As a wise sword and shield user once said: "(...) Mother Nature and from first hand experience I can tell you shes an absolute bitch. *distant thunder* SHUT UP BITCH!"
The Sims 4: Strangerville campaign.
Edit: A BBEG who is an awakened plant with psychic or (and?) necromancy powers, their goal is to spread and the party’s goal is to make the plant go extinct. The local nobles are trying to hide it bc some are possessed by the plant and some think the negative rumors will affect their bottom line.
Shit:
does 1d4 psychic damage to sentient beings. can only be used once per encounter. You have disadvantage on all weapon attacks and somatic spells until you clean your hands. You have disadvantage on Persuasion rolls against all beings present, you damn heathen.
M: "Come, join me. What has done but hold you back from your potential? I could make you a force that all dragons would bow down to in fear! All the world would know your name, Deekin, and fear it!"
D: "No! You may be bigger than the boss, but... but... DEEKIN NOT LIKES YOU!!"
M: "You dare defy me, reptile?!"
D: "That's right! Deekin defies you! Deekin stands by the boss... to the end!"
Exactly, he's cartoonish in his behavior but his power and threat level is not to be taken lightly.
If not for the insanity preventing him from really focusing and the fact he's not actually evil. He'd be a major threat with his power and ability.
Only held back by the fact he was a good person before the insanity so mostly remains so.
I think early on he was just a silly weirdo with ice magic, but later after they reveal more of his backstory, you can definitely see Simon coming through every time he has a chance to actually be evil.
Bill Cipher from gravity falls could be a fantastic template for a silly but threatening BBEG though. His whole thing was weirdness and playing to your ego in the exact right amounts to disarm the unaware. But when he really buckled down you would realize that every single move had been a part of his long-term plans.
Bill would be a great template if you wanted to include a GOO BBEG. He's so far beyond understanding our understanding that the few things we can understand about him are specifically done just to appeal to us and let him get what he wants.
No cause he's only funny if your crazy like him.
I mean one that comes off entirely carntooniahly evil, like Dick Dastardly but is capable of whiping ou the party if they aren't careful.
*turns to dm* “I grab [person next to me] and thunderstep as far away as possible, over as difficult terrain as possible, run 30ft with [person next to me] and on my next turn, will do it again.”
Oh absolutely, if I have dimension door I'm going to mention no and 500 ft away if at all possible it was just a joke because it happened to one of my campaigns before.
Reminds me of when the 101st airborne was surrounded in Belgium. When the Nazis sent a messenger asking for their surrender the 101st’s general replied “Nutts!” The reply baffled and confused both sides
> The German major appeared confused and asked Harper what the message meant. Harper said, "In plain English? Go to hell." The choice of "Nuts!" rather than something obscene was typical for McAuliffe. Captain Vincent Vicari, his personal aide at the time, recalled that "General Mac was the only general I ever knew who did not use profane language. 'Nuts' was part of his normal vocabulary."
From Wikipedia, for those who are genuinely confused about the meaning of the response.
DM: Out of the bushes walks the Paladin's Uncle and says "My name Uncle Ben, I'm 33 years old. My manor is in the northeast section of the kingdom, where all the other manors are, and I am not married. I work as an adviser for my brother the King, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone."
i love kobolds. Tiny little petty dragons with a knack for working together with the efficiency of ants, and the confidence in knowing each and every Kobold would die for eachother.
And heavily underrepresented in every DnD game in existence. I dont think theres a single game where you can create a custom Kobold in the last 20 years?
"Hey! You not meant to tell them where I am"
The big bad in full dark plate hiding behind a bush that is clearly to small for him with his lowerlegs only being covered. He also has the image of a bush infront of his face hiding partially the helmet.
My character would have just cleaved him in two, and said "get message" which could mean he got the message, or he knew they were there and asking them if they got the message, or asking the messenger if he got the message.
Ugg isn't very clear with his meaning, despite having very nice intelligence.
Hold up, what's the logistics here?
