Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (7 October 2018)
27Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Tomb of Annihilation (7 October 2018)
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 Today!
http://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/
## 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
## Withers's Tricks
- Grease and Delayed Blast Fireball
- Gelatenous Cubes
- Hands, lots of hands
## Who are the characters?
X 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.
- 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?
Being eaten by a strong mimic. Rushing water down the tunnel.
## What scenes might take place?
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## What secrets and clues might the characters uncover?
- Withers, the majordomo for the Tomb, is watching--most of the time.
- Withers can dispel magic on the tiny hut.
- The tomb dwarves built many tomb guardians of many different styles.
- The dwarves who built the tomb have been turned into wights and serve it still.
- Many adventurers lie trapped within the tomb.
- The tomb gains power from negative emotions.
- There are five skull keys. They wander throughout the tomb.
- There is a great door protected by the sewn sisters down deep in the tomb.
- The tomb is more deadly the deeper they go.
- Acererak isn't really paying attention to the tomb. He leaves it to Withers and the Sewn Sisters.
## What fantastic locations might they explore?
Tomb places
## What NPCs might they meet?
- Withers
- Widow Groat (gold coins over eyes and ants in skull)
- Peggy Deadbells (childrens teeth and peg leg and gas)
- Baggy Nanna (squirming sack, cockerel, viper, terrior)
## What monsters might they face?
- Dark elf tomb guardian with forceful flail and poisonous dagger with improved invis.
- human guardian with psychic morningstar and necrotic flail infused with glyph of warding.
- Abyssal tomb guardian with thunderous longsword and electrical mace infused with stormcloud.
- hobgoblin gomb guardian with flaming mace and poisonous gauntlet with scorching ray.
- Gorilla with necrotic warhammer and poisonous morningstar infused with sleep.
## What magic items might they acquire?
- Spell abilities on trickster gods are once per short rest