Narrated D&D Story: My Players Killed One of the Most Powerful People In The Kingdom “By Accident”
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we were surrounded by goblins, I made a dexterity check and snuck away while the others faught 50+ goblins with 4 people instead of 5, one of them followed me, leaving only 3, they eventually died in the fight, the DM wanted to get back at me for playing it my style, so me and the other deserter suddenly found ourselves facing 60+ plus goblins! with only 2 people btw. So I did what a brave hero would, did a strength check and pushed him into the goblin swarm and I ran like hell, he died, I successfully managed to kill everyone without even attacking! The DM, however, who had had enough of my shit, made a big rock fall on my head and I died, we were 30 minutes into a 4 hour campaign!
And thats how James Crane (my pc) does it!
Moral of the story: Sometimes having your party completely screw up all your planning can work out well in the end.
That it can XD
Second moral of the story: if you're the third most powerful person in the land, travel with a proper escort especially if you're passing near the death woods.
Wait until chapter 2 where half the kingdom succumbs to infighting and civil war as a direct result of her advisors and heirs wanting to take over.
It's the Baratheons all over again.
@@Andrew-ih2gz I reveal nothing in regards to the accuracy of your statement.
Third moral of the story: don't treat your servants like 💩
"The tiefling formulated a plan"
How to give every DM a moment of ptsd
Definately! XD
THIS IS MY STORY! THIS CAME OUT SO WELL!!!!!
Can you keep us posted and message the channel on what happens in the rest of the campaign?
please?!
@@franklucy1781 There will be a second part to this. I'll post future stories of this campaign on reddit, but I'll do my best to remember to come here and copy and paste them here too for your reading enjoyment. ^-^
Awesome! Next chapter please? :)
Yeah I’m definitely gonna need an update :)
This reminds me of the scene in that one Harry Potter movie where the centaurs take that one rude af teacher away.
His name was Firenze if I remember correctly. Potterhead here!
@@allthingsdnd I can't remember it's been a minute since I've read it watched some Harry potter
Umbriage
Firenze is Harry's friend but the Centaur that captures Umbridge is called Bane. Firenze is the one that helps to defend Harry from Lord.V and takes over divination after Trelawney gets fired.
Yeah....as a kid I thought it funny. Now that I know what centaurs were capable of and what they represented.....
Harry Potter really sugar coated it...
The tale of Atalanta fighting centaurs trying to rape her comes to mind, a clash of male and female both raised and powered by a beastly nature.
Legit yesterday, a rogue from my party just decided to go after a leader of the cult. He crited, and at level 5 he surprise attack one shot her
6d6 free sneak damage is definitely nothing to sneeze at
Václav Hartinger that’s some real Assassin’s Creed type shit. Did he slip out by blending into a crowd?
KingGh0ulBlack96 there wasn't a single soul other than two more enemies which were going away from him and the leader
Was running a tabaxi rogue. Deals the most damage out of the party.
During one early game I played a Half Elf Assassin name Kiera. She had a reputation as a pure professional she always got her target it didnt matter how long it took and she never broke a contract. The other PCs weren't aware of her assassinations as she held herself as a mere fighter who was a bit quicker on her feet then most with a penchant for Knife work, All except one Mage who finally figured it out as the two had become friends and she was pretty smart (18 int).
The Group had gotten into trouble with a local Baron a major political player who had it in for all the group members for one reason or another. After foiling various assassination attempts and traps and ambushes over the course of several adventures. Kiera received word from a Guild contact that the Baron was looking to hire the best assassin the guild had IE HER, and the targets would be her friends, And she being who she was would be honor bound to kill them all which she would do so ruthlessly.
