They also managed to push one of the drow over the edge, killing him. I used the Rope Trick, which allowed them to gain some extra equipment on the side of the cliff. Once they bonded with some of the NPCs, they had their first slave task. I loved it, because they became much more engaged in the game.

It gives them bonus abilities and an opportunity to roleplay with the NPCs. Too easy for them to escape.įor this game, I decided to use the NPC Cards.

This explains why the Drow chose this location as their outpost - because it's otherwise a pretty crappy location to hold slaves. I had the slave pit be infused with Faerzrass with anti-magic properties. Upon arrival to Velkynvelve, they had to give up all of their equipment - one by one - before being thrown into the slave pits.

The rod connected each prisoner to each other in a line. The game started with each of them chained to a long metal rod. I had each player explain to me how they were captured by the Drow. We have one more player, but he's been too sick to join us for the first two sessions. This made for some fun roleplaying during our opening session and lead to Eldeth not being immediately friendly with the PCs when the game started. Eldeth happens to be from the same tribe. Cicero knows much about the cultures, cities, fauna, flora, etc - but does not know how to get from one city to another. However, instead of having vast experience exploring it, he chose to have read about it in a library. He chose to have knowledge of the Underdark. This player also chose one of the alternate Underdark Features. He also was the sole (and last) defender of an ancient temple (which will later become the Temple of Ooze).Ĭicero, Half-elf Bard. He chose to be able to forage and backtrack, and his Bond is a connection to the deep gnome alchemist Kazook Pickshine. This player chose one of the alternative Underdark Features and Bond.

Out of the abyss no survival