[4e] Random Banter Thread (All welcome to post!)

[LaZodiac]

Hello everyone, this is the 4e Random Banter DND Thread! In this thread, I will be providing recaps of the sessions, and we shall be answering questions about our characters and the campaign world as a whole here as well. I will also show off fanart, if we get anyway. I hope we get any.

Anyone is free to post, because of this, so feel free to ask away! For now, I'll put the details and the summery here.

Players

Mooncat, playing as Bast Halfcresent, a female Razorclaw Shifter Scout. Icon

Blueghost, playing as Juniper Xander, a male Half-Elf Bard. Icon

Absolmorph, playing as Teodor, a male Genasi Warlord. Icon

Ranger Mattos, playing as Carric Theolon, a male Elf Fighter. Icon

Teddy, playing as Elden, a male Elf Invoker. Icon

Pink Hair August, playing as Adalhard Nikolayevich Abezgauz, a male Eladrin Swordmage.

Character Sheets: Bast

Teodor

Carric

Juniper

Elden

Adalhard

Setting Overview

No name or map yet, I'm lame like that.

Takes place in a large continent where, after countless years of war between the races, banded together after the Gnolls took a chance to conquer everything else. Afterwards, most sentiant races signed a Peace Treaty between each other, and thus govern their continent together.

Campaign starts in the far north town of Ashen Snow, on the cusp of winter and it's Winter Feast festival.

Genasi are still relativly new to the material plane. From the elemental chaos, they aren't actualy apart of the Peace Treaty of the other races, though a diplomat known as the Branching Tide is working on it. They have various Genasi dominant ports like Watertrodden. Their ruler is the Chaos Manifest, a Genasi royal family which are required to master all the main elements. Some people consider them monsters, due to various reasons.

Additional information will be added as you ask about it. I have it all set out and stuff, but I like answering people instead of just dumping info

Session 1: Badtouches my Glitterock!

Session 1 starts us off in Ashen Snow, a town far to the north. Our heroes are meeting with Mayor Silimun who, amoung other things, says a subtly racist thing to Teodor, and givess our party a map and a mission. Go to the Glitterock Mines and investigate what happened. Simple enough, right?

Apon entering, our heroes find two dead miners which, after some discussion, are givin atleast some minor words of comfort in death, which Silimun requested. Afterwards, zombies and wraiths!

During combat, Bast and Teodor both get the standard badtouch of the Wisp Wraiths, known as Shadow Caress. Nasty stuff, that. Juniper also had some..slight problems insulting a zombie. However, that aside, the battle wasn't all that interesting. Took down the zombiefied miners fairly easy. All in a days work.

See you all next recap! Now, onto the questions..

[MoonCat]

I believe it was named Ashen Snow.

And that Session One would be called DnD? More like BrB!

[LaZodiac]

That was back before we actually did DND. I was going to name it that only if we failed to actually HAVE DND today. Also, thanks for the correction.

[MoonCat]

Put in a session zero and describe how we were all goofing off and you ran out of asprin. Or whatever really happened.

What type of questions are we supposed to ask?

[LaZodiac]

Basically, any questions you can think of concerning the campaing. "What is this races standing in the world" and what not. And remember, all you non players can ask questions too!

[Blue Ghost]

You have Juniper marked as a human. He's half-elf.

[LaZodiac]

Ah, right, sorry. If you can't tell I'm a liiittle bit rushed XP

All my own fault though.

[absolmorph]

What's the standing of Genasi in this world? I did actually note Silimum's comment about monsters being everywhere as he looked at Teodor.

[LaZodiac]

Genasi are still relativly new to the material plane. From the elemental chaos, they aren't actualy apart of the Peace Treaty of the other races, though a diplomat known as the Branching Tide is working on it. They have various Genasi dominant ports like Watertrodden. Their ruler is the Chaos Manifest, a Genasi royal family which are required to master all the main elements. Some people consider them monsters, due to various reasons.

[absolmorph]

Alright.
Hey, MoonCat, do you want to link Bast and Teodor in back story? I've got some ideas for how we could do it that would make for some interesting RP.

