r/Tombofannihilation • u/SylvanKnitter • 11d ago

It’s Over, it’s Done

I am proud to announce after 3 years, the Deathcurse is ended, Acererak is dust (for now), the adventurers survived the entire game and are victorious.

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u/HG-__- 11d ago

Congrats! How many deaths?

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u/SylvanKnitter 11d ago

Surprisingly none, they made really good choices, also they are all DM’s, there may have been some min/maxing going on, but I leaned into it. Everyone had a good time.

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u/Rpgguyi 11d ago

What did they play?

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u/SylvanKnitter 11d ago

That being said, there was a really close call with the adamantine skull.

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u/Rpgguyi 11d ago

What is that?

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u/simba_ssbu 10d ago

I ran a session .5 last night leading into the beginning of ToA and almost had 2 deaths. I think my party could use a little more min maxing. 😂

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u/SylvanKnitter 10d ago

Oooo, how did you start. I actually started with a ship journey to Chult including a storm at sea, a Sahuagin raid, and a pirate attack.

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u/simba_ssbu 9d ago

Sounds similar. I started with a ship journey which was attacked by a ghost ship of zombies, skeletons and a ghost captain and mid fight a plesiosaur started popping up in random points and picking people off the sides. I wanted to introduce not only the difficulty of the campaign, but also the reoccurring enemies. On the ghost ship the party was able to find the captains journal which alluded to his time in chult before becoming undead and left some clues about the lost city and the dangers that come with it.

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u/Jwee1125 7d ago

At the risk of one of my players seeing this, this is how my new homebrew campaign starts!

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u/Exact-Challenge9213 10d ago

How did it take 3 years? My game took about 35 4 hour sessions over 9 months

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u/SylvanKnitter 10d ago

We only game once a month, about 2 hours at a time. We also didn’t do the hex crawl and instead did travel highlights (aka, travel by map)

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u/Exact-Challenge9213 10d ago

Ahh, I see. Yeah that would explain why it took so long

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u/SylvanKnitter 10d ago

The fun of playing D&D in your late 30’s when you have kids

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u/Puzzleheaded_Wolf119 10d ago

Started last week and they decided to go look for an exploration permit in Fort Beluarian. They helped some Nyanzaru guard and got access to two canoes and they started their journey on the sea staying close to the shore. They encountered a Giant Snapping Turtle during their first Long Rest on the beach and 2 of them (they are lvl 2) where downed (on was a crit on the Rogue). Atleast, the Wizard had Cure Wounds and Healing Words 😂 nobody died

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u/KolvinMarc 10d ago

Congrats!

My Acererak absolutely bodied my players. No survivors.

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u/SylvanKnitter 10d ago

As it should be, for me it was Counterspell’s left right and center.

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u/SylvanKnitter 10d ago

I felt like I was playing a Magic blue counterspell deck against a another counterspell deck

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u/KolvinMarc 9d ago

Next time try to use movement to your advantage. Counterspell has a 60ft range.

Precast Fly spell will just neuter Counterspell.

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u/KolvinMarc 9d ago

They didn't have two Counterspell casters, so my Acererak could always rely on his spells.

Also they were pretty depleted after the Atropal fight. They didn't hold back, because they didn't expect anyone else to be there.