"Greetings friends! Welcome, welcome! Thank you for joining me here so late in the evening. Please, sit, sit. I would like to invite each of you to join in the spoils of the latest venture of the Rockseeker brothers! Yes indeed, YOU are the fortunate few that we have deemed worthy of this rare opportunity. What exceptional opportunity have you discovered this time, Gundren, you ask? Well, have you heard of the Phandelver's Pact? Wave Echo Cave, perhaps? Surely you have heard of the Forge of Spells, lost so many centuries ago! Well my friends, we have much to discuss! First, however, I am waiting to hear from my brothers, Tharden and Nundro of course, when they reach Phandalin. They are making the necessary arrangements and we will be taking a large shipment of provisions to meet them. It is there that I will tell you more and you can decide if you would pass up this once in a lifetime opportunity! Our supplies should be ready the morning after next, so please do prepare yourselves for the last job you'll ever have to work!"
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Hi all, I'd like to invite applications to join my version of Lost Mine of Phandelver. I'm an experienced 5e player, occasional DM, but first time play-by-post DM. I'm looking for 4 to 5 players to help tell this tale. Ideally this will primarily be the story of YOUR characters, with the module itself and the story within as the backdrop for memorable role play, exploration and encounters. Please be creative with your characters, their backstories, bonds and flaws. I have included some suggested backstory threads you can weave into your character creation if you like to really ensure your characters are invested in the events that will unfold, but they should still leave plenty of room for your character to be your own creation. Use of those ideas is not required but I am likely to choose at least a few PC's that do have existing ties to the story. I'd like to put an emphasis on role play in this campaign over crunch, but that does not mean you can't come up with a strong mechanical build as long as the RP is still there. I'll do what I can for battle maps, but we may not have one for each encounter in favor of 'theater of the mind'.
***Please PM me your application per the instructions below. I will choose the PC's by Monday so we can get started, if not earlier if there are enough applications.
Specifics
- 4-5 players
- lvl 2 characters to start (I'll probably scale this campaign up by a level or two. Who doesn't enjoy more class abilities, spells, etc.?)
- no home-brew
- point buy or standard array
- milestone leveling
- all official material from D&D Beyond accepted
- evil alignments are unlikely to work out unless you can really sell me on the idea and how you will somehow still not disrupt the fun of the other players
- no Discord or anything, we can have a PM group for OOC discussion
- I should be able to share quite a bit of my owned content up through around the time Xanathar's came out (Legendary Bundle)
Application
Name: Race: Class: Age: Alignment: Character Bond: Character Flaw: Background: Why are you here? How might you have received an invite from one of the Rockseeker Brothers or Gundren's trusted ally, Sildar Hallwinter? (see backgrounds below)
Suggested Background Ties
- You are a friend or relative (brother, sister, cousin, etc.) of Gundren Rockseeker and his brothers.
- You are a trusted friend of Sildar Hallwinter, renown member of Waterdeep's griffon cavalry and agent of the Lord's Alliance.
- You have family history in Phandalin and are determined to restore it to its former glory.
- You are a treasure hunter searching for the Lost Mine of Phandelver after discovering a map that may hold the key to it's location.
- You have ties to Phandalin and seek aid in dealing with the increased hostility of the local gang known as the Redbrands.
- You suspect Gundren got the information for his latest business venture from your grandfather and want to ensure your family gets its fair share of any wealth that is to be had.
- You are a human or half-elf descendent of the disgraced wizard Mormesk, who 500 years earlier dishonored himself by breaking the Phandelver's Pact, turning on the dwarves and gnomes to take the mines for himself.
- You are a dwarven descendent of Falgrim Thunderheart, founding member of the Phandelver's Pact and master of the forge. Falgrim was lost along with the mines 500 years ago.
- You are a worshiper of Oghma, the Lord of Knowledge, and since coming to Neverwinter have been having dreams or visions of an alter in a castle defiled by goblins, now a shrine to the vile goblin god Maglubiyet. The altar is an offense to Oghma that must not stand.
- You have heard rumors of a new terror in the region around Phandalin and have come to investigate, seek help, seek revenge, etc. (I will PM you with more information if you choose this.)
Thanks everyone for all of the applications thus far! I'm reading through them now and taking some notes. Have a pretty busy weekend after this brief break so I'll let everyone know which PC's Gundren Rockseeker has chosen to trust for his latest venture by Monday morning. In the meantime, please feel free to keep sending applications.
Alas I of course can't take everyone. We've had quite a bit of overlap in class choices already so even better than average applications may have to be left on the cutting room floor, until the next campaign at least!
Roughly 24 hours left... inside info for any remaining applications coming in... more than 50% of the applications have been humans, and there's a ton of class overlap. Avoid humans, clerics, and, surprisingly enough, druids. I have two good druid's who have dibs already and it will be hard choosing between them.
Hello everyone. I've sent out some PM's for the initial phase of invites. We'll see who signs up to the campaign link with their character sheet and decide from there if we have any more slots to fill. There are several applications I like quite a bit but may not be able to squeeze in (based on class redundancy, not wanting a party of 100% humans, and desired party size limitations). We'll see. Thank you all!
I think we have our full group now everyone. Thank you all for your applications and sorry for anyone who didn't make it in. I wish I could include more or run two groups as there are some great characters left that I'd love to role play with, but perhaps another time.
