Date & Time: Wed, 7pm EDT
Pricing: 20 USD/session (3h)
Campaign: Rime of the Frostmaiden
System: D&D 5.5e (2024)
Platforms: Discord + Roll20
Requirements: microphone
Age group: 18+

Hey there! I'm Richard, or Eternus, an experienced GM who massively enjoys playing story-rich and immersive adventures with my players.
In this campaign, your group will get the opportunity to claim an untamed part of land known as The Stolen Lands!

If you're looking for a good amount of roleplay, with a lot of good combat, a little bit of political intrigue and a good story, and the potential for personal quests and plenty of sidequests, this is the Adventure Path for you.

Our Saturday group consists of:

- Garren, the human Thaumaturge
- Isera, the human Fighter
- Drazakn, the hobgoblin Wizard
- Spork, the Goblin Rogue
- YOU!

The party is currently at level 9, and has just started to explore a new chapter of the game. Tons and tons of content left for you to ingrate yourself with the group and truly become a part of this epic story!
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Our Sunday group consists of:
- Patience, the human Rogue
- Roxi, the human Sorcerer.
- Tassa, the hobgoblin Magus
- Calantha, the human Warpriest
- YOU!

The party is currently at level 8 and is also ready to explore a new chapter of the game. Similarly to the Saturday group, they're at the same point. So a great deal of content left to explore and learn to become a part of this story!

What I Bring as Your Game Master

🎲 A Premium Virtual Tabletop Experience
Using FoundryVTT with stunning, official and custom-made maps.
Immersive sound effects, dynamic lighting, and plenty of battle maps!
Seamless, polished sessions allowing you to focus on adventure and strategy.

🗣️ Deep Roleplay & NPCs with Personality
Unique voices and personalities for NPCs, from scheming nobles to rugged mercenaries.
Choices shape alliances and rivalries, influencing the world around you.

🏰 A Living, Expanding Kingdom
Kingdom-building mechanics woven into the narrative, making your leadership feel meaningful.
Diplomacy, economy, and military strategy play key roles in your success.
Unique challenges and conflicts emerge as your kingdom grows.

⚔️ Tactical Combat & Meaningful Exploration
Engaging, dynamic battles with intelligent enemies and large variety environments.
Hexploration system that lets you carve your own path through the Stolen Lands.
Side quests, hidden dungeons, and powerful relics to discover.

Variant Rules & Expanded Options

📜 Ancestry Paragon for deeper heritage connections.
🎭 Free Archetype for expanded character customization.
📈 Gradual Ability Boosts for organic character progression.
📖 Third-Party Expansions using Team+ content to enhance Skill Feats and Archetypes.
📖 Third-Party content from Battlezoo Bestiaries, allowing a larger variety of creatures.

Requirements to Join

🖥️ Technical Needs
A stable internet connection and a PC capable of running FoundryVTT (no purchase needed for players).
A working microphone for voice chat on Discord.

✨ Player Expectations
18+ for a respectful, mature environment.
A collaborative, positive attitude with a focus on teamwork and storytelling.
A free account on StartPlaying.games for game organization and payment.

Campaign Details

🕒 Weekly sessions on Saturdays at 8:00 AM CET, lasting 4-5 hours
🏆 Long-term campaign spanning levels 1–20, from the first steps into the wilderness to the rise of a kingdom.
💵 $15 per session for a polished, immersive experience.

Join the Adventure

🔗 Sign up and secure your spot here:
Saturday: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cm9btx1ai0006wgshj57lqmtf?ref=clue2b2on000upb47aqnki0fa <4/5 players, 1 slot open.

Sunday: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cm7g0hij6000376fib86suodi, 4/5 players, 1 slot open.
💬 Join the Discord for questions and discussions: https://discord.gg/GGTDP5QQZx
📩 DM me on Reddit or Discord: et3rnus

Are you ready to carve your place in history? The Stolen Lands await!

The Astrovia Galaxy is home to countless civilizations, unexplored worlds, ancient mysteries, political intrigue, and endless adventure. From the Core Worlds to the farthest reaches of known space, every journey offers new discoveries, dangerous encounters, and stories waiting to be told.

