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@dyinganddice
Recently in my D&D campaign some members of the party were getting real fed up with all the nonsense we kept running into when all we wanted was to find a druid to get some directions to the place we wanted to be. @lookinlikeaking‘s bard, Baileys, got annoyed enough that he asked a squirrel about it. Turned out to be a good idea! I loved this whole encounter enough that I needed to make a simple comic!
Chapter Eight
[Chapter Seven]
Knowing that the webbing was probably still patrolled by an active spider, Baileys sends their unseen servant into the webs to flail about while the party hid towards the side. As the spider peaks over the top of the store wall, Talia launches her spear and two more arrows fly, taking it out right away. Brick excitedly runs off to climb up the side and check out the dead spider as the rest of the group slowly follows after… and then yells that there’s a second spider before dropping down inside. Briar sighs, Baileys facepalms, and the party tries to run after their monk who is now facing off a giant spider alone. Briar and Baileys manage to climb up the wall while Talia and Faelen both find the worst path to attempt to take and fall to the ground instantly. (Both rolled Nat 1s) Between Brick just running and punching the occasional arrows that actually manage to hit, the second giant spider is finally murdered but only after it attempts to run out the front door and scares the shit out of Faelen. The group searches the building and finds some loot, but what seems to be once a general store is mostly webbing now.
(( OOC: I just have this written down and need to share. “If you peek through the windows when it’s raining, you can see the spiders dancing.” ))
As the group continues to wander through the buildings, Baileys manages to find the necklace mentioned earlier to the others and slip it into their pockets without anyone noticing. When Briar asks them on the way out if they found it, Bailey’s replies with a non-specific answer that manages to pass the bluff test. The two hang back outside while Talia, Brick and Faelen go poke some dead bodies inside the smithery, and of course they jump to life. Defeating them isn’t difficult at all for the team, but when they were killed they dispersed into ash, oddly enough.
(( OOC Again: We have a point where Talia moved into a corner, and then went off with, “Nobody puts Talia in the corner / She can have a little corner, as a treat.”))
With all the nearby buildings explored, the group starts heading towards the tall tower, hoping the view of the area will help them find a Druid. As they’re wandering up the hill, a few of the team notice that a squirrel was rustling around in the trees nearby, which was weird, as since entering Thunder Tree the group had not found any normal live wildlife running around. Originally assuming that it just means they were finally getting out of the smog of the lower area, the group presses forwards to find some blistered dead giant spiders, (Brick runs over and punches them just to make sure they’re dead, creates a new idiom Beating a Dead Spider.) a broken down stone tower with a cottage off to the side, and an eerie silence once again. Not really having anything else to do, Baileys walks up and knocks on the door of the cottage.
Something growls, and a younger Green Dragon crawls up the side of the tower and looks down on its visitors. Baileys looks up, and without hesitation politely asks, “Hi, we’re looking for a druid?”
The Dragon growls back, “No druid here, this is my lair.”
Briar asks “Have you eaten a druid recently?” which causes the creature to laugh very loudly, for very long. Baileys explains that the group was looking for a druid and didn’t mean to disturb it’s lair, so they’ll just be on their way. The Dragon attempts to threaten them, at which none of the group flinches, instead just waves and starts down the hill again. Dragon does not pursue.
On the way down, the squirrel rustling returns, at which Baileys, tired, turns and sarcastically asks it if it’s seen a Druid. The Squirrel replies, “perhaps.” Since this is probably the druid they were looking for, they go on to explain that Qualeen had sent them to find this Druid, at which the squirrel does indeed leap into the path and reveal that he is the druid they were searching for.
The druid gets upset at the group, asking why they came in here, there were signs up front?? (Briar: we can’t read.) He tells us that he’s trying to restore the area, but there’s a dragon Problem (the one we just said hi to.) and a Cultist Problem in two spots and he’s trying to manage both of them, and apparently failing. Briar asks him if he could just leave us directions, but he insists that he needs assistance with at least one of the problems before he can take time to give out directions. The group tries to further question him, but he eventually gets tired, tells them not to set anything on fire, and that he’s going to go keep an eye on the cultists and will meet with them later, before turning into a squirrel and dashing off.
The group stands in the woods and talks about it for a bit. They believe the best bet is to try and convince the Dragon to find a better spot to have a lair somewhere else, as the Dragon seemed willing to discuss things instead of being in simply blast everything mode. That, and they’ve been dealing with cultists a lot recently, a little break would be nice. With a nice grocery list of possible items written up, they head back up to visit the Dragon, having to knock, call for, and casually chatter about the fact they wanted to help the Dragon out right outside the cottage before being invited in. Baileys opens the door and the team walks through the cottage to meet the Dragon perched on the stairs of the tower. They start chatting with the Dragon, letting him know that they had gotten some information on the area while searching the area for their Druid. Briar and Talia tried to tell the Dragon about the area being bad for a dragon to be living in, tower is too small, Baileys went to deceive it into thinking the nearby cultists were going to attempt to use magic on it to control it, and then Faelen spoke from the heart about how much they want to help the one sensible, respectable creature they’ve met out in the wilderness.
