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-Sedon seems to want to rehabilitate his Green Goddess daughter. (need to ask him about he plans to achieve that) -Mercy thought a cloaked figure was the Wizard who killed her parents, and attacked it and its minions. But the creature turned out to be a Mind-Flayer instead. -The Mind-Flayer killed i...

My other "Laymen's Suggestion" would be to rule that, because Eclipse can wild shape into a Worg and cast V spells as Worg, she can't shift that extra time per day as a Worg. The benefit to the party of her casting V as Worg is really the Healing Word spell. That benefit could be balanced ...

Here' a link to a website where you can sort based on spells V, S, M categories.

http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/spells/

You should not be casting when using wild shape. I should have caught this and paid closer attention. It's allowed at 18th level, but that's too high an ability to give as freebie... Being able to cast in any beast shape is, indeed, very powerful, I agree. Even just casting as a Worg with both V an...

All the tables are fine. You can pick one to be your home table (swamp, I assume) and we can discuss which other forms you've seen while adventuring. Because of her "thing" about Owlbears, I'd say "Forest" would be her origins. But both Tielfling tribes and Worg packs do roam an...

I'm confused about this one. Druid Circle spells are for Circles of the Land isn't Eclipse a Circle of the Moon? Gosh Darn! That's my fault, mis-memory. It's her Tielfling bonus spells not Druid-related. See Players p43 "Infernal legacy." Can she sacrifice those slots to do healing on oth...

Next Session might be dull for Orpheus's player... Hoping we can wrap up this haunted house and get Orpheus to the gypsy lady. See if she can rez him... Kili, we needed you!!!!

Check there aren't any that would NOT be logical for your world.

Please also take a look at the Druid Wild Forms table in the Guide to Everything and let me know if I can use those as published when choosing a wild shape for my current level? It would have a lot of time to be able to use them straight out of the book. But you need to make sure there aren't any th...

believe the halfling wanted just to get to the other side of the Wall of Wailing. Recall that they appear to be the survivors of a battle with zombies - the place where we found dead zombies, a halfling, bugbear, hobgoblins, and the trail of blood leading away. So it appears they were trying to cro...

Did you make note of which planes used to intersect at the stalamite forest?

-In the townhall of a deserted (underground) halfling settlement, we found a special dagger enbedded in a tentacled creature. The creature had one eye (white) and said it had been part of "The One." It begged for death. On the wall was a message about finding and killing The Minions of the...

What is our current XP level?

On another spell topic... Worgs can speak and move around. So I've been playing Eclipse that she can cast in Worg form but can't cast spells with material components because her material components morphed into her worg body. Is that kosher?

Well we are down a lot. But so might be our "opponents." Before next game... Need a ruling... I know that I can't swap out my special Druid Catagory spells slots for ordinary Druid spells. For instance, I can't swap out Darkness for Call Lightning. But when it comes to casting Healing Word...

Re: Notes from 5/15/18 - What evil lurks Yeah, cause these aren't humans.

Yeah, cause these aren't humans.

Maybe the Space Spiders will offer to transport us somewhere new in their Space Ship after we clear the realm for take off.

And en route we can all take turns sitting the Special Chair and become stronger or smarter or more dexterous before we arrive...

What are some of the major differences in 5e vs 3.5e that folks, so far, like/dislike?

We bought it. Spouse and daughter are play testing. I haven't had a go yet.

I've got the PHB and I've ordered Xanathar's and the DMG. Before I order any other books... Do you plan to run Realms after the conclustion of the Green Lady adventures - that is, after "everything ends" per the prophecy? it sounds like the Ravenloft DM will return to 3.5e after the vampir...

So last time I created a PC, I didn't have my books with me and I went online for what seemed like trusted sources. But "Wiki D&D," for instance, was not as "official" as I thought. So now that I'm settled, I'm ordering more books so I can just use official books . Question: ...

-We were told there is a house that periodically burns down and rebuilds itself. -Outside the house, we met a young boy and girl. They asked us to save them from a beast in the basement and to save their baby brother, "who is in a room upstairs." -Inside, the house appears idyllic, except ...

I'll start in the village with the current mystery: -We were told there is a house that periodically burns down and rebuilds itself. -Outside the house, we met two creepy children. They asked us to save them from a beast in the basement and to save their baby brother, who is in a room "upstairs...

