The Glimmering Sub-Plots are adventures outside the main plot of the campaign. These adventures are created by individual Gamemasters (GMs) or content creators. Or, instead, you can run Tower of Power Level 2: Iron and Steam. Check the GM Notes for details.

Created by Stephen Radney-Macfarland

Level

Players

3 - 6

computer VTT: Roll20

1.5 hours $1 5XP

Game Master Spike

Time Zone

PDT

Discord

Spike (he/him)#1378

Time Zone

PDT

Discord

Spike (he/him)#1378

Spike Murphy-Rose

GM 3 years • 0 tables played • 13 hosted • 0 training sessions ran

Style

Kubrickian, but friendly:D

Experience

Very Experienced

I have been gaming and running TTRPGs for most of my life, more than three decades now. I work as a professional in the TTRPG industry as both a writer/game designer and as a professional game master. I have been published in nearly a half dozen Nord Games products, and have written and consulted for a number of other clients in the web 3 space. As professional game master I have run hundreds of sessions, with clients ranging from corporate departments to independent schools. In addition I teach Dungeon & Dragons classes to grade school kids and run therapeutic game sessions for veterans in the Wounded Warrior Program and for children on the autism spectrum. I am familiar with and have played every edition of Dungeons & Dragons and have a collection of dozens more RPGs that I know just as well as D&D. I'm excited to run some amazing game sessions in the Glimmering!

Very Experienced

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Notes

Game Master Notes

Word has spread that saying the name Odayond Farcaller when the Mithril Key unlocks the Bronze Doors of the Tower of Power allows heroes to pass the first four rooms of the entry level without challenge. Nothing is summoned within those four chambers, and the doors are unlocked and open, allowing brave or foolish adventurers to pass on to the spiral stairs and up to the next level. Beyond that level, if anyone has passed beyond, no one has said. And you're hoping to be the one to change that!

#Beginner

#Fast-paced

#Intermediate

#Tactical

#Dungeon Crawl

#Exploration

#Fantasy

#Investigation

#Puzzles

#Survival

Created by Stephen Radney-Macfarland

Players (6/6)

Baldegl666

Time Zone

PDT

Location

Portland

Discord

Baldegl666#8784

Roll20

Baldegl666

Time Zone

PDT

Location

Portland

Discord

Baldegl666#8784

Roll20

Baldegl666

Chris Durand

he/him • Admin, GM, Player 3 years • 178 tables played • 627 hosted • 451 training sessions ran

Style

Patient, adaptable, the Player's "Forever GM"!!

Experience

Very Experienced

Lifelong gamer of all the gaming realms from Atari and TRS80 days to the modern era, Started with Dungeons and Dragons 2E, although I had an original boxed set. Created several campaign worlds for IRL TTRPG games like DnD. Service industry management professional. Avid sports fan and fantasy sports player. Head banging, rhythm and bluesing, funky disco rock and roller!

survived

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EQUIPPED TREASURE

Hero of Riverwynd

Quantity: 1

By defeating or at least driving off the feared Wizard’s Retinue bandit band, you have become a hero to the town of Riverwynd. While in that town, you are always recognized as a hero and never have to pay for reasonable food, drink, and lodging. You gain a +1 bonus on all CHA-based skill checks made against its inhabitants. However, remember that mistreatment of this boon may temporarily revoke these benefits at the GM’s discretion.

Order of the Moon Invitation

Quantity: 1

Upon service rendered to the Order of the Moon, Commander Regnar Scweb of the Borgahild Chapterhouse invited you to become an esquire of the Order. This Imperial order of knights is best known for their delivery of packages and letters throughout the Empire and even to some points beyond. If you accept this invitation, you must follow the principles of the Order. You must protect and safely deliver messages. You must aid the innocent and the needy. And you can speak no lies. As a member of the Order, you are given a tunic with the order's sigil and your rank. You also gain food and lodging at any Imperial order chapterhouse, and the Order provides protection and legal advocacy when necessary.

Alchemist Fire

Quantity: 1

This sticky, adhesive fluid ignites when exposed to air. As an action, you can throw this flask up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the alchemist’s fire as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the flames.

Tanglefoot Bag

Quantity: 1

This bag is filled with tar, resin, and other sticky substances. As an action, you can throw this bag up to 20 feet, at which point the bag bursts open. Make a ranged attack against a creature, treating the tanglefoot bag as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target is restrained until it escapes (escape DC 10). On a miss, the target takes a -10-foot penalty to its Speeds until the end of its next turn.

Potion of Healing

Quantity: 2

You regain 2d4 + 2 Hit Points when you drink this potion. Drinking the potion requires a bonus action, while feeding this potion to another requires an action.

Masterwork Breastplate Armor

Quantity: 1

Once per day, this armor can be activated as a reaction when you are hit by an attack. When activated, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class against the triggering attack, which can negate that hit.

Cloak of Protection

Quantity: 1

While you wear this cloak, you gain a +1 bonus to AC and saves.