… The Dragon thinks about it, and takes in their words into account… and gives a counter offer. What if they all took care of the cultists… together?
Not thinking they’d get a better deal, the group takes it, and points the Dragon in the direction of the cultists. The Dragon takes off, and as the party walks in the directions the Druid gave them, start discussing what their actual plans are, since this wasn’t exactly the ending they were expecting.
Faelen is aware the Dragon is a poison dragon, thus probably would have issue fighting cultists if they’re holed up inside a building. The group decides to set the building on fire to draw them out, despite what the druid insisted (“He made his choice to turn into a squirrel and bugger off.”) and Brick being not quite sure if she could… do, the fire thing again. So Faelen and Briar hide very poorly in some bushes, while Talia, Baileys and Brick go around the back of the cultist building, bust in the door and throw both a funnel of fire as well as a shatter spell within to try to chase the cultists out. The Cultists indeed run out, start with trying to say they never wanted to fight but then switch to fighting, at which point the Dragon descends and does some mad damage. At which point, The Cultists start to insist that they were trying to worship the Dragon and they only wish to appease it. So the Dragon completely murders the rest of them, and the building continues being on fire.
The Dragon lands, and turns towards the party.
[Chapter Nine]
A summery of tonight’s game, made very quickly by @himochiart
Steampunk inspired Baileys by @portaltohades during a sketch stream.
Inktober Day 5
I didn’t like any of the prompts on any of my lists today so I just drew my D&D character, Briar.
When in doubt for what to draw, draw a d&d character, I guess. This cheerful tief is not one of mine, but belongs to @thedreaddoughnut, whose tiefling paladin Talia is in the same adventuring group as my rogue, Briar!
More D&D doodles for Inktober.
Another of Briar’s co-adventurers, Faelen, a half-elf (half-???) sorcerer belonging to @sketch-cryptid
I continue to try to catch up on inktober via drawing my dnd party. Now featuring: Baileys, the dwarven bard belong to @lookinlikeaking!
More D&D and Inktober. The last, but not least, of Briar’s party members, Brick @toanovu‘s too-friendly half-orc monk!
I’m sure the idea of a coffee-based warlock has been done before, but I was seized by this idea I floated as a joke with my d&d group and then…..as you do, I tried my hand at making it real. I don’t have enough experience with d&d or warlocks to really be brewing up a solid new subclass, so this is more about the joke and aesthetics than about being a well-balanced homebrew. Feel free to use it in your game if you like, though, and adjust it to taste!
And here’s the art of one of the Bean patrons offering her gift to someone. It’s available as a print and on a coffee mug on my redbubble, lmao.
I off-handedly told my D&D group “there’s no coffee it’s a fantasy world” and next thing I know they’re trying to figure out how to make pacts with otherworldly beings for power caffeine…..
Technically this isn’t completely relevant to our game, but it’s too cool not to share here too.
Level 3 came hot the heels of a bit of a rough time for Briar, having recently done her first up-close-and-personal kill and then nearly died herself. So I decided maybe, given that she’s been studying historical magic at uni for years, maybe she’d take some of what she’d been reading and writing about into a sort of applied approach to the material. By which I mean she went Arcane Trickster for her archetype instead of Thief.
Haven’t had a chance to test her new skills yet in game, but why should that stop me doing a celebratory Yay Level Three picture?
Just some undead memes, your usual standard fare...
Wild Magics, by @shazzbaa
Faelen looks a little less alive, odd, by @sketch-cryptid
Chapter Seven
[Chapter Six]
Except for the one ghoul fight, the rest of the journey ends up being rather boring, as the adventurers find themselves following more and more abandoned paths. A few signs here and there keep them pointed towards Thunder Tree, until finally they find a sign that reads differently: “Danger! Plant monsters & undead, turn back.” By judging the surrounding area they had arrived in Thunder Tree. It’s eerily silent, Faelen shudders and attempts to give themselves a health buff, not noticing the spell the managed was with a necrotic essence. Baileys takes out their weapon and readies it, also casting an Unseen Servant to walk in front of them as the abandoned settlement is explored.
The first group of buildings that were more than just rubble seem to be just some very broken down cottages, without much left inside. The second group are better, definitely a prosperous area before whatever ill fate had its way there, but still mostly empty and torn apart by the wildlife now, with some trees even growing out from within. While trying to search for any signs of something interesting within, some of the roots start to move, at which point Brick exclaims “Hello friends!” as a bunch of little twiggy monsters spring to life. Baileys and Briar attempted to briskly walk away from this interaction of course, but without much success.