The Mage through clever thing that she was, had a brilliant and absolutely terrifying idea. She made arrangements to meet the assassins guild head and on the spot Hired Kiera herself, the target? of course the Baron. But not in a straight up assassination either, the Baron was too well connected and guarded against assassins, so she came up with a ruse, the Baron would hire Kiera to kill the players. She would then do so one at a time till they were all gone and when the time came to present the players corpses as proof the job was done the trap would be sprung,
Now be aware the PCs were NOT aware of this only me and the Mages player. So the Barons request came down and Kiera took the job. She then rapidly proceeded to ""Assassinate"" each PC one at a time in various ways. The Fighter poisoned wine, the Cleric poisoned wine, the Ranger trapped and stabbed in the back, and lastly the mage another stab with a poisoned dagger.
Kiera then presented the corpses to the Baron as proof. the Baron was of course happy but his happiness turned to shock when Kiera said a word. Awaken. The full party woke up and stood up alive and well.
the Mage when asked how said a simple phrase, "We got there first.:" then Kiera proceeded to Decapitate the Baron with a crit backstab fulfilling her original contract at the agreed upon target phrase.
the PCs assassinations had all been elaborate ruses using a special researched spell that put the pcs in Suspended animation in a death like state. the poison used each time part of the spell. Kiera had the command word used to release each victim from their healing sleep so they woke up refreshed and ready for a fight. and with the Barons death chaos ensued and a running battle was fought out of the castle which went up in flames.
That's how my assassin with the help of a sneaky mage killed a target and fulfilled a contract with out killing her friends all while raising her reputation accordingly. the PCs were understandably wary around their wine for a while afterwards ;)
*Stabs in back- head falls off*
Actually sounds pretty funny in a way.
Notes from a NG human Idiot;
That was honestly one of the most noble thing i've ever heard. Not only did the party come out without a scratch on 'em, but they helped a beloved NPC gain some much needed closure in regards to his past. They earned all that Experience in my book...
May your pantheon ever favor you
Baron Trevelyan of Restenford
This wasn't the only time they did something like this. There will be a part 2 eventually. But this part one came out SO well!!!!!!! I love my party so much.
@@craigwoodward8455 their actions certainly speak true. Quite the group you managed to assemble.
@Nospam Spamisham An old woman responsible for most of the slave trade in the country.
@Nospam Spamisham Issue is this woman was responsible for a lot of horrible things, the slave trade, a harsh environment and was ultimately an BBEG in the making. This wasn't just any old woman, it was a woman directly responsible to a lot of suffering.
That being said, I often get annoyed with the trope "oh the good guys can't do anything evil, or hey are evil." I can see how that works sometimes, but in fantasy good people are forced to make difficult decisions all the time. It's how they live the rest of their life that dictates exactly the kind of person they wish to be. Game of Thrones is a world that just being a good person isn't enough, it's about being ruffles and determined enough to eek out an existence within this complex and fairly hostile environment. I imagine making a power play of killing a helpless, yet incredibly powerful person kinda fits within that theme.
@Philip, John Ryan @Nospam Sparnisham -- I partly agree with Philip here. To me(at least the way i run my PCs & NPCs), it all comes down to what you define as a "Good Person". Alignment really has nothing to do with "Good" or "Bad", especially when it comes down to Kingdoms. Historically, the First Crusades were started by Lawful Good religious Zealots, but The Second was started by Neutral Evil Nobility. Both versions pulled in Good-aligned folks and turned them into genecidal(?) "monsters", but not to their way of thinking. To the Crusaders point-of-view, they were freeing the Holy Land for Pilgrims. While the Old Woman in question was indeed no threat to the Party(at that time, at least), she was responsible for not only the Kingdom's active(i'm making a guess here) non-human Slave Trade but also 99 % of the Criminal activity as well. Sure, you could(successfully) argue that the Party "stooped to her level", but they also gained a sense of, if not Justice, then Vengeance for her victims(named&non-named)...
Hey! Arkus here! Very well narrated and this is actually my first D&D Campaign. Never played it before. :D
And you did awesomely!!!!! LOVE MY PARTY!!!! Badass plan!