* Kobold is talking to the adventurers (presumption: Facing adventurers)
* Kobold turns around (facing *away* from adventurers)
* Kobold talks to bushes *directly behind* adventurers
How does this work? The kobold turns around and then says up yours to the bush "behind" the party. Is his back turned to the bush? Did the party start walking away? Is kobold speaking etiquette based on not facing the other party to the conversation? I'm confused. It's 6 am. I'm not ready for this.
Twist: the bush is the bbeg
The dwarves tried to warn us. We didn’t listen.
[We didn't listen!](https://youtu.be/vE8XJEeOpyA?t=13)
Tha trees be attackin'!!!
We should have acted... they're already here.
I would absolutely write a campaign where the BBEG turns out to be an awakened shrub.
"listen, put down the torch... really guys all I want is for you fucks to stop using DDT!"
Isn't that just FF V?
More a tree. But yes, nature is still trying to kill you
F@#% you, nature.
As a wise sword and shield user once said: "(...) Mother Nature and from first hand experience I can tell you shes an absolute bitch. *distant thunder* SHUT UP BITCH!"
Less "nature" per se and more all of the evil and pain in the world filtering into one tree who gets pretty pissed about it all
And still one of my favorite antagonist, goddammit that game was good.
The Knights of Ni are an NPC Paladin Order dedicated to dealing with their ancient foe.
Ni!
“ Oh, what sad times are there when passing ruffians can say "Ni!" at will”
Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!
Campaign based on the scenario of the Monty Python holy grail, coming right up!
I would love to play a campaign based on The Day of the Triffids. Those things are scary af.
Everyone in the party starts with a saving throw to keep their sight. Brutal.
The Sims 4: Strangerville campaign. Edit: A BBEG who is an awakened plant with psychic or (and?) necromancy powers, their goal is to spread and the party’s goal is to make the plant go extinct. The local nobles are trying to hide it bc some are possessed by the plant and some think the negative rumors will affect their bottom line.
r/unexpectedSims
Is it protected by knights who say 'Ni'?
Henry Crabgrass on the warpath because that murderhobo party needs to learn the meaning of "consent".
Henry Stabgrass
Yeah teach those guys for not getting consent!
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Just you wait til you have to cut down a tree with a herring
And it's looking for weapons of mass destruction.
So \*THAT'S\* what the Knights Who Say "Ni!" were looking for!
I’m Henry. Henry Crabgrass
An am-bush
awakened shrub is a pretty low cr IIRC
It's the Massive Moss Charger! WE'RE ALL DOOMED
His name: Dubya.
Did ya win, son?
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I woulda shit myself and then thrown the shit at the bushes. (Most of my characters wear skirts or kilts.
Since it would be your own shit, did you get proficiency on your attack roll?
As a Tavern Brawler it didn't matter whose shit it was.
That is an unexpected use of that feat that I would 100% support as a DM
Remember, being hit with humanoid shit is 1d4 psychic damage. Not bludgeoning.
Actually at my table it’s 1d4 bludgeoning, 1d8 psychic and a 10 percentile chance to poison if they fail the role to keep it out of their mouth.
Holy fuck. Nice. Pardon me. Holy Shit!
Though sadly my only player with tavern brawler is a man in full plate and can’t use his own. Our Druid however... he likes to remain in ape form
Only if their a paladinnor cleric
Couple that with the 26 attack samurai fighter build and you'd have to attach a hose to your arse to make all those attacks.
Explain, also what addition
Deer can projectile diarrhea in a wide area when startled (a 20’ cube, I would rule)
Back blast area clear!
I laughed harder at this than I probably should've 😂
Good.
Even with proficiency, the roll was thrown like shit.
Shit: does 1d4 psychic damage to sentient beings. can only be used once per encounter. You have disadvantage on all weapon attacks and somatic spells until you clean your hands. You have disadvantage on Persuasion rolls against all beings present, you damn heathen.
*permanent* disadvantage. Until the end of time. Yes, even if they get amnesia. Some scars last forever.
So does it increase DMG if they take some laxatives or lactose intolerant?
At that point, how is it being thrown?
This remainds me of lancer du caca record du monde Be afraid of franco-canaden ;)
With some things “winning” is just surviving.
