Heyo, I’ll finally make an appearance xD
Can play at any T 
Can also improv Sub-DM if anyone wants it xD
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Hi, I’m new and don’t have a character yet.
Is there a table I can join tonight? 
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Welcome!
it kind of seems like tables are quite full, but you can always be there, play a table and then know that it’s not our every-day experience to have tables that large. Or who knows, maybe we’ll even split up into a fourth table. Kind of hard to tell
If you need a character, best to be there earlier (30 minutes) so you can get some help creating it. It’s also best if you have a basic idea of what you want to be able to do (do you want to stand back and shoot arrows, do you want to be in melee, do you want to be super charismatic persuading people to do stuff, do you want to do magic…)
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Sorry for short notice. But I gotta cancel for tonight. Not feeling at a 100 and seems like there’s a surplus of players anyways.
Have fun!
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@Bearberry @JustJules @lisatikh and +1, @watermelon
Drog, Phoebe, Rexius, Melwen and Paulpin’s heroic successes have earned them the titles of “Honorary citizens of Kuloa”.
Thanks for playing “Queen of the Rotting Jungle”. Even though I left my notes at home, I had fun and hope you did too.
The next adventure is in 2 weeks (March 21) and the party will need to decide if they want to try to find the Pirate Ship laden with gold or find the next and final star shard. My recommendation is the star shard (see level up below for the reason) but it’s up to you.
Summary
You persevered past giant, adventurer-grabbing apes, made bots from banana leaves and used minnows as steeds. You collected honey and found the Pitcher flower, you danced for bees and worms, though the party is still in disagreement about whether it’s sap heals or turns you undead. You set mushrooms on fire to eventually found the creepy old tree - the sanctum of the mother. You climbed up and then fought your way down past sticky sap that turned into monsters, running from parrots, exploding more giant mushrooms, and mending the cracks in the tree, before you entered a room where the mother had displayed her plans to take over the entire world. As you entered the heart of the tree, the tree came alive, with branches and vines trying to grab you, oozes forming from behind and trees coming alive; and Gaius and infected Oahtu protecting the thorn-shade mother. You fought bravely and wisely and disposed of your enemies, but when they were gone, you thought they would rise again. So Rexius, in a performance that topped even the bee dancing and worm dancing, pulled the star shard from the thorn shade mother and the entire situation just… ended. An eerie silence as the island of Mahna Kio slowly returned to normal.
Gaius, Felldew’s partner, melted into a green heart. As you plant it, he tells you the entire story from the memory of the mother: The star shard struck the tree, killing it. As it rotted in the jungle, told began to grow around the impact point. The fungus drew power from the magic of the star fragment, growing larger and more powerful. It soon developed rudimentary intelligence with a hunger to spread… everywhere. With nothing to stop it, it extended its tendrils from plant to plant, and as it grew in intelligence, it named itself “the thorn shade mother”. When the Oahtu tried to cut back the plants, it developed spores, specifically to target these insect-kind creatures and to turn them into servants for the mother. Then came Gaius - who was absorbed by the mold before he died. The mother learned of his thoughts and learned that the world was bigger than this island, and so started searching for ways to leave it. With those thoughts, the thorn shade mother gave birth to the voice of the mother - who you came to know as Gaius.
Loot
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As the celebrations in the city of Kuloa conclude, the queen upholds her promise. She pays you for the honey you brought back and offers more Oahtu treasures on top for this delicacy.
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→ For the honey, you get 120 GP each.
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→ You may choose one of the following Oahtu treasures:
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- Coconut Shell Shield - +1 Bonus to AC & + 1 Bonus to Dex saving throws (homebrew)
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- Butterfly Helm - an open faced helm of insect chitin. It is adorned with a brightly coloured crest made from lacquered shards of butterfly wings. Long, wispy butterfly antennae are affixed to the front. While wearing this helm, a character forms a psychic bond with the antennae, gaining advantage on Wisdom / Perception checks to detect creatures within 60 ft. (homebrew)
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- Coconut Shell Armor - Breastplate or splint (your choice). (flavor = homebrew)
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*Scarlet Kate’s Coat - can be worn over a cloak. You can breathe underwater and gain +1 Bonus AC & Saving Throws. Taken from the grave of scarlet Kate.(homebrew)
The individual items that you found in the adventure:
- Rexius has a Spider Fang Dagger - deals poison damage instead of piercing damage
- Melwen has 6? stinger arrows - deal an extra 1d8 damage but have a -2 to hit
- Paulpin has the Insect wing cloak - you can use your reaction to snap into a semi rigid shape, gliding gently to earth and negating all fall damage when you fall (while wearing it)
Hunt for Scarlet Kate's Pirate Treasure
Pirate Treasure Hunt
Despite Marik having missed the encounter, Hal was just kind of invested in continuing to follow the clues. You find a small island and Scarlet Kate’s grave, and next to it a Skeleton. You take Scarlet Kate’s Coat, and read a letter in a bottle in the hand of the skeleton next to it.
Regarding level ups
So while we are not completely within the rules of VALUE anyway, I think it would make sense not to take away the possibility of your PCs being playable in VALUE. My suggestion would be to stay at level 5 until the reset - this would mean I don’t need to adapt the adventure for difficulty so much. If you guys wait to get the gold from the pirate ship until after the reset, you will also be able to keep that. The adventure rewards are homebrew for the most part, so those can transfer anyway.
You can still choose to level up and come back with a different PC. We will have to redo Rexius & Melwen at some point, since those pregens were made using 2024 rules.
By the way
(by the way - the mama monkey driven crazy by spore exposure DID think you were here children, which is why she looked emotionally hurt when you attacked her - and wanted to put you in her nest. Staying in the nest and being fed by her would have given you each the effects of a short rest).
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