First game and already breaking the campaign, you'll go far like that.
I personally love Tieflings, great choice. Fits magic types really well. Fits any role really, but they fit magic so well mechanically and, more importantly, in narrative.
i wish you luck in your travels adventurer
You always have such awesome stories to share, and you narrate them excellently. Nice job, sir.
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This story accurately details why I both want to be a Dungeon Master and why I'm absolutely terrified to be one.
Wonderful story that can be remembered and retold for years.
Lots more work for the DM required instantly.
Bold of the DM to have such an important person be at such a low level. The players though? That's classic D&D thinking from really good players. Honestly I'm proud of everyone involved on this one. Good roleplaying, no DM back peddling, clever thinking, good story telling. Top tier stuff.
She rose to power due to influence, intelligence, favour and money. Not physical strength or magical power.
@@craigwoodward8455 Oh I absolutely understand, it's just fairly rare in D&D these days for people that influential to not also pack a lot of combat power too. For example I wouldn't have been surprised if she was a talented Rogue. Not a bad thing, but definitely a bold thing!
I wish I had any DM stories good enough to type out and have narrated in such a fashion. Some day maybe...some day
A fun plot twist would be the Scarlet Lady turning out to be a vampire. Sure, it would screw the party, but it would be hilarious!
Not a bad thought, but what they did with her body (something I wont say) would make that a moot point.
@@craigwoodward8455 Gotcha. They probably burned it or something of the likes.
@@naturalone6529 lets just say... friendly mimics are useful.
@@craigwoodward8455 Oh, you devious trickster! That's straight-up diabolical! I applaud whoever decided to do that!
If it was me,I would have made her a female version of palpatine and when they open the door and say it’s over, she sends one of the warriors flying with lighting screaming POWERRRR
And this is why you have teleportation circles to transport very important people :P
Didn't count on the players using _strategy._
Seriously, who does that?
To be fair, it was a large escort I’d imagine. And if one roll went poorly then the plan will fail.
@@gandalftheantlion Right, but they did have access to a whole village of centaur warriors who owed them a major favor. I just think the GM sorta didn't properly consider the possible ramifications of that.
...Actually, come to think of it, if it was a known thing that anyone entering the forest never came out (on account of being killed by territorial horse people) why was the lady traveling through it?
Fervidor I believe she was going around it, as far as I can tell from the story it was a path that lead either through the forest (which is unlikely) or on the edge. I suspect the paladins got too angry to remember about a forest that killed all who dared enter.
Fervidor either way, it allows the story to go in another way that it wouldn’t of before. It’s gives more room for creativity and such and I like that more than a normal campaign.
@@gandalftheantlion 100% correct.
And trust me, I didnt let anything happen. I rolled for the intelligence of the paladins to not enter the forest.
I cant do much with just a 3. Lol
And yes, the Cairnswood is edged by a small city called the Cairnsgate. The road passes through the Cairnsgate and out the other side, above and edging the forest.
That might not end well for the centaurs.
They're the closest group to where the scarlet lady and her paladins disappeared.
If the city has any scryers, the centaurs are in for trouble.
Perhaps ^-^
maybe. but if she was really as powerfull as everyone sais, its likely everyone will be buisy filling the Powervacoum she left. It is very possible the centraurs will be outright forgotten about in the Bloodshed that is to come.
@@jeova0sanctus0unus It depends on how well liked she was and if people cared enough about her as a person to investigate her death
Part 2 is here : ua-cam.com/video/JfKIf7ZKEHc/v-deo.html
These videos have been awesome, more serious than most dnd videos i check out, the tone and background music aid the story nicely.
I'm desperately trying to get my best friend to submit her story. Imagine if you will a bard who flirts her way into having an army of devoted lovers and absolutely breaks a campaign in the most hilarious way possible due to getting a treasure she wasn't even supposed to be able to get! XD
That sounds Fucking Hilarious. Glorious even
Why do you think she's reluctant? I would love to see this story here, but only if she wants to share it with us.
