Diancastra's Chosen: Storm King's Thunder - Team 2, Level 4
Giants are attacking the settlements of Faerun! A Goddess among Giants sends you a vision of doom and requests your aide. Will you heed her call?
$15.00
/ Session
Details
Bi-weekly / Saturday – 2:30 PM UTC
Jul 26 / Session 17
3–3.5 Hour Duration
5 / 6 Seats Filled
Schedule
About the adventure
To Fight Giants, You Must Be Giant Ages ago, giants and dragons waged war across the Savage Frontier. These battles are long forgotten by the human civilizations of today, but ancient relics remain. And now, the land shudders once more with the thunder of giant footsteps. Hill giants raid farms for food and livestock, as stone giants lay waste to settlements in their path. Frost giants plunder coastal towns, as fire giants gather slaves. Cloud giant castles drift across the sky, casting ominous shadows on the cities of the North. But no threat compares to the wrath of the storm giants, who stand betrayed. Puny adventurers must rise to the challenge, gather their strength, unlock the power of ancient runes, and take the fight to the giants' doorsteps. Only then can they discover a hidden evil fomenting a war between giants and small folk. Only then can they forge an alliance to end the war before it begins.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
About me
First and foremost, I am a writer, reader, and storyteller by trade and at heart. I am a seasoned GM who has been playing since middle school in 1998 with D&D 3e. I have been DMing since 2000 and have been DMing D&D 5e specifically since 2018. I have a penchant for new players as I am a fair and reasonable DM. I'm patient and willing to teach and allow others to learn to play in all aspects, whether it's the dynamics of combat or growth with roleplaying. Come meet some of my current and past players on my Discord Server. Message me for the link. I have been building my homebrew world of Grakloros since 2010. I have run many campaigns in this world. I have maps created in Campaign Cartographer 3+ and a YouTube channel dedicated to the lore of my world. I have two campaign settings featuring my world: The God's Reach setting where my One-Shot games takes place, and the Bones and Barbarians setting that I GM for my crew on Twitch on Thursdays from 7-9pm EST. We have concluded season 2! Announcements for Season 3 will be coming around August 2024. I am excited to introduce B&B as I have been developing it for many years. My Discord Server is open to any and all past and present players. I host players from all across the US, Europe, and Australia. Come and join what I like to call "my extended D&D family." LGBTQ+ Friendly Neurodivergent Friendly New Player Friendly Discount Programs!!!!! - A very underused option. I offer a few: A) The Refer a Friend Program - easy stuff, you get a friend of yours to join a game and when they play their 4th paid session, you get 4 weeks free! That's 4 full weeks of unlimited games, meaning that within those 4 weeks you can try out any game I'm running (open seats permitting) for FREE! B) The Family Discount - want your spouse, significant other, mom, dad, sibling, or cousin to play with you? Great! What better way to get grandmama to learn DND than to split the cost between you. It functions like a "buy one-get one free" or "two at half-price" deal. C) NEW!!! The Try a Second Game Half Off Deal - a lot of Pro GM's offer this and I'm adding it to my list. Some stipulations, As long as you've played 4 paid games and you join a second game, that game will be half of its original price. This is a 2 month trial period deal. After those 2 months, the price goes back to it's original starting price. If you enjoy the game, I would hope you would find it worthy to continue. However, if you didn't like it, at least it didn't break the bank
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Creating your character
Characters will start off at level 3. We will be using Roll20's Charactermancer for character creation during session 0. You can use Google to find art that you can use for your character that I can turn into a token for you.
The classic tale of Storm King's Thunder is recharged with the expansion Bigby Presents - The Glory of The Giants. In this campaign, the characters assume the role of Diancastra's Chosen. Who is Diancastra? She is the demigod daughter of The All-Father of the giants, Annam. With both strength and cunning, she gained the divine favor of her father which her half-brothers (the Giant Gods Stronmaus, Memnor, Surtur, Thrym, Skoraeus, and Grolantor) failed to keep. Was the Ordning a punishment to his sons or was it the reason they fell from The All-Father's grace? Whatever the case may be, Diancastra's ascendance has upset the Ordning and now the Giants are at war. It is up to the mortals that have heard Diancastra's call to restore balance in the world of Toril and the world of the Giants! -Part 2 Progress: The chosen ones saved Bryn Shander from an onslaught of Frost Giants. Then they trekked the frozen wilderness, visiting each of the other towns among Ten Towns with the mission of alerting them to the presence of the Frost Giants. Now they are on a long journey that will take them from Ten Towns to Ironmaster, to Luskan, to Mirabar, to Longsaddle, to Waterdeep, and to Neverwinter. There is a lot that these heroes will encounter along the way. The crew of Part 2 are currently level 4 and made up of: Nymira Solenth, a female satyr College of Spirits bard/druid; Raanor Willowglen, a male wood elf Champion fighter; Samwel Downfeather, a male Illuskan human Great Old One Patron warlock; Snetri, a female kobold School of Conjuration wizard/rogue; Wart, a male goblin Oath of Vengeance paladin; -Part 1 Progress: The crew reached level 8! They successfully defended The Goldenfields from a Hill Giant/Goblin invasion and Triboar from Fire Giants and Orcs. They also defeated the hill giants' chief, Guh of Grudd Haug. They then investigated Deadstone Cleft, where the corrupted stone giant Thane Kyalithica had turned many of her followers evil. The crew of Part 1 was made up of Tarnok Truhfinder, a Goliath twilight cleric; Lokei, a Moon Elf swashbuckler rogue; and Elaris Starshard, a Half-Wood Elf beastmaster ranger. The crew's patron/mentor is Valamar Blackfork, an NPC Dwarf rune knight fighter. New players will start at level 4, using point buy for stats, starting class equipment, and 1 common magic item. Characters will be created using Roll20's Character Builder. Point buy for ability scores. I have the following rule books for your use: PHB (2014/2024), DMG, SCAG, Xanathar's, Tasha's, Fizban's, Van Richten's, Bigby's, and Monster's of the Multiverse.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need discord and a mic/headset for audio, a free Roll20 account for play, and a basic knowledge of D&D 5e rules (beginners are welcome!) Please have a notebook and pencil for taking notes.
What Michael Pucci brings to the table
I will be using my Roll20 pro account to the best of my abilities. This includes maps, handouts and tokens. I can turn your character art into tokens. The Roll20 compendiums I own that are available for your character creation are PHB, DMG, Xanathar's, Tasha's, Van Richten's, Fizban's, Bigby's, and Monsters of the Multiverse.
Homebrew rules
Flanking for advantage, I allow a second attack with a Crossbow (without the Crossbow Expert feat) if you forgo your movement)
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Pen & Paper
Platforms used
Safety
How Michael Pucci creates a safe table
In session zero we will create characters, tokens, and their backstories as well as how they fit into the world of Faerun and the story at hand. If you have any Lines or Veils (hard or soft limits that you would not like to encounter in the game), please feel free to DM me. Digital X,N, and O cards are available to the group upon request.
Content warnings
Safety tools used