Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (20 May 2018)
10Game preparation using the style of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master for my D&D Tomb of Annihilation Game. Check out the full Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master preview including the checklist at http://s3.amazonaws.com/slyflourish_content/return_of_the_lazy_dungeon_master_sample.pdf During this episode the characters return to Port Nyanzaru after defeating the vampire pirate captains at Jahaka Bay.
# Game Prep Notes
## Who are the characters?
Warryn - Gnome druid who wants to be a big beast
Punchy - Kenku Samurai
Smoke - Tabaxi Ranger / Rogue
Gabriel - Asimar Celestial Warlock
Ogechi - Shadow magic human sorcerer / warlock
Huitzillin - Paladin of Ubtao
## What is the strong start?
Aremag wrecks the Dragonfang. The dragonfang had fifty zombies on board. Forty waterlogged zombies filled with eels attacks Port Nyanzaru. Aremag spits a zombie torso at the shore.
## What scenes might take place?
- Waterlogged zombie attack.
- Hiring mercenaries (backup PCs)
- Preparing the Emerald Eye to return to Chult.
- Seafaring montage.
- Return to Jahaka Bay.
- Ghoul attack against the fort.
- Back into the jungle.
## What secrets and clues might the characters uncover?
- The pirate captain of the Dragonfang, Elok Jaharwon, died on the ship when the storm ended. His crew died and returned as zombies.
- Yuan-ti assaassins want to kidnap Ogechi because he's in tune with the Eshowdow.
- The Yuan-ti have a lair in Omu where they are working on bringing forth Dendar the Night Serpent.
- The people of Omu lived in decadence on the backs of slaves.
- Ubtao turned his back on the people of Omu, leaving them in dispair.
- The Omuians began to worship spirit creatures called the Trickster Gods. The Trickster Gods led them even further astray.
- The Trickster gods were all killed over one hundred years ago.
- Every so often across Faerun, something happens that quickly changes the face of a land or people that could never be predicted. The coming of Acererak was one such event.
- Acererak murdered the trickster gods and used their power in one of his many soul-eating dungeons beneath Omu.
- Acererak is a lich of incredible power who chooses not to become a god. Instead, he travels across the multiverse seeking power and leaving deathtrap dungeons in his wake.
- Acererak found something in the darkest reaches of the Astral Sea and brought it to the Tomb of the Nine Gods where he feeds it the souls of Toril.
## What fantastic locations might they explore?
The New Jahaka Bay. Nice high spiked fence, watchtowers, irrigation ditches from the mountains with fresh water
Ornate necrotic fountain of the Grung. Old carved tree laced with necrotic tendrils carved into the shape of a grung diety they call Hezro. Hezrou fountain.
## What NPCs might they meet?
Fullbladder - commander of the people.
Kobold accountant who manages the funds.
Raindrop - Tabaxi hunter who leads the scouts.
What monsters might they face?
Zombies, Grungs, ghouls, random stuff.
## What magic items might they acquire?
Cloak of protection
"What kind of magic items would they like?"