Eville-sentials: Session 1

Game Date: 7/5/2025

Location: Home Game
Campaign: Eville-sentials, Session 1

System: D&D 5e
DM: Matt

Bartholomew (Peter) - Half-Elf Wizard

Keg (Whitney) - Half-Orc Barbarian

Lilly (Leah) - Dragonborn Paladin

Lucy (Genna) - Halfling Rogue

The Session: So, I started a new campaign with some new friends today. I don't have a lot of free time lately to ready a campaign, so I'm running them through the Essentials kit, which I've already run two other parties through. It's an easy-to-run campaign that doesn't require a whole lot of prep time.

 

We spent a good portion of the session building characters, so we only had time for one of the jobs: The Dwarven Excavation Quest. Their mission was to warn a couple of Dwarven prospectors about a White Dragon, but once they arrived, the Dwarves asked them to kill an Ochre Jelly.

 

The first attack roll of the campaign was a crit. They fought two Ochre Jellies in the temple's main hall. Bart and Lilly got knocked out, but Keg and Lucy finished off the Jellies. Then the Dwarven prospectors returned with a couple of healing potions for the downed adventurers.

 

The Dwarves thanked them and rewarded them with a pair of Sending Stones. The party found a secret door and went to explore it. Down another hallway, Lucy opened a door and found herself face-to-face with a Stirge. Once it was dealt with, the party found three red gems (worth 15 gp each) under some old stone beds.

 

The party took a long rest. During the night, they overheard the Dwarves discover something, which turned out to be seven more gems. The Dwarves split their find, and everyone ended up with a gem. With no other passages to explore, the party headed back to town, but they intend to return later to check up on the excavation progress (and see if there's more treasure).

 

The party returned to town, collected the 50 gp reward, and bought some supplies. We ended the session there, and hopefully we'll play again next week.