# Root **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/c/games/root/23.md [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) --- ## [About the Root category](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-the-root-category/1116)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0
Discussion for Mike’s Root game. Roll20: Roll20: Online virtual tabletop for pen and paper RPGs and board games --- ## [Session 24 - Rooston, We Have a Problem, Part 4](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-24-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-4/1216)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-24-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-4/1216 "2023-06-09T03:29:34Z")
Last Time … Dealing with cultists on rooftop. Tomo got sick-ass revenge. Now, for the Thrilling Conclusion of … Root! We continue across the rooftops, approaching the Giant Snake and Silverpelt. The snake is demoli… --- ## [Session 23 - Rooston, We Have a Problem, Part 3](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-23-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-3/1214)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-23-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-3/1214 "2023-06-02T03:27:42Z")
We head for the gates. We have Matt and Glenna with us. Mass chaos with mini-riots from people who have rushed into the city, guards fighting back against them, and, oh, yeah, FIRE. People fleeing from the Roost into R… --- ## [Session 22 - Rooston, We Have a Problem, Part 2](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-22-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-2/1208)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-22-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-2/1208 "2023-05-05T04:18:31Z")
Catching up (a month and change later) … We were planning on springing people from jail … including Ayase! Prep work. Riff-raff. Night has fallen – and we find the night is alive with lights, paper lanterns, even the … --- ## [Session 21 - Rooston, We Have a Problem, Part 1](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-21-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-1/1206)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-21-rooston-we-have-a-problem-part-1/1206 "2023-03-31T03:33:17Z")
A few days after the Tonnery take-back. … The Theater is being used as a public place for an audience with the governor and the People. Gov. Ferath provided info that Cid was looking for – but none of that appears good… --- ## [Session 20 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 9](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-20-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-9/1202)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-20-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-9/1202 "2023-03-17T04:59:46Z")
Last Time Slayer had blown open the doors. The people are revolting. Some token resistance from Goshawks, but mostly have fled. The Watchers are putting up a fight, but are quickly being overrun. Alvin is climbing… --- ## [The Root Pre-Post-Mortem](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-root-pre-post-mortem/1199)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-root-pre-post-mortem/1199 "2023-03-15T05:20:17Z")
As we wrap up the events in Tonnery, I believe I can see the end of the game on the horizon (perhaps around the May/June time frame) so I wanted to talk about the game a little bit: the things I liked, the things I didn’… --- ## [Session 19 -- Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 8](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-19-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-8/1198)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-19-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-8/1198 "2023-03-10T03:36:01Z")
Last time … Kidnapped the governor, got him off drugs, and convinced he and the captain of the guard (Anden) about the need to make things right. Plan: waylay the goshawks looking for the governor. Hey, Kids, Let’s Put… --- ## [Session 18 -- Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 7](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-18-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-7/1195)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-18-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-7/1195 "2023-03-03T04:24:50Z")
Where We Were Alvin is up in the Roost outside the governor’s apartments, having discovered a terrible secret about Gov. Ferath. Capt. Camyr, and a Goat. “And Alvin has a plan (but will need Cid’s backflash help as he … --- ## [Session 17 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 6](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-17-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-6/1192)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-17-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-6/1192 "2023-02-17T04:42:57Z")
Last Time Slayer and Alvin had broken into the Roost to steal and plant info, and steal (but not plant) valuables. Tomo led guards off on a wild goose chase … into a snake. It Begins We’re reading documents! Reading… --- ## [Getting the Governor](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/getting-the-governor/1168)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/getting-the-governor/1168 "2023-01-20T05:09:48Z")
Cid’s first big objective is: humiliate the Governor. This will help break the mystique the Eyrie cultivates. Specifically, pluck his feathers and exhibit him at the theater, in front of everyone. Then let word spread to… --- ## [Session 16 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 5](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-16-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-5/1183)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-16-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-5/1183 "2023-01-20T04:20:17Z")
Time passes while we are hiding out in the forest … The Marquisate has met some setbacks, and the Eyrie is rebounding. Rumors! Alvin … Denizens? ==\> 9. Tonnery? Bunch of work over at the sawmill. Exporting wood to Roo… --- ## [What Really Happened in Allaburrow?](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/what-really-happened-in-allaburrow/1182)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/what-really-happened-in-allaburrow/1182 "2023-01-19T08:31:17Z")
“Hey,” Alvin called out as he arrived home. It was late, and even if the fam preferred night time hours, it was close enough to dawn that he didn’t expect any answer. He dropped his pack on the kitchen table. Bits of fo… --- ## [Session 15 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 4](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-15-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-4/1180)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-15-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-4/1180 "2023-01-19T00:05:45Z")
