5e Curse of Xanathon
Game Master
Helaman
Something is rotten is Rhoona…
A bizarre series of proclamations coming out of the Ducal palace casts a pall over the city – taxes must be paid in beer, horses ridden by civilians must be ridden backwards. Soon the entire town is in an uproar.
Whereas: Stephen, Duke of Rhoona has been acting in a dangerously unstable manner;
And Whereas: The Duchy of Rhoona is ready to fall before the Forces of Evil;
It is hereby decreed that a valiant and courageous party of adventurers must learn the secret of the Duke’s insanity and free the city from the yoke of chaos...
And here we go...
Standby.
Send me a PM with your email address. I will invite you to Trello. You can either create an account OR just use your Google sign in
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
Dotting in.
If it's alright, I'd like to make a couple of changes to my character:
I'd like to swap intimidation with deception and swap menacing with silver-tongued (it's the equivalent feat to menacing for deception).
Rogue 3 HP 16/21 | AC 14 | Str +0 | Dex +5 | Con +2 | Int +4 | Wis +2 | Chr +1 | Speed 30ft | Init +3 Perc +6 | normal vision
@GM - what are your thoughts on the sap? 1d4 damage like the club?
Vothe Rowan wrote: Dotting in.
If it's alright, I'd like to make a couple of changes to my character:
I'd like to swap intimidation with deception and swap menacing with silver-tongued (it's the equivalent feat to menacing for deception).
Sure
Marcus Vincenzio wrote: @GM - what are your thoughts on the sap? 1d4 damage like the club? Sap 1gp 1d4 2lbs Special
Once per turn, you can use this weapon to attempt a sapping attack if you have not made (and will not make) a sneak attack that turn. This can only be attempted while you are hidden from the target or the target is otherwise prevented from using reactions, such as during a round in which the target is surprised. If the sapping attack succeeds and the target is not reduced to 0 hit points, roll 2d6 + Str or Dex modifier to calculate a sapping number. If you have the Sneak Attack class feature, roll your Sneak Attack dice and add the result to your sapping number. If the number generated is equal to or higher than the target’s remaining hit points, the target gains the unconscious condition. Otherwise, the sapping roll has no effect. (Constructs, oozes, plants, and undead are immune to sapping.)
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
Thanks. I got my alt updated. I think I'm gonna find a different picture, too. I noticed that characters in two different campaigns I play in use that pic.
Just waiting on the others
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
please open Gameplay, so we can dot
Had my RL game last night, and a particularly challenging few days at work, but I'm here
Do we have a bard?
What's our band's manager who books our gig called?
How long have we been together?
What's our band's name?
Who's our frontman/woman?
cheers
No bard... but we can run on the premise.
Who knows? Maybe that's why you're running blind in Rhoona and unlauded for the moment.
Trello is a task management app that gives you a visual overview of what is being worked on and who is working on it... you can add your own lists, adjust notes etc. It's used for project management but I have found it great for Games, particularly investigative one's like Waterdeep Dragon Heist. It's also free...
I've sent invites to three of you.
If you got your email, your initial task is just to throw up a card under the characters list and add yourself in.
If you can do that you can easily work out adding your own lists and cards later.
Great for tracking clues, rumours etc
Roll20 and Trello link short cuts now available on Campaign Info Tab.
A note on customising weapons and armor to fit YOUR character choices.
At the end of the day stuff can be easily changed around to fit your concept – want to be a saber master but can’t find ‘Saber’ as a weapon? Not a problem – just use the scimitar stats and call it a saber. A longsword can just as easily be a ‘Katana’ (not that such a weapon exists in this campaign in any case) as it can be a knightly blade. Don’t want the armors as listed in the players handbooks because it doesn’t fit your ‘knightly’ image you have for your character? Not a problem – Splint mail? it’s now ‘Plate Mail’. Splint mail can even be ‘Bar Link’ or ‘Double Chain’ mail if you like the image of the mail clad knight. The stats stay the same… the ‘visuals’ are all on you. Some players like the image of leather plates rather than tattered hides, if so then your hide armor is polished and crafted leather plate, and not some random ox hide with holes cut in it.
Good luck adventurers... any further questions?
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Helaman wrote: Marcus Vincenzio wrote: @GM - what are your thoughts on the sap? 1d4 damage like the club? Sap 1gp 1d4 2lbs Special
Once per turn, you can use this weapon to attempt a sapping attack if you have not made (and will not make) a sneak attack that turn. This can only be attempted while you are hidden from the target or the target is otherwise prevented from using reactions, such as during a round in which the target is surprised. If the sapping attack succeeds and the target is not reduced to 0 hit points, roll 2d6 + Str or Dex modifier to calculate a sapping number. If you have the Sneak Attack class feature, roll your Sneak Attack dice and add the result to your sapping number. If the number generated is equal to or higher than the target’s remaining hit points, the target gains the unconscious condition. Otherwise, the sapping roll has no effect. (Constructs, oozes, plants, and undead are immune to sapping.) I stole these rules from another 5e player but let me simplify them.