[MoonCat]

Sounds fine with me Absol. you can PM me with ideas if you want.

[LaZodiac]

I'm going to try and disguise this bump as an actuall post.

So, my players, care to make any guesses on what else is in the mines? You've encountered some zombies, some wraiths. What else could possibly be in there, hmm?

Also, Absolmorph, how goes that "working your backstory into MoonCat's" thing doing? I wanna hear an update =D!

[MoonCat]

More dead miners maybe. Why did the zombies and stuff go into the mine anyway? Is something attracting them?

[LaZodiac]

You'll figure that out later, MoonCat.

I likely forgot to say this, but the zombies WERE wearing miner cloths, if that helps matters much.

[MoonCat]

Originally Posted by LaZodiac

You'll figure that out later, MoonCat.

I likely forgot to say this, but the zombies WERE wearing miner cloths, if that helps matters much.

Eerie. Looking forward to next session!

[Blue Ghost]

Something evil, no doubt. Something that eats people's souls and turns them into zombies. Maybe it's Orcus.

[Ranger Mattos]

Or Vecna. OOooOOOooH!

[MoonCat]

Something evil, no doubt. Something that eats people's souls and turns them into zombies. Maybe it's Orcus.

Or Vecna. OOooOOOooH!

What are those?

[LaZodiac]

Orcus is the demon prince of death, undead, and I thiiink a god, I forget. Vecna is also a god, and is also a god of undead and lies and the like. Basically, not very nice fellows.

[absolmorph]

So, guess who forgot to check this thread since that last post?

Originally Posted by MoonCat

Sounds fine with me Absol. you can PM me with ideas if you want.

I'll go send that now.
Herp da derp.

Also, Vecna is most prominently the god of secrets. As a god, he knows things related to his portfolio before they happen.
Think on that

[LaZodiac]

Well, I will mention that Vecna is in the Open Grave supplement, so there is some precedence for him being undead related. Though maybe it's just due to his association with his eye and hand.

Also, hooray that you actually remembered to do the plot thing. Can't wait to see it =P

[Blue Ghost]

Originally Posted by LaZodiac

Well, I will mention that Vecna is in the Open Grave supplement, so there is some precedence for him being undead related. Though maybe it's just due to his association with his eye and hand.

Also, hooray that you actually remembered to do the plot thing. Can't wait to see it =P

Well, and that he's a lich. We don't want to face Vecna, he'll beat us all down singlehandedly.

[LaZodiac]

That would be funnier if he didn't use magic to have a sort of useable outline of his hand where it should be.

Regardless, it was still funny XP

[MoonCat]

Nearly finished with the background. It involves me saving him, the rest is classified.

[LaZodiac]

Classified, eh? That might be pretty difficult, I think I miiight need to know =P

[MoonCat]

Originally Posted by LaZodiac

Classified, eh? That might be pretty difficult, I think I miiight need to know =P

It's kind of classified until we can figure out the rest...

[LaZodiac]

Ahhh, that's fine then. I can totally understand being classified due to not being finished XP

[MoonCat]

We've worked it out!

Teodor was separated from his family at early age, and fell in with a band of thieves, where he worked as their planner for where and how they would steal. However, when asked to prove his loyalty by killing a defenseless and tied up man he refuses, and is chased by the thieves through Watertrodden. Bast sees him running and saves his life just as he is cornered. Teodor is now very loyal to Bast, while Bast is fiercely protective of Teodor. She is helping him adjust back out of the darkest part of the underworld, but he keeps up criminal contacts to keep informed. Teodor has been left very afraid of enclosed areas ever since being cornered, and always need exits from wherever he is to avoid panicking. (This will probably trouble him the deeper we go in the mine.) Bast has been staying near him ever since.

[LaZodiac]

Delicious backstory, I love it. I'm really enjoying the claustraphobia, hehe.

[absolmorph]

Originally Posted by LaZodiac

Delicious backstory, I love it. I'm really enjoying the claustraphobia, hehe.

It's not quite claustrophobia, actually. He's afraid of not having a way out, but he's fine with small spaces with ways out.