@@zemorph42
I'm not sure really. Mostly because she's busy with the baby while living with narcolepsy, but I think there's part of her that doesn't want to type it all out only for it to end up ignored. I honestly don't think it will be. The story is hilarious! But I can understand her wanting to use her limited spell slots on necessities and things she sees as less risky.
Anyone else get a Dolores Umbridge vibe from the Scarlet Lady at the end?
Pretty cool to be able to share these stories with such a huge audience. I played in a small town in the 2nd Edition era, nearly all of our perspective was isolated to our own experiences. We were virtually clueless to how the rest of the world was playing.
I once played a tabaxi monk named Cage Fight because he was raised in a gladitorial arena and ended up learning martial arts from the one person who cared about him and decided to do right by his now dead master and live good and honestly while honing his martial arts also got permission to use a home brewed monk subclass that focuses on using his claws to cut and gash opponents
Sounds like a planed epic novel, destilled to a deep and personal short story. Great rpg!
Gotta say, that is an awesome DM. Allowing players to change, really change, the world.
Thank you ^^;
I recently wrapped up my campaign (sadly).
My players had many amazing stories as, the Dirty-Hands. But one story was that out of hand it was amazing.
A double homicide, a sinister plot, and a cunning one shot as investigating detectives, led to something far greater than I could of dreamed.
I would love to repay my players with a video like this.
How can I contact you with this story?
Love your work. Keep it up
Write it up on the dndstories reddit. He may consider it.
Great video as always. Top notch narration, mate!
Thank you, make sure you give this video a like!
When the party surprises the DM by doing the compassionate, human thing, to bring closure for party members, and to pay back the help they had received, from one who now needed it.
Yes, it may have derailed the plot a bit, but is that really so bad in this case? When everything just... happened perfectly? As if it was fated to be so? No, I think not. It is simply... perfect.
Hey are you going to make more episodes about the gray necromancer I love those episodes
Maybe. Never lose hope 🤔
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Please do. That's my favorite series.
Astrochan lives!!!!
Wholesome campaign breaking? Huh never thought I'd see another one like this.
I love these dnd stories dndjust has something you dont get anywhere else, the freedom and chance to change the outcome of the world your in multiple times and muktiple worlds
Excellent. Makes for a great story.
Haven't even watched it yet, already shaking my head at seeing the title, thinking "what happened now?!"
This story is worded so beautifully! OP is a great writer...
Thank you. ^^
I'm planning my first Homebrew campaign right now, and I'm constantly thinking that all of my plans will probably be overthrown about three sessions in because my players will come up with a plan as detrimental to it as these players did. Still, this was an awesome story, so I figure that's not necessarily a bad thing to happen.
Never consider that a bad thing. Always roll with the punches. If your world is to feel like a living breathing thing, it cant just be something thats there for your players to poke. let their agency and actions have consequences to your world. They'll thank you for the immersion.
Craig Woodward oh believe me, I’m planning on that, there’s a reason why I’m building a whole wide world fully knowing that they’ll probably tear down a lot of metaphorical walls: because I don’t want them to feel as if they couldn’t leave a place/a quest/whatever they may putting up with at the moment to explore something else they’re more interested in. They shall have their freedom, this way I’ll also be sure that they’re interested in the story at any given point, since if they weren’t, well, there’d be enough stuff left to discover that they could put their attention to otherwise.
Once the paladin made the barbarian to stick a broom inside a dragon,
That was a baby fire dragon, the kobold'ds king defence.
The dragon was pointing towards the kings room, the dragon ran, almost killed the king, and helped the campaing
Just another day in a D&D campaign.
Seriously. I've had my plans foiled so many times.
Grate story! Must sift hard to get these things from other DMs and players. Too bad people always think these are your stories
I'm the DM in this story. ^^
Craig Woodward Cool! Did you catch my pun though?
