D&D 5E [5e] QL's Al-Qadim Game

[Ancalagon]

That is one epic misunderstanding.... I feel the hand of Fate!

.... autocorrect wanted to say the hand of Mongol, so, erm, take it with a grain of salt...

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[MENTION=20323]Quickleaf[/MENTION]:

I have no reference material to work off of so I just made a lot of stuff up. I couldn't even easily find the Sheikh's name to research him (shame). All that is to say that I'm not familiar with the character to build off of. I'm not sure why he would remind the sheikh of his wife's infidelity. Did she sleep with a guard or a half-orc? That seems like an interesting angle, but I just don't know enough.

***Wait! I just went back and realized where the misunderstanding happened. The part, "The Sheik sought to honor the man who died for him. He called for his family to be brought and found his wife pregnant with Khalid’s son. He brought them into his home and promised to care for them to honor Khalid’s sacrifice. Husam was raised and trained to be like his father, a loyal guard for the Sheikh." The "his wife" is ambiguous. I can edit the sentence to read, “He called for Khalid’s family to be brought to his court and found his widow pregnant with their first child.” I meant it to be Khalid's wife was pregnant with his unborn son, not the sheikh's wife.

I drew from some Old Testament stories for inspiration. The idea of the ruler taking them in was based off of King David taking in the lame son of Jonathan, Mephibosheth.

I just built a guy to have a connection to the sheikh, explain the magical items/level, and explain why he would be sent away. The acts that he previously did were what I imagined a character doing in a city on his way to 11th level.

Timeline wise: Khalid died 20 years ago. If the present sheikh wasn't reigning, it just takes a slight edit. The idea was to riff off something that happens in the Biblical book of Esther. The King of Persia can't sleep and asks to be read the record of his rule. He is reminded of a heroic act by Mordecai and realizes that he was never rewarded.

I wasn't aware of the prior ruler (I'm not easily finding Al-Qadim info online), but it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Khalid served in the campaign to overthrow him.

Ah, I misunderstood what you said. By "his wife" I thought you meant the Sheikh's wife. But it sounds like you meant Khalid's widow. Gotcha.

Gotcha. You're going for a King David feel.

20 years ago...either the present Sheikh's father would be reigning or the present Sheikh would be reigning. No need to change anything.

Most of the lore I'm drawing from the Al-Qadim: Land of Fate boxed set. Available as a PDF from DMs Guild.

 

[Ancalagon]

Okay so... what are the next steps?

 

[Quickleaf]

Let's see, I like the revisions you made to Lal Qalander - that ties him to the setting more.

And what is his connection with [MENTION=20005]Matthan[/MENTION]'s Husam again?

I'll need to see a sheet for [MENTION=20005]Matthan[/MENTION]'s PC and also for [MENTION=6855204]tglassy[/MENTION]'s PC.

After/while I OK those, then we need to devise how to introduce everyone's PCs.

 

[Thateous]

Okay so... what are the next steps?

I believe we are on step 3, which is usually profit, but don't quote me on that...

 

[Ancalagon]

Let's see, I like the revisions you made to Lal Qalander - that ties him to the setting more.

I am happy to hear it

And what is his connection with [MENTION=20005]Matthan[/MENTION]'s Husam again?

It's detailed in post 476-478, but briefly Lal happened to also be present when the great scorpion horde attacked the city, and they fought together to repel the attack. This was their introduction - Lal being impressed by the young man's skill and courage, and Hasam (I am assuming) being equally impressed to see an old pilgrim revealing himself to be a fierce warrior.

(seriously, level 11 at age 20, Hasam is a "prodigy" at combat)

The second link was some time later, during the Serpent Brethren episode. It was Lal who stumbled upon the evil cult, and feeling the authorities should know about this, turned to Hasam. Hasam in turn asked Lal to assist.

