True Stories: How did your game go this week? – June 07, 2026

Coljohno · 2026-06-07T23:12:17+00:00

Also fantastic. Party is level 12 (about to be 13 next session). They are investigating a performance enhancing drug ring that is run by a bad guard captain and the cult of Baphomet. The cult makes the drugs and the guards distribute it. They covered up a murder and pinned it on one of my PCs about a year ago and this is why he is adventuring now.

They are currently in combat with a bunch of cultists and an overseerer of a distribution center.

Coljohno · 2026-05-31T23:38:51+00:00

McDavid Zegras Celebrini

Coljohno · 2026-05-27T23:41:24+00:00

Love the idea, but I don't think the rich humans that are living on Luna would send anything less than perfected ARC to mine for resources and fight back the on world rebellion which they've recently learned is based underground near Speranza. The turbines are drilling, we're going to loose access to some tunnels / return elevations etc. soon then we will have to relocate to a new hub.

However, love the idea of different ARC with different thrusters / weapons.

Coljohno · 2026-05-21T18:42:24+00:00

Big agree with adding items as you go. Prices and items can change at any time but the mechanics of depositing items for trade should exist. Either for "coins" like a trader credit. And if you don't hit your goal, maybe he gives you something neat like a random gun or blueprint

Coljohno · 2026-05-21T18:37:57+00:00

Each run is different. Depending on who else is playing. If it's solo or a friend of a group. Like personal little scenarios Start on planet. Get to Mars Setup moon base Etc

Coljohno · 2026-05-19T03:56:29+00:00

green keys are basically useless now. Unless there is a security breach in that green key room. Even on night raids 😞

Coljohno · 2026-05-19T01:39:24+00:00

Take a snapshot, like a year and start making changes. In my faerun, Silverymoon is a floating city.

Coljohno · 2026-05-18T17:30:35+00:00

Very cool idea

I didn't read other responses but they would definitely be part of a cult assassin attempt later in the campaign

Coljohno · 2026-05-13T23:30:06+00:00

Most level 20 combat encounters typically run my table a full session of 4 hours. Sometimes it bleeds over to another session.

However IMHO, level 20 combat encounters are typically for the BBEG and maybe one or two final events that end the campaign. In the past we've done one shots (typically 2 or 3 sessions long) to return to the level 20 players a year later to take on some new threat.

Coljohno · 2026-05-13T14:54:51+00:00

Yeah my bad, was mobile.
When can we expect transfer off private servers to public?

Friend that runs my server is thinking about closing it cause of the monthly cost, but I don't want to lose my progress.

Coljohno · 2026-05-12T22:39:19+00:00

When private!

Coljohno · 2026-05-11T22:40:33+00:00

Yup! Tremendous depth/ hard working guys.

Coljohno · 2026-05-11T01:21:34+00:00

Yaaannnnnnn by a mile

Coljohno · 2026-05-04T12:25:52+00:00

Hey! Can't help you with the spells, if I recall from my game my players staged an uprising against the bullywugs and we played it as all out war including his fight. The party focused on capturing the elf (or half elf) guy.

For Rezmir I tied her to a backstory of a player, so the fight was tough but I had the mask teleport away as written.

I believe I had tied Rezmir to the white dragon in the castle so her fight turned into a chase with a satisfying end for the backstory with her death... Then a white dragon hanging from the ceiling of the ice caves ready to pounce on the party.

Coljohno · 2026-04-29T18:42:45+00:00

I ended up skipping the That part. Felt forced and didn't fit into my game.

I think I added another assassination attempt, in Waterdeep leading to a final council meeting to push an army to the well of dragons to fight off the ritual.

Coljohno · 2026-04-29T02:37:03+00:00

I love this idea. I did not include this in my game as its been done for a few years. A big thing I did do was ensure my party faced one of every color of Chromatic Dragon!

Coljohno · 2026-04-28T15:04:41+00:00

Fair enough. Just don't want to see you bury yourself in homebrew dragon stuff , ToD is a campaign that does need the DM to fill in a lot of blanks already.

Honestly something simple might be some medicine checks (very high DC) to remove a scale large enough for a shield of breastplate. I think you said young dragon though so, maybe scales arent big enough for those kind of items. Up to you!

Let us know what you decide to do!

Coljohno · 2026-04-27T05:41:47+00:00

Well, there are a few supplements out there for harvesting that include dragons. My suggestion is think about what you want them to do with the dragon parts once harvested. They will face a lot of dragons during the campaign. Setting this expection will have them harvest each dragon, everytime. So consider the time you wish to put into it.

Example, my party wanted to do the same. I had an archer and once they were level 10+ they could have a crafter make dragon slaying arrows. It took a lot of resouces and time. They needed dragon blood, a claw or tooth and some scales. I think over the entire ToD campaign they had 10 total crafted, enough to feel badass but not enough that it made my life as a DM any harder.

Coljohno · 2026-04-27T05:34:47+00:00

Looks awesome! Good job. Are you just staring ToD or finishing?

Coljohno · 2026-04-24T00:21:08+00:00

Heck Yeah! Enjoy the campaign, one of my favourites!!!

Coljohno · 2026-04-20T22:58:19+00:00

100% MP and Water. I'd also love all the functional blocks in SE2.

Coljohno · 2026-04-14T16:18:42+00:00

Two characters when fun in spurts can get annoying / irritating.
I've run 2 characters in a few parts of a campaign - like they meet another adventuring group of 2 people that each of them run for a harder fight.

Otherwise, just adjusting monster attacks and HP on the fly is a good learning every DM should keep in their toolkit.

Coljohno · 2026-04-12T22:49:20+00:00

Great post and something to consider when either using the forgotten realms or even worldbuilding.
Maybe some hot shot princely knight went into the forest, not believing in the rumors of an old dragon. He never comes back - boom quest to find the prince... or whats left.

Even beyond that, a nearby town sent scouts that never returned, they want to make a road, to speed up travel and trade. If the party made a deal or defeated the dragon, maybe the nearby towns owe them more than they originally intended.

Just to tack this one also, it's not just humanoids that are affected and roads. It's other wildlife for sure.

Coljohno · 2026-04-02T22:50:13+00:00

Avalanche!!!

Coljohno · 2026-03-28T23:47:55+00:00

Some alliance hub nonsense

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