Playing Dice with the Universe

  Chapter 1: Caverns of the Mushroom Men! The party Andakyla, Wandering Dragonborn Monk Kali, the criminally inclined, Bard fleeing his past Nikolstratos ex-gladiator Warrior looking to free other slaves Petri, a haunted wood elf with a genie's lamp Rejk the half-orc smith who pours his rage into the forge They each had their own reasons for joining but all of the party had signed on as passengers on the White Rose, a ship that was doing a supply run to a number of small islands between the Grand Dutchy of Karameikos and the Five Shires.  A week into the journey the vessel was attacked by a Kraken! Four of our heroes got into a jolly boat but Kali jumped overboard and clung to a barrel.  The rest just managed to save him before he was pulled down with the craft. Rejk and Niko were able to row the boat to the nearby island of Dragon's rest.  Arriving on the beach they had to battle the animated remains of three drowned sailors before they could climb the cliff t...

Summary:   That annoying uncle returns. Chapter 107 ~ Family Values Enzo Ferrari came to the Sheriff's office to report news of a giant rat walking about in the forest on two legs.  Gwyn wanted to searching the woods for it but Tayy reminded him we needed to sort out the alliance with the Orcs first.  Enzo took us all into the forest where we met up with Chad Crogger the tribe leader.  Hayley gave him a bottle of brandy to seal the deal between them and Tayy cooked a rabbit stew with the game the orcs provided.  We were all safe, apart from our dwarven deputy, who the orcs at least agreed not to kill. Dimiti arrived for his job interview as the dock master and after negations with the countess he agreed to accept 5 crowns a month.  Tayy went off with him to sort out accommodation and show him around the town.  Hayley had a meeting with some merchants from Aldorf sorting out contracts for lumber.  This left Luke and Zena drinking together in t...

 Dungeon and Dragons Character Builds We are starting a new gaming group, and campaign for the new year.  With rotating DM's that means I will have the option to actually play and have been thinking about my top three character options. They are all spellcasters being Bard, Cleric and Wizard.  Given most games do not go past level 10 I am focusing on what to expect for Tier 1 and Tier 2 play. This quick build guide assumes assess to the three main books and uses content from the Player’s Handbook, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, and Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Race selection Feats can help define a character more than raw ability boosts.  I really like Telekinetic and Fay Touched from TCE.  There are two racial options for starting with a Feat. Custom Lineage (TCE): A Feat and either a Skill or Darkvision. If we are using point buy this also means we can start with an 18 score in our casting stat. 15 + 2 Race +1 Feat = 18. It is also nice that you c...