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immortalarizona · 5 months

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another Road Trip to Hell update, because it's been a hot minute and oh boy, shit has gone DOWN

let's see. where Were we the last time I gave an update

ah yes. it was literally last week

see I lose track of time because so much goes down in the out-of-session rp channels I set up on the campaign discord

speaking of the oosrp, we handled most of Sloobludop via that anyways

I was a bit silly last Thursday and stayed up until 4:00 in the morning doing oosrp (I didn't have classes on Friday due to holiday reasons). everyone else stayed up except the artificer. it was funnier than it should have been when he messaged the chat the following morning like "GUYS WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED."

so basically

party arrives in Sloobludop. the fighter immediately wants to go tidepool-ing. most of the party joins her.

the rogue, after having a conversation with Jimjar where he basically tries to earn her trust back due to. y'know. Shenanigans, and is as obvious about his status as a deity as he can be without outright saying it. (he hands the rogue HIS OWN HOLY SYMBOL. this moment was hilarious for me as a dm), then realizes that "oh shit, we left Sarith and Stool unattended. Where Are They" and goes to find them

they are by the docks. Stool is playing in the water, and Sarith is chatting with them without rapport spores, because May I Remind Y'all that my Sarith is now a zombie plant man. this leads into me coming with an in-universe explanation for this on the fly, which leads into the concept of the "manymind" (except it was a lot more zalgo-ed when I sent it out in the Sarith reply, because I figured it's one of those concepts that doesn't translate quite right into words), which led to the rogue making contact via Stool with some part of the mind of Araumycos, and now like half the party is convinced that Stool is secretly gonna be the bbeg. all because of some silly lil zalgo text I added on impulse.

the ranger wound up going Dad Mode on Topsy and Turvy when Topsy's kleptomania almost got her in serious trouble in the Sloobludop market. it was very sweet.

but when the ranger returned to the tide pool with the twins in tow, that's when the party realizes that "oh shit, we left, like, everyone unattended, didn't we."

thus begins The Hunt For The Missing NPCs

and thus begins My Evil Shenaniganry

see. the party knew that Blopp's cult to Demogorgon was collecting humanoid sacrifices. so it's not like this came out of nowhere

the party also knew that Shuushar's idealism overrides his self-preservation instincts, Derendil fully believed he could fly at the moment and was bound to get himself into trouble if left unattended, and that Morwenna was very emotionally fucked up following her involvement with the death and resurrection of Sarith and was wandering off somewhere to go get hammered and have an emotional breakdown at the moment

in short

they knew that none of these NPCs were in a state, mental or otherwise, to defend themselves effectively should someone attempt to kidnap them

that someone being none other than members of the cult of the Deep Father

the ranger and the fighter look for Morwenna, because out of those three, she's the only one they really care about, hence why I put her in this situation. they do not find her. I have the ranger roll a survival check to see if he can track Morwenna's scent trail (this was how he found the twins earlier, for the record). he rolls, like, a 21. internally, I rejoice

because where does the trail lead, but right to the area with the altars

I rule that the trail vanishes there, buried by the stench of muck and blood

the ranger talks to one of the kuo-toa whips there (I don't remember his name and I can't be bothered to check lmao) and receives a reply which heavily implies that Morwenna is going to be sacrificed to the Deep Father very soon

cue the panic from my players

and the explicit threats of violence from their characters

(for context. the fighter and the ranger are both in love with Morwenna. the rogue is to but that is not relevant to this particular predicament at the moment)

so the fighter rolls strength (intimidation) to hit the ground and try to crack it. she rolls, like, a fucking 23

I rule that the resulting noise is enough to get the attention of the bard and the rogue, who were off fetching Sarith and Stool (the fungus bros were staring at the fungi on the walls and being generally unsettling). they run over

it is 10:00 PM. I do not wish to run a combat encounter over discord chat, and neither do my players. unfortunately, the most in-character course of action for most of them right now is Violence. the bard is our last hope, both in- and out-of-character.

the bard takes the whip guy behind the altar to have a little chat. he returns not long afterwards, having acquired information about the ritual taking place at midnight and also freaked the whip guy the fuck out. (no one else knows it but me and his player, because we conducted that part over dms, but the bard got to use one of his College of Whispers features for the first time. it was delightful for me as a dm)

violence has not been averted, but it has been delayed. the party heads back to camp to regroup. emotional breakdowns are had, including that banger of a conversation where my last Campaign Art came from. (for context, the ranger gave the twins hand crossbows for purposes of self-defense, and the rogue accused him of trying to turn them into child soldiers.) it is almost midnight. my players and I are all riding an immense adrenaline high

the rogue and the fighter head away from camp and end up resolving most of the Morwenna-centric tension between them. (Morwenna's romantic situation is a Whole Fucking Mess that we will unpack later, don't worry!!)

the ranger reveals to the bard that he died while hunting a demon alongside Drizzt Do'Urden and had to claw himself free from his own grave after something living in his head brought him back

also the bard and the ranger begin flirting almost immediately afterwards (the ranger took his shirt off to show the bard his scars)

this is the moment that Sarith decides it would be a great idea to shoot his shot. it was not, in fact, a good moment

the ranger has his second emotional breakdown of the hour, because he is still plagued by guilt for his participation in the death and resurrection of Sarith. the twins and Sarith give the ranger hugs

and then Sarith asks if he can kiss the ranger. the ranger says no. Sarith goes to mope in a corner and pretend everything is fine while the ranger teaches the twins about the importance of consent while cuddling under the blanket the artificer knitted him

the rogue and the fighter go to Plooploopeen's house to bully him for information so they can rescue Morwenna. I get to deliver exposition, a kickass monologue of emotional foreshadowing, as well as two potions of healing and a potion of water breathing to the party

the party's long rest finishes. it's like 10:00 PM in-game, about two hours until the ritual begins. Jimjar has snuck off to do fuck knows what (only later does the party discover that he used his innate disguise self capabilities to infiltrate the cult's stronghold in Blopp's hovel and grab Morwenna's hammer and shield). I ask the party if they have any final preparations they want to make.

and then the actual session begins.

yes

all this happened between sessions

tbh I'm glad it did. a) it means less time with the stupid voice-destroying kuo-toa voice I attempted the session before, and b) it meant that we could kick off the session with the Good Stuff

aka VIOLENCE

(to be continued in a reblog because tumblr hates me)

#dnd #oota #out of the abyss #road trip to hell

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itusebastian · 3 months

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In the depths of a shadowy cavern, a Kuo-toa Whip stands guard, its eyes a sinister glint beside the eerie glow of bioluminescent fungi.

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the-aviarys-models · 3 months

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"Captured by the drow! You wouldn't wish this fate upon anyone, yet here you are—locked in a dark cave, the cold, heavy weight of metal tight around your throat and wrists. You are not alone. Other prisoners are trapped in here with you, in an underground outpost far from the light of the sun."

Our models of the prisoners. This is a long post, so they'll be under the cut!

There will be spoilers for this module!

We have versions as prisoners and normal versions. Tokens available upon request but will not be included in this initial post due to how many images there are.

Old/outdated versions of the models available upon request (or if I feel like reblogging them in later) since this is already a long post.

Buppido- Talkative and cunning derro

Prince Derendil- Quaggoth who claims to be a cursed elf prince

Eldeth Feldrun- Shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym

Jimjar- Deep gnome with a gambling problem

I rolled items for the NPCs, Jimjar ended up starting with the metal bar club.

Ront- Orc bully

Sarith Kzekarit- Drow accused of murder

Sarith here has multiple models that show the progression of the spore infection, (hey, I did say there'd be spoilers!) ending in a model of him as a spore servant. You'll also notice my stylization of elves... I like how pathfinder gives them funky eyes, and I stole it to make D&D elves look cooler.

Ideally, I'll switch out the tokens between chapters/sessions and pretend nothing has changed until the later stages where it's very obvious something is wrong with him.

Shuushar the Awakened- Kuo-toa hermit and mystic

Shuushar has a weapon, but he doesn't use it for combat. It's more of a utility tool for him.

Stool- Myconid sprout

I made it a lot different from its art so that it has hands to hold items with. Stool is the only one who didn't receive a new model after the face customizer dropped, because, well... it wouldn't have benefitted much.

Myconid base is from here!

Topsy and Turvy- Deep gnome wererat twins

I love face customizer because I can give them slightly rat-like features without making it too obvious.

Also, Turvy's starting item was the flint dagger.

Honestly, I forgot to make wererat models for these two until making this post. The rodent head wasn't in the face customizer when it first released, so I figured I'd do it later... and then I forgot! So I whipped some up real quick. I tried to go for that look of animal eyes gleaming in the darkness.

