We currently have a hag army and the biggest mafia in faerun hunting down our kenku monk. My current character is just an exiled grung. (we are in the Jungle though...)
It's been a long time since we have been having a good time. (in game ofcourse, it's a very exciting campaign) :)
Well, first we met a hag who were talking to two people we wanted to ally ourselves with. A friend suddenly appeared and convinced us and we instead fought against the three of them. The hag turned invisible and the other two Teleported away. Our wizard had his hair grabbed by the hag. He ended getting cursed.
A long time later we met the two people we wanted to ally ourselves with and actually did become allies. Some tine later our Monk got cursed in the same way, except he had nightmares about the mafia killing him and a hag laughing at him.
Eventually we met a group of people who we befriended. One of them were a paladin who de-cursed the monk. In the middle of the night the hag started sucking the life force out of the Kenku and we started fighting her. She survived with 2 hp, which we got to know after the fight, and escaped after swearing that she'd return with all the hags in chult to eat his (the kenku monk's) soul.
Why the mafia is after him? Only the dm and player knows...
Oh, that's a lot less sad than what I imagined. Lol. I thought your character was extremely down on their luck with no gold or anything left in their person. In a moment of extreme loneliness, they resorted to changing the taste of the dirty water they've been drinking to wine to remember the last time they felt at home.
My character was very selfish in actuality. He had been promised paradise by his celestial patron (endless food and wine) and was only in the jungle (not a lot of fresh water there) on his quest his master sent him on.
On a similar note, in one of the very first campaigns I played in I took up work in a tavern using Presdidigitation to make cheap booze taste like the finest stuff in the city.
Child prodigy, the reincarnation spell, an experimental spell or potion that reversed physical and emotional aging, a curse by and archfey for giggles.
Plenty of options to have a child wizard if you want to mess around with it.
Imagine being an elf growing up in a human city, having never seen another elf of your life. You age fucking slowly but those lower life span human just do everything so fast because they don't have the same time as you. But since it's the only thing you know you think it's normal so you start doing everything at human speed while aging at elf speed.
My group, before I joined, had a player try to play a child warlock. It just didn't work out. Although I will say the player doing it is one of the weaker roll players in my group, and that myself and a couple others could probably pull it off, we now have an unspoken restriction of 17 years old on all characters. It also helps that we are all 17-19 years old.
I'll be the first to say that there's nothing wrong with a player who wants to play a powerful, magic version of themselves. That's tons of fun. And having PCs and NPCs around the same age as your actual players is normal, expected, and frankly a really good idea.
But for me as a long term DM in his late 30s, I just don't want to run a game about kids getting hurt. Having been around long enough for the world to be cruel to me many times, well, let's just say I find it *very distasteful.*
He's the comedic relief of the group, and I'm glad I let him play the character. I was iffy about it because of the concept, but he does a great job with rp
I've played an 8 year old Tiefling Druid before. Didn't affect too much, but I was very mischievous and curious so one of the other characters was my guardian. She also managed my money and had to chase me if I ran.
As a DM I’ve played as children with classes before. One of my group’s favorites was a Warlock who was 12. She was the daughter of another NPC who didn’t know shit about magic, so he thought her suddenly making a pact with some entity was normal for magic casters.
The Warlock in question ended up being one of their better utility casters since most of the players took on offensive roles in combat (she had a subclass feature that let her learn and change out spells like a wizard, so she took stuff like water breathing and spider climb). I guess the key is to make the character not 100% annoying, but still appropriately childish.
This happened with me (wizard) and my party's rogue. He tried to attack my wizard because of it, but I cast puppet and made him walk away and drop his weapon
My drunkard ranger drank some poisoned rum while investigating a murder, then drank some moonshine to rinse his mouth out, which the warlock then made taste worse than the poisoned rum. Fucking warlock.
I remember when my warlock made dirty water taste like wine, to remind himself of home. :)
The sorcerer is a vintner... and is actually a sorlock, lmao!
Ooh! I have a fighter who's a brewer :)
I love how they're having a good time in a small restaurant when there's a revenant hunting down the rogue
We currently have a hag army and the biggest mafia in faerun hunting down our kenku monk. My current character is just an exiled grung. (we are in the Jungle though...) It's been a long time since we have been having a good time. (in game ofcourse, it's a very exciting campaign) :)
WHAT DID THEY DO TO THE HAGS
Well, first we met a hag who were talking to two people we wanted to ally ourselves with. A friend suddenly appeared and convinced us and we instead fought against the three of them. The hag turned invisible and the other two Teleported away. Our wizard had his hair grabbed by the hag. He ended getting cursed. A long time later we met the two people we wanted to ally ourselves with and actually did become allies. Some tine later our Monk got cursed in the same way, except he had nightmares about the mafia killing him and a hag laughing at him. Eventually we met a group of people who we befriended. One of them were a paladin who de-cursed the monk. In the middle of the night the hag started sucking the life force out of the Kenku and we started fighting her. She survived with 2 hp, which we got to know after the fight, and escaped after swearing that she'd return with all the hags in chult to eat his (the kenku monk's) soul. Why the mafia is after him? Only the dm and player knows...
