(5e DnD) Out of the Abyss Small NC/Bondage (Party currently full)

[TheMorningstarOption]

Setting:



OOC Thread
Character Thread
IC Thread

Drip

Drip

Drip

You slowly blink the weariness from your eyes, looking up at the scalloped ceiling. There are other people here with you, that much is evident, but you've been captured. As far as you've seen, there's no way out from this situation, you have no idea how long you've been here or even how long you've been unconscious. It's up to you to attempt to find your way out of this predicament. As you look around, you can see a number of different people locked in the same cell, but none of them seem as eager as you.

Game:
I've been looking to take part in a game running the module Out of the Abyss for some time. Unfortunately, it appears that I came a little late to the party to join the one that was advertised her previously, but that does give me the opportunity to run a game of my own. At the moment, I'm looking for a party of roughly 4-5 players who are able to post multiple times per week (I've noticed that play-by-post games tend to drag and people lose interest quickly if the posting rate is any slower than this).

Tone and Theme
Out of the Abyss is essentially a dark DnD take on an Alice in Wonderland story. It can be quite a dark narrative at times, but has more than its fair share of whimsy and levity. With a blend of seriousness and ridiculousness, I'd call it a game that is dark and has moment of real horror without dipping into being grim or gritty.

Characters
As far as rolling characters, anything located in the Players Handbook or Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide is more than welcome. As far as Unearthed Arcana is concerned, simply ask me before getting your heart set on it, as some of the builds they've put up (Looking at you, Variant Ranger) are kind-of ridiculous. A balanced party in terms of skillsets would be nice, but honestly 5E runs pretty well with just about any party compilation, so please don't feel like you have to roll a certain class to fill a niche. Occassionally its exciting when a player party has some glaring gaps in their abilities.

Applying
If you're interested in playing, simply shoot me a PM including the following:
Name: Character name
Race and Class: Just an idea of what type of loadout you're going for
Playstyle: You don't need to get into specifics, just give me an idea of their attitude and how you'd like to play them
Background: A rough idea of the character background, again, you don't need to write a novel or anything.

This is just to get an idea of who might be interested and what directions they're leaning in. I'll ask the interested parties for a full character sheet if there's enough interest to get the game off of the ground (which there appears to be).

As far as the rest of the particulars of the game, I feel like that's something we can discuss as we work out exactly who's playing and what kinds of characters they're rolling up.

[freeko]

I could take my Cleric meant for another game that seemingly fell through and run her through this, just gotta ignore her gear that she has for the most part to fit into the game.

Let me know if you are interested in this character. I guess it will be interesting to see how a Cleric without a Divine Focus is able to do anything of relevance.

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http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=755422

If anything needs to be adjusted, just let me know.

[Faeli]

Me! Me! Me!

Jumps up and down, waving her hand back and forth frantically

[Chulanowa]

I'm in! Would love to see a 5E game that catches traction.

[Hexed]

5E is fun so I'd like to toss my hat in as well!

[TheMorningstarOption]

Thanks for the rather immediate interest.

Out of the Abyss is somewhat unique as it provides a tone that can be both terrifying and hilarious, as a GM I'll be attempting to walk the same lines.

If anyone would like to pitch character concepts, please feel free to pm me.

[Hexed]

I know you've said just what's in the player's handbook and SCAG but are there any races that people would rather not play with/alongside?

For instance I know some people dislike halflings/gnomes/dwarves because of how small they are among other things.


Sadly work calls so it'll be a bit before I reply again but at the moment I'm thinking of  a something warlock of the fae pact. But I'll be getting SCAG to go through so that might change with the options available. :)

[Chulanowa]

Well, I for one like halflings, gnomes, and dwarves. it's the constant parade of tieflings and elves that make me want to throw myself off a cliff  :P

[AndyZ]

What all is grabbed so far?

