Episode 0: Breburh

[Scott308]

Dureau Sathaos

Thank you for your very kind and generous hospitality. If I ever come back here, I will not hesitate to return to your inn.

[dmw71]

To Greenest
As per the suggestion from Merey, you depart Breburh early, heading due north, not stopping for longer than the occasional break. Then, after what you guess to be four hours, the group marks the direction north, then breaks for lunch.

After a brief lunch, you resume your journey. The Uldoon Trail, as expected, is spotted a few hours later, straight ahead. All you need to do now is follow it east... directly to Greenest.


The trail, which, while consisting of nothing more than stamped mud and solid dirt, functions more like a road. A well traveled road, marked with footprints of all shapes and sizes, as well heavy draft animal impressions and wagon tracks, which are to be expected given this is the only real route trade caravans are able to travel.

You pass through the rolling grasslands, with some rolls in the landscape amounting to a near equivalent of an actual hills, making the journey more difficult. Especially for Daisy, pulling a cart.

You travel for roughly four more hours, then another four hours, before ultimately stopping to take a quick break again for dinner, finishing off any snacks gifted to you before leaving Breburh.

The sun, which began the day far off to your right, has now clearly passed to your left and continues to gradually descend against the western horizon.

As the sun continues to lower, and nightfall approaches, you suspect your journey may finally be nearing its end.

Your legs begin to ache as you begin yet another incline.


Clang!

A bell sounds off in the distance in front of you.

Clang!

The bell sounds again.


The clanging of this bell, at this time of night, fills you with a sense of unease.

Clang!

You near the top of the rise.

Greenest lies ahead, still a few short miles away. Thankfully this distance is all downhill; but care will still need to be taken for Daisy's benefit. The distance between your current location and the town proper is dotted with simple wooden structures -- farms, mills, tanneries, stables, carters, wainwrights, coopers, brewers, and other industries vital to supporting a trade town.

Clang!


The town.

When you catch sight of Greenest just ahead, instead of the pleasant, welcoming town you expected, you see columns of black smoke rising from burning buildings; figures, that are little more than dots at this distance, running to-and-fro; and a dark, winged shape wheeling low over the keep that rises above the center of the town.


Clang!


A bolt of lightning bursts forth from the dark, winged shape, striking the keep.

You think you hear screams! Of maybe that's just your mind playing tricks on you?


Greenest is being attacked by a dragon!




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Your scene is officially set. I know you're going to be anxious to dive in and begin replying, but I am going to lock this down.

Expect a new thread later tonight or possibly tomorrow -- Episode 1: Greenest in Flames!

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Date: 08 Kythorn 1489
Time: 20:17

• Sunrise: 05:56
• Sunset: 21:03

Moon: Half
Temperature

• Low: 57°
• High: 73°

Conditions

• Precipitation: None
• Wind: Still

Light Sources

• None

Known Conditions

• None.

Spells in Effect:

• None

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Character Status

• BearSiren817 | Dr. Catarina Jones | Tabaxi | Rogue (2) | Alignment: Chaotic Neutral | Gender: Female | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 18 | AC: 14 | SP: 30' (Climb: 20') | Initiative: +3 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 16
    • Investigation: 12
    • Insight: 14
    Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Thieves’ Cant
    Spells: None.
    
    Features:
    • Feline Agility: 1
      • When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn.
      • Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.
    • Cat’s Claws:
      • Because of your claws, you have a climbing speed of 20 feet.
      • In addition, your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes.
        • If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
    • 1st: Expertise (Perception, Stealth)
      • Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
    • 1st: Sneak Attack (1d6)
      • Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
      • You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
    • 1st: Thieves’ Cant
      • During your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation.
      • Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages.
      • It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
      • In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.
    • 2nd: Cunning Action
      • You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Far Traveler
    • Feature: Optional Feature: Dragon Scholar
      • You have studied dragons and their lore for many years. You can automatically identify locations built or used by dragons and can identify dragon eggs and scales by sight. If you fail an Intelligence check to recall lore relating to dragons, you know someone or some book you can consult for the answer unless the DM rules that the lore is unknown.
        • Note: This has been modified to limit this study and familiarity to just metallic dragons, not those of the chromatic variety.
• Computer +1 | Urth Stormwind | Human | Warlock (2) | Alignment: Lawful Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 20 | AC: 12 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +1 | Darkvision: No (Devil's Sight to 120-feet) | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 12
    • Investigation: 12
    • Insight: 10
    Languages: Common, Draconic
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +5
    • Save DC: 13
    • Slots: 2
      • Slot Level: 1st
    Spells Known: 3
    • 1st: Arms of Hadar, Commnad, Hellish Rebuke
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 2 ( Eldritch Blast, Prestidigitation )
    Invocations Known: 2
    
