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<blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 6844971" data-attributes="member: 6702445"><p>The guys at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/IsItMyTurnYet1" target="_blank">Is It My Turn Yet?</a> recently finished <em>Hoard of the Dragon Queen.</em> Sadly, they don't have plans at this point to go on to <em>Rise of Tiamat.</em></p><p></p><p>In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfQM3rMYqE4" target="_blank">Episode 104,</a> when they were searching the Hunting Lodge after subduing Talis, one of the party found her journal. It was an interesting addition to the story, so I've transcribed the description of it below. The characters mentioned are PCs in that game; obviously, anyone wishing to use this idea in your own campaign would need to tailor it to your group.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Talis's Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The journal starts:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A doctor told me to start a journal to help with my affliction. Unless written words can cure me, I don't see how it would, but I will try.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">After this entry, there are many entries about day-to-day life in Greenest: simple fun and simple people. A few entries later, reflections of a life with Saeryon creep onto the page. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">In her younger days, she would apparently set up a small encampment outside the main army's own and signal various different officers and the like. One officer struck her fancy, though: a shining star that had ideals, a soft face, and a soft heart. She never made him pay, not even once. They discussed their families, what they wanted to do in the future, and so much more.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">There are dried tear-marks on the page of smeared ink.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>I remember the first time he didn't come when I flew my signal, the second, the third, and the thirtieth. Eventually, I got the notion that he was never going to come back. I don't know whether he fled the army or not. I fled down a different and darker path after that, and I think I grew colder inside. I don't know why certain nights in this small town bring up memories like this. I will try to sleep it off.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">More entries down the line, she harkens back to darker days with friends in various places. Many names pop up here and there, and eventually, one name in particular catches your eye: Kasalt. Many kind words are said about this dwarf--how rugged and handsome he was, the cold demeanor he exudes outwardly, but his inner kind heart was revealed to her eventually. The page goes on to describe several heists they did together. She would come and go as she pleased, and he would welcome her at any time. An interesting passage pops up toward the end, saying, <em>If I had been brave enough to kill him then, perhaps I wouldn't be here in this town, slowly dying from my affliction.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">A few pages are ripped out, and then another final entry before the book ends:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A man wearing a purple cloak came to me a few tendays ago. He said he had heard of my clerical powers, although I know not where he could have heard this; I haven't practiced in such a long time. Anyway, he said that he had also heard of my affliction. "I can cure you," he said--as if I believed him! But I was curious, and I followed him on his adventure. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>This is the last journal I will ever write, as it was a coping device for my death that I was awaiting.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Her words become bigger and bolder as the entry draws to an end.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>I am not dying anymore, though. That man belonged to some dragon religion. I shall learn more about it, but my blood is now part dragon's, and I no longer feel weak.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HOORAY!</em> is written in big, bold letters.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayoungr, post: 6844971, member: 6702445"] The guys at [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/IsItMyTurnYet1]Is It My Turn Yet?[/url] recently finished [i]Hoard of the Dragon Queen.[/i] Sadly, they don't have plans at this point to go on to [i]Rise of Tiamat.[/i] In [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfQM3rMYqE4]Episode 104,[/url] when they were searching the Hunting Lodge after subduing Talis, one of the party found her journal. It was an interesting addition to the story, so I've transcribed the description of it below. The characters mentioned are PCs in that game; obviously, anyone wishing to use this idea in your own campaign would need to tailor it to your group. [INDENT][b]Talis's Journal[/b] The journal starts: [i]A doctor told me to start a journal to help with my affliction. Unless written words can cure me, I don't see how it would, but I will try.[/i] After this entry, there are many entries about day-to-day life in Greenest: simple fun and simple people. A few entries later, reflections of a life with Saeryon creep onto the page. In her younger days, she would apparently set up a small encampment outside the main army's own and signal various different officers and the like. One officer struck her fancy, though: a shining star that had ideals, a soft face, and a soft heart. She never made him pay, not even once. They discussed their families, what they wanted to do in the future, and so much more. There are dried tear-marks on the page of smeared ink. [i]I remember the first time he didn't come when I flew my signal, the second, the third, and the thirtieth. Eventually, I got the notion that he was never going to come back. I don't know whether he fled the army or not. I fled down a different and darker path after that, and I think I grew colder inside. I don't know why certain nights in this small town bring up memories like this. I will try to sleep it off.[/i] More entries down the line, she harkens back to darker days with friends in various places. Many names pop up here and there, and eventually, one name in particular catches your eye: Kasalt. Many kind words are said about this dwarf--how rugged and handsome he was, the cold demeanor he exudes outwardly, but his inner kind heart was revealed to her eventually. The page goes on to describe several heists they did together. She would come and go as she pleased, and he would welcome her at any time. An interesting passage pops up toward the end, saying, [i]If I had been brave enough to kill him then, perhaps I wouldn't be here in this town, slowly dying from my affliction.[/i] A few pages are ripped out, and then another final entry before the book ends: [i]A man wearing a purple cloak came to me a few tendays ago. He said he had heard of my clerical powers, although I know not where he could have heard this; I haven't practiced in such a long time. Anyway, he said that he had also heard of my affliction. "I can cure you," he said--as if I believed him! But I was curious, and I followed him on his adventure. This is the last journal I will ever write, as it was a coping device for my death that I was awaiting.[/i] Her words become bigger and bolder as the entry draws to an end. [i]I am not dying anymore, though. That man belonged to some dragon religion. I shall learn more about it, but my blood is now part dragon's, and I no longer feel weak. HOORAY![/i] is written in big, bold letters. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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