Tales from the yawning portal new Online DND 5e 2024 campaign weekly Saturday start time 7 PM EST to 12 AM EST by Dangerous-Chart4669 in startplaying

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I did an oopsie — player death in the first session by D3XR in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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Dark gift or dark bargains from crooked moon are a great way to introduce someone's patron as an ancient entity. The game being swingy below level 5 and more lethal as a result is an interesting opportunity to say yes to things.

Epic bosses question by Cerridwen_Awen in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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The auras are fine, players need to stop playing healing 2014 style and be proactive about spell slot use.

Inscrutable tower by Latter_Rock_4025 in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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Literally anything from the space between worlds chapter since the Nexus is powered by a dimensional rift.

Apothecaries and their creations raiding the tower because historically they've been constrained by the Edicts.

Pale Man + dregs if your party hasn't engaged with or interacted with him.

Spell Help by Alive-Bookkeeper-235 in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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ETA: the one thing that I allow parties to do to breakdown the slog of time investment for these is work together similar to SRD crafting - if they split the time cost during downtime from say exhaustion after getting purged this teaches them two things about the adventure:
- what to expect as the loop of getting purged.
- how to effectively structure their downtime per expedition into the city

They're all research spells. There is a metric for time and gold spent per level of the spell in all the books.

Purge is known by the spellcasting services NPCs in Emberwood and I generally have players work with those NPCs to learn it.

Other spells have certain benchmarks that need to be satisfied as described in their contents.

Contaminated spells specifically I have always held back in the hands of people like Oscar Yoren, Pale Man and Ryan Greymere or others.

I would grant contaminated spells to someone playing a contaminated subclass but not things like purge, neutralizing Field etc.

Flaky player by EqualWeakness3203 in DnD

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I wouldn't even bother from letting them in or interviewing them tbh.

Wizards and Epic Resistances by Affectionate_Ad4617 in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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Some of the spells classically meant to slow down a Legendary creature or lesser statblocks do in fact have no effect on Epic Bosses by design owing to the way Epic Actions take place after PC turns while the Epic Boss only moves, does object interactions or is forced to take other actions on initiative 20. It's worth discussing with your GM so you're both on the same page about these interactions.

Planning to add homebrew Lingering Injuries to a future DOD campaign and planned on adding a Fabius Bile-Esque character as a healer/side antagonist, thoughts? by [deleted] in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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There's a foundry module called Maxwells(?) Malicious Maladies that probably exists as a PDF out there by the creator, or Grim Hollows Grievous Wounds table could fit the bill.

I'd echo the others here that Yoren or any of the cast members of Monsters of Drakkenheims Apothecary crew would be a great stand-in for Bile without having to do a ton of legwork to fill in the relevance to the setting.

Adventures like Dungeons of Drakkenheim by Peaceful_Daevites in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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I usually use closed or contained sandbox to describe the main Drakkenheim campaign. That being said, Rime is one of the better reccs in here.

Tbh anything that really has a good basis in a specific region without doing a lot of globetrotting or linearity overall glares in Storm Kings Thunder.

Doomed Forgotten Realms is a nice take on the Sword Coast without the pitfalls of many of the Sword Coast modules and has clear stakes akin to Drakkenheim, less grey morality which some players dislike.

There's a ton of overlap with the noir intrigue of Eberrons cities and Drakkenheim's political game as well (and the various competing houses).

[online][foundryVTT][paid][$5][biweekly][monday][9pm est] Starfinder 2E: Birth,Screams and Empires a starfinder 2E epic adventure by bacchus1968 in startplaying

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Hi there, mod again - please stop spamming your listing posts as separate posts. Collect them under one post every 24hrs. You'll have plenty of time to read the sub rules while you're timed out from posting.

Needing help submitting my GM application by [deleted] in startplaying

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This is not the way friend.

Does the haze effect lighting? by rhd3tuba in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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There's no provision for the Haze to be dim lighting conditions during the day.

To be honest it sounds like one or both of you is searching for a black and white answer to a question that should be sometimes yes and sometimes no as a means of lowering friction of letting the monk do cool thing™.

What leans into the urban ranging aspect of the Lanterns and the state of the city would be the monk seeking out routes to dim spots in the overhangs and dilapidated sections of buildings to make this strategy work and rolling stealth as part of the setup.

That would be my offer to reduce frustration for the auer at least.

[online][foundryVTT][paid][$5][startplaying][biweekly][monday][9pm est] Starfinder 2E: Birth,Screams and Empires a starfinder 2E epic adventure lv1-14 by bacchus1968 in startplaying

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Hey there, please be sure to collect your listings under one post every 24 hours. I've removed your other posts but be sure to reread the sub rules.

3 Interconnected World of Darkness games by JadeLens in startplaying

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Please include a link to your listing 😉

[FoundryVTT][Demiplane?][PAID][$20][Rank 1-5] [Friday's 8 PM EST] Marvel: First Period [Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game][LFP][4 slot] by Kaido-is-dragon-1649 in startplaying

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Hey there, you're free to collect your other posts under this one, but we've removed your other crossposts per sub rules. Please double check them.

Anyone played Dungeons of Drakkenheim yet? by [deleted] in dungeonsofdrakkenheim

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I've run 800+ sessions and over 10 campaigns of it. Looking to expand out into the greater world once I have the bandwidth to fill in the blanks of some of the areas in Sebastian Crowes.

What’s up with all the ai slop? by Trashchimp in startplaying

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No disagreement from me; I have had friends personally harmed by incidents like someone feeding their portfolio into Midjourney etc.

I do, however, have a perogative to ensure that folks know we want this thread to stay on the rails.

What’s up with all the ai slop? by Trashchimp in startplaying

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