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Trial of the Storm

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December 12th, 2025, 12:00AM UTC

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Level

4

Players

3 - 6

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4 hours $15 20XP
NestingCrowe
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Time Zone

CDT

Location

Texas

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NestingCrowe

NestingCrowe
he/him GM, Player 7 months 58 tables played 96 hosted 0 training sessions ran

Style

Nobledark/Gritty Fantasy, Exploration, Puzzles.

Experience

Very Experienced

My games live in the nobledark space: hard choices, real stakes, and a world that doesn’t always play fair—yet heroism is still meaningful, and victories feel earned. I focus on strong pacing, consistent rulings, and giving players room to be clever. Sessions often feature intrigue and discovery with escalating pressure, leading to set-piece fights that reward tactics. I also love the craft side of GMing—tokens, maps, handouts, and the occasional balanced homebrew. Outside the GM chair, I’m friendly and straightforward, and I’m here for a good story and a good laugh.

Very Experienced

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Game Master Notes
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One moment you were beneath a darkening sky, the next you stood on stone ringing with thunder.


The world around you has become a vast arena suspended in swirling stormclouds, encircled by towering pillars of wind and lightning. Above, a colossal vortex watches in silence as shapes of crackling energy and spectral warriors form along the edges of the battlefield. A voice like distant thunder rolls through your bones, naming this place the Trial of the Storm—a proving ground where only those who earn the tempest’s respect may leave alive. You are commanded to face wave after wave of summoned foes, all while racing to complete strange tasks carved into the arena itself. Survive these trials, and the storm itself will descend in full fury to test your strength, courage, and unity. Only by enduring its final challenge can you hope to win your freedom… and the blessing—or wrath—of the storm.

#Fantasy
#Heavy Combat
#Survival

This is a custom content adventure, available for hero levels 3-5. This can be any DnD 5e adventure, chosen by the GM. Check the GM Notes for details.

Created by NestingCrowe

Players (3/6)

Corissa
Corissa
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EDT

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Jo Vazquez
she/her Player 10 months 229 tables played
63 yo retired
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Treasure item
Pearl of Power
Quantity: 1
While the pearl is on your person, as a reaction when you are about to sacrifice a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Mastery spell, you can speak its command word to cast that spell’s sacrifice effect without sacrificing it. Once you use the pearl, it can’t be used again until you finish a long rest. Only a spellcaster who can cast 1st-mastery or great spells can attune this item, and you can only attune to one pearl of power.
Treasure item
Pipes of the Sewer
Quantity: 1
You must be proficient with some wind instrument to both attune yourself to and use these pipes, and they can be used as a bardic spellcasting implement. The pipes have 3 charges. You can use an action to play them and expend 1 charge to create a high-pitched jaunty jig. When you do, you summon a swarm of rats who stay under your control for 1 minute or until the swarm is dispersed.
Treasure item
Ring of the Ram
Quantity: 2
This ring has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can use an action to expend 1 to 3 of its charges to attack one creature you can see within 60 feet of you. The ring produces a spectral ram’s head and makes its attack roll with a +7 bonus. On a hit, for each charge you spend, the target takes 2d10 force damage and is pushed 5 feet away from you. Alternatively, you can expend 1 to 3 of the ring’s charges as an action to try to break an object you can see within 60 feet of you that isn’t being worn or carried. The ring makes a Strength check with a +5 bonus for each charge you spend.
Treasure item
Star Jelly
Quantity: 1
This seed pod feels slick and slimy to the touch. You can throw it up to 6 squares. Upon landing on solid ground, the pod rapidly grows into a roughly star-shaped, gelatinous, fungal growth in a 2-square radius. If you throw the pod on a square of soil or plant life, it grows into 4-square radius instead. Any Medium or smaller creature caught within the burst must make a DC 13 STR saving throw. If a creature fails to save, it becomes grappled (DC 13 to escape). Any creature that enters the burst must also make a saving throw with the same effect. The Star Jelly dissolves into harmless goo after one minute.
Treasure item
Rime Vial
Quantity: 1
Cold to the touch, this blue vial contains primordial liquid ice. The glass breaks when thrown at a creature or object, releasing its icy liquid. As an action, you can throw this vial up to 30 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the rime vial as an improvised weapon. The target takes 1d6 cold damage on a hit and must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it suffers a -2 square penalty to all of its Speeds and has disadvantage on attacks and Strength and Dexterity ability checks until the end of its next turn.
Treasure item
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.
Treasure item
Scroll of Blink
Quantity: 1
This scroll bears the words of the 3rd Mastery spell listed, written in a mystical cipher. You can read the scroll and cast the spell without needing a spellcasting implement, and can cast it normally or as its sacrifice effect. The dc of the spell is 15, and any attack roll made with the spell uses a +7. If the spell is progressive, you cast it at its base level. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
Potterfan
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CDT