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 not really ^^;
Craig Woodward the grate story bit. Good stories have to be sifted for. Hard.
I like the fact that u kind of allowed this to happen. You could have easily made her a mighty spellcaster that would've torn the whole village to shreds but you didn't did that. That's kinda cool
I'm true to the characters I design. I don't alter them for the sake of preserving the story I originally wanted to tell. Characters are more important than the story. The story can be all well and good, but the characters are what make a campaign feel alive. The Scarlet Lady rose to power through her connections and intellect. Not her magical or physical prowess. She did not gain her position through fear, or force. She earned it, through skill, manipulation, and understanding that influence, is the most powerful force one can wield. Far stronger and far-reaching than any poultry magicks.
I love your vids, for they remind, as I'm writing a campaign, that I really should be aware that my players can -and probably will- derail the story in ways I can't imagine for now.
Wow that DM really knew how to roll with the punches.
I once had a paladin following my priest of evil because the Preist has saved his life and that of the Paladin’s forbidden wife and unborn child. So indented was that Paladin that he turned on his fellow Paladins and remained loyal to the man that saved his family. My Preist was a priest of Evil itself and used tactics to gain favor with all sorts. He often seemed to be good, but he was manipulating things at all times. He ate companions, horses, things killed in combat and completely hated elves. He was a benevolent rulers later in the game, who was fair but whose wrath was terrible.
Sounds like the relationship between Anakin and Palpatine.
This is my first time watching your channel and it made me want to get fully into D&D
This is a party I would enjoy playing with. Honorable, empathetic, and actually responsible. Such a rarity.
Stump: You, a person respected enough to lead an entire band of archers, fired on one of the closest people to me. Hundreds of arrows sticking out from their body. I believe in an eye for an eye. CENTAURS!... FIRE
oooh, would have been good. but he just wanted it over by his own hand.... paw?
I was not ready for so many feels so early in the morning.
Not sure if this will be seen or if its only my experience but just in case. This story on spotify has overlap right in the middle just after the red lady (i think) dies. The narroration is overlaps with a later narroration of the story i think due to the tone difference. Its a short part ending at around 11:08. Anywho just wanted to drop this in case its seen.
Cool story XD 6Paladins level 5 .. no problem... my Party killed 2pc level 1 vs 1 Paladin level 5 without armor or real wapons ... and after that 11 guards ... the DM wanted us to get kidnaped... we kinda destroy his plans every time ^^'
A good DM must know to go with the flow. If the party derails things, adapt, have contingencies.
Accidentally on purpose revenge isn't technically murder if she was doomed from the get go.
The D&D universe would disagree with that notion heavily.
Your DnD campaign isnt going well when the party follows it so they actually played this perfectly
Geezer here...
Sounds like a great game. Good story/vid. As DM I have always found the more of my "plans" the characters fowl up the better.
Who?
You know what, kudos to you for pronouncing Tiefling correctly. So many people pronounce the "ie" as the english word eye and it just sound silly. Keep it up with the great videos!
I mean, I can understand it, if you had never heard it said before... but that does sound weird to me Tye fling XD
I think saying it like 'teeth' is actually cringey...I'm perfectly fine the other way
@@connorschultz380 But that is the correct way of saying it. Tiefling is a German word and that's how you pronounce it.
@@r4inxs510 I, imagine most people just don't care and will say the one that sounds more natural to them.
That’s MASS EFFECT for you!
Love these narations
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Goddamn onion cutting neighbors...ffs Brilliant story, look forward to part two eagerly.
Why are his stories so nice to listen to ?
I love your new animated avatar! Please use it again for a future video
Keep up the good work. Love the new animation on your character btw, you should use it more often 👍
I found this story in your comments section on another video. Thanks for doing this one 'cause I really couldn't that post because it was such a Wall of text that I kept losing my place. And it turned the narrative into such a jumble... But I was sure it was either a really good story or a really bad one, but was surely an interesting one.
Lol, yeah, sorry for the wall of txt. ^^
I feel this is the reason a DM should spin a story well, but not plan ahead too far.
If the players go their own way, see where it goes and make sure you have some contingencies for unexpected situations (generic backstories you can give to any NPC you did not plan anything for, but the PC's seem overly interested in, some base dungeons you can place at any location the players want to explore, even though you did not plan for it).
The best stories are made by allowing your players to shape the story in unexpected ways, it might not end the way you planned it, but may as well become an interesting saga all the same.
(or they die an early death)
This storyline was awesome and it kinda reminds me of a jailbreak session that we had.
These stories are awesome I absolutely love these
You mean the guard commander... took an arrow to the knee?
Though unstated, IF the DM had wanted to avoid the Scarlet Lady being killed along with her entourage, then they just shouldn't have had all the guards go running after a random horse that kicked the carriage. I get rolls were involved, but those paladins were supposed to be protecting and escorting the third most important person in the land. Why would they go chasing after a horse that is clearly not just some normal horse, that was bound to be leading them into some sort of trap, instead of thinking, "That is highly suspicious, we should keep moving at a faster pace, this area could be dangerous"? At the very least, only have one or two of the guards chase the horse to a certain distance (until the treeline or just before he lost sight of the carriage) instead of all of them abandoning the Scarlet Lady and a prisoner?
I don't know if I missed something, but it just doesn't seem like a feasible scenario.
I'm also hoping that the centaur village is slaughtered for this. Not because I'm an ass, but given the seemingly racist gov't and the sudden disappearance (and likely death that we as an audience know to have occurred) of such an important figure in that area, there's a chance they'd kill the nearest settlement of non-humans (aka the centaurs) as "justice".
I don't like to railroad my systems. I allow the fluency that the dice give. I rolled their intelligence to go after the horse, and they rolled with advantage. Their roll was, unfortunately, a 3. I wasnt about to shutdown a creative plan of my players without a good reason, and 'preserving my campaign' wasn't a good enough reason to me. Also, you should watch episode 2. They understood and knew that the centaurs were now in danger because of their actions and took efforts to protect them. (I have yet to reveal in the campaign whether or not said efforts were successful or not.)
@@craigwoodward8455 Ah, I wasn't aware there was a second part.
I wouldn't call it railroading for an NPC of their station and situation to take the side of caution over aggressive action ('course I also don't know the world). Leaving it up to the dice isn't a bad thing, but it shouldn't always be left up to the numbers. I, personally, always consider the type of individual, otherwise a group of highly trained guards has few differences from a group of half-starved goblins. And I'd never fault a GM for rewarding creativity.
It wasn't a criticism of how the scene played out, but more of confusion on the part of common sense for that particular group of people. Then again, they could have been big-headed pricks who were like, "How dare that horse kick our carriage. It will die for such fool-hardiness." or something. Ultimately, not my game, not my decision.
@@writer15131 To give you a little more depth and context; The scarlet lady almost never visits that part of the region. She was there for a specific reason and there is a reason she didn't have an entourage of her personal guard at the ready during this particular time. Basically, she was forced to hire from the local systems. The paladins were only level 5. Her personal guard are around lvl 10-15 each. These guys were tasked with defending someone of import, they were getting huge bonuses to do so, and they were feeling pretty self-important. So when a seemingly sentient horse comes up and kicks the side of the carriage, their low intelligence roll basically equated to; "Prove myself".
In a nutshell... they were idiots running on ego.
@@craigwoodward8455 Thanks for explaining. That makes sense now and they definitely acted in-character.
A great story as always! I love this series!
