D8 Night

Wellby, Maryna, and Thüt try to navigate the Death Labyrinth they wandered into last episode. The labyrinth, of course, has other plans.

It’s a plan that’s never failed before. Let’s see how it works out for Wellby, Maryna, and Thüt this time though.

If I could read your mind, Maryna
What a tale your thoughts could touch
Just like a sad old story
‘Bout losing something that meant so much
In a manor dark or a hidden room
With a dagger in its heart
But you know the ghost is you
And you will never be set free
As long as you’re that ghost, we can't see

If I could read your mind, Thüt
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like an eldritch story
The kind that Lovecraft told so well
When you reach the part where the tentacles are
The hero won’t be me
Because heroes often fail
And we won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take

I never thought you could act this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
Yelling at old men at the docks
But the crew is gone and we just can’t get it back

If you could read my mind, Thüt
What a tale my thoughts could preach
Just like an old time story
'Bout a phantom walking on the beach
In an ocean dark or the waters deep
With chains upon my feet
Our stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just trying to understand
Why everybody dies

I never thought things would be this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where I went wrong
But she is gone
And I just can't get her back

If it hadn’t been for the Kraken-Eye Joe
They’d have gone back and then they’d know
Where they had come from and where they should go
But where will they wash up, Kraken-Eye Joe?

In this episode ten-TACTULAR spectacular, the crew of the trashfire may be outmatched as they face an incredible threat summoned from the ocean depths.

Thüt returns and joins Wellby and Maryna in a grisly discovery and a high stakes nautical chase.

Maryna and Wellby find something worse than the desert— what they were looking for.

When the Trashfire makes anchor in Torbarhon, Maryna, Wellby, and a few crew members take the opportunity to get off their sea legs for a bit. However, mysterious disappearances in the little fishing town prompt the party to begin a dangerous trek. 

Aboard the Trashfire, Thüt finds himself in the midst of one big sleep, but he’s not the only new crew member facing nightmares.

Thüt, Maryna, Wellby, and Talia confront Malach’s kidnappers in a knockdown, drag-out fight aboard the Redemption. 

Thüt, Maryna, Wellby, and Talia make their way aboard The Redemption and learn that the mission is a little more personal for one of the group members than the others first realized.

Thüt, Maryna, and Wellby set off on their way to the pirate city of Drohst in order to rescue Duke Graycastle’s young boy from the clutches of Orc raiders operating under the banner of Akagi the Destroyer.

In this episode, newly introduced Thüt (played by new guest player Josh Gilliland) joins Wellby and Maryna in the mines beneath Iknir. 

When the trio is introduced to Jurgen Graycastle, the Duke makes them an offer they can’t refuse.

In a prequel that takes place 15 years before the main campaign, 3 unlikely adventurers begin their own story in the 10,000 Cities.

In this episode, we meet Marina Zamfirescu and Wellby Goodfortune as they fall afoul of the law in the city of Iknir.

In the month following the assault on Raventree, the village and those around it deal with the aftermath of their near destruction. Yet, while it heals its wounds, it never fails to remember its heroes — even as they choose where their journeys will take them next.

 

Thanks for listening to D8 Night Season 2! 

Various characters from our campaign will return in future seasons soon beside all-new PCs!

Two seasons of searching finally comes to fruition, as our exhausted party and the Mistress square off in a climactic battle.

As the sea of trees and blighted beasts engulfs Raventree to the north, our heroes finally come face to face with the Mistress.

South of Raventree, the Mistress’ grove dominates the horizon, an endless sea of shambling trees that move rhythmically like a single beating heart.

With the villagers’ defenses exhausted, our heroes have only bad options left to choose from. Lucky for them, bad decisions are sort of their specialty. 

As the attacks on Raventree grow more calculated and intense, our heroes try to shore up their defenses and hold the line.

 

As a new day dawns in Raventree, the party and the squad of Drow assassins continue their deadly dance in the tunnels below the village.

The party ventures into the dark tunnels beneath Raventree to try and foil the Drow's plans to undermine the village.

Our party's split defense of Raventree continues through the long night, but an update from Henna warns that the darkness won't end with the dawn. 

As Ahrin reconciles differences in two remembered pasts, a new hero awakens to defend Raventree. 

With the pull of the prayers of her people threatening to rip her apart, Ahrin is forced to come to terms with what it means to be a god.

The mistress’ vanguard crashes past the palisade walls and deep into Raventree, resulting in a desperate, deadly stand.

In the last moments before the Mistress’s assault, Keira reconnects with what little of her family has made it to Raventree. Meanwhile, Ahrin faces the pull of a desperate call when the difficult choice she was warned about finally presents itself.

