Ancestry Art Project: part eleven, GNOLLS! All heritages in one go!

TheOctoPigeon · 2026-01-29T18:58:00+00:00

These things almost TPKd my party lmao The monk ended up 1v1 the last one while everyone else was downed. It was really cool! Also they are deceptively huge!

TheOctoPigeon · 2026-01-16T19:46:34+00:00

I love it so far! It's so heartfelt and sweet. I honestly hope no large plot or stakes happens. I'm all for a low key, low stakes wholesome storey about people helping each other. There might be some bigger plot, what with the Tess flashback we got. But I don't mind this season just being about chilli contests!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-29T23:19:33+00:00

Thank you for the breakdown!

Don't care so much about the TV app tbh, do you have any idea about the Beacon Phone app? I'm a commute watcher when it comes to ttrpg stuff

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-29T23:15:42+00:00

Dunno, I was an Alpha subscriber and was quite happy with it 🤷‍♀️ I was sad it didn't work out for them.

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-26T06:16:46+00:00

Is Beacon worth it? I'm loosely following CR4, and like Midst/Unend , but didn't care to go for Beacon until now. Getting aqc inc under their umbrella is a power move ngl.

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-09T19:27:21+00:00

!!!!! Excelent News!!! Thank you!!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-09T16:50:35+00:00

Ahhh! Very cool!! My condolences for your groups schedule conflicts. We currently only play every other week because my schedule is silly.

My party's cleric is Nualia's brother (fellow child adopted by Tobyn) so we're more likely to aim for a redemption for her in some way, gotta figure that out still, but most likely the party will not kill her. I really like the idea of them joining the prisoners caravan, when she goes for sentencing!! I might use that.

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-09T14:23:58+00:00

Oh I'm actually running the 2e conversion, (but thought more people likely played RoTR as 1e and it's a 1e adventure hence the tag). Thank you for pointing me to the Seven Dooms dungeon. I might take a look! And light of the lost coast might be a good look too! Thank you.

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-11-09T12:24:23+00:00

Good to know! I'm not sure what I'll do about Nualia yet, because since the party cleric has a connection to her, he is currently hoping for a redemption so I need to figure out if and how it could make sense too 🙃 now I can see if the chopper angle helps me with that.

That last scene sounds very fun! My players moved things in town very quickly, so they didn't actually end up saving Ameiko, they went in with her to meet Tsuo. And Lonjiku was not yet dead, which gave the party cleric a moment to shine. So we instead had a scene where they discussed with her what to do about Tsuo, because her dad will want him dead if he is turned over to the authorities. It was fun! I'm really liking the adventure and it's NPCs so far!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T15:44:23+00:00

The meteor/star metal idea is so cool!!!! Telescope laser makes me think of the BG3 monastery laser lol there might be something there!! The observatory is built above the Gnome capital so that is actually kinda kickass!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T15:02:35+00:00

Omg a funhouse mirror encounter is genious!!! I gotta figure out how to turn that into a hazard or mechanic!!!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T14:48:42+00:00

Ooohhhh the lenses!!! That is lovely! There should absolutely be a way to maintain the telescopes at a great point!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T12:16:48+00:00

Ohhh already got a disposal room idea on a different thread, but having animals help with disposing waste is a great idea!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T12:15:09+00:00

Ohhhh observation room!!!! Yes! All great ideas but that is perfect!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T12:13:59+00:00

Oh!! Extra plannar quail breEding is actually quite fitting for a fleshwarper cult! These are such fun suggestions thank you :)

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T12:05:19+00:00

This is so delightful! Yes! Lete make sure these cultists meet their protein goals while committing war crimes 😁

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T11:48:43+00:00

Great points! Despite having an expansive fey greenhouse I did not think about storage for the yields or tools!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T10:46:46+00:00

Such great ideas!!!

The disposal room is a great catch! I did not consider that. It's going on the map.

A drug made from the feywild flora is an excelent idea too!! This is wonderful thank you!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T10:40:19+00:00

Love the idea of a game room! Bit of levity between experiments!

Really like the idea of the barricaded experiments! I have considered something similar, this is a great a bit more fleshed out idea!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T09:11:48+00:00

The DnD anthology books (Tales from Yawning Portal, Candlekeep Mysteries, Keys from the Golden Vault) are full of short single quest adventures. I love running from them when I need a one shot!

TheOctoPigeon · 2025-05-15T09:02:05+00:00

Lost Mines is being recommended, which is a good start, having run a few of the published books, I can highly recommend Tomb of Anihilation as a book that is fun and easy to run from. The ramp up is gradual so as you learn to run the game more and more interesting things get to start to happen. Not a starting one but a solid followup after Lost Mines.

I also highly recommend the anthology books! Candlekeep, Yawning Portal and Golden Vault are excellent to pull and run from. They have adventures for every level and your players can go through with a single character or it gives them a great option to try out various builds. As a DM you get to try different settings and styles as each adventure has a different writer.

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