The retro covers are awesome, but looking at them gave me an idea. All the levels stated on the covers connect (Goblins are 1-3, Maidens are 3-5, the mountain is 5-8) so why don’t we give it some connecting themes, make the whole thing into a campaign where somehow a floating mountain filled with sahuagin, a magic well infested with goblins, and an asylum filled with dead, screaming people are connected. Maybe something to do with a cult dedicated to raising the old gods of the world, the original pantheon (the goblin deity and maybe like the sahuagij rebelling against the Tentacle worship an old god). The old gods existed before their worshippers were wiped out in a cataclysm(gods could work the same way the do in FR, where a god is sustained by the belief in them and the number of their worshippers) and since they didn’t have any worshippers they faded, but now someone is orchestrating a cult to the old gods to bring them back, which isn’t really a bad thing because the old gods lived in a time of peace and prosperity where there was no war or famine or discord, kinda like a garden of eve situation just without a snake and worldwide.
I always liked these stands-alone adventures so it was up to me as the DM to find ways to weave them all together.
The retro covers are awesome, but looking at them gave me an idea. All the levels stated on the covers connect (Goblins are 1-3, Maidens are 3-5, the mountain is 5-8) so why don’t we give it some connecting themes, make the whole thing into a campaign where somehow a floating mountain filled with sahuagin, a magic well infested with goblins, and an asylum filled with dead, screaming people are connected. Maybe something to do with a cult dedicated to raising the old gods of the world, the original pantheon (the goblin deity and maybe like the sahuagij rebelling against the Tentacle worship an old god). The old gods existed before their worshippers were wiped out in a cataclysm(gods could work the same way the do in FR, where a god is sustained by the belief in them and the number of their worshippers) and since they didn’t have any worshippers they faded, but now someone is orchestrating a cult to the old gods to bring them back, which isn’t really a bad thing because the old gods lived in a time of peace and prosperity where there was no war or famine or discord, kinda like a garden of eve situation just without a snake and worldwide.
Well thennnn how about we make a final adventure that goes from 8-10?
We would keep going and write them all the way up to 20th level. Why stop at 10th?
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The retro covers are awesome, but looking at them gave me an idea. All the levels stated on the covers connect (Goblins are 1-3, Maidens are 3-5, the mountain is 5-8) so why don’t we give it some connecting themes, make the whole thing into a campaign where somehow a floating mountain filled with sahuagin, a magic well infested with goblins, and an asylum filled with dead, screaming people are connected. Maybe something to do with a cult dedicated to raising the old gods of the world, the original pantheon (the goblin deity and maybe like the sahuagij rebelling against the Tentacle worship an old god). The old gods existed before their worshippers were wiped out in a cataclysm(gods could work the same way the do in FR, where a god is sustained by the belief in them and the number of their worshippers) and since they didn’t have any worshippers they faded, but now someone is orchestrating a cult to the old gods to bring them back, which isn’t really a bad thing because the old gods lived in a time of peace and prosperity where there was no war or famine or discord, kinda like a garden of eve situation just without a snake and worldwide.
Well thennnn how about we make a final adventure that goes from 8-10?
We would keep going and write them all the way up to 20th level. Why stop at 10th?
Good point. The final boss should be a modified statblock of Tromokratis from Theros.
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OK! for a challenge, number 7 is gonna be answered by YOU. yes YOU, lurking in the shadows, reading our posts. I know there are lurkers in this thread cause I was one, originally. If you have not posted in the thread, I'm calling you out. try your hand at making an adventure! don't be frightened by the quality of work in this forum, in reality, most of us are jsut a bunch of goofballs who banded together over a safe space created by Sposta to get away from the drama.
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I wouldn't say I really lurk on this thread, I really only look at it every so often cause people I follow post on here. But I'm here now, so yeah.
I’m kind of a lurker lol. I don’t really post that much on here.
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Oh, sorry, was busy ruining the days of Bards everywhere.