#Hero Forge #Out of the Abyss #Out of the Abyss spoilers #Out of the Abyss prisoners #oota prisoners #D&D #Buppido #Derendil #Prince Derendil #Eldeth Feldrun #Jimjar #Ront #Sarith Kzekarit #Shuushar the Awakened #oota Stool #oota Topsy #oota Turvy

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capriciouswriter207 · 4 months

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As announced earlier: stat blocks for the monsters in Terrors Beneath Deepfrost Citadel have been updated, and changes have been made in the text accordingly. In addition, some other small changes (that shouldn't affect anyone yet) have been made. Full changelog under the cut, for those interested. Be warned, this might have spoilers!

Hermilthan

Siege

reduced enemies in wave one from ten to seven sculk thralls

reduced enemies in wave two from four sculk thralls to two sculk thralls

Deepfrost Citadel

D8. Central Tower

changed Wisdom saving throw DC from 18 to 13

cleaner language

D9. Throne Room

changed Intelligence (Investigation) check DC from 15 to 13

D11. Treasure Room

added average lightning damage to text

D12. Library

changed spell scroll of “heat metal” to spell scroll of “misty step”

D16. Landing

made the animated armor inanimate

D17 Thaddeus’ Bedroom

the armor does not join the fight anymore

added average lightning damage from the dragon head

reduced the 2d10 lightning damage to 2d6

PDF page 30 - deleted page number and footnote

Frozen Crypt

Frozen Crypt Features

added average amount of berries produced per bush

F2. Flooded Tunnel

changed Dexterity (Acrobatics) check DC from 13 to 12

added average piercing damage

F4. Circular Room

reduced the amount of snowmen from three to two

F8. Ravine

added average bludgeoning and piercing damage

F11. Dripstone Pond

changed DCs from 15 to 12

Caves of Carnage

C11c. The Sovereign

halved the amount of myconid adults in sovereign Nashal’s presence

clarified where the treasure is located

C14e. Hidden Cove

the kuo-toa are now led by a kuo-toa monitor instead of a kuo-toa whip

C15a. Deck / C15b. Captain’s Cabin

correctly identified the priestess as “kuo-toa archpriest”

C15c. Gun Deck

two kuo-toa whips and one kuo-toa monitor now guard their prisoner

Black Mines

Seal of the burning dark

changed location from Lower Eastern Mining Cavern to Eastern Mining Cavern

changed Dexterity (Stealth) DCs throughout based on improved stat blocks

M8. Iron Ore Room

removed one sculk thrall from this room

added average bludgeoning damage

M18. Flooded Lapis Ore Room

changed description to match amount of creatures inside

gave the catalyst a sculk thrall friend

M21. Eastern Mining Cavern

removed sculk thralls from the area

added one of the seal fragments to this areas

M22. Lower Eastern Mining Cavern

this area did not exist in the PDF. All references in text have been removed. All areas that were listed below have been given a correct number accordingly

M26. Western Mining Cavern

removed one sculk brute from the encounter

Burning Dark

B1. Landing

changed Wisdom saving throw DC from 15 to 16

B13. Dome

changed source block wisdom saving throw DC from 17 to 16

added average psychic damage

Stat blocks

Jonas Hyffal

changed CR from 5 to 3

reduced proficiency bonus, skill modifiers, and passive perception by one

added Halfling as a language known

added “Poet of the Depths” as a trait

doubled damage dice for Withering Touch attack

changed Cacophony and Taunt saving throw DCs from 12 to 13

Living portrait

changed CR from 4 to 1

increased Wisdom score from 10 to 11

changed skill modifiers for perception (12 to 4) and persuasion (8 to 7)

changed passive perception from 22 to 14

changed Sylvan to Elvish

changed spell save DC from 15 to 13

Miner spore servant

changed CR from 1/8 to 1/4

changed Strength score from 12 to 14

added 1 to Dexterity and Constitution scores

doubled amount of hit dice

changed damage die for Miner’s Pick from a d4 to a d8

One Eyed Willie

changed ability scores: Strength from 19 to 15, Dexterity from 15 to 18, Constitution from 16 to 14, Charisma from 12 to 10

rectified saving throw and skill modifiers

changed bite damage die from 1d10 to 2d4

changed claws damage from 1d8 to 2d6

Ravager

changed hit die from 8d12 to 10d10

changed armor class from 16 to 14

changed ability scores: Dexterity 10 to 9, Constitution 19 to 17, Intelligence 2 to 3, Charisma 5 to 7

added “Charge” trait

changed Bite damage die from 1d8 to 2d6

Ravager spore servant

changed CR from 3 to 2

changed hit die from 8d12 to 10d10

changed armor class from 16 to 14

changed ability scores: Dexterity 10 to 9, Constitution 19 to 17

changed Bite damage die from 1d8 to 2d6

Young ravager

changed CR from 2 to 1

changed hit die from 4d12 to 8d8

changed ability scores: Constitution 15 to 14, Intelligence from 2 to 3, Charisma from 5 to 7

changed Bite damage die from 1d8 to 2d6

Sculk brute

changed CR from 5 to 4

reduced proficiency bonus

changed hit die from 5d10 to 10d8

changed ability scores: Dexterity 12 to 8, Constitution 16 to 17, Wisdom 7 to 8

added damage resistances

added condition immunity ‘poisoned’

replaced “Keen Hearing” trait with “Relentless” trait

changed drill damage die from 2d6 to 2d10

Sculk catalyst

changed armor class from 15 to 14

changed hit die from 6d10 to 13d8

changed ability scores: Dexterity 15 to 18, Intelligence from 12 to 8, Charisma from 1 to 6

added Wisdom saving throw proficiency

added condition immunity ‘poisoned’

removed “charge” trait

moved “spread the sculk” to traits

moved “sap strength” to bonus actions

removed “claw” attack

added “lump” attack

changed slam damage die from 2d4 to 2d6, and 2d6 to 1d6

changed sap strength damage die from 2d8 to 4d8

Sculk shrieker

changed CR from 7 to 6

changed armor class from 17 to 15

changed hit die from 9d10 to 14d10

added condition immunity ‘poisoned’

removed “keen hearing” from traits

removed slam attack

added claw attack

removed bonus action call to arms

moved deafening shriek to bonus actions

rectified Wisdom saving throws

Sculk thrall

changed hit die from 3d10 to 8d8

changed armor class from 11 to 10

changed ability scores: Strength 19 to 16, Constitution 14 to 17, Wisdom 3 to 5

added condition immunity ‘poisoned’

added “fortitude” trait

added multiattack

renamed unarmed strike attack to slam attack

changed slam attack’s damage die from 2d4 to 2d6

Soul echoes

changed armor class from 18 to 16

changed hit die from 9d4 to 14d4

changed ability scores: Strength 1 to 3, Dexterity 25 to 22,

removed acid, lightning, thunder resistance

added blinded immunity

“consume life” trait renamed to “consume the soul”

changed additional necrotic damage from “siphon life” from 1d10 +2 to 2d10

The Warden

changed hit die from 16d10 to 25d10

changed ability scores: Strength 25 to 22, Dexterity 8 to 10

moved poison from damage resistance to damage immunity

renamed “sonic boom” to “sonic blast”

changed slam damage die from 2d10 to 4d10

fixed Warden saving throws DC to 16

Snowman

changed CR from 3 to 2

increased speed by 5 ft.

changed ability scores: Dexterity 6 to 7, Constitution 14 to 15

removed damage resistances

increased the multiattack from two to three

changed cold damage die on the slam attack from 2d6 to 1d6

Soren Tidrostir

changed CR from 3 to 2

changed hit die from 6d8 to 9d8

changed ability scores: Strength 11 to 7, Intelligence 10 to 12, Wisdom 13 to 11, Charisma 16 to 17

added 1 to skills

added Undercommon as a skill

changed passive Perception from 11 to 10

The Wanderer

changed CR from 5 to 4

reduced proficiency bonus

changed alignment from chaotic evil to neutral evil

increased armor class by one

changed hit die from 9d8 to 12d8

changed ability scores: Dexterity 12 to 9, Intelligence 8 to 3, Wisdom 10 to 6, Charisma 8 to 5

changed cold ray damage die from 2d10 to 3d10

Maps

Deepfrost Citadel - 1st Floor: updated to reflect directions of stairs in tower

Deepfrost Citadel - 2nd Floor: updated to reflect directions of stairs in tower

Deepfrost Citadel - Tower: updated to reflect directions of stairs in tower

Black Mines - Lowest Floor: removed M22 and update other keyed zones

PDF-specific

updated images of above-mentioned maps

fitted all Ravager stat blocks onto one page (as opposed to two separate pages)

fitted the Snowman and Soren stat blocks onto one page (as opposed to two separate pages)

total pagecount reduced from 108 to 106 because of the two changes above

#terrors beneath deepfrost citadel #sharing changelog for transparency's sake #if you've just started nothing should affect you too much #at least i don't expect anyone to already be as far down as the caves of carnage #biggest changes are stat blocks though and especially the ravagers and sculk creatures #which i don't expect anyone to already have run into #capricious updates

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onslaughtsixdotcom · 1 year

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BEYOND ON A BUDGET

I wrote this article a while ago and left it in my drafts folder. The idea was to figure out *exactly* what a new group joining 5e and using D&D Beyond *should* buy in order to maximize their dollars. Obviously with the new OGL stuff (which has been partially resolved, at least for 5e content) and the big exodus of D&D Beyond subscribers, the usefulness of this article has been diminished slightly. Regardless, I'm posting it again anyway in order to get it out of my queue and so that I have this as a resource to point people to, whenever someone suggests actually buying the Monster Manual or 5e Dungeon Master's Guide (IMO terrible ideas by any stretch of the imagination). This list also is a handy tool to figure out what content is not included in the 5e SRD, since that's all the "free" content on D&D Beyond. Without further ado:

The PHB is very nearly worth the money. The most important things you need from it are the subclasses and backgrounds; the SRD contains only 1 subclass for each class, and only 1 background. D&D Beyond actually provides 6 backgrounds from the PHB as part of the Basic Rules, so that's a little better than the SRD provides.

