The Savage Sea (5E) [3-5 level 4 *OOC*]

[JustinCase]

I would love to be in this game, too.

Bimpnott was really fun, but his adventuring days are over (so many KO's...). Let me think of a character and I'll post my idea.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Here's my rough back story for the kobold barbarian

Spoiler

Zrok lived in an isolated cave system containing the bones of long dead dragon, so ancient none of the tribe knew its name. They made offerings to it, and protected what meager bits of its horde had not been carried off or rotted away long ago. They occasionally skirmished with a small tribe of goblins near by but for the most part it was a quiet and (relatively) peaceful life. Until the people in robes came. They said they too worshipped the dragon bones, and claimed to know how to bring it back to life, so the clan reluctantly allowed them into the caves. Zrok doesn't know what happened that night, but he woke in the skull of the dragon surrounded by the corpses of his clan, a strange symbol scarred over his left eye, and another voice booming in his head. The voice was angry, demanding a vengeance Zrok was happy to give it. He killed the cultists guarding him and fled. Since then he's been following the vague directions of the voice in head head telling him to go south and cross the sea. Zrok found a town along the way completely empty aside from a little girl and a few dozen cats. The girl solemnly told him she was a princess and demanded he escort her and her retinue through the woods to her castle. He walked with her and the cats to a ring of stones on a hill, the girl turned to him and said "The debt has been repaid" before throwing sand in his face. When he woke the girl and the cats were gone, with no trace remaining aside from a single gold coin and a dead robin.

 

[JustinCase]

I know grung are not part of the PHB+Tasha's, but I really like the idea of a frogman in the rigging of a ship. You are free to dismiss the idea, but here goes:

Everyone in the harbor of Evermoor knows Ploo Ploo, even though few know his name. The grung stands out with his bright colours and, more importantly, the assortment of tiny poison dart frogs following him around everywhere.
When Ploo Ploo is not rescuing various small animals from the perils of ships, smugglers and malnourishment, the little grung helps load and unload cargo from ships. But he dreams of being a sailor one day, climbing the ropes and jumping from one mast to another as they sail towards the horizon!
Being found as a tadpole by a druid, Ploo Ploo never knew the grung tribe he came from. Perhaps one day he will find them, although part of him fears how they will treat him...

Mechanically, Ploo Ploo is a grung swarmkeeper ranger, with (probably) the sailor background. If Leatherhead is up for it, his druid could be the one that found Ploo Ploo as a tadpole.

 

[Neurotic]

The sea kills frogs It's salty about them moving around while it stays behind

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I do love the sea. I'd like to join, if there's still room.

 

[JustinCase]

The sea kills frogs It's salty about them moving around while it stays behind

The dangers to his tiny charges are everywhere!

 

[mips42]

I know grung are not part of the PHB+Tasha's, but I really like the idea of a frogman in the rigging of a ship. You are free to dismiss the idea, but here goes:

Everyone in the harbor of Evermoor knows Ploo Ploo, even though few know his name. The grung stands out with his bright colours and, more importantly, the assortment of tiny poison dart frogs following him around everywhere.
When Ploo Ploo is not rescuing various small animals from the perils of ships, smugglers and malnourishment, the little grung helps load and unload cargo from ships. But he dreams of being a sailor one day, climbing the ropes and jumping from one mast to another as they sail towards the horizon!
Being found as a tadpole by a druid, Ploo Ploo never knew the grung tribe he came from. Perhaps one day he will find them, although part of him fears how they will treat him...

Mechanically, Ploo Ploo is a grung swarmkeeper ranger, with (probably) the sailor background. If Leatherhead is up for it, his druid could be the one that found Ploo Ploo as a tadpole.

The idea of ground being the grunt work on the docks, doing all the things the sailors can't or don't want to do, is interesting. Would you be amenable to Ploo not being The grung but just A grung in a generally ignored part of the population? Sort of "Rats with jobs" feel...

 

[JustinCase]

Works too!

 

[mips42]

Okay, work up a statblock for Ploo.

 

[mips42]

I do love the sea. I'd like to join, if there's still room.

@FitzTheRuke Concept?
@gnarlygninja and @Leatherhead Go ahaead and add characters to the RG.