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khrow-shinku · 4 years ago

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The Great War S22B

D&D 5e Campaign

The Great War

Aravari The Fresh Queen of Aeldari

The following events happened in the middle of session 22.

Uncle Visit 1st day

Ara visits her uncle as she has plenty of questions. She asks her uncle if her father was just paranoid his whole life or if something had changed because she was always taught by him that his old tribe was after him for abandoning the code and not being an assassin. Her uncle responded informing her that he wasn’t paranoid. Until her fifth birthday the tribe was after him, it wasn’t until then that leadership changed when their family ousted the old leaders. He could have come back at any time after that and rejoined the clan and been their blacksmith. Could have even brought his family with him. The clan had sent someone to inform him of all this however her father was so skilled at his ability to hide his tracks that by the time they found him he was buried. That is when he personally investigated his brother's death and found out about her, her stillborn brother and her mother and the life her father had made for himself.

Ara then notices a hole in all this, how did you see me at two if you didn’t know I existed until after my father died? He reaches into his pocket and hands her what appears to be a mirror with the domerian crest on it. She notices that it isn’t a normal mirror but a scrying mirror. He then responds I would see you in that when I would check on my younger brother although I wasn’t sure who you were until I started doing my investigation after his death. Since then I have used it to look after you and yes that dragonborn who killed those demons was because of me, that was actually your other uncle.

Ara then drops a bomb on him and tells him that her father is still alive and tells him about everything that happened in Dustreodan and her father transforming from a spider and being younger than he ever was as her father and appearing to be in his prime. Her uncle chuckles when he sees the embarrassment and sexual confusion at seeing her young father naked. She showed him the page with the coordinates and date. All he can see though is the coordinates nothing else appears on the paper for him. He agrees that all maps only show an ocean there however there are fairy tales of a magical island existing in that region too though no one has ever found it. Wanting to be prepared for her journey there she asked her uncle to send out some guys to go look into the area and any islands that may or may not be there.

The two of them begin discussing her parents in more detail as he had also done his detailed background checks and record keeping. Turns out Ara’s mother, Bekari, once banged a Terrasque named Bob.(Yes the one from earlier in the campaign). She also found out that the capital of her father’s country shared the same name as the name on the coordinates on the paper her father left for her. Uncle filled her in that it had mysteriously vanished one day leaving a crater and after that the country was sold and sold again which is why the clan now lives here in Aeldari for the most part and set up their organization to run out of here. He also had a feeling she would end up coming here eventually. He then went on to tell her that her father was originally posted in this country to run this branch and that is where he had first met her mother however as royalty she and him of course did not travel in the same circles. After her mother had left and given up her throne five to six years passed and then her father received a letter. After reading it he destroyed it and abandoned his post knowing it would cost him his life and cause his clan to hunt him down. After more discussion about things her uncle informs her that their deities would never revive him in such a way going so far as to make him younger. However it does sound like the work of a group of mages that had worshipped her mother. Turns out the year he left was the same year mom was dealing with that family in the burned down town she had found before. Ara informed her uncle of a theory she had come up with after comparing things that they both had found out. She believes her mother was killed by the dragolich because he saw her as a threat. A mother’s love is a powerful thing, he was likely afraid that she would come to save the son that had died and was now alive. Fearing this he had her killed. At least that is what Ara is thinking now anyway.

