📜 Game Description + About Me

Always wanted to take part in a roleplay-intense campaign that stretches from level 1 all the way to 20? Welcome to the City of Splendors and the massive megadungeon complex below it, Undermountain. The campaign will begin as an urban mystery rife with intrigue and roleplay. I have modified the adventure to include complexity to its plots and factions of NPCs that all think and act according to their own motives and desires. Even once the campaign shifts into Dungeon of the Mad Mage, expect to find multiple groups with conflicting plans they seek to enact, oftentimes occurring regardless of the party.

I've been playing + running D&D for a decade, and I've GMed professionally for 3 years now. I'm always seeking to better my work and provide more immersive and entertaining experiences for my players. And over this time, I know the kinds of games I like to run best: those were I can create a living sandbox of complex NPCs, factions, plot threads, and locations, in order to offer my players the space and autonomy to interact with the world how they choose and see their actions have effect on the world and story. I also like to push Foundry to take advantage of the medium and provide a user experience & interface that's helpful & intuitive (even to those with little experience!).

The campaigns can have their dangers and darker moments, but with the amount of stress we all have going on in the real world, let me offer you a massive, wacky adventure that hopes to plug out of the rat race for a few hours and make you laugh along the way.

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✨ Campaign Features:

• RP + Intrigue This is my favorite part of D&D and what I hope stands out in my work. I utilize different voices and accents and try to play and make real a wide portfolio of different characters and factions that have different ties to complex, overarching plots and mysteries.
• A living setting I always aim to create a living sandbox of complex NPCs, factions, plot threads, and locations, that acts and changes on its own.
• Player Agency Just because the living environment continues with or without player engagement, does not mean you can't affect things, only that I aim to make the world feel more alive. I try to offer my players the space +autonomy to interact with the world how they choose.
• Challenge Especially once the campaign transitions to *Dungeon of the Mad Mage*, we'll see the challenges difficulty dial up. But even in the early game of *Dragon Heist*, numerous encounters will be challenging or even more safely solved through non-violent means. While the first part of this campaign will rely more on social + roleplaying abilities than combat ones, you'll find that handling combat will likely become more important with time.
• Levels 1 - 20 How often have you gotten to do a full level 1 - 20 campaign before?

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👥 Game Openings:

1️⃣ Friday party - join at lvl 3 & start right in the meat of Dragon Heist

* Seats: 4/6 filled
* Time: 7:00pm EST

2️⃣ I am also looking to start new campaigns from the beginning! If you're interested, check the application + make note of your availability. Particular interest in starting a weekday time slot (Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-5)), either evenings or afternoons (for European-friendly start times)
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• ⏳ Duration: ~3.5 - 4 hours w/ a 10-15 min break in the middle. Every 1-2 months, we'll take a week off the main campaign to play a one-shot as a palette cleanser (sometimes playing as different people in Waterdeep to flesh out your campaign setting)
• 💵 Price: $20 per player per session Payments are made through PayPal and expected before session completion.
• 🎲 System: D&D 5E
• 🖥️ Platforms: Foundry & Discord
• ⚠️ Requirements: You'll need a decent microphone + headphones/earbuds, a free account on Discord for voice chat, forge-vtt for our virtual tabletop, and DnDBeyond where you can build your character
• 🎁 What I Provide: My DnDBeyond library, story customized and written around your party, custom battle maps, curated music, Syrinscape sound effects, pizzazz
• 📊 Character Creation: For new campaigns, we will run a session 0 game for establishing the adventure and rules, character creation, and getting acquainted with each other. For in-progress campaigns, I can go over these things with you beforehand. Nearly anything official is allowed + homebrew is allowed w/ my approval.
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⚠️ Things that are Mandatory

* a decent microphone + headphones/earbuds: Cutting out background noise (especially your speakers!) helps everyone hear each other better and is overall less distracting.
* Discord account: We shall communicate within my Discord server between games, and use a voice channel to communicate during game time.
* a Forge-vtt account: Foundry is our virtual tabletop of choice and we use forge-vtt to host the servers for our games.
* a DnDBeyond account:*** As a member of one of my campaigns, you will have my entire DNDBeyond character creation library shared with you. There exists a plugin where you can click on anything on your DNDBeyond character sheet and have it roll in Foundry!

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😊 Things you must be cool with

* Being a Team. I am not against interparty conflict, but our characters should actually want to be party members and work towards a common goal!

* Respect. This is a LGBTQ+, BIPOC, neurodiversity, disability-friendly game! Bullying, harassment, and bigotry are not welcome and will lead to your removal from the game.

* Commitment. By deciding to do this, understand what you are agreeing to. This campaign will likely last for well over a year. Sessions are played weekly, at a time that everyone has agreed to set aside for this. Showing up late or cancelling hours beforehand is taking away from the time your party members and I also set aside. However, real life can be a lot: accommodations can absolutely be made and sessions can be missed without fuss if advance notice is given.

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📝 How to Apply

Please fill out this application to the best of your ability & I will reach out to you!
https://form.jotform.com/220005896785059

⭐ feel free to message me here or on Discord (danthebard#2246) with any questions! ⭐