Sapping:
Once per turn, you can use this weapon to attempt a sapping attack if you have not made (and will not make) a sneak attack that turn. This can only be attempted while you are hidden from the target or the target is otherwise prevented from using reactions, such as during a round in which the target is surprised. If the sapping attack succeeds and the target is not reduced to 0 hit points, the target makes a constitution saving throw vs 8 + attackers Str or Dex mod + proficiency mod. On a failure the target gains the unconscious condition. Otherwise, the sapping roll has no additional effect. (Constructs, oozes, plants, and undead are immune to sapping.)
If the attacker has the sneak attack feature then add 1 to the DC for each D6 of the sneak attack.
A sapping Attack deals non lethal damage.
A sapped creature regains consciousness after 1d4 x 10 minutes + 10 minutes for each die of sneak attack the attacker has or when it is healed for at least 1 hit point. At the DM’s discretion, other effects can also relieve this unconsciousness.
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
Did we decide if we were in a band together?
Vothe has used Trello. Would ask the rest of you to Please visit the site, just needs your google login (via a button) to get in and update your name
Vothe Rowan wrote: Did we decide if we were in a band together? Band of adventurers as I understand it, rockstars in your own right, sort of like knights in A Knights Tale...
You lack a bard atm though.
Rogue 3 HP 16/21 | AC 14 | Str +0 | Dex +5 | Con +2 | Int +4 | Wis +2 | Chr +1 | Speed 30ft | Init +3 Perc +6 | normal vision
Signed up on Trello. Before I start reading things I'm not supposed to, are we able to look at any of the cards?
I'm liking the sap. Might be using that more often than I expected.
It's all up on Trello to provide rumours and campaign information about Rhoona, local religion etc
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
The bard typically dies, so we can say he/she died in the previous gig/adventure
GM, Can you put the links to Trello and Roll20 in your GM Helaman profile signature, so they show like character stats.
I nominate Vothe as frontman
Lets see if this works...
Edit: There we go... works. In my header now
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
Rockstars sometimes get rockstar prices or scammed because others think "they can afford it"... you dress rich and you are adventurers after all.
This is just me messing with ya some. Don't read too much into it.
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
No worries. Vothe doesn't even really get the value of things; when he was working on breaking the chain that bound the solar, everything was provided for him.
This won't be the typical posting rate, just getting off on a solid start hopefully.
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
Tonight I head out of town on business returning Saturday. I'll have limited time to post, and combat posts will be very difficult. Please bot me as necessary. Cheers
Draco stormsailor added to Trello as a card
Female Wood Elf Ranger 3 || HP 23/23 || AC 14 || S+3 D+5 C+1 I+0 W+2 Ch+0 || PP 14
I'm asking all my folks to forgive me for a few days. I had a friend commit suicide this morning and I need some time to process this. I will be back in a day or three. In the meantime, if you or someone you know needs to talk, PLEASE call someone! Send me a private message if nothing else. I am always willing to listen and I promise that it will remain confidential!!
Very sorry to hear it my friend. Take what time you need.
I think we'll call a two day break... we have 2 players who need some time.
Feel free to make what posts you will but I'll pick it up again in 2 days.
Restarting again tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.
Work training today... I'll get it going tomorrow
Vothe Rowan wrote: "Let's fight the brawl in front of us before picking one in the next bar." says Vothe, still thinking about the best way to enter the barracks. Awesome quote! Stealing it... ;)
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
you are more than welcome to. I was just trying to think of an analogy that Ordrud would get =P
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
So just walking by the barracks for a foot reconoiter?
Rogue 3 HP 16/21 | AC 14 | Str +0 | Dex +5 | Con +2 | Int +4 | Wis +2 | Chr +1 | Speed 30ft | Init +3 Perc +6 | normal vision
Yeah, I think we want to go over to take a peek to see what's going on. If we think we can get in, we might try, otherwise we'll come up with a plan for another time.
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
Marcus Vincenzio wrote: Yeah, I think we want to go over to take a peek to see what's going on. If we think we can get in, we might try, otherwise we'll come up with a plan for another time. Sounds good.
Gimme a bit
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
I'm more than happy to provide a distraction if you guys wanna go do a reccie.
Ideally I'd like you to stay together... I can do two groups, tricky but doable, but not more than that.
So much for stealth... I'll wait for the others to post.
Ironically when I rang this module before they (the group melee monster) sort of did a similar approach... the rest of the group... not so much
Half-orc Eldritch Viking | HP: 24/31 | HD 3/3 | Relentless 1/1 | Wind 1/1 | Surge 1/1| 1st 1/2 Inspiration! | Active: Prestidigitation
Ordrud doesn’t stealth unless his life depends on it. He’s the distraction.
HP: 24 (24) | AC: 18 | Saves: Str: +0; Dex: +3; Con: +2; Int: +0; Wis: +2; Cha: +5 | Init: +2 | Spell Slots: 1 (2)
Having my post eaten, apparently. Let me repost.
Given it's Sunday in the US, I'll wait a half a day or so...
Rogue 3 HP 16/21 | AC 14 | Str +0 | Dex +5 | Con +2 | Int +4 | Wis +2 | Chr +1 | Speed 30ft | Init +3 Perc +6 | normal vision
Don't see a map yet to get an idea where I'm at in regards to everything. Will wait for that before posting my next move.
Marcus Vincenzio wrote: Don't see a map yet to get an idea where I'm at in regards to everything. Will wait for that before posting my next move. Yeah, my bad. I had a full day shift plus my tabletop game and limited time to sleep. Roll20 doesn't work on my iPad.
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