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Hexblade's Lost Mine of Phandelver
"Greetings friends! Welcome, welcome! Thank you for joining me here so late in the evening. Please, sit, sit. I would like to invite each of you to join in the spoils of the latest venture of the Rockseeker brothers! Yes indeed, YOU are the fortunate few that we have deemed worthy of this rare opportunity. What exceptional opportunity have you discovered this time, Gundren, you ask? Well, have you heard of the Phandelver's Pact? Wave Echo Cave, perhaps? Surely you have heard of the Forge of Spells, lost so many centuries ago! Well my friends, we have much to discuss! First, however, I am waiting to hear from my brothers, Tharden and Nundro of course, when they reach Phandalin. They are making the necessary arrangements and we will be taking a large shipment of provisions to meet them. It is there that I will tell you more and you can decide if you would pass up this once in a lifetime opportunity! Our supplies should be ready the morning after next, so please do prepare yourselves for the last job you'll ever have to work!"
-------------------------------
Hi all, I'd like to invite applications to join my version of Lost Mine of Phandelver. I'm an experienced 5e player, occasional DM, but first time play-by-post DM. I'm looking for 4 to 5 players to help tell this tale. Ideally this will primarily be the story of YOUR characters, with the module itself and the story within as the backdrop for memorable role play, exploration and encounters. Please be creative with your characters, their backstories, bonds and flaws. I have included some suggested backstory threads you can weave into your character creation if you like to really ensure your characters are invested in the events that will unfold, but they should still leave plenty of room for your character to be your own creation. Use of those ideas is not required but I am likely to choose at least a few PC's that do have existing ties to the story. I'd like to put an emphasis on role play in this campaign over crunch, but that does not mean you can't come up with a strong mechanical build as long as the RP is still there. I'll do what I can for battle maps, but we may not have one for each encounter in favor of 'theater of the mind'.
***Please PM me your application per the instructions below. I will choose the PC's by Monday so we can get started, if not earlier if there are enough applications.
Specifics
- 4-5 players
- lvl 2 characters to start (I'll probably scale this campaign up by a level or two. Who doesn't enjoy more class abilities, spells, etc.?)
- no home-brew
- point buy or standard array
- milestone leveling
- all official material from D&D Beyond accepted
- evil alignments are unlikely to work out unless you can really sell me on the idea and how you will somehow still not disrupt the fun of the other players
- no Discord or anything, we can have a PM group for OOC discussion
- I should be able to share quite a bit of my owned content up through around the time Xanathar's came out (Legendary Bundle)
Application
Name:
Race:
Class:
Age:
Alignment:
Character Bond:
Character Flaw:
Background:
Why are you here? How might you have received an invite from one of the Rockseeker Brothers or Gundren's trusted ally, Sildar Hallwinter? (see backgrounds below)
Suggested Background Ties
- You are a friend or relative (brother, sister, cousin, etc.) of Gundren Rockseeker and his brothers.
- You are a trusted friend of Sildar Hallwinter, renown member of Waterdeep's griffon cavalry and agent of the Lord's Alliance.
- You have family history in Phandalin and are determined to restore it to its former glory.
- You are a treasure hunter searching for the Lost Mine of Phandelver after discovering a map that may hold the key to it's location.
- You have ties to Phandalin and seek aid in dealing with the increased hostility of the local gang known as the Redbrands.
- You suspect Gundren got the information for his latest business venture from your grandfather and want to ensure your family gets its fair share of any wealth that is to be had.
- You are a human or half-elf descendent of the disgraced wizard Mormesk, who 500 years earlier dishonored himself by breaking the Phandelver's Pact, turning on the dwarves and gnomes to take the mines for himself.
- You are a dwarven descendent of Falgrim Thunderheart, founding member of the Phandelver's Pact and master of the forge. Falgrim was lost along with the mines 500 years ago.
- You are a worshiper of Oghma, the Lord of Knowledge, and since coming to Neverwinter have been having dreams or visions of an alter in a castle defiled by goblins, now a shrine to the vile goblin god Maglubiyet. The altar is an offense to Oghma that must not stand.
- You have heard rumors of a new terror in the region around Phandalin and have come to investigate, seek help, seek revenge, etc. (I will PM you with more information if you choose this.)
PM sent
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please
PM Sent
Pm sent.
DCI: 3319125026
pm sent
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
PM incoming
Back and ready to DM and chew bubblegum. And I'm alllll outta bubblegum.
PM sent
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
PM sent
Thanks everyone for all of the applications thus far! I'm reading through them now and taking some notes. Have a pretty busy weekend after this brief break so I'll let everyone know which PC's Gundren Rockseeker has chosen to trust for his latest venture by Monday morning. In the meantime, please feel free to keep sending applications.
Alas I of course can't take everyone. We've had quite a bit of overlap in class choices already so even better than average applications may have to be left on the cutting room floor, until the next campaign at least!
Roughly 24 hours left... inside info for any remaining applications coming in... more than 50% of the applications have been humans, and there's a ton of class overlap. Avoid humans, clerics, and, surprisingly enough, druids. I have two good druid's who have dibs already and it will be hard choosing between them.
Hello everyone. I've sent out some PM's for the initial phase of invites. We'll see who signs up to the campaign link with their character sheet and decide from there if we have any more slots to fill. There are several applications I like quite a bit but may not be able to squeeze in (based on class redundancy, not wanting a party of 100% humans, and desired party size limitations). We'll see. Thank you all!
I think we have our full group now everyone. Thank you all for your applications and sorry for anyone who didn't make it in. I wish I could include more or run two groups as there are some great characters left that I'd love to role play with, but perhaps another time.