Lol this reminded me of how the wizard in my home brew summoned a random god and just breaks my 1st chapter
This is why you make the guards level ten a ten extra and add that wagon count to three if they're the most important person in the game they better be traveling like it
There is a reason she didn't have her honour guard (who are lvl 10-15' depending on the area she's visiting) and a reason she had no magical items or was there at all. She had to make do with the standard regiment in the area for personal guard, and in this area they're only lvl 5-6's with a few 7-8's in high places that have responcibilities that can't be shirked for basic escorting. So I gave her 6 of them. I considered that three lvl 2 players wouldnt bother with six lvl 5 paladins. I was mistaken. Lol. but I don't mind, it was amazing.
Wish I could have sessions like this, I'm a DM, but I'm just horrible at narration, and my players never want to listen anyway--unless it's something to loot or kill lol
Write down your narration and read it like a dramatic narrator of an anime. Thats my secret. And if your players are like that... get new players.
Love these videos, they make me want to play D&D, but no open groups near by... the 2 i know of have atlest 12 players each....
If there's groups with 12 people that means there a shortage of DMs.
Could always play that way
Wow that is one clever and...brutal party. It will be interesting to hear other stories from this campaign.
Got more incoming!!!!!! :D
Kickass story dude, awesome
Awesome episode sir. Thank you.
I had my players try to uncover and (hopefully) stop a cult worshipping elementals in my campaign.
It started well they made some contacts safed some townsfolk and even got rid of some of the lower ranking cultists.
These cultists all carried a little trinket with them wich was used a a sort of key to enter their hidden hideouts.
They where kidnapping people and tried to use them in a sacrifice to summon Imix onto their plane as some people appearantly just want to watch the world burn.
Through some interrogation and tracking the players found the Temple/main base of the cult and where about to infiltrate it.
I had several ways for them to enter the Temple and different encounters depending on wich way they chose...
They could have climbed the wall on one side and entered through the roof
Or they could have blown up a weak wall and entered through that (one of the rescued npc`s knew explosives)
Or they could have gone through the front blades drawn and just fight their way through (wich considering 2 of them where murder hobos was the most likely)
What I didn`t think would happen was the sorcerer tying up his companions putting on a cloak and the trinket and acting as one of them, just bringing in new sacrifices.
2 Bluff checks at the door and 2 more inside later ( he obviously nailed all of them with his focus on charisma) they had succesfully skipped 4 potential fights, 2 skill encounter, 1 riddle and stood in front of the door to the BBEG....
I had to stop the session at that point because I didn`t think they would make it so far and wasn`t done with the Boss encounter yet.
Of all the things I expected them to do, actually Think and come up with a plan was the last thing on my mind.
This sounds like an amazing group and campaign!
Thanks!
Powerful people think they're untouchable but even they can have some bad luck.
Ouuuughh stumps story breaks my heart,,,,,,,
I made my players cry when the characters decided to stay in Burkton. After the whole affair, there were tearful goodbyes... it was kinda awesome.
@@craigwoodward8455 i hope my dm can do a story this good qoq
This was pretty awesome! 👍
I played a campaign where we went into a cave. After killing some stuff, we came to a fork and ultimately went down a path to a large cave with a sound of breathing. Though we tried to stay quiet trying to find the way out, the breathing came forth revealing an adult dragon, color escapes me. Regardless we were seven level ten characters so were pretty screwed. Then it happened... Are blue (or purple) companion who was always naked and always high walked up to the dragon to trade entertainment for passage. The naked blue man made copies of himself and started playing, becoming a one man band. The DM rolled a will check against the entertainment roll. Nat one. He could have used the dragon's ability to pass but was curious on how thing were going to play out. After two more tolls in favor of the blue quartet the dragon remarks, "This is my jam."
If that was not enough, two members snuck over behind the dragon to figure out the orc magical elevator that was about 20 ft square realizing saying the orc work for "up" activates it but also the dragons hoard of gold was just behind them. Yep they took out a portable hole and pushed it all into it.
