The demon lord Draxx sent each of you as part of an assault to steal a holy relic from a hidden monastery built into the side of a huge tree within the Misty Forest. The swarm of monsters sent forth by the demon lord contained the best units from his incredibly varied collection of loyal slaves.... undead, monstrosities, fiends, aberrations, elementals... Lord Draxx collects any creature he thinks may help him succeed in his evil schemes. After a long bloody battle with the wood-elf clerics guarding the relic, the minions of lord Draxx manage to slaughter the defenders and claim the relic. However, the moment they come into contact with the staff... the remaining members of the demon lords assault are immediately awakened and freed from the control held over them by Draxx. Draxx, realizing he has lost control of his minions and the holy relic will now stop at nothing to destroy his ungrateful minions and recover the relic once and for all... leaving you and your companions looking for a way to escape the wrath of Draxx and right some of the wrongs you were forced to commit in the servitude of the demon lord... either in hopes of your own salvation or to earn a place in the world of the living.
******************************** About the game (requirements) ******************************** - I would like each player to pick a monster with a CR of 1 or less. - The monster must be an undead, elemental, aberration, fiend, or monstrosity - we will be taking all the abilities and features of the monster (including and pluses or minuses to ability scores) and making homebrew races for the monsters - Once you have the monster race (IE: ghoul, skeleton, imp, cackler, specter...), you can make it a level 1 character with a class and background that makes sense of that type of creature.
************** Application *************** Please provide me the following information
Availability to post (Number of times per day) Name Race (monster) class backstory (work you used to perform for Draxx, life before dying / losing soul) Link to character / homebrew race if possible. (If you don't know how to make the home brew race and I choose you as a player i will help you with this if needed) **************************************
I want this to be a fun game with friendly people that get along. I really appreciate good RP without drama and would like the players to have fun with there characters. Although the theme of the game may seem kind of dark, I am looking for characters that, while being undead demon monsters... they also have personalities of their own that they can develop now that they have their own free will and not driven to evil by their master. I don't plan for this to be an "evil" campaign where the party goes around murdering villagers... but I would also everyone to RP to an extent.. if you make a ghoul... you might not go around murdering villagers... but I wouldn't be surprised if you start munching on that bandit that made the mistake of attacking you.
After players are chosen we will work together to make sure everyone is ok with how their characters will work so everyone is on the same page and I will start a new game play thread. I will leave this thread open until sometime Monday 1/14/19. Please feel free to PM me or post questions in this thread along with your applications. I know whis is kind of a different game with more setup than using traditional races but I think it could be pretty fun!
**** Somethings to consider when picking your monster**** -Is the monster you are choosing something that is going to be able to equip items? (specter and avatar of death are going to have items float right through them... some creatures don't have hands for holding weapons and putting on rings) -is the monster you are choosing something that is going to be able to disguise itself under armor / clothes if trying to move through town without scaring the pants off everyone. -does your monster speak a language or even have a mouth or other ability to communicate? (I am flexible on this but some monsters will still have problems with this) - Are you going to be able to contribute to the team in meaningful ways outside of combat?
/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ | | | | | | | These are things I will be considering when picking which players will be in the game.
