Writing Prompt #001

https://writing-prompt-s.tumblr.com/post/185252317959/you-wake-up-in-the-night-and-see-a-shape-by-your

Ko-fi & Links

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Where you can find my writing:
Fan Fiction: Archive of Our Own
Original Works: Lyrotica 

I also post pieces of on-going works on my Tumblr page, both here and here.

See you there!

Question/Poll

Would you guys like me to post the rest of chapter one here or upload it to Ao3 (which, I’ll admit, is pretty daunting with all the tags & filters, as well as having to copy/paste the whole thing into a box rather than uploading it >< )

Excerpt #1

https://midnight-grind.tumblr.com/post/185206316512/okay-here-goes-posting-an-excerpt-from-my-first

Vesi Ma'an

https://midnight-grind.tumblr.com/post/185187859652/5theditionhomebrewing-the-tarrasque-seemed-lonely

Checking for Traps

Oh I hate when this happens >< It's why I've disallowed it from happening like this. If my players want to check for traps and one fails, I absolutely do not allow the others to clamor and say, "I'm going to check too!" Like, no, the one guy failed, so either you help him and I'll give him advantage or you can each roll separately, but no more than two people working on the task.

Unless of course, it's to my advantage to have them all scrambling, because of course while they're all busy doing that then they're obviously not paying attention to whatever enemy is sneaking up behind them... it's all a matter of waiting. ^^

Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen
   Rogue - Scout

Goblin

Personality Traits

I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets. I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me.

Ideals

People. I help the people who help me — that’s what keeps us alive. (Neutral)

Bonds

I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.

Flaws

Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it.

Deceased

Session Notes part 2!

---Lightning Round--- (Festival Day 7)

Waking to screams and chaos, looking out the window you can see hard rain and smoke coming from the arena. You can see spectators fleeing the arena while others—some of whom you recognize—are darting back and forth fighting creatures in the streets.

Tavern and Wayfarer’s Rest: Upon going downstairs, there is no one to be seen. In fact, the whole building appears to be empty.

^*Notes: Some people are hiding in the basements or in their rooms, but most are clamoring to get to the teleportation circle in the library.

^**Notes: make a map—for your eyes only!—for the placement of Shambling Mounds,  including their patrols, which ones are engaged in combat, and which ones are searching for fights. Include a loot list per mound encountered, just simple items either from spectators/adventurers it may have engulfed.

---ENCOUNTER – Shambling Mounds x ?---

Shambling Mounds are appearing from 4 rifts positioned at each cardinal point of the festival platform.

Leaving the inn/tavern will have the players dodging Shambling Mounds and the NPCs fighting them. The arena clerics are doing their best to keep up with healing and support, while some spectators are running to the shops to grab potions to help the weak or fallen. (No one is watching the shops.)

---ENCOUNTER, NON-COMBAT – Young Blue Dragon 1--- (Brimscythe)

As the players approach the arena, the storm surrounding the festival platform will cause the clouds to roil and rumble. Lightning arcs across the sky and you can just make out a dangerous silhouette behind the clouds, disappearing in yet another flash of light.

Should the players step onto the arena platform, Brimscythe shall descend from the clouds and use his lightning breath (60 ft line, 5 ft wide) DC 16 Dex save, 10d10 damage on a failed save or 1/2 damage on a success. He is not necessarily attempting to hit anyone, merely firing off a warning.

He has come seeking Allura Vysoren, and will bellow in both Common and Draconic that she be brought to him immediately or suffer.

^*Notes: Allura should already be with the players since they are tasked with guarding her. As they are approaching the arena, she will hang back and hide. If they insist that she come with them, she will refuse, and any resulting commotion will catch Brimscythe’s attention; he will do everything he can to get to her.

If the players have chosen to leave her somewhere safe, then the players have some options regarding what to do with Lady Vysoren.

“I know where the prize vault is,” she will offer, “I can open it for you. We may have a chance against him if we fight back.”

Allura very much does not want to go with the dragon, and will fight if necessary. She will do her best to soften her blows against the party if she must fight them, but she will go all-out against the dragon, starting with Banishment and working up to Finger of Death.

Regardless of the players’ choice, Brimscythe will destroy as much as he can before leaving and has no qualms over breaking his word. He relishes in the destruction of the festival grounds, and once he leaves the Shambling Mounds are still coming through the rifts. It is up to the players (and/or NPCs) to close them. (Dispel Magic)

---ENCOUNTER – Young Blue Dragon COMBAT--- (Brimscythe)

Everything he does is to reach Allura, and he doesn’t care if she goes unconscious. He will spend most of his time as high up as he can, descending only if his wings are damaged. At 10% health, he will seek to flee, with or without Allura.