 

[tglassy]

My sheet was on page 41, but here it is just in case:

[sblock=Harun]
Harun
Chaotic Good Water Genasi Rogue (Machanician) 11
Background: Dessert Rider (Sa’Luk, Flippant Charm)

Str 10
Dex 20 (+2 Level 8)
Con 14 (+2 Racial)
Int 14
Wis 16 (+1 Racial)
Cha 18 (+1 Feat)

HP 80
AC 17 (12 (Studded Leather) + 5 (Dex))
Prof Bonus +4
Init +5
Speed: 30

Race
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Water Genasi
- +2 Con, +1 Wis
- Acid Resistance
- Amphibious (Breath water and air)
- Swim (Swim speed 30 ft)
- Call to the Waves (Know Shape Water and Create or Destroy Water)

Class
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Rogue
Sneak attack - 6d6
- Expertise - Add prof bonus to 4 skills (Deception, Performance, Sleight of Hand, Persuasion)
- Cunning Action - Bonus action to Dash, Disengage, Hide
- Rogue archetype - Mechanician
- Uncanny Dodge – Use Reaction to half damage on one hit per turn
- Evasion – On dex saves vs area affects, no damage on success and ½ on failure
- Reliable Talent – Treat a roll of 9 or less as a 10 for any skill that uses proficiency.
- Can create Machanicals, small machines that obey commands. Can create as many as I want, but can only have 3 active at one time, and can not make them larger than Medium. Can grant a Mechanical my Evasion, Uncanny Dodge or Sneak Attack temporarily.





Proficiencies
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Weapons: Simple, Hand Crossbows, Longswords, Rapiers, Shortsword
Armor: Light armor
Tools: Thief tools, Musical Instrument,
Saves: Dexterity, Intelligence

Feats
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Actor – +1 Cha, Adv on Cha (Deception) and Cha (Performance) checks when trying to pass as another person, can mimic speech of another person or sounds by another creature if listened for 1 minute.

Skills
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Animal Handling
Survival
Sleight of Hand
Deception
Persuasion
Performance

Languages
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Common, Primordial, +1 Language

Equipment
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Cash: ?gp

Weapons
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Genie Slayer Shimshir (+10, 1d8+6, extra 2d6 to genies)
2 Daggers (+9, 1d4+5)
Hand Crossbow (+9, 1d6+5)

Armor
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Studded Leather Armor

Gear
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Ring of Mind Shielding (always invisible)
Hat of Disguise
Gloves of Thieving (Invisible as well)
Horse
Riding Saddle
Bit and Bridle
Common Clothes


Backpack
- Bedroll
- Mess Kit
- Tinderbox
- 10 torches
- 10 days rations
- Waterskin
- Thieves Tools
- A glass orb filled with water, in which swims a clockwork goldfish (trinket 48)[/sblock]

 

[Ancalagon]

My sheet was on page 41, but here it is just in case:

I think we are meant to put it in the rogue gallery: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?507617-Rogue-s-Gallery-5e-Al-Qadim

 

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[MENTION=6855204]tglassy[/MENTION] Looks good. You just need to select one more language. And please post to the Rogues Gallery linked in the OP and which [MENTION=23]Ancalagon[/MENTION] graciously posted as well.

Now the only thing about introducing Harun with the dramatic reveal of "I've been here all along, disguised as a _____", is that [MENTION=6814006]Thateous[/MENTION]' PC Akilah is a hakima, or truth-seer. So you two might want to pow-wow on whether Akilah already recognized Harun's nature...if not, why not? If she did notice, why didn't she say anything?

EDIT: I'll also help you come up with Harun's surname/honorific. Let me consult the books for a sibling of the Grand Caliph who would be Harun's parent.

I believe that leaves your character Husam [MENTION=20005]Matthan[/MENTION]?

 

[Thateous]

Well as far as why i wouldn't notice could do with channel divinity being active to see trough his disguise. Channel divinity: disperse mirage should do it though. Loving how flavorful the truth domain is.

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