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Mike Shea

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

Mateo would probably love an instrument of some sort, right? A mechanist's implement. Tolstoy has the puzzle box, would probably love wands. And Emmert would probably love also probably the same kind of thing, magic bow or magic light weapons.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

Mateo would probably love an instrument of some sort, right? A mechanist's implement. Tolstoy has the puzzle box, would probably love wands. And Emmert would probably love also probably the same kind of thing, magic bow or magic light weapons.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

So when I'm thinking about what items that I drop in as I'm rolling random items, I might want to keep in mind the sort of stuff that is particularly valuable to them. So that's another little like, hey, the kind of thing to pay attention to while you're doing that research on the characters, right? Where you're putting those characters first and foremost in the mind.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

So when I'm thinking about what items that I drop in as I'm rolling random items, I might want to keep in mind the sort of stuff that is particularly valuable to them. So that's another little like, hey, the kind of thing to pay attention to while you're doing that research on the characters, right? Where you're putting those characters first and foremost in the mind.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

So when I'm thinking about what items that I drop in as I'm rolling random items, I might want to keep in mind the sort of stuff that is particularly valuable to them. So that's another little like, hey, the kind of thing to pay attention to while you're doing that research on the characters, right? Where you're putting those characters first and foremost in the mind.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

So our strong start, we have angry, learned specters who are angry, angered by the destruction of their sister, the Wisp. So the specters are, this could be a potential, potentially they could role play their way out of the scene. And I think that that's totally fine. You know, I don't have any problem with them role playing out of the scene.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

So our strong start, we have angry, learned specters who are angry, angered by the destruction of their sister, the Wisp. So the specters are, this could be a potential, potentially they could role play their way out of the scene. And I think that that's totally fine. You know, I don't have any problem with them role playing out of the scene.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

So our strong start, we have angry, learned specters who are angry, angered by the destruction of their sister, the Wisp. So the specters are, this could be a potential, potentially they could role play their way out of the scene. And I think that that's totally fine. You know, I don't have any problem with them role playing out of the scene.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

I had a very fun scene last night where this is right out of the 1978 adventure Vault of the Drow, which I'm running. And in there, they met a drow vampire and a succubus who had created this glorious, beautiful area that they could live in. And they had servants who were helping them and they were like, come and rest with us. And the characters found out that they were a vampire and a succubus.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

I had a very fun scene last night where this is right out of the 1978 adventure Vault of the Drow, which I'm running. And in there, they met a drow vampire and a succubus who had created this glorious, beautiful area that they could live in. And they had servants who were helping them and they were like, come and rest with us. And the characters found out that they were a vampire and a succubus.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

I had a very fun scene last night where this is right out of the 1978 adventure Vault of the Drow, which I'm running. And in there, they met a drow vampire and a succubus who had created this glorious, beautiful area that they could live in. And they had servants who were helping them and they were like, come and rest with us. And the characters found out that they were a vampire and a succubus.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

And they thought there was going to be a big fight. But the vampire and the succubus realized that the characters are a really powerful because they killed an ancient dragon or they killed the adult dragon nearby and also wield a very powerful drow weapon.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

And they thought there was going to be a big fight. But the vampire and the succubus realized that the characters are a really powerful because they killed an ancient dragon or they killed the adult dragon nearby and also wield a very powerful drow weapon.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

And they thought there was going to be a big fight. But the vampire and the succubus realized that the characters are a really powerful because they killed an ancient dragon or they killed the adult dragon nearby and also wield a very powerful drow weapon.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

known as the lady's kiss a sword and they know that there's like a legacy about that sword it's actually a shard of loth that there's a shard of lost personality in it but is actually part of the leg carapace of uh loth when she was wounded by the corellon elves the you know by corellon and the elves and he's like i'm not standing in the way of that right so they let him go but it was this really tense scene and i remember some players are like oh it would have been interesting to fight like yeah it would have been really hard and like hey we got through it so let's you know

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

known as the lady's kiss a sword and they know that there's like a legacy about that sword it's actually a shard of loth that there's a shard of lost personality in it but is actually part of the leg carapace of uh loth when she was wounded by the corellon elves the you know by corellon and the elves and he's like i'm not standing in the way of that right so they let him go but it was this really tense scene and i remember some players are like oh it would have been interesting to fight like yeah it would have been really hard and like hey we got through it so let's you know

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

known as the lady's kiss a sword and they know that there's like a legacy about that sword it's actually a shard of loth that there's a shard of lost personality in it but is actually part of the leg carapace of uh loth when she was wounded by the corellon elves the you know by corellon and the elves and he's like i'm not standing in the way of that right so they let him go but it was this really tense scene and i remember some players are like oh it would have been interesting to fight like yeah it would have been really hard and like hey we got through it so let's you know

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

And they were like, we hope you don't ruin your encounter. I'm like, I don't, I don't plan encounters. You can't ruin my encounters. Like if you, if you talk your way out, great. There are some times where I'm expect, I expect a fight, but there are other times where it's like, however you defeat this encounter is totally cool with me. And that was, that was when it was totally cool with them.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

And they were like, we hope you don't ruin your encounter. I'm like, I don't, I don't plan encounters. You can't ruin my encounters. Like if you, if you talk your way out, great. There are some times where I'm expect, I expect a fight, but there are other times where it's like, however you defeat this encounter is totally cool with me. And that was, that was when it was totally cool with them.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
The Red Portal Part 1 โ€“ Dragon Empire Prep Session 12

And they were like, we hope you don't ruin your encounter. I'm like, I don't, I don't plan encounters. You can't ruin my encounters. Like if you, if you talk your way out, great. There are some times where I'm expect, I expect a fight, but there are other times where it's like, however you defeat this encounter is totally cool with me. And that was, that was when it was totally cool with them.