JBRam2002

Beginner's DnD 5e Game - Group 2

As Solglia approached, Eilina briefly stopped her. "That was beautiful," she whispered to the dwarf. "I don't know if they'll say it, but thanks." The gnome gave her a smile before turning back to the others.

The pounding of footsteps on the coffin at first seemed normal, as one might expect from standing on a mostly-hollow structure. But as the girl was lifted out of the tank, the noise grew, even while none moved across its surface. The lid for coffin on the far side of the room began to shudder slightly, then both lids burst upwards as a pair of skeletons arose from the coffins, throwing the monk and bard to the side as the lid crashed down on them. Inside one of the coffins was Peony's gear, but it was currently guarded by a very angry-looking skeleton. The other coffin held a few various objects, but the threat of the axe-wielding bony enemy made careful observation a bit hazardous.

>Roll for Initiative!

>I need Dex Saves from @Ermine, @corneredbliss, and @Ms Ravenwinter to avoid damage from the crushing force of the coffin lid.

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

As the group began to take down the sharks, Jill lazily floated forward. With a flick of her wrist, a glowing crystal was produced, sending shimmering colors to dazzle two of the mutts, although one of them seemed unaffected. Jill chuckled quietly, then pocketed the crystal as the glow began to surround her. If any had doubts about her inherent beauty, they were immediately dispelled now, and she became the very picture of majesty. "Keep that one from harm!" she called out, pointing towards the affected Cerberus.

Mechanics

Jill used Hypnotic Pattern to charm Cerberus B. If it takes any damage, the charm will break.

She then used her class feature Mantle of Majesty. She gains special bonuses with charmed creatures.

Current Battle Map!

@The Grey Dust is up next!

5e D&D - Mines of Phandelver

As the group makes their way inside the caves, they quickly come across a side room. A trio of wide steps leads up to a small cavern with several stalagmites dotting the ground. Immediately evident are the three wolves that look up, one much larger than the other two. They snarl and growl, and one darts forward only to be yanked back by a chain attached to one of the stalagmites. Despite the noise that they are making, no one seems like they're approaching at the moment... but the wolves don't look happy.

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

@Gisk If you're interested, feel free to send me a PM. The current party makeup is in the Chars tab, as well as my chargen rules, but I can answer any additional questions too. We do a lot of notifications and conversations on Discord.

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

The tri-headed dogs advanced upon the group, snarling and snapping. Each head reached out, chomping at the nearest enemies. Those happened to be Noriam and the Water Elemental. The first Cerberus's three attacks all missed Noriam, as the heads got in the way of each other. The Water Elemental (aka Benjamin) however faired slightly less well, taking five separate bites from the two canines that bit at it, taking a total of 61 damaged (halved to 30 from resistances).

Cynthia grinned, drawing her longsword and speaking a word in Aquan. The blade began to hum and spark with electric energy as she dashed forward to the Cerberus. "Let's get em!" she called, slashing Cerberus A and sending a shock of electricity through its form, dealing 27 damage (the second attack missed D: ). The Cerberus growled at the newcomer, seeming completely focused on her for a moment (next attack on Cerberus A has advantage).

Current Battle Map!

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

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Modular Pathfinder

Fangwood Keep

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Once Sigurx collected his gear, the group continued their trek towards Fangwood Keep, spending an uneventful night worriedly keeping watch over a snoring troll. As the sun began to set, the forest thinned out ahead, revealing a wide river valley cleared of trees. The path descended for a quarter mile to a single stone bridge that spanned the river, then continued up a small hill. Atop this barren hill sat a small, two-story fort surrounded by a thick, partially collapsed outer wall. The area all around the keep within a quarter mile had been cleared of stones, trees, and any other sort of cover. Until nightfall, it would be relatively impossible to pass unseen. The bridge over the Marideth seems to be the only place to easily cross the swiftly-flowing river, though it is also obviously well within sight of anyone stationed on one of the keep's ramparts.