Tomo (looking like Ayase) goes up to set a fire over at the smoking spot – getting the guards chasing him. Remaining guards are watching the gates, because it’s probably a Cat attack prelude. Trick an NPC ==\> 11!! Trie… --- ## [Alvin's Amblings](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/alvins-amblings/1138)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/alvins-amblings/1138 "2023-01-13T05:22:46Z")
Things to Spend Advances On “An evolving document” For each advance … +1 stat (to +2) :ballot\_box\_with\_check: Could use more Cunning :ballot\_box\_with\_check: Could use still more Cunning (to 2) :ballot\_box\_with\_check: … --- ## [Session 14 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 3](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-14-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-3/1177)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-14-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-3/1177 "2022-12-30T04:59:09Z")
Last time … Visited the Goshawks. Hid in the trash pits. Broke into the Roost. Kidnapped a raccoon watcher. There are Shacks … but … they are a Labor Camp. Making Plans Notice: Slayer - The smell. Basic sanitation … --- ## [Session 13 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 2](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-13-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-2/1176)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-13-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-2/1176 "2022-12-30T02:12:36Z")
We reconvene back in our log. And then that’s when the goon squad kicks in the door – armored hawks with spears – Elite Goshawks! Fortunately, Cid had planned for this. And warned us. Questions: Cid - Allie is panick… --- ## [Cid's Workshop](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/cids-workshop/1123)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/cids-workshop/1123 "2022-08-26T12:53:33Z")
Here’s some stuff I’m thinking about building! Recovery Flask A specialist alchemical recipe that can cure all exhaustion for four people. Value 5, Load 1, Wear 4. Refreshing. --- ## [Visuals and Inspirations](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/visuals-and-inspirations/1124)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/visuals-and-inspirations/1124 "2022-12-23T01:38:24Z")
Adventurer’s Guild: --- ## [Session 12 - Get Thee to a Tonnery!, Part 1](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-1/1170)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-get-thee-to-a-tonnery-part-1/1170 "2022-12-15T06:46:06Z")
The Trip There Heading to Tonnery. Path … normal pace … 11! Short trip, uneventful. Tonnery Massive roost. And a large, felled tree that has been turned into homes/apartments. Park – a Theater. Everybody seems … --- ## [Session 12 - Down by the Old ... Mill ... Town](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-down-by-the-old-mill-town/1156)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-12-down-by-the-old-mill-town/1156 "2022-11-24T20:08:17Z")
Down in yon forest First, a bit of foraging and a good night’s sleep. Travel through the forest! Do some healing but getting depletion back. Cid roll ==\> 10! Transit is safe, spot something interesting → snake path! … --- ## [Killing snakes](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/killing-snakes/1155)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/killing-snakes/1155 "2022-11-01T19:38:10Z")
They have to eat. They’ll hunt for food via senses, probably including scent. Alchemy and medicine and hunting can let us lay a trap. The snake eats the bait, and either poison or explosives do the job. --- ## [Journal Entries](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/journal-entries/1154)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/journal-entries/1154 "2022-10-31T22:39:54Z")
I’ve added four Handout entries in the Roll20 Journal for our game: Roguish Feats – Summary tables from both rulebooks (Core and T&O) with descriptions and notes about the Roguish Feats, since the character sheet doesn’… --- ## [Session 11 - A Boat out of Water](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-11-a-boat-out-of-water/1153)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-11-a-boat-out-of-water/1153 "2022-10-28T14:59:00Z")
Prelude We found the river barge. It is not unoccupied. Beached on the rocky shore along the river. Scoping it out. Behind us: “Ha! I’ve got you now! Don’t move!” It’s Silverpelt. They’re. Calls out for compatrio… --- ## [Session 10 - Dam and Blast, Part 3](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-10-dam-and-blast-part-3/1152)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-10-dam-and-blast-part-3/1152 "2022-10-21T08:47:17Z")
The Sitch Scattered across the tower, pursuing stuff general chaos … https://media0.giphy.com/media/Wr4shv0TxEVzO/giphy.gif(image larger than 10 MB) Action! Cid - grab stuff, but we need to get o… --- ## [Session 09 - Dam and Blast, Part 2](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-09-dam-and-blast-part-2/1146)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-09-dam-and-blast-part-2/1146 "2022-09-23T11:29:06Z")
So, what’s the plan? Cid’s idea – don’t actually do something to the dam, but make a ruse to draw troops off, and then we can raid the roost. What would it take to get a rumor going? We don’t have a bad rep … but poss… --- ## [Session 08 - Dam and Blast, Part 1](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-08-dam-and-blast-part-1/1140)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-08-dam-and-blast-part-1/1140 "2022-09-22T23:40:25Z")
Last Time! We acquired a lot of stuff from the governor’s mansion. And set bits of it on fire. Treasure: And off we ran into the woods. Into the Woods! Travel Carefully Alvin ==\> 9 + Toyo Help ==\> 10. Largely S… --- ## [Slayer's New Feat Thoughts](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/slayers-new-feat-thoughts/1139)
**Author:** [@Margie](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Margie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/slayers-new-feat-thoughts/1139 "2022-08-29T10:43:20Z")
Harrier Smuggler’s Path You’ve got a good sense for finding secret paths and doors. When you spend time looking for a secret way in or out of a place that might have one, mark exhaustion and roll with Luck. On a hit, y… --- ## [Quick equipment creation guide](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/quick-equipment-creation-guide/1118)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/quick-equipment-creation-guide/1118 "2022-08-26T11:36:48Z")
Equipment value is an arbitrary measure of power, usefulness, or whatever. Your playbook gives you a total value budget you start with. You should have a main weapon that’s worth about 5-6 value. Build it like this: S… --- ## [Session 07 - Forge and Forgery, Part 5](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-07-forge-and-forgery-part-5/1137)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-07-forge-and-forgery-part-5/1137 "2022-08-23T06:09:43Z")
When Last We Left … Cid checks the door to the office … and it’s a lovely office, being searched by a frog. “Leave!” Tomo hears the frog’s voice. Emotions are stirred. Ayase! Betrayer of their lord! Joy that they will … [Next page](https://forum.menagerie.team/c/games/root/23.md?page=1)