The dragon was so into the concert that rolls were not even being done anymore. When it was over, the dragon let us go up the elevator and away we went. As we got to a point where the dragon could not pursue up the tunnel in the ceiling, we heard a roar. Long story short, top floor and we ran like crazy. It was so stupid.
The Karen's Wood Password: "I want to speak to the manager!"
Dude... that story was like... soul deep
Oh, thank you. ^-^
This is illustrates that a DM has to be flexible. The plan hardly ever survives contact with the pcs.
There are no accidents
- master oogway
Makes me wanna learn d&d
It's never too late
Neat story. A hardy well done to the party and DM for a good world.
Thanks! :D
What a dark and gritty campaign.
This is amazing, I want to be apart of this!
wait, so 30 centaurs were blessed by the lv 2 cleric? The bless spell only target up to 3 persons, +1 additinal per spell slot level above 1st, and it's a concentration spell, so the cleric can only have one cast at a time. The maximum number for a high lv cleric would then be 3+8 =11 persons if expending a 9th lv spell slot.
If I am not missing anything here. XD
Saying "they were blessed" flowed better in sentence structure and narrative than to explain all the full mechanics of the situation.
So yes, you are right. But that wouldnt have sounded as good as what I wrote.
This one was pretty cool
I really want to learn how to do this art style lol
Damn I like it when the players get an up lol
An intriguing story...It sounds so dark...
Uh, don't know what to think about this one. I take in consideration that 6 Pals lv5 is enough for the beggining of a campaign for guarding a story sensitive character but the amount of work you have put in chapter 2 probably would discourage me on going ''yolo, let's see where this goes''. I would probably just gave the Scarlet Lady an amulet of teleportation and get her out of there.
I've DM'ed in the past for very clever players, that often were dismantling my adventures and creating their own power fantasies, making me paranoid and improvising the whole time.
I get that, I'm just thankfully pretty decent at improvising. ^^ And I really enjoy improvising too. So I guess it just wasn't an issue for me at the time.
Wouldn’t there be divinations made by the ruling powers in search of the Scarlett Lady and the centaur village held accountable? How did a village keep the forces of the entire nation at bay originally when there forrest was within the governed states?
The forest was protected by cairn stones. An ancient magical force that gave life force and strength to the forests inhabitants. Giant wolves and the like. Only the safe mushroom paths can be traversed to find the town of burkton, and only the centaur know them.
As for divination of what happened to the scarlet lady? Well... that would be telling.
"They go into a forest that know one comes out of. It was known as the KAREN'Swood. Anybody else caught that?
I expect my rougue PC to assassinate the emperor...
There’s a forest no one who enters survives- it’s called- The Forest of KAREN!
... auto listened to this after r/entitled parents stories. 🤣 thought-
“Well THAT explains it- it’s in the name. I can imagine u know your gonna die the moment u hear that eery sound- ‘excuuuuuse meeeeee?’ On the breeze.”
LMAO!
Not a dm but we killed an early sub-villain in the second session
The closest thing to this is when it was only me and the warlock and we made a grand hiest
This sounds like the DM should've pretended someone else was in that carriage all along, maybe a high minister or something, or the a queen's representative or family member.
Edit: or give her an one-way one-use teleportation ring. Making her a a bigger threat. And then she would punish the centaurs (aka the DM punishing the players for their foolishness).
The party after some sessions will return to the village, but they only see a burned spot in the forest and without explanation have to roll for initiative.
Because the only standing structure, a stone well suddenly starts smoking and a hissing sound from evaporating water comes. A fire demon rises from the well and attacks the party, fleeing their only option. They learn then that an Ifrit had been summoned to punish the centaurs, with little to no survivors, who blame the party for the burning of their town.
If they manage to defeat the demon their only loot is a ring with the queen's insignia and some brimstone. That ring may now be used against the Queen. (If it wasn't her death that triggered the demon to emerge from the ring)