For those of you who may not be in the know, Ed Greenwood is one of the all
time greatest contributors to the Dungeons and Dragons game, and the Descent
to the UnderMountain boxed set is one of his best efforts.
This is actually the second (or more) time that we have started this one back
up again. We meet up with some of the same the characters a few years after
the last venture to the UnderMountain (1993 or so), and a few new faces.
The party goal, should they choose to accept it (and they did), is to find a
route from Waterdeep, through the dungeon, to Skullport. Initially they will
be dropping off a gem to a local alchemist (a thin excuse, but it will do for
now).
The party happens to have a large stack of maps left from the old adventuring,
strangely enough a handful from Level 1, and Level 3. They managed to get to a
stairway down rather easily (the flaming staircase, if you are familiar with
it).
Now they are starting to map Level 2 in ernest.