Availability to post 3-4 Name Saida Race Harpy Class Bloodhunter (If that's alright. If not, I'll switch to Fighter) Backstory Previous to entering the service of Draxx, Saida was the mother-leader of a small tribe of harpies. They lived in the mountain, fiercely defending their territory from any and all outsiders. Saida was happily married with two hatchlings and optimistic about the future of the tribe. Unfortunately, after a skirmish with some human travelers went wrong, a team of adventurers was called in to slay the harpies. Only Saida—away from home while establishing relations with a different tribe—survived. She came to Draxx in a time filled with grief and anger, entering into his service for the promise of revenge. While under his sway, her terrifying fury made her a powerful frontline fighter that laid low many innocents. After coming into contact with the artifact, understanding of what happened has turned her off the path of vengeance against the ones who took her home. No, now she wants vengeance on the one who deserves it—Draxx. Link to character / homebrew race if possible. This is the best one I found: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/races/63818-harpy
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Jubilant/Tiefling/Warlock/The Guardians of Kinloran
(I like it, but I think I would actually want to make a new homebrew race of harpy so that it mirrors harpy which would remove the weakness to bludgeoning, grant you a sweet song, your talons would do more damage, and grant you multi attack. I would allow you as the game progresses to swap out your club with any other weapon you find if you want and attack with your talons and that weapon if ya wanted)
Availability to post 4-5 Name Sylas Race Dread Warrior class Paladin (OathBreaker) backstory In Life, Sylas was a mercenary. Often being hired to protect a noble or drive away kobolds who strayed to close to a village. On one particular job, He was hired to enter a Supposedly "Haunted" homestead and put the spirit to rest. In actuality a group of Bandits had made it their base, they didnt take to kindly to having someone come into their Base. Capturing Sylas, they spent a week torturing him. Burning his flesh, cutting parts off and letting him starve. Eventually he did succumb to his wounds and perished.
Sylas had a feeling the one who had hired him knew about the bandits, It was this lack of information that led to his demise. Feuled by anger and the need for vengeance, Sylas rose once more yet this time as a Undead Enity, Hell bent on revenge. First taking the lives of Bandits, Slaughtering them as they slept. He wandered and searched for the one who had Hired him. Wandered for so long he began to forget things, Little by little His memories of life faded until he could only remember his name. He came under contract to Draxx soon after, Even the Undead get bored and he was getting bored. Killing was all he knew, yet he was longing for an eternal rest. Draxx promised him rest and so he signed a contract, not knowing the blatant lie by the Demon, Forced to kill for Draxx until his mind was awakened. A new thirst for Vengeance now drives him, He would do whatever he could to make sure Draxx's head was ontop of one of his Javelins. Link to character / homebrew race if possible. Sylas and Dread warrior race
Availability to post 4-5 Name: Splort Race: Gray Ooze Class: Cleric Backstory : Splort didn't know how he got to the nine hells. He was always content just sitting around. Never one to be an overachiever he spent his existence quietly sitting in a cold stone room alone with his thoughts. A hermit he considered himself, not wanting to play with others as much as snack on any unsuspecting prey that walked into him. He'd spend days lying around in a dark room, or sometimes a bright warm room (when the sun shone through the window.) , and when a bird, or a house cat unsuspectingly wandered in "SPLORT" he would reach out fast as lightning and grab it.
It was after he grabbed a rather nasty bird, or was it a cat? That was covered in metal who decided to start stabbing and slicing at poor splort. He then felt an intense heat as fire engulfed him. It was then he first found himself in the nine hells.
At first he was alright with the decision. The heat left him in more of a puddle than a solid shape but there were plenty of small fleshy creatures wandering around to snack on. That was until Splort tried to grab onto a rather metal shoe. One of the great Dread Lord Draxx's. But instead of being incinerated, Draxx saw potential in Splort. He gave him the gift of insight. It was then when Splort's eyes were opened and he knew for the first time the name of the feeling burning deep inside his soul. "Hungry..." Splort managed to bubble out. "Then come with me and you shall feast" Lord Draxx replied.
Splort obeyed. And for years he spent eating whatever Draxx gave him. Usually sputtering imps that failed him, or harpies, or even a warm hell hound if it suited Draxx. When he was instructed to accompany some others on a mission Splort thought it was a joke. But it wasn't. he was to be a trap against the helpless overworlders. Splort didn't care. As long as he found something to eat.
Link to character / homebrew race if possible. (If you don't know how to make the home brew race and I choose you as a player i will help you with this if needed)
I actually don't know how to make a homebrew race. I will look into this but may need your help.
Feepo has served a henchman for Draxx for his whole life. He mostly completed lower importance assassinations and burglaries.
My character sheet is almost complete, but I’m not sure what to do in the way of equipment and background. If I could get your direction on this, I will complete it. (Thanks)
Hungry is a Wretched, a lost soul who was trapped in the Shadowfell and was transformed. He used to be an adventurer. He stayed too long with his party, and this happened. In a mishap to get him home to fix him, the wizard opened a portal, which accidentally led to the home of Draax, where each of the adventurerers were slayed.Except Hungry. Hungry was kept as some sort of... pet, I guess. Feeding off of the fear that radiates from his home. But when Draax needed that relic destroyed, he was desperate enough to send Hungry. (Note: much more like a stray cat then a pet dog.)
Class:Cleric (grave, if you have it. Otherwise death, if you have it. Otherwise Warlock.)
Race:Avatar of Death. (It’s in the interest thread.)
Name: He doesn’t have one, so people refer to him as The Avatar if Death
Backstory:Draax trucked a man into summoning him, and bound the avatar to his own will. He has been working for him unwillingly ever since. Therefore, he couldn’t do his job, and now feels responsible for any undead and lost souls to appear. The Avatar wishes to A:Put all souls where they belong B:kill Draax, permanently, and make him suffer
backstory: Odysseus doesn’t remember his old life. He used to be human, and was paralyzed and kissed by a Vargouille, and became one. That’s alright. He found his way to the abyss, where he found out Draax was sending people to destroy some holy relic. Odysseus attached himself to a fiend and rode with them, only to be caught up in the fight.
In actuality, Odysseus is about 1300 years old. He just doesn’t remember it. He used to be a great adventurer, until he became a Vargouille.
Feepo has served a henchman for Draxx for his whole life. He mostly completed lower importance assassinations and burglaries.
My character sheet is almost complete, but I’m not sure what to do in the way of equipment and background. If I could get your direction on this, I will complete it.
Background, pick whatever is closest... if you were an assasin / sneaky guy working for drax, pick a background that is closest to that or provides bonuses that reflect that type of work. As far as equipment, I think everyone will start out with nothing unless it is listed on the monster page for the creature they are chosing to be and we will go from there. We will talk more about equipment when I pick my players.
Paladin is actually a good idea for a Dread Warrior, especially with the way Im building the Race. Almost done btw, should have it finished on my next lunch break!
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Malenia - [Monk - Way of the Jedi] - Auryn: Princess of Destiny
(Well like a skeleton cannot speak technically, but it has a mouth and is held together by magic so I would say it can talk even though it isn't listed. An ooze on the other hand might be able to gurgle and stuff but may have to try to speak by like... forming shapes and letters with its body?. You can have two of the same thing also, that isn't a huge deal. Also also, I would allow you to use tiny creatures like imps if you wanted. Rings may be more like bracelets to them and that kind of thing but imps actually have a lot of cool abilities that could be good alone and in a group. It can be CR of 1 or less. I think the Cackler and Quasit would be pretty cool too along with the imp. They might be tiny but we can work with that.)
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Plot
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The demon lord Draxx sent each of you as part of an assault to steal a holy relic from a hidden monastery built into the side of a huge tree within the Misty Forest. The swarm of monsters sent forth by the demon lord contained the best units from his incredibly varied collection of loyal slaves.... undead, monstrosities, fiends, aberrations, elementals... Lord Draxx collects any creature he thinks may help him succeed in his evil schemes. After a long bloody battle with the wood-elf clerics guarding the relic, the minions of lord Draxx manage to slaughter the defenders and claim the relic. However, the moment they come into contact with the staff... the remaining members of the demon lords assault are immediately awakened and freed from the control held over them by Draxx. Draxx, realizing he has lost control of his minions and the holy relic will now stop at nothing to destroy his ungrateful minions and recover the relic once and for all... leaving you and your companions looking for a way to escape the wrath of Draxx and right some of the wrongs you were forced to commit in the servitude of the demon lord... either in hopes of your own salvation or to earn a place in the world of the living.
