Dungeons&Dragons

Avatar of the Storm

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The Avatar of the storm, the embodiment of natures wrath and its anger at humanity. Sadly in its wrath it has chosen to seek out the greatest population of civilisation to meet out its judgement against those who stood against nature. However it’s the executioner, not the judge.

So let’s sit down, grab a coffee as we roll into tonight’s encounter!

Avatar of the Storm

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The Avatar of the Storm takes the form of something pure and innocent, normally a large herbivore which has given the power of the storms that surround it. Able to control these storms it can summon down bolts of lightning to strike its foe and if its threatened, it will smash through it with its massive feed. In this case the Avatar of the Storm is a massive deer with lightning that surges through its horns, the fur around its neck and even through its hooves.

The creature is not malicious or evil but its called to the places where humans gather so that the storm it brings can. However the driver of the storm is quite a the opposite and harbours a deep resentment for people and civilisation in general

Avatar of the Storm – created in Tetra-cube

Quite a big creature this week and something that should be difficult to take down. However, as always there is normally more to these encounters that meet the eye and there may be several smaller encounters before we reach the main on this week. Don’t forget to come back over the weekend for the zine as well as something more tomorrow and as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Plentura Plain

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The area outside the great walled city of Plentura was aptly named, Plentura Plain… yeah not an overly imaginative folk but it does describe the area well. Either the site of battle against a massive creature or, something else, this week it could be a big one.

So sit back, grab a coffee and let’s march into tonight’s encounter!

Plentura Plain

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Plentura Plain – Created in Inkarnate

The plain is riddled with craters where the lightning has struck and churned through the earth. Trees, rocks and bushes are scattered across the field and normally feed and shelter the animals in the plain. The craters are several feet deep enough to provide some cover if people were to hide in there but the soil is loose and getting out of these depressions may be harder than getting in.

This map has four different layers to create the grassy texture for where our players will be marching over. The craters are inverted hills which gives a bit of depth to the battlefield. Several rocks support the chance to have bushes that aren’t out in the open and little sanctuaries for critters or people to hide within.

Most items have some level of transparency to ensure that they blend in well with the background. The rocks tend to sit on top of the field rather than sitting within like they should and so they were a focus tonight.

Thanks for joining me for another more traditional map night tonight. Don’t forget to join me again tomorrow for the encounter for this week and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

The Storm Beast

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As the party watch from a far the true cause of the storms unnatural tenacity is revealed, perhaps. A creature born from the storm, the storm beast, walking steadily against the gale its presence has created as it moves towards Plentura.

So let’s grab a coffee, buckle up and let’s go storm chasing!

The Storm Beast

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The Storm beast- created in Nightcafe.

The party watched from the city wall with the other guards as they huddled against the ramparts. The wind was growing to a gale now, causing debris and dust to whip at the exposed skin of those watching the cause of their kings ire.

As they party watched the storm looking for something that would tell them that the could silence the storm, their frustration only grew. The mages of the court had told them that attempts to banish the storm with magic had failed and soldiers had a worse time. Nothing had come up as a way to silence the storm and as it grew closer to the city and its path remained true the likelihood of them failing was rising now.

However, as they watched the storm the lightning that struck the ground did something odd. The blue bolts of lightning hit in a similar spot and the point was travelling in a constant line towards the city. Rushing towards one of the nearby towers where a large telescope was housed. The older elven woman who operated the telescope grumbled as she realigned the great construction within the tower to point where the party had indicated.

Looking through the eye peace it took a few moments before they were able to get the device to focus on the point that they needed it to. There, at the centre of the storm was a giant creature, a deer that buzzed with lightning and was surrounded by a constant shield of wind and debris. Blue lightning moved across its antlers and the fur around its neck as it strode forward. The problem with the creature wasn’t its presence but was also its size as it towered above trees, taller than many giants they had seen.

The party had found a plausible way that they could silence the storm, now they just had to work out how they could achieve it.

Thanks for joining me tonight to expand this weeks adventure further. Don’t forget to come back each day this week to stay up to date with this weeks content as I continue to evolve it further. So don’t forget to come back each night and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Mad King Foranen

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The Mad king Foranen has slowly lost his mind over the years and despite his mind slipping his physical health has been augmented by charms and prayers that his devout followers have bestowed upon him. Not all longevity is consequence free it seems and in his later years his mind has darkened further. Thinking himself more powerful than the gods he is quick to silence the members of the church and those who use reason against his orders.

Let’s approach this one cautiously, grab a coffee to go and let’s walk down the isle of tonight’s adventure!

Mad King Foranen

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Mad King Foranen – Created in Nightcafe.

