So last Saturday I played in my friend Navin's D&D 5th edition game. This was my second time playing this new edition of Dungeons & Dragons, prior to this I played in an intro for the game run by my friend Alex but it was just a one shot so I never got to fully experience this game system. Navin wanted to run a full campaign so I jumped at the opportunity to experience fully what this game had to offer.
So the campaign setting for this game is Eberron and honestly I'm not awfully familiar with the setting, all I know is that Eberron is that campaign setting with Warforged as a race. So our DM Navin has read heavily into the lore and stuff so that definitely makes this interesting game.
Elliantir the Elf Fighter - Played by Razzman Khaliff
Niles Human Cleric of the Silver Flame - Played by Yip Weng San
Vein D'Tharashk Human Rogue - Played by Khi-Jon Chua
GM - Navin Nathaniel Innasi
So, we start off in a city called Sharn which is a sprawling metropolis in the Nation of Breland. Our characters come into a tavern (What campaign doesn't start off in tavern?).
So the campaign setting for this game is Eberron and honestly I'm not awfully familiar with the setting, all I know is that Eberron is that campaign setting with Warforged as a race. So our DM Navin has read heavily into the lore and stuff so that definitely makes this interesting game.
Elliantir the Elf Fighter - Played by Razzman Khaliff
Niles Human Cleric of the Silver Flame - Played by Yip Weng San
Vein D'Tharashk Human Rogue - Played by Khi-Jon Chua
GM - Navin Nathaniel Innasi
So, we start off in a city called Sharn which is a sprawling metropolis in the Nation of Breland. Our characters come into a tavern (What campaign doesn't start off in tavern?).
I rolled an Elf Fighter named Elliantir who is looking for job in the big city after his tribe got wiped out by a band of raiders.
Khi-Jon played Vein the Human Rogue of House Tharashk, apparently he's some sort of private detective on an assignment to find a noble's missing cat.
Yip played a Cleric of the Silver Flame named Niles who is eager to convert people to his religion by passing them flyers like some kind of Jehovah's witness.
Suddenly in comes a half-orc named Argonak who apparently knows Vein and he proceeds to brag about how he had finished not only his mission on behalf of House Tharashk but also managed to finish Vein's mission to find the noble's cat cause he had so much free time and is awesome like that. After berating Vein he then adds insult to injury by paying for everyone's drink and then storms off but not before taking a punch to the face by an angered Vein. Argonak laughs at Vein's feeble attempt at a punch and then walks off, warning Vein that he will report Vein to his superiors about this incident.
So, now with all three of us more less in need for a job find out from the barkeep that we could go to the Breland Unemployment Agency to find a job and since all us were headed in the same direction we decided to go there together.
So, now with all three of us more less in need for a job find out from the barkeep that we could go to the Breland Unemployment Agency to find a job and since all us were headed in the same direction we decided to go there together.
Along the way we get accosted by some thugs who apparently did not like the way I walked and proceeded into a fight, fortunately Vein and Niles decide to back me up and we handily beat up the thugs.
By the time we had reached the offices of the Breland Unemployment Agency however it was already night time and there was also a very long queue of people looking for jobs. Apparently, due to a war in the neighbouring kingdom of Thrane had caused an influx of refuges feeling the war. So we decided to camp out in the streets for the night and during that time befriend a scholar from the Arcanix University who had fallen on hard times.
The next morning the offices opened again and we were interviewed for jobs but before they could match us with a potential employer we had to sign an agreement to adhere to all of Breland's laws. We were then told to meet with someone called Malys D'Cannith for further instructions, apparently House Cannith was in need of capable adventurers to aid them in an expedition.
By the time we had reached the offices of the Breland Unemployment Agency however it was already night time and there was also a very long queue of people looking for jobs. Apparently, due to a war in the neighbouring kingdom of Thrane had caused an influx of refuges feeling the war. So we decided to camp out in the streets for the night and during that time befriend a scholar from the Arcanix University who had fallen on hard times.
The next morning the offices opened again and we were interviewed for jobs but before they could match us with a potential employer we had to sign an agreement to adhere to all of Breland's laws. We were then told to meet with someone called Malys D'Cannith for further instructions, apparently House Cannith was in need of capable adventurers to aid them in an expedition.
When we met with Malys D'Cannith she had us sign non-disclosure agreements before she would tell us any information on the expedition. There had been a schism between members of House Cannith and we told that we were representing Cannith South specifically, aside from that competition with all the other Houses was fierce what with all the recent troubles. We were then told that the expedition was to a place called the Mournlands where there was once a advanced civilization that got destroyed by some sort of cataclysm.
With all introductory business squared we then were given a task by Malys to charter transportation for the crew of ten as well as cargo. It was imperative that no one else knew about the expedition or that House Malys was involved at all and so it was up to us as independent agents to charter a train there in order as to not arouse suspicion among the the other Houses.