The conversation then shifts to the fact he has protected her and kept watch over her for years now, as has her father even after his death. Ara gave him a puzzled look. He went on to inform her that the dragonborn who killed those demons in front of her party and tested her before was her other uncle, who then appears out of the shadows and says hi. He then informs her that her working at the brothel was no accident. Her father had been in talks with Resnoa for years. He knew what she was and where her path would lead her. So he set up Resnoa’s brothel as a safe place for her to explore her true identity. Resnoa was one of their assassins, at that time she too appeared out of the shadows and said hi. Ara gave her a hug and had a brief convo and asked her to move the brothel with the girls here for obvious reasons, she was kind of queen and while she intends to uphold the deal she had with Resnoa she also has a country to run so she needs the brothel to be here. Ara then says she might know someone else who was a part of her fathers group and calls for Thefa to appear. Thefa, not knowing Ara knew how to do this yet, appears in the middle of the room naked in a bathtub. Thefa gets out of the tub. Ara's youngest uncle covered Thefa with his cloak. After which the bathtub teleported to the middle of a field where a farmer stood there confused. While talking with them she discovered that Thefa’s body is the secret treasury for the country. Inside her chest is a vault with all the money the country needs and uses to run. She had been saving it up slowly while traveling with Ara, she had been replacing Ara’s platinum with fake platinum and putting the real inside herself for their country.

Her uncle then brought out three boxes and told Ara to choose one. Ara asks him some questions trying to gauge what choice is the best choice. Only info he gives her is that this was a test everyone in his company has gone through including her father. After much thinking she remembered what her father had always told her, that the quality of material went wood, pearl, iron when she was growing up and never explained why. So she chose the iron box. In it was a stone written in abyssal that she couldn’t read so she put it back in the box and took it with her. After that they said their goodbyes and Ara left.

The Next Day with swordsmith Hashimoto

Ara was awakened early and escorted out before the sun had even risen. Outside of the castle she met Hashimoto who pointed at her and told her to come with him. She followed him to a building that turned out to be his forge. However there were tools there foreign to her despite growing up around her father who worked in a forge. They are magical tools that draw on the life force of the one who wields them. They were made by Bekari for her son to use when he took the throne. Ara was shocked by this and said son? She was pregnant before she gave up the throne? What happened to him? She left while still pregnant. The child was raised by its father because something had caused an issue with her. Knowing there is only one person who would know anything about her mom’s life at the time she called out Thefa’s name. She questioned Thefa about why her mother would start a new family and not go back to the son and baby daddy she already had. Thefa explained that she was a surrogate for a man and woman who couldn’t have children. That while yes it was technically another half brother to her it was the result of a signed contract to be raised by the man and his wife. A deal your mother made for certain resources she needed to flee. Ara’s grandmother had intended to steal Bekari’s life essence to regain her youth and maintain her control over the country. To avoid this Bekari handed over the country to the two men she did and left to the country of Criecia to birth the child per the contract and gain the resources she needed to run from her mother. Ara asks why would she run instead of simply killing her mother for being clearly evil or at least having ill intentions. Thefa explains that Ara’s mother was too weak to challenge her mother. She would never have won. Thefa informs Ara that her grandmother should be dead and in the mausoleum under the castle. The spectral butlers are relatives that her grandmother has leached life off of, none are former rulers. There are over a thousand of them there. The only reason the spectral people could leave the castle grounds is because Thefa did, they are bound to her as much as they are the castle. If Thefa wanted to she could summon them elsewhere however she prefers not to. Satisfied with things for now Ara tells Thefa she will ask her more about this later. Thefa leaves and Hashimoto says so are you ready to continue? Ara nods.

Hashimoto hands Ara the first tool and Ara feels like it bites her and then a stream of blood runs from her down the tool and becomes an ingot at the bottom. He then hands her the second tool and Ara begins to feel slightly weaker as a flame runs down the whole length of the tool with the largest portion of flame on the opposite end. Hashimoto asks her to calm down and control the flame. Even if she isn’t a pure succubus she should be able to turn it down a bit as it is too hot as it is a deep blue almost black flame. Hashimoto is constantly referring to her as “child” the whole time showing the age difference between the two. Hashimoto says I’m sorry if you can’t control your life force yet to control the flame most succubus can be much younger than you, had you been raised here you would be able to. Ara responds saying she was taught to control magical flame but controlling her life force is new for her. He explains to her that they are very similar and walks her through how to find her life force and gauge it and control it. After a while he has her controlling the flame and making it a midnight black and it is much hotter, so hot that even Ara can feel the heat a little. He walks Ara over to an anvil looking thing and she places the tool with the flame under the anvil and she places the ingot down on the anvil. The anvil itself starts to glow and the ingot seems to resonate with it and Hashimoto begins hammering and folding the ingot until he makes it into an unsharpened blade nearly as long as Ara’s body. After doing over 2000 folds he tells her to lift the blade off the anvil before removing the flame she does so however she is exhausted as it has been her life force sustaining this flame for the hours and hours it has taken to do this. He has her lower the blade in a horse trough of water. He takes the flame bearers tool from her and puts it on his bench then takes the metal bearers tool from her and has her sit down. After he tells her that her part in the process is done. It will take its final form as he continues his part in the process. He also tells her she will see it before her coronation takes place and then has guard carry Ara where she needs to go, which is to give her speech to her people at the colosseum.

The next day Ara visits her uncle again.

Ara goes to continue talking to her uncle about things and finds out that there are other locations involved in the things that are going on other than Lunarias and Gaia. Ara sees Seerii and says hi to her as she goes through her uncle’s office and out a door she didn’t notice in it before. After a little bit of talking Ara goes to leave her uncle and let him get on with his work. Before leaving he tells her to see the receptionist that he has left a gift there for her. At the receptionist she is given a bag with her and Angra’s names on it.

#d&d #dnd #d&d5e #the great war #homebrew #campaign #session22b #aravari's adventures 2

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heartsunholy · 4 years ago

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I just spent like almost 2 hours naming Megaera’s estranged family and lemme just tell you, elvish has never looked more like key smashes to me

#i gave them all names that start with a or l and none that end with a #so that megaera's human name stands out even more as the act of spite it was #her step mother named her that and it's literally the name of the fury of jealousy #aravaris amastacia is not a kind step mother

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the-mashibas-rule-my-life · 3 years ago

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The Basic Rundown

Races Explanation Post

Preview of the Google Sheet of the family tree:

(other than the 1st generation which will be explained on this post)

Things To Keep In Mind:

- This family and the world surrounding them started out in Dungeons and Dragons.

- I am currently working on separating them from the lore of D&D entirely, but be mindful that this is a work in progress!

- Most all of the in-world lore was developed by me and my roommate and has nothing to do with D&D, but things like races, classes, and gods still have a close tie to the Wizards of the Coast lore and will be changed.

- While the bases of said races/classes/gods will be similar I will be creating entirely new lore and reasonings behind each of the surface level similarities.

Welcome to the Mashiba Household!

Let's start off with the First Gen of Mashibas! (and Beltaris)

(this will include very basic info on each of the family members, in depth information will be exclusive to their individual posts)

-Axe Mashiba- An 8'6 513 lbs half Dia'rok Paladin of Kord. Ex Barbarian. Husband of Kago Mashiba. Father of 17, and noteably of Sean and Azure Mashiba.

Basic Personality- Loveable old man,

Hobbies- Smithing, drinking, training/working out

-Kago Mashiba- A 6'3 236 lbs half Dia'rok Paladin of Kord. Stay at home mother. Wife of Axe Mashiba. Mother of 17, and noteably Sean and Azure Mashiba.

Basic Personality- Tough loving, motherly, serious woman. A commanding presense.

Hobbies- Cooking, rock collecting, gardening, sewing

-Terafina Beltari- A 6'0 180 lbs Saestmang Merchant. Wife of Mischief Beltari. Mother of Aravari and Noam Beltari.

Basic Personality- Controlling, optimistic woman. Will do whatever she deems necessary to succeed in the ways she wants to.

Hobbies- Stealing, watching fights, gambling, cloud watching

-Mischief Beltari- A 5'4 162 lbs Saestmang Merchant. Husband of Terafina Beltari. Father of Aravari and Noam Beltari.

Basic Personality- Angry, serious, meek man. Is constantly in the shadow of his wife, but puts on that he is the one leading their business and home.

Hobbies- Collecting marbles, drinking, partying, fishing

So!

Now that you are aquianted with the basics, let's get to the good stuff!

(hint: it's all the good stuff)

Below is a list of every person in the Google Sheet and the above section.

Each person's name will link to an individual post with all the information you could ever want (or I have ever created) about them!

Their nicknames, the languages they speak, their interpersonal relationship with every other person listed (and even some that are not!)

NOTE: This blog is and will always be a massive WIP this is the amalgamation of ~4 years of work, and is still worked on daily please be patient as I am currently in the beginning stages of setting everything up!

Masterlist:

First Gen:

Axe

Kago

Jon

Terafina

Mischief

Second Gen:

Sean

Aravari

Veridian

Noam

Thirrie

Third Gen:

Theodore

Takari

Sohma

Marrow

Tiela

Nile

Murdock

Zaia

Aderinne

Mokie

Lorven

Iyleen

Ari

Josiah

Aleh

Mallory

Sarali

Galyen

Ashanti

Bonnie

Ezekiel

Gravel

Naruk

Rez

Ozrai

Mahk

Shel

Fourth Gen:

Nedani

Piper

Liam

Juno

Veridian

Sage

Kim

Kago

Anya

Nadine

Khali

Valentine

Ibrahim

Noam

Priya

Mohammed

Safa

Azalea

Ephedra

Sawyer

Bonnie

Josie

Julian

Luz

Jasper

Lak

dividers from:

@firefly-in-darkness , @animatedglittergraphics-n-more , and some by myself

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dungeonsanddisappointments · 8 years ago

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Campaign Diary: Introduction

Hey, Welcome to my first post here on Tumblr! And about Dungeons and Dragons nonetheless. I figured I could christen the blog with a campaign diary aside from reblogging resources for tabletop role playing games, Dungeons and Dragons specifically. I’ve always enjoyed reading and hearing about others campaigns and I thought if I enjoyed it, someone else might enjoy it too. So, enjoy!

Let’s start with our group of adventurers, ready to set off in the world. Oh and I should mention this now before I forget, we’re playing D&D 5e with some homebrew rules thrown into the mix. We’ll start alphabetically with Abel Nuad. Abel Nuad is the old, Human Druid from… Well I honestly don’t know. I haven’t got much of a backstory from the player but at some point he was from a village somewhere and now has emerged from solitude for whatever reason. Next up is the man who claims to be “Clever as a Devil, and twice as pretty.” I don’t know if that’s from somewhere but I like it and it’s extremely fitting. Cassis Aravari, Tiefling Warlock and part time con-man. Cassis is out looking revenge against his patron for tricking him and killing his brother. Oh, the irony. Following him on the list is Ossura of the Spear. Ossura is an Aarakocran Monk from a monastery high in the mountains that follows the sun and it’s guidance. Think of the sun bros from dark souls but less energetic. He’s now out travelling the world in hopes to explore and experience the world. Last but not least is Valric “Ironheart”, of the Talak-Mithai Clan. Valric is a Goliath Fighter with an ambition to learn and study. On his travels, he ended up saving a town from an invading orc army with the help of a local wizard. And with that all but Ossura find themselves in the small coastal village of Bamoor, in the River’s End Tavern. Don’t worry about Ossura, he’ll show up eventually.

The game starts out how any normal game would. With a drinking contest and swindling an old man out of a few silver of course! Valric ends up winning a free nights stay after impressing the barkeep with some serious drinking skills, managing to down a near giant size mug of ale. During this, and after many failed insight checks, Cassis is able to persuade our Druid Abel into “buying a potion of water breathing” for a very low price of only a few silver. After the commotion of the impressive showing by Valric, Cassis decides to talk to the barkeep about some rumors. Cassis is told that there is a potential cultist den in the forests near the village and that there have been hooded figures seen moving into the forests at night. With the possibility of reward, Cassis decides to enlist the help of both Abel and Valric to slay the cultists leaving the village in fear.

I think that’s where I’m going to end this for now. If I go fully into the first session, this is going to be a little longer than I want it to be. More to come soon and I hope you’re all looking foward to the next entry.

#d&d 5e #campaign #diary #d&d #tabletop #rpg #story #5e #dnd 5e #dnd #character #characters #tabletop rpg #campaign diary #d&d campaign #d&d characters #d&d character #d&d 5th edition

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teja-has-puppet-autism · 8 months ago

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aravari's ass, you agree

#my art =3 #aravari tag #the mashibas tag

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teja-has-puppet-autism · 8 months ago

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howdy please have some vari images

love of my life, stunning woman, perfect even. drew her bare as the day she was born on account of I do NOT like penciling in tattoos when doing quick sketches BUT

I did design a tattoo she would have gotten for Noam (its the shape of his horns) when she thought he was dead

#my art =3 #the mashibas tag #aravari tag

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teja-has-puppet-autism · 2 years ago

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Aravari and Sean (pronounced seen lol)

True love at its finest 🥰😁

I'm loving this stupid ass art style. So incomplete and funky. Makes me actually want to draw because there's no expectation of it being any good

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khrow-shinku · 4 years ago

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TGW Ara’s Despair

D&D 5e Campaign

The Great War

Aravari’s Despair Ara finally arrives in Tartraye and the village is in shambles, no one is around. Not a soul in sight. No hints remain of who lived in the town, what happened to them or where they are now. Feeling that things are hopeless, she plops down in front of the remains of a house as rain begins to fall which hide her tears. Ara thinks to herself, seriously… they get raided by bandits RIGHT before I show up… I thought I was going to finally meet some of my family that was more like me. A bunch of sex crazed tieflings who knew some things that they could teach me. Maybe tell me about my mother as a child and fill in the gaps of my family history. Tell me if I have a brother, or uncles, or aunts, maybe even meet my grandparents. Why… why after all these years is it now, just days before I arrive, that bandits decide to target this place. I must be cursed. As Ara’s pain and sadness begins to turn into anger, her tears evaporate as soon as they fall, in mid air. Ara then tilts her head back and stares at the sky feeling the rain drops evaporate as soon as they touch her skin and she lets out a scream as flames erupt around her. “WHY, DAMN IT WHY?” She screams before going back to sobbing. “My parents died, then I meet a girl who reminds me of my mother but it is complicated, then I find out my dad is alive but then he poofs and is gone and idk where the hell those damn coordinates lead to, there's nothing there on any maps I’ve seen just open ocean. Then some fucking asshole tells me your brother is trying to destroy the world… what fucking brother? Since when do I have a brother? So I go in search of him to see if it is true only to find jack squat so far and then my final lead… and this is it… the remains of a bandit attack. Maybe I am destined to be alone after all. Maybe working as a whore in a brothel is all I’m destined for.” Ara falls back and lays on the ground rain hitting her face as she lays there feeling the will to keep going leave her. She then turns her head and notices the clouds have parted a little and some sun rays are shining down on a lone building that seems to be completely untouched by the bandit attack. Ara, looking lifeless slowly stands up and walks over out of curiosity, the front of the building says “Hall of Town Records”. Ara’s eyes suddenly get big as she wipes the last tear away. I know you are why I found this Rin. I’ve never been a religious girl so there is only one holy person that likes me enough to help guide me. Thank you Rin. Ara then goes inside to begin searching through the records as over in the shadow realm, Rin sneezes and is confused. What was that about? I never sneeze, meh whatever. To be Continued...

#d&d #d&d 5e #the great war #campaign #homebrew #Ara's despair #session 11.5

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