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Have them portrayed by Tony Shalhoub in the best Thanksgiving movie of all time
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Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
As a sidenote, am I the only one who used paper and scissors to invent a custom built dice jail?
AH There we go. Mini-Question of the Day. Do you believe in talking to your dice, punishing your dice, giving your dice a nice home to live in and pleasant yard to roll around in?
After consistently rolling multiple Nat 1s I took a blow torch to my d20 then showed the blackened bubbly corpse to other dice to keep them in line.
waht
is this a thing?
I guess I have a habit of rolling 2d20 at the start of a session; the higher of the two will determine how good the good parts of the session will be, and the lower roll the opposite. Doesn't seem to work at all but hey
What is your favorite encounter you have been in or planned (Player/DM)?
There was an old adventure path the starts with;
Temple of Elemental Evil T1-4, then Scourge of the Slave Lords A1-4, finishing with Queen of the Spiders GDQ 1-7
The initial or prequel encounter in GDQ 1-7 Queen of the Spiders.
In a tavern (ours happened to be the Shady Dragon Inn [AC1]), you are ambushed by the slave lords you didn't kill in the previous super module (A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords).
They burst through the doors and windows and ambushed the party in the bar of the Inn.
It was an awesome fight, the remaining slavelords are equivalent to an npc adventuring party with allies.
the bar was trashed and the characters while victorious had a nail biter of a combat, where the outcome was unclear until the last few rounds.
I got the Red Box Basic Set Christmas '83 or 84. Didn't really "play" outside solo modules for about a year or two and got shunted toward AD&D because I think it's what folks older siblings played and they handed down the books.
I don't have any dice superstitions, though if a player has two straight sessions of bad rolls, I offer to replace their dice, knowing that the bulk of most, well, bulk dice are prone to imperfections from high volume bulk production.
As for sailors, I heard a story about something that happened to someone who was on one of the Teams down in Coronado and my response is "nothing, the sailor's teammates can and will do things far beyond anything my mere landlubber mind could possibly come up with."
That whole series was possible the best generally available adventure set they ever put out.
Also, I am going to have a personal bit of celebration, since I finally freaking finished the gal durn Lore Book.
Have to play editor on it, add in some flower and spice qualities, but I need a break from it. Next month comes the final rules books, and then, lo and behold, I will get to go back to hammering away at the campaign.
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Question: As a DM (or Player) - do you take inspiration from anything (outside of the game source books) for your world (or your characters)?
Absolutely!
Modules, books, movies, stories, TV shows, pop culture, video games, and player input.
"Do the shambling skin creatures look familiar?"
*ding* good idea!
"While the shambling skin creatures have empty spaces where eyes should be, hair color and style, tattoos and scars make you believe that these skins come from the friends you lost in town.
*If you reveal your source are you being derivative? Should you just keep it a secret and let the party figure it out themselves?
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Question: As a DM (or Player) - do you take inspiration from anything (outside of the game source books) for your world (or your characters)?
oh dear heavens, lol.
in the credits for my inspirations in the book I just finished, lol, I had to list authors instead of just series. I have like six pages (ok, yeah, they are 9 inch wide and 6 inch high landscape pages, but still) just to mention my inspos.
I pull from EVERYTHING. I pull from cool pictures and fan art, from movies, books, tV shows, comic books, my work, my players, my player’s friends who had to sit through the retelling of the last game, from those insane shower thoughts, from myth and history and cereal boxes. From jokes and commercials, science and superstition.
earlier I told the story of how I ended up with Dorothy’s companions from the wizard of oz in my game without intending to.
The secret is how I make it all fit together somehow, even when I have to let something fall by the wayside.
I did 29 drafts of the Wyrlde Book, lol. 32 of the Encyclopedia Wyrldica (and if you get the joke there of why the lore and rules are named that, you are old).
um…
yeah. I draw from things outside of D&D, and always have. It makes the game far more interesting and way less predictable.
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Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Question: As a DM (or Player) - do you take inspiration from anything (outside of the game source books) for your world (or your characters)?
I mean, who doesn't?
The Elder Scrolls, Dark Souls, Tolkien, Discworld, Zelda, Earthsea, Fighting Fantasy, Adventure Time, hell even sci-fi media like Portal and Star Wars, are all huge sources of inspiration for me.
I’ve been spotted!!
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I wasn't sure if I was Sposta say anything. (See what I did there?)
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
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If it was someone pretending to be him, would they be an Imsposta?
Ok all...
What can you do with a drunken sailor?
I'm not supposed to answer, but hey...
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.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
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🎼🎶Get “welcome aboard” tattooed on his ****,
“Welcome aboard” tattooed on his ****.