As it turned out charting a train for this expedition was quite tricky as not only had we needed to secure a private carriage but we also found out that the freight trains were leaving tonight while the passenger train were only leaving tomorrow morning. And so after much discussion we finally decided to split the crew, my character Elliantir along with Vein would travel with the cargo in the freight train tonight (Apparently the train conductor would not allow Niles to travel with us as he was concerned with Silver Flame related terrorist activities) while Niles and the rest of the crew would travel in the passenger train. The plan was that me and Vein would travel on the freight train arrive at our destination and guard our cargo while waiting for the passenger train the next day.
With all introductory business squared we then were given a task by Malys to charter transportation for the crew of ten as well as cargo. It was imperative that no one else knew about the expedition or that House Malys was involved at all and so it was up to us as independent agents to charter a train there in order as to not arouse suspicion among the the other Houses.
As it turned out charting a train for this expedition was quite tricky as not only had we needed to secure a private carriage but we also found out that the freight trains were leaving tonight while the passenger train were only leaving tomorrow morning. And so after much discussion we finally decided to split the crew, my character Elliantir along with Vein would travel with the cargo in the freight train tonight (Apparently the train conductor would not allow Niles to travel with us as he was concerned with Silver Flame related terrorist activities) while Niles and the rest of the crew would travel in the passenger train. The plan was that me and Vein would travel on the freight train arrive at our destination and guard our cargo while waiting for the passenger train the next day.
While we quite sure that we had managed to get the whole deal without attract much attention that would change when Elliantir and Vein came to board the freight train. An elf wearing a conductor's uniform approached us and had us confirm that we were travelling along with the cargo on behalf of house Cannith, the elf assured us that he would keep all record confidential and that he was merely confirming for record keeping purposes and it seemed legit at the time.
However later we find out that the elf was impersonating a train officer and that we had told "someone" about our involvement with House Cannith. We then start frantically looking around for the elf before our train departed but alas to no avail, Vein even got into some trouble after he angered some elves who were drinking at a bar nearby. With no leads with the elf impersonator we had to cut our losses and just board the train we bid farewell to Niles and told him we would meet up with him and the rest of the crew when his train arrived the next day.
However later we find out that the elf was impersonating a train officer and that we had told "someone" about our involvement with House Cannith. We then start frantically looking around for the elf before our train departed but alas to no avail, Vein even got into some trouble after he angered some elves who were drinking at a bar nearby. With no leads with the elf impersonator we had to cut our losses and just board the train we bid farewell to Niles and told him we would meet up with him and the rest of the crew when his train arrived the next day.
Meanwhile, in the warehouse district a familiar elf takes off her train conductor disguise and reveals a Dragon Dragonmarked tattoo... TO BE CONTINUED.
Alright, so there you have it my session report for Navin's 5th ed Eberron campaign. So my thoughts on 5th edition is that it's a really barebones iteration of D&D 3rd edition.
Honestly I am used to more complicated systems like Pathfinder but I am really eager to see what characters can do at higher levels and I am especially interested in the character archetypes we can take at lvl 3 as my fighter has choice between becoming a Champion which is your typical heavy hitter, an Eldritch Knight which combines magic and martial ability or a Battlemaster which is like a tricky maneuver guy. I am leaning toward Eldritch Knight as I love my multiclass fighter wizards, basically these archetypes kinda remind of prestige classes in 3.5 but the cool thing being that you can take them sooner rather than around lvl 6-7 as it used to be in 3.5. I definitely am looking forward to playing more to experience the system and this Eberron setting is pretty cool, so yeah.
We usually alternate GMs for our games so expect the continuation of this campaign 2 weeks from now. This has been Razz-to the-Razzy Razzman reporting for Navin's 5th ed Eberron and I'll see you guys next time!
Alright, so there you have it my session report for Navin's 5th ed Eberron campaign. So my thoughts on 5th edition is that it's a really barebones iteration of D&D 3rd edition.
Honestly I am used to more complicated systems like Pathfinder but I am really eager to see what characters can do at higher levels and I am especially interested in the character archetypes we can take at lvl 3 as my fighter has choice between becoming a Champion which is your typical heavy hitter, an Eldritch Knight which combines magic and martial ability or a Battlemaster which is like a tricky maneuver guy. I am leaning toward Eldritch Knight as I love my multiclass fighter wizards, basically these archetypes kinda remind of prestige classes in 3.5 but the cool thing being that you can take them sooner rather than around lvl 6-7 as it used to be in 3.5. I definitely am looking forward to playing more to experience the system and this Eberron setting is pretty cool, so yeah.
We usually alternate GMs for our games so expect the continuation of this campaign 2 weeks from now. This has been Razz-to the-Razzy Razzman reporting for Navin's 5th ed Eberron and I'll see you guys next time!