[Faeli]

Well, I for one like halflings, gnomes, and dwarves. it's the constant parade of tieflings and elves that make me want to throw myself off a cliff  :P

*pouts*  Right in my feelings!

[freeko]

Well, I for one like halflings, gnomes, and dwarves. it's the constant parade of tieflings and elves that make me want to throw myself off a cliff  :P

.. Wonder if it is too late to change my character over to an elf..?

[Chulanowa]

What creation system are we using?

[Muse]

  I'm sure I'm too late to get in here, but I'm writing up two aplications after breakfast: A wizard (Bladesinger) and a druid. 

  Will work some more on it after breakfast. 

[TheMorningstarOption]

Thus far nothing in particular is grabbed up. As far as creation goes, I'm not looking for a full character sheet right off the bat, but if you're looking for something to work on, I had intended to use the standard 27 point buy.

[Zaer Darkwail]

And does F characthers stand for female only party?

[TheMorningstarOption]

That was the intent. I've run a number of games before online and off and party composition had tended to swing heavily male. I was interested in trying something different. Not completely ruling out the possibility of male PCs, but definitely prioritizing female characters.

As I mentioned in the top post, I'm also limiting the game size to around 4 or 5 characters as more than that can occasionally get unwieldy  (I run a game offline with 7 PCs, very little gets done) and Out of the Abyss provides the opportunity for a number of NPC party companions as well.

[Zaer Darkwail]

Hmmmm, ok. I likely apply with a male char, just need ponder on class and race though.

[ShadowFox89]

 Peeking in with interest. Not usually one for FR, but I've been running more than playing lately.

[TheMorningstarOption]

So as I mentioned in the original post, I'm looking for a smaller-sized group than most group games, so I've edited the title of the game to reflect that. To elaborate, this game isn't really first-come-first-serve, I'm hoping that we can build a team who can play well with one another and draw out an interesting story. We've had 9 people interested in those spots thus far, I just didn't want to discourage anyone from sending in a character concept.

As far as the style of the game, once we build the party, I believe we can have a discussion on how harsh the PCs would like the game world to be, the degree of smuttiness of the game (we are on an adult site, after all), etc.

[freeko]

Would splitting the interested people into two separate games be a possibility?

[AndyZ]

Here's what I'm looking at so far:

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=768024

Half-elf Paladin.  Here's my trinket roll:

Roll Result: AndyZ rolled: 1d100
Comment: Trinket
Result: 83,
Total: 83

[Ershin]

I'm interested in applying but haven't had any real experience in making / playing characters in 5e. Have the core book but never really had a chance to play around with it. Would you be willing to accept an application from a newbie to 5e?

[ShadowFox89]

If you need help, I have a fair bit of experience in 5e

[TheMorningstarOption]

Please pitch any characters you might want to try, experience isn't at all a factor here.

[freeko]

I'm interested in applying but haven't had any real experience in making / playing characters in 5e. Have the core book but never really had a chance to play around with it. Would you be willing to accept an application from a newbie to 5e?

Thats pretty much me in a nutshell as well. Certainly did not stop me from throwing up a fairly basic character pitch.

[Faeli]

EEP!  I didn't know we were making characters already!  I thought this was an interest check!

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Name:  Caityth'Lykr Duin
Class:  Sorceress
Personality:  Snarky and Sarcastic.  While she sees herself as better than non-drow, she recognizes that she needs help to get out of the situation she finds herself within.  She sees women as more able strategist than men and tends to prefer them as lovers, but sees men as more animalistic lovers and would not mind wild-monkey sex with them.

Background:  Cait is a sorceress, which means she ISN'T a priestess.  This, to many, is a sign of intense failure and deep shame.  Her inability to become a priestess has lowered the standing of her house within Drow Society and made her many many enemies.  One such enemy, who could possibly be of her own house seeking to torture her to increase her own worth to the Dark Goddess, or possibly someone of another house, has captured the Sorceress and either sold her to an outsider or taken her to a twisted trial of her own devising.  The Sorceress is to be left in a situation considered impossible for most, but must also somehow win the cooperation of additional subjects who have every reason to see her as a vulnerable enemy.

