Session 22: Ash, Echoes, and Emeralds
Fire gives way to stories, bureaucracy, and quiet magic as Trollskull Manor answers the party’s care in unsettling ways. A haunting Dragon Heist session of ash, echoes, and unanswered questions.
Tales and Tankards
Gather. Laugh. Roll
Tales and Tankards
Gather. Laugh. Roll
Tag Urban Fantasy D&D
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Session 16: Keep the Blood Off the Streets
After the fight ends, the City Watch arrives. A tense interrogation, a near arrest, and a warning that draws a hard line between the streets above and the shadows below.
Session 15: Candle Lane-The City Does Not Wait
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 14: A Friend in Need-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.
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.
Session 11: The City Knows Your Face
The road ends at Waterdeep’s gates—but the city remembers faces. Loss, bureaucracy, quiet magic, and a dagger drawn in the Yawning Portal mark the party’s uneasy arrival.
Remixing Dragon Heist
Dragon Heist isn’t really a heist—until you make the city move. This DM-facing deep dive explores how I remixed Waterdeep: Dragon Heist into a living campaign shaped by player agency, episodic prep, and emotional investment.