When Ahrin, Keira, Zev, Henna, and GW return to Raventree after their prolonged adventure in the Underdark and the rearguard of the Mistress, they have a lot of catching up to do.

 

This episode features not only the Underdark-5, but also Durn, Trixie, Spree, and a host of returning NPC favorites in this chaotic homecoming before the storm.

Called by Bahamut, a Dragonborn Paladin who arrives to protect the Temple of the First Land meets some characters from earlier in our other heroes’ adventures.

 

This episode features a very special guest player!

During a number of reunions, the party learns the effect their smash and grab has had on the Mistress’ plans and what it might mean for the defense of Raventree.

Join the Mayer family in this family-friendly holiday special! 

Will DMs a snow-covered adventure in the hills around Cliffshire on Crustmus morning as a family of Halflings and their adopted Owling daughter try and save Crustmus Day from the clutches of the local Muppet-like hermit known as the Grunch! But obstacles such as sabretooth housecats, history lessons, and lumpy snow creatures all threaten to block their path! Can the Goodfeather family overcome these obstacles or will the Halflings of Cliffshire go hungry this Crustmus?

Starring:
Aimee as the Halfling mommy-cleric, Marigold Goodfeather
10-year-old Isaiah as the Halfling frenzy barbarian big brother, Merjon Gunderson-Goodfeather
8-year-old Aliyah as the adopted Owling hoarder-thief sister Owliyah Goodfeather
6-year-old Ember as the shape-shifting Halfling druid little sister, Leah Goodfeather

With their backs against the impenetrable hidden Grove, Ahrin and Zev make a stand against the oncoming dregs of the Mistress’s rearguard while the Grease Wizard attempts to complete the ritual to bring Clippy to adolescence and Keira treats with Kipling to provide refuge for her friends.

Elsewhere, in Raventree, Durn issues a desperate prayer to Atalanta as the Mistress, now devoid of the life giving stone, advances her forces with great haste.

Durn, Trixie, and the Giff crew face the Owling Parliament in an attempt to prove their innocence and rally support for the final defense of Raventree against the Grove of the Twisted Limb's impending onslaught.

Durn and Trixie approach their destination but are forced to take an unexpected detour.

The story returns to Durn and Trixie as the Thundercloud comes under heavy assault on its return trip to Lumosh.

In this finale of the Helix arc, Tommy, Jessica, and Lexy go back on the run as they hope to secure some help from a 90s conspiracy theory icon.

In a desperate move to unravel the blighted mass that slithers across Lumosh, the party attempts a smash and grab against overwhelming odds.

The party moves across the desolate wastes left in the wake of the Mistress of the Grove of the Twisted Limb, dig whole holes, go whole hag, and, finally, discover something wholly unexpected.

Tommy, Jessica, and Lexy find themselves in Buffalo at the mysterious Simultrek warehouse where they may learn more about the mystery that prompted the mysterious visits in Willowbrook. All of which may prove useful if they ever get back out.

Our heroes continue their battle against the Efreet in order to clear the way for the Azers and Dwarves to exit Red Rock. Whether they face the flame or find the light, one way or another, they are determined to leave the Underdark behind them.

Our players face a hodgepodge of Nintendo figures scattered around Thomas the Tank Engine themed scenery in Red Rock Revolution Part 1: a battle-map-centric-episode where Will’s DM battle prep secrets aren’t the only things out of the bag.

The party attempts to settle a dispute between 2 desperate parties in order to garner some help in the last leg of their journey. Meanwhile, in the heat of the moment, the Grease Wizard makes an on-brand decision that affects at least one leg of his own.

When Tommy, Jessica, and Lexy go on the run, things go sideways in Willowbrook.

The party makes its way across the Nightmarch in hopes of finally reaching Redrock, though doing so may well exchange one set of dangers for another.

Your sweaty heart
Will make you weep
You'll cry and cry
And try to sleep
But sleep won't come
The whole night through
Your sweaty heart is greasy too

When the party tries to overnight in the thick of the haunted city of Zidraz, the foreshadowing warning of the water striders is fulfilled.

Tommy, Jessica, and Lexy return home from camp to find that people are looking for them.

We settle an uncomfortable situation that arose from the bathroom at the end of the last episode, and Ahrin has a confrontation with the source of her unease in the Underdark

The party heads to Lightwater to refresh their water supply and receive a respite from the darkness.

As the party spends an evening stranded on an outcropping of land in the center of the Dark River, the quiet of the alien landscape affects them in drastically different ways.

When we last left our heroes, they were engaged in a wild encounter with the Spider Queen in the Dark River when Black Merrin arrived ominously on his riverboat. This episode concludes this dangerous scene and dredges up an old memory for Keira as she battles to survive.