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Potterfan
Player 7 months 38 tables played
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Treasure item
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.
Treasure item
Scroll of Chill Touch
Quantity: 1
This scroll bears the words of the minor spell listed, written in a mystical cipher. You can read the scroll and cast the spell without needing a spellcasting implement, and can cast it normally or as its sacrifice effect. The dc of the spell is 13, and any attack roll made with the spell uses a +5. If the spell is progressive, you cast it at its base level. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
Treasure item
Scroll of Hunter's Mark
Quantity: 1
This scroll bears the words of the 1st Mastery spell listed, written in a mystical cipher. You can read the scroll and cast the spell without needing a spellcasting implement, and can cast it normally or as its sacrifice effect. The dc of the spell is 13, and any attack roll made with the spell uses a +5. If the spell is progressive, you cast it at its base level. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
Treasure item
Masterwork Chain Mail 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.
Treasure item
+1 Shield
Quantity: 1
While wielding this shield, you have a +1 bonus to AC and attack rolls and damage done by the shield.
Treasure item
Ring of Warmth
Quantity: 1
While wearing this ring, you have resistance to cold damage. In addition, You can tolerate temperatures as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit without additional protection. If you wear heavy clothes, such as a winter outfit, you can tolerate temperatures as low as -100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cuddlyhippo
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Time Zone

EDT

Location

Allentown

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Kelly K
she/her Player 11 months 201 tables played
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Treasure item
Scroll of Animal Messenger
Quantity: 1
This scroll bears the words of the 2nd Mastery spell listed, written in a mystical cipher. You can read the scroll and cast the spell without needing a spellcasting implement, and can cast it normally or as its sacrifice effect. The dc of the spell is 13, and any attack roll made with the spell uses a +5. If the spell is progressive, you cast it at its base level. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
Treasure item
Scroll of Expedition Retreat
Quantity: 1
This scroll bears the words of the 2nd Mastery spell listed, written in a mystical cipher. You can read the scroll and cast the spell without needing a spellcasting implement, and can cast it normally or as its sacrifice effect. The dc of the spell is 13, and any attack roll made with the spell uses a +5. If the spell is progressive, you cast it at its base level. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
Treasure item
Scroll of Fear
Quantity: 1
This scroll bears the words of the 3rd Mastery spell listed, written in a mystical cipher. You can read the scroll and cast the spell without needing a spellcasting implement, and can cast it normally or as its sacrifice effect. The dc of the spell is 15, and any attack roll made with the spell uses a +7. If the spell is progressive, you cast it at its base level. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
Treasure item
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.
Treasure item
Potion of Resistance
Quantity: 1
When you drink this potion, you gain resistance to one type of damage for 1 hour. A roll of a d10 determines the type of damage: 1 Acid; 2 Cold; 3 Fire; 4 Force; 5 Lightning; 6 Necrotic; 7 Poison; 8 Psychic; 9 Radiant; 10 Thunder.
Treasure item
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.
Treasure item
Bag of Tricks (Rust)
Quantity: 1
This seemingly ordinary bag is made of rust-colored cloth with a simple pull-string, which seems empty though strangely heavy. Reaching inside the bag reveals the presence of a small, furry object. You can use an action to pull the fuzzy object from the bag and throw it up to 4 squares. When the object lands, it transforms into a creature. The type of creature it transforms into is determined by the roll of a d8 (1-rat; 2-owl; 3-mastiff; 4-goat; 5-giant goat; 6-giant boar; 7-lion; 8-brown bear). The creature is friendly to you and your companions and acts on your turn. You can use a bonus action to command the creature. Without such commands, the creature acts appropriately to its nature, as determined by the GM. The creature remains for 1 hour or until it reaches 0 HP, at which point it vanishes. Once you pull a creature out of the bag, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long rest.
Treasure item
+1 Half Plate
Quantity: 1
This finely crafted half plate grants you a +1 bonus to AC.
Treasure item
Ring of Warmth
Quantity: 1
While wearing this ring, you have resistance to cold damage. In addition, You can tolerate temperatures as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit without additional protection. If you wear heavy clothes, such as a winter outfit, you can tolerate temperatures as low as -100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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