The Encounter Table

Hello all. Here at the Encounter Table we discuss all manner of tabletop gaming related topics. From new item ideas, to short campaigns, to funny quotes and stories from our own adventures. And if you like video games give us a follow on our sister blog, theencountertableplays.tumblr.com.

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About us a bit more

Well now that we’ve been active for a few months, as sporadic as that has been I thought I'd take some time to talk about what exactly we are trying to accomplish with this blog.As you have probably seen we are primarily a Dungeons and Dragons blog. As we continue on with posting we will progress to other board games and post more often. As is with most people life gets in the way and as it stands we don’t have a lot of free time. For now, we continue to post all of our ideas for Dungeons and Dragons.We plan to do a general discussion of other board games and possibly record some of our sessions. We also have a video game blog and that will turn into something of the same sort, ideas, thoughts, and theories about video games and their respective universes. Within both blogs, we have the idea of posting narratives/stories that we come up with, especially with our DnD sessions. All of this is leading up to our youtube channel. Once again life sucks, but we plan on creating a crafting channel making cosplay props, Dungeon tiles, and any other nerdy bits and bobs we come up with.

As for the people behind the blog, there are four of us. Sam and myself as the owners and content creators, and Carl and Christopher as researchers and assistants.

Once life slows down for us we will jump in and create regular content for your viewing pleasure As I talk about content we'd love to hear from you guys, what would you like to see more of? Any ideas you'd like to share? Let us know in the comments or message us anytime All of your support is appreciated and thanks for tuning into the Encounter Table.

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Sunstone Spell

Transmutation Cantrip Casting time: 1 Action Range: Touch Components: V, M: Glass Shard, Small Stone the size of an apple. Duration: Instantaneous

When cast, this spell creates a small reflective glass gem that absorbs the ambient outdoor light and redirects it into a beam that points in the direction of the sun. only useable on the mortal plane this gem requires a minimum of dim light to be able to be effective. Must be used out doors with the sun as the source of light The effects of this spell last until dusk when the sun sets and must be recast at the beginning of the day.

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Darnys Beestinger’s Lucky Pot

Darnys Beestinger was a well-known cook at the Dripping Dragon Inn. For several years her food fed many adventures as they passed through the roadside Inn.  Using only a single cast iron pot she made some of the most delicious soups and stews. Some said that the food gave them the energy to run for hours, others claimed to have small wounds disappear. Whatever the story, Darnys never told anyone her secret. Later in her life war washed over the land and the Dripping Dragon was on the border of the two warring countries. Men from both sides came to the inn seeking shelter and food from the Now Famous halfling cook. Her food lifted the spirits sick and wounded, giving them the energy to move on. Many fights broke out between the men but thanks to a warlock and traveling blacksmith peace was held in the tavern. As the war was reaching its end the dripping Dragon was used as the meeting place of both sides leaders and after getting a belly full of Darnys’ famous soup, a peace treaty was signed and the war ended. Before passing away she had a charm placed on the pot by her warlock helper from the war to seal her skill inside of it. Now anyone using the pot will have the help of the best halfling cook the patrons Dripping Dragon have ever seen.

DC: 14 By rolling and passing the DC a PC cooking with this pot will prepare a dish that heals one d4 plus the cook's survival skill. Failing will result in good tasting food relieving one level of exhaustion. Passing food will have healing properties for 15 minutes of game time, or about when the food gets cold.

A little more lore on this one but still a good idea for long adventures. Hope this helps someone, happy rolling and see you next week with another idea.

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Thieves’ Cant: Terms of the Canting Crew

A rather random selection from A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew (London, 1698) [x]. Some liberties were taken with the spelling. See also: The Twenty-Seven Ranks of The Canting Crew.

Anglers, cheats, petty thieves, who have a stick with a hook at the end, with which they pluck things out of windows, grates, &c; also those that draw in people to be cheated.

Antiquated-Rogue, old, out of date, that has forgot or left off his trade of thieving, &c; also superannuated, obsolete customs, or words, such as are worn out, out of use and fashion.

Banditti, highwaymen (horse or foot), rogues of any kind, now, but strictly Italian outlaws.

Barnacles, the irons fellons wear in gaol.

Bil-boa, a sword. Bite the Bill from the Cull, whip the sword from the gentleman’s side.

Birds of a feather, rogues of the same gang; also, those of the same profession, trade or employment.

Bite, a Rogue, Sharper or Cheat ; also a woman’s privities.

Bite the Biter, to rob the rogue, sharp the sharper, or cheat the cheater.