As the adventurers cautiously step into the grand hall, their eyes widen at what lays before them. Tall Gothic arches stretch towards the ceiling high above, and vibrant stained glass windows cast a tapestry of colours across the marble floor and wooden furniture. The air is thick with an eerie silence, broken only by the soft clinking of their armour and the guards who accompany them to see King Foranen.

At the far end of the hall, seated upon a magnificent ornate throne is the mad king Foranen. His luxurious royal robe, a blend of deep blue and shimmering gold, drapes elegantly over the throne’s armrests. The intricate patterns and embellishments on his attire speak of a once-great ruler, now lost to the depths of madness. His crown, adorned with precious gemstones, glints in the filtered sunlight as he smiles up at them.

“Are these the people? my champions who will fight the storm for me?” he asks

The king’s eyes, wild and unpredictable, dart between the adventurers. His expression is a mix of regal authority and untamed unpredictability. He leans forward slightly, as if to better scrutinize the newcomers, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the throne’s armrest.

“Well I don’t have forever, hurry them up. If my gold is not good enough for these adventurers, like the last, then send them on the way. A visit to the dungeon to learn some humility would be in order!” King Foranen calls out as he becomes more agitated.

The adventurers exchange uneasy glances, each silently questioning the wisdom of this encounter. The tension in the room is palpable, a stark contrast to the beautiful, almost serene light patterns dancing on the floor. They know that this meeting could either lead to valuable information or plunge them into very real danger.

Thanks for joining me tonight to find out more about the mad king and his request. Don’t forget to come back each day this week as I continue to expand the adventure here and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

The Raging Storm

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This week the adventure takes a dangerous and wild turn as the raging storm that started in the sea has made landfall and continues to rage across the land beyond. However, it does not act like other storms and has moved straight inland and towards a major city.

With a unprecedented disaster coming towards the party what can they hope to do? So let’s grab a coffee, read up on our nature books and let’s go storm chasing in tonight’s adventure!

As a massive storm system targets large cities the king has decreed a war against nature. However it not as easily done as said and the storm rages on despite the best effort of his court mages and clerics. Surely a broader call for aid not will produce heroes that can turn a blade even against the heavens themselves?

But as the call goes out the storm shows no sign in slowing down as it approaches Plentura, the great walled bastion. Will the adventurers, the heroes that have been called to point their blade towards the heavens themselves have a chance at cutting down the storm itself or will the real enemy show its face in time, something more tangible and mortal.

The Raging Storm

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The Raging Storm – created in Nightcafe.

The wind was the first sign that something was wrong. A gale blue across the plains causing the stalks of wheat to bend and twist as the wind snatched at the grains and leaf. The animals moved hurriedly towards what ever shelters they could find, several retreating to the safety of the trees and some to the barns, stables and shelters that the humans had built for them.

However the wind pulled at the trees and lashed out at the structures that had been build upon the land. Thatching and tiles where ripped from the roof in a moment as the wind washed over them. But the wind merely heralded the true storm. The first of the hail stones hit upon stone, mountain and earth but their allies smashed through crop, trees and structure leaving a great rift of destruction that spread across the land.

In its path after the hail and rain had passed were the survivors and the wounded. The hail had reached the size of fists and had bludgeoned many to death as it had crashed through. Those who had sought shelter deeper in residence or mountains were spared the bludgeoning but the water rose quickly and they not had to worry about being to deep.

The wind had picked up again blowing the storm towards the capital, Plentura, and the raging storm was showing no signs of slowing down. Soon messengers of both beast and man were arriving in the capital and warning of the storm approaching. Word spread to the mad king of the plight of his subjects and in his wrath he declared war against the storm. Calling his knights, vassals and mages to go lay waste to the storm and to strike it down for defiling his country he truly expected to be sated.

However when the knights returned bruised and bludgeoned and the mages exhausted it seemed defeating natures judgement, this raging storm was going to be no task his mere subjects could hope to achieve. He sent out for word for adventurers needed for an urgent quest, a reward, ten thousand gold pieces for those who could slay the beast that was stalking his lands. Many arrived and quickly left unwilling or, more than likely, unable to take the job of besting the storm.

However there were a few who claimed they could do it.

A big one this week inspired by the current wild weather that my home state is going through at the moment. Turning a blade against nature never quite works well but this week we have stepped it up a notch to signal spring in for this month. So don’t forget to come back each day this week as we expand this adventure daily. And, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Echoes of Desmodus

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This week I continued with the creating a shortened Zine, something that fits on a single A4 sheet of paper with just enough information to set the scene, plot and hook with some NPCs sprinkled through that it could be used in any system.

I think its still working well so without any further waiting I present Echoes of Desmodus, in the short format, as a fun one-shot to assist GMs when they need a night out of the books whether you run Pathfinder, Open Legends RPG, D&D or any other RPG System.