>The group may make a Perception check if they wish.

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

Jill sighed as Askia's antics brought more trouble to the table than anticipated. The bard deftly loaded a quartet of shells into the magically water-repellant pistol and darted forward and to the side, lining up a shot that didn't have an elemental in the way. She sent a bullet careening towards the nearest Cerberus to get its attention, knowing that even though the attack wouldn't deal much damage, it should at least direct its attacks away from her friends. Unless it decided to target the Elemental, which was also fine with her. The fact that she could move so freely surprised her, and she wondered what was new that allowed her to swim as fast as she did.

She turned back towards her friends, trying to see who would benefit best from an uplifting phrase. Regrettably, she knew only one person that she could see, as Koan remained in her shroud of darkness. She called out to the Beholder: "I heard that a Cerberus guards secrets. Take them down, and their secrets are ours to explore!"

Mechanics

Jill moves 30 ft and attacks Cerberus B with a roll of 19, hitting for 6 damage. She bestows Bardic Inspiration on Dyn: a d10 that lasts 10 Minutes. Add to any ability check, attack roll, or saving throw.

Battle Map!

@The Grey Dust is up!

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

The Cerberus turned its head at the shout, lifting itself over the green current that spewed from the mass, and gave a great howl as it spotted the mass, the beholder, and the kobold that shouted out. I had been willing to give the drow's plan a shot, but... well, circumstances dictated otherwise.

"Koan, I think your plan stopped working," Jill called out, drawing her pistol and slipping outside the aura of darkness. As she did so, the sound of two howls replied to the Cerberus as the trio of tri-headed wolves darted forward. "Oh. There's three of them."

>Roll for Initiative!

Initiative Order

24 - Askia
16 - Hunter Shark
15 - Jill
13 - Noriam
13 - Cerberus A, B, & C
12 - Cynthia
10 - Dyn
9 - Adrevz
7 - Koan
4 - Benjamin (Water Elemental)

Battle Map!

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

This was... unexpected. Jill watched with some surprise as Dyn actually embraced the new merfolk. She had never really pried into his history before, and simply assumed that the beholder had spent little time among humanoids before she had met him, but that evidently was not true. And he called her "child," a name never attributed to herself. Jill chuckled quietly to herself at the reunion, as well as Koan's muted greeting. And yet, she could feel the dark stare of the other aasimar on herself instead of the new pair. His unwarranted attention made her uncomfortable, yet somehow excited.

"Jill Orion," the captain said simply as an introduction. "As long as I have known Dyn, I have not known him to make friends easily. So I do not say it lightly when I say any friend of Dyn's is a friend of mine. We seek the Verdant Stream to right some wrongs. If you would join us, I am sure we would all be quite grateful."

Cynthia motioned towards Dyn. "Your old friend has a map that should help us on our journey. I know I could probably get them there myself, but you're one of the best trackers I know. Shall we be off then?"

As we finally left Coral City, we soon slipped into a jetstream that carried us with great haste towards our destination. A lesser tracker may have missed it, but both Cynthia and Dyn's 'child' were quick to lead us there. We passed by several potential hazards along the way: a school of sharks that seemed to ignore us, an underwater swirling vortex, and several other elemental creatures that seemed to ignore us. In just a few hours, we had come within striking distance of the Verdant stream.

"Well, that went better than expected," Cynthia proclaimed, pointing to a wavy tendril of green in the distance, surrounded by a floating mass of some unknown material that appeared to be rock. "That's the stream. Are you ready?"

Before anyone could respond, a creature emerged from the floating mass, floating lazily towards them. It did not appear to have noticed them yet, but it was likely just a matter of time. As the creature approached, its form became evident. It was a wolf that shared a similar coloration as the Theullai, except this one had three heads.

"Cerberus," Cynthia whispered. "The Marid's Guardian, or so we call him. We will have to pass him to enter. How do we do this?"