Black-box, a Lawyer.

Black-guard, dirty, nasty, tattered roguish boys, that attend (at the horse-guards) to wipe shoes, clean boots, water horses, or run the errands.

Bleed freely, part with their money easily.

Blind-cheeks, the breech. Kiss my blind-cheeks, kiss my arse.

Bone, to apprehend, seize, take or arrest.I’ll bone ye, I’ll cause you to be arrested.We shall be boned, we shall be apprehended for the robbery.The cove is boned and gone to the Whit, the Rogue is taken up and carried to Newgate, or any other Gaol.The cull has boned the fen (for fence) or bloss that bit the blow, the man has taken the thief that robbed his house, shop, or picked his pocket.He has bit his blow, but if he be boned, he must shove the tumbler, he has stole the goods, or done the feat, but if he be taken, he’ll be whipped at the cart-tail.

Brag, Braggadocio, a vapouring, swaggering, bullying fellows.

Bravo, a mercenary murderer, that will kill anybody.

Canting Crew, Horse-stealers who carry a bridle in their pockets, a small pad saddle in their breeches.

Dab, expert exquisite in roguery; a rum-dab, a very dextrous fellow at fileing, thieving, cheating, sharping, &c. He is a Dab at it. He is well vers’d in it.

Filch, to Steal.

Filchers, thieves, robbers. A good filch, a staff, of ash or hazel with a hole through, and a spike at the bottom, to pluck clothes from a hedge or any thing out of a casement.

Filching-cove, a Man-thief.

Filching-mort, a Woman-thief.

Fork, a pick-pocket. Let’s fork him, c. let us pick that man’s pocket, the newest and most dextrous way: It is, to thrust the fingers, strait, stiff, open, and very quickly into the pocket, as so closing them, hook what can be held between them.

Gang, an ill Knot or Crew of Thieves, Pick-pockets or Miscreants.

Night-walker, a Bell-man; also a Light Woman, a Thief, a Rogue.

Nim, to Steal or whip off or away any thing. Nim a Togeman, to Steal a Cloak. Nim a Cloak, to cut off the Buttons in a Crowd, or whip it off a Man’s Shoulders.

Prey, Money

Priggers, Thieves.

Prince Prig, a King of the Gypsies; also a Top-Thief, or Receiver General.

Queere Birds, such as having got loose, return to their old Trade of Roguing and Thieving.

Thief-takers, who make a Trade of helping People ( for a gratuity ) to their lost Goods and sometimes for Interest or Envy Snapping the Rogues themselves; being usually in fee with them and acquainted with their Haunts.

Win, a Penny. To win, to steal. Won, stolen. The Cull has won a couple of rum-glimsticks, the Rogue has stole a pair of Silver Candlesticks.

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And this is just London, there are/were cryptolects from all around the world, from wikipedia:

Adurgari, from Afghanistan

Agbirigba, from Nigeria

Banjački, from Serbia

Barallete, from Galicia, Spain

Bargoens, from the Netherlands

Bron from León and Asturias, Spain

Beurla Reagaird, a Gaelic-based cant used by Highland Traveller community in Scotland

Cockney Rhyming Slang, from England

Fala dos arxinas, from Galicia, Spain

Fenya from Russia

Gacería, from Spain

Germanía, from Spain

Grypsera, from Poland

Gyaru-moji, from Japan

Hijra Farsi, from South Asia, used by the hijra and kothi subcultures (traditional indigenous approximate analogues to LGBT subcultures)

Klezmer-loshn, from Eastern Europe

Lunfardo, from Argentina and Uruguay

Javanais, from France

Jejemon from the Philippines

Louchébem, from France

Miguxês, from the emo, hipster subcultures of young netizen Brazilians

Meshterski, from Bulgaria

Padonkaffsky jargon from Runet

Pajubá, in the travesti subculture in Brazil, later expanded to LGBT in general

Polari, a general term for a diverse but unrelated groups of dialects used by actors, circus and fairground showmen, gay subculture, criminal underworld (criminals, prostitutes). The Polari would be unintelligible to the wider community including groups who speak other Polari cants, to prevent the outsider from understanding the users’ conversations.