Summary 04/14 -Before we went into the overlapping Shadow Plane, Sedon had a "romantic encounter" with a mysterious lady in a cave. -Sedon's spawn, a daughter, known as the "Green Lady," came to Waterdeep, posed as a Goddess, did good things for the people, became more and more p...

If the Green Lady is your child, Sedon... Then is the Green Lady also the Devourer? And is the Green Lady the one who defeated the other dieties? Or was that your Lover?

Hey, Absentee Dad... You must owe a LOT of back child support!!

Re: Treasure from 3/27/18 And cloak?

And cloak?

the honorable tentacled creature impaled to the wall is likely an ally, and should be rescued. "Hey! I want to munch on a tentable or two first, Fuma. And there's lots of new-killed critters lying around here with fresh livers... Waste not want not.... I've only had mushrooms and grubs to eat ...

Mercy did not kill the second sleeper and is indeed keeping an eye on it. As Fuma, she has expended all her cures and is down a small number of hp. Eclipse has a couple L2 and L3 spell slots left she could use up to do healing before we rest. Eclipse suggests we rest inside one of the halfling dwel...

Eclipse will pick up one dagger and one medallion.

Shar's gifts were a nice touch.

PC deaths seem to be our future, though.

-Before we went into the overlapping Shadow Plane, Sedon had a "romantic encounter" with a mysterious lady (who was attracted to his special condition). We discovered that she is the "Green Lady" who came to Waterdeep, posed as a Goddess, did good things for the people, became mo...

Could DM post a page on hambo with the names of the NPCs and towns?

Should we "stake" the dead burgermeister just in case before we bury him?

Do we feel any moral obligation to rid the town of the vampire under the floorboards?

Well, it would be worth quibbling a bit at start of next game, I think. Maybe, as a party, we can come up with a list of questions to ask Shar.

UPDATED on 02/21/2018 -Sedon became afflicted with something early on, but seems to have stablized. He has a book that gives him purpose and insights. -Before we went into the overlapping Shadow Plane, Sedon had a "romantic encounter" with a mysterious lady (who was attracted to his speci...

UPDATED on 02/21/2018 -Sedon became afflicted with something early on, but seems to have stablized. He has a book that gives him purpose and insights. -Before we went into the overlapping Shadow Plane, Sedon had a "romantic encounter" with a mysterious lady (who was attracted to his speci...

Here's my likely erroneous take on the events and mysteries that seem to matter for us. Could others, who take notes during the game, fix this? Thought it might make it easier to parse going forward if we could refer to some facts. -Sedon became afflicted with something early on, but seems to have s...

So we are already "stuck" in Ravenloft, right?

I like the "tarot" type deck. I've never been in an adventure where there was one designed exactly for the things we are going to come up against. I think it's pretty neat.

Where do PCs end and players begin? B and I both adored Veracity, but I would say she is nothing like me - the real life person playing her. I enjoyed playing her for that reason. Ditto with Eclipse. (I don't even like raw sushi LOL.) I have a ton of fun playing Eclipse!! She is one of my all time f...

Will they all be sarcastic?

I've heard actors most enjoy playing their polar opposites.

That must make you the sweetest, most innocent and straight-laced guy on the planet!

LOL

Actually, I was curious why the Voice told Fuma to blind her? As though Fuma might have some new possibilities in his toolbox with that black cloak around his shoulders? Perhaps if Fuma concentrated on casting something....?

What's the worse that can happen?!

Ummm. The rest of you could become her undead slaves?

Do we have a plan for blinding the demon and taking her staff?

From what I could hear, I do think the set up is well done and engaging.

I had fun for the first parts. Then, when we got through the gates, I couldn't hear the DM over the other players, so I kinda zoned out. Could the DM wear a hear set with mic?

Excellent tactics could have ...

Do you think we could get our individual acts together on the spur of the moment to come up with tactics? Perhaps we need to nominate a "tactical leader" at some point - who could call the shots in melee?

I should have been more direct.... My Ranger has no area spells or area weapons. So my Ranger would have been toast with the bat swarms.

Given the deadliness of this world. (Half of us might have been wiped out in the first game if not for DM intervention.) Are other players rolling up back up PCs? The brother of ....? The sister of ....? The cousin on ....?

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