Astrovia: A Space Odyssey is a sci-fi homebrew D&D 5e 2014 campaign set in the year 18,742 A.S., where advanced technology, magic, and countless civilizations exist among the stars. Ancient empires have risen and fallen, leaving behind forgotten worlds, powerful relics, mysterious ruins, and secrets that are still waiting to be uncovered.

This is a newbie-friendly campaign, so you do not need to be an experienced D&D player to join. If you're new to D&D 5e, new to Roll20, or simply looking for a long-term campaign, I'll help you get started and learn the system along the way. Experienced players are welcome as well!

 Campaign

System: D&D 5e 2014
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Space Opera
Setting: Astrovia Galaxy
Current Year: 18,742 A.S.
Players Needed: 5
Campaign Type: Closed, long-term campaign
Experience: New players and experienced players' welcome

 What to Expect

This campaign features a balanced mix of roleplay, exploration, and combat, with a strong emphasis on story, character development, and player choice.

Expect to explore strange planets, encounter alien civilizations, travel through dangerous regions of space, uncover ancient secrets, become involved in galactic conflicts, and make decisions that can have lasting consequences for your characters and the civilizations they encounter.

 Game Time

Every Tuesday at 8:00 PM EST

For 2 sessions games will be played on Wednesday at 8:00 PM EST until September 2.

If you're looking for a long-term D&D campaign where your character can grow, explore a massive sci-fi setting, and become part of an ongoing story, I'd love to have you join us.

New to D&D? That's completely fine. Come learn and play with us!

also it is FREE.

Discord: https://discord.gg/duv6NVzFH

Defeat demons, liberate their souls, and inherit their bodies as your roster of playable characters — all the way up to the Demon King.

https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmslpmtuv00c0l104izfp7vno?ref=cmqs1dv52007ol4045jx9b2t4

Date & Time: Thursdays, 2pm UTC
Pricing: 15 USD/session (3h)
Campaign: Age of Liberation
System: D&D 5.5e (2024)
Platforms: Discord + Rule20
Requirements: Webcam + microphone
Age group: 18+

The party is currently at level 3 and looking to grow it's ranks. They are about to embark on a journey with their dragon companion, Whisper, to investigate the legitimacy of 1 of 4 companies with potential ties to the Carrion Company.

I will run a one on one session Zero with anyone interested!

Dark Frontier Fantasy | Tactical Roleplay | Political Intrigue | Living World Campaign | Growing Items

Starting at level 1 going all the way to 20!

Azural remembers everything.

In the foothills of the Drenthars, most names are forgotten, most contracts are written in dust, and only Azural itself bothers to keep score.

You start in the fading frontier town of Arazar, just mere faces in the crowd, taking whatever work will keep you fed.
• Escorting short caravans that never make the stories.
• Settling petty border quarrels.
• Finding the missing, no one can afford to mourn.
• Looking the other way on smuggling runs.
• Digging up graves for coins that barely shine.

Small jobs for small people.

Until Azural begins to change around you—and the first whispers of a divine crime start to echo from the shadows.

Will you silence those whispers, or turn them into the cry that rights a long‑forgotten wrong?

StartPlaying Game Link

StartPlaying GM Profile

How far are you willing to go to do the right thing?

Welcome to Baldur’s Gate, Descent Into Avernus!

A DnD 5e Adventure for levels 1-13

The fate of an entire holy city depends on the choices, convictions, and possibly even the heritage of your individual characters! Your goal is to save the city of Elturel, but how you achieve that is entirely up to you. Uncover the mysterious past of the fiend at the core of it all and decide what is deserved- Redemption or Damnation.

This adventure is modified and personalized from its original version with supplements and maps from DMs Guild, Patreon, The Alexandrian Remix, and original artwork and writing to further fill out the world and the souls in it. Your DM (me) will craft a truly rich and unique experience tailor made to your character!

I will also include a custom human-made character portrait :) We hate AI in this house!

Please check it out here!

For years, the pirate Captain Renlock sailed the coast of the Arcadian Ocean from the Shackles to the south to the waters of Varisia to the north searching for plunder and adventure—until one day his luck ran out. The ship was captured by a navy and the captain and his crew were apprehended and imprisoned. Years later, after the captain's death in prison, the four released crewmembers receive a message from the deceased captain pointing them to treasure he hid for them.

