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Valkyries and Undead

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- Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:32:18 EST 6LUU3Ig1 No.29436
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I had my "session 0" with my players, and the only feedback I got was "We would like to face a lich eventually" as an adventure goal/hook. One of my players is playing a valkyrie type cleric.

Post any and all things valkyrie and lich related. Campaign ideas, adventure hooks, images, module suggestions, spells or magic items. It is all welcome and wanted.
We're playing 3.5e and I'm starting everyone at level 5, but don't let that system or level limit your suggestions. Small picture dump incoming.
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Ernest Clommerham - Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:48:17 EST 6LUU3Ig1 No.29443 Reply
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Is undeath a desecration of the body, or of the soul?
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Ernest Clommerham - Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:48:17 EST 6LUU3Ig1 No.29444 Reply
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Is undeath a desecration of the body, or of the soul?
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Phineas Tootfoot - Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:36:45 EST R5cdZOyx No.29445 Reply
>>29444
It's one of those subjective things that varies with setting and edition. It's actually one of those things that's best hashed out in a session 0 because the players will invariably end up debating something that's actually known by their characters. If it's not known then tell them "no one's checked" though given the existence of several divination spells and deities someone has checked.

So lich ideas:

If you were doing 5th I'd say do TOA. But there's tonnes of classic liches. Most liches are unethical scholars not megalomaniacs though so while they tread on mortals they do so to achieve something. Bear that in mind. They are geniuses above and beyond human levels of intellect. Not much beyond but enough that they're cleverer than you. When running a creature like that you're not going to be able to employ tactics at their level. Metagame a little. Not a lot, don't DM vs Players it but this guy is smarter than you and you need a leg up to get on his level. probably more.

Don't hard cheat and build a perfect counter to what your players turn up with on the day unless they lay it all for him to see. If he has scouts or spies and any lived after seeing the party in action then he'll know their class based on their abilities (assuming they used some signature abilities) and equipment. So he'll know what their best and worst saves are likely to be (combined with their obvious wit, speed, build whatever) he won't necessarily get it perfect but he should at least be countering their class. If he doesn't do that after a turn or two he should figure it out. He can't read their character sheets but he will know anything they've let his network know about and he'll have a good idea what to expect. Don't have him fall for stupid shit. He'll have friends, make sure he has a strategy of some sort.

His lair will be defensible, the terrain will have more problems for players to manage than opportunities. He won't fight them in the throne room unless he funnels them into a narrow entrance and makes them run up a slope (and more). The players will have to think about how to overcome this or whether to power through. He'll have cover where it suits him and maybe some other hazards which are aimed in such a way that they hurt attackers and won't put him in danger unless he ends up out of position a long way.

If all else fails have a couple of crazy but likely gambits. I made an elder orb who had several abilities that would conveniently be exactly where the players when if they triggered. He just knew that he'd end up facing enemies there, he'd done the maths. Don't overuse it, and remember to account for it like any other attack when you do. He had one use of that and several other gambits. He is smarter than you. I was honest with my players when I sprung that what I was doing and that also that particular trick only happens once in this fight. It wasn't a gotcha, it was more like a spell or ability.

Speaking of network, while he won't run an empire he's causing trouble enough the players come for him so he needs to be up to something. He'll have a few trusted hirelings who deal with other mortals as his lieutenants (maybe corrupt gang, maybe he's even quite civil with librarians who give him access to their tomes) and maybe a few less conventional pets and allies, devils or demons of Orcus, lesser undead, constructs, monstrosities, maybe lesser dragons, etc. He wants knowledge or power for it's own end so he will have spies. He won't have a national network but a few relatively autonomous and reliable (and smart) allies and if the players ping his radar he'll probably have them observe before he acts. Maybe let the players have a chance to catch one or more of the spies. He will also use divination and scry to some extent.

In that case he'll play defensive while he scopes them. If he knows they're coming he will have memorised a good spell list for them and prepared a magic item or trap or two. Maybe even spring a simulacrum on them.

