#alvarin

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alvarin, my (very normal) druid girl (who doesn't have any murderous urges) (at all) 💚

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Modern au for my dnd party (and some npcs)

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Reality bending wizard experiences combat for the first time

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Tyranny of Tavfools

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Session 1: “A Beautiful Day in Waterdeep”

**This campaign uses the bones of Adventures in Waterdeep and Tyranny of Dragons for the overarching plot and is fleshed out with homebrew side quests and NPCS**

On one late Summer day in the month of the High Sun, Eleasias, our Tav fools, converge in a path that will forever change their lives and the lives of Toril. However, before any lives can be changed, some lives have to cross some paths. Waterdeep, the City of Splendor, the largest city on the Sword Coast and arguably the crowning jewel of the coast, is the host to our scene.

Moments where fate weaves some unlikely stories together: A feral druid, Alvarin, traveling with her very, very good friend, a cleric of the Earth Mother, Sola. A newly fired laborhand dragonborn, Devour, who struggles against a bloodstained mountainous past and tries to make ends meet. An infernal marriage-bound debutante from the Lands of Intrigue, Dotty McClain, and dear cousin, Reginald, are off to make a hole in the wallet of their new money uncle Clive. A caged songbird, finally running to freedom. Another tiefling, a bard, named Mint in disguise while starting her life over again. Or perhaps finally letting it start. And finally, a wandering royal, the hidden princess of the Cormyrian throne, Uná Frenor of Suzail, and her trusty companion and steed, Vaego.

The threads of fate leave them wandering into the infamous tavern, The Yawning Portal, to enjoy the day or forget it. Between musical performances by the Pit and drinking competitions hosted by the wizard mixologist Dorian Steelguard, the scene is stilled by a Troll emerging from the pit. The group is the first to react and send the troll back into the portal, from where it climbed out. Before they could rejoice and assess their success, their victory grabbed the attention of one Volothamp (Volo) Geddarm, who quickly asked to employ them. Volo’s quest: find his friend Floon, an incredibly HANDSOME idiot whom he lost contact with a few days ago after one bar crawl in the next neighborhood south of here. The group conflicted at first to take his quest, but with promises of money, information, and time spent away from a disappointed household. They agree to help Volo, the new group, strangers to each other, begin their first of many adventures together!

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Session 5: “A Raid in Greenest Pt.1”

The party stumbles into a scene of a raid on the merchant village. Houses in flames, people bloodied and dead in the streets as cloaked humanoids and kobolds, armed, take to the streets. From one of the homes, Mr. Mann’s wife, Alice Mann, and a local guard with some civilians are cornered by some cloaked cultists and kobolds. Immediately, the party jumps into action and initiates combat, giving the locals some movement to flee. After the success of one combat, the group quickly realizes they are outnumbered, and Greenest is completely overpowered by the raiders. Quick thinking from Devour in his memory, he recognizes the symbols as the Cult of the Dragon. A cult that summons dracoliches as the attackers. The group decides to help civilians and make a break for the garrison in the middle of the village for coverage and safety. As the group makes moves inward, realizing leaving the village is no longer possible, a massive shadow casts over the village entirely, as a glint of a blue dragon circling in the sky. While running to safety, Mint takes a detour to assess the damage for some… assets when she finds a young member of the cult, Jisuel, nervously waiting to attack her. The two barely exchange blows before Mint seduces the cultist into giving some information and making out with some of the spoils of one of the nicer houses being ransacked. She leaves the cult man, enamored by her, as she trails behind her party to safety. With the stakes higher, the group makes it into the stronghold just as the sally port.

The Mayor of Greenest, Nighthill, approaches the group and an obscured knight that are the last to make it in before the garrison is under siege by the onslaught of kobolds and cultists. While the group gathered itself, Dotty’s eyes spotted the shifting shadow of the dragon still circling the village. While the party scatters their thoughts trying to figure out what to do, the silent knight reveals himself to the party, offering information on the leader of this siege, a blue dragonborn named Cyanwrath, accompanied not just but a small army of cultists, drakes, and kobolds, but an adult blue dragon. At the time, Uná does not recognize him, but the knight introduces himself as Symon de Arnett, a half-wood elf mounted fighter. He informs the group he can draw fire while the group takes the underground tunnels to assess any escape routes and stray civilians.