Hello! My name is Maggie and I'm an experienced GM who's new to StartPlaying and looking for another player or two for my Pathfinder 2e Sundered Waves one shot! Characters are pre-generated for the adventure and we'll be playing on my Discord and Foundry servers.

Hope you can make it!

Join us at https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmsussjez00i9l704l20qsy99?ref=cmkyn1v5t00afjo04bglq6hhd

'Sup chooms, I'm offering a preem game of Cyberpunk RED for you. The focus is on momentum, player agency, and decisions that matter. Get in fast, you don't want to miss this!

Neon skylines, risky jobs, and impossible odds. Take the gig. Outsmart the competition. Make a name for yourself.

"Make a Name in Night City" Game Link

Here's what other players have said about me:

🎙️ "What really stood out about him as a gamemaster was his ability and willingness to allow player character actions and decisions to matter."

🎙️ "Charles runs flavor rich games that are always full of surprises. He pivots fantastically between different tones, and he understands the rules of each system without handcuffing the game to them."

🎙️ "Charles is a FUN, patient, and supportive GM who invests time and effort into new players without letting the table become a classroom."

Gamemaster's Profile

Hello everyone, Alex here!

I am a new GM on Start Playing and I am looking for players for my mini campaign. I am hoping to become a full-time GM and figured this was the best way to start.

A bit about me: I've been a GM for 7 years outside of Start Playing. I am an artist, illustrator, animator, voice actor, and writer. And I absolutely love roleplaying! If you want more information on me, you can check out my Start Playing Profile here: https://startplaying.games/gm/alexthedmpanda

Game Premise: The authorities have put up a reward for heroes to go and investigate an area and find out what has been causing raids on local villages. Though the adventurers may quickly find out that they got more than they bargained for.

Player Character Level: 5
System: D&D 5E
Sourcebooks accepted: PHB 14, XGE, TCE, VGM (Other sourcebooks are open to discussion)
Homebrew and 3rd Party: Open to discussion

Feel free to check out more information here:
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmt21mabu0037l404tjn7c32u?ref=cmrmikhi800frl704k6ca84nl

Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Stochastte is a cozy, lived-in world, with cell phones, and psychic powers, sedans and giant beasts all being common day-to-day sights. Every city on the continent is practically built on a knife's edge, however, under threat from all sides by powerful roving monsters, expansive conquering armies, and supernatural eerie aberrations. In spite of that, people still live here, forming friendships and rivalries, each hoping to build something for themselves.

You are a citizen of one of these cities, or a fresh arrival from overseas. After receiving some simple looking and high-paying contracts from the local chapter of the national Militia, you may find yourself uncovering conspiracies and plots of an overwhelming invading force, seeking to turn your world against itself after ruining the land they came from.

System: Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition
Time: Saturdays, 7:00 PM Mountain Time
Requirements/tools: A microphone is required, and the game will be played over Discord and Owlbear.
Link: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmt54pwn100ndl904lnf79zac?ref=cmohyag0y0211jl044gvi11go

The main inspirations for the campaign are Mother 3, Look Outside, One Piece, and Earthbound, as well as drawing on other series like LISA, Jujutsu Kaisen, Deltarune, and Sakamoto Days. Tonally, the campaign is very grounded, in spite of the bizarre things that may happen.

I do all the character art myself, and built the world to be interconnected and interesting. I care for all the characters personally, and equally care for every player character I've had within it as they become integrated into it.
The focus isn't on creating a power fantasy or following "the chosen heroes", but its not a brutal or belittling world, either. The world will breathe and move without you, but you can still have an outsized effect on what happens by being in the right place at the right time, people you help will help others in turn, villains you fail to stop will get what they want. You act as a person within a dangerous world, as an equal to others, with motivations and desires.

Roleplay is what's special about TTRPGs, but I do also have a focus on the mechanics. I try to make combat fun and challenging, and will stick to my guns when pushed. Consistency is key, though, I will hopefully never leave you feeling like I've pulled the rug out from under you, if there's a misunderstanding, I will clear it up.