********************************
About the game (requirements)
********************************
- I would like each player to pick a monster with a CR of 1 or less.
- The monster must be an undead, elemental, aberration, fiend, or monstrosity
- we will be taking all the abilities and features of the monster (including and pluses or minuses to ability scores) and making homebrew races for the monsters
- Once you have the monster race (IE: ghoul, skeleton, imp, cackler, specter...), you can make it a level 1 character with a class and background that makes sense of that type of creature.
**************
Application
***************
Please provide me the following information
Availability to post (Number of times per day)
Name
Race (monster)
class
backstory (work you used to perform for Draxx, life before dying / losing soul)
Link to character / homebrew race if possible. (If you don't know how to make the home brew race and I choose you as a player i will help you with this if needed)
**************************************
I want this to be a fun game with friendly people that get along. I really appreciate good RP without drama and would like the players to have fun with there characters. Although the theme of the game may seem kind of dark, I am looking for characters that, while being undead demon monsters... they also have personalities of their own that they can develop now that they have their own free will and not driven to evil by their master. I don't plan for this to be an "evil" campaign where the party goes around murdering villagers... but I would also everyone to RP to an extent.. if you make a ghoul... you might not go around murdering villagers... but I wouldn't be surprised if you start munching on that bandit that made the mistake of attacking you.
After players are chosen we will work together to make sure everyone is ok with how their characters will work so everyone is on the same page and I will start a new game play thread. I will leave this thread open until sometime Monday 1/14/19. Please feel free to PM me or post questions in this thread along with your applications. I know whis is kind of a different game with more setup than using traditional races but I think it could be pretty fun!
**** Somethings to consider when picking your monster****
-Is the monster you are choosing something that is going to be able to equip items? (specter and avatar of death are going to have items float right through them... some creatures don't have hands for holding weapons and putting on rings)
-is the monster you are choosing something that is going to be able to disguise itself under armor / clothes if trying to move through town without scaring the pants off everyone.
-does your monster speak a language or even have a mouth or other ability to communicate? (I am flexible on this but some monsters will still have problems with this)
- Are you going to be able to contribute to the team in meaningful ways outside of combat?
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These are things I will be considering when picking which players will be in the game.
Availability to post 3-4
Name Saida
Race Harpy
Class Bloodhunter (If that's alright. If not, I'll switch to Fighter)
Backstory Previous to entering the service of Draxx, Saida was the mother-leader of a small tribe of harpies. They lived in the mountain, fiercely defending their territory from any and all outsiders. Saida was happily married with two hatchlings and optimistic about the future of the tribe. Unfortunately, after a skirmish with some human travelers went wrong, a team of adventurers was called in to slay the harpies. Only Saida—away from home while establishing relations with a different tribe—survived. She came to Draxx in a time filled with grief and anger, entering into his service for the promise of revenge. While under his sway, her terrifying fury made her a powerful frontline fighter that laid low many innocents. After coming into contact with the artifact, understanding of what happened has turned her off the path of vengeance against the ones who took her home. No, now she wants vengeance on the one who deserves it—Draxx.
Link to character / homebrew race if possible. This is the best one I found: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/races/63818-harpy
Jubilant/Tiefling/Warlock/The Guardians of Kinloran
Kalahari/Earth Genasi/Cleric/Eternal Warfare
Gin/Goblin/Cleric/Hidden Heroes
Suneni/Dragonborn/Monk/The Burning Dead
(I like it, but I think I would actually want to make a new homebrew race of harpy so that it mirrors harpy which would remove the weakness to bludgeoning, grant you a sweet song, your talons would do more damage, and grant you multi attack. I would allow you as the game progresses to swap out your club with any other weapon you find if you want and attack with your talons and that weapon if ya wanted)
Availability to post 4-5
Name Sylas
Race Dread Warrior
class Paladin (OathBreaker)
backstory In Life, Sylas was a mercenary. Often being hired to protect a noble or drive away kobolds who strayed to close to a village. On one particular job, He was hired to enter a Supposedly "Haunted" homestead and put the spirit to rest. In actuality a group of Bandits had made it their base, they didnt take to kindly to having someone come into their Base. Capturing Sylas, they spent a week torturing him. Burning his flesh, cutting parts off and letting him starve. Eventually he did succumb to his wounds and perished.