[ShadowFox89]

I don't think there's any 'claiming' being done right now. I certainly won't be able to work on a sheet until Sunday.

[Zaer Darkwail]

Well, I pitch these three concepts for various party roles;

Rukhurim Bronzemantle,
shield dwarf barbarian

Background

Rukhurim is last survivor of Bronzemantle clan, his clan served Battlehammers as warriors in Mithril Halls and also renown brewers who had farms at surface at mountains. However a random band of orcs from unknown tribe managed climb through blind side of Mithral Hall through the mountains....approaching Bronzemantles own territory. As young boy he was send, alone, to get reinforcements to help defend his clan's hold. Even as young lad he was very strong and sturdy for his age, so he ran twenty five miles non-stop through  tough terrain to nearest outpost to call for aid. Soon reinforcements were send, however by the point reinforcements arrived and pushed away the horde, the holds were in ruins and flames. Everyone dead from Rukhurim's clan. This deeply devastated him to the core.

He was for time adopted to another clan (unrelated to his), but he was rebellious youth who recklesly wanted revenge and he often struck out to hunt down greenskins, doing his first kill in tender age of twenty (which is young for dwarf). He has been merciless killer since then and non-stop hunted all sorts threats from his people at surface and below the surface. He is deadset to carve his clan's legend into dwarf clans memory by through his deeds.

Trinket roll: 55

Therai Maarath,
tiefling wizard

Background

Therai Maarath was born from union of tiefling sorceress and a human wizard, he got looks from his mother while intellect and education from his father. Unlike most tieflings he did not feel neglect from his parents and he overall had got rather pleasant life. But circumstances of his heritage and his studies to infernal forbidden lore from mother's side have resulted him walk middle golden road than take side between good or evil conflict. He is devoted student and has markings to become rather very good sage like his father. His mother died fairly recently (a year ago) in undisclosed circumstances, she had always been bit more reckless in magic and was more adventurous sort, she gave some highly dangerous abyssal written documents which were possibly related to reason why she died first place. So Therai was working on translating the said documents so he could understand reason why his beloved mother died for.....

Trinket Roll: 21

Rurik,
human rogue

Background

Rurik was born to a half-elf and human merchants, he was born human but he inherited some elven traits (white hair and amethyst eyes), his parents were brutally murdered by burglars (thieve's guild) before his eyes, he was then kidnapped and taken in to thieves guild and forced to undergo brutal training regime where intention was to brainwash him along with other children as pick pockets for the guild. However he escaped guild's grasp in daring escape with other children who also fled and spread out to Amn. He and other kids lived in constant fear of discovery by thieves guild, so they employed their learned tricks to just to survive in harsh brutal environment of Amn. Over the years Rurik grew, never forgotten the thieves guild had killed his parents and thus thirsted for revenge but he waited for a time to strike. Over the years several children who escaped and had become his friends had over time moved away, settled down or even caught by thieves guild and then find their mutilated tortured bodies one day on the street.

He happened upon figure out a big exotic shipment coming to the guild and he planned to hijack it....both cripple thieve's guild and get for month's worth of supplies and food for himself when he sells things on local black market.

Trinket Roll: 13

[Faeli]

Resubmitting as a rogue so we don't have both a sorceress and a warlock in the mix

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Name:  Caityth'Lykr Duin
Class:  Rogue
Personality:  Snarky and Sarcastic.  While she sees herself as better than non-drow, she recognizes that she needs help to get out of the situation she finds herself within.  She sees women as more able strategist than men and tends to prefer them as lovers, but sees men as more animalistic lovers and would not mind wild-monkey sex with them.

