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D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

added a few minor extra purchases that we realized made sense to have.

oh, and we finished those four illithids...

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

we'll look at the IC after painting a couple of mindflayers...

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

we do think we're essentially ready. There's always minor tweaks possible, but none that we think are critical.

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Here's that bit Lauk told after hearing Lin's song.

“That’s a nice song and all… But it is a bit scarce on… what do you call it? Truth?”
Lauk points to a long, jagged scar across his right forearm.
“Goblins are nasty, malicious creatures. But they are not smart. One of them tried to stab me in the back. Using a cracked, rusty shortsword at that. . . as if such could get through my shell. Hah.” He paused for a moment. “No, this scar is not goblin in origin. This scar was the result of the strike of the Host’s more insidious element, the bugbears. Y’know. . . . Big, long-limbed, hairy. Creeps through shadows, tries to pull your guts out for fun. He got several friends of mine, but couldn’t figure out how to break my shell before I blasted him away, though. Making the somatics for a thunderwave while bleeding freely is not easy. Especially not when you’re stepping on your friends’ slippery guts. Still, I knocked him back, then I and a couple o’ the others burned him. Alive, of course.” He let them think for a bit.

“Anyways… While real pesky, neither goblins nor bugbears pose all that much of a threat to larger communities. No, the war was not due to them. It was no doubt at the behest of their dark deity, Maglubiyet, but the backbone of the host that marched out of the Sunset mountains, sacking a dozen towns and villages was the hobgoblins. Hundreds of them. Marching in ranks and files, cutting through the levied troops like a scythe through a group of children. Had we not all prepared fireballs just for this purpose, the tale of the battles of Iriaebor would have been quite different… And I probably wouldn’t have been sitting here.

Lauk's side of the tale

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

aye, there is that plot hook too.

(CoS is the only campaign we've properly DMed)

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

We fixed the personality stuff for Lauk. Threw away most of the stuff that came from the Far Traveler tables. It just didn't fit.

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

we gotta tweak a few things to figure out how he fully fits into a party. Working on that background element with Dthar.

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

We don't mind water.

If you flood the dungeon, will you permit the first to drown to play a grung? (not intentionally, of course)

Time to start the negotiations...

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

There's so many different tools/kits that basically require proficiency but give no source for that outside customized backgrounds or DM's choice...

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

A bit of skepticism bordering on dislike of the triton could form the basis for some interesting interactions, @duskshine749.
The fish is clearly not to be trusted. . . Until he proves himself, of course. Lauk is slightly insane, not stupid.

@DTHar is your sheet supposed to look like this at the top?