As the tree like creatures rush forwards to attack, Brick switches from friendly to fight, aiming for her usual one-two punch, and instead releasing a cone of flame that obliterates the creatures in front of her. Exciting! Talia cheers for Brick to try doing that again while fending off her own twiggy creature, at which Brick just nods and tries to process what the hell happened. Faelen, being very experienced with the shock of accidentally using a spell for the first time, gives Brick some Mage Armour while she recovers. The rest of the battle goes slowly but rather safely, only Talia is scratched at a point and the creatures are rather easy to smash into kindling.
As the group calms down from the encounter, Brick starts wandering the perimeter looking for more creatures, since some had run in after the initial encounter, and just to give herself time to think. Instead she finds an old savings box, and retrieves some money from it that she pockets as Talia comes over and attempts to comfort her. Faelen soon follows, putting a hand on her shoulder and asking if she’s alright.
“...... Ah! Yes! Yes fine, friend!” Brick looks down at her bandaged hands, turning them over slowly, “... how are you? I felt a presence in the fight, protected! Was that you?” she asks, elbowing Faelen in the side gently.
“I’m alright, y-yeah. Yeah, putting that new staff to good use. … You, you sure you’re doing fine?”
“It was wonderful! I felt quite powerful!”
“Listen,” He says, not letting go of her shoulder quiet yet in hopefully a comforting touch, “I know what it’s like to have an accidental spell sprung on you, it can be real startling if you’re not expecting--”
Brick continues, “Your help was much appreciated, friend,” ignoring the question.
“Well alright,” he mumbled, finally letting her be for a moment, but not moving away. After a few moments of having friends nearby without pressuring her, Brick finally opens up a little.
“... I don’t. But I don’t do, magic… That is not a thing I do.”
Meanwhile, Baileys and Briar, being very assured in their lack of ability to comfort anyone at all, decide to go explore the last building in the area. It appears to be an old tavern, and using the unseen servant, Baileys is able to get the door open and peered inside without getting too close. Just as decrypted as the rest of the buildings, but was clearly a lovely bar at the time, the common area looks like it was once quite nice, except for all the dead bodies strewn about. They back up and inform Briar of what they saw, noting back to the sign on the front of the town, and the two decide to let the dead creatures remain in their resting and push forwards instead.
Faelen’s ears turn as he hears about something undead, but also keeps listening to Brick and Talia chatter, including a few ideas of the magic coming from Brick’s worship. He only had a slight shrug to offer though, not knowing really what else to add onto the paladins comments. “I dunno friend, I guess you do now.”
There’s a pause, before Brick perks up to her usual sunny disposition. “I’m sure that it is fine! As friend Talia said, a blessing from the gods! Nothing to worry about! Come come, our other friends have wandered off, we shan’t leave them alone for too long, shall we? They are quite the squishy types.”
Of course, the monk sung this out as Briar and Baileys approached from behind, neither of which argued out loud against it, though the bard did give a tired glare before mentioning what they had found and suggesting pushing more into the center of the town. Wandering down the road, they come across the first building that doesn’t seem completely destroyed. The doors and windows are actually closed on it, and it almost looks lived in? Brick marches up to the door and knocks on it, but nobody answers. So she asks Briar to pick the lock as Baileys wanders down the path a little further to get a closer look at the building in the distance, finding it to be a rather destroyed farmstead and not quite looking like somewhere they want to dig into without much reason.
Returning to the group, the bard perches against the archway and informs everyone as to what they saw, as Brick and Faelen sneak into the small cottage and look about. There’s enough basic fixings to tell that someone had been, and probably still is, using this as a current living space. Brick finds a journal on the bedroll and opens it only to find sketches of plants and wildlife and some scribblings in a druidic language, and goes to pocket it, though Faelen points out that someone had been here recently. Brick lets them know about what’s in the journal and that she doesn’t think anyone would be still living out here with all the undead and monsters around, at which point Baileys chimes in that if the journal appears to be druid owned, and the monsters are plant based, it’s very possible they had just destroyed the druid’s security system, and that they’re living quite happily out here. Brick puts the journal back.
While spending the night locked up in the cabin waiting for the druid to return was a possible option, the group decides to explore a bit more, curious about the tower in the distance. The close up the home and head down the main path more, slowing as the next building comes into view… something that looks like a store, and not completely ruined either, but webbing climbs up the sides and leads into the surrounding forest… A good reason for hesitation. [Chapter Eight]
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing DnD, which, if you’re curious about our adventures, you can find over on @dyinganddice
Though, there isn’t much explanation for this over there… yet…
Brick by @stopboorider
