5e Grognard

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The Shard of Wintertide by Chris Scaturo The Shard of Wintertide, small, powerful, better in cold weather.  Like this kid   https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=abU372BCSCc if you exclude the Hawaii part. Some say is was crafted by a long forgotten gnome clan who unsuccessfully tried to defend their homes from a Fire Giant clan.  Other’s claim it is a Frost Elemental trapped in cage.    Either way, the Shard of Wintertide is a weapon with potency, a mission, and a little bit of an attitude. Appearance:   The Shard of Wintertide is a  blade roughly 18 inches long (46 cm) that magically attaches to any hilt it touches. The blade appears to be made of pure ice but metal can be detected in it by either a trained eye or magic. Every time the Shard of Wintertide is found, it looks different. Intelligence:   The dagger has an “awareness” if not a true intelligence.  It cannot communicate with the owner but grants advantage on perception check to spot any fire related

With scheduling conflicts caused by a busy Girl Scout Weekend, we were able to only squeeze in a short session for our Age of Worms campaign that I run with the three kids.  They were a bit scattered at the beginning of this game as well, which kept us from moving along as much as I would've liked, but sometimes you need to let them get it out of their systems. Our previous Age of Worms sessions are here. With only three players, each is playing two characters. My daughter has: Lylas, drow elf rogue thief, level 5 Third, human fighter sentinel , level 4 One of my boys has: Narcisso, half elf life cleric, level 5 Dravin, human moon druid, level 4 My other son is playing: Jackson, human earth wizard, level 5 Kargash, half orc hunter ranger, level 4 In our last session, they were able to deal a crushing blow to the Ebon Triad in the Three Faces of Evil, wiping out cults of Vecna, Hextor and Erythnul.  That victory brought a period of peace to Shingas, which gave t

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As I promised awhile ago , here's my conversion of the allip to 5e rules.  I based it mostly on the d20 SRD and the Pathfinder SRD, but changed the Wisdom drain abilities to conditions.  The touch of insanity attack I based off of the harried condition created by Brandes Stoddard over at Harbringer of Doom . Allip Medium undead, neutral evil Armor Class 14 Hit Points 26 (4d8+8) Speed 0 feet, Fly 30 feet STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 11 (+0) 18 (+4) Damage Resistances acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained Senses Darkvision 60 feet, passive Perception 10 Languages none Challenge 3 (700 XP) Babble.   An allip constantly mutters and whines to itself, creating a hypnotic effect.

World's Coolest Picture by Chris Scaturo  I love the internet. Okay, it may not be the coolest picture but it might be top eight, no more than ten, twelve max.   Anyway, I often spend hours looking at pictures on google (no, not those pictures) trying to create a vivid setting for my D&D games.   This beauty is the result of the search "ancient fishing village". You might use this as a pirate cove or home to a neolithic society but in my world, this is an old fishing village that met an unpleasent demise.    Home to twentyish humans, the village thrived on the fruits of the sea until they came.   They are a set of twin elves with a little bit of power in necromatic and enchanting spells and a lotta bit of a bad attitude.   The brother and sister charmed, and de facto enslaved the native people.  In time, the villagers rebelled against their new masters and in the fight for control of the village everyone perished. The pair of elves rose from the dead as bans