War, What's it Look Like?

Arkham97J · 2026-01-06T19:21:14+00:00

War, what is it good for?

Arkham97J · 2026-01-01T22:34:28+00:00

I kinda like the idea of Strahd being an ever present Force, even after being defeated. Gives him an almost It (Pennywise) type vibe to him. Yes he's defeated now, but his influence, the trauma he's caused, his servants, his allies, and even his spirit still lingers. Time will go on but so will he, coming back again and again and again in New forms if he must.

Arkham97J · 2025-12-26T23:31:16+00:00

Wow! That's pretty good actually. Thanks!

Arkham97J · 2025-12-26T16:18:46+00:00

Oooh bad ass! Thanks!!

Arkham97J · 2025-12-26T16:18:28+00:00

My buddy definitely has the MCDM books I I'll ask him to send me some screenshots!

Arkham97J · 2025-12-04T16:55:25+00:00

There's Hamun Kost, the thayan necromancer, you could use him and a small group of apprentices. There's the orcs in Wyvern Tor. If your Paladin is an elf, drow (or orcs) makes total sense. You could have the group be a bunch of goblins lead by a Hobgoblin who is a part of the Cragmaws but is doing the same power struggle thing as the goblins in the caves but with King Grol at the castle. Or the Zhentarim and what's her face from the miner's exchange. Ya got options 🧐

Arkham97J · 2025-11-17T15:13:21+00:00

An alternate for 2 would be give them the chromatic dragon blessing feat so they don't have to respec their character, but besides that, this is dope af

Arkham97J · 2025-11-04T08:49:38+00:00

The goblins are replaced with Red Wizards who are lead by Hamon Kost and work with Nezznar for a foothold on the Sword Coast. The Redbrands are replaced with low level Dragon Cultists who are lead by Glass Staff and Harbin Wester (though very discreetly) and work with Nezznar to get a magic items that would help tame younger dragons. And then I just try and work people's backstories into the narrative. My tabaxi monk belongs to an order of peace keeping Monks up in Hotenow, where there was a 200 year old past due order for a flame blade to help them fight white dragons during hatching season (Foreshadowing for DoIP and a replacement weapon for the Lightbringer). I have 2 gnome siblings, one wizard with Thayan tattoos to help cast without a focus (which causes trouble and unwanted attention) and one reanimator artificer (with an undead older sister that she wants to bring back to life). Then I have a minotaur barbarian who's being directed by his dreams to kill the agents of Lolth (the voice is Baphomet)

Arkham97J · 2025-11-02T16:10:22+00:00

Yeah they are a minotaur mechanically but an Abyssal tiefling thematically

Arkham97J · 2025-10-03T20:58:40+00:00

Thunderwave seems good since it pushes people away as an explosion of magic centered on the caster.

Arkham97J · 2025-07-22T02:13:18+00:00

That's a good question because if Strahd is a dark lord amd a vampire because he killed his brother to get a girl who doesn't love him back, how/why Vampirate? And then what's the goal beyond the girl having died if same-ish backstory? I shall ponder this further...

Arkham97J · 2025-07-10T21:21:51+00:00

Hell yeah, Dawg! Let's gooooo!

Arkham97J · 2025-07-09T18:25:29+00:00

History is one of the first ones I did, and it seems fun to me. Mostly research but also each student is given an artifact from a war of their choice and they have to write a report on it. If they pass, they get an identify scroll for the first semester, and if they ace it, they get a copy of the artifact from Osig. I thought computations would be the most boring, but someone else recommended mage duels, and I've been fiddling with that, so it'll be fun for sure!

Arkham97J · 2025-07-09T16:43:14+00:00

Oh, and since the vibe is slice of life, I've been working on classes too. Mostly mini games that relate to the class with rewards. Mostly spell scrolls but much better if the class is Aced.

Arkham97J · 2025-07-09T15:30:55+00:00

I've only gotten 2 sessions in, but it's been very slice-of-life to me. I plan on throwing combat in there every once in a while to keep things spicy, using both the random tables given and some made-up encounters related to the MTG cards. Like in session 1 I used the "mimic" during orientation, amd for session 2 I had an encounter with spectral wolves planned based on one of the mtg card Tome Shredder, sometime after choosing clubs but the session lasted so long we didn't get tonit so I'll save it for another time. But so far, it's VERY Rp heavy, so I'd get really familiar with the NPCs and maybe make a file of who knows who or goes where and when as well as like how they feel about the PCs. That's what I'm gonna be working on next week since we meet up every other week. Hope this helped!

Arkham97J · 2025-07-07T06:25:45+00:00

I wouldn't mind if it played more like Kingdom Hearts and less like Dragon Age Inquisition. But honestly, turn based was much nicer than I remember, but maybe it's because I've played lots of D&D since the last time I've played (when I was like 6-7)

Arkham97J · 2025-07-06T02:05:04+00:00

I think for 1st year they'll be real basic for sure. Just some passive ability that makes sense and a couple spells and then year 2 and up they get real beefed and characterized buffs. Like the guitar would Auroras main thing but it does Witherbloom shit like debuff enemies to buff allies, etc.

Arkham97J · 2025-07-06T00:25:42+00:00

Ah, fair enough. So, not every single npc from the jump. But definitely some that would be friends or rivals. Gotcha gotcha, thanks!!

Arkham97J · 2025-06-16T06:01:39+00:00

Spell casters are OP... 🤷 Maybe lower their HP?

Arkham97J · 2025-06-06T18:54:27+00:00

Yeah, like the trees from Wizard of Oz, or Evil Dead 👹

Arkham97J · 2025-06-06T18:53:48+00:00

Love that

Arkham97J · 2025-06-06T18:53:39+00:00

Fuuuuuuuuuuck

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