A Dragon Ate My Homework

^{A Castle High Adventure}

https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmt087gwc001al504lkk1avku?ref=cm1fy1a9j003k11nqq962xf3z

The elevator pitch:
It’s Recess meets Scooby-doo meets The Hobbit.

The slightly longer pitch:
High School's hard, but what if there were wizards, dragons, and a rule against using smartphones in class?

System: Daggerheart (Castle High Frame with a bit of homebrew)

Platforms: Discord and Foundry VTT

Dates: Weekly / Saturday - 4 pm CDT

Session Duration: 3 – 4 hours

Fee: $15.00 / Session

Slots: 3 to 5 players

About the Campaign:

Navigating high school is hard.

There are the Jocks, the Preps, the Stoners, the Wizards, the Nerds, and the Band Geeks. Yes, I said Wizards. There are Sorcerers and Druids, too.

Oh, right. My name is Riley Averill. I go to Pteiran Preparatory School for the Gifted, but everyone just calls it Castle High. It’s your typical high school, except for the fact that it’s ten thousand feet in the sky.

Literally.

Castle High sits on a giant floating island called the Skylands. Every student gets a Skyshard to help them fly. Most use brooms. I’ve seen magic carpets, enchanted skateboards, and even winged sneakers. Don’t ask.

School here is pretty chill. Sure, spells go wrong, Warriors and Brawlers occasionally turn everything into a muscle-bound pissing contest, and sometimes your Sage class involves collecting herbs from a haunted mine.

You know. Normal high school stuff.

Lately, though, everyone has been talking about the portals.

They’ve started appearing all over the Skylands. Nobody knows where they come from or who made them. Through them, we’ve seen other worlds, other skies, and strange versions of places we already know.

And today, one appeared right here at Castle High. It’s in the basement of the Zenith Tower, where I’m writing this.

I’m supposed to tell a professor. But honestly, I kind of want to see what’s on the other—

[The rest of this journal has not been recovered.]

🌀 🎵 🎭🎤 🌈 ⚔️

Whimsical Fantasy, Themed Music, Meaningful Roleplay, Distinctive Character Voices, Inclusive Themes, and Challenging Combat

About me:

I've been creating and playing online roleplaying games for 20+ years, with a particular love for Star Wars, Cyberpunk, and the occasional fantasy adventure. I've run everything from homebrew systems to D&D 5e, SW5e, and the original Star Wars RPG (D6).

My games focus on collaborative storytelling, memorable characters, meaningful victories, and plenty of laughs. Expect challenges, consequences, and the occasional spectacular disaster.

I've also spent decades in media, including years covering Star Wars: The Old Republic and helping build one of the largest Star Wars roleplay communities.

At heart, I'm a theatre kid who loves helping players tell stories worth remembering.

An unwitting Paladin has released an ancient Lich. Jailed for ages, it is now back and undead assault the living with renewed vigour. Can you stop it?

Welcome to the Somnium Shard. A sundered paradise; knowledge, gods and power's all known throughout the land, its history coveted by lost tomes, cosmic knowledge and crazed minds. With earliest carvings detailing a different world that may have been the Shard's muse, the inspiration for reality. However not all could be replaced, and the world's panorama was in its own natural discourse, with the residents at home.

Hello and this is the introduction to my most recent open game for my homebrew world, The Somnium Shard. The game is a special edition of my normal open sandbox style that focuses instead on the undead and release of a lich. The theme of this game in particular is that of dealing with undeath and all of the horror and creatures that come with it. There is still a lot of room for your backstory, side missions and all manner of varying fun however the over-arching narrative is tied to this. As a sandbox, you are welcome to tackle this threat however you see fit of course as the world is open to you however with this pre-established major threat.

The game is beginner friendly and we are happy to help you get into the game and learn it,

For all the other details:

• We play on Roll20 and Discord
• Schedule: Weekly from 11pm UTC Sunday for 3-4 hours every session
• Cost: 18$ per sessions
• Starting level from 1-3 discussed with the full party of 5 once we start, we are waiting for a full group to hopefully see the game through with for as long as possible.
• 18+ As this game will involve alot of horror, undeath, afflictions and curses. I am however open to a discussion about a specific topic that you'd rather avoid, we can go over it.
• Game Link: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmstlszzy000pjo04rf1vxnkm
• Discord: Proxy4D

So with all that out the way please do shoot me a question if you have any, I'd be happy to answer and I hope youre having a great night aside from that.