The backgrounds bundle is $4 and the subclasses bundle is $10. I recommend you spend that.

Other things you can purchase from the PHB are the 41 feats for $4, 2 subraces for $3, and 57 spells for $5.

Spells in the PHB but not the SRD:

Arcane Gate

Armor of Agathys

Arms of Hadar

Aura of Life

Aura of Purity

Aura of Vitality

Banishing Smite

Beast Sense

Bestow curse

Blade Ward

Blinding Smite

Chromatic Orb

Circle of Power

Cloud of Daggers

Compelled Duel

Conjure Barrage

Conjure Volley

Cordon of Arrows

Crown of Madness

Crusader's Mantle

Destructive Wave

Dissonant Whispers

Elemental Weapon

Ensnaring Strike

Feign Death

Friends

Grasping Vine

Hail of Thorns

Hex

Hunger of Hadar

Lightning Arrow

Phantasmal Force

Power Word Heal

Ray of Sickness

Searing Smite

Staggering Smite

Swift Quiver

Telepathy

Thorn Whip

Thunderous Smite

Tsunami

Witch Bolt

Wrathful Smite

The above list does not include all of the "named" spells, such as Bigby's Hand, Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, etc. These spells are provided in the SRD/Basic Rules, but under generic names instead (Arcane Hand, Magnificent Mansion, etc.)

Monsters in the Monster Manual but not the SRD:

Arakocra

Banshee

Beholder

Beholder Zombie

Blights

Bullywug

Cambion

Carrion Crawler

Crawling Claw

Cyclops

Death Knight

Demilich

Barlgura

Chasme

Goristro

Manes

Shadow Demon

Yochlol

Spined Devil

Displacer Beast

Dracolich

Young Red Shadow Dragon

Empyrean

Faerie Dragon

Flameskull

Flumph

Fomorian

Gas Spore

Galeb Duhr

Dao

Marid

Gith (all)

Grell

Helmed Horror

Hook Horror

Intellect Devourer

Jackalwere

Kenku

Kuo-Toa

Mud Mephit

Smoke Mephit

Mind Flayer

Drones

Myconids

Quaggoth Spore Servant

Nagas

Nothic

Half-Ogre

Peryton

Piercer

Pixie

Quaggoth

Remorhaz

Revenant

Fire Snake

Scarecrow

Slaad Tadpole

Red Slaad

Blue Slaad

Green Slaad

Gray Slaad

Death Slaad

Thri-kreen

Troglodyte

Umber Hulk

Water Weird

Yeti

Yuan-ti

Arcanaloth

Mezzoloth

Nycaloth

Ultroloth

Magic Items in the DMG but not SRD (30 items):

Alchemy Jug

Cap of Water Breathing

Mariner's Armor

Cloak of Invisibility [functionally identical to Ring of Invisibility]

Driftglobe

Efreeti Chain

Elixer of Health

Gloves of Thievery

Instrument of the Bards [multiple]

Potion of Fire Breath

Potions of Greater Healing, Superior Healing, Supreme Healing

Potion of Invulnerability

Potion of Longevity

Potion of Vitality

Rod of Ressurection

Rod of the Pact Keeper

Saddle of the Cavalier

Scroll of Protection

Sending Stones

Sentinel Shield

Staff of the Adder

Sword of Answering

Sword of Vengeance

Tentacle Rod

Tome of the Stilled Tongue

Weapon of Warning

Blog of Holding made a breakdown of all 30 of these items and even made a few homebrew alternatives for you: https://blogofholding.com/?p=7803

#dungeons and dragons #d&d #5e #fifth edition #ogl

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dungeonmastertyrant · 3 months

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Kuo-Toa Whip

Medium Humanoid (Kuo-Toa), Neutral Evil

Ac: 11 (Natural Armor)

Hp: 65 (10d8 + 20)

Walking and swimming speed of 30ft

Darkvision 120ft

Str: 14

Dex:10

Con:14

Int:12

Wis:14

Cha:11

CR:1

#dnd monsters

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mz4250 · 9 months

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So far my Out of the Abyss campaign is going well! This week the players dealt with some Kuo-Toa and so far are doing alright!

Here's a batch of Kuo-Toa Whips I 3D printed this week.

Free stls: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87560511

Just had to share :D

#dnd #3Dprinting #3Dmodeling #3dart

#3dprinting #3dmodeling #3dart #dnd #3d model #dndart #dungeonsanddragons #dndartist #dnd stuff #patreon

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crippledgiraff · 3 years

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MerMay day 11. It's time for another Kuo-Toa! This time a dastardly Whip! This fishy freak specializes in grabbing captives for the Kuo-Toa cult!

#mermay #mermay2021 #kuo-toa #kuo-toa whip #lovecraft #deep ones #dungeons and dragons #dnd #dndart #dndartist #monster manual #cop #police #thin blue line #salt life #acab #mancatcher

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dungeons-and-d00dles · 4 years

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The King’s servants

#FishyBusiness #d&dmonster #kuo-toa #kuo-toa whip #tortle

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kyragon3-blog · 4 years

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#DND 5e MonsterStatBlock Kuo-Toa Archpriest Whip

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noblecrumpet-dorkvision · 4 years

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Twists for Humanoid Encounters

How often has your D&D group needed to fight the same group of humanoids in every room? 2d4 hobgoblins in every room of a hobgoblin fortress? 2d4 kuo-toa in every room of the kuo-toa temple? 2d4 bandits in every room of the bandit hideout? Sure, some of these humanoids have “suped-up” versions like hobgoblin captains, kuo-toa whips, and bandit captains, but eventually things will get boring with the same enemies every time and those boss monsters are usually reserved for the boss fight!

Encounter Twists (1d20)

Here are some ways to make an average group-encounter a bit different. Roll 1d20 to choose randomly or pick from the list below. These tend to be keyed towards an assumption that the enemies are humanoid, but that might not be the case.

(1) Varied Weapons. One of the enemies has a different weapon. For example, if all the thugs have maces, maybe one has a glaive or greatsword. Meanwhile, another uses two daggers instead.

(2) Varied Armor. One of the enemies has different armor than the standard. If the hobgoblins wear chain mail, perhaps one is wearing plate. Maybe one didn’t have time to put on armor and only wields a shield.

(3) Minor Spellcasting. Somehow, one of the enemies has come across the ability to use magic, whether divine or arcane. The creature gains the Magic Initiate feat, thereby gaining a cantrip and 1st-level spell.

(4) Healing Potion. One of the enemies is packing a useful healing potion, usually one appropriate for the players to find at their level in case it falls into their hands. If the creature sees an ally go down, they can give out their potion or use it on themselves.

(5) Other Potion. One of the enemies drinks a potion as the battle starts. Choose randomly from the following (d8): (1) Potion of Giant Strength, (2) Potion of Fire Breath, (3) Potion of Flying, (4) Potion of Growth, (5) Potion of Heroism, (6) Potion of Invisibility, (7) Potion of Invulnerability, or (8) Potion of Speed.

(6) Other Consumable Item. One of the enemies carries a consumable magic item, used when the time is right. The players might be able to snag one if it has multiple uses. Choose randomly from the following (d6): (1) 1d4 beans from a Bag of Beans, (2) 1d4 beads from a Necklace of Fireballs, (3) a vial of Oil of Sharpness, (4) a Gem of Brightness with 1d4+5 charges remaining, (5) a Deck of Illusions with only 1d4+1 cards remaining, or (6) a vial of Oil of Slipperiness.

(7) Class Feature. One of the enemies has experience in a player class, gaining one of the following features chosen at random (d12). Each functions pretty much like the class feature of the same name. These are meant to just give the impression of a class through one, usually simplified feature, rather than all of a class’s unique features.

Bard: Bardic Inspiration: Use a d6.

Barbarian: Rage: Bonus damage at +2.

Cleric: Spellcasting: Knows the Guidance and Sacred Flame cantrips. Can cast 3 spell-levels-worth of spells: either Cure Wounds (1st), Guiding Bolt (1st), Spiritual Weapon (2nd), or Spirit Guardians (3rd). Use their Wisdom modifier for their spellcasting statistics (minimum 13).

Druid: Wild Shape: Choose an animal appropriate to the setting and have it be up to CR 2.

Fighter: Maneuvers: Give them 4 d8s and just choose 1 maneuver for simplicity’s sake.

Monk: Ki: Give them 3 Ki Points and let them gain two unarmed strikes (d4) as a bonus action, or else dodge, disengage, or dash as a bonus action by spending a ki point.

Paladin: Divine Smite and Lay on Hands: Give them 2 1st-level spell slots with which to smite. Also give them 10 points of Lay on Hands.

Ranger: Spellcasting and Fighting Style: They can cast Hunter’s Mark twice per day and gain the Archery or Two-Weapon Fighting styles.

Rogue: Sneak Attack and Cunning Action: Use 2d6 for the Sneak Attack damage.

Sorcerer: Spellcasting and Metamagic: Give them 3 1st-level spell slots, a cantrip, and a 1st-level spell eligible for the Twinned Spell Metamagic feature. They can use Twinned Spell on one of their spells up to 3 times.

Warlock: Eldritch Blast and Pact Magic: Give them the Eldritch Blast cantrip, then 1 3rd-level spell slot (assume a second slot was used already). Then give them the spells Hex, Witch Bolt, or Hunger of Hadar. Use their Charisma modifier for their spellcasting statistics (minimum 13).

Wizard: Spellcasting: Knows the Minor Illusion cantrip and one damaging cantrip. Can cast 4 spell-levels-worth of spells: either Fog Cloud (1st), Magic Missile (1st), Flaming Sphere (2nd), Web (2nd), Fireball (3rd), or Lightning Bolt (3rd). Use their Intelligence modifier for their spellcasting statistics (minimum 13).

(8) Mount. One of the enemies has an appropriate mount, offering them greater mobility and the offensive/defensive features of an additional enemy, if it has attacks.

(9) Pet. The creatures have a pet, captured creature, or summoned magical servant of an appropriate challenge rating. This could be a beast, a monster, an undead (if a necromancer is present), an elemental (if a wizard or druid is present), a fiend (if a warlock or cleric is present), or a fey (if a druid is present).

(10) Brute Creature. One of the enemies has the maximum amount of hit points based on their hit point calculation. The creature rolls twice for damage, taking the better of the two rolls.

(11) Meek Creature. One of the enemies has half the normal amount of hit points based on their hit point calculation. The creature rolls twice for damage, taking the worse of the two rolls.

(12) Unique Species/Race. One of the enemies is of a different species. For instance, a group of Bandits might have a Dwarf or Bugbear in their ranks. You can grant an NPC creature some traits of the new species/race (like Dwarven Resilience), or you can just use statistics of a different monster (like the Bugbear).

(13) Infiltrator. One of the enemies is secretly a monster in disguise. Ones that fit the bill might include: a Doppelganger, an Intellect Devourer, a Succubus/Incubus, a Lycanthrope, a Yuan-Ti Pureblood, a Yochlol (if among drow), a Barghest (if among goblins), an Oni, a Hag, a Slaad, a Rakshasa, or a Couatl. For more powerful characters, you could use an ancient metallic dragon or a Deva.

(14) Sickness. One of the enemies is suffering from a random disease. Creatures that come within 5 feet of them have a chance of contracting the disease. The creature should be displaying symptoms in order for the players to effectively make decisions about this in combat. In theory, though, other enemies might be asymptomatic, so smart players should maintain distance with all the enemies.

(15) Unusual Surprise. If the players took precautions and surprised the enemies, half of them were unusually alert and are not surprised. If the enemies were not initially surprised, half of them were far from prepared and are instead surprised even if the players took no precautions. Perhaps they were daydreaming, sleeping, getting armor on, or tripped.

(16) Feat. One of the enemies has a random feat chosen from the following (d20, reroll on 16+). Some may require them to change their weapons or armor, and are marked with an asterisk: (1) Alert, (2) Athlete, (3) Charger, (4) Crossbow Expert*, (5) Defensive Duelist*, (6) Dual Wielder*, (7) Great Weapon Master*, (8) Heavy Armor Master*, (9) Mobile, (10) Mage Slayer, (11) Polearm Master*, (12) Sentinel, (13) Sharpshooter*, (14) Shield Master*, or (15) Tavern Brawler.

(17) Unusual Talent. One of the enemies has an exceptional statistic, different from others of its kind. Choose one of the creature’s abilities that is on the low end and make it comparable or better than their strongest ability. For instance, if such creatures normally have high Strength, give this one high Dexterity. If they are typically low in Intelligence, give them a high Intelligence and let them use smarter tactics. Give them unique weapons or spells if appropriate.

(18) Damage Rider. One of the enemies deals additional damage of a random type using one of their weapons. This may come from a magic oil or poison applied to their weapon, or perhaps their own arcane or divine magic. Don’t use a magic weapon as players will be able to use it once the battle is over (unless you planned to give such an item as treasure in the first place). Their weapon deals a bonus 1d6 damage of a type chosen at random from the following: (1) acid, (2) cold, (3) fire, (4) lightning, (5) necrotic, (6) poison, (7) psychic, or (8) radiant.

(19) Siege Weapon. One of the enemies is manning a siege weapon of your choice against the players. A ballista is usually a good option, since you usually don’t want a cannon in your players’ hands and a catapult is better for non-moving targets. You could also create a magical siege weapon, like a turret that casts Burning Hands, Scorching Ray, Ice Knife, Acid Arrow, or Lightning Bolt.

(20) Elemental Shield. One of the enemies has immunity to one damage type and resistance to all other damage until they are dealt damage of an opposed damage type, which destroys this magical shield. Pair the damage types like this: cold and fire, radiant and necrotic, acid and lightning (think of it like earth vs. air). Alternatively, one of the creatures is naturally blessed with immunity to one damage type. Give the creature some sort of visual cue for this to clue the players in.

Characteristic Twists

Another way to vary humanoid creatures is by giving them interesting personality traits or interesting physical features. Roll or choose from the Appearance Twists table to make one of the humanoids look more distinct. Roll or choose from the Personality Twists table to make one of the humanoids act differently or more interesting, sometimes in a way the players can exploit in combat.

Appearance Twists (d20)

Creature has...

Outlandish hairdo

Interesting headgear/hat

Worn trophies collected from enemies

Personalized armor or clothes

Prominent visible tattoos or war paint

Prominent visible scar

A cape or other dramatic attire

Prominent facial jewelry (or facial hair if they have it)

Weapon made from unique material or uniquely decorated

A meaningful symbol prominently displayed

Unusual physical features for their species

Eyewear (glasses, goggles, mask, or eyepatch)

Prominent visible birthmark

Unusual attire for class/profession

Missing or prosthetic limb

Trinket (roll on existing table) worn and visible

Worn piece of valuable treasure

Worn a memento from a lover

Worn animal hide

Appearance altered magically or through a curse

Personality Twists (d20)

Creature is...

Suffering from a form of Long-Term Madness (roll on existing table)

Overly confident, willingly enters dangerous combat situations

Overly cautious, always readies their action into a reaction

Intimidating, can frighten a target as a bonus action with a successful Charisma contest

Sadistic, aiming for weak targets

Defiant, challenges the strongest foes first

Overly dramatic, draws a lot of attention

Automysophobic, can't stand getting dirty

Irrationally terrified of something in the players' arsenal (magic, animals, fire, etc)

Biased against one of the players' species and focuses on them

Angered or terrified by mages, attacks them first

Flirtacious with one of the players, is effectively charmed by the player

Witty, taunts foes with banter

Indecisive to the point where they sometimes only take the Dodge action

Loyal to their leader to the death

Edgy and mysterious

Best friends with one of their allies, always tries to Help them in combat

Cowardly, becomes frightened and attempts to Disengage or Hide if damaged

Honorable, refuses to fight with an unfair advantage

Drunk and suffers from the Poisoned condition

#Dungeons and Dragons #D&D #DnD #5e #encounter #homebrew #monsters #combat

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mushroomdungeon · 2 years

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030CRtober Pumpkin Spice

I’ve been sitting on this sense October. Forgot to post it now it’s mid-December.

This was for Halloween Zero-to-Thirty Challenge Rating Challenge but as you can see I never posted/finished it. Well I’ll be posting what I did do.

Day 1 - CR0 - Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkin Spice Elixir & Drink Powder Mixer

Elixir is just a fancy way of saying soda in my modern fantasy dnd world.