The lich isn't super threatened if his phylactery is safe so he will probably engage the players on his terms once they start to be a real threat. The final fight is when he'll throw everything at them including minions. But remember he has little to fear even if he dies, unless he has reason t…
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Failing my Dex checks

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- Sun, 07 Jul 2019 03:59:32 EST Z0IhxLiI No.29195
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PC had a bad experiences at today's sessions.
  • Slipped and crashed on a wooden bed frame.
  • Knocked a tray over and it broke on the concrete floor.
  • Dropped a ladle of soup at the dining table with the king.
All minor things but it added up. Damn the dice! Last time I have a low dex PC.
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Wesley Shakeworth - Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:21:30 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29334 Reply
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DICKS EVERYWHERE
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Jack Gucklesetch - Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:59:13 EST MVcGU3+H No.29435 Reply
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I dump everything in VITALITY
-Maple, Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu

Chess puzzles

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- Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:46:05 EST 7inrumEq No.28964
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White to play
T L Petrosian vs A Minasian
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Phoebe Bunlock - Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:51:03 EST /0/PrLc1 No.29431 Reply
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Black to play

Me white vs The chess titan (Easy) black
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Edward Daffingpeg - Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:29:09 EST 9bxqJA6u No.29433 Reply
>>29430

Rf8+ ...
... Bxf8, Qxf8+ Kh7, g6#
... Kh7, g6#

>>29431
Something about this opening choice seems... foolish.
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Rebecca Hinnerhood - Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:31:41 EST MVcGU3+H No.29434 Reply
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Black to play
Anna Hahn vs Aaron Pixton

Magic: The Gathering, early 2020

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- Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:34:59 EST MVcGU3+H No.29413
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Theros Beyond Death trailer
https://youtu.be/OOzNb5Bqzwg
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/theros-beyond-death
24th January 2020 release.
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Bump While Gaming

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!lfsExjBfzE - Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:09:39 EST 2aBtcB1b No.27409
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Haven't had a thread on here for a while. Bump the thread with whatever board, playing card, trading card, etc. games you're currently playing now.
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C-Higgy !lfsExjBfzE - Wed, 25 Dec 2019 00:14:54 EST +Gdlxup1 No.29419 Reply
Played Left Right Center with my family and relatives. It's become a Christmas tradition in our household but it's pretty fun and easy.
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Reuben Follerdale - Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:44:35 EST J0CTkaHF No.29420 Reply
>>29419
Played a bit of get packing this afternoon with family. Once I actually figured out how to treat a couple of the pieces I started thrashing everyone, but until that clicked it was hard. Bit of a once a year sort of game I think but fun.
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Rebecca Bezzleneg - Sat, 11 Jan 2020 11:20:26 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29429 Reply
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Well that was a fun first session. Surprise guest who decided to try playing too with a premade character, improvised a cultists-in-a-cave encounter that pretty much went off without too much trouble and ended with them leaving the cave only to see the silhouettes of the goddess of death murdering the goddess of magic in the sky. (Pretty much got the response I wanted from the players.)

Will be fun to continue that one, hopefully with some better tools on my side to handle the encounters without improvising too much.

LARPing

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- Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:43:24 EST tMgVQNaA No.27827
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There really isn't a good board to put this on besides this board and random so I figured I'd try it here. Anyone Larp?

General LARPing discussion.
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Cornelius Fanworth - Sat, 02 Nov 2019 22:44:12 EST JSuxua0c No.29385 Reply
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Slay all the goblins.
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Augustus Wundledadge - Mon, 23 Dec 2019 23:29:01 EST MVcGU3+H No.29417 Reply
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Archers and Spearmen > Swords
Melee is so barbaric.

Photo dump

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- Sun, 16 Jun 2019 22:01:25 EST wZFkv/n1 No.29131
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I just bought a used laptop off eBay. The user account was locked, but I managed to get it open. The HD is 99% empty, but there are a series of photos and notes. I'm going to dump them here as I find them.

Or: An impromptu campaign setting design thread, as created by a folder in a file dump I forgot existed.

