Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (20 January 2019)
12Another 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.
## Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
http://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/
## Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook
http://slyflourish.com/lazydmsworkbook/
## Check out the preview and the 8 steps!
http://s3.amazonaws.com/slyflourish_content/return_of_the_lazy_dungeon_master_sample.pdf
## Who made the awesome overlay??
https://twitter.com/EricVulgaris
## What text editor am I using?
https://www.sublimetext.com/
## Articles on Tomb of Annihilation
http://slyflourish.com/toh_session_zero.html
http://slyflourish.com/running_port_nyanzaru.html
http://slyflourish.com/exploring_chult.html
http://slyflourish.com/death_curse.html
http://slyflourish.com/acereraks_spells.html
## Tips on the Tomb of the Nine Gods:
https://twitter.com/MerricB/status/1036061270091358208
https://twitter.com/SlyFlourish/status/1042733624272056320
## Blasphemies of Bor Bwalsh
Perfect spells for hags and lichs.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258573/The-Blasphemies-of-Bor-Bwalsch
## Tomb of the Nine Gods Trouble areas:
- Tumbler room on floor 5
- Gravity ring (19)
X Revolving room on floor 3 (38)
- All of level 5
- Mirror tomb on level 2
X Elemental Cells (47)
X Wine room (20)
X Shagambi's tomb (48)
- Merric: Wine (20), Elements (47), Terracotta (48) Ring (19)
## Power Score Summary of Tomb of Annihilation
http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2017/09/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-tomb-of.html
## Who are the characters?
- Smoke - Tabaxi Ranger / Rogue - Connect something to Smoke (Smoke knows Bag of Nails, Hooded Lantern, and Copper Bell) - Possessed by ???
- Gabriel / Tharmond - Asimar Celestial Warlock / bard. Died and has a different soul. Dreams of the soul monger. Possessed by Unkh (indecisive and obsessive)
- Ogechi (Ogecharak) - Shadow magic human sorcerer / warlock tied to the Eshowdow. Key to the door to the Night Serpent. Connected Fenthasa the Night Speaker and touched by Acererak.
- Allistair - Falling Asimar Paladin - tried to protect another group in the Tomb, they all died. Now wants to protect this new group. Onyx figurine of dog named Barneby. From Neverwinter.
- Arjan - Dragonborn Dragon Sorcerer. Trapped in the mirror from another world.
- Punchy - Kenku Samurai who wants to fly and is made of plant stuff. Touched by Acererak. Connected to Zuggtmoy. Possesses an idol of Zuggtmoy. Possessed by Obolaka. Obolaka and Zuggtomy have become a single entity.
X Warryn - Gnome druid who wants to be a big beast. Posssed by Wongo. (DEAD!)
X Huitzillin - Paladin of Ubtao. Who wants to smite false gods.
## What is the strong start?
Gilly calls to Allistair. Blows open a hole in the hall. Allistar's contract with Gloomfinger.
## What scenes might take place?
level 5!
## What secrets and clues might the characters uncover?
- Gilly wants to see through Allistair's eyes. She wants to go back to her "friends", the abolithic soverignty.
- Acererak's atropal was found by Acererak on a dead planet in a dead temple. Gilly saw the god die billions of years ago.
- The five skeleton keys are required to open the doors but even the key HOLES must be acquired.
- Acererak has plundered worlds for thousands of years. Ice, desert, dry wastelands, airless moons; he's dug in them all.
- Acererak has hundreds of apprentices over the multiverse. It's a loose collective.
- Even Orcus fears Acererak.
- The atropol is a billion years old. It was new born on a dying world. When the people died, it died. It fed too greedly on them at the end of their lives. It starved.
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## What fantastic locations might they explore?
In the book
## What NPCs might they meet?
- Gloomfinger the Erynes
- Gilly the Abolith - Carol Anne from Poltergeist.
- Gray Slaad is running around out there.
- Ironfall is still out there.
## What monsters might they face?
Hags!
## What magic items might they acquire?
In the book.