Brickroad

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Gamer, writer, dungeon master. Card-carrying Florida Man. Author of 𝘍𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 π˜›π˜’π˜­π˜¦π˜΄. Website: rjscibbe.com

Sir Thissle the Standfast Officially, Sir Thissle’s remit is to function as warden of the lands and forests of Darach-moors, and to organize against outside threats. But everyone in Brightmarket knows the old grey-furred grouch to be the jerbeen in charge. His heraldry is a silver spear on a dark green field, representing the Wood and his charge within it. It’s said he knows every banner and knightly oath by heart, going back twelve generations. No one in the Wood takes a broken vow or noble pretender more seriously.
1) A paper airplane flies in the lecturer's direction from the empty seats. (Acrobatics 12) 2) An aggressive heckler disagrees with one of the lecturer's points, forcing them to defend their position. (Int + relevant skill, DC 18) 3) A rotten tomato flies at the lecturer. (Acrobatics 15 or poisoned for the duration of the lecture) 4) A second aggressive heckler accuses the lecturer of plagiarism, forcing them to either properly cite their source or defend their position as an independent idea. (Int + persuasion or deception, DC 18) 5) End strong (Popularity skill check, DC 10 + 3 for each previous failed check)
A very angry gamer says some not-very-nice things.
A naked man with armor class 10 stands next to a tank with armor class -10.
The grotesque statblock for The Thing that was Edmont
Slipstream. Your fur retains a layer of water, making you especially slippery on land. If you have been submerged in the past hour, or it is raining, or you use an action to douse yourself by reducing your Water Die by one step, you gain the following benefits: You have advantage on skill checks to escape a grapple, or on saving throws to end the Restrained condition. You can stand up from being prone by using 5’ of movement, instead of half your movement. You can squeeze without penalty. You can enter a slide by moving at least 10’ in a straight line, then going prone. While sliding, you gain an extra 10’ of movement, you don’t provoke opportunity attacks, and your attack rolls do not have disadvantage from being prone. You cannot turn while sliding. Your slide ends when you are out of movement or your reach an obstruction, and you end your movement prone.
What do I do when my players completely ignore everything I prepped?
The latter tenet, Abhorrence against Waste, spoke of taking only that from the natural world which the druidess needed to survive, and to have basic comfort. She never hunted more than the two of them could eat in a sitting, never pulled up more roots than they needed for a single supper, never carried water when it could be sought out. The bones and furs of her prey were left behind as little offerings to the woods. She explained that scavenging animals would subsist on the marrow in the bones, while birds and rodents would make use of the fur and bits of hide to build nests.
A voice halted his passage across the thoroughfare: "Here, lad." The call belonged to the bakehouse dwarf he had met. It was still hours before dawn, but the ovens were already lit, and the bakehouse's chimney issued forth smoke and pleasant smells. The dwarf's apron was once again patted down with flour. He said, "A hard lot, what happened to your people," and pressed an oven-hot lump of cloth into Winston's hands. Winston peeled back the top flap to reveal three golden biscuits. The steam of them rose up to his face and called forth more memories from his old life in the valley.
He clutched the gate, white-knuckled, mind awash with all the arguments he should have made. Could still make, perhaps, if he could calm down and go back inside. But the more he concentrated on selecting those points his father might find convincing, the more they slipped away from him. Insults took their place.