The Thrill of the Fight (Recurring Adventure Idea)

A rumor has been spreading around Waterdeep as of late.

Once a month, on the fifteenth day, a man with orange eyes appears in the middle of the Court of the White Bull, in Waterdeep's Trades Ward, south of the City of the Dead, and offers adventures of all levels a job. What kind of job? A simple one, and maybe one that is the base of what all adventurers boast about over food and drink in the various taverns littered throughout the City of Splendors: A hunt; a simple, old-fashioned monster-slaying job.

The man uses some kind of magic to teleport the adventurers to the required location. Some adventurers don't come back alive, but the ones that do have new stories, new experiences, a new trophy, a new story, and in some cases, a magic item to back it up.

Are you ready?

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The basis of these adventure threads are going to be really simple- killing various monsters. Of course, there's several rules to go with it.

Due to the nature of these threads:

• A party of four adventurers is recommended (but not required).
• Monsters will be played to their statistics.
• The overall Challenge Rating of the Quest is set either by the average level of the group of adventurers or a pre-determined level requested by players. This allows lower level plays to gamble in order to attempt bigger challenges if they so choose, but everyone must agree to this.
  • The players may request a specific monster to face.
  • The players may be up against multiple monsters, such as an encampment of goblins, a group of bandits, or a herd of zombies. 
  • Talk to me if you have ideas, such as plot hooks, that we can hammer out before the beginning of the thread as to what would make this more appealing to your character in character. 
• Monsters of a higher Challenge Rating may be gimped in some way to allow appearances in lower tiers of challenge. Possible debuffs may included:
  • A monster that doesn't have access to Legendary Actions or Legendary Resistances.
  • A monster that doesn't have access to it's normal movement options.
  • A monster with abilities that don't recharge when they normally would.
• Monsters of a lower Challenge Rating may be buffed in some way to allow appearances in higher tiers of challenge.
• A monster that does have access to Legendary Actions or Legendary Resistances when it normally wouldn't.
• A monster that has access to Spells or Class Abilities it otherwise wouldn't have.

[li]Characters that aren't resurrected within one minute of death (the amount of time allotted in the text of the Revivify spell) are teleported back to Waterdeep.[/li][li]As with threads on this board, you can choose to automatically succeed Death Savings Throws at any time at the expense of 25% of the experience/gold reward. Characters that choose this option to remain stable, but aren't conscious after one minute are affected by the rule above.[/li][li]Posting quickly is preferred. If you can't be reached or need to be skipped for a specific reason, you can either tell me what you're having the character do on their turn and I can write it out for you as the DM, or I will assume you are taking the Dodge Action.[/li][/ul]
Tiers of Challenges:

• Tier 1: Novice
  • Challenge Rating 0-5.
  • Characters that have a level that fall within the tier will be given a Potion of Healing before taking on the challenge.
• Tier 2: Veteran
• Challenge Rating 6-10.
• Characters that have a level that fall within the tier will be given a Potion of Greater Healing before taking on the challenge.

[li]Tier 3: Heroic[/li]

• Challenge Rating 11-15.
• Characters that have a level that fall within the tier will be given a Potion of Superior Healing before taking on the challenge.

[li]Tier 4: Epic[/li]

• Challenge Rating 16+.
• Characters that have a level that fall within the tier will be given a Potion of Supreme Healing before taking on the challenge.

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