Sylas had a feeling the one who had hired him knew about the bandits, It was this lack of information that led to his demise. Feuled by anger and the need for vengeance, Sylas rose once more yet this time as a Undead Enity, Hell bent on revenge. First taking the lives of Bandits, Slaughtering them as they slept. He wandered and searched for the one who had Hired him. Wandered for so long he began to forget things, Little by little His memories of life faded until he could only remember his name. He came under contract to Draxx soon after, Even the Undead get bored and he was getting bored. Killing was all he knew, yet he was longing for an eternal rest. Draxx promised him rest and so he signed a contract, not knowing the blatant lie by the Demon, Forced to kill for Draxx until his mind was awakened. A new thirst for Vengeance now drives him, He would do whatever he could to make sure Draxx's head was ontop of one of his Javelins.
Link to character / homebrew race if possible. Sylas and Dread warrior race
Malenia - [Monk - Way of the Jedi] - Auryn: Princess of Destiny
I'm up with buildin a new homebrew race, I'll get back to you on that once I've got it up
Jubilant/Tiefling/Warlock/The Guardians of Kinloran
Kalahari/Earth Genasi/Cleric/Eternal Warfare
Gin/Goblin/Cleric/Hidden Heroes
Suneni/Dragonborn/Monk/The Burning Dead
Availability to post 4-5
Name: Splort
Race: Gray Ooze
Class: Cleric
Backstory : Splort didn't know how he got to the nine hells. He was always content just sitting around. Never one to be an overachiever he spent his existence quietly sitting in a cold stone room alone with his thoughts. A hermit he considered himself, not wanting to play with others as much as snack on any unsuspecting prey that walked into him. He'd spend days lying around in a dark room, or sometimes a bright warm room (when the sun shone through the window.) , and when a bird, or a house cat unsuspectingly wandered in "SPLORT" he would reach out fast as lightning and grab it.
It was after he grabbed a rather nasty bird, or was it a cat? That was covered in metal who decided to start stabbing and slicing at poor splort. He then felt an intense heat as fire engulfed him. It was then he first found himself in the nine hells.
At first he was alright with the decision. The heat left him in more of a puddle than a solid shape but there were plenty of small fleshy creatures wandering around to snack on. That was until Splort tried to grab onto a rather metal shoe. One of the great Dread Lord Draxx's. But instead of being incinerated, Draxx saw potential in Splort. He gave him the gift of insight. It was then when Splort's eyes were opened and he knew for the first time the name of the feeling burning deep inside his soul. "Hungry..." Splort managed to bubble out. "Then come with me and you shall feast" Lord Draxx replied.
Splort obeyed. And for years he spent eating whatever Draxx gave him. Usually sputtering imps that failed him, or harpies, or even a warm hell hound if it suited Draxx. When he was instructed to accompany some others on a mission Splort thought it was a joke. But it wasn't. he was to be a trap against the helpless overworlders. Splort didn't care. As long as he found something to eat.
Link to character / homebrew race if possible. (If you don't know how to make the home brew race and I choose you as a player i will help you with this if needed)
I actually don't know how to make a homebrew race. I will look into this but may need your help.
https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Gray Ooze#content
Availability to post: Generally 3+ Posts
Name: Feepo
Race: Quasit
Class: Rogue
Feepo has served a henchman for Draxx for his whole life. He mostly completed lower importance assassinations and burglaries.
