Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (21 October 2018)

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Published on October 21, 2018 3:23:41 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War5hfYSipg

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Another episode of Lazy DM Prep! In this episode Mike goes through the entire Lazy DM's Workbook coming soon! You can also see Mike prep for his Tomb of Annihilation game in about 10 minutes. Click (show more) for full game notes and useful links.

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## 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

## Tomb of the Nine Gods Trouble areas:
- Tumbler room on floor 5
- All of level 5
- Mirror tomb on level 2
- Elemental room near Shagambi if players go one at a time
- Wine room
- Terokka room
- 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

## Withers's Tricks
- Grease and Delayed Blast Fireball
- Gelatenous Cubes
- Hands, lots of hands

## Who are the characters?
- Smoke - Tabaxi Ranger / Rogue (ask about backstory) - Connect something to Smoke (Smoke knows Bag of Nails, Hooded Lantern, and Copper Bell)
- Gabriel / Tharmond - Asimar Celestial Warlock / bard. Died and has a different soul. Dreams of the soul monger.
- 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.
- Warryn - Gnome druid who wants to be a big beast.
X Ogechi - Shadow magic human sorcerer / warlock tied to the Eshowdow. Key to the door to the Night Serpent. Connected Fenthasa the Night Speaker.
- Huitzillin - Paladin of Ubtao. Who wants to smite false gods.

## What is the strong start?
Golden angelic axe-wielding statue on the door. Requires celestial blood to pass. Cage with axe-blades that send wounded figures into a frenzy while spraying acid on them.

## What scenes might take place?
Withers (lich) and two bodyguard tomb guardians. Dark elf tomb guardian with necrontic daggers and an orc tomb guardian with a stunning warhammer.

## What secrets and clues might the characters uncover?
- This whole dungeon operates with a chain pulled from the plane of Mechanus.
- The tomb is ageless, pulled out of space and time even though it's only been here for 100 years.
- The albino dwarf wights sew pieces of adventurers together and build tomb guardians.
- Withers wants to know how the dungeon is working out. He is the majordomo for the Tomb.
- Withers doesn't want to kill the PCs himself, he wants the tomb to do it.
- Four skull keys remain. The skull keys get more difficult as you stop them.
- The dungeon is much more deadly the deeper you go.
- The sewn sisters see all and have many spies, little toys, ants, and terriers.
- Withers aspires to be an apprentice to Acererak but is not one yet.
- The possessions can be pushed out but the spirits will be trapped once again.

## What fantastic locations might they explore?

## What NPCs might they meet?

## What monsters might they face?

## What magic items might they acquire?