D&D 5e One-Shot Dragonlance: Plagued Awakening

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro
2:10 Rising to the Occasion
2:00:16 Break Begins
2:05:06 The Dark Way
3:26:18 The Plague Mother
4:39:55 Outro

Cast of Characters

Birgir Rún | Human | 1st Level Sorcerer / Runechild
Sciron | Human | 1st Level Warlock
Xóchitl Tempest | Human | 1st Level Barbarian
Āhuacatl | Human | 1st Level Druid
Eztli Kapok | Human | 1st Level Cleric of Chislev

About Dragonlance: Plagued Awakening

Deep in the Sahket Jungle of Nordmaar, a plague has struck the people of the Teocali. Great warriors have been sent to uncover the truth of its origin and stop its spread, but months have gone by and the adults and elderly have begun dying. Now the youth of the tribe must stand up and fight for their people. This will be their moment of awakening, or the tribes complete annihilation.

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga gaming episode. Today we are playing a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition one-shot titled Dragonlance: Plagued Awakening! It is Bracha, Newkolt the 27th and my name is Adam.

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Game Setup

It is 431 AC, twelve years since Takhisis the Queen of Darkness was killed and the gods returned in this Age of Mortals. In the northern Sahket Jungle of Normaar, fifteen miles east of the Yehudia Valley, the Teeocali tribe has been living in isolation for time immemorial. As the world suffered through two cataclysms, these barbaric humans have lived, warring with regional tribes in their deadly ‘might makes right’ culture. The Teeocali have settled in an ancient ruin that is older than the first man. The wise star speakers say this holy site was first created in the Age of Starbirth by The World Tree. The Bakali are believed to be its first inhabitants. They created mighty Ziggurats and turned to worshiping the newly arrived Dragons, until the First Dragon War. The jungle has since swallowed their secrets.

Recently the men and women have become afflicted by a wasting sickness of unknown origin. The star speakers are unable to cure it with their magics from The Beast, or their more recently discovered mystical rites. The regional tribes have abandoned the Teeocali to their fates. The once friendly Kagonesti and Niedar tribes have forsaken them. In desperation, Attatoz, the elderly Teeocali king, has sent every man and woman over the past decade to discover the source of this sickness, but none have returned. Now with no other options, a tribal calling has been formed.

You all enter the sacred temple site where your tribe would have once filled its grounds, but now stands nearly empty as only the young and elderly remain. The gravity of the tribe’s future has finally hit you as you realize that you are its most veteran members, and you are not yet considered adults. As you approach Attatoz’ throne, his eyes sweep across the temple grounds, with palpable sorrow and exhaustion read within them. Attatos was once a mighty warrior, and though his physical body still shows signs of that strength, his frame is aged and weary. Years and the wasting sickness has consumed him, and very little time remains for him before he joins the World Tree. Behind him stands the Star Speaker, Myuhhue. This ancient woman’s frame is twisted and broken physically but her connection to the surrounding jungle and The Beast creates a palpable aura which surrounds her.

GM notes:

The King addresses the congregation foretelling doom
The Star Speaker foretells a prophecy, that the darkness may be lifted by the hand of the teeocali. Five warriors are needed to seek out the cause of this disease, or all is lost.

Act 1 – Rising to the Occasion

The heroes must accept the challenge, or myuhhue will call them out.
They are told to collect the leaves of the Jubesi, a rare flower which only blooms when the red eye looks down on the jungle.
- This will lead then to the source of the corruption
They have three days to track the Jubesi, where they have a skill challenge and an encounter with panther attacking a spirit owl
- 2 panthers kill the owl, but its spirit guides them to the flower for helping
- Three out of five successes to find the flour
  - Located the area, evading wildlife
  - Climbed the cliff edge to find the waterfall
  - Found the cavern entrance

Act 2 – The Dark Way

They all must sacrifice effort or blood for the ritual so the dark way is revealed
- CON saving throw, failure means overtaken with spell
- Jaguars Rest, Pillar of Fire, The Dark Way
- The Dark Way is an ancient animal trail
They must travel and fight off a giant snake and two Bakali

Act 3 – The Plague Mother

Their presence is known, and Kraw is waiting for them.
- You will die like all of your people
- Bloodstained walls with insects feeding on remains of gore the smell is overwhelming
- Madness checks (Wis Save) https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dmg/running-the-game#Madness
Zo-Jew, Shaman of The Black Wind is melding a diseased corpse with vegetation, infesting the jungle itself with the disease to bring doom to the tribe
- Madness checks (Wis Save) https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dmg/running-the-game#Madness
- The Teocali people pushed the bakali to the verge of extinction, so this is retribution fueled by a god who wants attention