Ellri

D&D 5E: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Threw together a simple post. Seems Lauk handled the cheese rather well. Probably for the best. Wouldn't want Durnan to get annoyed.

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Ghosts of Saltmarsh

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There was a momentary dark look on Lauk's face as the stank of cheese passed by, but with a will of steel he kept himself from reacting beyond that moment's lapse.₂₁ People really should know better than to eat cheese that was clearly rotten. With as bad a smell as that had had, it must've been crawling with sewer-maggots.

"I don't really care about brothers, sisters or things like that. Since you're hiring us for this job, it is clearly dangerous. What we be wondering is these three things:
Firstly, what it is you need retrieved. Secondly, what we need to kill to retrieve this, and finally what magics won't work on these things. I detest wasting spells. Oh and the 'why' of this is irrelevant, so long as you can pay appropriately, which you can."

Lauk had never fully understood the close ties these mammals had with their siblings. Sure, he had some siblings too, but he didn't fawn over them or speak with them every year. Half of them hadn't even ventured onto the material plane, making communication troublesome even if he had been interested, which he wasn't.

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We have them all... (except Ghosts of Saltmarsh, as we're still waiting for the physical book before looking it up)

Plot Line discussion

@officaz
The following characters have already been approved and are not force-sensitive:
Jaren Jast, Courier, Free Trader & Independent Contractor
Tsu'ukuri Tarinai, Bounty Hunter
Khulbe Desilijic the Hutt - Crime Lord
Gleetch Elnam, Bounty Hunter

In addition, there's this one... She is force-sensitive, but not trained by or affiliated with the Jedi or Sith:
Nima Tarkona - Class 1 Entertainment Slave

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We'll get something in eventually, but we'd rather build up a bit extra to respond to first.

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Lauk might not quite listen to that last guideline...

[Approved] Dashara Horizon, Unaligned Force User

tagged it as WIP for now, considering parts are built around one of Seren's characters.

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we've got nineteen more of those...

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has everyone read the various book disclaimers? some of them are rather fun...

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Plot Line discussion

Given the input so far, it seems easier to simply note what people don’t (currently) want…
Nobody asked for criminal intrigue, and one would like stuff that won’t be dominated by power-playing Jedi/sith (perhaps some sort of military training setup).

The only concerns people had for “where” to place such plotlines appeared to be somewhere that shouldn’t restrict participation options, so probably not too deep inside the borders of either the Empire or the Republic, as that’d prevent the opposite from participating.

Right now we’ve got:
🔹A good number of Jedi (two masters, one knight, three padawans)
🔹A few of various criminal affiliations (a hutt, two bounty hunters, and a couple of others)
🔹Some Imperial folks (One darth, one Sith apprentice, one grand moff, all three GMPCs)

With no republic or imperial military personnel sheets currently finished up, plot lines focused towards those are probably not a high priority. If such sheets are completed/submitted, that can change, of course.
Jedi-on-Sith action is generally popular, but excludes non-Force characters somewhat. As we have two sith currently, situating plots with them is not unnatural for us, but one of them can initiate other types of plots too.

Any further thoughts?

@Almalthia@Bea@Jackdaw@f0un

Since you desire the non-Force plotlines... will you be submitting a sheet suitable for that, @officaz?

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Unexpected and birth... We presume it was premature then, @Cao the Exiled?
If so, was it by much?
If not, what made the hospital trip unexpected?