Please forgive the in-progress nature of my site. I just made it public so you could see the problem. :)

​​​​​​​Also, my map has been about to be "available in a few minutes" for about a week now.

- Eck

THE GREAT GOBLIN EPIC OF BLAX AND THE PARABLE OF THE SEVEN VIRTUES of DARKNESS

Once, before the age of man above, Before the age of the goblin below,

when the darkness hid the bloated lamp that hangs in the sky

There lived a great and vile Goblin King, Blax the Fetid.

Swollen, prideful. Fierce and lecherous Blax.

He smote the many usurpers who pilfered his dungheaps.

Those fiends who hid in the bowels of his lands,

He burned their flesh in his cauldrons,

and he took many of their sisters

and daughters and mothers for his wives.

Some he ate.

Blax the Crooked was cunning and corrupt.

He struck first and last. And always in the back.

His armies clawed out his tunnels

They filled his enemies’ burrows with their own offal and excrement.

Blax the Defiler spread his seed wide.

Of his distended brood, he kept the 14 cruelest

As watchful masters of his warrens.

And took more wives, more skulls and trophies.

Hoary and ancient, he married his seven turgid daughters

To his seven most abhorrent sons.

Seven pairs of his putrid seed.

Blax the Wicked knew they all coveted his [pile of skulls and trophies].

So Blax the Wary sent each pair [*] upon the surface world

In the time of the great darkness.

To bring him a treasure worthy of a Goblin King.

To the most wretched and perverse would he give his throne.

The first pair, Gelcuzz and Clut returned

with a box of the slaves’ ale [wine] so he may endulge in his gluttony,

Yet Blax saw to abstain from it themselves was to be weak.

And so he cooked them in his pots for a final meal.

Until they were jelly.

The second pair, Eeg and Steelk slunk

Until  they came to a dark lake and a shoreline thereof.

Where a [surface dweller] bathed.

They stole the creature and gave it to Blax for his lust.

Blax saw she was unspoiled though

In disgust of his kin, he slaughtered the second pair.

Zuzvoq and Slinx, the third pair,

Were more like their father, cunning and vile.

They captured slaves to fashion a great monument to Blax to indulge his pride.

When Blax looked upon it, though

And then at his humble children.

He smote their heads from their necks.

Knowing his great lust for coin and gem, the fourth pair

Phrunk and Sheeshka, brought him wealth from the [open lands]

so he may lust for more.

And of course, to give away such a treasure, one must be a fool.

So Blax roasted them on his spit until their flesh blistered and fried.

The fifth, Deatelch and Efush, bound

A tome of his foul and mighty deeds

For others to envy.

Yet Blax saw the generosity of the prize and was made enraged.

And so slew this pair as well.

Esxa and Bruig though were especially wrathful

Instead of raising a gift to their master, they plotted to kill Blax.

But Blax the Brutal waited secretly in patience knowing they were like their father.

And when he caught them in the act,

He peeled their skin away for sport.

The seventh and final pair, Blamshz and Atlash prepared nothing. In their sloth they watched their kin died, and grew fat from their feasting.

Near death, Blax saw the diligence of the weaker of his seed,

and when his depraved eyes closed he knew who would carry on his debauchery.

To the seventh, passed the seed of his dark dominion.

*[this literal term could not properly be translated. It is believed to represent the pair of a torch and it’s shadow cast]

**Dresden Files spoiler below**

Time period within dresdenverse would probably be after Harry becomes a regional commander but before the events in Changes. Would be set on the west coast in my home county of San Luis Obispo witch is mostly rural and I would use each region/city of the county as the different specific locations.

As always thanks you in advance to any advice, suggestions and assistance.

Im migrating all the stuff from my 3 campaigns and once D&D Beyond adds its campaign management features I'll use theirs since I have a master tier subscription with them.

So adios amigos! 

-bort

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm working on Season 4 of Shadows. I have some rough ideas, but need help fleshing them all out. Any and all suggestions and such are appreciated. In other words, Help me formulate a better idea of my forthcoming campaign.

Here is what I have so far:

Campaign Ideas for Season 4

Wedding between Ariel, Princess of the Mermaids, and Ardhiel, Prince of the Cintran Elves. This wedding will solidify an alliance not only between the Merfolk and Elves, but between the Elves and Olympians, being Triton, Ariel’s father, is Poseidon’s son.

Several powers/beings seek the shards of the Archangel’s (The big bad from Season 3) halo. Her having been the Archangel of Fate and Prophecy, even a single shard is powerful

Each PC will be investigating the disappearance of one of the former PCs

The body of Janice Sanderson (Season 3 PC)  is now possessed and fully controlled by a Denarien, Saluvial. Janice DID get the oblivion she sought, but Odin’s plan for her body was subverted by Loki, who in turn had the body stolen from him by Rosanna, at the behest of Tessa, magically preserved, until Saluvial’s coin was placed inside the body and The Dark Valkyrie was born. (Tessa is 2nd in command of the Denariens, and Rosanna is her strong right hand)

One of the investigations will involve violent, ritualistic murders, including ”House” Papadopolis, as well as Detective Damien Knight of the NYPD UCU

Four factions involved in looking for the Shards.:

