D&D Encounters is a weekly program started by Wizards of the Coast to provide a short weekly play experience. It let's new players come in and learn the game, and it lets people who may not have a group, or not have the time, to just jump into a game. It's actually set-up to allow people to come and go, miss a week here or there. Of course, some of us play every week, but others play every once in awhile. We get new folks a lot so it's not a problem.
The current "season" is set in the Dark Sun campaign world, which is a little different than a standard D&D setting, but it's still the same game. The big thing to know about Dark Sun, is that it is a harsh barren desert world that has been ravaged by magic.
The story thus far (in summary) is our group of adventurers were guarding a merchant caravan through the desert, when an obsidian shard storm rained down razor sharp super heated rocks. Our heroes fled out through the desert. They avoided nasty desert dwellers who sought to raid the party for their supplies. The party navigated to a cave through the foot hills. Inside the cave they fought off some undead and a large crystal spider. They found a passageway leading below to an ancient temple. The temple's statue guardians attack, but were defeated.
The story continues tonight!
Each week is one encounter.
