Skip to main content

Deeper in the Woods

RL snow kept the players away this week.  Not surprising... after our session I got stuck for a mooment even trying to get out of the parking lot.
---
The party starts back along their journey through the woods, following a bloody drag trail,  Corrail, Don the Magnificent, and Vaglar are all missing for this session, so a new player Ragor, a dwarven fighter, played by St joins the crew.  The group finds him wandering through the woods, following the same blood trail they have found.  After a brief introduction first by tiger and then by speaking to Felix, Ragor joins the crew, quick to take direction from the Paladin, Rodar.  Rodar has the dwarf keep close to him as they continue through the forest.

A few clearings away they come across a pair of pixies that Ragor quickly identifies.  The curious creatures check out the party and mull over knocking them out when the gnome, Ally, engages them.  Her speech of Sylvan delights them and her spritely charms sets well with them as they marvel at the Tiger.  They contemplate riding the tiger with a saddle and then using the Paladin's shield as a sled before Ragor drags the party back on their journey.  Satisfied with Ally's claim that they don't really know where they are, the male and female pixie allow the heroes to continue on their way.

Soon the group finds a hill with a cave interest with zombies about.  A few moves closer and they realize that the zombies are yellow musk zombies, the product of a plant.  Soon after they realize that the plants are vines near the cave entrance that can entrance the adventurers and suck their brains until they too are zombies.  The paladin charges in to attack the plants, avoiding the spore blast but being beaten back by zombies.  The rogue, sorcerer, and tiger take the zombies out at a distance away slowly.

Ally makes a slight miscalculation and puts the whole area under entangle, tripping up her teammates more than the zombies.  The dwarf get hit by the spore blast but recovers to get away before his brains get sucked out. The paladin goes down in a zombie attack, but the fighter drags him back and heals him back to health.  In a final surge, the fighter, paladin, and tiger take zombies and trees out in meelee while the rogue and sorceress battle away at zombies.  Soon two flowering vines lay in pieces while all the zombies lie as lumps of rotten flesh.

Next week, we'll see how their camping outdoors goes and maybe we'll find out what is in the cave.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5E Starting Gold and Equipment for Higher Levels

The DMG has a rough recommendation for starting gold and equipment for higher levels, but with my groups running one-shots, we wanted to nail it down to level by level. Here's my DMG-inspired table. Generally I allow equipment to be traded in during character creation for half book value, where applicable. I also, as a GM, offer to make custom magic items for players who can't choose. A list of magical items by rarity can be found here  with stats available in the DMG. I also generally allow players to buy healing potions (2d4+2) for 50gp and greater healing potions for 250gp (4d4+4). PHB items are available at book cost at creation. I do not allow other equipment to be purchased except in game. This is generally based off the "high magic" campaign. Level Starting Gold Starting Equipment / Magic Items 1 - 160gp  OR Standard starting equipment 2 210gp Standard starting equipment 3 285gp Standard starting equipment 4 365gp Standard sta...
3 comments
Read more

Rules for Flying Creatures in 5E

I'm not one for just throwing my players willy-nilly into something new without an idea of how it would work.  Flying races are on the horizon for one of my games, so here are my clarifications for flying creatures: A flying creatures requires a minimum space of at least 3 times their height in all directions in order to flight. For example, a 6 ft tall flying creature requires a room to be at least 18 ft in all dimensions before they can fly in it. A flying creature can attempt to grapple a creature.  If the the target or grappler are flying, grapple attempts are at disadvantage. If neither are flying, grapples are per RAW.  The state of flying or walking is determined by the last square you have moved.  To change between walking and/or flying, you must use at least 1 space of movement.  Movement rules per RAW apply (PHB pg 190 "Using Different Speeds") A successful grapple check by a flying creature can allow the flying creature to potentially carry th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Exploiting Weakness in D&D 5e: A Guide for the Evil Plotting GM

I wrote a similar article to this on Pathfinder, and though this is a pretty evil topic, it has been of use to a lot of folks out there.  So, now, I think, is the time to start a similar article for D&D 5e.  This will be a living document to be updated with suggestions and more information as I find better methods. In general, 5e is a lot more challenging for a GM, because the classes are reasonably balanced and because the game mechanics don't have a lot of scale over the 20 levels. Here's a general list of things to increase the difficulty for the party: Increase the number of foes and the CR (ignore the book CR system if it isn't offering a challenge) Spells against the PCs low saves.  A high level sleep spell, for example, could take out a party with no elves. Drag out the opportunity for the long rest.  After 2 short rests, the 3rd battle of the day is tough. Hit the most vulnerable PC first. It almost always forces another teammate to take an acti...
1 comment
Read more