There is no note for this picture. Just the filename "The Professor". The other filenames correspond to headings in a text file.
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Fanny Hondlesot - Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:17:13 EST MVcGU3+H No.29411 Reply
>>29131
modern urban campaign? Not a very popular genre
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Lydia Sinnertatch - Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:35:29 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29416 Reply
>>29411
Not popular enough, if you ask me. I remember after years of playing fantasy games I really started yearning for something more realistic or at least modern. Unfortunately I had one asshole in the group who couldn't ever part with his dumb fucking self-insert elf.
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Nathaniel Cipperlerk - Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:21:45 EST MVcGU3+H No.29425 Reply
>>29416
After years of swords&sorecry RPG, I realise that a lot of that has modern equivalences. Plus you can always make it "Hollywood physics" eg. only a flesh wound

"We're Hip. We're Cool. We Throw Dice." - Companies

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- Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:23:44 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29359
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So we've had Old Spice with the "Gentleman" class (https://twitter.com/oldspice/status/961362988019064832) and we've had Wendy's recently introduce "Feast Of Legends" at NYCC which is an entire ruleset of its own and a clear continuation of sassy Wendy's lashing out at other fast food franchises. (https://www.feastoflegends.com/)

Am I missing any? What do you think about the backlash of people crying about sexist terms or bitching about it being publicity stunts?
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Sophie Smalldale - Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:48:11 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29372 Reply
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>>29371
>I just had a campaign full of miserable tieflings so I wanted a halfling set on spreading joy.
Oh Christ, I love that thought. Half a room full of brooding edgelords interrupted by a cheerful "WHO WANTS CUPCAKES?!"
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Fanny Hondlesot - Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:17:47 EST MVcGU3+H No.29412 Reply
KFC did a visual novel game.
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Eliza Fingerkit - Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:28:28 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29415 Reply
>>29412
I think that's the 'dating sim' (guess I got the genre wrong) mentioned earlier with the anime pretty boy Colonel.

Fun DND Rolls

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- Wed, 03 Feb 2016 01:03:22 EST uX/k8kSV No.27926
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This weekend my player had to make a listen check to see if she could hear the other player have sex. Later, a player was jacking off in the street and I had some guards tackle him, but let him roll for initiative to see if he could cum on them first. What fun rolls have you had in dnd?
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George Dimblehadging - Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:25:13 EST T9Wqp8s+ No.29360 Reply
>>29358
Nah, campaigns only a few weeks from ending, we'll be switching DM's, and the guy playing the wizard is moving away. And beyond all that it'd be fine anyways because we aren't tryhards at this shit, it's just a fun game.
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Sidney Blirryworth - Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:13:59 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29361 Reply
>>29360
Well, that subverted my expectations. Good on you, hope the next game'll be that chill too.
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Fanny Hondlesot - Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:15:48 EST MVcGU3+H No.29410 Reply
Roll for listening check

Sorcery and Mages!

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- Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:29:03 EST uujpKFWA No.27302
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What are some books, wikis, lore, stories, games, documentations, whatever about sorcery, wizards and all that is magic?
I'm interested in all kinds of magic schools, systems and spells.

Dominions 4, Stone Soup, DnD and Mtg are all examples of fantastic spells and the magic behind them.
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Betsy Pangerdut - Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:04:12 EST 3lnuw7+U No.29391 Reply
>>29097
been playing KoL for 12 years now and I just finished a run a few days ago.
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Cyril Broddlesug - Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:12:25 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29392 Reply
>>29391
Neat, I don't even want to imagine what chaos it is these days. I imagine it's on the level of Neopets now.
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Graham Hishshit - Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:55:36 EST UOzKVIdS No.29405 Reply
literally magician by raymond e feist and everything else in that series? They are based on dnd games he used to play with his crew

Two player games

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- Sat, 02 Aug 2014 12:41:04 EST F5P7OV4I No.27072
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Cards, board game, or table top

Preferably something casual you can play while fairly drunk.
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Jenny Nozzlepidge - Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:20:31 EST gfSPW9Wa No.29388 Reply
Play Pavlov's House
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Albert Blengerville - Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:25:00 EST VV8h1Y8v No.29389 Reply
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Try Abalone! The rules are dead simple, but the strategy is chess meets sumo wrestling. Basically your goal is to push the other player's pieces off of the board, but you can only move them by pushing a longer chain than they are defending with.