    Features:
    • 1st: Otherwordly Patron (The Fiend: Belail, Archdevil of the 4th level of Hell)
    • 1st: Pact Magic
    • 2nd: Eldritch Invocations
      • Agonizing Blast
        • When you cast eldritch blast, add your Charisma modifier to the damage it deals on a hit.
      • Devil's Sight
        • You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.
    • 3rd: --
    Otherworldly Patron Features:
    • 1st: Dark One's Blessing
      • When you reduce a hostile creature to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your warlock level (minimum of 1).
    • 6th: --
    • 10th: --
    • 14th: --
      ---
    • Fiend Expanded Spells
      • 1st: Burning Hands, Command
      • 2nd: --
      • 3rd: --
      • 4th: --
      • 5th: --
    Background: Soldier
    • Feature: Military Rank
      • Soldiers loyal to your former military organization still recognize your authority and influence, and they defer to you if they are of a lower rank.
      • You can invoke your rank to exert influence over other soldiers and requisition simple equipment or horses for temporary use.
      • You can also usually gain access to friendly military encampments and fortresses where your rank is recognized.
• GreyWolfVT | Grimbul Graybeard | Dwarf (Hill) | Ranger (1) | Alignment: Neutral Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d10) | HP: 24 | AC: 15 | SP: 25' | Initiative: +1 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 11
    • Investigation: 10
    • Insight: 11
    Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Goblin
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +3
    • Save DC: 11
    • Slots: 2
      • 1st: 2
      • 2nd: --
    Spells Known: 2
    • 1st: Ensnaring Strike, Hail of Thorns
    • 2nd: --
    Features:
    • Dwarven Resilience
      • You have advantage on saves against poison and resistance against poison damage.
    • Stonecunning:
      • Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
    • Tool Proficiency
      • Brewer's Supplies
    • Dwarven Toughness:
      • Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.
    • 1st: Favored Enemy: (Humanoids: Goblinoids, Gnolls, Goblin)
    • 1st: Natural Explorer: (Forest)
      • Your proficiency bonus is doubled for proficient skills when you make an INT or WIS check related to it.
      • While traveling for an hour or more in your chosen terrain, difficult terrain doesn’t slow your group’s travel
      • Your group can’t become lost except by magical means
      • You remain alert to danger even when you are engaged in another activity
      • You can move stealthily at a normal pace (while alone), you find twice as much food while foraging, and while tracking creatures
      • You learn the exact number, sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area.
    • 2nd: Fighting Style: (Archery)
      • You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
    • 2nd: Spellcasting
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Clan Crafter (Dwarf)
    • Feature: Respect of the Stout Folk
      • As well respected as clan crafters are among outsiders, no one esteems them quite so highly as dwarves do. You always have free room and board in any place where shield dwarves or gold dwarves dwell, and the individuals in such a settlement might vie among themselves to determine who can offer you (and possibly your compatriots) the finest accommodations and assistance.
• Pulpatoon | Kañ-Demir | | Dwarf (Hill) | Monk (1) | Alignment: Chaotic Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 18 | AC: 15 | SP: 35' (Unarmored Movement (+10')) | Initiative: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 15
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 15
    Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Giant
    Spells None.
    