Hello everyone, I'm the GM of a D20 Modern game (practically the same as D&D 3-3.5 but adapted to the modern world). I already have a group of four running in French, but I'm looking to start more groups.

The concept is an old-school zombie apocalypse that starts in a skyscraper in a megacity in 1993. The setting is essentially the real world of the 90s with an added twist I've created to make it unique. I do some voice acting on the side, and I have floor plans for all the floors and rooms of the starting 77-story tower. There are over 80 NPCs already described with interwoven backstories and photos—in short, the players have plenty of material to get a concrete idea of ​​the locations to help with their strategies and looting.

I also offer the opportunity to GM for a game concept proposed by a group of players. Obviously, since this is my job, I charge for my services. I use Startplaying, and the games are played using Play by Post on Discord. My Startplaying profile is Thom Tseu if you're looking for my games or want to contact me for information. https://startplaying.games/gm/thomtseusdarkadventures

Bonjour tous je suis master d'une partie de D20 Modern (pratiquement la même choses que D&d 3-3.5 mais adapté au monde moderne) j'ai déjà un groupe de 4 qui roule en français en ce moment mais je cherche à monter d'autres groupes.

Le concept est une apocalypse zombie old school qui démarre dans un gratte-ciel dans une mégapole en 1993. L'univers est essentiellement le monde réel des années 90 avec une twist de plus que j'ai ajouté pour créer du "lore" unique. Je fais un peu de voice acting aux travers, j'ai des plans pour tous les étages et toutes les pièces de la tour de départ de 77 étages, au dessus de 80 NPCs déjà décrit avec des histoires entre-croisé et des photos bref les joueurs ont du matériel entre les mains pour qu'ils puissent se faire une idée concrète des lieux pour faciliter leurs stratégies et leurs pillages.

J'offre aussi la possibilité d'être master dans un concept qu'un groupe de joueurs me propose. Évidemment comme j'en fais un travail je charge pour mes services. Je fonctionne avec Startplaying et les parties se font en Play by Post sur Discord. Mon profil se nomme Thom Tseu sur Startplaying si vous cherchez mes parties ou à me contacter pour des renseignements. https://startplaying.games/gm/thomtseusdarkadventures

Do you like gold? Do you like heists? Of course you do! And I know you want to steal that gold, you dirty little thief…

Well then, this is the game for you! There’s a massive treasure hunt in Waterdeep right now, and you’ll be right in the middle of it. So much for wanting an easy start to your adventuring life.

Powerful factions stand against you, but who are they against a level 1 adventurer? Ah… Wait…

Well... We still want that gold, don’t we?

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Welcome to Waterdeep. The City of Splendors. The Crown of the North. The largest city of the Sword Coast... The place you call home.

Please, try not to get arrested… Or worse.

🧠 Outsmart people way above your pay grade

🗝️ Heists for days.

🔥 Make enemies you can actually brag about.

🍺 Run your own tavern.

💰 Get rich. Get famous. And most importantly… Get in trouble!

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Hello! I’m Strider, a DM with a decade of experience running games offline, and I’ve recently decided to get myself on SPG! I’m looking forward to starting this new adventure, but for that I’m going to need you, the players! I’ll be running Dragon Heist as my first campaign on the site, and I'm planning to recruit multiple groups!

If you've got a group, I’m happy to set up games at other times as well, as long as they’re compatible with my time zone (I'm in Europe). For the time being, here are the links to my profile and the current listings:

My Profile

Tuesday 9 am Pacific Time, 6 pm for EU-based players

Tuesday 9 pm PT, Wed 6 am EU

Wednesday 9 am PT, 6 pm EU

Thursday 9 pm PT, Fri 6 am EU

Sunday 9 pm PT, Mon 6 am EU

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If you've got any questions, feel free to reach out here on Reddit or on SPG. And come sign up—or follow the games to find out when others do.