Rotvælsk, from Denmark

Rotwelsch, from Germany

Šatrovački, from the former Yugoslavia

Scottish Cant a variant of Scots and Romani used by the Lowland Gypsies in Scotland

Shelta, from the Irish traveller community in Ireland

Sheng from Kenya

Thieves’ cant, from Britain

Verlan, from France

Xíriga, from Asturias, Spain

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Davlamin Carter’s Goggles

These goggles were made with racial differences in mind. The enchantment was first used by a warlock to aid the local blacksmith,  Davlamin Carter, in his duties. Davlamin resided far away from any Dwarven settlement and was not adept at identifying metals and minerals for his craft. With the aid of the warlock, they crafted a pair of goggles that allowed him to identify many of the world's metals.

Passed on from generation to generation this pair of goggles may be the only pair of its kind, but the enchantment might be known to some magical groups.

This simple set of eyewear is made of a sturdy leather, tempered tinted glass, and iron fittings. Each eyepiece is encased in its own housing of hardened leather and is separated by a small strip of leather that bridges the nose.A single strap that reaches and buckles behind the user’s head holds the piece in place. Showing signs of wear these goggles are still in sturdy condition.

While wearing these players make an intelligence check with double proficiency to identify what a given metal is. The DC should be based on the rarity of the metal. Common: DC10, Uncommon: DC15, Rare: 20. This only applies to metals naturally found on the mortal plane.

Davlamin Carter is a randomly generated name but may be used in future posts. Hopefully, you guys like this idea and follow us for more every Tuesday. Happy Rolling - Dustin

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So AWESOME!!!! I want this!

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Adventure Hook/ One Shot

An old man visits the PC’s in a tavern and asks for their assistance in rescuing a village. The catch is everyone in the village is under the illusion that they are high class/royalty despite being dressed in rags. 

A DM could have fun with this, such as, npcs paying PC in pebbles saying its gold, or offering a fine meal of slop believing it’s a rare meat stew. The end goal is to figure out why everyone is in this delusional state and stop it. 

I hope this idea helps someone out there. Stay tuned every Tuesday for new ideas from items to one shot adventures. -Dustin

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New item idea.

So, I had this new idea for a Dungeons & Dragons item, I call it the “Lucky Knuckles”. These brass knuckles are carried by many tavern patrons as a symbol of luck. Most of the ones made are fakes and only serve as a psychological crutch. Real sets will have their symbol of luck form to the wielders beliefs. The shifting in shape only takes place after a user is attuned to this item, otherwise, it is ineffective. Once a player is attuned to this item the can roll a d4 for “luck” charges. what the player rolls are how many charges that this item has for the day. The charges do not carry over to the next day and are reset at sundown if they are not used. By expending a charge a player will be able to roll with an advantage on their unarmed damage roll. After expending all the charges a player must make a “luck save” for any checks, saves, or attack rolls until the next day. At first, this item seems like a great thing to have, but it is, in fact, more of a cursed item then a lucky one. The DM can choose what the luck save is but I suggest a dc of 13 using the modifier of the check, save, or attack they are trying to make. I hope that you guys like this idea and look forward to a new one every Tuesday. -Dustin

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I have to apologize for the inactivity. Long story short I had to sort some things out. Any way on to buisness. The superhero to d&d idea is on hold for right now. Instead we here at the Encounter Table have begun what we believe to be very exciting. Look for it in the future. We will continue to post ideas and such as we go along. Thank you to everyone who follows us. May the dice forever be in your favor. -Dustin-

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Marvel Character Idea: Deadpool

The first character up for D&D-ifacation is a personal favorite of mine, Deadpool. Deadpool possesses many unique powers, regeneration, enhanced strength, and the ability to use hammerspace. he is a master  with his hands, guns, or swords. a tough call to put into D&D terms but i think we can do it.

The way this is gonna work is I’m going to list all the stats using the point buy system and level each character up to level 10. That should give you a general idea of how to build you favorite Marvel characters.

So lets start with character creation.

Being that Deadpool is a mercenary I am going to give him the criminal background under the Rogue class. He also is very quick and agile, as well as a smooth talker so i am going to invest my points into strength, dexterity, charisma, and constitution. To start with i am going to give him bonus into acrobatics and stealth, to lend to his mercenary nature. Being Human he also gets a +1 to all of his stats.

As you can see this is the level 1 character sheet for Deadpool. i added a +1 to all the stats like I did as that’s how i fill out my own sheets. As most of us know, stats can change.

Now lets level up this character. With every level you get a Health up, ill let you choose how to do this as every scenario is different.