That’s what ya do with a drunken sailor
Early in the morning.🎵
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From experience as someone who grew up around the Naval Academy, you can (and should) keep them away from your sister / date.
You wait for them to fall unconscious, steal their gold, and run away.
BoringBard's long and tedious posts somehow manage to enrapture audiences. How? Because he used Charm Person, the #1 bard spell!
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HERE.Have them portrayed by Tony Shalhoub in the best Thanksgiving movie of all time
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
waht
is this a thing?
I guess I have a habit of rolling 2d20 at the start of a session; the higher of the two will determine how good the good parts of the session will be, and the lower roll the opposite. Doesn't seem to work at all but hey
[REDACTED]
Kill them and steal their pistol, according to my players
[REDACTED]
😃 YASS!!! 🤣😂🤣
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There was an old adventure path the starts with;
Temple of Elemental Evil T1-4, then Scourge of the Slave Lords A1-4, finishing with Queen of the Spiders GDQ 1-7
The initial or prequel encounter in GDQ 1-7 Queen of the Spiders.
In a tavern (ours happened to be the Shady Dragon Inn [AC1]), you are ambushed by the slave lords you didn't kill in the previous super module (A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords).
They burst through the doors and windows and ambushed the party in the bar of the Inn.
It was an awesome fight, the remaining slavelords are equivalent to an npc adventuring party with allies.
the bar was trashed and the characters while victorious had a nail biter of a combat, where the outcome was unclear until the last few rounds.
Game over man... Game over! -- Pvt. Hudson
I got the Red Box Basic Set Christmas '83 or 84. Didn't really "play" outside solo modules for about a year or two and got shunted toward AD&D because I think it's what folks older siblings played and they handed down the books.
I don't have any dice superstitions, though if a player has two straight sessions of bad rolls, I offer to replace their dice, knowing that the bulk of most, well, bulk dice are prone to imperfections from high volume bulk production.
As for sailors, I heard a story about something that happened to someone who was on one of the Teams down in Coronado and my response is "nothing, the sailor's teammates can and will do things far beyond anything my mere landlubber mind could possibly come up with."
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
That whole series was possible the best generally available adventure set they ever put out.
Also, I am going to have a personal bit of celebration, since I finally freaking finished the gal durn Lore Book.
Have to play editor on it, add in some flower and spice qualities, but I need a break from it. Next month comes the final rules books, and then, lo and behold, I will get to go back to hammering away at the campaign.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Question: As a DM (or Player) - do you take inspiration from anything (outside of the game source books) for your world (or your characters)?
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
Absolutely!
Modules, books, movies, stories, TV shows, pop culture, video games, and player input.
"Do the shambling skin creatures look familiar?"
*ding* good idea!
"While the shambling skin creatures have empty spaces where eyes should be, hair color and style, tattoos and scars make you believe that these skins come from the friends you lost in town.
*If you reveal your source are you being derivative? Should you just keep it a secret and let the party figure it out themselves?
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
oh dear heavens, lol.
in the credits for my inspirations in the book I just finished, lol, I had to list authors instead of just series. I have like six pages (ok, yeah, they are 9 inch wide and 6 inch high landscape pages, but still) just to mention my inspos.
I pull from EVERYTHING. I pull from cool pictures and fan art, from movies, books, tV shows, comic books, my work, my players, my player’s friends who had to sit through the retelling of the last game, from those insane shower thoughts, from myth and history and cereal boxes. From jokes and commercials, science and superstition.
earlier I told the story of how I ended up with Dorothy’s companions from the wizard of oz in my game without intending to.
The secret is how I make it all fit together somehow, even when I have to let something fall by the wayside.
I did 29 drafts of the Wyrlde Book, lol. 32 of the Encyclopedia Wyrldica (and if you get the joke there of why the lore and rules are named that, you are old).
um…
yeah. I draw from things outside of D&D, and always have. It makes the game far more interesting and way less predictable.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I mean, who doesn't?
The Elder Scrolls, Dark Souls, Tolkien, Discworld, Zelda, Earthsea, Fighting Fantasy, Adventure Time, hell even sci-fi media like Portal and Star Wars, are all huge sources of inspiration for me.
[REDACTED]
I'm at this point creating a campaign where the villain is a mixture of Darkness from The Legend and The White Witch of Narnia,
The villain has several generals who are all based on William Shakespeare's characters with fantastic features (Macbeth became a Death Knight)
The heroes have to break the curse that are based on Disney animations
All environments and dungeons are based on jokes, arts or situations based on real facts
All the time.
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