Background:  Cait just could never manage to understand the complexities of magic.  Her personality was too spry and her sense of humor too quick and irreverent.  It wasn't that she was stupid, but the regimented and serene life of the Llothian Priesthood simply never meshed with her.  This, to many, is a sign of intense failure and deep shame.  Her inability to become a priestess has lowered the standing of her house within Drow Society and made her many many enemies.  One such enemy, who could possibly be of her own house seeking to torture her to increase her own worth to the Dark Goddess, or possibly someone of another house, has captured the Shadowstalker and either sold her to an outsider or taken her to a twisted trial of her own devising.  The Fledgling Rogue is to be left in a situation considered impossible for most, but must also somehow win the cooperation of additional subjects who have every reason to see her as a vulnerable enemy.

[Zaer Darkwail]

What my experience can tell it's not bad that there are two casters (even arcane) same party. Warlock heavily relies on cantrips and cast early on 1-2 spells (using the warlock slot for them). So usually warlocks are ideal for blasting role or provide big crowd control spell before starting cantrip spamming. Sorcerer other hand are not so limited in spell slots (they rather excel at having lots magical power in form of spells than cantrips).

[Hexed]

Zaer does have a point. Early levels at the least Warlock does tend to rely more on eldritch blast cantrip then anything else. The guides always compare it to a magic archer instead of a caster so it has very little conflict with other casters.

[TheMorningstarOption]

Thanks to everyone for the interest. I'll be looking over the various character submitted and will let people know when I've got a workable team assembled.

[Zaer Darkwail]

Zaer does have a point. Early levels at the least Warlock does tend to rely more on eldritch blast cantrip then anything else. The guides always compare it to a magic archer instead of a caster so it has very little conflict with other casters.

Aye, warlock is more pure magic barrage machine most of time early levels. Later ones he does get some big spells to use but his slots are limited (albeit he recharges everything in short rest). Also having support caster like bard with other caster like sorcerer (or warlock) works pretty well (more so as bards are rogue alike in skill set and can do stuff even without spells and get most amount spells known as spontaneous caster). More so as many spells are concentration based (meaning you can have only one such spell running per caster in group and thus makes difficult to 'stack' buffs on entire party by single caster).

If party has to survive just single caster, bard is most best choice as bard gets cure/curing spells in spells known by default list and they can learn from other caster list other spells needed (including potent combat spells like fireball if their lore bards).

[ShadowFox89]

Zaer does have a point. Early levels at the least Warlock does tend to rely more on eldritch blast cantrip then anything else. The guides always compare it to a magic archer instead of a caster so it has very little conflict with other casters.

Warlock in general is straight up blasting. You can do other stuff, but Sorcerer and Wizard will do it better.

[Zaer Darkwail]

Warlock in general is straight up blasting. You can do other stuff, but Sorcerer and Wizard will do it better.

Yeah, also wizard can be darn good blaster if he chooses go evocation archtype (maximized dmg, delicious  >:)). But I am not set to any archtype as my tiefling wizard, I just see what party composition is and what is most needed by time I reach the level where I have to pick.

[TheMorningstarOption]

Hey there folks,

Sorry for the wait, I was taking my time weighing the different applications and I believe we’ll be moving forward with the following team:

Hexed - Nyci Nackle
AndyZ - Alisandra Starfire
ChoraAzalee - Sophia De’Leiran
Shadowfox89 - Niva Berry
Faeli - Caityth'Lykr Duin

Thank you to everyone who showed interest in the game and applied, either through the topic or through PM or whathaveyou. If someone drops out or for whatever reason cannot continue the game, you can be sure I’ll go to the others who’ve already shown interest in the game before advertising for new players if the current party becomes somehow untenable.

[Faeli]

Thanks boss!   Fyi, I have a 30 how drive starting tomorrow, so I will be AWOL for two days.   Don't think I'm not interested!

[Zaer Darkwail]

Ah darn, well if opening shows up I am ready to jump in. But otherwise happy gaming folks :)

[ShadowFox89]

 So.... how 'bout dem chargen rules?

