GM:It Came From Kiston

X Worldbuilders:

GM James R

Endings:

4 endings were fully prepared for the descendants campaign:

1. Players learn and figure that they can use the Tarrasque to save(?) the realm basically saving themselves but dooming the dragons (this is the ancestor echo ending)
2. Players can decide they will be turning the wheel after all, trapping themselves (sacrificial “better than we were” ending)
3. Players can learn to use the crystal network to destroy the island, killing dragons, and a high risk escape scenario that ultimately stops the production of Warforged along the way (good and bad ending)
4. Players could decide not to do anything, and can work with Presidith to leave the island for good and let the realm be. (Bad ending)

Scavenging Table

Early on, the campaign's priority was survival on a mysterious island, and the following basic crafting systems were implemented for use in sessions 1-3. Depending on the success of a Survival check, the players could roll up to 4d10 and check this table.

(1-4)d10	Item	Uses
1	Sand	Useless
2	Fertile Soil	Food
3	Dirt	Structure
4	Flower	$$$$
5	Feather	$$$$
6	Berries	Food
7	Rocks	Structure
8	Shell	Weapon
9	Ash	Fire
10	Butterfly	$$$$
11	Charcoal	Structure
12	Salt	Food
13	Tall Grass	Rope
14	Reeds	Rope
15	Clay	adhesive
16	Thick Branches	Structure
17	Flint	Fire
18	Fern Foliage	Structure
19	Mushroom	Food
20	Manure	adhesive
21	Sapling	Rope
22	Nuts	Food
23	Egg	Food
24	Spider Web	adhesive
25	Carrot	Food
26	Durian	Food
27	Vines	Rope
28	Seaweed	Rope
29	Bones	Structure
30	Eggplant	Food
31	Claw	Weapon
32	Birds Nest (empty)	Rope
33	Seeds	Food
34	Mango	Food
35	Gold Nugget	$$$$
36	Teeth	Weapon
37	Hot Peppers	Weapon
38	Ichor Paste (Wyvern Gland Resin)	adhesive
39	Thorns	Weapon
40	Kiston Crystal	$$$$

Crafting Table

In combination with the scavenging above, the following rules guided what the players could create using what they scavenged.

Axe	Weapon+Adhesive/Rope
Shovel	Structure+Adhesive/rope
Saw	Weapon+Adhesive/Rope
Hammer	Structure+Adhesive/rope
Torch	Fire+Structure
Campfire	Structure+Fire
Traps	Food+Structure+Rope
Rope	Rope
Tent	Structure+Adhesive+Rope
Fishing Rod	Structure+rope
Net	Rope+adhesive/rope
Backpack	Structure+adhesive/rope
Spear	Weapon+Structure
Bow+Arrow	Structure+Rope+Weapon
Sword	Weapon
Wall/Fence	Structure+Rope/adhesive

Session Outlines

Session 1

Session 1: Outlive

Players start with no spell slots, level 1 exhaustion.

Both can be fixed on a long rest.

Wake two people up on beach

See one person out at Sea

Combat with SeaSerpantfolk

Find two more people underwater.

Quippers (Pirahnas) in the water

Scavenging

-List of items they can find

-Includes natural things like coconuts, large palms, etc

-Remnants of their ship (AND OTHER SHIPS)

---weapons, armor

Island Checks

-Crossing large rivers/ravines

-Climbing Cliffs

-Constitution Saving versus more exhaustion

Bottle-Episode Esque bit where the players explain what they can do to each other, what good skills they have as far as surviving goes. · Emphasis: Players get to know each other · As the storm starts to subside at dawn, they can explore, search for life, any indication of where they are, etc. But the beaches seem to go on for a while, and the land seems untouched. · Survival checks to hunt down material and such. Maybe start working on weapons. If the players go too far east/west on the beach, have a coastal encounter with the large decapod

More Scavenging and Exploring - Possible Giant Frogs or Giant Eagle Attacks

Ends with Discovery of the Blue Dragon in the Cave