DM Diary: How I Lost a Dragon to an Owl
A candid DM Diary from Voxels & Valor exploring how encounter math, player preparation, and a perfectly timed owl familiar roll turned a young white dragon fight into a three-round lesson behind the screen.
Tales and Tankards
Gather. Laugh. Roll
Tales and Tankards
Gather. Laugh. Roll
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Session 11: Outsmarted Again!
A young white dragon falls not to desperation, but to planning. In Session 11 of Voxels & Valor, an owl, a rope, and one bad save turn a dragon fight into a lesson in certainty.
Session 15: Candle Lane
The search for Floon draws the party into Candle Lane, a forgotten street where surveillance collapses into violence and Waterdeep reminds them that it does not wait.
Session 10: The Vets Have Other Plans
A confident march up the mountain ends in a closed door, a failed negotiation, and a fight with no retreat. Voxels & Valor learns what certainty costs.
Session 14: Where the Trail Turned Dark
The search for Floon Blagmaar leads through Dock Ward taverns and into darker waters, where rumors harden into truths and Waterdeep makes it clear it won’t help.
Session 9: The Mountain Tried to Warn Us
A travel session where the world does everything it can to warn Voxels & Valor away—and they confidently ignore every sign. Ice, omens, and unchecked certainty on a frozen road.
Session 13: Debts, Doors and a Missing Friend
The fight ends, the City Watch arrives, and Waterdeep starts paying attention. Volo’s missing friend draws the party into the Dock Ward, where debts follow reputation—and every door opens to more questions.
Session 8: I Had Notes for This Session. Once.
A tense, funny, and slightly unhinged session recap as Voxels & Valor navigates Gnomengard, survives mistranslation and magic mishaps, and confidently decides they’re ready to fight a dragon.
Behind the Screen: Designing the Road to Waterdeep
A long-form DM Diary examining the design and adaptation of the Road to Waterdeep arc—how authority, pacing, horror, and emotional pivots prepared the table for Waterdeep.
