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Author Topic: D&D 5E Homebrew: Ch.1 - A Sticky Situation  (Read 5436 times)

Offline Noctuary

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Re: D&D 5E Homebrew: Ch.1 - A Sticky Situation
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2016, 03:04:05 AM »
Another slightly custom class, or modified to fit the sky pirate class from the series a bit better...
Here he is, just needs a bit of editing.



Hopefully game two is this week and that should bring the party to the end of the arachnid lair.

EDIT: slight edit on features.
« Last Edit: June 22, 2016, 05:03:10 AM by Noctuary »

Offline Noctuary

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Re: D&D 5E Homebrew: Ch.1 - A Sticky Situation
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2016, 06:14:58 AM »
Session two was tonight, and it was pretty intense at some points. Here is the report..

Our party began the session at a crossroads, west lead them to another feeding room. To the south, lead down a heavily traversed path. They figured south lead to a group of spiders so they headed west first..



They cautiously entered the room, examining for potential hidden spiders. They failed their checks, and were surprised by two hidden drones guarding the chamber. Combat began, and the two spiders got a surprise round. One spider jumped towards the dragoon, and the other attempted to string up the summoner.
The dragoon took a minor hit to the chest taking some blunt damage, he shook it off and prepared for a counter. The summoner performed a successful dexterity save, and dodged the string of web completely. Initiative was rolled, and the players went first. The summoner performed a burning hands spell and caught the two spiders in the cone of flames. Both failed their saves, and suffered around 20 points each of fire damage which they are vulnerable to. The spiders hair gone, and skin bubbled, they released a cry of pain. The dragoon swung his polearm slicing the first spider, who struck him, in half. He quickly shoved the butt end of his polearm into the eye of the other spider, landing the attack the spider suffered a minor hit, knocking it off balance. The ranger readied an arrow and released it towards the spider. The arrow flew with great speed piercing the head of the spider, the spider fell limp.
They searched the room and came across two halfling bodies wrapped and half decomposed, armed with a few magic items. They looted and quickly headed back down the other way to the south corridor room.

The dragoon not even thinking, landed himself right into a web.


After performing a successful strength check, the dragoon freed himself. However, he alerted a spider drone and it made its way down the ceiling.

Combat was over shorty due to the spider losing the initiative but he managed to score 1 hit on the summoner for minor damage  :'(

They successfully dodged a spider egg trap and earned some bonus exp. They then found a hole leading down about 3 feet wide. The summoner used their special ability to call the spirit of carbuncle. She took their form and headed down the hole first.


After reaching the end of the tunnel, it drops down to another bigger room. She notices one spider directly below, and heads back to the group to inform them of the situation. They all follow crawling slowly and as quietly as possible. Passing their stealth checks, the dragoon falls about 20 feet from above on top of the spider drone.

He dealt a decent amount of damage but the spider survived, then another spider was alerted and came down a hall to the north. The summoner cast a firebolt and the spider turned to ash. The other one jumps towards the dragoon and performs a multi attack bite. The dragoon took a little damage from the bites but 2d8 poison damage from failing a constitution save and became paralyzed. He fell to the ground not knowing what was going on.



The ranger and panther jump from the tunnel and land gracefully. They ready their attacks. The panther lunges and performs a multi attack and knocking the spider prone. The ranger then fires an arrow and manages to sink it even at disadvantage killing the spider. The ranger performs a medicine check and crits, she quickly pulled out a strange root, crushed it and fed it to the dragoon. An immediate warming sensation fills his mouth then floods the rest of his body with feeling. He the chugs two healing potions recovering 10hp and the ranger mends some of his wounds.

The sneak down the northern corridor where the spider came from and the summoner went alone into the next chamber.



After seeing the 20 foot spider, the summoner quickly headed back and the group formed a plan.
The summoner would use another summon and call shiva to freeze their section using a frost nova.

The dragoon lit a torch and threw it into the "boss room" section. Throwing a terrible roll, the dragoon was off on his throw, but the torch slid just into a web patch in the room and the place went up quick. The room engulfed in flames, let out bellowing screams of pain as an angry spider queen charged out of the room covered in flames.

 
The dragoon braced for the oncoming attack but the spider slipped on the floor and went sliding in their direction coming up short of the dragoon.
The party got the first round of initiative and the summoner shifted back into human form. She then cast burning hands completely relighting the flames on the queen, and boiled the top layer of skin. The dragoon shoved his polearm into the spiders abdomen and got it lodged in there attempting to hold the spider from charging the rest of the party. The ranger commanded her beast to prepare a defensive counter, and the ranger shot 1 quick arrow hitting the queen.
The queens turn started with shaking the dragoons weapon from her body, then attempting to climb the wall and pull the dragoon with web and throwing him across the room into the fire. The dragoon passed his save, and pissing the queen off, she used her next action to multi attack dropping the dragoon to 4hp, the queen suffered ongoing burning damage. The dragoon used his bonus action to second wind and recover a few hit points Then her performed a jump attack at 20 feet for some bonus damage and quickly jabbed him with the butt end. The ranger cast a mending spell and the dragoon was now at 18hp. The summoner followed up with a burning hands spell, bloodying the queen.
The queen straight up multi attacked the dragoon attempting to drop him. Missing the first attack but sinking the second bite attack for 1d8 and the dragon passed his save unfortunately for me. The queen attempts to flee and the dragoon uses his reaction to attack of opportunity the queen. He is successful.
The party readies up for the same actions, the dragoon and summoner attack and the summoner is now out of spells. The ranger throws her last mend on the dragoon.

The spider queen rushes the dragoon and attempts to pin him to the wall so she can do some nasty bite attacks. She successfully pins the dragoon and performs one attack. The summoner throws a fire bolt, and the ranger and panther strike. The dragoon swings his pole arm with great might sinking the blade into the spiders flesh and slicing up severing the spider in two.



END OF SESSION

I appologize if the story is a bit jumbled. I just wrote from memory and half ass notes  lol.
Hope you enjoy.
« Last Edit: June 24, 2016, 06:47:28 AM by Noctuary »

Offline SotF

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Re: D&D 5E Homebrew: Ch.1 - A Sticky Situation
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2016, 07:11:58 AM »
Another slightly custom class, or modified to fit the sky pirate class from the series a bit better...
Here he is, just needs a bit of editing.



Hopefully game two is this week and that should bring the party to the end of the arachnid lair.

EDIT: slight edit on features.

There's a pretty good gunslinger archetype on the DM's guild from the same guy who did the Blood Hunter and a few others, you might want to glance around some of the free stuff there to see about things of use rather than needing to create things from the ground up

Offline Noctuary

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Re: D&D 5E Homebrew: Ch.1 - A Sticky Situation
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2016, 12:34:03 PM »
Yeah on the dmsguild by mercer. You didn't recognize the abilities?  Also why this one is only  "slightly custom". Not to mention I enjoy making archetypes and I have some for sale on the guild myself.
« Last Edit: June 24, 2016, 12:53:01 PM by Noctuary »

 

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