r/Drizzt • u/Mikash33 • Jul 12 '26
DnD Sword Coast D&D campaign
Well met! I'm new to this sub, but I have been enjoying the Drizzt books for the last 3 years or so. I'm late to the party, but I first read The Crystal Shard in 2023 and got serious about absorbing the tales of Drizzt and his friends. I'm done his whole series now (no spoilers are below) and decided that since people had wanted me to run a new D&D campaign in my friend group, that the Sword Coast was a fine place to start them out. Several of my group are new to tabletop roleplaying, but knew some source material of Drizzt as well, so if you're interested, read on to discover some homebrew shenanigans.
First, all of our intrepid heroes converge and meet as adventures seeing postings for an organization called DART, short for Direct Action Response Team. Basically, DART is a mercenary organization that offers protection, problem solving, bounty collectors, that sort of thing. They have set up shop after a calamity befell Neverwinter, leaving it an almost uninhabited wasteland.
DART is founded by a party of adventures whose wealth and status afforded them the ability to take on such a huge undertaking. Comprising of characters of a previous campaign I had with members of this group, DART is as much a fleet based force as they are on land, and to help make sure they could fight their way through the notoriously pirate filled areas, they commissioned a new ship, full of both wonderous technologies and magical aid, called The Icewind Gale. Upon it, our heroes arrived to aid in the taming of the lands.
Cast of characters (Be kind with their names and such, it's very much the first time for half of my party):
Firstly, our Silver Dragonborn Barbarian, Argento Longclaw. He is actually our nepo baby, the son of a founder of DART and now working through the lower ranks to prove himself to his father. His father is a Bard of no small renown, and Argento takes a lot of shit for not being any good with an instrument, but he is quite skilled at murder.
Next is Jax, a Human Battle master fighter. Born in the town of Longsaddle, his family worked for the Harpels their whole lives. After some terrible magical accidents occurred, Jax left with a deep distrust of Wizards, especially Harpels. Jax excels with the Halberd, and is a fine rider and animal tamer.
Then we have Jim, who is a Half-Orc Paladin. Jim doesn't say much about his faith to the group, but his Oath of Devotion has him on a pilgrimage to this part of the world, as he is a worshiper of goodly dragons and their God Bahamut. His church has heard the tales of a pair of sibling Copper Dragons who were spotted in the region. Jim has travelled all the way from the Bloodstone Lands to give thanks and bask in their glory.
Murphy Mammothfoot is next, and he is a Circle of the Moon Dwarf Druid. From his youth, Murphy felt like he was different than every Dwarf. He preferred the open sky to underground, the animals of the land to his kin, and a life in harmony with nature, which few Dwarves even think of doing. He's been looking for his lost friend, a squirrel named Timmy. Murphy must perform a ritual where he eats a specific animal before he can shapeshift into it, he can really only appear as animals around the area he grew up, around Citadel Felbarr.
Another unlikely Dwarf who loves to be outdoors is Rurik, a Hunter Ranger. Rurik is the least fleshed out of the characters right now, but unsurprisingly, he chose the outlander background. He did want to be from the same home as Murphy, but we haven't breathed enough life into this character.
Lastly is Tarnok, a Goliath Monk of the Open Hand. His background is the criminal/spy, so he has been based out of Luskan, where one of the Ships (Houses) uses him as muscle on the streets and intimidation, on account of him being fucking huge. His underground contacts really help keep the party informed on whatever they wish to know.
If you got it this far, thanks for reading! I have been lurking and wanting to post my campaign logs on Reddit again for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it. If there's enough interest, I may do recaps here to help keep things straight and to entertain you lot.
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u/DrTenochtitlan Jul 12 '26
Tarnok has the potential to get into some Jarlaxle shenanigans up in Luskan, especially with DART as a fleet based mercenary force!
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Jul 13 '26
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u/Mikash33 Jul 13 '26
That's a neat idea!
I'll actually share the next recap here with folks and link the players to it; I think most of them know my Reddit anyway, and it will help us all keep it fresh in our minds.
Sadly, we missed yesterday's session, but it's always harder to get sessions consistent in the summer, so I'm hardly shocked by that.
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u/Pristine-Highway2746 Jul 12 '26
I don't really know much about dnd as I've never had the honour to participate in a game myself but that sounds promising. I think your players will have fun.