The small village of Androll's Rock resides along the sword coast near Luskan. It is home to an annual festival celebrating the hero of the town, a famous Half-Elf Bard/Paladin named Androll. Around 50 years ago,, Androll defeated a large green dragon that had been terrorizing farmers in the area...the dragon escaped from Androll's trap at the last minute, but was severely wounded in the process, which caused the beast to flee. With the dragons hoard, Androll built a temple and college of music atop a huge rock shelf along a cliff,overlooking the coast. The festival of universal love and music begins at the end of this week.
Until yesterday, everyone was excited for the upcoming event. The children were making decorations, the townsfolk were gathering the wares they would sell that would give them the coin they'd need to get by for a decent part of the year. Yesterday is when a sudden shadow fell over the nearby farms , and a cold wind blew in a dense fog from the east. Screams and shouts of warning were heard just moments before it descended upon the farm. The destruction it caused took only a few minutes, and it ended abruptly. The fog cleared away and if it weren't for the unmistakable roars, it would have seemed a tornado had ripped the farm to shreds. But you knew in your heart, this was the work of a DRAGON!
The townspeople have put out messengers to all the nearby towns requesting the aid of brave adventurers. Are you a hero, looking to aid the town with its plight? Or a sneaky con man looking to turn a profit from this? Or just a traveler headed to the festival? Any roles are welcome, but be warned that the Gods believe in karma.
About the session : This is the first PbP session I've ever run, I'm adapting the last campaign I ran in person. As a sped up version of a session 0 for each person joining I would ask you to pick a race and starting class starting at level 1 by using the generator located at fastcharacter.com and post it to the thread via a clear Screenshot. After initial creation of you wish to use a different sheet, feel free, I just want the fresh character sheets for my records(i enjoy the way they format their sheets.) After the initial character is generated each new player will have a sort of "death proof plot armor" till level 3, at which point they will be open to all manner of devious and terrible deaths, potentially even via PVP depending on the area they are in geographically in game.(think pvp arena of an mmo, imagine fighting other players to win amazing in game items!) I plan on keeping the game plot point oriented, and on a semi regular posting schedule, so any one can join and participate as soon as they post a sheet. Players that do not post regularly risk having their character being commandeered by the DM to use as an NPC, you will be notified before/if this happens.
About me: long time d&d player/dm as far back as the red box, lots of love for the mythos, so expect cameos from some of my favorite characters, I like to keep it light hearted and fast paced, in the vein of Acquisitions Incorporated game play. The funnier and more ridiculous your idea is, the more likely it may become a pivotal story hook. And I'm addicted to dad jokes, and have been known to hand out inspiration to players that make me laugh when they role-play well. Ultimately I want to share a good experience with as many players as possible, and maybe make some new friends.
Setting :5e forgotten realms mid 1400s
The small village of Androll's Rock resides along the sword coast near Luskan. It is home to an annual festival celebrating the hero of the town, a famous Half-Elf Bard/Paladin named Androll. Around 50 years ago,, Androll defeated a large green dragon that had been terrorizing farmers in the area...the dragon escaped from Androll's trap at the last minute, but was severely wounded in the process, which caused the beast to flee. With the dragons hoard, Androll built a temple and college of music atop a huge rock shelf along a cliff,overlooking the coast. The festival of universal love and music begins at the end of this week.
Until yesterday, everyone was excited for the upcoming event. The children were making decorations, the townsfolk were gathering the wares they would sell that would give them the coin they'd need to get by for a decent part of the year. Yesterday is when a sudden shadow fell over the nearby farms , and a cold wind blew in a dense fog from the east. Screams and shouts of warning were heard just moments before it descended upon the farm. The destruction it caused took only a few minutes, and it ended abruptly. The fog cleared away and if it weren't for the unmistakable roars, it would have seemed a tornado had ripped the farm to shreds. But you knew in your heart, this was the work of a DRAGON!
The townspeople have put out messengers to all the nearby towns requesting the aid of brave adventurers. Are you a hero, looking to aid the town with its plight? Or a sneaky con man looking to turn a profit from this? Or just a traveler headed to the festival? Any roles are welcome, but be warned that the Gods believe in karma.
About the session : This is the first PbP session I've ever run, I'm adapting the last campaign I ran in person. As a sped up version of a session 0 for each person joining I would ask you to pick a race and starting class starting at level 1 by using the generator located at fastcharacter.com and post it to the thread via a clear Screenshot. After initial creation of you wish to use a different sheet, feel free, I just want the fresh character sheets for my records(i enjoy the way they format their sheets.) After the initial character is generated each new player will have a sort of "death proof plot armor" till level 3, at which point they will be open to all manner of devious and terrible deaths, potentially even via PVP depending on the area they are in geographically in game.(think pvp arena of an mmo, imagine fighting other players to win amazing in game items!) I plan on keeping the game plot point oriented, and on a semi regular posting schedule, so any one can join and participate as soon as they post a sheet. Players that do not post regularly risk having their character being commandeered by the DM to use as an NPC, you will be notified before/if this happens.
About me: long time d&d player/dm as far back as the red box, lots of love for the mythos, so expect cameos from some of my favorite characters, I like to keep it light hearted and fast paced, in the vein of Acquisitions Incorporated game play. The funnier and more ridiculous your idea is, the more likely it may become a pivotal story hook. And I'm addicted to dad jokes, and have been known to hand out inspiration to players that make me laugh when they role-play well. Ultimately I want to share a good experience with as many players as possible, and maybe make some new friends.
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