As a former bard, now warlock of the Sposta, why would you do such a terrible, horrible thing?!?
well, you see, in order to properly do transmutation you must understand the nature of something, which means both what makes it work and what makes it not work.
also, well, I was on an adventure once, and there was this bard…
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OK! for a challenge, number 7 is gonna be answered by YOU. yes YOU, lurking in the shadows, reading our posts. I know there are lurkers in this thread cause I was one, originally. If you have not posted in the thread, I'm calling you out. try your hand at making an adventure! don't be frightened by the quality of work in this forum, in reality, most of us are jsut a bunch of goofballs who banded together over a safe space created by Sposta to get away from the drama.
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I wouldn't say I really lurk on this thread, I really only look at it every so often cause people I follow post on here. But I'm here now, so yeah.
I’m kind of a lurker lol. I don’t really post that much on here.
one is only a lurker until one posts.
after that, it is too late, you done gone and did it.
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what is your favorite monster that serves as an intelligent villain? For official D&D i think for me it’s hags. Specifically night and sea hags.
for non official D&d it would be one of the fey nobles from kobold press, probably the pumpkin king or the river king.
This will likely come as a shock to many, but I’ve loved nothics ever since I read Keith Amman’s book The Monsters Know What They’re Doing. Their tactics are also available here on his blog.
Nothics tread a fine line between two major groups — the mysterious, all-knowing abberations and the fallable, relatable humanoids. They’re pretty weak, as far as monsters go, and they’re hardly omniscient — but they know just enough about you for it to be very, very creepy. They’re one of the few hostile creatures in the Monster Manuel that has the potential to be something beyond a barely sentient bag of hit points. As Keith demonstrates, their Weird Insight ability can create some fascinating roleplay interactions and can really bring a campaign to life.
Plus, they’re sooo cute. Just look at that smile!
Edit: ah, missed the “intelligent villain” part. Whoops. Well, a nothic could serve as a villain. Or a miniboss? Maybe it’s got a little puzzle you have to solve or something. I dunno.
what is your favorite monster that serves as an intelligent villain? For official D&D i think for me it’s hags. Specifically night and sea hags.
for non official D&d it would be one of the fey nobles from kobold press, probably the pumpkin king or the river king.
Bob Bobberson, but that is a whole thing.
RAW, probably a rakshasa. Plotters, y’know, schemers.
otherwise it is a toss up between my usually semi-corporeal demons and actual people (mostly humans).
There is always a tint of horror to my stuff, a reliance on the unnerving that often has to be countered by absurdity or morbid humor. Demons are a fave tool for me because I set them up as thriving on emotion, feeding on fear.
but my biggest, most memorable bbegs are people. Like Bob. Aside from enabling me to avoid the whole “world ending stakes” thing, they also allow me to explore themes and concepts that are deeper in long campaigns and gives me the freedom to operate more openly in societies.
I am sorta breaking my pattern with this next one, lol. The ultimate BBEG is a Dragon 🐉. More accurately, all the dragons.
9 grand master adventurers against 25 Dragons and their mustered army of dragon kin.
Should be pretty epic.
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9 grand master adventurers against 25 Dragons and their mustered army of dragon kin.
for a minute I forgot that you run big tables and I was like, “is she combining 2 tables together or what?”
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their is no light without dark. no calm without storm. no heroes without villains. I, unfortunately am the dark. I am the storm. I. Am. The. Villain (not really considering I'm a forever player and never get the chance to DM)
what is your favorite monster that serves as an intelligent villain? For official D&D i think for me it’s hags. Specifically night and sea hags.
for non official D&d it would be one of the fey nobles from kobold press, probably the pumpkin king or the river king.
Since I'm new to DMing, I'm currently running a premade adventure (Lost Mines of Phandelver, to be exact) and I don't really have a favorite yet. I guess I would say my favorite villain is one that is cunning, that maybe gets in your head, that's two steps ahead. Or, I just flip through the Monster Manual, decide something looks cool, and want to use it (either after we're done with Phandelver or I just add it in if the balancing is right). But I guess for monsters, mind flayers? I just think they're cool, and they're pretty smart to fit the two steps ahead thing I was talking about a second ago. I'm planning on making a small adventure after Phandelver where a mind flayer has taken over a city with some crazy mind control magic or something-- yes, I know they can only cast dominate monster once a day, but I'm thinking maybe they have some magical artifact they used that must be destroyed to break their hold over the town? Or something like that?
what is your favorite monster that serves as an intelligent villain? For official D&D i think for me it’s hags. Specifically night and sea hags.
for non official D&d it would be one of the fey nobles from kobold press, probably the pumpkin king or the river king.