---AFTERMATH – STOLEN ARTIFACTS---

The officials will notice the prizes missing and the guards will be on high alert for any item possibly matching their description. Allura will make sure the players understand not to expose their items until they are far away from the festival grounds and also ask for some measure of compensation that she can give the officials if she is cornered and questioned. She will also pay them what she owes for the day and thank them very much for protecting her. She has other quests for them, if they are interested in helping her out and earning some coin.

“The officials will no doubt have noticed the missing prizes, and they will come looking for me to compensate them. If I say nothing regarding your involvement, I would hope to have the debt repaid should I ask it of you."

			Allura’s Quests
Quest #	Name	Objective		Enemies	Reward
002	Children of Emon	Find the missing children of Emon, return them to their homes, bring proof of completion.		Adult Oblex/Elder Oblex	?
003	Golden Girl	A young girl has gone missing in [city]. Her 2 aunts wish her safe and quick return.		Green Dragon/Night Hag Coven	?
004	Hammer Down	Find Lady Kima.		Underdark
005

Level Up! Congratulations on Level 7!

 ---Available Loot – Shops---

Wesson’s Smithy – unfinished weapons, armor in various states of repair, grappling hook, chain… everything else was taken to help fight the Shambling Mounds.

Dread, Wrath, and Beyond – Acid (vial) x6, healer’s kit x2, alchemist’s supplies, brewer’s supplies, spell components, and 2 bottles of viscous yellow liquid (Tiefling baby formula!⁵).

Packers Plus – see: General Store list

The Closet – Clothes (Common, Costume, Fine, Traveler’s) + see: Jeweler/Stonecutter list

Tier 1 Imports – Alchemy Jug, Goggles of Night, Boots of Elven Kind, Boots of Haste, Bracers of Archery, Slippers of Spider Climbing, Flame Tongue, Frost Brand, Blinkback Belt, Hand Cone of Clarity, Bag of Holding; Scroll – Dispel Magic, Scroll – Locate Creature, Scroll – Invisibility

Kobold Fried Chitin – Splitlins, Centipie, Beetlans, Mashegot, 1 “Mana” Potion (gain 1 1^st level spell slot)

Withering Ladle – poisoner’s kit, vials of poison (poison types: Potion of Poison⁶ & Wyvern Poison)

Baalzepub – food and drink

---Prize Vault – Save Allura!---

1.       Flying Carpet (4 x 6), 60 ft flying speed, 400lbs

2.       Whisper, dagger, Vestige of Divergence

3.       The Magician’s Judge

4.       Boots of the Vigilant

5.       Wand of Polymorph

6.       Maelstom Gloves

Writer's Block

maybe?

Never mind I think I fixed it...?

Plot incoming! Muahahahaha!

Ugh...

...that feeling when you think of a plot for your campaign but it doesn't really fit with the current story so you think of ways to merge the two and it just causes you more headaches than what you already have...

Still! I'll be attempting to adapt this idea not only to D&D, but into the campaign I'm currently running. It'll take a while to fix and implement, but I feel it'll be worth it (I hope) for my players to discover.

Just Imagine...

https://midnight-grind.tumblr.com/post/185000036487/thefriendlypigeon-driftwooddragons

Ugly Notebook

A little while ago I saw a post for artists that said something to the effect of getting a sketchbook & making it specifically for “ugly” sketches. That way you wouldn’t care what it looked like because it’s in the ugly book, so I decided to make an ugly notebook for my written works: a binder with loose leaf paper (the kind I don’t like!) to just write crap in.

Then, if I like any of it, it gets moved to a word document or the “good notebook,” where it can be tweaked or updated.

Side note: if I do get back to writing, would you guys like to see any of it? I haven’t done fan fiction in years but I could try my hand at it again? Maybe?

Let me know in the comments/notes, or send me a note directly! :3

Tracking with Index Cards

https://xanth-the-wizard.tumblr.com/post/164230839801/index-cards-rule

Sari Imahna

Sari Imahna
   Circle of the Moon Druid

Wood Elf

Personality Traits

The common folk love me for my kindness and generosity. I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions.

Ideals

Independence. I must prove that I can handle myself without the coddling of my family. (Chaotic)

Bonds

Nothing is more important than the other members of my family.

Flaws

Naivete, innocence, ignorance.

Shifty Situation

Remember, *Don’t* Walk on the Left Side (or the Right)
Posted on August 4, 2011 by pfworks

"This trap is for all those adventurers that want to circumvent your carefully crafted obstacles.

The players enter a large room, with another door on the opposite the one they entered. Large metal spheres bounce up and down in the middle of the room, in a line from door to door. They are spaced out evenly, about 10 feet apart.


The floor of the room is in its own gravity field. Once in the room, gravity is relative to the floor. However, this is not the case underneath the floor. The floor itself sits balanced on a long beam, straight down the center, from door to door. If a character, or other weight, is placed anywhere other than down the centerline, the floor will shift. The further out the weight is put, the more the floor will shift. At the edges, it will shift a full 90 degrees. While this won’t affect a character on the floor too much, it will affect other characters entering or exiting the room, and more importantly, it will affect the metal spheres. The metal spheres will hit the walls and ceilings and bounce all over the floor, creating a deadly hailstorm of metal, and also causing the floor to rotate wildly."