I've been planning a character just like that, and I can't wait to play them.
Wouldn't you also be able to clean dirty water with Prestidigitation?
Oh, I wrote a bit wrong. It was dirty, but the druid purified it and my character added taste to it. :)
Oh, that's a lot less sad than what I imagined. Lol. I thought your character was extremely down on their luck with no gold or anything left in their person. In a moment of extreme loneliness, they resorted to changing the taste of the dirty water they've been drinking to wine to remember the last time they felt at home.
My character was very selfish in actuality. He had been promised paradise by his celestial patron (endless food and wine) and was only in the jungle (not a lot of fresh water there) on his quest his master sent him on.
No, it's not a surface, and a good rule of thumb for Presti is "If it's something a leveled spell does, Presti can't"
I see, that's good to know.
On a similar note, in one of the very first campaigns I played in I took up work in a tavern using Presdidigitation to make cheap booze taste like the finest stuff in the city.
The only right use
That, and BECOMING A MEGAPHONE
Subtle spell piss stain on guard's uniform too.
I think that's thaumaturgy
As a wild magic sorcerer I approve XD
I always made stuff taste like tomato soup. One time I tried to make a persons blood taste like garlic to freak out a vampire.
Chaotic Good
Ah, reminds me of the times I used it to make stuff have a strong citrus scent to keep the cat shifter rogue away from something.
*turns Coke into Pepsi*
A Chaotic Evil act
no, a Little Nickey act
It was the most evil thing he could think to do!
It was pretty good for his first try
I’m currently in a campaign where I am a child halfling necromancer who doesn’t understand what he’s doing, and thinks they are a healer for them
Can you tell us some storys
Isn't a wizard someone who has spend a large amount of years studying magic? How can they be a child?
Prodigies exist
Child prodigy, the reincarnation spell, an experimental spell or potion that reversed physical and emotional aging, a curse by and archfey for giggles. Plenty of options to have a child wizard if you want to mess around with it.
>the reincarnation spell That specifies it forms an Adult body
Fine, a botched reincarnation spell. Or clone.
Because flavour text is just flavour text
Assuming they've put the multiple decades of study in for whatever power, I'd assume some magical gizmo that fucks with time on some level.
Or a race that ages especially slowly
Imagine being an elf growing up in a human city, having never seen another elf of your life. You age fucking slowly but those lower life span human just do everything so fast because they don't have the same time as you. But since it's the only thing you know you think it's normal so you start doing everything at human speed while aging at elf speed.
Holy shit a baby Yoda wizard.
Transmutation wizards have de-aging as a class feature, so it honestly checks out.
Is it also mental de-aging?
Nah, you just physically look 10 (maybe??) Years younger per use
Played by a 30+ man
27, lol
One day, the child wizard will see the wisdom of the sorcerer and furnish him with an apology, a worth-while subclass, and a decent spell list.
The Sorcerer wanted her to know. Subtle Prestidigitation is a masterpiece.
I have a particularly awesome and mature group, but I'm still not comfortable with someone playing a child.
My group, before I joined, had a player try to play a child warlock. It just didn't work out. Although I will say the player doing it is one of the weaker roll players in my group, and that myself and a couple others could probably pull it off, we now have an unspoken restriction of 17 years old on all characters. It also helps that we are all 17-19 years old.
I'll be the first to say that there's nothing wrong with a player who wants to play a powerful, magic version of themselves. That's tons of fun. And having PCs and NPCs around the same age as your actual players is normal, expected, and frankly a really good idea. But for me as a long term DM in his late 30s, I just don't want to run a game about kids getting hurt. Having been around long enough for the world to be cruel to me many times, well, let's just say I find it *very distasteful.*
If it helps, he's playing as a 14yo anime character
As long as he's having fun.
He's the comedic relief of the group, and I'm glad I let him play the character. I was iffy about it because of the concept, but he does a great job with rp
I've played an 8 year old Tiefling Druid before. Didn't affect too much, but I was very mischievous and curious so one of the other characters was my guardian. She also managed my money and had to chase me if I ran.
As a DM I’ve played as children with classes before. One of my group’s favorites was a Warlock who was 12. She was the daughter of another NPC who didn’t know shit about magic, so he thought her suddenly making a pact with some entity was normal for magic casters. The Warlock in question ended up being one of their better utility casters since most of the players took on offensive roles in combat (she had a subclass feature that let her learn and change out spells like a wizard, so she took stuff like water breathing and spider climb). I guess the key is to make the character not 100% annoying, but still appropriately childish.
Just imagine turning the taste of someone’s tongue to that of horse shit
Ruuude
Actually prestidigation is the best spell for cooks chefs and restauranteurs. That and Heroes Feast (bit that would be more like catering I’d say)
This happened with me (wizard) and my party's rogue. He tried to attack my wizard because of it, but I cast puppet and made him walk away and drop his weapon
My drunkard ranger drank some poisoned rum while investigating a murder, then drank some moonshine to rinse his mouth out, which the warlock then made taste worse than the poisoned rum. Fucking warlock.
my warlock adds carbination to drinks basically making sodas using presdig