My character sheet is almost complete, but I’m not sure what to do in the way of equipment and background. If I could get your direction on this, I will complete it.(Thanks)Character Sheet
Class:Barbarian
Availabilty:usually all week, unless something happens. Just don’t PM me without saying so, otherwise I won’t know you did it.
Race:Wretched (https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/races/96816-wretched)
Name:Hungry
(https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/PunchSwordArrow/characters/8077678)
Hungry is a Wretched, a lost soul who was trapped in the Shadowfell and was transformed. He used to be an adventurer. He stayed too long with his party, and this happened. In a mishap to get him home to fix him, the wizard opened a portal, which accidentally led to the home of Draax, where each of the adventurerers were slayed.Except Hungry. Hungry was kept as some sort of... pet, I guess. Feeding off of the fear that radiates from his home. But when Draax needed that relic destroyed, he was desperate enough to send Hungry. (Note: much more like a stray cat then a pet dog.)
https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/SamuraiGuy/characters/8075256
Class:Cleric (grave, if you have it. Otherwise death, if you have it. Otherwise Warlock.)
Race:Avatar of Death. (It’s in the interest thread.)
Name: He doesn’t have one, so people refer to him as The Avatar if Death
Backstory:Draax trucked a man into summoning him, and bound the avatar to his own will. He has been working for him unwillingly ever since. Therefore, he couldn’t do his job, and now feels responsible for any undead and lost souls to appear. The Avatar wishes to A:Put all souls where they belong B:kill Draax, permanently, and make him suffer
I’m sorry, but, just to ask, is there content sharing?
yes there is content sharing.
pale crow, warrior or paladin could both be good for a dread warrior.
I will fill this out as I go. I’ve got to figure out what makes sense for a Vargouille.
Race: Vargouille (https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/races/97062-vargouille)
Class: Rogue
backstory: Odysseus doesn’t remember his old life. He used to be human, and was paralyzed and kissed by a Vargouille, and became one. That’s alright. He found his way to the abyss, where he found out Draax was sending people to destroy some holy relic. Odysseus attached himself to a fiend and rode with them, only to be caught up in the fight.
In actuality, Odysseus is about 1300 years old. He just doesn’t remember it. He used to be a great adventurer, until he became a Vargouille.
Name:Odysseus
sheet:https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/ReptileBounty/characters/8098797
Background, pick whatever is closest... if you were an assasin / sneaky guy working for drax, pick a background that is closest to that or provides bonuses that reflect that type of work. As far as equipment, I think everyone will start out with nothing unless it is listed on the monster page for the creature they are chosing to be and we will go from there. We will talk more about equipment when I pick my players.
I’ve got something in mind, give me a sec.
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I added a "Things to consider" section to the OP that I would like people applying to the game to think about when they apply :D
Paladin is actually a good idea for a Dread Warrior, especially with the way Im building the Race. Almost done btw, should have it finished on my next lunch break!
Malenia - [Monk - Way of the Jedi] - Auryn: Princess of Destiny
Is hard to find something not taken that A:speaks common B:is medium or small C:can reasonably hold stuff D:is fun
E:is undead, monstrosity, elemental, aberration, or fiend
Extended Signature! Yay! https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/off-topic/adohands-kitchen/3153-extended-signature-thread?page=2#c21
Haven’t used this account in forever. Still a big fan of crawling claws.
(Well like a skeleton cannot speak technically, but it has a mouth and is held together by magic so I would say it can talk even though it isn't listed. An ooze on the other hand might be able to gurgle and stuff but may have to try to speak by like... forming shapes and letters with its body?. You can have two of the same thing also, that isn't a huge deal. Also also, I would allow you to use tiny creatures like imps if you wanted. Rings may be more like bracelets to them and that kind of thing but imps actually have a lot of cool abilities that could be good alone and in a group. It can be CR of 1 or less. I think the Cackler and Quasit would be pretty cool too along with the imp. They might be tiny but we can work with that.)
I thought you had to be an aberration, fiend, monstrosity, undead or elemental?