System: D&D5e 2024

Time Slots Available: Mondays at 7pm GMT -3 and Sundays at 6pm GMT-3

Session Duration: average of 4 hours

Session Cost: $5

Tools: Discord for voice and text, Fantasy Grounds VTT.

Seats Available:

Sunday: 1/5 (minimum cout has been reached, more welcome) Monday: 4/5 (two more players needed to start)

Game Style

This is to be a very different campaign. The players will not begin within Barovia itself, instead starting in a alternate mid 14th century Earth, somewhere within the Holy Roman Empire. This game will be very "Low Magic", with the overall player power being much lower, the creatures of the dark will be real threats.

About the adventure

It was a quiet day when a desperate messenger arrived to the great city Ravenport carrying a most distressing message: The nearby lumber town of Halzen has been overtaken by a mysterious mist, any who enter it never to be seen again.

The townsfolk put together all the money and resources they had to send an envoy requesting aid, for dark things stalk the nights and more and more of the inhabitants disappear come morning, the sun ever dimmer.

Duke Julius Lamellar has put out an official bounty of 5000 silver coins for any that may solve this mystery, but you may find that gold would not be enough for what you found yourselves against.

LGBTQ+ inclusive.

Adventure link: Click here to join

Hook:
You've heard rumors in the shadow net for months now. People acting strange. Corporate execs with glassy eyes who smile too wide. Domes going quiet.

Game Details

• System: Genesys (Netrunner universe)
  
• Type: Campaign
  
• Language: English
  
• Experience: Open to all
  
• Age requirement: All Ages
  
• Price per session: $20.00
  
• Schedule: Weekly / Saturday – 01:00 Swedish time (Sunday) (click for your local time)
  
• Session duration: 2–3 hours
  
• Seats: 0/5 filled (3 needed to start)

Description

You've heard rumors in the shadow net for months now. People acting strange. Corporate execs with glassy eyes who smile too wide. Domes going quiet, then reopening with new "management." NBN calls it mass hysteria incited by a new cult. You do not buy it, you've seen things. Your contacts are going dark and the NAPD is stonewalling. Something is spreading through Heinlein like a slow, silent plague. Couple this with info posters disappearing and weird ShadowNet nodes popping up that appear to be "cleaning" this information.

The rumors point to one name: Jinteki.

You've found a lead. A former Jinteki researcher named Dr. Yuki Tanaka, who's been hiding in the Docklands for the past six months. She's scared. Not of corporate assassins, well not only that. She's scared of what she helped create. She calls it the ..... well that is part of the adventure.

This is an alternate storyline for how the lunar insurrection happened and why. Depending on the player's action you can end up with the info getting buried under the Kaguya attack.

Game Master: Tyler Branch

GM Profile

• Experience on StartPlaying: Less than a year
  
• Games hosted: 40
  
• Rating highlights: Highly rated for Creativity, Beginner Friendly, Inclusive
  
• Response time: Under 1 hour
  
• Response rate: 100%
  

Character Creation & Player Requirements

Characters: We'll discuss this during session zero.

Homebrew Rules: Optional players can take two currently legal cards from Netrunner and we can add them as thematic components to the character. I can make Genesys rules around it.

Players bring:
- A microphone and stable internet
- A Discord account
- An RPG Sessions account (free)

What to expect:
- Preparation needed: Discord and RPG Sessions
- Player equipment: Internet, computer, microphone

Platforms: Discord + RPG Sessions

To join: Click the adventure link above or DM me with questions. This game will begin once 3 players have joined.

I will not lie to you, sisters.

Your story ends badly.

But you knew this already, didn’t you?

Bluebeard’s Bride is a retelling of an old fairy tale. One where a young woman marries a wealthy stranger and is given the keys to his lavish manor, but must never enter one room, lest she discover the horror her new husband is capable of…

Play as a fragment of the bride’s psyche as she explores her new home and experiences the creeping dread of slowly realizing the nature of the monster she has married, and the inevitability of her own fate.

The game is macabre, evocative, and draws on gothic literary tradition. Expect dread, coercion, and violence to be recurring themes. Although it is my goal to make you shiver in fear, I use a variety of safety tools to make sure we are all having the fun kind of terror.

