I have no idea what you are talking about.
So basically they are different things? The one where Untrix was was the lair of the Farang and this one of the Mara right?
I made a “really cool diagram” of how the universe works in my GM prep video!
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Oooh where can i find these GM prep videos?
Gun Princess would likely find most of Berg’s titles interesting: Berg the Undying, Breaker of Chains, Ilneval (and any others that I’m forgetting); though she would likely recoil from Berg entirely upon hearing: Berg Hammer of Heaven. It’s likely best if Berg does light up his hammer while their in the realm of the Mara or who knows what will happen.
I’m loving the new lore we’re learning about how the Court of Void works and what the people living in this world are told about the mortal world and Heaven. Also the mirroring of Gun Princess, Little Action and The Business reacting to the use of the word ‘Heaven’ to how we’ve seen characters act to the word ‘Mara’ in the past is just fantastic.
Can’t wait to see what happens next week.
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https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387150867 is the most recent one! the rest are on my youtube channel https://youtu.be/ZTsvlvszQ-k
Question regarding something from the prep
(oops I didn’t mean to make this a reply, was just copying the format for spoilers)
spoilers
Do the humans in the void world have “normal” souls (i.e., from the same pool of 5 billion or whatever)? May have been addressed, but I missed it if so.
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I hesitate to say “this was the weirdest episode of Court of Swords” because… well, you know.
But man, that was pretty weird. I avoid the prep shows so this is all pretty wild to see where it’s going.
YES ! WEIRD FANTASY !
Omg I loved that episode, this Void is so cool !
Showing more of the world is really entertainement, I love it
@GassyMexican In the Patreon there was mention of making suggestions for your ability score increase or feat. I was going to put some here if that’s okay.
I put these in order (in my opinion only) of best to good choices.
- Lucky - I know Dan is already taking this one but I think this is huge in this campaign. Being able to choose to roll another die for an attack roll, ability check or saving throw AFTER you roll it huge. You get it to do it three times before needing a long rest. PS if you have disadvantage, you can roll a third die and pick whichever of the three you want giving you super advantage.
- Strength ASI - Taking that ability score increase to get you to 20 strength. There is nothing wrong with this, you get +1 to hit and +1 to damage. Nice and easy and will always help.
- Mage Slayer - This one is good against spellcasters which could be useful for the team.
- Tough/Durable - I put this two together, tough will give you more HP but Durable bumps your constitution to 14 which is good for a lot of things.
Just my two cents. Also see Shield Master suggestion from the post replying to mine.
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This episode was dope!!!
Couple of notes on the feats. Barbarians don’t get any bonuses from their rage if they wear heavy armor so taking that feat isn’t a good idea. My suggestions would be +2 Str, shield master (now that he doesn’t have a bonus action attack being able to knock people prone with his shield before maharibs great weapon master turn would be strong plus helps his dex saves), and if he is serious about overcoming his fear then resilient wisdom would give him proficiency in wisdom saves turning is -2 into a +2. This would give him two odd scores to even out and getting his Str to 20 for his next two ASIs.
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Such an amazing episode holy shit I’ve been dying to learn more about the Mara forever, so many questions.
@AdamKoebel
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You mentioned when Berg fell from heaven that everyone in the city could see it because something falling from heaven was very noticeable because there are no stars (and possibly no moon). As a reminder what does the sky look like in the normal world? Is there only a sun? And if so how does the tarot acknowledge the existence of the star and the moon?
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Since warlocks exist in the main world by making pacts with the Mara does the opposite exist in voidland where “evil” maraborn reach out to heaven for power and become heaven warlocks? In that same vein would clerics in the voidplane be clerics of the Mara or can only clerics exist by being in contact with heaven? Same with Paladins, dans Paladin I believe was devoted to the fountain directly bypassing heaven altogether, can Paladins gain their power through devotion to any cause (ie Paladins of the Mara) or just to the fountain?
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Does anyone know why the audio for this episode isn’t up on the Patreon yet?
Doh yep just trying to find out a way to get him some AC, totally forgot about that and is obvious for Barbarian. I like the Shield Master idea too.
Sentinel might be a cool feat for Berg.
Whenever you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, its speed drops to 0 for the rest of the turn.
This stops any movement they may have been taking.
Creatures within your reach provoke opportunity attacks even if they took the Disengage action.
When a creature within your reach makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn’t have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature.
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@AdamKoebel
I’ve been giving it a lot of thought, and I think I understand the motivation behind the mara crusades
Summary
Since the blessing of the moon restores life at moonrise, the grand Lumpking won’t give the mara lords XP for anything they kill in the Court of Void (since “killing” doesn’t count as “eliminating the threat” in this case). Instead, they must travel to the other world to MRDR HOBO and reap that sweet, sweet XP from the mortal servants of Heaven. In fact, it is possible that the lower soul is just a crystallization of XP, since it contains the memories and personalities of the targets. It is difficult to cross to the other world, however, because the Lumpking makes the mara lords roll to hit against the dimensional doors. And how else are the mara lords supposed to reach level 20 and win at D&D?
Edit: I also put forward “Lumpking” as a possible name for a certain green chariot-rider.
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The gun princess and the rest are from the same area as the orc/half orcs that just got up from being dead before Utrixs place?
There were Carrion Crawlers in the first part of this episode (description was provided at ~1:30:30, part 1 of the Youtube VOD).
Which one would be closest to them, appearance-wise (but maybe not the size):
- Kwama scribs (Morrowind);
- Crawlers (Gothic);
- Mykosa (Dungeon Siege);
- None of the above?