The Skull & the Eye Sessions 8, 9, & 10 Reflection

The campaign is coming to its first major villain: Angrboda, the rogue Frost Giantess. But just finding her is a good portion of the adventure. Being of the Hrímþurs, she had the distinct advantage of traveling straight across the Frozen Crown Mountains to the sites around Frost Doom Peak. Crossing the Kingdom of Oesel, taking a …

The Skull & the Eye Session 6 & 7 Reflection

Skipped a few reflections, but definitely wanted to weigh in on this session. If you have not or do not have the time to read the recaps, here is what is going on: the party has been asked by the Frost Giant Shaper, their holy person, to kill a rival to the Jarl that has …

The House Rules: List of the Skull & the Eye House Rules

Few weeks ago I posted my house rules for concentration and before that my own adaptation of inspiration. These are but some of the house rules my group plays with. Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition is surprisingly easy to modify. While I understand many of the rules in the core books are there for balance, my …

The Skull & the Eye Sessions 4, 4.5, & 5 Journals

Thane Baern Thunderknuckle has need of the adventurers for his meeting with the Hrímþurs, the tribe of Frost Giants to the north of the dwarven capital Horkenmanner. There he will check on the status of the peace brokered with their Yngvild, the Frost Giant Shaper, a holy person. Relaying needs of each others people, they …

The Skull & the Eye Character Profile: Olya Tchotchke

By Rebekah Olya is the fifth child of Ludmilla Tchotchke, an orc junk peddler, and her second surviving child. Six years younger than her brother, Jurek, she spent of her childhood in the city of Krolevi on the Komes Isles. On her first birthday, she was named Olya, blessed by the spirits. For eight years …