The players are nearly all 20th level and the last steps of the current story line are coming to a close.
With the death of the king of the Frost Fire, the clan will be thrown into chaos, and Ivor has expressed genocide as the next step.
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It's December. We have no snow at the moment, but it's cause we're close enough to the US that the pollution is melting snow efforts.
Once you pass the 150 mile point though, that altitude soars and that temperature plummets.
Da Faq?#ikr?
So what are we doing in all this? Holy moses let me tell you, it's all filler.
Why? Cause attendance is going to fucking suck for the next.. 40 days and 40 nights. So what now? Scenarios.
Scenarios?Yes, fucking scenarios why are you repeating me?
Just run some scenarios. It's easy. Pick characters who...
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The errata is officially out.
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/sage-advice/errata-november-2018
I can't be drinking during game. It fucks me up. I quit for a week, and coming back I'm finding that one drink makes me giddy, lose focus and treat the game like it's a conversation, meandering this way and that.
I don't think I can be drinking alcohol during game. It doesn't work. My brain's getting older and I'm not hitting that...
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With the first hints of a greater incumbent entity, we move forward; asking what the players seek next in Waterdeep before they return home.
They've been in Waterdeep just over of a week.
The story is starting to seem a bit disjointed with all the doings of late. A lot of strange and arcanic things have been conveyed along with new characters and grand scale opportunities.
I've spent time setting up notes on defenses and how the pockets of time will fuck with the playership, but the question I can't answer is how the players will ultimately approach Daed's tower....
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The players like to complain about the constant barrage of opposition in the world.
I've often met this argument with the statement that they're shit disturbers, attention grabbers, and generally the centre of the story. Cause they are.
While each chapter has been so far broken up with time jumps, the next chapters may not get one as the impending story points won't permit it.
As multiple stories gain traction, the core elements are going to find foothold in those stories and we will see the next step in the story unfold.
Spoiler alert: Acererak isn't the...
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I operate three separate campaigns and I love it.
Each of my campaigns is very different from the next, but they are all set in the same world.
My world is based on FGR canon from 2nd through 5th edition, but I place my story in the distant future, ahead of any of the current stuff.
I colloquially call this all Faerun 3000, as it's all diesel/steam punk-ish. I assure you: I was doing it before it was cool and all over the DMs Guild.
The world is a mishmash of floating airborne island motes and much surface tension as an over arching villain threatens to...
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They say you can't write a good story without conflict. No really.
So goes the story of my relationships as well.
Each time we face adversity at the table, we come out a little better as we're all forced to adapt and adjust.
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Joe sums it up well.
Then there was some drama regarding my second use of antimagic in as many sessions.
That's three players telling me how magic items should work.
Paul had to weigh in after ward.
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I remember an adventure a long time ago, Dragon Mountain. Great little module for AD&D 2nd Edition.
If you're unclear on the AD&D thing, think like D&D 2.5, cause AD&D was kinda the step up from the 'red box' or whatever box (there was a few colours).
Incidentally, if you didn't know, the A is Advanced, and it was pretty crunchy.
Anyhow, so for Friday, I'm taking some inspiration from Dragon Mountain and the worshipping community of Kobolds. It's a part of their heritage and culture, and the more I think about it, the more I think that an ancient...
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