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D&D Dad: Playing Dungeons & Dragons with kids

As I wrote in my intro to this blog, my kids are more or less responsible for my current obsession with Dungeons & Dragons. I blame them for all the money I’ve spent on hardcover campaign books, pencils, and dice!

But seriously, I don’t blame them at all. It’s been a blast showing them how to play the game, and watching them snag a rulebook and study spells or look for special skills for their favorite classes or find some Legendary magical item to add to their Magic Wish List for their curre...

D&D Dad: The Secret of Skyhold Tower (review)

The D&D Dad reviews The Secret of Skyhold Tower!

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The party moves from the “training grounds” of Phandalin and Thundertree and encounter danger head-on in this wild and crazy adventure from the always-reliable M.T. Black! For details, see my spoilerific Adventure Report.

Overview of the Adventure

It’s not every day your group of heroes gets to (try to) stop a tower that falling right out of the sky, from thousands of feet up! Right away, you know you’re in for a heck of a ride, and my player...

D&D Dad: The Secret of Skyhold Tower (our Adventure Report)

Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this report if you haven’t played The Secret of Skyhold Tower!

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The “Phandelvers” (or so I’m calling them!) finally move away from the “Starter Set” neighborhood of Phandalin and Thundertree and end up getting tasked with saving the city of Neverwinter from certain disaster in this DMs Guild one-shot from M.T. Black!

Session 12: The Secret of Skyhold Tower (9/15/18)

In the smoking ruins of Thundertree, the druid Reidoth begs the party to locate the Crystal Ball of Fa...

D&D Dad: Resources for learning D&D fast!

Thanks to the Internet, you have access to over four decades of information related to Dungeons & Dragons. There’s a lot of stuff out there, and it’s hard to know just where to start your research. That’s where I, the D&D Dad, can help. I’ve been there myself, cluelessly clicking through site after site, trying to find the quality content that didn’t make my head want to explode.

In this week’s blog entry, I’m going to narrow things down for you by sharing the online resources that helped me...

D&D Dad: The Lost Mine of Phandelver (our Adventure Report)

Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this report if you haven’t played The Lost Mine of Phandelver!

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Session 1: The Driftwood Tavern, Neverwinter and the Cragmaw Hideout (9/23/17)

Gundren Rockseeker, a dwarven miner, meets with his old friend Zaxbinaxby the Silverthorn (a dragonborn wizard, aka Dad) and new acquaintances Emally (a human bard, aka Mitch) and Darius Falone (a half-elf paladin, aka Drew) to get them to bring a wagonload of supplies to Barthen’s Provisions in Phandalin. Payment is 10 GP eac...

D&D Dad: Tower of the Mad Mage (our Adventure Report)

Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this report if you haven’t played Tower of the Mad Mage!

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Session: Tower of the Mad Mage (1/14/18)

Neptune Stormbringer (firbolg/genasi druid, aka Drew), Revali (aaracokra ranger, aka Mitch), Rurik (hill dwarf bard, aka Robinson), and Kirby (high elf cleric, aka Caleb) – occasionally assisted by Cloud Serpent and Sir Puggle III – are old friends, chatting with Brottor the bartender in the Gambling Golem tavern in the village of Longsaddle.

Kirby talks about his time...

D&D Dad: Temple of the Nightbringers (our Adventure Report)

Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this report if you haven’t played Temple of the Nightbringers!

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Session 1: Bugbears and Sleeping Goblins (7/26/18)

The party — Caelynn Amastacia the Elven Sorcerer, Ermenir Kahilda the Elven Wizard, H.H. Horns the Minotaur Barbarian, Mavthos the Tiefling Warlock, and Torner Fireforge the Dwarf Fighter — meet on the road from Triboar on their way to the tiny village of Melton. They’ve heard rumors of many goblin attacks in the past few months, all of them near Melton,...

D&D Dad: Troll Trouble (our Adventure Report)

Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this report if you haven’t played Troll Trouble!

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Session 1, 7/12/18: Ravendale and Burt the “Troll”

Lifelong friends and first-time adventurers Kendal the Elven Cleric (Mitch), Mavthos the Tiefling Warlock (Drew), and Zaldo Wiggletoe the Stout Halfling Monk (Dad) meet up at the Broken Plow in Ravendale for their first quest.

They find the town (about 80 miles west of Amphail) and its surrounding lands suffering from what appears to be a long drought. They meet Roann...

D&D Dad: Temple of the Nightbringers (review)

The D&D Dad blog reviews Temple of the Nightbringers!

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In this adventure for Level 1 players, we had two completely new players to show the ropes, along with one player who’d played just a few times, and my now-seasoned players Drew and Mitch. For details, see my spoilerific Adventure Report.

Once again, we had a great time. I’m noticing a trend with these M.T. Black adventures.

Overview of the Adventure

Once more, the story starts in a tavern in a small town in the Forgotten Realms (I do en...

D&D Dad: Wizard in a Bottle (review)

The D&D Dad blog reviews by Wizard in a Bottle by M.T. Black.

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This was our second M.T. Black adventure in a row, and it did not disappoint! We followed up Tower of the Mad Mage with this coastal adventure for level 2 players, and the story has a fascinating sense of history to it (see my spoilerific Adventure Report for details). This one took us about four and a half hours to complete.

Overview of the Adventure

The party must travel to the tower of Nightheart, where a sorcerer who dabbled...