Also, for anyone interested, Niva is a wood elf rogue from Waterdeep.

[AndyZ]

Name: Alisandra Starfire
Race and Class: Half-Elf Paladin of Torm
Playstyle: Alisandra is Neutral Good, not Lawful Stupid.  Mercy is a wonderful thing when it can be shown, but never at the cost of innocent lives.
Background: Alisandra grew up the daughter of a human smith woman named Celeste, her father an elven bard who had long since disappeared.  Although most of her life was rather peaceful, the harassment of her town by a roving group of brigands led her and a handful of others to rise up in defense of the common folk.

It was her job to create weapons and armor, but once she had a taste of actually using such things, a simple life of crafting never felt the same anymore.  Not only did she hate the concept that others had to risk their lives while she was safe, but somehow the thrill of battle made her feel alive in a way she'd never be able to truly explain to others.

Since then, she's wandered from place to place, righting wrongs and offering whatever assistance she could.  It didn't take long for a priest of Torm to recognize her and recruit her into the flock as a paladin.

Worship of Torm to Alisandra isn't so much prayer and ceremony but her very existence.  She questions her actions during her prayer and meditation, finding ways to improve herself and make sure that she can always be better and worthy of the blessings she receives.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=768024



Somehow I forgot to actually post the backstory.  I blame the weather and my bad lungs.

For those who want to have heard of Alisandra, she's equally known for doing mundane things to help people out as well as martial.  She's not above helping kittens out of trees, fixing horseshoes for travelers, and similar acts when no serious danger is present.

[TheMorningstarOption]

Working up an opening post and such as we speak, should also have an OOC topic up soon.

If anyone needs help working on their full character sheet, please let me know. We'll be starting at level 1 with the standard 27 point buy from the PHB. As some  of the other players have noted, Myth-Weavers is a solid site to generate sheets that are easily accessible for play-by-post games. In addition to the standard character generation, if you could please each roll me a d10 to determine how many days your character has been in the captivity of the drow as well as a d20 for something... um... else.

[AndyZ]

Roll Result: AndyZ rolled: 1d10
Comment:
Result: 7,
Total: 7

Roll Result: AndyZ rolled: 1d20
Comment:
Result: 7,
Total: 7

[Hexed]

Huh... Odd rolls.

1d10= 10
At 2016-04-05 20:40:19, (uid: 56505) rolls: 1d10 Result: 10


1d20=6
At 2016-04-05 20:40:30, (uid: 56505) rolls: 1d20 Result: 6


Think I've got Nyci done ish. If we're starting captured are we still supposed to work out starting gear?

Nyci by the way is a gnome warlock of the Great Old One pact. With less charisma then the paladin. Silly pally and her racial cha bonus.

[TheMorningstarOption]

Starting gear would still be nice to know. And who knows, depending on how long you've been captured some of it might still be littered around the prison, depending on how much use it might be to your captors.

[ChoraAzalee]

Okie dokie here's Sophia De'Leiran

Roll Result: Sophia rolled: 1d10
Comment:
Result: 1,
Total: 1

Roll Result: Sophia rolled: 1d20
Comment:
Result: 10,
Total: 10

Name: Sophia De'Leiran

Race and Class: Human (variant) Cleric

Playstyle: Boisterous and outgoing, with a bit of a wild streak and a hot temper.  However, being cloistered in the monastery the majority of her life has left her very naive.

Background: Sophia is the 6th daughter of the De'Leiran noble merchant house.  As her parents were still trying for a boy, and already had so many girls, they shipped her off at a very young age to the Abbey of Sune (god of love and beauty).  She practiced as a cleric of light, growing up within the confines of the abbey walls.  Through no fault of her own, one of the older clerics pissed her off and she may have been banished from the abbey for lighting his quarters on fire.  She checked to make sure he wasn't in there of course.  Yep, sure did.

[Hexed]

Nyci Nackle 
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=768133
(I think the sheet's done. Let me know if it's not.)

