Game: D&D 5e (2024)
Group type: Online: DnDBeyond, Discord, Roll20
Experience: All
Location/Timezone: GMT
Schedule: 1900 GMT/1400 EST/1000 PST/2000CEST Weekly on Fridays
Roles sought: 4-6 Players
Game style: A true Faerunian epic, using lots of the new source material as well as plans to incirporate Ed Greenwood's new source material releasing every three months for a few years (https://mythmakers.com/realmsbound). Inspired by old school D&D - dungeon crawls, adventuring, lore building, character building, and that classic zero-to-hero story
Link: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmjx1mb5o00wcle048ayqgr9e

About the adventure

Welcome to The Serpent's Coil, a grand campaign spanning the breadth of Faerûn. Prepare for a journey that will test your mettle, challenge your morality, and etch your names into the annals of history, drawing heavily from the foundational 'old-school' spirit of D&D.

This is not a linear tale, but a living chronicle set against the sprawling, often unforgiving canvas of Faerûn. We begin in the familiar region of the Dalelands, but your destiny is not confined. From the humid jungles of Chult to the icy peaks of the Spine of the World, and perhaps even to the shadow-haunted planes beyond.

🧭 A Tapestry Woven from Classic Lore The inspiration is rooted in the rich, often stark, and wonderfully weird material of the early Forgotten Realms. Expect to encounter:

• Ancient Evils: Vestiges of the Crown Wars, dark plots of the Zhentarim and the Red Wizards of Thay, machinations of the secretive Cult of the Dragon, and perhaps even slumbering powers of long-forgotten deities. Drawing on the mystique of the Moonshae Isles, the political intrigue of Waterdeep, and the dusty tombs of the Anauroch Desert
• Challenges: The structure and tone will emulate the spirit of classic adventures—complex dungeon crawls where the environment is as deadly as the monsters, wilderness treks fraught with unexpected danger, and political webs that threaten to ensnare the unwary. Expect resource management, cryptic clues, and moral ambiguity where few choices are easy
• Deep Faction Play: Your allegiance (or defiance) of classic factions like the Harpers, the Lords' Alliance, the Shadow Thieves, or even the burgeoning Emerald Enclave will have genuine, long-term consequences. This is a world of shades of grey, where allies can become enemies and sworn foes might offer surprising aid

🎲 Gameplay and Tone The tone is one of heroic, high-stakes fantasy balanced by a touch of gritty realism. Magic is potent and wondrous. Combat is dangerous and tactical, not a simple hack-and-slash affair. You will need to think, plan, and sometimes run.

• Exploration: The map is vast, and many secrets lie hidden in the wilderness. Successful exploration requires preparation, survival checks, and a keen eye. You will chart ruins, delve into lost dwarven holds, and navigate ancient trade routes
• Social Interaction: You will deal with powerful nobles, paranoid mages, desperate commoners, and inscrutable extraplanar beings

Your reputation, whether for honor or ruthlessness, will precede you and shape interactions Players who appreciate deep world-building, enjoy complex problem-solving over brute force, and are ready to commit to an epic-length campaign that will see their characters grow from local heroes to figures of legend, forever changing the face of Faerûn. When a PC dies, do you move on and draw up a new sheet, or does the party hold a funeral and mourn the loss? This campaign looks for those that enjoy the latter as well as the rolling of dice.

Are you ready to claim your legend?

Homebrew rules

🎲 Perkin's Crits: Max damage of the dice + modifiers + roll the damage dice. e.g. damage is 1d8+1. A crit would be: 8 + 1 + 1d8

🎲 Secret Death Saves: Only the DM and the player know the outcome of a death save. This keeps the immersion of a PC's status unknown (thus eliminating any metagaming intentional or not by the other players) to the rest of the party

What DM JJ brings to the table

🎲 I'll bring the ruleset (D&D 5e 2024) - no need to buy the books!

🎲 I'll design a series of campaigns that carry the PCs from level 1 through to level 20, bringing back time and time again a common evil that keeps the world on its toes. I’ll also incorporate (where possible and to be discussed) the players wishes and storylines as well as how they have affect the world and its response to these actions

🎲 I also bring my 23 years of experience running D&D games - I can support when things don't make sense or you need help with how something works. I’m not the Players Handbook incarnate but I’ve played enough to be able to quickly resolve a ruling issue and adjust later for the future

• Still looking for players for this game! Updated price due to listing mistake.