LVL:2 Cunning Action: This allows you to take a bonus action during your turn. Those actions include Dash, Disengage, or Hide. LVL:3 Roguish Archetype: Assassin- With this you get proficiency in both the disguise and poisoner”s kits.  Bonus:Assassinate, this gives you a roll advantage on enemies that haven’t taken a turn yet as well as critical hits on surprised enemies. LVL:4 Ability Score improvement: as most of our skill are Dex based I am placing one point into Dexterity, and to compensate for his regeneration I am placing one point into Constitution to build up the Hit points faster. LVL:5 Uncanny Dodge: With this you can use your reaction to halve an enemies attack. LVL:6 Expertise: Gain double proficiency in two skills, I chose Sleight of hand and Stealth. LVL:7 Evasion: If you make a Dex save for oncoming damage you take no damage if you pass, and half damage if you fail. LVL:8 Ability Score improvement: This time I am going to add to Strength and again Constitution.  LVL:9 Archetype Feature:Infiltration Expertise-With this you gain the ability to unfailingly create a false identity, by spending seven days and 25 Gold pieces you can establish the history, profession, and affiliations for an identity. LVL:10 Ability Score improvement: For this one I’m taking Dexterity and Constitution again.

With these guidelines you will have a close representation of Deadpool. Some extra things that you would have to get approved by your DM: Concerning his regeneration ability, you have to make a Con save with disadvantage to see if you regenerate health. If you pass you get one d4 health back. You can only do this every other turn while in combat. And as a special item, a ring of teleportation. It would be very short range(15ft) and only have say….three charges. Also, to make things more realistic, a bag of holding would be an equivilant to his ability to use hammerspace.

That’s all i have for now. Remember you have comments or want to see more levels done, follow us for more and let u know what you think.

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Character idea:Marvel

So I had this thought today about the Marvel universe and applying those characters as D&D characters. Here are a few I thought of. I’ll post some in depth thought later today.

Rocket Racoon and Groot Deadpool Dr . Strange Black Widow Hawkeye Ghost Rider Just to name a few.

I will try to post at least one character a day. There are so many different heroes out there so if you have any ideas let meknow and ill try to come up with a D&D conversion

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Dnd character idea.

Create a changeling that has to roll for appearance accuracy. To pass you have to get a 17 or better. To pass and look some what close 12-16. 6-11 you might get mistaken for the right thing, maybe. Anything lower then a 7….fail.

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Campaign Idea: Survival Island

Hey guys, Dustin here. I haven’t been playing Dungeons and Dragons for long, but I have learned a lot in my time. When it comes to creating a campaign one of the categories used is survival. Long or short these campaigns are all about being thrown against the elements and making it through to the end with little to nothing. With that in mind I came up with this idea, island survival. The story is simple, you are stuck on a small island and need to escape to land. The island in question is small, say you could easily explore most of it in a day or two. There are lots of trees and a cave. Optionally, you could add things like ruins or a building of some sort but I’d like to keep it simple. you could have your players do perception checks for passing ships or other near by land. to make things interesting you could add pirates, or having the players hop from island to island until the reach main land, with each island having its own quest that might require back tracking. So in short, start off with island survival,then it sort of melts into a normal questing campaign. Its all up to the DM but i thing I’ve laid out some basics to get you started.

That’s all i have for now. Remember, if i missed something or if you have suggestions let me know i cant wait to hear your feed back.

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The Mask, A D&D item idea

Ok, so I had this crazy idea a while ago for a legendary item. The Mask, from that Jim Carrey movie back in the 90′s. Anyway, the main properties of the mask were it turned you into an exaggerated form of what you always wanted to be. So a hapless romantic would become a crazed ladies man. In order to translate that to D&D, I figured the player could take and add three levels to his class while wearing the mask. The mask can also only be worn at night. Prolonged usage of the mask also causes the user to go insane, so a will check needs to be made every time the mask goes on and off. With that in mind, the mask also granted a few abilities. a Dimensional pocket, enhanced speed and strength, near invulnerability, and in most cases (based on alignment) amazing charisma. Hmm in D&D  terms I’d say the mask gets five charges, by expending a charge you can do one of the following, negate all damage received, summon a common weapon or item (disappears at sunrise), pass any charisma or strength check. While the mask is on +10 movement speed and +1D8 to Health. I don’t know if this is all balanced but I thought id share it with you guys and maybe see if you could give me some feedback or let me know if you guys like the idea.

Did I miss something? Have a suggestion? Want to see more? Let us know and follow us here and on twitter @EncounterTable. 

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New Beginnings

Hello to all my new and hopefully many followers. My name is Dustin and I am a member of The Encounter Table, a new  social media project that me and a couple friends a starting. Follow us if your interested in seeing content centered around tabletop and couch gaming. Daily posts and new content. 

Thanks for your time, Dustin.