The Chronicle of Thraxx - Episode 4-5 - The Candyland Chronicles 1 & 2

Written by Flamereptile

Written: 01/19/26

The Chronicle of Thraxx – Episode 4 & 5 – The Candyland Chronicles 1 & 2

Recap: We pick up this week, having just slain an Arch-Hag, visiting the Hells, and choosing to wage war against the rest of the coven.

Last week, we picked up with our mission to journey into Candyland (the Barovian Baking Company?) to track down the remaining hags and add their skulls to Thraxx’s collection. The GM had a really neat idea with how to progress through Candyland, literally plopping down a Candyland board and having us roll 1d6 (with each roll corresponding to the next colored square we would go to, and each square having an encounter type associated with it). He also planned encounters for the characters on the Candyland board.

We encountered these carriages abducting people for unknown reasons. We hijacked a carriage, disguised ourselves, and slew a few of the odd golems abducting people. Eventually we rode along the hijacked carriage (pulled by magic, not steeds) until we encountered a sentient tree that offered the party free items. Thraxx does not accept gifts, thus he did not make his presence known. Afterwards, we continued our travels to a keep in the middle of the road.

The keep belonged to a vampire, Lord Licorice, who was obsessed with blood sugar. Thraxx baited out Lord Licorice with the prospect of eating his party before he could feast on Thraxx… the foolish undead. As soon as he turned his back, Thraxx thrust his Chime of Opening (a Flametongue Longsword) into his back.

The beginning of the fight was rough, with Thraxx be charmed to flee while the rest of the (dishonorable spellcaster) party spammed Lord Licorice with sunlight spells. Once Thraxx had regained his senses, he charged forward, thrust his arm through a window, and tore Lord Licorice through it before slaying him with his sword.

We concluded last week with arriving at Plumpy’s Grove, which contained three Awakened Trees and some sort of Pumpking Tree Monster (Gulthias Blight). Thraxx challenged the foul tree, and together, the party made short work of them.

We picked up this week with the party arriving within some sort of maze made of peppermint and chocolate. A group of wolves arrived, speaking to us and threatening us. The party talked them out of attacking us, but Mr. Mint (an Animal Lord) would not let us pass in peace… Thraxx was elated.

Combat against Mr. Mint was long and arduous, with Thraxx spending much of it chasing down the big wolf. Finally, Thraxx caught up with Mr. Mint, grappling it so it couldn’t get away from him again. The remainder of the battle was a slugfest, with Mr. Mint and Thraxx exchanging blows for several rounds. The battle began to come to a close as Mr. Mint flew three hundred feet in the air and plummeted down when he couldn’t shake Thraxx. Thraxx was ready to plummet to his death with his prey, but the dishonorable wizard’s spell stopped them both at the end of their descent.

Mr. Mint would try again, but the dishonorable spellcasters would change gravity to disorient Mr. Mint. Eventually, Thraxx would grow tired of this debauchery, dragging Mr. Mint from a gravity well to force him into the ground, then stand and do it again within the same round. Each fall would whittle both Thraxx and Mr. Mint down, closer to death, until the final fall, Mr. Mint would deliver the final blow to the weakened Thraxx… UNTIL HE STOOD UP AND STABBED HIM TO DEATH!

Thraxx would claim Mr. Mint’s skull as a trophy, and now plans to have it out with the dishonorable wizard for his interference. And that is how this week’s adventuring ended.

Retrospective: Another great game! Well done Keith, your experience as a GM really shows. I think everybody had a lot of fun tonight playing, joking around, and fighting in this awesome boss fight. It’s also pretty neat that we’re getting to jump to level 15. Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thank you again to Keith for another great game.

p.s. I made a magic item last week after we joked about Thraxx painting himself purple for better stealth. Perhaps I will release it here on Dime Novel Adventures one day, but until then, I hope you enjoy it.