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That was my favorite part too. The damn thing is near unstoppable in its own lair with escape holes nearby. PCs won't expect it to spider climb up a wall at full speed and escape from sight in a single round through a crevice. It could easily hide, recharge lightning breath, move position and...

Margreve Session #23 - The Broken Seal Box I think I can honestly say that I have had more fun building maps and props in Roll20 than even in person. They're faster to do, and the limits are endless. That keg golem still makes me giggle. Due to the sandbox nature of Zobeck and the PCs can go...

Giving the big bad guys unique and memorable personalities. And talking in character for general NPCs. Occasionally I can pull those off, but rarely.

Margreve Session #22 - Problems at the Puffing Bridge Box

Margreve Session #21 - The Streets of Zobeck Box So now we are diving into Zobeck for a little while. This is not officially a part of the Margreve adventure, although Zobeck is adjacent to the forest and intimately connected to the Shadow Fey and the forest economy. Kobold Press has a...

In the walkthrough I'm using he has stolen the powers of the three Fanes of Barovia, each granting him huge buffs. The Mountain Fane alone is +4 AC so he's up to 20. I forget the others, but they're equally strong. Trying to debuff him by consecrating the lost Fanes becomes an important side...

Margreve Session #20 - Giggles & Gears Box

Margreve Session #19 - Waterlogged Box

Margreve Session #18 - Arachnonecrophobia Box

Margreve Session #17 - Skull Creek Box

The Dredd movie with Karl Urban is 1000x better than the Stallone one. It's a shame that wasn't turned into a franchise, it should have been.

The original Robocop. I remember seeing the trailer in the 1980s and thinking, what a stupid stupid name for a movie. Turns out it is one of the best sci fi action movies ever and is still fun to watch today. It has aged extremely well and has a very nuanced story about what it means to be a...

Margreve Session #16 - In Pursuit of the Blood Mage Box FYI, starting last session, and all of this one and moving forward, I am in more homebrew territory as I am linking scenarios from the Margreve book. The blood mage and all that is from the book, but I'm changing it some to better fit...

The NPC is someone they've long sought and he does indeed work for Mr. Redbeard, and would not want that known. The two are up to some dastardly no good together and those meddling heroes could ruin it.

I also like to look at it from the other side: if the PC wizard was interrogated, suspected they had magic, and they asked him: "Where are your allies?" He knows they're at the Blue Fart Inn, but is that a surface thought they find? Does the PC get to argue I'm guarding my thoughts and I get a...

except for this line.... and the corpse is under no Compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are Hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy.

Yeah, you could have the villain easily monologue for sixty seconds and just end it.

I will offer a bit more detail for people. Remember, I'm trying to figure out for myself and my players (them especially) what is the fine line between surface thoughts and probing thoughts. Once they dig deeper the spell can end with a Wis save and/or Int. Just probing too deep ends the...

It's not a familiar; it's a wizard. I said earlier it was a wizard "familiar" with magic, as in acquainted.

Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation.