#d20 npcs poll bracket

[dimension20npcofalltime]

Tournament Two: Round One - Bracket Two [Dimension 20 NPC of All Time]

Garthy O'Brien vs Ayda Aguefort

Propaganda under the cut

Garthy O'Brien - They/Them

Campaign: Dimension 20 LIVE, Pirates of Leviathan

Who are they?

Garthy O'Brien (pronounced GAR-tee) is a Half-Orc Aasimar pirate and impresariex of the Gold Gardens. They trade in a lot of fine goods, especially magical items, and are known for their ability to break curses.

Why are they the NPC of All Time?

"They are iconic, they are amazing, they are (by d20 most-fuckability poll) the most fuckable NPC. How can they not win??"

"FUCKED THAT RAT MAN. SEND POST, IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE PROPAGANDA SUBMISSIONS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN YOU INCLUDE A GARTHY ONE THAT MENTIONS JACK BRAKKOW I WILL GIVE YOU MY MY LIFE. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MINE BUT I NEED MORE PIRATES OF LEVIATHAN LOVE"

Submitted by: WON THEIR SUDDEN DEATH MINI-ROUND

Ayda Aguefort - She/Her

Campaign: Dimension 20 LIVE, Pirates of Leviathan

Who is she?

Ayda Aguefort (pronounced EYE-da) is a half-phoenix divination wizard and a librarian in the Compass Points Library in Leviathan. She is the daughter of Arthur Aguefort and girlfriend of Fig Faeth.

Why is she the NPC of All Time?

"Queer Black autistic pirate wizard librarian of my heart <3"

"Shes the lesbian autism rep we NEEDED"

"Autistic, wlw, immune to fire damage. Need I say more?"

"Daughter of perhaps the most powerful and most unhinged man in the world, and a bird made of literal fire. Beyond being a black canonically-autistic lesbian wizard/phoenix who becomes girlfriend to one PC and best friend to another, she is also immortal in a way that is both beautiful and tragic. She raised Garthy, and was then raised by Garthy, and then she will most likely be raised by Adaine ad infinitum—gifting Adaine eternal company as a fellow immortal, but also the pain of loss each time she dies and the joy of rediscovery each time she is reborn. Truly the most character of our time."

"AUTISTIC SWAG YOU KNOW IT."

Submitted by: WON HER SUDDEN DEATH MINI-ROUND

[christiansorrell]

Play-By-Blog #18: The Isle by Luke Gearing

Welcome to my ongoing play-by-blog of The Isle by Luke Gearing! We are playing this adventure with its original system, The Vanilla Game (adjusted somewhat to fit the format). You can check out the Play-By-Blog Repository to get all caught up if you wish.

How Play-By-Blog works:

I write up the situation, NPCs, and more, just like a DM.

You vote in the poll to help decide the character's course of action.

I roll the dice, resolve actions, and write them up next week.

So on and so forth for the rest of the adventure!

Notation:

[Text in brackets is out-of-character/GM text!] "Non-italicized quotes denote text from the original adventure!" "Italicized quotations denotes NPC dialogue."

Our character: Medon Girou - Magic Cutpurse

Our maps: The Isle, The Dungeon (so far)

[You can use the links above to find Medon's Character Sheet and map of the Isle and the so far uncovered portions below the surface. On the Dungeon map, you are currently in Floor 2, in Room 12.]

Now, back to the adventure!

You pull your katana from your side and slash down at the eel closest to your feet. [Attack Roll (d20): 5 - Between your AV of 11 and the Eel's AC of 2 - Hit!, Damage Roll (d6): 1!] You connect, but only just slashing lightly across the side of its head as you quickly step back away from the water.

The eel attempts to wriggle forward and reach you with its teeth-filled jaws. [Due to the difficulty of the eel to attack and fight outside of water, you will get a +5 to AC. Attack Roll (d20): 10 - Between its AV of 11 and your AC of 5 - Hit!, Damage roll (d6): 2!] The creature wriggles forward, as if it has been a long, long time since it has had anything at all to each and will do anything to keep you from escaping, and bites into your calf. Blood trickles down over your boots and into the nearby water.

The two remaining eels, tasting blood, attempt to reach out and attack you in the same manner as the first. [Attack Rolls (d20 - both eels): 4 and 20 - the first is under your AC and the second is over the eel's AV - Miss!] They snap out at you but are unable to carry themselves far enough out of the water.

You bring the katana down once more on the first eel. [Attack Roll (d20): 6 - Between your AV of 11 and the Eel's AC of 2 - Hit!, Damage Roll (d6): 4!] In a single swift motion, you sever the eel's head entirely from its body. [50 XP gained!]

Despite the death of the eel, the others press on, driven solely by their hunger. [Morale Roll (brave): 9, 4 - Under their ST of 6 - They keep fighting!]

They ignore the body of the first eel, crawling over it, and lash out towards you. [Attack Rolls (d20 - both eels): 6 and 1 - the first is over your AC and below the eel's AV and the second is under your AC - Hit and Miss! Damage Roll (d6): 6!] The second eel digs its teeth deeply into your thigh and pulls down, slashing at your flesh as it goes. [You are now at 0 Grit (your first line of defense which can be quickly recovered during rest) and just 5 Flesh (your lasting hit points).]

You took the first eel out easily enough. You and your katana can certainly do the job, but as the pain shoots up your body from your leg, you can't help but feel like you are closer to death than you may think. They are close enough on you now that you know turning to run would ensure they would bite at you, at least one time each, but a single strong bite from them could bring you down... [Mechanically, each eel would get a Free Attack if you do anything but attack back during your round (this means casting a spell, running, etc.). Still, it may be worth the chance, but then again both eels are also bested by you with a single, strong attack each.]

[This is tough choice! Either way could go quite bad or quite good. I'll leave the decision in your hands! See you next week! - Christian]

PBB #19 is up now!

[d20brackets]

hello everyone! with the last day of the intrepid hero pc bracket upon us, im looking ahead to decide what to do with this blog in the future! this was so much fun and i think it’s a really fun way to get people engaged w characters and (lovingly) battle it out with friends. i’d love to hear what kind of brackets you’d be interested in playing!

this poll will be open for a week (closes 3pmEST on 2/22/23) but feel free to comment with your opinion after that!

[best-d20-character]

On the nature of this competition:

My problem is that I want to know many things but am lazy and don’t want to run a billion brackets on the same characters. For example, yeah, I want to know who people would vote as the best d20 character, but also the best starstruck npc, or people’s favorite animal companion, or everyone’s favorite Lou pc. Doing that for everything? Untenable. But trying to combine all of those questions into one giant poll, the grand final of which would result in who everyone’s favorite over all is?

You might be starting to get the picture.

Pros for this approach:

bracketception! more information and more winners!

won’t be over quickly

can have polls essentially running constantly

just because your blorbo didn’t win doesn’t mean you won’t see them again (e.g. might have lost favorite npc but could win favorite antagonist)

Cons for this approach:

won’t be over quickly

complicated for me to do and for you to understand. There will probably not be a simple graphic I can just pin helpfully at the top of my page to give a simple rundown of where everything currently is. You will have to trust me a bit (hence the previous poll).

Yes, it will be big and a lot, but I will be trying to tag things helpfully and keeping some sort of informational post pinned at the top for those curious, in addition to having asks open for anyone who doesn’t get what’s happening/wants to know the current state of things.

Thank you all for participating, and may the best character win!

[yourbelgianthings]

surprise, he's been here the whole time! WHAT'S UP BABY, IT'S SPACE! >:)

[yourbelgianthings]

THE WINNER OF THE BRACKET IS AYDA!! EVERYONE CHEER FOR BLACK AUTISTIC LESBIANISM AND WIZARDRY!

[yourbelgianthings]

d20 npcs poll bracket round one!

(these are only main quest npcs, no shade to any side quests, it's just that i've only seen two and the numbers would just get out of control, also no neverafter since i'm not caught up and it isn't done yet)

nadia cicero connie lee carter bajar vs. maddie park

lucienne rex vs. aelwyn abernant

jj jacobs vs. raymond zam

gust weatherall vs. belizabeth brassica

kalina vs. null

tony simos vs. vice principal goldenhoard/kalvaxis

cathilda ceíli vs. bud cubby

em the angel of the waters vs. zelda donovan

calroy cruller vs. augustus ciabatta

gooey vs. jan de la vega

perry the pigeon vs. swifty

bazathrax vs. loose duke

nod vs. jawbone o'shaughnessy

tracker o'shaughnessy vs. esther sinclair

princeps zortch vs. duchess primsy coldbottle

willy vs. arthur aguefort

duke joren jawbreaker vs. garthy o'brien

ayda aguefort vs gorthalax the insatiable

annabelle cheddar vs. sandra lynn faeth

sir keradin deeproot vs. gilear faeth

sklonda gukgak vs. auma liu

dora valentine vs. david kugrich

wally kugrich vs. barry nyne

dale lee vs. pok gukgak

alejandro ortíz vs. zayn darkshadow

robert moses vs. dayne blayde

penelope everpetal vs. the sugarplum fairy

ragh barkrock vs. manta ray jack

queen caramelinda rocks vs. the junkmother

king prilbus vs. thaddeus strongpit

dr. lugash primjitzski vs. plug strutt

bambi leroux vs. coach daybreak