They look like potions cause branding, however aren't magical in any way. Pumpkin Spice Elixir is a pumpkin flavored soda and pumpkin spice drink powder mixer is like those powder packets that would be placed into water to make it taste different but for fake pumpkin flavoring, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

The world has drink vending machines that give out elixirs, bottled coffees or teas, andor other drinks found in those types of machines. None of these have any stats to go with, they are merely the equivalent to "what type of mead where we given" kinda stuff.

Keep Reading is for Lore

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Summary: Pumpkin soda with a lot of spices mixed in sold around the time autumn happens in the Feywild. It's sold year round in elven cities surrounding where pumpkins are grown in Nov, but extremely expensive outside of harvesting season.

Item Type: Drinks (soda), Drink Powder Mix (“spice”)

Value: 5 sp (low end 1sp, high end 5gp)

Eatability: Fey, Kuo-toa, illithids, Myconids, Stoneling, Thri-kreen - can't consume it, mostly cause of the carbonation or inability to consume any elixir.

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Description: A carbonated drink of pumpkin puree. Tastes more like pumpkin soup that is fizzy with cinnamon, unless you get a coffee variant then its most fizzy black coffee with a hint of pumpkin flavoring and a butt load of cinnamon.

Most come in simple cylinder glass bottles, however some manufacturers will make pumpkin shaped bottles and tint the glass orange. Autumn soda competition will often make extremely detailed containers for prize winners.

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Vague Recipe - this is a generic recipe; elixir bars, MAM variants, and personal recipes may differ drastically. This is the closest to what you'd probably get from a vending machine.

Water

Sugar or Corn Syrup

Pumpkin Puree and/or Pumpkin Flavoring Syrup

Spice Mix: Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cloves, Allspice

Sparkling Water

Whipped Cream

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Available - Pumpkin Spice Elixir can be found at most vending machines during Fall and within the first two weeks of winter.

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MAM (Magic Amedity Market) variants:

1, 2, 4, 6, or 8 Ice Cube Tray

Pure vial of the syrup

Thick liquid variant

Dry powder mix spice bag

Drink memory brain pastry

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History-

Created by a hobgoblin chef, reportedly drunk after work.

#030crc #homebrew #dnd #dnd art #potion #pumpkin spice #homebrew item #homebrew food #homebrew drink #pumpkin #soda #fantasy recipe

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theironwarsmith · 3 years

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So it begins

The start of the DnD campaign was on Saturday that has just passed.

It began with the four players being summoned by the King of the small city-state they all just happened to be in. By this point one of the party had already murdered a citizen of the city. I would have predicted it to have been the Dwarven Barbarian, or the Halfling Bard, or maybe the Tiefling Arcane Tricker/Pirate. No, it was the Dark Elf Princess/Wizard who vaporised someone (from a background event) who was extorting money from someone else.

It wasn't even 10 minutes in. I had just finished explaining to the new players how to do spells and how the game generally works, so I was adding things into the background of the market and suddenly, she was like "I cast Eldritch Blast at the bullies".

Nevertheless, I rolled the dice and she outright killed one of the trio who were doing the extorting. It did become a joke by the end of the session. I rolled with it, the King sent a courier to the three other characters and sent 5 guards to pick up the wizard.

They met the king, he explained his situation, he required a crown from his ancient forebearer that is said to only work on his bloodline and grant the wearer enough powers to conquer and lead a nation to dominance. However, an attack was imminent, pointing to the fleet of ships on the horizon, so he couldn't spare any troops for the search. The murderous Dark Elf Princess Wizard (called Evile) persuaded the King to give them half the reward before and half after. They agreed, after them trying to glean more information on what the crown actually does.

Their first dungeon was actually a multiple choice question that changed the enemies they fought, and what would become the big bad. There were 12 results that could have been (I hoped they'd go to the Democratic People's Republic of Dave) but in the end it became the Kuo-Toa (which will lead to a more Lovecraftian campaign).

They did quite well in there. The dwarf broke everything in sight (he has played a lot of the Legend of Zelda), including the doors. They used their perception to spot the traps in the start of the catacombs, with intelligence helping to disarm them when needed. Except for the ones that the dwarf just walked into instead.

They killed the first three Kuo-Toa with next to no effort, then they entered the room with 12 of them in (8 standard and 4 whips) and the crown. Initially unseen, the arcane trickster clambered up a pillar in the room (each was 35ft tall) when the bard cast Stinking Cloud to gas all of the Kuo-Toa, this allowed the rogue (Cloidhna, pronounced Cleaner I believe) to remain unseen and just out of range of the Kuo-Toa's unnatural senses.

Evile summoned an image of a large direwolf to distract the Kuo-Toa who managed to stop vomiting, save for the one that was brave to strike it and find out that it was an illusion. The next one staggered out of the cloud and attempted to damage the first enemy it saw, the dwarf Small Arnie the Fourth. The armour stopped the thrown spear easily, and Arnie entered a rage. He smote the Kuo-Toa into a paste, as more of the fish people emerged, they swarmed him but, between his rage and his armour, he was the wall that broke their scaly wave. Between him and Evile, as well as Jack Black maintaining the cloud and inspiring others from his hidden position, they began the massacre of the wet fishmen. Meanwhile, Cloidhna used her acrobatics to jump from pillar to pillar until she was in range to use Mage Hand to remove the crown from the desolate, dusty corpse that bore it. She then made her way back, keeping out of the cloud and the senses of the fish people. She ended her display by descending from the ceiling and bisecting a dying Kuo-Toa from above.

Once the massacre ended, with the majority ruined by Arnie, they looted the bodies as well as the treasures from this grand throne. They found a map of the island and city-state, with markings in the Grand Harbor, as well as another that depicted another route into the catacombs, which they then followed. Furthermore, the maps had scrawlings in the tongue of the Kuo-Toa. However, upon following the path that their deceased enemies followed, they exited the catacombs to find dead city guards and the Kuo-Toa had arrived in force, with hundreds pouring in the city state.

#dungeons and dragons #kuo-toa #fish people #shenanigans #dnd

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renaer-is-allegedly-hot · 3 years

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session 19

Session 19 Sunday, April 25, 2021 7:47 PM

- I'm cold :[ the window is open - Last week on dnd: we went to a place mirt tipped us abt; activity around stone in castle ward o Explored a bunch of rooms and snuck around o Got to arena w prisoners made to fight, came across vats filled w dead beholders o Cel theo and adam discover the kitchenso Asyna and aerana went upstairs hearing commotion not knowing from where - Adam was instructed to head down the hallway to the left and go upstairs, pass through the meeting room and go through first door to right o Currently on lower level, heading towards noisy area - Adam kachunk kachunk kachunks up the stairs o Cel is slightly concerned abt adam's trolley driving ability, theo is holding onto the trolley for dear life bc adam cannot push this cart - Confronted w wall of noise, music o Passes through open door and sees two mess tables, full of diverse set of ppl generally looking shabby/down on their luck o They look mean and shifty but they're having a good time rn o Someone in corner sees adam with the cart ■ "looks at you and says" *dom waves, not saying a word* ■ Adam goes toward person and sees staircase ■ It is a human w a shaved head and an eye tattoo on the back of his head like the motifs in the dungeon ■ "when's my order coming sir" □ "sorry sir we're a little backlogged rn and I'm not your waiter if u tell me who ur waiter is I can find them n give u an update" □ Man sighs n grumbles bc they're v hungry ◆ Adam offers one appetizer to them; one big whole crab ◆ The ppl lean back and look at adam ◆ "just don't tell the chef," adam says, then trolleys away, full steam ahead - Confronted w sheer staircase, no ramp o Adam is gonna try to pull it up, strength check ■ Rolls a 7 ■ Halflings must make stealth check □ Pass without a trace thing is still active ◆ Theo rolls 21 ◆ Cel rolls 34 o Adam can get them up a couple of steps, but after a bit of trying some of the ppl at the party r just . Looking at adam■ "is there a . Strong dude . Just sitting down anywhere"□ "that dude and a couple of the guys" the crab ppl□ They stand up and start heading over to adam◆ "hello friends ! Did you like the crab?"◊ Human guy, half-orc woman, two dwarves w pleated beards► Human : " you want a . Hand ?"- Adam says he's feeding royaltyo The four of them get around the cart and hoist it up the stairs

o Cel's internal screaming gets loudero "I'd just like to thank you guys so much for helping me out"■ Adam winks at one of the dwarves, but why?- Top of the stairs, 150 feet hallway that starts to curve towards endo In front and to right, set of double doors followed by another doorwayo Also a set of double doors to far left and one perpendicular from thato Tl;dr: Facing three doors and one at the end of the hallo Adam is going to follow the directions, sees a passageway as he walkso Lots of ornate carving in the door, door carved to look like a piece of funguso Adam rolls perception, 6■ Doesn't see any other door but hears talking behind this one■ Hears ppl clapping and cheering; otherwise just hears deep booming voice that's difficult to make out- Adam bends down to cart and pokes head insideo "so we're here" adamo "thank god" theoo Left are snails, whole turkey, blueberry pie on carto Plan is to go inside, give them food, grab lord silgaro Cel asks if adam wants fake lord silgar now or later■ Adam puts fake lord silgar on head and pulls chef's hat over■ Except nvm■ He can't do that so uses empty crab dish instead□ Remembers where he puts it to avoid giving fake lord silgar out- Adam opens door and starts wheeling cart ino Theo n cel holding hands- Meanwhile !!- Asyna and aerana just finished going up spiraling staircase stealthilyo Poke heads around corner, notice passageway moving forward {straight) and one offshoot to right, further down there are two more branching pathso Aerana rolls 19 perception■ Can hear some ppl chatting■ Aerana can understand undercommon□ Ppl arguing, that there's no ghost "you're a moron if you think you saw a ghost" "no I'm not gonna check"□ They sound wet, dom says, and lillian and marguerite stare me down :{■ One thinks they saw the ghost, hear them to our righto Naya turns in circles then walks into wall■ Goes behind■ 17 investigation check□ No buttons on wall□ Nothing on the floor□ Nothing on the ceiling, no eye things; down 50ish feet can see an ornately carved door, looks drow-related w spider motifso Not sure if guards would see us if we went down hallway■ We poke our heads in and go OOP did u see the ghost in undercommon■ See big chamber■ Three doorways in diff sections of the room, in between two of the doors, a wider portcullis that's been lowered■ A bunch of fish looking bipedal creatures w spears digging into food, they're called kuo-toa■ One of them turns around and stands up, eating tough cured meat■ "do you know where it went ? I'm scared"□ Deception, 7

□ Short thingy but has a long whip in his hand□ Stares us down "you two aren't authorized to be here"□ "but she's a chef, so" asyna "we're lost"□ Asyna asks what they're up to◆ One of the fishy guys says he saw the ghost go a certain way, pointed towards a hallway leading off to the right in the room□ The main guy staring at us cracks his whip and says "we're busy"■ We back out and head into area we were first in- We go back to kitchen to grab food, off in distance we here loud banging crash from behind us- Adam wheels out the carto The floor drops bc there are stairs; a dozen or so cheering warriors in a wide chambero Make acrobatics checks■ "stairs have been the ultimate enemy in this session" jacob, 2021■ 16 for theo, 7 for celo Adam pushes cart out, and as it leans down, it's a little too heavy and turns to sideo Platters clatter open, except for the one containing the fish {stays upside down)■ Two dishes splatter onto floor, along with a halfling■ Theo stays inside the cart■ Cel tumbles outo Everyone looking at them■ "did anyone order a halfling and blueberry pie?"- Adam must make performance checko 14o Everyone in the room draws their weapono Floating creature descends and hisses, drow gathering energyo Sylvia has an idea■ Adam is telling everyone to calm down bc he has a pieo Cel stands up, hand on dust of disappearance subtlyo But they hear low rumbling sound- Adam yells "WAIT ! I know this looks bad ! But there is a much more pressing manner" as he pulls out the fish foodo Grumbling turning into laughter■ Really creepy uncomfy laughtero "halfling pie" ahahahahao Adam starts laughingo Cel halfheartedly laughso Can't see anything but can hearo Looking at ceiling just see large circle bowl attached to ceiling- Adam "I have been informed - praise xanathar by the way - I've been informed by ot to feed lord silgar his daily sustenance and if I don't get this to him soon things aren't going to b looking too hot for the xanathar guild"o Everyone kinda chuckling to themselves■ Cel makes 21, adam makes 13 or smth for insight check; theo rolls 3o The ppl don't think the joke is funny but they're laughing anywayso Voice echoes "v mysterious . ot went missing"■ "well he hasn't been to work in awhile" adam says□ Adam makes persuasion check□ Adam rolls nat 1◆ Hears deep imposing resonance◆ "deliver your food and then be gone from this ?? Space -- if you should trifle, then perhaps we shall enjoy the new employee with the pie"□ Adam tells cel to wait here and cel Is like :I◆ Adam casts message and tells cel that if things go south to find aerana and

asyna◆ Adam takes theo with him□ Cel messages back for adam to keep an eye on the plushie◆ Cel standing by door, adam wheeling cart with one hand, sets pie on table by buff guys and keeps going◆ Cel looking around room and doesn't see anything that doesn't look humanoid, sees two other doors not including one she came from- Human woman tells cel that she better leaveo "I think you should leave before he changes his mind"o Cel tries the door she came in from, it's unlockedo Adam is going for door closest to him firsto Cel leaves room going back way she came■ Right as she goes to leave, booming voice says "wait. You there . Halfling . Tell us a story . And you tiefling fellow . If you encounter ot, give him my best wishes . And then come back . say . Which door is ot behind, my friend?"■ Jacob: "I'm gonna roll a d2"□ "is this a test ?? I still just started this job" adamo Cel tries to leave, makes acrobatics check 18■ Human woman rolls nat 20 and cel cannot leaveo Jacob rolls 24 to ask for a hint■ "it is not the door on your left !!"■ Adam insight checks, 15; voice is odd and adam can't tell what's going on■ Adam says he loves the voice and opens the door right next to him■ Cold rush fills adam's body, just fear□ "give my regards to ot! You passed :)"■ Adam feels push and door shuts behind him, without theo■ Adam has darkvision, sees gigantic 20x20 fish bowl with aquatic plants and gravel inside and a miniature castle + sizable treasure chest at bottom of bowl■ Inside is a familiar looking dwarf with a strange helmet on□ Turns around and yells◆ "OT"◆ Adam goes over and puts two hands on his shoulders◆ Ot is holding smaller fishbowl with a goldfish◆ "I need that goldfish"- Back to asyna and aeranao We go get food from the kitchen, two souffleso We hear more argument back at stairs, sounds like ringleader from before in undercommon saying "well no sir according to my observation did not see any ghost . Well I should hope not but we can investigate for you if you desire"o We walk down left hallway, see tall pillars■ Passageway to left back in direction we came□ Door, passageway, passageway that goes sort of back way we cameo We keep going down passageway■ 17 perception check at ornate door■ We can hear cel talking and occasionally a deep booming interjecting voice■ We listen by other door, can hear fish people talking through there■ 18 perception down other passageway, looking down catches glimpse of a halfling being dragged off□ Halfling doesn't look like someone we recognize- 28 stealth check to pull open door a little bito See big group of ppl, knocked over cart that looks like one adam was pushing, cel- Back to cel, cel telling a storyo "have you ever heard the story of the yawning portal"

o "no . I've heard it's a terrible place"o "yeah it's an awful place with mystery that I want to explore"o Cel relays things durnan has told about typ, rolls performanceo 11 performance check■ Is talking for awhileo Aerana and asyna can hear clearly- Theo still inside fallen carto Is close to door adam went througho Everyone is watching celo Door adam went through is probably unlocked■ Stealth check, 17 w pass without a trace- Theo makes it through unscathedo Sees ot and adam chatting- Back to adamo "OT I need that fish"o adam slaps himo Adam makes strength check of 5o Theo has sneak attack and is gonna bonk ot on the head■ 13 to hit, stun attack and ot drops bowl□ Adam makes dex check, 14, catches bowl□ Looks like the fish adam saw in that painting but also looks p mundaneo Theo has other fish, other fish kinda looks like lord silgaro Adam gets lord silgar and puts him underneath chef's hato Fake fish named filgar■ See passageway leading out and sloping up {like a ramp) + locked double door against wallo Ot says "we spoke of the stone"■ Ot begging for fish, adam says give stone ot says I don't know where stone is■ Adam rolls 18 for insight, but ot blocking big bowl■ No fish in the bowl just a rocky sandy bottom, faux treasure chest, faux castle- Adam walks up to bowl, tips it overo Adam mage hands down into fish bowl, opens chest, sees oval, uses mage hand to grab rocko Ot starts crying bc he doesn't want to fail at his jobo Adam gives him filgar and brings ot close■ "you saw nothing"- Adam puts rock in pocketo Jk adam hands stone to theo and tells her to get out, adam is gonna go get celo Adam tells theo to meet at kitcheno Jk we'll meet outside the guildo Theo just needs to book it- Adam and theo high five, adam walks back out and claps "he ate"o "very good" booming voice sayso Says they're gonna finish eating the halfling but adam offers his entertainment skills■ Cel dips out, sees asyna and aerana and we hand her the souffles■ Keep door pried open- Theo follows passageway as far out as she can go- Adam starts storyo "there once was a young man in a fallen city . This city had many factions . This young boy was the leader of the smallest . His faction was growing smaller and weaker until one day he made a deal with a devil . Devil asks for an heir, man agrees, came at cost of best friend, but man receives great power and influence in city; one morning realizes consequences and at his doorstep were two baby twin tieflingso One crying one laughing

o Man takes it upon self to raise tieflings in secret, can't kill tieflings bc agreement- Theo running down hallway, sees heavily armed fish folk and head to double doors, walk through; four of us now togethero As adam giving speech, is casually inching towards door he came from, preparing darknesso Voice is just listening to storyo "Man raises two tieflings in secret, one void of powers other great sorcerer; tutor hired to teach lesser tiefling . Tutor was kind and only friend of younger tiefling and realized younger tiefling needed to escape; when younger tiefling turned 17, led tiefling out of city; older tiefling told father of plano Adam's voice cracks :{o "tutor was killed but the younger one got away"o "you know the younger one should've been stronger" voice sayso Adam's voice cracks, stops movements■ Looks at tentacle monster, cross and a little angry, hands shaking behind backo Is close to door