Race:Rock Gnome
Class: Warlock (Great Old One)

Playstyle: Happy and naive with a dislike almost fear of books. So long as you can claim to have seen/done it yourself and not read about it she'll take just about anything at face value. She's new to her warlock abilities so they haven't quite yet warped her thinking yet. Mostly.

Background: Born in Neverwinter to a pair of scholars that tutored people and helped restore the House of Knowledge. Unlike her parents growing up surrounded by dusty books and learned people led young Nyci to desire action and seeing things for herself instead of hearing about it from a boring book. This desire led the rambunctious child to often sneaking out and wandering the streets of the still being repaired city. Fortunately for her it wasn't a gang of ruffians that found her but  James, a wandering bard who while teaching her things such as playing the flute and entertaining crowds blatantly used the young gnome to help draw crowds to his performances. The constant skiving of her lessons and playing in the city streets with a bar lasted till her late teens where she woke from a horrid nightmare of scales and a hissing voice. Staggering to breakfast she was accosted by rather upset parents demanding to know why she'd dyed herself so, an argument that ended with her accidentally blasting a pot with a crackling beam of raw power. 

using the stunned silence she stormed back to her room and gathered up a pack of belongings before slipping out the window and into the streets. She ran for hours before approaching a pool of water and peering into it to see what her parents had been upset about. In the water she found that her slight tan was gone to a milky paleness, her eyes were a gleaming gold, and her once dark locks were the color of her skin. Remembering her dream and the words within the hiss she slung her pack upon her back and set out upon the road once more determined to use her new powers to see everything there was.

[Faeli]

Character Sheet!

Okay... I think I did it?  Maybe?

[AndyZ]

Can't wait for this to start ^_^

[TheMorningstarOption]

At the moment, just waiting on a sheet from ShadowFox89 and the d10 and d20 rolls from ShadowFox and Faeli. I'll have the OOC and Character threads up later today. As for the IC thread, I'm working on cleaning it up a bit, but the intro basically has to do a lot of legwork in establishing roughly 13 NPCs so it's a bit of a doozy, hah.

[Faeli]

Meep!

At 2016-04-12 15:35:27, CaitythLykr Dui (uid: 49010) rolls: 1d10 Result: 4
At 2016-04-12 15:35:34, CaitythLykr Dui (uid: 49010) rolls: 1d20 Result: 9

[ShadowFox89]

 Not Mythweavers, but here's a typed sheet

Niva Berry

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Elf/Wood Elf,Rogue/Thief 1
Criminal, Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 10
Speed 35 ft.
STR 8 (-1); DEX 17 (+3); CON 14 (+2); INT 10 (0); WIS 14 (+2); CHA 12 (+1)
Proficiency Bonus; +2
Saving Throws; Dex +5, Int +2
Skills; Acrobatics +5, Deception +3, Perception +4, Performance +3, Persuasion +3, Sleight of Hand +5, Stealth +5
Senses; passive Perception 14
Languages; Undercommon
Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed and magic can't put you to sleep

Trance. Elves don't need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is 'trance.') While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become re exive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same bene t that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Darkvision. Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Mask of the Wild. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena

Sneak Attack. You know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe's distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. You don't need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn't incapacitated, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll. The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.

Thieves' Cant. During your rogue training you learned thieves' cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves' cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly. In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves' guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.

At 2016-04-12 21:05:46, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d10 Result: 9
At 2016-04-12 21:05:39, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d20 Result: 19

[TheMorningstarOption]

So the initial IC thread, the OOC thread, and the character threads are up. Please feel free to post your character sheet whenever you get the chance, the links have been edited into the initial message in this thread and I'll be adding them to the others in a moment. Presently, your characters' only possessions are some roughly sewn rags to preserve their modesty and whatever might be mentioned in the small spoiler tags indicating where each of you are. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to let me know. Also, you have my sincerest apologies for the delay in getting this introduction posted.