Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (25 November 2018)

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Published on November 25, 2018 4:24:27 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfFwflf-3Sw

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Another 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

## 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

## 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) - 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 - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (Bryan's new character) - Dragonborn Dragon Sorcerer.
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?
The battle of two tomb guardians. A orcish tomb guardian armed with a icy battleaxe and a necrotic warhammer empowered with a shield spell. A abyssal tomb guardian armed with a electrical mace and a icy spear empowered with a cone of cold spell.

## What scenes might take place?
No idea!

## What secrets and clues might the characters uncover?
- The characters have two of five keys they need to open the cradle of the divine being down below.
- The tomb guardians have gone crazy now that Withers is dead.
- No one lurks in the vault of reflection.
- The tomb isn't meant to go below level 4. Level 5 is built to move the rest of the tomb.
- The tomb is powered by a huge chain drawn from Mechanus.
- The sewn sisters have many spies. Ants, small animals, small toys.
- The sewn sisters tend not to care about what goes on above. They protect and care for the atropol.
- There is a ruler of floor 3 but none have ever seen it.
- The Sewn Sisters lost the skeleton keys. They shouldn't be out.
- A being of great power and infinite knowledge lurks on floor 5 but has a split personality.

## What fantastic locations might they explore?
In the adventure

## What NPCs might they meet?
- Gilly the Abolith - Carol Anne from Poltergeist.

## What monsters might they face?
- A elven tomb guardian armed with a radiant longsword and a psychic warhammer empowered with a sleep spell.
- A dwarven tomb guardian armed with a flaming dagger and a icy battleaxe empowered with a fireball spell.
- A gorilla tomb guardian armed with a acidic warhammer and a radiant battleaxe empowered with a sleep spell.
- A giant tomb guardian armed with a poisonous dagger and a thunderous warhammer empowered with a glyph of warding spell.
- A demonic tomb guardian armed with a radiant dagger and a icy spiked chain empowered with a lightning bolt spell.

## What magic items might they acquire?
In the adventure