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2018-05-12, 09:24 PM
Okay. You might remember I posted about Tuesday Night In The Underdark. Long story short, I overestimated their abilities, one of them died, and I had to save their butts with a Ki-Rin. I had the Ki-Rin basically tell the players "Look, I can't always do this. But I sense potential in you. Go to the Priestess of Sune in Indos, and she will help guide you."
So, they ended last session chilling in the temple, waiting to be told what to do. I'd like to give them a few missions.
Ideas so far:
-Goblin trouble, down south
-Wolf trouble, in some farming villages
-Demonic lock maintenance
-Investigate a ruin for a book
Looking for other ideas, and advice.
Note on the current campaign journal: I didn't think of writing one till just now (Saturday night-game was Tuesday), so I can't remember all details.
The players began by being sucked into a sinkhole into the Underdark. The players are:
Burner-Dog Fo Raw, the Tabaxi Monk
A-[NAME], Tabaxi Rogue
T-Yrilren, Kenku Wizard
V-Owlclick, Kenku Druid
C-Ino, Drow Paladin
Right off the bat, a few of them hear clicking approaching, and a dim light. Soon enough, they're engaged in combat with GIANT FIRE BEETLES!
Who they, you know, curb stomp. I think they took maybe three points of damage.
Dog and [NAME] chase after the fleeing survivor, of which there is one, but notice that a hanging rock formation seems a little... Malevolent. [NAME] shoots an arrow at it, and it screams-it's a Piercer! They circle around it, with [NAME] fleeing back to safety with the others and Dog heading forward. A few more projectiles at it, Ino comes out, and Dodges beneath the Piercer. The Piercer drops... And misses. It goes splat, due to fall damage.
They all feel good now. The two Kenku are harvesting the beetle corpses for torch supplies, as they don't have Darkvision, and the other three go forward. They see a bunch of white strands hanging from the ceiling, and one of them spots a four-armed small figure in their. The figure begins approaching, and they see he's wearing goggles. Ino then feels like this guy is his friend! Soon enough, so does [NAME] and Dog. Eyes Of Charming, and some REAL POOR saves from the players. The chitine gets Ino and [NAME] to go forward into its den of webs. A Giant Wolf Spider comes down, one-shots (to unconsciousness) [NAME], and Ino puts up a valiant, but ultimately fruitless, fight. When they're both KOed, Dog comes in, sees this, has the enchantment break, and lights the whole web on fire.
He rushes in and drags [NAME] out, taking some damage. Then, he tries going in again, but the flames are too much (1 HP left) and he's rebuffed. Luckily, the Kenku have come out by now, and our Druid has one spell slot left. (Yes, one. She spent on healing herself of the beetle damage. Our Wizard spent one on Mage Armor.) Owlclick rushes in, casting Cure Wounds on Ino, and the two run out.
They short rest, spending hit dice and waiting for the fires to die out. Once they're gone, they loot the bodies and move on. And run right into... DROW! Who don't comment on Ino's drow nature. Shoulda had something happen there, but eh, what's done is done.
The drow then basically say "Easy way-slavedom. Hard way-torture and slavedom." [NAME] draws his bow, and gets killed with a crit to the face for his trouble. After that, no one wants to fight much.
I realize now that I've basically screwed the campaign, so I summon Plot Device a ki-rin, who comes in, crushes a few drow, and revives [NAME]. He explains that he sees potential in them, as he gets them out, and directs them to the priestess of Sune, in their launching point of Indos. They go there, where Yrilren argues over the looted goggles, and eventually settles for a sandwich.
Ino goes to the temple of Kord to spar, Dog sits on his egg rock (he has a good backstory, he does), [NAME] admires his shiny rock, Owlclick maintains her gear, and Yrilren reads.
Session ends. Everyone levels up!
And, most importantly, everyone had a good time. The two ladies who were playing were eyeing buying the PHB and Volo's, and A (who's Rogue died, for a little) I talked to and he really enjoyed it.
Overall, DEFINITELY coulda done better. But hey, live and learn.
So, they ended last session chilling in the temple, waiting to be told what to do. I'd like to give them a few missions.
Ideas so far:
-Goblin trouble, down south
-Wolf trouble, in some farming villages
-Demonic lock maintenance
-Investigate a ruin for a book
Looking for other ideas, and advice.
Note on the current campaign journal: I didn't think of writing one till just now (Saturday night-game was Tuesday), so I can't remember all details.
The players began by being sucked into a sinkhole into the Underdark. The players are:
Burner-Dog Fo Raw, the Tabaxi Monk
A-[NAME], Tabaxi Rogue
T-Yrilren, Kenku Wizard
V-Owlclick, Kenku Druid
C-Ino, Drow Paladin
Right off the bat, a few of them hear clicking approaching, and a dim light. Soon enough, they're engaged in combat with GIANT FIRE BEETLES!
Who they, you know, curb stomp. I think they took maybe three points of damage.
Dog and [NAME] chase after the fleeing survivor, of which there is one, but notice that a hanging rock formation seems a little... Malevolent. [NAME] shoots an arrow at it, and it screams-it's a Piercer! They circle around it, with [NAME] fleeing back to safety with the others and Dog heading forward. A few more projectiles at it, Ino comes out, and Dodges beneath the Piercer. The Piercer drops... And misses. It goes splat, due to fall damage.
They all feel good now. The two Kenku are harvesting the beetle corpses for torch supplies, as they don't have Darkvision, and the other three go forward. They see a bunch of white strands hanging from the ceiling, and one of them spots a four-armed small figure in their. The figure begins approaching, and they see he's wearing goggles. Ino then feels like this guy is his friend! Soon enough, so does [NAME] and Dog. Eyes Of Charming, and some REAL POOR saves from the players. The chitine gets Ino and [NAME] to go forward into its den of webs. A Giant Wolf Spider comes down, one-shots (to unconsciousness) [NAME], and Ino puts up a valiant, but ultimately fruitless, fight. When they're both KOed, Dog comes in, sees this, has the enchantment break, and lights the whole web on fire.
He rushes in and drags [NAME] out, taking some damage. Then, he tries going in again, but the flames are too much (1 HP left) and he's rebuffed. Luckily, the Kenku have come out by now, and our Druid has one spell slot left. (Yes, one. She spent on healing herself of the beetle damage. Our Wizard spent one on Mage Armor.) Owlclick rushes in, casting Cure Wounds on Ino, and the two run out.
They short rest, spending hit dice and waiting for the fires to die out. Once they're gone, they loot the bodies and move on. And run right into... DROW! Who don't comment on Ino's drow nature. Shoulda had something happen there, but eh, what's done is done.
The drow then basically say "Easy way-slavedom. Hard way-torture and slavedom." [NAME] draws his bow, and gets killed with a crit to the face for his trouble. After that, no one wants to fight much.
I realize now that I've basically screwed the campaign, so I summon Plot Device a ki-rin, who comes in, crushes a few drow, and revives [NAME]. He explains that he sees potential in them, as he gets them out, and directs them to the priestess of Sune, in their launching point of Indos. They go there, where Yrilren argues over the looted goggles, and eventually settles for a sandwich.
Ino goes to the temple of Kord to spar, Dog sits on his egg rock (he has a good backstory, he does), [NAME] admires his shiny rock, Owlclick maintains her gear, and Yrilren reads.
Session ends. Everyone levels up!
And, most importantly, everyone had a good time. The two ladies who were playing were eyeing buying the PHB and Volo's, and A (who's Rogue died, for a little) I talked to and he really enjoyed it.
Overall, DEFINITELY coulda done better. But hey, live and learn.