Slippers of the Halfling

Quantity: 1

When you wear these light slippers, you gain a climb SPD equal to your walking SPD. While climbing, you can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings while leaving your hands free. However, these slippers don’t allow you to move this way on slippery surfaces such as ice, water, oil, or other liquids.

Bravehusky

Time Zone

MST

Location

Discord

bravehusky#0

Time Zone

MST

Location

Discord

bravehusky#0

Savannah

she/her • GM, Player 2 years • 103 tables played • 0 hosted • 289 training sessions ran

Style

N/A

Experience

Intermediate

𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝑰’𝒎 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒉, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒕! 🌲 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑫&𝑫 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆! 🎲✨ 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕. 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒅𝒂𝒉𝒐, 𝑼𝑺𝑨 🇺🇸, 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 🥾, 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 🏕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 🌿. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕/𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔🏗️ 𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒔—𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒑 🎤 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒑 🎶 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 🎸 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕

survived

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EQUIPPED TREASURE

Masterwork Shield

Quantity: 1

Once per day, this weapon can be activated as a reaction when you are hit by an attack. When activated, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class against the triggering attack, which can negate that hit.

Boots of the Stag

Quantity: 1

While wearing these boots, your SPD becomes 6, unless your SPD is higher, and that score is not reduced when you’re encumbered or wearing heavy armor. Additionally, you can jump three times the normal distance, though you can’t jump farther than your remaining SPD would allow.

Masterwork Longbow

Quantity: 1

Once per day, you may use a reaction when making an attack with this weapon to activate it, granting the trigger attack a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls.

Jynn

Time Zone

PDT

Location

Seattle

Discord

Jynn#4445

Time Zone

PDT

Location

Seattle

Discord

Jynn#4445

Jynn

she/her • Admin, GM, Player 3 years • 340 tables played • 173 hosted • 405 training sessions ran

Style

I don't just run a game. I want to tell a story by painting a vivid picture in your mind's EYE while filling every moment of the adventure with ENERGY!

Experience

N/A

I am the Principal/Art Director of the design firm Dept of Energy. Be genuine to yourself and do what you love, all with a killer soundtrack playing in the background.

survived

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Potion of Healing

Quantity: 1

You regain 2d4 + 2 Hit Points when you drink this potion. Drinking the potion requires a bonus action, while feeding this potion to another requires an action.

Bracers of Archery

Quantity: 1

While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with longbows and shortbows, and you gain a +2 bonus to ranged attack rolls and damage rolls made with such weapons.

Slippers of the Halfling

Quantity: 1

Gauntlets of Ogre Power

Quantity: 1

Upon donning these gauntlets, you feel an intense rush of physical power. If your STR is 3 or lower, it becomes STR 4 while wearing and attuned to them. If your STR is 4 or higher, they have no effect. You cannot attune to this item if you are attuned to any other item that sets an ability score to 4.

Rickmaful

Time Zone

EDT

Discord

rickmaful

Time Zone

EDT

Discord

rickmaful

Rickmaful

he/him • Player 1 year • 351 tables played

survived

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EQUIPPED TREASURE

Masterwork Shortbow

Quantity: 1

Once per day, you may use a reaction when making an attack with this weapon to activate it, granting the trigger attack a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls.

Alt_Patrick

Time Zone

EDT

Location

Somewhere near America’s Capital

Discord

Patrick , the Mobile Monkey#0201

Time Zone

EDT

Location

Somewhere near America’s Capital

Discord

Patrick , the Mobile Monkey#0201

Patrick Kcirtap

he/him • GM, Player 3 years • 124 tables played • 99 hosted • 0 training sessions ran

Style

Beginner-friendly, fair but firm, old-skool dangerous. ‘They’re more guidelines than rules’

Experience

Very Experienced

Rolled my first D20 in 1979. Never really stopped. Played through the Satanic Panic, the Lorraine Williams Years, the 3e Renaissance, the Great Legal Blunder of ‘07, the 5e Renaissance, yadda yadda yadda

survived

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Nucl3arChick3n

Time Zone

EDT

Discord

elgatoverde4701#0

Time Zone

EDT

Discord

elgatoverde4701#0

Alex Wells

he/him • GM, Player 2 years • 66 tables played • 0 hosted • 0 training sessions ran

Style

N/A

Experience

N/A

survived

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EQUIPPED TREASURE

Potion of Healing

Quantity: 1

You regain 2d4 + 2 Hit Points when you drink this potion. Drinking the potion requires a bonus action, while feeding this potion to another requires an action.

Boots of the Stag

Quantity: 1

Cloak of Protection

Quantity: 1

While you wear this cloak, you gain a +1 bonus to AC and saves.

Ring of Water Walking

Quantity: 1

This band is made of copper and turned green through oxidation. When wearing this ring, you can stand on and walk across any liquid surface as if it were solid ground. It does not protect you from heat or other hazards intrinsic to that liquid.