D&D 5E Tomb of Annihilation campaign recaps

Nebulous · May 25, 2019

Rabbitbait said:
Here is the latest journal for my game: https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/7479312/day-115-backstage

In this episode the heroes find themselves in a place where they are not meant to be and have an interesting conversation with the designer of the traps in the tomb.

Love how that ends. I actually thought he was gonna be a nice NPC!

Rabbitbait · May 27, 2019

Nebulous said:
Love how that ends. I actually thought he was gonna be a nice NPC!

He is nice. But he has a job to do, so regretfully the adventurers must be killed. Not a total waste though as they will provide lots of raw material for new creations.

Rabbitbait · Jun 2, 2019

Here is the latest journal. The group said when they went in that they would explore level by level, but now that they are backstage they seem to have gone down 3 levels without any worries. I wasn't on my best form on that evening, so I made a couple of mistakes - the big one being that I misread the effects of the throne so didn't give Javlin a saving throw. When I realised my mistake I gave him a saving throw, which he succeeded in, so I ruled that he kept the temporary hp but lost the beserk rage.

They are now about 3 levels further down than I thought they would be at this point, so I need to do some good reading to make sure I am familiar with what they might encounter in the next session - especially level 5 which seems really complicated.

https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/7499846/days-115-116-deeper-into-danger

Nebulous · Jun 5, 2019

Rabbitbait said:
Here is the latest journal. The group said when they went in that they would explore level by level, but now that they are backstage they seem to have gone down 3 levels without any worries. I wasn't on my best form on that evening, so I made a couple of mistakes - the big one being that I misread the effects of the throne so didn't give Javlin a saving throw. When I realised my mistake I gave him a saving throw, which he succeeded in, so I ruled that he kept the temporary hp but lost the beserk rage.

They are now about 3 levels further down than I thought they would be at this point, so I need to do some good reading to make sure I am familiar with what they might encounter in the next session - especially level 5 which seems really complicated.

https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/7499846/days-115-116-deeper-into-danger

Sounds like a good time. My group is so, so far from any of the Tomb, we are still crawling around Omu.

Nebulous · Jun 5, 2019

Session #29 - Shrine of the Horned Rabbit

https://app.box.com/s/472sp8ky2y0zug978zlh1upcu3punmy0

Rabbitbait · Jun 5, 2019

The King of Feathers is terrifying and awesome

Nebulous · Jun 6, 2019

Rabbitbait said:
The King of Feathers is terrifying and awesome

Indeed! They haven't met him again yet, I'm sorta waiting for the best moment and teasing that he's there. I do roll those 3 random encounters each day, and if they're near his lair that could be a "gotcha!"

Nebulous · Jun 7, 2019

So far we have spent 8 sessions and 16 hours in Omu, and there's a whole bunch left. I really love this ruined city, it feels like a terrifying deserted place of unexpected horrors.

Rabbitbait · Jun 7, 2019

I found it very much the same. The tomb itself is even more scary where death really does lurk around every corner and a single wrong move could spell doom. For instance, an accident in the session last night led to 64d6 damage (that is not a typo).

muppetmuppet · Jun 7, 2019

I am almost ready to start. Assuming my group survives the final boss attacking Myth Nantar first session will be in 3 months or so. Thanks for the session summaries they are fun to read and will provide ideas.