Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
Meta - Forums About Forums
Archive-threads
Holiday Iron DM!!!! {Final Judgment Posted!}
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 553437" data-attributes="member: 635"><p>I'm back on the Boards, so here's my Round #2 Exposition for <em>Blood Sanctuary</em>, albeit a bit later than intended.</p><p></p><p>To be quite truthful, I actually had more trouble getting these six ingredients to fit together nicely than I did in the Finals...and it showed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. I spent most of Saturday night kicking around various story ideas, none of which were very good. The plot I almost went with, involved getting the PC's to help save a baby brontosaur trapped in a magical mud pit created by a dissolving waterfall, which had been magically frozen years earlier. The PC's would be provided with a large flying carpet to help transport the beast to safety after he'd been extracted from the mud. Alas, this scenario felt like a variety of bad children's movies including <em>Free Willy</em>, so I (thankfully) went back to drawing board <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />!!</p><p></p><p>Eventually, the idea of using divine favor to freeze the waterfall (a raging flood coming down from the mountains) took seed, and I could envision the nature preserve and/or sanctuary built in homage to the responsible deity. I'd been wanting to incorporate one of the Prestige Classes I recently read about, and finally I stumbled onto the right one while paging through the Complete d20 PrC Book -- the Blood Witch. This foul villain could have an imprisoned bronto at the animal refuge; hers to bleed ad infinitum thereby empowering her metamagic spells. The rest of the plot flowed through Oseera, and the impending doom for Shanalea if things were not set right at the sanctuary.</p><p></p><p>Let me respond briefly to Nemmerle's comments:</p><p>1) The <em>foppish foreigner</em> and <em>flying carpet</em> were definitely shoe-horned into my adventure, and I freely admit that Arwink made better use of both ingredients than I did. Still, I liked Herdwick Cupp, and could see his mission to hire the party as a lot of fun to roleplay. I enjoy a bit of humor in all of my stories, and he seemed like the perfect vehicle for humor in this mini-adventure. The carpet is another story. All of my use concepts with respect to this item were poor IMO, and I finally went with one that seemed interesting if nothing else.</p><p>2) I respectfully disagree with our noble judge when it comes to the <em>magical mud</em>, though. Mudmen -- or at least physically animated mud -- did seem to be the obvious use here, and that's precisely why I went in another direction. Furthermore, you have a plausible use for the item given the NPC employing this ingredient and how it ties in to the nature theme. Just my two cents, but I liked the invisible fence for the bronto which served the dual purpose of keeping his food supply plentiful.</p><p>3) I'm please that Nem saw a cohesive storyline with some elements of subterfuge and mystery, despite its weaknesses in other areas. I don't know who deserved to win our round, or whose story was better suited to the Iron DM format. I'm very happy to have prevailed, but I certainly would have understood this battle going to Arwink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickbeam, post: 553437, member: 635"] I'm back on the Boards, so here's my Round #2 Exposition for [i]Blood Sanctuary[/i], albeit a bit later than intended. To be quite truthful, I actually had more trouble getting these six ingredients to fit together nicely than I did in the Finals...and it showed :(. I spent most of Saturday night kicking around various story ideas, none of which were very good. The plot I almost went with, involved getting the PC's to help save a baby brontosaur trapped in a magical mud pit created by a dissolving waterfall, which had been magically frozen years earlier. The PC's would be provided with a large flying carpet to help transport the beast to safety after he'd been extracted from the mud. Alas, this scenario felt like a variety of bad children's movies including [i]Free Willy[/i], so I (thankfully) went back to drawing board :D!! Eventually, the idea of using divine favor to freeze the waterfall (a raging flood coming down from the mountains) took seed, and I could envision the nature preserve and/or sanctuary built in homage to the responsible deity. I'd been wanting to incorporate one of the Prestige Classes I recently read about, and finally I stumbled onto the right one while paging through the Complete d20 PrC Book -- the Blood Witch. This foul villain could have an imprisoned bronto at the animal refuge; hers to bleed ad infinitum thereby empowering her metamagic spells. The rest of the plot flowed through Oseera, and the impending doom for Shanalea if things were not set right at the sanctuary. Let me respond briefly to Nemmerle's comments: 1) The [i]foppish foreigner[/i] and [i]flying carpet[/i] were definitely shoe-horned into my adventure, and I freely admit that Arwink made better use of both ingredients than I did. Still, I liked Herdwick Cupp, and could see his mission to hire the party as a lot of fun to roleplay. I enjoy a bit of humor in all of my stories, and he seemed like the perfect vehicle for humor in this mini-adventure. The carpet is another story. All of my use concepts with respect to this item were poor IMO, and I finally went with one that seemed interesting if nothing else. 2) I respectfully disagree with our noble judge when it comes to the [i]magical mud[/i], though. Mudmen -- or at least physically animated mud -- did seem to be the obvious use here, and that's precisely why I went in another direction. Furthermore, you have a plausible use for the item given the NPC employing this ingredient and how it ties in to the nature theme. Just my two cents, but I liked the invisible fence for the bronto which served the dual purpose of keeping his food supply plentiful. 3) I'm please that Nem saw a cohesive storyline with some elements of subterfuge and mystery, despite its weaknesses in other areas. I don't know who deserved to win our round, or whose story was better suited to the Iron DM format. I'm very happy to have prevailed, but I certainly would have understood this battle going to Arwink. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Meta - Forums About Forums
Archive-threads
Holiday Iron DM!!!! {Final Judgment Posted!}
Top