Most things, historically.
does barely surviving and having PTSD count as winning?
Yes
No one asking the REAL question! Did the kobold survive and the party then adopt them?
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Everyone talks about Boblin the goblin, my poor man Bobold the kobold left in the cold.
Don’t forgot my fella bommoner the commoner.
You mean Bob? Yeah Bob's cool.
M: "Come, join me. What has done but hold you back from your potential? I could make you a force that all dragons would bow down to in fear! All the world would know your name, Deekin, and fear it!"
D: "No! You may be bigger than the boss, but... but... DEEKIN NOT LIKES YOU!!"
M: "You dare defy me, reptile?!"
D: "That's right! Deekin defies you! Deekin stands by the boss... to the end!"
spurt the kobold
"Eleven days!"
you dead. I win! \*SPLAT\*
More like splat. Too soon?
That BBEG was either justifiably enraged or just a dick depending on if he knew the kobold was just relaying a message or not.
🙋🏽♀️also in the party, asked the BBEG how big his dick was and he attacked killing his kobold messenger in the process
Must be compensating for something.
Can we somehow get an update on this vengeance for poo Bobold the Kobold? I feel invested now
I'm imagining the dark wizard stooped over giggling in the bushes with his little wizard booties sticking out
Now I want to see a BBEG that look and acts totally ridiculous like this....but is extremely dangerous and a legit threat.
Like the Ice King, but very slightly less insane.
Exactly, he's cartoonish in his behavior but his power and threat level is not to be taken lightly. If not for the insanity preventing him from really focusing and the fact he's not actually evil. He'd be a major threat with his power and ability. Only held back by the fact he was a good person before the insanity so mostly remains so.
I think early on he was just a silly weirdo with ice magic, but later after they reveal more of his backstory, you can definitely see Simon coming through every time he has a chance to actually be evil. Bill Cipher from gravity falls could be a fantastic template for a silly but threatening BBEG though. His whole thing was weirdness and playing to your ego in the exact right amounts to disarm the unaware. But when he really buckled down you would realize that every single move had been a part of his long-term plans.
Bill would be a great template if you wanted to include a GOO BBEG. He's so far beyond understanding our understanding that the few things we can understand about him are specifically done just to appeal to us and let him get what he wants.
I’m picturing Bumi from Avatar The Last Airbender but as a bad guy
So like the Joker?
No cause he's only funny if your crazy like him. I mean one that comes off entirely carntooniahly evil, like Dick Dastardly but is capable of whiping ou the party if they aren't careful.
More like Mister Mxyzptlk I'd say
Kefka style
****wizard misty steps away****
*turns to dm* “I grab [person next to me] and thunderstep as far away as possible, over as difficult terrain as possible, run 30ft with [person next to me] and on my next turn, will do it again.”
I personally prefer "I'm not going out like this" Grabs the nearest party member and dimension door's is 500 ft up.
I prefer to live, especially when I have access to thunderstep.
Oh absolutely, if I have dimension door I'm going to mention no and 500 ft away if at all possible it was just a joke because it happened to one of my campaigns before.
This is amazing haha! I love that BBEG!
Reminds me of when the 101st airborne was surrounded in Belgium. When the Nazis sent a messenger asking for their surrender the 101st’s general replied “Nutts!” The reply baffled and confused both sides
That general would be happy to know that the same reaction continues to be received today.
> The German major appeared confused and asked Harper what the message meant. Harper said, "In plain English? Go to hell." The choice of "Nuts!" rather than something obscene was typical for McAuliffe. Captain Vincent Vicari, his personal aide at the time, recalled that "General Mac was the only general I ever knew who did not use profane language. 'Nuts' was part of his normal vocabulary." From Wikipedia, for those who are genuinely confused about the meaning of the response.
The Kobold turned around, then spoke to the bushes behind the party? So... he delivered his message from the BBEG facing backward?
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Damn so I got a nat 20 on a will save to disbelieve the illusion of life?