There is references to the blog nights which are D&D centric (regarding Friday night’s Stat-blocks) but this adventure can be used system agnostic more so than my regular Zines. As always Kobold fight club can be used to quickly balance an encounter for Dungeons and Dragons and Tetra-cube provides the stat-blocks for many of my D&D creatures.

So I hope you enjoy this weeks adventure, Echoes of Desmodus, and that your rolls are made with advantage.

Echoes of Desmodus

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Echoes of Desmodus – Created in Nightcafe.

The party makes for the barracks to look for information, or provide what they have seen to claim the reward. As they wait for their turn they witness a determined guard Captain, Kat, as she walks out after questioning a familiar face, Jayce Stonecliff, who they have heard performing at the inn they were staying at, the Mullberry Inn. “Thanks for your information, we will consider looking for these short-folk or children when searching for these wretches. Don’t leave Desmodus so I can come find you… If I have further questions that is” Katiana blurted out. 

Captain Katiana hires the party to help her find those responsible for the destruction of the ancient ruins. She gets them listening to people performing at Inns across the town to see if they recognise anyone and particularly looking out for gnomes, halfling or children who are performing. They search late into the night and are offered free lodgings in the Blue Juniper, a fancy inn which is known for its food and customer service. In the morning they hear the ear splitting crack as something hard, heavy and likely huge hits the ground nearby.

Amalgamated Hulk – Created in tetra-cube.

As the party struck down another  husk zombie fell to the ground a vortex of magic appeared above where the inn would have been. A orb of magical energy formed as debris from the inn and the tower to Selune flew to form a shell around it. Within heartbeats a form started to take shape as both fallen bodies and the still moving forms of the undead that had been brought to life from the magic also joined the debris.The swelled until it was a glowing chaotic red-purple within the centre of the undead construct which began to lumber forward. Each step sent shockwaves out towards those standing against it and caused tiles from nearby roofs to fall down upon those still foolish enough to be standing on the streets.

PDF adventure – Echoes of Desmodus

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Thanks for joining me today for another Zine this year. This is a condensed version of the Zine, but I hope the format works and is good to look at! Please feel free to leave comments if this format is appealing – so make sure to grab a copy of the PDF.

Next time you get a party together consider running this adventure and I hope that you enjoy it.
I hope you don’t miss a thing so come back daily in the coming week and year. This is so you can experience the creation of the next adventure as it evolves and shapes out. And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Silver Sparrows Curse

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This week we look at the Silver Sparrows Curse, more to the point the cursed object that was brought into the hall of the Silver Sparrows guild. This item as well as providing glimpses of the buried past also corrupts the area in which it rests and forces other discontented spirits into the material plane to do its bidding. Or so it is thought to do so.

So let’s sit down, grab a coffee as we roll into tonight’s encounter!

Silver Sparrows Curse

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The Animated Tome lays in wait and appears to provide the holder, or those around it, with knowledge that benefits them. However what it seeks is a place of significance where it can harness the latent and residual magical energies nearby to bring other malicious spirits who are yet to pass on into the plane of existence and to, hopefully, create more latent magic so it can feed. Once fed these animated items normally try to rip its own spirit out of the book it resides in to live once more.

Animated Tome – created in Tetra-cube

The animated tomes greatest ability is the locus of animation where the cursed book can bring other objects to life to protect it, and more importantly, hopefully coax more magic to be used in order for it to harness. Unless this time it will lay inert and wait for the animated objects to either bludgeon its targets to death or create more after its regained some of its magical strength.

Animated Object – created in Tetra-cube
Animated Armor – created in Tetra-cube

A fun one this week where the main creature isn’t something that attacks you directly but one that creates creatures to fight on its behalf. Don’t forget that we have more nights to come for this weeks adventure with this week ending in the creation of the end of week Zine. And as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Silver Sparrows Guild Hall

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The Silver Sparrows Guild Hall started off as a back room in a tavern, now its a bustling place where messengers come to take a load off, rest their feat and stay a night, or two. It’s become a known establishment where people also will stay, if they are liked well enough by the guild, and rarely does anything go astray or wrong while within the walls.

For a while we have had encounter maps but this week I wanted to change it up a bit. This week we’re going back to theatre of the mind! So let’s sit back, grab a warm coffee (or something stronger) and rest up in the Silver Sparrows Guild Hall!

Silver Sparrows Guild Hall

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Silver Sparrows Guild Hall – Created in Nightcafe

The hall itself is more than 90 feet deep and sixty feet wide with several small rooms up stairs used for guild members, or guests, to rest for the night. Down stairs a small bar services dozens of tables who have the luxury of comfortable stools and chairs at well made tables.