For a non-strategy game, Suspend is an amazing balancing game for when you are burnt out on Jenga, and is pretty much just better in every way. You can play conservatively to get rid of your own pieces, or dangerously to try to force your opponent to make an error and knock down the stack
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Ernest Dartbury - Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:44:08 EST kHFm3y/Z No.29390 Reply
>>29389
Oh man, I remember Abalone. Fucking sucked at it as a kid. At least those marbles are heavy enough to throw at people you hate.

Visual Content

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- Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:59:55 EST 4xG0opVI No.27978
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Hey guys I'm making a futuristic campaign using FASERIP, I'm creating characters and stuff but finding it hard to locate super hero/villain pictures for the npcs. Filtering through different sites is not very productive, so I'm wondering if anyone has any good tools/sites/ways to acquire these.
(pic related)
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Charlotte Snoddale - Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:13:41 EST ycLq+GE0 No.29276 Reply
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Animal-girls
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Nigel Smallworth - Sat, 21 Sep 2019 08:21:57 EST Oanui8LT No.29333 Reply
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Fantasy or sci-fi elf?
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Nathaniel Snodfield - Sat, 02 Nov 2019 18:14:44 EST JSuxua0c No.29384 Reply
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Metal as anything

UNO~!

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- Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:48:26 EST Dg8h7ZUO No.27058
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let's talk about uno in this thread
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C-Higgy !lfsExjBfzE - Sat, 13 Jul 2019 15:15:08 EST dJoA2NfG No.29208 Reply
>>29202
I don't think so since the 360 version was made by a different developer.
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Caroline Huzzlepet - Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:25:41 EST k1o6mwwm No.29383 Reply
>>27058
oh shit there's a fucking uno thread on this board? hell yeah I want to play some uno right now

High stats yay or nay?

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- Sun, 04 Aug 2019 17:26:50 EST 3lnuw7+U No.29240
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high stats dont always matter when your dice are rolling low all night.
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Hedda Worthingworth - Sat, 17 Aug 2019 20:39:23 EST IB8IU88l No.29278 Reply
>>29274
>A 110 IQ person is smart, and a 120 IQ person is a genius. Less than 2% of all people have
no. 15 IQ is one standard deviation. The IQ to int mapping works pretty well.Slap a 0 on the end and it works well. But then you realise that actually 120 is actually where you start to notice "this guy is kind of smart". And 12 is where the person is discernably smarter to the point where it makes a measurable difference. If you were right then someone mechanically no different (10 and 11) are obviously measurable in real life. Someone with an INT of 19 is 6 standard deviations above the norm.

Physical stats are the same. An olympic athlete is several standard deviations out. A pound might be the difference for a marathon runner but combat isn't marathon running and they aren't strength characters. Top long distance runners aren't just lean, they have little elastic bands on their arms. But melee combat isn't that. It's short (1 minute usually) bursts of action with lots of walking 3mph in between.

Veterans have 14 strength and the guards of cities have units of them. You need 15 strength to wear plate without your combat effectiveness reduced. So you're saying that basically no one ever wore plate? Firefighters wear 60lbs of gear. Soldiers carry body armour, rations and stuff. By core rules each point of str increases your unencumbered carry by 5 pounds so that machine gunner is 3 points higher. Lifting weights is very different from encumbrance too. Being able to lift 10 pounds more doesn't mean carrying 10 pounds more. It makes a little difference.
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Hamilton Wabberstock - Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:44:03 EST bjxwqQIS No.29327 Reply
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>>29240
I prefer character creation based on a points system *GURPS*
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Alice Firringdig - Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:11:13 EST 3lnuw7+U No.29381 Reply
We just entered the Tomb of Annihilation. Were still the same characters that started the adventure.
We did lose our second cleric and our Paladin because of real life.
Our group is:
Dwarven Kensai Monk
'Light Elf Light Domain Cleric of Lathander
Red Dragonborn Redemption Paladin
Human Lore Bard/Rogue
Eldarin Abjuration Wizard

I'm the player with the high stat rolls but I've been using stuff to buff my party and the occasional Fireball when needed.
Wish us luck.
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