Thursday, August 25, 2016

Losing my religion on percentage dice

Skrillyn has never liked Duri. Well almost never. Skrillyn was over the moon when he learned that a party member declared that he was a fellow follower of Thomas the Frank. Duri even pulled out the holy symbol of Thomas.

Duri was Skrillyn's favorite party member, until they ran into a priest of another god.

"Oh I follow him!" shouted Duri gleefully, as he pulled out another holy relic from his pouch.

After that, Skrillyn could not stand Duri's position on religion. "I follow all gods," Duri would happily declare.

"A follower of all gods is a follower of none," replied Skrillyn, accusing Duri of being a "slut of the gods."

This had gone on for weeks, until wild magic had tragically (read: comically) turned Duri blue during the heat of battle. Duri pulled out one of his many potions, all of which Skrillyn had disregarded as useless.

"For Thomas!" Duri exclaimed, as he downed an entire potion-of-color-changing, as he called it.

________

Our DM took control of the next roll of the dice. He rolled a percentage die, and did not tell us what the DC was.

It did not matter.

The DM's jaw dropped as he rolled a perfect 100.

_________

As he set down his vial, Duri's distinct blue color slowly faded to his original shade.

Stunned, Skrillyn has ever since been contemplating what he witnessed. As though he had witness Thomas the Frank himself.



Friday, August 19, 2016

Welcome to the Party

It is time for a formal introduction to the party.

We met as a survival instinct while defending a town from an attacking cult, half dragon, and full dragon included. Fortunately the full dragon was there only on recon, because we would have been absolutely annihilated. As it is, we are trudging along saving the world, one small favor at a time.

Trudging is the operative word.

Bromide
















Bromide of the Stoner Clan is a barbarian mountain dwarf. Once a guard of the town under duress, Bromide was sent with the rest of the party after their fighter was so ceremoniously decapitated. He was sent by the interim king after the tragic and untimely death of the true king.

Bromide wields primarily a greatsword, a primordial rage, and a terrible sense of initiative.




Skrillyn























Lacking decent parenting, down to their terrible name choice, Skrillyn is a tall, slender half-elf. Following the incredibly powerful (in his own mind) deity Thomas the Frank, Skrillyn wishes to demonstrate the true powers of Thomas through serving and spreading the word as Thomas the Frank's only monk. For now.

Despite his above-average intelligence, Skrillyn makes a habit of getting off on the wrong foot in every peaceable encounter. To his dismay Dury continuously comes to the charismatic rescue.

Though skilled with a bow, Skrillyn aims to display Thomas' power with his fists. With one fist bare, and the other wrapped with studs, Skrillyn attempts to demonstrate power despite his wiry frame.




Salar
















A lover of all hats, no matter the shape, size, or putrefaction. Some say Salar is a cunning and resourceful druid. Others say he is an idiot. Either way no death of a party member has been directly his fault, despite his best efforts.

In his standard form, Salar carries a staff and is usually seen with an eyepatch (despite perfect vision in both eyes), and wearing the crown of defeated foe and Chief Bullywug Pharblex Spattergoo. It is a fish head. When in battle form, Salar prefers to take the shape of an octopus, to the chagrin of all allied witness. Due to its grappling ability and amount of damage it can take, it has proven moderately useful thus far.












Dury

















Dury is the party's mage and self-proclaimed potionmaker. His likability is unparalleled. His low intelligence is often countered by his 100% certainty of facts as he perceives them. Susceptible to the whims of the ether, Dury's wild magic has, among other things, caused him to hear faint music in battle, returned him to full hit points, and turned his skin blue.

Dury carries with him a staff, and a pouch containing trinkets and holy symbols of even the most obscure religions and deities.

Never shaken by the most daunting of opponents or tasks, Dury's optimism resonates with all in the party except Skrillyn, who is both baffled and awed by the flamboyant wizard.



Marching Order


Despite the existence of a raging barbarian and an incredible dexterous monk, the party has taken a primary battle order of Octopus, Barbarian, Monk, 30 feet of space, and Wizard. The frustration felt by Skrillyn of watching a fish out of water take his rightful place at the front, and for glory, is totally lost on Salar and especially Dury.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

No Good Deed

Continued from last post:

After watching our ally die, the party angrily and desperately flung arrows at the giant blue half dragon. In his rage he killed a fleeing civilian.

This was after we stormed into the city, tearing down the enemy on our way up to the main castle.

This was after the king requested from us a daring rescue mission, saving scores of civilians who were still hiding in the church and could not escape from the attacking cultists.

We sneaked into the back side of the church and got all villagers out and to safety before the attackers could break through the main door.

But after rescuing an entire village, a single villager was killed by the angered blue half dragon. This was the straw that broke the very feeble king's back.


Monday, August 8, 2016

The Potions Master

We had one option. Send out our greatest low level fighter, or allow an entire city to face total annihilation.

We sent out the level 1 fighter.

Challenged in one-on-one combat by a blue half-dragon. Our fighter stood brave and strong, if only for 12 seconds.

When he felt like he may have a chance at surviving, the blue half-dragon blew him away, decapitating the poor fighter in spectacular fashion.

As we carried our former ally into the castle, our ever-cheerful potion maker rushed in, casting a mending spell to reattach the head to its previous location. He then pulled out one of his very special potions, a cloudy brown mixture he knew would bring back the dead.


Nothing happened.

The end.