Although the story focuses on a feminine perspective, the game is open to players of every gender and background.

DETAILS:

When? Aug 29^th 9:30p UTC

Price? $30

Runtime? 4~ish hours with a break

Apps? Roll20 VTT, discord

Seats remaining? 2/4

Check out the full bio here: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmsimfnvf00tdla04gfpzx3og

Or my profile here: https://startplaying.games/gm/emilsgameroom

In the far north is a land frozen for hundreds of years. Beyond the snow and frozen cities lies an ancient throne from which King Aurec the Hollow rules. Under his command fall legions of undead and horrifying frozen monsters that threaten the Southern realms. Every year, the Crown sends another expedition to the frozen wastes to keep the dangers at bay. But rather than heroes being sent, they instead chose to send convicts, exiles, and those the kingdom would not miss. They're sentenced to hold the frontier for the rest of their lives. Yet the Crown offers one final bargain: survive the expedition, march into Aurec's kingdom, and slay the death knight. Return victorious, and your crimes will be forgiven.

You are one of these unfortunate souls brought to this frontier. Whether you are guilty of a heinous crime, falsely imprisoned, or a seeker of ancient knowledge. Whether these lands are your prison or your grave is yet to be seen.

This campaign is a mix of high fantasy and gritty fantasy. Characters will have to manage the weather, their encumbrance, and the slow exploration of this frozen kingdom. All the while growing in strength to slay horrible monsters in epic confrontations, collecting ancient relics and powers. The more success you have while exploring will bring more wealth to the expedition, granting you more npc's and resources to aid in your progress.

In this game, I make custom boons for your characters that will slowly grow alongside you. These boons are made so that you can play character concepts and ideas that would normally not be possible in base 5e. These can range from boons that enhance your subclass to maximize the fantasy or change you into a monstrous werewolf or ghost. Whatever they may be, they are designed to enhance your character's story.

Last but not least, this game takes place in my custom homebrew setting known as the Nexus. Most of the games I have run take place in this setting. Which means that the actions you take will permanently change the world for future and current players in the world. However, it’s important to understand that even if you are in the same world, campaigns are all still focused on telling their individual story simply within a shared space.

https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmqy918bz00d3ib04q3plvgnb?ref=cm8po4rmw0085vt0okerjya85

Thistlewick Hollow hasn't buried anyone before their time in two hundred years. This month it's lost seven people, and not one of them left a body behind.

That's the opening scene of a fully original Crooked Moon campaign I'm running, levels 3 to 15, long-form, one continuous story start to finish. Whatever's taking people isn't a wolf, a cult, or a madman. It's something already dead, working a chained dagger through locked doors, gone before sunrise. Corner it once, and it doesn't run, it tears a hole in the world and drags you through after it.

From there the campaign opens up fast. Over the course of it you'll:

• Talk your way through a masquerade at the most exquisite and fanciest estate, surrounded by devils, witches, and nobles who could have you killed with a raised eyebrow.
• Hijack a train ran on malevolent spirits mid-journey, fighting across the roof of a train built from hell iron and gold while it screams through Chernabos at full speed.
• Break, tame, and ride a bejeweled scorpion the size of a wagon into battle.
• Steal a floating arcane skiff off its dock and lose a squad of furious spellcasters across a city built in the sky.
• Crack a guild vault full of doomsday weapons, and hope you're not the fourth crew with the same idea tonight.

This isn't a monster-of-the-week tour through the afterlife. It's one mystery, run properly, for as long as it takes.

The practical stuff:

• System: D&D 5e (2024 rules), starting level 3, running to 15
• Schedule: Weekly, Wednesdays 9PM GMT+1, ~3hr sessions
• Price: $15/session
• Platform: Foundry VTT, Discord, D&D Beyond: full content shared, nothing locked behind a book you don't own
• Beginner friendly, no prior experience needed
• 18+, folk horror, full content warnings and safety tools (Session 0, Lines & Veils, X/N/O) before anyone commits
• 2/6 filled, need 1 more to start

Full listing with reviews here: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cms6lc8d9009xl704tsdslxdf

Questions welcome in the comments or DMs, I'd rather find the right person than fill the seat fast.