    Martial Arts: 1d4
    Ki Points: 2
    
    Features:
    • Dwarven Resilience
      • You have advantage on saves against poison and resistance against poison damage.
    • Stonecunning:
      • Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
    • Tool Proficiency
      • Cook's Utensils, Horn, Mason's Tools
    • Dwarven Toughness:
      • Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.
    • 1st: Unarmored Defense
      • While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
    • 1st: Martial Arts
      • You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only monk weapons and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a shield:
        • You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk weapons.
        • You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike or monk weapon. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table.
        • When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
          • For example, if you take the Attack action and attack with a quarterstaff, you can also make an unarmed strike as a bonus action, assuming you haven’t already taken a bonus action this turn.
    • 2nd: Ki
      • Flurry of Blows
        • Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
      • Patient Defense
        • You can spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus action on your turn.
      • Step of the Wind
        • You can spend 1 ki point to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn, and your jump distance is doubled for the turn.
      • Recovery: Short (Rest must include at least 30 minutes of meditation.)
    • 2nd: Unarmored Movement
      • 2nd: Your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield.
      • 9th: --
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Far Traveler (Dwarf)
    • Feature: All Eyes on You
      • Your accent, mannerisms, figures of speech, and perhaps even your appearance all mark you as foreign. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland.
        
        You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and people.
• Scott308 | Dureau Sathaos | Human | Cleric (2) | Domain: Grave | Alignment: Lawful Neutral | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 16 | AC: 18 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +2 | Darkvision: No | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 13
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 15
    Languages: Common, Elvish
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +5
    • Save DC: 13
    • Slots: 3
      • 1st: 2
      • 2nd: --
    Spells Known: 5(+2) (Wisdom modifier + Cleric level)
    • 1st: Create or Destroy Water, Cure Wounds, Guiding Bolt, Healing Word, Inflict Wounds
      • Grave Domain Spells: Bane, False Life
        • Once you gain a domain spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day.
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 3(+1) ( Guidance, Light, Toll the Dead )
    • Circle of Mortality: Spare the Dying
      • Does not count against the number of cleric cantrips you know.
      • For you, it has a range of 30 feet,
      • It can be cast it as a bonus action.
    Features:
    • 1st: Spellcasting
    • 1st: Divine Domain: Grave Domain
      • Domain Spells
        • 1st: Bane, False Life
    • 1st: Circle of Mortality
      • When you would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell to a creature at 0 hit points, you instead use the highest number possible for each die.
      • In addition, you learn the spare the dying cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of cleric cantrips you know. For you, it has a range of 30 feet, and you can cast it as a bonus action.
    • 1st: Eyes of the Grave: 3
      • As an action, you can open your awareness to magically detect undead. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any undead within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover and that isn’t protected from divination magic.
      • This sense doesn’t tell you anything about a creature’s capabilities or identity.
        • Recovery: Long
    • 2nd: Channel Divinity: Turn Undead: 1
      • As an action, you present your holy symbol and speak a prayer censuring the undead. Each undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any damage.
        
        A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.
        • Recovery: Short
    • 2nd: Channel Divinity: Path to the Grave
      • Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to mark another creature’s life force for termination.
        
        As an action, you choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you, cursing it until the end of your next turn. The next time you or an ally of yours hits the cursed creature with an attack, the creature has vulnerability to all of that attack’s damage, and then the curse ends.
    • 5th: --
    Background: Acolyte
    • Feature: Shelter of the Faithful
      • As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform the religious ceremonies of your deity.
      • You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you must provide any material components needed for spells.
      • Those who share your religion will support you (but only you) at a modest lifestyle.
• Dram | Targarious LongShank | Half-Elf | Rogue (1) | Alignment: Neutral Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 18 | AC: 14 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +3 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 11
    • Investigation: 10
    • Insight: 11
    Languages: Common, Elvish, Undercommon, Thieves’ Cant
    Spells: None.
    
    Features:
    • Fey Ancestry:
      • You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.
      • Magic can’t put you to sleep.
    • 1st: Expertise (Perception, Stealth)
    • 1st: Sneak Attack (1d6)
    • 2nd: Cunning Action (Bonus Action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide)
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Variant Criminal: Spy
    • Feature: Criminal Contact
      • You have a reliable and trustworthy contact who acts as your liaison to a network of other criminals. You know how to get messages to and from your contact, even over great distances; specifically, you know the local messengers, corrupt caravan masters, and seedy sailors who can deliver messages for you.

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Rolls

• None.