The adventurers are trekking cross-country when they see an odd shape in the sky some distance off. As it draws closer, they see it is some kind of airship, a massive balloon with a much smaller basket below. Several lengths of rope suddenly drop down with a note attached to the end of one: “Pull…
Month: May 2021
Spectral Hand – Who’s a Good Boy and/or Mimic?
The party is up to the ol’ heist shenanigans again, attempting to break into the home of a local merchant. They peer through a window and spot a dog that looks maybe guard-doggish, but maybe just a nice dog. “I cast Mage Hand,” says Honey-bells. “Then, very gently, I use the magic hand to pet…
How Fair is a Fair Coin?
The party has come across a devil and an NPC locked in a dispute about how to resolve some technical language in a deal struck between the two. This is an actual solution a group of players (not my own group) came up with to resolve the Vault of Devil Frustration. Upon learning of the…
Minor Illusion – How Many is an Object?
Once again the party has been discovered mid-heist and is running from the local guards through the city streets, trying to evade capture. They round a corner, momentarily disappearing from view, “Honey-bells stops once around the corner, turns back and casts Minor Illusion, creating an image of a row of sharpened stakes stretching across the…
Vault of Devil Frustration
Caldwell the Clever has entered into a pact with a devil: in exchange for magical powers in life, he has agreed to give ownership over his soul to the devil after his death. Caldwell is now dead, but the contract has a bit of a hiccup for the devil. Caldwell died in a vault warded…
Infestation – Are Fleas a Compass?
Last thing the party can recall is their whole world going black. Now they wake up in a dank, dimly lit cave with no sense of their location or surroundings. They venture for a while, lost, directionless, until coming upon a giant rat. Thugwump the Barbarian is eager to turn it into a delicious rat…
Minor Illusion – Is a Hole an Object?
The party has been caught mid-heist and is now running down the city streets, hoping to escape their pursuers. They turn down a narrow alley, for the moment passing out of sight, “Honey-bells comes to a stop, turns about and casts Minor Illusion, creating the illusion of a 5 foot hole in the ground stretching…