While the cover of night descends on them, the onslaught of fighting doesn’t cease. The group decides to check the tunnels under the stronghold leading out to the village, while Mint decides she has done enough for the day, having “saved” a man from a burning building. Mint retires to the infirmary, where from her window she spies a figure climbing the walls but decides to rest before doing anything more. While the group heads to the hatch leading to the tunnels and finds a child…or rather a teen, sneaking her way around the building. Dev is the first to spot her, and spot through her lies about what she was doing out. It is then that the group meets Nayeli, a young scrappy orphan living in Greenest with her foster family with her younger sister Nil. Nayeli reveals that she and her sister were separated during the scuffle. Nayeli also reveals she’s a ranger, a drake warden, with a small white dragon no bigger than a large housecat. She forces herself with the group. So the new group moves through the tunnels, with the young Nayeli in search of her kid sister Nil. They reach a few places where they assess that the band of cultists has closed off many of their vantage points, while Nayeli searches the last place she and her sister were staying. She lifts a floorboard, and to the terror and worry of the whole party, there is no one in the crawl space, only blood and some belongings tossed about. In a moment of tenderness, Dev picks Nayeli up and promises to help her before retreating to the stronghold.

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Session 6: “Raid in Greenest pt. 2 ft. A child”

Turning to the stronghold, dejected from realizing the raiders have closed most of the escape routes, Nayeli can’t find Nil. Dev takes a moment to promise her they will find her sister. While the rest of the party begins patrolling around the stronghold as the sound of pillaging rages on. Along the stronghold walls, the party finds a man stuck in a tree. As they pull him out, they find a young monk named Nassim. The monk informs the group he is an intern harper, working in secret with his mentor Leosin. Uná’s interest is piqued as that is who Floom informed her used to know her father. Unfortunately for the part, Nassim mentions that his mentor was taken captive by the cult and, along with others, moved out of the village with some of their spoils. As dawn approaches, the group hears the deafening sounds of massive wings flapping, air strong enough to tear down trees and rooftops like a hurricane, as the adult blue dragon lands outside the stronghold. Beside him, a blue dragonborn in armor. Cyanwrath.

Dev, in that moment, seeing Cyanwrath closer, recognizes him as a general that once fought alongside his father back at the Red Mountain along the Spine of the World, a mountain range far North towards Icewind Dale. Cyanwrath not only challenges Dev to a duel, in return for the freedom of some captives that do not fit on their caravan of stolen goods, but he also offers Dev a weapon from their home. A massive axe engraved with the title of Dev’s father, Dreadmonger. The party helplessly watches, knowing that between the dragon and the remainder of the army, they can only ready actions as they watch their dragonborn fighter take on the duel. Party space out to cover the duel in case something happens. Nayeli attempts to join, and after facing off against the Bard, Mint loses her patience and casts Suggestion on the child, forcing her to hide away from the action. Meanwhile, Dev takes the cursed axe and falls into the familiar rage inherited from his father. Cyanwrath and Dev exchange blows and words in draconic. With one last hit, Dev falls, but not before Cyanwrath succumbs to his wounds as well. The last captive is free, and the dragon, in a fit of rage, as he takes off, unleashes a breath of pure lightning down on the area.

Mint dives on top of Dotty to shield her from the top. Alvarin stands guard while Uná struggles to move an unconscious Dev out of the way. Seeming like she won’t have the time, Symon charges forward and takes the brunt of the attack and survives. After the dragon attack, no more kobolds or cultists remain; Cyanwrath’s body is vaporized. For the moment, the group is safe. Nighthill thanks the group for their bravery, and for the next few days, the group stays in Greenest, helping the people rebuild while they recollect themselves and form a new plan of action. Uná quickly finds some heated animosity with the Corymrian knight Symon, as some on unprovoked rudeness sours their interaction after the battle.

Dev and Alvarin have a heart-to-heart when Alvarin fights back a deep hunger that twists in the pit of her. While Dev swallows the truth that the axe’s curse brings him closer to his father than he would like. They try their hand at rebuilding, helping, even interrogating, trying to get the most information out of the situation. After Alvarin gains a blessing from some farm animals, talking to locals, and Mint starts to uplift spirits with a song, the group gets wind that the cult has some sort of encampment nearby. A threat of a new attack looms, and some villagers are not accounted for, including the Harper Leosin. Mayor Nighthil asks the group to investigate the camp.