Kora: Bracers of Archery

Eryn (Brittany), Rhapsody (Astrid), Galligan (Patrick), Norn (Pablo), Fogel (Tyrone), Alexander (Grant)
Rewards: **
200 gold (up to a cap of 240 per level)
||
**Bracers of Defense
Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you gain a +2 bonus to AC if you are wearing no armor and using no shield.
These leather bracers are stitched with a symbol of an open hand, bloodlessly pierced through the palm with a heart shaped hole. The bracers fill the wearer with the belief that that is love eternal, regardless of creed, nationality, or vital signs.

(Norn) spell Books:
Witch's Spellbook
This spellbook is covered in red leather and decorated with an impression of a wolf's and a raven's head. It contains the spells: alter self, invisibility, ray of sickness, sleep, Tasha's hideous laughter.

Esmae's Spellbook
This spellbook is covered in black velvet over metal plates. The writing inside appears to be in blood. It contains the spells: blight, charm person, cloudkill, counterspell, crown of madness, disintegrate, dispel magic, Evard’s black tentacles, finger of death, fireball, hypnotic pattern, lightning bolt, magic missile, misty step, polymorph, shield, witch bolt

Story Awards

The Demiplane of Dread. You have traversed the mists and now find yourself in the Demiplane of Dread and, until this story award is removed, you are unable to leave. So long as you are trapped, you cannot participate in any adventure or event that takes place outside of Barovia. Tread carefully during your time here, the Dark Powers are watching.

Escape from the Demiplane of Dread. You are free of the Demiplane of Dread and may remove the The Demiplane of Dread story award. If you later return to Barovia, you regain the story award again and must find a new way out.
If you have the Touched by the Mists story award, you fall into a magical coma upon returning and lose 10 downtime days for each dark gift you possess. You must pay life style for each of these days once you awake to eat, repair gear, etc., from while you were out. Upon waking (if you ever do...), you lose the Touched by the Mists story award.

The True Meaning of Love. You have defeated Esmae Amarantha and once again caged the Evening Glory. You are true warrior of fate and love and are marked as such. You gain advantage on Charisma checks made with followers of the goddess Sûne. You may cross this favor out to succeed on a saving throw against a charm effect that you have failed.
||