[source]

Season of Nightmares...

* ~ Season 17 is tomorrow! ~ *

It's happening!

2 days!

* ~ Just 2 more days until Season 17. . . ~ *

RP Prompt!

Cool role-playing challenge for your D&D game! Order Chinese food and your fortune cookie plays into your character’s personality. 🥠

oops

Well, I tried getting leveling a barbarian for my husband and didn't realize that Season 16 ended last night. 😢 I got to level 30 before I stopped for the night and tried logging in this morning only to see the seasonal inventory waiting for me as mail.

I wish I could have at least gotten him the wings, but he said it's all right considering he got the Cosmic Wings from Princess Lilian in Whimsydale.... yeah, I'll grant him that.

**Season 16 Complete!**

Season 16 complete with only 5 days to go! 
#Diablo 3 #Reaper of Souls #Season 16 #barbarian #complete

Upgrade!

I was just trying to get the Chapter IV “achievement” for upgrading a weapon to legendary &… & I ended up getting an ancient weapon that matches my current set o.O #lucky

Chapter IV: update

Hopefully I'll have time to wrap this up tomorrow or the day after? Only 6 days left to unlock those pretty wings!

54 to 70!

So… I had no idea the season ended in only 6 days - went from level 54 to 70 in the past few hours. Phew! *tired*

Nyla

Nyla
   Circle of the Shepherd Druid

Firbolg

Personality Traits

I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups. I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.

Ideals

Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)

Bonds

My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.

Flaws

There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.

Last Night's Session:

Here is as far as my players got for last night's session!

*~*~*~*

---Arena Day 2, PCs vs NPCs--- (Festival Day 4)

Shetan vs Ravoxan & Strikes in Silence vs Ayura - end day 2.

·       

•   Day 2 ends without issue… sleep.

---Allura’s Request--- Festival Day 5 (Archery Contest¹)

On the morning of the 5^th day (8am), a slight blonde woman with twin braids over her shoulders and wearing a blue dress is waiting for the party in the corner of the busy tavern (Arcanist Allura Vysoren). She smiles and waves at them to come over.

·         “Oh good, you all know each other.” She smiles. “I have been watching your rounds; this is my first time to see the Festival.”

·         “You look like a ragtag group, but that is exactly what I think I need; I would very much like to hire you.”

Quest 001
Bodyguards	Guard Lady Allura for the rest of the festival. 3 days, 100gp/day, ½ paid in the morning, ½ at night.	“To show my appreciation, I would like to present you with these gifts.” Reaches into the bag at her waist for:

Allura’s Gifts
Recipient	Trinket
Mara	A gold coin on a matching chain. The coin has clasped hands cupping the sun on its face. (Amulet of Health)
Shetan	A simple signet ring with a blank setting. Can be embellished later.
Strikes in Silence	A pendant of two hands grasping a ruby on a golden chain. (Periapt of Wound Closure)
Yves	Treats!

“I saw that you have a cat—I love cats!—so I brought these.” She smiled, holding out her hands with a small red bag as an offering. It smells of delicious chicken and fish, very high quality. She will also ask to hold the cat and will generally be a crazy cat person until she realizes Yves is also a person. She will still slip up and try to play with the ‘kitty’.

“Oh look at this pretty kitty! Oh you’re so beautiful, look at this face!”

“I always wanted a cat, but with my studies I don’t think I would ever have the time.”

“You are so lucky to have such a lovely companion. Here, have a treat, Sweetie.”

Rest of the day!

Time Table 1
Time	Place	Activity
10am-12pm	Library	Research: Fire Plane
12pm-1pm	Tavern	Lunch
1pm-9pm	Library	Research: misc2
9pm-10pm	Tavern	Dinner
10pm-11pm	Room	Writing
11pm	Room	Bed

^*Notes: Allura is staying in a hotel on the second floor of the festival grounds, Wayfarer’s Rest. Very nice hotel, but the food is not nearly as tasty as the tavern, Baalzepub. The coffee is infinitely better, though.

---Escort of an Arcanist--- Festival Day 6 (Arm Wrestling Contest³)

Time Table 2
Time	Place	Activity
5am	Room	Wake, wash, dress.
6am	Tavern	Breakfast, while reading
7am-12pm	Library	Research: misc
12pm-1pm	Tavern	Lunch
1pm-2pm	Lower Level	Arm Wrestling Contest4
2pm-5pm	Shops	Shopping!
5pm-9pm	Room	Reading new books
9pm-10pm	Tavern	Dinner
10pm-11pm	Room	Writing
11pm	Room	Bed