• We ALL run■ "and with that story that has ended with no happy ending, I will bid you adieu" calls darkness, YEETS away■ Adam running

- Naya pokes head out of wall, we run and cel recasts pass without a traceo 13 celo 20 aeranao 19 adamo 11 theoo 10 asyna- Running down hallway back towards kitchenso Behind can hear someone shouting "there you are" from behind us■ Adam casts hypnotic pattern on stairs for next minute■ Aerana launches bow, 6 damage on the jailer dwarf who was immediately chasing us

□- We keep runningDwarf is incapacitated and stands still on stairs

o Following pathway we came through

o Dex saves bc adam's pyrotechnics doesn't work

■ Aerana rolls nat 1

■ Adam nat 20

■ Theo 23

■ Cel 19???

■ Asyna 12

□ Everyone takes 5 damage, except aerana who takes 10

- Adam casts healing words to take aerana to 6 hp

o Adam casts hellish rebuke, 20 fire damage

o Aerana hits 15 damage and yeets out of room

o Asyna rolls 6 dex save, as running out asyna feels incredible slowness; can make door but still slow

■ Halved speed

- We round corner and go up the stairs

o "rat might actually work because rat is rat"

- Aerana turns into squirrel, speed returns

- We get to sewer we entered from and for the moment it looks as we've escaped

o We have lord silgar and the stone

#sn #19 #dnd #d&d #5e

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demonac · 4 years

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TDDC Stat Blast from the Past

Tales From My D&D Campaign is 3.5 edition, like a relic from a bygone age. But people still ask about stats and such often enough. I just got another question on the Discord about Kua Toa stats.

Well I tend to modify them - remake them for every fight, and their level - even for the basic KTs - tended to creep up as the players leveled. After all, any of them you run into on land are the elite, best-trained and best equipped, because they are going into battle without the usual legions of slaves.

But here are the stat blocks from the party’s first encounter with the Deluvians... and just generally, how my stat blocks look (even though these are so old that the originals said “Illuvian” instead of “Illud”).

DELUVIAN RAIDER (CR 4) KuaToa Fighter 2 HP: 34 NE STR: 14 DEX: 10 CON: 15 WIS: 14 INT: 13 CHA: 8 BASE: +4 SPD: 20(15) SWIM: 50(40) REF: +3/FORT: +7/WILL: +5 AC: 23 [10+6(natural)+5(Armor)+2(Shield)] FullAttack: +7/+1 1d8+2/1d4+1 FEATS: Alertness, GreatFortitude, WeaponFocus(Longsword) ABILITIES: KtRacials SKILLS: Spot +11, Listen: +7, EscapeArtist +8, Swim +10, MoveSilent +3, Craft[Armor or Weapons] +4 GEAR: BasicColos(9c), MW Breastplate, MW Longsword, MW HeavyShield, 1xAlchemist'sFire, 1xAcidFlask, 1xLightningBall, 40 gp

DELUVIAN CONSCRIPT (Minion; 3 = CR 4) KuaToa Fighter 2 HP: 3 NE STR: 14 DEX: 10 CON: 15 WIS: 14 INT: 13 CHA: 8 BASE: +4 SPD: 20(15) SWIM: 50(40) REF: +3/FORT: +5/WILL: +5 Grapple: +6 AC: 23 [10+6(natural)+5(Armor)+2(Shield)] FullAttack: +7/+1 1d8+2/1d4+1 FEATS: Alertness, WeaponFocus(Longsword) ABILITIES: KtRacials, Evasion, Mettle, Can be KO'd/killed by successful grapple SKILLS: Spot +11, Listen: +7, EscapeArtist +8, Swim +10, MoveSilent +3, Craft[Armor or Weapons] +4 GEAR: BasicColos(9c), Breastplate, Longsword, HeavyShield, 1xLightningBall, 50' silk rope

DELUVIAN GRENADIER (CR 7) KuaToa Rogue 5 HP: 41 NE STR: 11 DEX: 14(16) CON: 14 WIS: 14 INT: 13 CHA: 8 BASE: +5 SPD: 20 SWIM: 50 REF: +8/FORT: +3/WILL: +6 AC: 27 [10+6(natural)+5(Armor)+3(Shield)+3(Dex)] FullAttack: +5/+0 1d6/1d4 (+3d6 SA) Flask: +9/10 1d6+1/2(+3d6 SA) RapidFlask: +7/+7(+8/+8) 1d6+1/2(+3d6 SA) FEATS: Stealthy, Grenadier, PointBlankShot, RapidShot ABILITIES: KtRacials, Evasion, UncannyDodge, SA +3d6, Trapfinding, TrapSense +1 SKILLS: Spot 10(19), Listen: 10(12), EscapeArtist 10(21), Swim +10, MoveSilent 10(15), Craft[Alchemy] 7(11), Hide: 10(15) GEAR: NobleColos(8c), +1 Chainshirt, MW Shortsword, +1 Heavy Shield, +2 Gloves of Dex, 6xAlchemist'sFire, 3xAcidFlask, 3xTanglefootBag, 2xWhipweed, 1xLightningBall, ModHealthPot(11hp), 150gp

ILLUD WARRIOR (CR 5) KuaToa Fighter 3 HP: 37 STR: 14 DEX: 12 CON: 13 WIS: 14 INT: 13 CHA: 8 BASE: +5 SPD: 15 SWIM: 40 REF: +5/FORT: +6/WILL: +6 AC: 24/25 [10+6(natural)+5(Armor)+2(Shield)+1(Dex)]/Competence FullAttack: +8/+2 1d6+2/1d4+1 FEATS: Alertness, WeaponFocus(Shortspear), GreatFortitude, Stealthy SKILLS: Spot +11, Listen: +7, EscapeArtist +9, Swim +10, MoveSilent +6(3), Craft[Armor or Weapons] +4, Hide: +3 GEAR: BasicColos(9c), MW Breastplate, MW Shortspear, MW HeavyShield, 1xAlchemist'sFire, 1xAcidFlask, 1xTanglefootBag, 30 gp

ILLUD WATCHER (CR 4) KuaToa Rogue 2 HP: 29 STR: 11 DEX: 14 CON: 14 WIS: 14 INT: 13 CHA: 8 BASE: +3 SPD: 20 SWIM: 50 REF: +7/FORT: +2/WILL: +5 AC: 23/24 [10+6(natural)+4(Armor)+1(Shield)+2(Dex)]/Competence FullAttack: +3/-2 1d6/1d4 Flask: +6/7 1d6+1/2(+1d6 SA) FEATS: Stealthy, Grenadier, PointBlankShot ABILITIES: KtRacials, Evasion, SA +1d6, Trapfinding SKILLS: Spot 7(16), Listen: 1(8), EscapeArtist +8, Swim +10, MoveSilent 7(12), Craft[Alchemy] 7(11), Hide: 7(11) GEAR: BasicColos(9c), MW Chainshirt, MW Shortspear, MW Buckler, 3xAlchemist'sFire, 3xAcidFlask, 3xTanglefootBag, 2xWhipweed, 50gp

VULBO (CR 7) KuaToa(Babago) Fighter 3 HP: 73 LE STR: 26 DEX: 13 CON: 20 WIS: 12 INT: 8 CHA: 6 BASE: +6/+1 SPD: 30(20) SWIM: 50(40), Space/Reach: 10/10 REF: +5/FORT: +9/WILL: +5 AC: 25/26 [10+7(natural)+5(Armor)+3(Shield)+1(Dex)-1(Size)]/Competence FullAttack: +14/+9/+9 2d6+8/2d6+8/1d8+4 FEATS: ImprovedNatAttack(Bite), PowerAttack, ImpBullRush, AwesomeBlow (std action, Ref=dmg) ABILITIES: KtRacials, Darkvision 30' GEAR: BasicColos(LargeSized)(9c), MW Large Breastplate, +2 Longsword(Scimitar-shaped), +1 LargeShield(for large creature, could work as a tower shield for a medium creature), 120gp [[House Babago Kua have 3 racial HD(Monstrous Humanoid), Nat Armor 7, Large size, +10 Str, +6 CON, -2 DEX, +0 WIS, +0 INT, -4 CHA, Kua-Toa traits, and Darkvision 30', CR 4]]

KUA TOA TRAITS: (Kua Toa in TDDC have better racial abilities than is usual for 3.5 edition Kuo Toa)

Electrical Resistance 30; Amphibious; Keen Sight (+4 search and spot; can see moving objects or creatures, even if invisible or ethereal), Slippery(+8 escape artist; skin secretions allow them to slip out of webs, magical or otherwise); their skin secretions can also be used to apply a powerful adhesive to their shields (attackers must make a DC 14 Reflex save to avoid having their weapon stuck, disarming them), and also to power Colos Cloaks (see below).