This will likely come as a shock to many, but I’ve loved nothics ever since I read Keith Amman’s book The Monsters Know What They’re Doing. Their tactics are also available here on his blog.
Nothics tread a fine line between two major groups — the mysterious, all-knowing abberations and the fallable, relatable humanoids. They’re pretty weak, as far as monsters go, and they’re hardly omniscient — but they know just enough about you for it to be very, very creepy. They’re one of the few hostile creatures in the Monster Manuel that has the potential to be something beyond a barely sentient bag of hit points. As Keith demonstrates, their Weird Insight ability can create some fascinating roleplay interactions and can really bring a campaign to life.
Plus, they’re sooo cute. Just look at that smile!
Edit: ah, missed the “intelligent villain” part. Whoops. Well, a nothic could serve as a villain. Or a miniboss? Maybe it’s got a little puzzle you have to solve or something. I dunno.
If we're on the topic of naming ourselves after DND monsters, I didn't actually pick the gibbering mouther because it's my favorite. Yeah, it's probably high up the list, it's spooky to use (and it's an excuse to just say random gibberish in front of players lol), but I just picked it because when I got my Monster Manual, I was flipping through the pages and it landed on the gibbering mouther, I was like "what is this", and I just thought it looked weird (edit: not in a bad way, I mean I liked it's weirdness). So, I just kinda grew to like it, I guess, and eventually picked it as my pfp, then my namesake. And that is how TheMadGibber was born. *Insert epic music here*
9 grand master adventurers against 25 Dragons and their mustered army of dragon kin.
for a minute I forgot that you run big tables and I was like, “is she combining 2 tables together or what?”
It might be 2 smaller groups, actually, that come together in a 12 person group, if rumbling comes true.
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9 grand master adventurers against 25 Dragons and their mustered army of dragon kin.
for a minute I forgot that you run big tables and I was like, “is she combining 2 tables together or what?”
It might be 2 smaller groups, actually, that come together in a 12 person group, if rumbling comes true.
Out of curiosity, what are the 25 different dragons? theres (maybe in your world, IDK, you basically rewrote the whole game) chromatic (black, blue, green, red, & white), Metallic (brass, bronze, copper, gold, & silver), & Gem (amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphirre, & topaz), plus all the other random dragons (solar, lunar, moonstone, etc), but I doubt you would stick to that.
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I always liked these stands-alone adventures so it was up to me as the DM to find ways to weave them all together.
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We would keep going and write them all the way up to 20th level. Why stop at 10th?
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Good point. The final boss should be a modified statblock of Tromokratis from Theros.
Anyone up to rp?
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I think she means the Taverns in Ado’s Kitchen.
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I’m kind of a lurker lol. I don’t really post that much on here.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
well, you see, in order to properly do transmutation you must understand the nature of something, which means both what makes it work and what makes it not work.
also, well, I was on an adventure once, and there was this bard…
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one is only a lurker until one posts.
after that, it is too late, you done gone and did it.
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question for y’all
what is your favorite monster that serves as an intelligent villain? For official D&D i think for me it’s hags. Specifically night and sea hags.
for non official D&d it would be one of the fey nobles from kobold press, probably the pumpkin king or the river king.
Wooh page 200! At least for me
This will likely come as a shock to many, but I’ve loved nothics ever since I read Keith Amman’s book The Monsters Know What They’re Doing. Their tactics are also available here on his blog.
Nothics tread a fine line between two major groups — the mysterious, all-knowing abberations and the fallable, relatable humanoids. They’re pretty weak, as far as monsters go, and they’re hardly omniscient — but they know just enough about you for it to be very, very creepy. They’re one of the few hostile creatures in the Monster Manuel that has the potential to be something beyond a barely sentient bag of hit points. As Keith demonstrates, their Weird Insight ability can create some fascinating roleplay interactions and can really bring a campaign to life.
Plus, they’re sooo cute. Just look at that smile!
Edit: ah, missed the “intelligent villain” part. Whoops. Well, a nothic could serve as a villain. Or a miniboss? Maybe it’s got a little puzzle you have to solve or something. I dunno.
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Bob Bobberson, but that is a whole thing.
RAW, probably a rakshasa. Plotters, y’know, schemers.
otherwise it is a toss up between my usually semi-corporeal demons and actual people (mostly humans).
There is always a tint of horror to my stuff, a reliance on the unnerving that often has to be countered by absurdity or morbid humor. Demons are a fave tool for me because I set them up as thriving on emotion, feeding on fear.
but my biggest, most memorable bbegs are people. Like Bob. Aside from enabling me to avoid the whole “world ending stakes” thing, they also allow me to explore themes and concepts that are deeper in long campaigns and gives me the freedom to operate more openly in societies.
I am sorta breaking my pattern with this next one, lol. The ultimate BBEG is a Dragon 🐉. More accurately, all the dragons.
9 grand master adventurers against 25 Dragons and their mustered army of dragon kin.
Should be pretty epic.
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.
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for a minute I forgot that you run big tables and I was like, “is she combining 2 tables together or what?”
"Come with me, and you'll be. in a world of pure imagination. Take a look, and you'll see, into your imagination. we'll begin, with a spin. traveling in a world of my creation. what we'll see will defy explanation!" ~Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
their is no light without dark. no calm without storm. no heroes without villains. I, unfortunately am the dark. I am the storm. I. Am. The. Villain (not really considering I'm a forever player and never get the chance to DM)
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Since I'm new to DMing, I'm currently running a premade adventure (Lost Mines of Phandelver, to be exact) and I don't really have a favorite yet. I guess I would say my favorite villain is one that is cunning, that maybe gets in your head, that's two steps ahead. Or, I just flip through the Monster Manual, decide something looks cool, and want to use it (either after we're done with Phandelver or I just add it in if the balancing is right). But I guess for monsters, mind flayers? I just think they're cool, and they're pretty smart to fit the two steps ahead thing I was talking about a second ago. I'm planning on making a small adventure after Phandelver where a mind flayer has taken over a city with some crazy mind control magic or something-- yes, I know they can only cast dominate monster once a day, but I'm thinking maybe they have some magical artifact they used that must be destroyed to break their hold over the town? Or something like that?
If we're on the topic of naming ourselves after DND monsters, I didn't actually pick the gibbering mouther because it's my favorite. Yeah, it's probably high up the list, it's spooky to use (and it's an excuse to just say random gibberish in front of players lol), but I just picked it because when I got my Monster Manual, I was flipping through the pages and it landed on the gibbering mouther, I was like "what is this", and I just thought it looked weird (edit: not in a bad way, I mean I liked it's weirdness). So, I just kinda grew to like it, I guess, and eventually picked it as my pfp, then my namesake. And that is how TheMadGibber was born. *Insert epic music here*
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It might be 2 smaller groups, actually, that come together in a 12 person group, if rumbling comes true.
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Out of curiosity, what are the 25 different dragons? theres (maybe in your world, IDK, you basically rewrote the whole game) chromatic (black, blue, green, red, & white), Metallic (brass, bronze, copper, gold, & silver), & Gem (amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphirre, & topaz), plus all the other random dragons (solar, lunar, moonstone, etc), but I doubt you would stick to that.
Hey, It's me, RaccoonMaster! I'm back! I disappeared for a while there, and I'm very sporadic when I'm online lol.
I'm an actor, writer, singer (opera, musical theatre, and rock are my preferred genres), backpacker, and tall person (6'5 and counting). Pronouns are whatever, I mostly use They/Them though.
My Characters: Elsenia Selevarum: The Popular Paladin, Aasimar Noble, Level 4 Paladin of Redemption;
Hope to see you around!