u/AxeHack

DND 5E/5.5E hybrid ruleset

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i am planning to give my players trust issues. i gave them a quest to investigate an entire village that has gone missing. when they arrive at the village's supposed location, there will be a lone tavern. if they enter the tavern, an entire village will pop up around them, but they won't know until they look outside. basically, the entire village is a giant mimic

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now players, being players, naturally they'll want to explore the village, but i'm trying to keep them contained to the tavern. my idea was if they tried to head out into tbe village, they'll eventually realize that no matter how much they walked, the village never gets any closer, while the tavern continues to be right behind them as if they never left at all

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my goal is to have the players explore the tavern, and eventually realize the tavern and the village is one giant mimic that make them go "oh f***" and hopefully scare them into running away from the area as fast as they can

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its this last part that i think would cause a potential plothole in my encounter. if the players know they can't run away from the tavern to explore the village, i don't think they're going to try running away because they'll think they can't run away

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any ideas on how to fix this?

i'm looking for a particular map, maybe one of you awesome map makers might be able to help me locate something

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i'm planning on giving my players trust issues. i'm sending them to investigate a missing village. at the location of the villlage, they'll find a lone tavern/inn. if they go inside, an entire village will pop up around the inn while they are inside, and they'll only notice it when they leave the inn. it'll seem like a normal village, but with quirky NPCs that all act weird. and hopefully, after my players do some investigating, i give them the big reveal that the entire village - all the NPCs, the buildings, the furniture, everything - is one big giant and extrenely hungry mimic

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i think i would need two maps - a normal village map, and a mimicfied village map

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or a tavern - i'll accept a tavern and a mimicfied version of the tavern as well, provided it has multiple floors and a cellar (i'm imagining the cellar to be deep and cavernous, with a pool of acid at the bottom, to drive home the idea that the cellar is the mimic's stomach)

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paid or free maps, it doesn't matter - i just need to find something before next Friday

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thanks!

i have a player in my campaign who works night shifts, that when it's time for the session, he'll very often fall asleep right in the middle of the session. now, it's totally understandable - he works late, and real life absolutely comes first, but that also means he dozes through a lot of the things that are going on during the session

the player wants to continue the campaign, and i would love it if he engaged more with the campaign, but coffee and energy drinks don't seem to work for him. changing the time unfortunately isn't a viable option neither since it's the only time when everyone at the table is free

any ideas on how i can help my player stay engaged without affecting his health or mental wellbeing?