I am running an ambitious encounter this evening. My level 19 players are trying to aid the god Fharlanghn beat the interloper deity Shaundakul (forgotten realms) in a fight. This is one of the big events of the level. The two travel gods are locked in a stalemate. They are using portals to jump all over the Oerth. The players must first catch up to them by jumping through their portals before they close, bypass whatever hazards are in their path, get to the next portal, and then make attempts to give Fharlanghn the upper hand.

This will hopefully be a super memorable game. I have plans to send them to several locations.
- The Barrier peaks
- The Mist Kingdom
- The Causeway of Fiends
- Port Toli
- The Sea of Dust (Imperial Wastes)
- Highport
- Fort Blackwell
- The Dreadwood
- Rift Canyon
- Isle of Dread

They will only be at each location for a round or two… depending on how they deal with obstacles. Each place will be either a success or a failure, when they earn enough successes, they get a chance to interfere in the god battle, if they fail too many times, they miss the portal and get left behind in a very dangerous place, possibly alone.

Got any interesting challenges, obstacles, environmental hazards, pitches, ideas, or just cool places I didn’t think of?

*This may be enough, but if my players have bad luck, I would love to have some contingencies in place.

Hi all!

Been a while!

As a hobby, I write hymns to D&D gods… been at it a while now. Had a lot of fun covering the racist god of frogs, so, figured a few of you may get a kick out of it. Let me know what ya think of the lyrics!

*much like the other posts, this is human written lyrics… with AI generated audio (as I am a writer, not a musician).

If you don’t like AI, you don’t have to listen to it… the power is yours! Also, I personally don’t care if you don’t like AI, you don’t need to tell me. You can just keep scrolling… it’s not for you, and that’s perfectly okay… not everything is!

You can also skip the video and read the human written lyrics below, if you would prefer.

Lyrics:

From swamps we rise, claim land and sea
The Faithful of the Great Wastri
He can feel your rage, he sets it free
The Hopping Prophet can always see
Oh, the faithful of the Great Wastri
Demi-humans fall, it’s his decree
We’re the faithful of the Great Wastri
It's in our blood, we hold the key
The faithful of the Great Wastri

Dry-backs come, boats capsize
When the mire-born fight, you can hear their cries
All your plots he can foresee
The swamp awaits—hope you’re thirsty

He speaks the truth and you will see
He’s the demi-god of bigotry
Oh, faithful of the Great Wastri
He’ll destroy you, but he loves me
He’ll never bow or take a knee
Oh, the faithful of the Great Wastri
Your kind shall die, his guarantee
We’re the faithful of the Great Wastri
Our blood is pure, we are mighty
The faithful of the Great Wastri

Dry-backs fall, boats capsize
When the mire-born come, all others die
All your plots he can foresee
The swamp awaits—hope you’re thirsty

He made us the best, we make our claim
He hops great height and we praise his name
He is everything we want to be

Oh, we’re the faithful of the Great Wastri
The faithful of the Great Wastri
The faithful of the Great Wastri
The faithful of the Great Wastri
Oh the faithful—
Of the Great Wastri!

It ain't easy being green
But better green—than unclean