D&D 5e Adeventurers League Blog for Tale: Introduction

The following is the dream journal of my first D&D 5^th edition Adventurers League character Tale, a male tiefling warlock.  Some entries are for a secondary character Whisper a human paladin.

The journal begins as starts gear from the Curse of Strahd background list of “gothic trinkets”.  This journal accepts no ink and records by itself, the dreams of the owner each night.  I’ve chosen this recording to be in the language native to the “Great Old One”, the warlock patron I selected on creation.  As the character reached third level, and chose the Pact of the Tome archetype, this journal became the class Book of Shadows. 

Tale is further able to ‘scribe’ rituals into the book via the ‘Book of Ancient Secrets’ invocation class feature.  For purely role-play reasons, I have him pour ink onto a blank page and the ritual inscription ‘soaks in’ as he sleeps and communes with his patron.

As of right now, the actual notes from the gaming sessions are not written out in story form.  I may go back and revise this later.  It is to serve as both something to read and as notes for myself and possibly other party members to reference in future sessions. 

If anyone participating in A.L. with me has corrections / suggestions or would like for me to omit / change their names for privacy reasons, let me know.

This is my first time playing in Adventurers League and I got in as season 4 Curse of Strahd was kicking off.  This is the update to the older Ravenloft module(s).

The following was pulled from my character sheet before I had to reformat to make room for more spells…

Character Backstory: 

Tale, a nickname chosen as a play on words for both his physical tail and his storyteller vocation, once had a traditional infernal name, given to him by his mother. While he and his human father, felt his mother's flaunting of, if not pride in, her heritage made things more difficult for them, neither really minded. He wasn't particularly mistreated growing up but was always aware of the prejudices of others. His pride doesn't allow for him to conceal his race in order to practice his trade, but otherwise he will do so to avoid unwanted attention. After learning of the Harpers, and aspiring to join them, he became even less conflicted about concealing who he is. He now views appearance, accents and mannerisms as extensions of his acting and storytelling, as well as tools to leverage the preconceptions of others to his advantage. After a performance an young boy gifted him a black bound blank book with odd inscriptions on the cover then vanished into the crowd. Soon after he learned the small book wrote itself, recording his dreams. That was when "The Patron" first began haunting his dreams.