It is well lit with expensively crafted windows that sing of the guilds prosperity and renown. There mezzanine above the general hall has smaller more intimate chairs where people could discuss business with clients or each other if they wanted to have a more private word.

However unlike the other rooms and seats on the raised section of the hall the guild masters office is located by itself. For a long time it was always open with no door to allow messengers and clients to directly approach the guild master with requests. Recently the door was reinstated and only those with appointments can see the guild master, a mean-eyed assistant stops people who are not on the list at a little desk and chair near the entrance to the guild master.

The guild masters room does however share a walkway that loops around to the other side of the building so its not hard to move around the second level. To get between the two layers, normally, you could take the stairs located at the sides of the long hall to the alternate layer.

Thanks for joining me for different map night this week with theatre of the mind really taking over for this weeks encounter. Don’t forget to join me again tomorrow for the encounter and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

The Guildmaster’s Journal

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This week is all about discovery of information and where else to find information than in a book, the guildmaster’s journal to be exact. However, finding the journal is the least of the parties worries – what to do with it and how is the hard part.

So let’s grab a coffee, grab our glasses and get ready to read our way into tonight’s adventure!

The Guildmaster’s Journal

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The Guildmasters Journal- created in Nightcafe.

Something about Bastions story didn’t make sense particularly around how the information of a dead man came to light years after it was buried. As they moved through the guild they could see Kilt talking with some members down stairs, drinking and laughing. It had been an impressive week for him and the guild as they had quickly expanded with some perfectly times contracts.

However as they moved up stairs something caught their eye, the door to the guild masters room was open. Inside the room was a large wooden desk, a well made chair, a cabinet that held a few glasses and half empty bottles of a alcohol. On the large desk was a journal, two lit candles that didn’t appear to expire and a handful of coins.

As they looked over the journal they watched as the words on the journal started to etch itself onto the page. On the page was information of all the other guilds, the nobility and the merchants and information that could be useful for someone in the guildmaster’s chair. Flicking through the pages the start of the journal told a terrifying picture, the story that Bastion had revealed to the party as the reason for him resigning as the guild.

The hallway started to get noisy as it appeared that Kilt and a few members of the guild were returning to their quarters in the guild building.

Thanks for joining me tonight for another night of adventure expansion. Don’t forget to come back each day this week as I continue to grow this adventure. As I continue to expand each night you don’t want to miss out on what’s being created. So don’t forget to come back night and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

Bastion Sparrow

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The Silver Sparrows were formed by previous guild master Bastion Sparrow who spent most of his adult life in upholding the values of the guild. But what would cause such as devoted and driven man to give it up to someone who had only just joined the guild?

Let’s sit down at the bar, grab a coffee and ask the man himself!

Bastion Sparrow

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Bastion Sparrow – Created in Nightcafe.

As the party retired back to the Crispy Basilisk, their inn for the night, they walked though the gathered tables looking for a place to sit. Finding a table that looked mostly vacant they approached the table but before they reached it a familiar man sat down with a tankard of ale and a small book. Bastion Sparrow.

As bastion sat down he looked up. “You are the adventurers who were at the guild today so I won’t need to introduce myself. But I find myself at a loss which is not a good look for a guild master. Well a retired guild master that is.” he said looking mournful at his book.

After sitting down and talking to Bastion the party found out a bit more about him. He started the guild as a way of supporting his growing family. He was not a warrior but had some skill with a blade, he wasn’t quite skilled enough to work in the trades in the city and so he did what he had done as a child, delivered messages. Soon he was doing well enough for himself that his name, B.Sparrow, had grown a reputation behind it and more people were requesting for just him to deliver the messages of the city at the cost of a silver.

But when other cities started to approach him asking for work he had to grow and expand and so the Silver Sparrows was created. “And that’s where I made a mistake.” he punctuated his confession with a sigh. “I ran into some trouble with a few guilds who wanted to cheat me out of the pay that the guild was earning, started roughing up my people and tarnishing my reputation. So I made a deal with someone I thought was a friend. Next thing I knew the threats, ambushes and issues disappeared. I thought it strange at first but then the bodies started to appear and my friend was caught as the cause behind it.”

“I had to do what was right for the Silver Sparrows, for my family and the families of the men and women who worked for me. So I let them take the fall for it. It turns out that someone else, somehow, knew about this and I got a letter threatening to expose me for it unless I resigned and appointed the newest, member to take my position. It turns out that a few people had resigned recently so the newest member was that Kilt Retcher. A mystery really.” he paused to take a long drink from his tankard.

Thanks for joining me tonight to find out more about Bastion and what is happening with the Silver Sparrows. Don’t forget to come back each day this week as I continue to expand the adventure here and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe