JBRam2002

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

Made some icons for the group!

@The Grey Dust - AdAM 7 -

@Daemanis - Cerise -

@JBRam2002 - Mara -

@rush99999 - Thanath -

@Cu Chulainn - Ysalain -

@The Large Dumbo - Uregaunt -

@Lauder - Zana -

D&D 5e - Lost Mine of Phandelver

Kiki Milaan

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Did... did we win? Kiki stumbled forward from the brush as the goblins began running. The barbarian had commanded them to stop, and it looked as if they had given up. Kiki sighed in relief, although the exertion almost made her pass out. Damned goblins...

It took her a moment to understand what else she was seeing. One of the two horses seemed to be completely butchered, its head separated from its body. What kind of monster would do such a thing?! Obviously, the only people here capable of such vicious barbarism had to be the goblins. Kiki's eyes narrowed at the closest one before she turned away. She had been given a suggestion to tie up the unconscious goblin nearby, so she did so, relieving the goblin of its bow and quiver and emptying its pockets of any other loot in the meantime. She then dragged the goblin back to the rest of the group, plopping it down next to the butchered horse.

"We're not planning to babysit a group of goblins, are we?" Kiki asked. "I say the first person who gives us full information on the owners of these horses and where they are gets to live. The others... well, you did attack us, after all. Maybe next time you'll pick your targets more carefully. Oh, there won't be a next time, will there?" The rapier hung by Kiki's side, dripping with the blood of several goblins as she glared at those nearby. "I suggest you start talking."

Mechanics

Tying up a gobbie: 1d20+3 = (18)+3 = 21

Claimed Loot: 1 shortbow, 1 quiver with 20 arrows, 1 elven arrow.
Requested Loot: Poison vial and the other two elven arrows if no one else uses a bow effectively.

D&D 5e - The Lost Lands

Katia hummed with annoyance. "I don't see why everyone thinks we're in a hurry. We just got here. We have no real goal except to explore. If we can get back to our world, great! Until then, why would we not enjoy ourselves?" She gave a shrug as she pondered her next option. Her allies definitely were not being conducive to the plan. Even Cesar who had suggested just the thing she was hoping for had immediately retracted his suggestion.

"Your insistence, Sir Gnome, makes me think I should hold onto these gems. However, you have given me little reason to distrust you, except for your sheer lack of understanding of the term 'stealth.' As such, I shall defer to the group on this one." Katia approached the window and opened it, dropping an orb next to the building and throwing the other as far as possible. She turned around and scowled at the group, obviously not happy about the decision. "You owe me a Really Big Crow. Or something better," she muttered as she crossed her arms in a pout.

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

Welcome to Waterdeep

This campaign will initially originate within this City of Splendors, but will eventually traverse the many expanses of the Forgotten Realms.

We will be utilizing the 5e rule set, starting at 5th level. Stats will be fettered to a 20 point buy. No magic items at the start, but will be rife throughout this homebrew. You can have any starting non-magical gear you desire (just remember encumberance) plus an additional 250 gold.

Any and all races, alignments, and Unearthed Arcana are allowed, but the CS, in its entirety, must be approved by moi.

Character sheets are to be made using mythweaver and PM'ed to me. Once approved, please post the CS url link in the interest check below.

For maps, I am still anguishing which best visual method to employ.

Combat will be mostly conducted in the OOC, but you can always summarize your action in a post, if you so choose, for literary flava flav. IC posts can span a few lines to multiple paragraphs, if ye so desire, but I do request that once every 1-5 days (out of combat), one either posts in the IC, or just explain what your character is doing in a particular encounter in the OOC, if you are not able to do so. In specific encounters, I may be firm and require a strict IC post (mostly for verbal exchanges), before advancing our tale.

Ideally, once we have finalized a total of 6-8 players, including my co-DM, @JBRam2002, I will start the IC.

Anything else? Just submit your inquiries, complaints, or comments below.

See the previous interest check for further details.

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If your character has been approved and you feel comfortable posting it in the Characters tab, please do so.

We are going to start out at level 5, so your backstory can be designed with that in mind, but keep it purposefully hidden from the other PCs. With that limitation in mind, feel free to have an extensive backstory; I WILL incorporate your backstory and make it relevant to our campaign. If you don't want to write much, then we will just tie you in with forward progression instead of backstory integration.

Maps will vary from Theater of the Mind to Roll20 constructions.

To flesh out your character, please PM me any or all of these answers (or not, and munch on them while we progress through the campaign) with a brief concept (minimum of 1-3 lines) of your backstory. These questions serve to help flesh out your character to me.

How old is your character?
What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)?
Does your character have any significant personal items?
What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. speech, mannerisms)?
Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. anti-social, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)?
Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birth-marks, scars, deformities)?
Where was your character born? Where were you raised? By who?
Are your parents still alive? If one or both of your parents are dead when and how did they die?
Do you have any siblings? Have any of them are alive? What do your siblings do? If any siblings have died, how?
Is your character married? Does your character have children?
What social class is your character from?
How has their upbringing affected their world view? How did your character get started in their chosen class?
Does your character have any heroes or inspirational figures?
Is your character religious? Is your character guided by a prophecy? What is your character’s view on magic?
Has your character ever served in the military? Has your character ever been arrested? What for?
How did your character arrive in Waterdeep?
Has your character ever crossed anyone? Does your character have any enemies?
What are your character’s goals in life? How important is the accumulation of wealth?
If your character died tomorrow what would they be remembered for?
Where did your character learn or train their skills?
Why does your character adventure? How does your character view his/her role as an adventurer?
How does your character get along with others?
Is there anything that your character hates? Is there anything that your character fears?

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

Current Cast:

@Gordian Nought - DM
@rush99999 - Thanath
@Lauder - Zana, DEAD NPC
@JBRam2002 - Mara, co-DM
@Daemanis - Cerise, NPC
@The Large Dumbo - Uregaunt
@Cu Chulainn - Ysalain
@The Grey Dust - AdAM 7
@Ms Ravenwinter - Evlynne
@corneredbliss - Ynaxandra

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

Mara-kai Vrede

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

<Snipped quote by JBRam2002>

Realism left when magic and non-humans became a thing.

@rush99999

This is true, which is why I'm glad we aren't using Pathfinder's method of gaining only your level in HP on a long rest. 5 HP when your max is 65? Takes a while to rest up from that.

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

Greetings, again! Just another morsel to much on.

Short recovery rest will take an hour. You can spend Hit Die on short and long rests. But...

How would we feel if long rests only rejuvenated half your Hit Die and not your HP?

The rule would be literally thus:

Characters can regain half their HD or equal to their proficiency bonus whichever is higher, rounded down, on completing a long rest, 8 hours.

Remember, potions are available in the city.

Please tally your response below. Thanks and Mods bless.

@Gordian Nought

Personally, I think the resting mechanics in 5e are way too lenient. There's almost no danger and no wound that a good night's sleep can't fix. A 250 HP barbarian gets KO'd? Ah, just rest it off and you're back to full health. There is zero realism with this method.

I would prefer this modification, and have used it in my own games before. It instills a sense of danger and requires the party to be cautious instead of always charging face-first into danger. However, it also requires the DM to recognize this, and to make healing options more readily available.

D&D 5E - Forgotten Realms

Attention friendos!

Gordi has decided that for the first 5 levels will grant us maximum HP. After that, when we level up, we follow the following rules:

You must roll for your HP according to the hit dice for your class. You may choose to reroll once, but if you do so, you MUST take the second number, even if lower. All HP rolls should be in a place where the DM can verify them (either on Discord or in the RPGuild dice roller).

D&D 5e - Lost Mine of Phandelver

Kiki Milaan

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The goblin's sneer at Kiki's statement was less than reassuring. The battle continued on all sides of the rogue, and her peripheral registered a few attacks in the distance. Then the goblin leapt at her.

At first, for the briefest of moments, she thought he had missed. Then the pain erupted from the point of contact, a splurt of blood shooting forth. The twisted grin of sadistic pleasure gleamed in her attacker's eyes, sending a wave of fear through her. It was happening again. She would be useless; her friends would perish. She saw, interspersed with the trees and grass around her, a stony path and wooden gate. The twisted grin of a human, his dagger in her gut. Her friends all around, dead or bleeding out.

"Run, little girl. Run and remember the kindness I showed."

The vision was cut short by a blast of silver as it embedded into the goblin's gut, shoving it away to the ground. The wizard called for her to let it live, and Kiki raised her eyes to look at her savior. But he had already turned his attention to his own survival, ducking behind the carts next to the corgi.

... She would revisit that question later.

Kiki gripped her blades and scanned the battle for a new target before skirting around the tree's branches to approach. The first attack was shaky, her blade piercing the bush nearby. No, this was not like last time. Even if she perished, her friends could handle themselves. They would carry on. Her left hand whipped forward, finding a weakpoint in the goblin's defenses and nicking his skin. Somehow it was enough for the goblin to collapse before her.

The blood from her wound flowed freely. She could feel the strength leaving her; her thoughts grew blurry and unfocused for a moment before she blinked away the cobwebs from her mind. She had no expectation of her own survival, much less glory. But she would fight until her final breath abandoned her.

Hopefully it would be enough.

Mechanics

Kiki moves to L9 and attacks the goblin at M10. If that goblin has moved to J11, Kiki will instead move to K10.
Attack Roll: 1d20+5 = 7. Missed!

Bonus Action: Attack with Shortsword.
Attack Roll: 1d20+5 = 18. Damage: 1d6 = 2 piercing damage (I don't think sneak applies, but 5 more dmg if it does).

In either case, end movement at K10.

HP: 3 / 9. AC: 15.