Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (19 August 2018)

723 views • 8 years ago • 1:05:00 Another episode of Lazy DM Prep in which Mike prepares for his D&D Tomb of Annihilation game using the steps of Return of the Lazy DUngeon Master. Click (show more) for full game notes and useful links. # Tomb of Annihilation Game Prep Notes: Fane of the Night Serpent ## Who made the awesome overlay?? - https://twitter.com/EricVulgaris ## What text editor am I using? - Sublime using Markdown (Google it!) ## Where can I get the preview of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master? http://s3.amazonaws.com/slyflourish_content/return_of_the_lazy_dungeon_master_sample.pdf ## Handouts for Tomb of Annihilation https://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/TOA_Handouts.pdf ## Monster Talk with Jeremy Crawford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_0AkLGQ12I ## Who are the characters? - Smoke - Tabaxi Ranger / Rogue (ask about backstory) - Gabriel / Tharmond - Asimar Celestial Warlock / bard. Died and has a different soul. - Punchy - Kenku Samurai who wants to fly. Touched by Acererak. - Warryn - Gnome druid who wants to be a big beast. - Ogechi - Shadow magic human sorcerer / warlock tied to the Eshowdow. Key to the door to the Night Serpent. - Huitzillin - Paladin of Ubtao. Who wants to smite false gods. ## What is the strong start? Fenthasa teleports away with Ogechi and leaves the rest to battle the remnants of the Yuan-ti. ## What scenes might take place? Do they stay or do they go? Grab the cube and leave. Grab more keys at other shrines. Meet the Red Wizards? ## What secrets and clues might the characters uncover? - Punchy has a bad diseased bite that's getting worse. Can hear the whispers of Zuggtmoy. Maybe the disease isn't so bad... - What happened to the idol of Zuggtmoy? - The Red Wizards have two of the cubes. - The Red Wizards fear going into the tomb and would prefer someone else do it. - The Red Wizards want documentation or any alchemical material from the Soul Monger. - Valindra Shadowmantle is an apprentice to Szass Tam and leads the Red Wizards but often travels alone. She has two stone golems in her pocket. - There is a psionic invisible teleporting T-rex named the King of Feathers hunting in Omu. It's Omu's alpha predator. Has scintalting feathers (Hypnotic Pattern - The Yuan-ti have a cube only to control who goes in and bargain for the crown of opals. - The kobolds reset the traps in the trickster temples but have nothing to do with the cubes and know nothing about how they work. - A sect of the Yuan-ti believes that releasing the Night Serpent will be better than a new god of death forming in the Tomb of the Nine Gods. ## What fantastic locations might they explore? They're in the book. ## What NPCs might they meet? Talash Voidsinger (concubine of Ras Nsi) Edith from Downton Abbey. She doesn't know which leader to believe, Ras Nsi or Fenthasa. Ishmakahl (pronounced ISH-mah-kawl). Red Wizard spy infiltrator. ## What monsters might they face? More Yuan-ti, King of Feathers, random encounters, red wizards (thugs, mages, spies) ## What magic items might they acquire? Whatever's in the book. Maybe random.