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Subjective Directional Gravity: The strength of gravity on a plane with this trait is the same as on the Material Plane...

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well, the rules are more mundane than my imagination again. XD

You could also look at the other side of the coin, and have the fey be especially grateful. A town allied with the fey doesn't sound half bad. helpful gremlins everywhere, crops grow really well. As long as they honor the pact.

you could use the fey as a messenger for what the other posters are suggesting.

So my group has arrived at one of the biggest cities in my setting just before the local arena is about to host a big 5 day combat event. I've set it up so that there will be separate tournaments for spellcasting and non-spellcasting participants, as well as a multi-team maze-run/capture-the-flag combat event.

The players are pretty excited, but it's a lot of work to make as many NPC's as I might need, and using the NPC Codex will get stale for everyone after just a couple battles.

I need flashy, interesting combatants to keep up interest, and I'm wondering if any forumites would like to offer up they're creations for my tournament?

I've already told my group of this idea and it was taken well (I think they're taking it as a challenge).

I figure I need at max 8 solo non-casters, 6 solo spellcasters, and 4 well rounded parties (groups of 4) for the FFA/CTF.

Next session is in 2 weeks (IRL), but realistically there's maybe a month before the start of the Tournament, because everything I have planned for the group in the city will take up some session time.

I KNOW there's a monster that can swallow things it's size or perhaps even larger out there! it's literally got a dimensional gut. this is in a bestiary, I just don't know where.

Your animal companion is gonna hate your guts if you subject it to suffocation each time you take it out of its dimensional hole/pokeball.

Don't Awaken it, it will try to kill you.

You can definitely be prone while grappled.

Though can you be prone while flying?

Of course you can, Superman does it all the time.

Totally stealing this idea by the way.

This is fun.

My friend loves running homebrew campaigns with very little planning ahead.

One of the party (a cleric I believe, I think a gnome) picked up a shiny rapier from an enemy early on, like session 2.

This is what I can remember of the swords abilities/description.

Cast gust of wind/whirlwind once per day. Cast Quickened Dimension door 3 times per day. Greater Teleport 3 times per day.

Oh and it also was the only weapon capable of killing slenderman, and he automatically knows the location of its wielder and is actively hunting for him/her/it.

As a player, I hold that to say "30 days later you arrive" is a cop out. As a GM, I would never, because it defeats the purpose of the teleportation spells at later levels, and players should feel like they earned their destination.

Some suggestions I can give:

1. Inclement Weather: Always an option. Anything from thunderstorms to just nonstop drizzle causing the party to get bogged down. wagons could literally get stuck in mud, requiring effort to remove. they could be forced to take a detour to find water due to a serious drought in the area.

2. I recommend you not let the party go by themselves. NPC's should be around for a majority of the journey, such as a caravan, ships crew, or something. This allows non-combat encounters to be more available to you, and helps add flavor to the world.

3. Let them relax: maybe the caravan is doing all the traveling for them. They could spend the time in downtime, crafting, earning a wage, or getting to know that key NPC you need them to be friends with. Or heck, even each other (but so few take this option... sigh).

4. If your campaign allows for it, make the mode of travel fantastic! AIRSHIPS! TRAINS! why simply trod through the world when you can go in style.

Thats all I can offer you in my 30 minute lunch break. gotta head back to work. XD

Now I'm not sure what the capsize ability actually does.

I agree, it's very confusing.

The ability tells you how to perform a "capsize" but is completely moot on what happens to the ship if it actually gets capsized. Could the rules governing this be in a splat book I'm missing?

I came across a spacefaring monster known as the Oma (Bestiary 4, pg. 209) who possesses the special ability capsize. It's wording was fairly standard, but it's very vague.

Capsize (Ex) An oma can attempt to capsize a ship or other vehicle by ramming it as a charge attack and attempting a combat maneuver check. The DC of this check is 25, or the result of the captain’s Profession (sailor) check, whichever is higher. For each size category the ship is larger than the oma, the oma takes a cumulative –10 penalty on this combat maneuver check.

I'm genuinely curious how this ability is supposed to function in space, a place where up and down have little meaning. Are there rules governing what it means for a ship to be capsized? If so I'd love to know if they still mechanically work in space, where death is down, up, and all around you?

Consumed with Curiosity,
Ten'shun the Tengu

I've talked with the player in question, and have worked out a solution that I think works for my campaign. I'm popping in now because I don't want to leave the thread hanging without some kind of reply to everyone, since you were kind enough to give your advice.

The solution we agreed on was to take all 5 of the universal magic spells (Prestidigitation on up to Wish) along with his Reality Ripple, and rework them into rituals like the ones outlined in 'Occult Adventures'.

There are several mechanical benefits to this, I think.
1. This way, they are removed from being chosen as spells for his character, but their discovery and use can still be a plot point for my campaign. One shareable by the entire party even.
2. As rituals they can't be quickened or have blood money applied to them, thus keeping their power level relatively easy to measure in-game.
3. While rituals can technically be cast by anyone, they also have a consequence for failure. XD Hehehe
4. This solution doesn't necessarily keep clerics from casting Miracle, nor stop Genies from granting supernatural wishes. Mortal's will just be required to discover the ancient knowledge first.

Thanks again to everyone who popped in to comment and give recommendations, they have all been very helpful. I read each one and gave them equal weight when making my decision. Wish me luck with my campaign, and I hope you all have a great day!

Dot: The Continuing

509. The Storm Kings Castle
Legends tell of an ancient king who ruled his kingdom from a castle in the sky, The powerful magic which powered its flight allowing him to conquer many lands. And then it vanished. That was long ago, and tales of the Storm Kings Castle have been lost to time and fading memory.
That is, until the day a relic of ancient times and bearing the markings of the storm king falls from the sky. Now, nations and factions begin a secret (or not so secret) search for the fabled floating citadel, with the PC's either caught up in the struggle or actively searching themselves.

508. The Rain of the Red Planet
A planetary wanderer from beyond the star system has arrived, and it's eccentric orbit brings it extremely close to the adventurers beloved home planet. As it draws near, a dangerous new phenomenon begins occurring. Long strands of alien matter begin falling from the sky, dissolving anything they touch like acid, within seconds. Furthermore, it burrows into the ground, destroying all the surrounding plant matter and ruining the land for years to come. The adventurers can either try to stop this plague or attempt to wait it out, learning to survive for however long this new planets orbit keeps it close.