EQUIPMENT:

A Lightning Ball is a metal-shelled alchemical device which can be tossed into a 5-foot square as a standard action, breaking an internal glass barrier. Once the glass inside is broken, it takes one round for the chemicals to mix, after which the Ball carries a dangerous electric charge for up to 5 rounds - during that time, the first creature to move within 5-feet of the ball triggers an electrical discharge zapping them for 2d4 electrical damage (Reflex 11 for half) and dealing 1 electrical "splash" damage to any adjacent creature. The zap is NOT triggered by "grounded" creatures, meaning any creature with Electrical Resistance 5 or greater. If multiple 'active' Lightning Balls are triggered at the same time (with overlapping areas), they interfere with each other somewhat, therefore the damage does not increase even though the additional balls are still expended. A creature carrying one or more Lightning Balls who fails any Reflex save must make an additional Reflex save at the same DC to avoid accidentally triggering any carried Lightning Balls (again, the damage is the same as for triggering a single ball).

Whipweed is an alchemicaly treated plant crafted by KuaToa of house Domod for quick escapes and tactical repositioning. The strand of modified and compressed into a driftwood tube with a screw top (some versions are designed so that you can hold it at the bottom and twist to open the top). When opened, it shoots out with incredible energy (though it lacks the mass to inflict relevant damage if used as a weapon). As a standard action, make a touch attack (usually against an inanimate terrain feature) with a range increment of 20, maximum range 60 feet. If it hits, the goo ball at the end of the strand attaches firmly (if momentarily) and immediately whips back, reeling in the wielder if he can hold on (Ref 13 - on a failed save, the tube is ripped out of his hand). Alternatively, the Whipweed can be used to reel in an unattended item that weighs less than half as much as the wielder. Whipweed may have a variety of other uses, but they generally require specialized skills (feats, in other words). Whipweed tubes cost 200gp each, though re-usable models (effectively magic item versions) are rumored to exist.

Colos Cloaks (Kua-Toa Invisibility Cloaks) recharge 1 charge for every hour worn by a live Kua-Toa (including while in use). All versions can store a maximum of 15 charges, and charges decay at a rate of 1 per 8 hours when the cloak is not worn by a living Kua-Toa. Deluvian Basic cloaks are typically black and scaley when visible, whereas Illud Basic cloaks are generally grey (and scaley). The Colos (particularly the higher quality versions) can of course be crafted in any number of styles, including fine non-scaled fabrics. ALL versions have the basic combat ability: [3 charges: Invis (1 min, CL 3)]. Additional abilities of the different quality Colos cloaks are as follows: Basic Colos: [6 charges: Invisibility (1 hr, CL 3)] Noble Colos: [15 charges: Invisibility (8 hr, CL 7), 4 charges: Invis (1 hr, CL 3)] Elite Colos: [4 charges Invisibility (8 hr, CL 9), 10 charges: Swift Invisibility (2 rnd, CL 5)]

aaaaand some Warbond Freedom/Terrorist idiots:

WARBOND MINION (Minion; 4=CR 3) Human(Or halfling) Warrior 3, HP 3 CG STR: 11 DEX: 12 CON: 11 WIS: 10 INT: 10 CHA: 11 BASE: +3 SPD: 30 REF: +1/FORT: +3/WILL: +1 AC: 15 [10+3(Armor)+1(Shield)+1(Dex)] FullAttack: +3(4) 1d6+1 LightCrossbow: +5/6(+1) 1d8+0/1, 19-20x2 FEATS: Weapon Focus(light crossbow), PointBlankShot GEAR: StuddedLeather, WoodenBuckler, ShortswordORLightPickORHandAxe, LightCrossbow, 20 bolts, 2 MW bolts

WARBOND SLINGER CR 4 Halfling Fighter 4, HP: 28 STR: 8(or6) DEX: 14(or16) CON: 10 WIS: 11 INT: 10 CHA: 11 BASE: +4 SPD: 20 REF: +3/FORT: +5/WILL: +2 AC: 18 [10+4(Armor)+2(Dex)+1(Size)+1(Deflect)] TINYAC: 20 [10+4(Armor)+3(Dex)+2(Size)+1(Deflect)] Sling: +9(10)[11] 1d4+4/5 Rapid: +7+7(+8/+8)[+1] 1d4+4/5 Tiny: +11(12)[13] 1d3+4/5 TinyRapid: +9+9(+10/+10)[+1] 1d3+4/5 Shortsword(sm) +5[6] 1d4(-1 dmg if Tiny) FEATS: WeaponFocus(Sling), WeaponSpec(Sling), PointBlankShot, RapidShot, PreciseShot ABILITIES: Halfling(small, +1 to hit with Slings, +1 to all saves, +X vs fear) GEAR: MW ChainShirt, +1 Sling, +1 small Shortsword, RoP+1, LightHealthPot(5hp) x1, PotionOfReducePersonx3, 50 gp

WARBOND BERSERKER CR 3 Human Barbarian 1/Druid 1/Fighter 1 HP: 32(38 raging) STR: 14(18) DEX: 15 CON: 12(16) WIS: 11 INT: 8 CHA: 10 BASE: +2 SPD: 40(30) REF: +2/FORT: +7(+9)/WILL: +2(+4) AC: 14 [10+4(Armor)+2(Dex)-2(Rage)] RageShilx1: +8[9] 2d6+7 RageShilx2: +6[7]/+6[7] 2d6+5/2d6+5 FEATS: WeaponFocus(Quarterstaff), TWF, Toughness ABILITIES: +10 Move, Rage 1/day(6 rds), AnimalCompanion(wolf), WildEmpathy, NatureSense(+2 ) GEAR: Quarterstaff, HideArmor SPELLS(CL2): Shillelagh(precombat)

WARBOND DRUID CR 5 Elf Druid 5 HP: 33 STR: 11 DEX: 14 CON: 12 WIS: 15 INT: 8 CHA: 10 BASE: +3 SPD: 30 (50 Leopard, 40 Hawk) REF: +3(+5Hawk)/FORT: +4/WILL: +4 ELF: AC: 21 [10+4(Armor)+2(Dex)+2(NatArmor)+3(DarkwoodShield)] LEOPARD?: AC: 18 [10+6(NatArmor)+2(Dex)] Bite: +5 1d6+2, Mobility HAWK?: AC: 16 [10+4(NatArmor)+2(Dex)] Talon: +4 1d6+1, +2Reflex ABILITIES: ElfRacials, AnimalEmpathy, AnimalCompanion(leopard?blackbear?), WoodlandStride, NatureSense(+2), WildEmpathy, Shapeshift(Predator,Aerial) SPELLS(CL5): L1(3+1): FaerieFire, Entangle(Ref 13), CLW(1d8+5), MagicFang(used) L2(2+1): Barkskin(precombat), GustOfWind, Snake'sSwiftness(Mass) L3(1+0): SpeakWithPlants(used) GEAR: +1 Hide armor, +1 DarkwoodShield, MWScimitar

JIMMY(WARBOND LEADER) CR 5 Human Ranger 3/Marshal 2 HP: 32 STR: 10 DEX: 16 CON: 13 INT: 8 WIS: 11 CHA: 12 BASE: +4 SPD: 30 REF: +4/FORT: +7/WILL: +4 AC: 19 [10+6(Armor)+3(Dex)] BOW: +10 1d8+1(3 vs Kua) BANE ARROW: +12 1d8+2d6+3 RAPIDBow: +8/+8 Longsword: +5, 1d8(+2 vs Kua) FEATS: WeaponFocus(Longbow), Track, RapidShot(Ranger), Endurance(Ranger) ABILITIES: FavoredEnemy(Kua-Toa), MinorAura(+1 Wis checks), MajorAura(+1 to Hit) SKILLS: Survival 7(9 vs Kua), Spot 4, Heal 3(5) GEAR: +2 ChainShirt, +1 Longbow, 60 arrows, 2 Kua-Toa Bane arrows, 50' rope, MW HealingKit(+2), 200gp

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