• Baron Samedei’s Voodoo Cult
  • Baron Samedei, former apprentice to Adrika Niranjana.
    • Has shard of Adrika’s Phylactery which enhances his magic
    • Recovered several pages of The Niranjana Manuscript which a member of Anonymous somehow obtained and sold to him
    • Knows that the Shards of the Archangel’s Halo can give him unimaginable power
• The Formor
  • Want the marriage stopped. Alliance between the Cintran Elves and Olympus (via The Merfollk) would be horrible for them
  • Still at war with Lucciano and Escobado, but slowly winning
    • Most conflicts occur in and around South street Seaport
• The Shop (The Aegis, New Magical Division)
  • New To the scene
  • Science Division still works out of the restored Pit beneath Fort Wadsworth, under the direction of Tesla.
  • The Aegis is a subdivision, dealing purely with magic (an ironically missing the fact that Tesla’s creations are all form Sponsored Magic.
  • The Aegis is The Shops/CIA’s poor attempt at creating their own Agency
  • Mostly clueless, with 2 or 3 effective agents
• The Denarians
  • Retrieval of The Archangel’s halo would bring immense power beyond even the dreams of Nicodemus himself to whoever controlled it.
  • The Dark Valkyrie possesses two of the shards.
  • Numerous ‘In Nomine’ demons and more traditional infernal creatures as allies

I've been getting "502 Bad Gateway" intermittently all morning but up until now have at least been able to get into the site by repeated attempts.  As of the las few minutes (i.e. around 9am LONDON), I have NOT been able to enter the site!!!

Thanks in Advance!

Thanks in advance!

STR  12     DEX 12     CON  14    INT   16     WIS 18     CHA 8

 

Saving Throws: Dex +6, Con +6, Wis +8

Skills: Insight +8, Perception +8, Deception + 6

Damage Vulnerabilities thunder

Damage Resistances cold, fire, electricity, bludgeoning from nonmagical weapons

Damage Immunities piercing and slashing from nonmagical weapons

Condition Immunities Poisoned, disease, charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, prone, restrained, stunned

Senses Darkvision 60’, passive Perception 18

Langugages Common, Celestrial, Dragonic, Abyssal 

Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)                                                           

 

Shapechanging Chaos The Predathon’s greatest weapon is it’s ability to shapechange at will (free action) every round (if it’s chooses) into a creature up to one category larger of the same CR. 

Due to it’s chaos nature, each round roll a d6 and choose; Algorith, Bone Swarm, Demon (Rubezahl), Devil (Automata), Fear Smith, or Golem (Salt). Once it transforms it gains all the new hit points, plus abilities, skills, class, race, languages, saves, and spells, if applicable and able. The Predathon does not regain any of it’s original abilities while shapechanging. If while in a new form it’s reduced to 0 hit points, then the creature is returned to it’s original form with any extra damage added to the original form’s hit point total. The Predathon can choose whether to hold, drop, or wear equipment while shapechanging. If wearing equipment then it will function as normal, and the GM can choose if it’s practical for the new form to wear or use the equipment held. When reverting back to normal form it reverts back to it’s previous hit points. The Predathon is still vulnerable to thunder damage regardless if the new shape has resistance or immunities. 

 

Defensive Chaos

The predathon has advantage on the saving throws against spells and other magical effects. 

Seduction by Chaos

 The predation has advantage on Charisma (Deception) checks. 

Innate Spellcasting. The predathon’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save 16), +8 to to hit with spell attacks. It can cast the following spells without needing spell components.

Chaos Confusion

Constant: confusion (always centered on the predathon with 10’ radius), detect thoughts.

ACTIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Multiattack. The predathon can make 3 claw attacks. Melee weapon attack: +5 to hit, reach 5’, 1 creature. Hit 14 (2d12+1) slashing damage. 

Chaos’s Embrace (Recharge 5-6 ability).

You can use a single action (requires recharge) from any creature the predathon can shapechange into. 

The same goes for date stamps. I have no idea why the day of the month is going in the middle of the stamps some places, and since I never use it that way, it's just very confusing for me and my players.

Is there any way to format the calendar so it shows a proper 24 hour clock and a proper dd/mm/yy date-stamp?

As an "editor", and not an "admin", i don't have the appropriate level of access to edit the theme (and thus I can't fix this myself). I have placed an email in to Jameela/OPAdmin, so hopefully we can get this resolved quickly.

In the meantime, please be aware that clicking on any of the links added could lead to malware being installed on your computer (and probably will). As far as I can tell, the blog is otherwise working normally, and the articles appear to be intact (phew). I'll post any updates here as needed.

Looking for some feedback on my setting.  Ideas and such.  Things I've missed ect ect.  In short it's Fading Suns in D&D.

https://phoenixempire.obsidianportal.com/

i am noah i am 18

i would love to talk to u about general life 

 anything to life

Thanks

Keelah Se'lai

Karyth

Obsidian Portal has really been an incubator for our project as we've housed the play test camapign info here. So a quuick thnak you for helping us get started.

 

Metahumans Rising Kickstarter 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/housedok/metahumans-rising-rpg-redux

Interviews

http://www.accessiblegames.biz/interview-t-dave-silva-metahumans-rising/

http://tesseraguild.com/11-questions-about-metahumans-rising-rpg-redux-with-dave-silva-house-dok-productions/

Sorry for my bad grammar.