Session 24: The Battle for Cragmaw Castle

Cragmaw Castle awakens against Voxels & Valor in a brutal battle of ambushes, battlefield control, and survival as Venom hunts through the ruined fortress halls.
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Campaign Recap

Cragmaw Castle awakens against Voxels & Valor in a brutal battle of ambushes, battlefield control, and survival as Venom hunts through the ruined fortress halls.

The party returns from Snobeedle Orchard carrying uneasy answers about the scarecrow mystery, only to find Trollskull Manor under inspection by one of Waterdeep’s most dramatic guild representatives. Between haunted windows, drunken tavern antics, and preparations for a midnight stakeout, Session 28 becomes a quieter but deeply memorable chapter in the growing Dark Harvest arc.

After surviving Venomfang in Thundertree, Voxels & Valor chooses a wiser path and turns their attention toward Cragmaw Castle. What begins as a stealth mission quickly erupts into fire and chaos when the party breaches the goblin fortress, and one wizard decides subtlety is overrated.

After surviving Venomfang once, Voxels & Valor makes a dangerous mistake: disturbing a dragon’s hoard. What follows is a brutal reminder that dragons remember everything, and mercy is rarely offered twice.

Confidence can carry a party far, until the monsters start fighting like they want to live. When Voxels & Valor climbs the Old Tower in Thundertree to confront Venomfang, the dragon delivers a brutal reminder that predators choose when and how they fight.

Thanksgiving weekend finds Voxels & Valor reunited, but incomplete. As Venomfang waits in his tower, the party chooses patience over glory, clearing Thundertree’s blights and discovering that presence at the table matters as much as power on the page.

Thundertree reveals Venomfang’s presence for the first time as Voxels & Valor clash with the Cult of the Dragon and fracture over philosophy before a looming near-TPK.

A riddle hidden in Lif’s ledger leads the party deeper into Trollskull Manor’s secrets while new allies in the Emerald Enclave promise work beyond Waterdeep’s walls. When a pigeon messenger arrives with troubling news from a nearby farm, the next chapter of the adventure begins.

Zend receives a hero’s welcome in Phandalin while a fierce new warrior joins Voxels & Valor. But warmth fades quickly on the road to Thundertree, where rot waits beneath the roots.