Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Princes of the Apocalypse (8 September 2018)
21Lazy DM Prep! In which Mike prepares for his Princes of the Apocalypse D&D game using the steps of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master! Click "more" to read the rest of the notes.
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Who are the characters?
Koo-rig: Dwarf cleric hill dwarf bounty hunter of fire. His cousin was kidnapped along with the Mirabarian delegation. Magic warhammer with lightning on it.
Hasira: Tiefling rogue, fiery. Toured with Ganthalgrom. Once owned the dagger that became the spearhead of air. Circlet of blasting, magic dagger.
Ganthalgrom Cloudsong: Goliath bard. Wants to destroy the evils of earth and thinks fire is stupid. A friend of his joined the cult of earth? Wand of magic missiles
Granite: Earth genasi fighter. Member of the foreign legion of a dwarven city (maybe Mirabar?). +1 glaive that casts shatter once a day.
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? Druid Circle of the Moon.
For these new characters, what brough them into the Temple of the Crushing Wave. Escaped prisoners? Explorers? Bounty hunters?
What is the strong start?
Reveal of Olverax the Gargoctapus. Knows secrets wants secrets & cultures in return.
What scenes might take place?
Exploring the Temple of Crushing Wave
Dire Tidings - One of the prophets will destroy a town with a devastation orb.
What secrets and clues might the characters uncover?
- Thuluna doesn't trust Gar and wants to play the long game.
- Thuluna will be happy to use the characters to hunt and kill the other cult leaders.
- The Temple of Crushing Wave used to be a Beselmir dwarven storage vault with canals for transportation.
- There is great resistance for each of the elemental prophets as long as all four are struggling with one another.
- Gar hopes to wash away villainy with a great wave of destruction that will roll down the Desseran river.
- Morbeoth is a fanatic follower of Gar.
- Bronzefume cares more for treasure than following Gar. He expects to be rich when the great wave comes.
- A single voice commands the prophets but each in a different way.
- The dungeons beneath the hills are vast and ancient.
- A drow temple to an unknown god lies at the center of this vast dungeon.
- Some of the Beselmir dwarves went crazy exploring the deepest reaches of this.
- Insane explorers refer to the Eye.
What fantastic locations might they explore?
In the book
What NPCs might they meet?
Thuluna - Sea hag second in command.
A one-eyed shiver named Morbeoth
What monsters might they face?
Scrags, Gargocatpus, Shoreline Scrapper
What magic items might they acquire?
What items do they have now? What sort of things would they like?