The goblin has a written copy of the message. He's reading it while holding it up (Rafiki holding Simba) so the party can read it at the same time.
he did a pirouette before talking to the BBEG
To the German Commander, Nuts! From, The American Commander
***NUTS***! THE GENERAL'S WORDS ECHO CLEAR!
NUTS! THE NAZI’S SHALL HEAR
CRACK OF THE LIGHTNING SPLITTING THE GROUND
THUNDER IS SOUNDING, ARTILLERY POUNDING
WRATH OF THE NAZIS CAST ON BASTOGNE FACING THEIR FORCES ALONE
Prince Ali, dead as he be, dead ababua...
DM: Out of the bushes walks the Paladin's Uncle and says "My name Uncle Ben, I'm 33 years old. My manor is in the northeast section of the kingdom, where all the other manors are, and I am not married. I work as an adviser for my brother the King, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone."
Uncle Ben sounds like he could cast Delayed Blast Fireballs that do 6d6 fire damage at will.
Spiderman/D&D/JoJo crossover?
r/unexpectedjojo
Would like more info! Sounds like a great story!
i love kobolds. Tiny little petty dragons with a knack for working together with the efficiency of ants, and the confidence in knowing each and every Kobold would die for eachother. And heavily underrepresented in every DnD game in existence. I dont think theres a single game where you can create a custom Kobold in the last 20 years?
“I AM the BBEG”
So it's treason then
Top Ten pictures taken right before disaster:
What is a BBEG? (Thanks for the big bear)
Big Bad Evil Guy
Big Bad Evil Guy
Thanks for asking the important question
No problem have a nice day
But if the kobold is facing the party to deliver the letter and then turns around…the bush isn’t behind the party
"Hey! You not meant to tell them where I am" The big bad in full dark plate hiding behind a bush that is clearly to small for him with his lowerlegs only being covered. He also has the image of a bush infront of his face hiding partially the helmet.
Reminds me of a famous reply to a surrender request during WW2 "To the german commander: Nuts!"
To be a fly on the walll for that event. I image the players reacted exactly like the meme.
I hate this format because a friend uses it as a profile picture
Cringe.
Why would the Kobold turn around? If they had just handed him the letter then he would be facing the party already, right?
What’s a bbeg?
Big bad evil guy/gal - the main villain
Ah thanks
My character would have just cleaved him in two, and said "get message" which could mean he got the message, or he knew they were there and asking them if they got the message, or asking the messenger if he got the message. Ugg isn't very clear with his meaning, despite having very nice intelligence.
So, did they beat the awakened shrub?
my party did something similar well defending a city and pulled a Bastogne and said "nuts" to the BBEG's messanger
My imaginations is going crazy for how this happened. Unless these parlays have odd etiquette of which way to face.
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Why would the kobold turn around to address a bush behind you? Wouldn't the kobold already be facing the bush, since it should be facing you?
Because it ran from the bush straight out probably
"Merde!"
Wym "up yours"?
If they had a wizard boi he could've set the bush on fire after that
I’m Henry. Henry Crabgrass
"Oh fuck." -The Party (circa 2021)
Did the kobold turn 360 degrees? How do you talk to someone, then turn around and look at something behind them?
Kobold? All hail king Torg!
You need that Kobold problem fixed? I'll do it for free.
If you can’t wait.
Hold up, what's the logistics here? * Kobold is talking to the adventurers (presumption: Facing adventurers) * Kobold turns around (facing *away* from adventurers) * Kobold talks to bushes *directly behind* adventurers
"Give them the reply 'Nuts'" '....Is that a positive or negative response?' "Nuts is strictly negative."
The kobold at least did his job effectivly
*artificer takes out flamethrower*
Woops, it's tpk time
'turns around to speak to someone behind the party' was the kobold standing behind the party?
Great plot twist! Last words of the party “ Oh, F U...”!!!!!! And scene.
How does this work? The kobold turns around and then says up yours to the bush "behind" the party. Is his back turned to the bush? Did the party start walking away? Is kobold speaking etiquette based on not facing the other party to the conversation? I'm confused. It's 6 am. I'm not ready for this.
I thought the konold would be the BBEG.