{"id":97348,"date":"2021-05-15T09:38:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T13:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=97348"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T15:05:16","slug":"waters-rising","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/portfolio\/waters-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Waters Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A D&amp;D 5th edition combat encounter for Tier 3 characters, available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmsguild.com\/product\/367419\/Collective-Encounters-Vol-II\">Collective Encounters Vol. 3 on DMsGuild<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the final confrontation with the Arch-sorcerer Esunell the Blue<br>(Ess OO nel), the party must disrupt his ritual to create the Chaos Knife!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Bryant is a writer, game designer, bassist, knitter, and scrum master for Roll20. 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