Month: December 2025

It had been 13 weeks since the previous session. Sometimes life just gets in the way of D&D. But that’s fine, we eventually find our way back to the table every time. The players were chomping at the bit, and Xull’s player’s presence made it mandatory to have another go at defeating the boogiemen. This one challenged by refereeing chops. I had to balance accurately simulating the response of a 150+ encampment of monsters with playability and pace at the table. I think it went okay, although to be honest, I think this type of D&D kind of breaks down once we get beyond a certain number. At this scale, I feel like I’d rather be chucking a bunch of d6s, Chainmail-style.

Planet Karus session 34, in which the party finally moves against the boogieman threat, Ploikal rains sleep spells from above while invisible and airborne, Xull’s cursed claw reveals its terrible power as Cista’s spirit tears free to join the slaughter, an alien ray gun proves devastatingly effective against brutes, Sergeant Uzildar falls in battle, and Tribe Glavrac is wiped from the face of the Iron Slopes—earning our heroes a promised statue in their honor.

Read on over at planetkar.us.