Dungeons & Dragons 5e | The Night Below, Book 2 (Level 9)

About the adventure

A few clips from my sessions: https://youtu.be/skSi4oFDScs Games that I run have: Expert DMing and improvisational skills to roll with your decisions and ideas 🧙‍♂️🎭 A homebrew setting, shaped and enjoyed by dozens of players over a decade 🗺 Professional/Animated battlemaps 🌆 Spell effects 🎆 Voice acting 🔊 A sinister conspiracy from the World Below threatens the lands above- your home, friends, family, your world is under siege... but none yet know. Delve into this "Underdark" to uncover and put a stop to a cataclysm! You will face the strange and grotesque inhabitants of that world, where allies are as rare as water in a desert- but foes are all the grains of sand beneath your feet. BOOK 2: Your party has begun to explore the Underdark, discovering a dark alliance at the center of a plague of nightmares sweeping the worlds. You must bring battle to mind flayers, drow, and dark knights to find the source of these nightmares!

Additional Details

How to prepare

You'll need a microphone, a stable internet connection, and optionally a webcam. The virtual tabletop is via FoundryVTT (please see Foundry's Client Requirements https://foundryvtt.com/article/requirements/ ) Voice and between-session chat will be over Discord. Please have accounts created for: https://forge-vtt.com/ (this is a server service for FoundryVTT) Discord, installed Please ensure that Hardware Acceleration is turned on in your Chrome browser https://www.howtogeek.com/412738/how-to-turn-hardware-acceleration-on-and-off-in-chrome/

What I provide

An enthusiastic attitude, coupled with decades of experience A skillfully crafted, engaging setting with secrets to discover Animated and professionally done Battlemaps Quality tokens and art A Discord server to talk about the game between sessions, including personal in-game downtime activities when relevant

Gameplay details

Players can expect relatively fast-paced 5e D&D tactical combat, roleplaying opportunities, and exploration of dark and dangerous locations. D&D is, as a system, focused on combat- but if you want to spend time forming relationships with people of the village, or negotiating with foes, there are opportunities for such if you seize them! This is a fantasy world that includes combat, death, dangers, and magic. Please voice any issues (ex. arachnophobia) before or, if necessary, during play- this is an entertaining and engaging experience, mild discomfort may occur depending on the vividness of your imagination, but you should never be made more uncomfortable than you're comfortable with, if that makes sense :) 'Romantic' encounters are fade to black (the bard and the barman are into one-another, that night they meet, fade to black on that). Descriptions of blood, death, violence, etc. are present but are not a focus- the intent is to draw you into the scene, not to upset you with vivid descriptions of torture or death.

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Breaks
Session 0
Stars and Wishes

How will character creation work

The first session of the game will include a 'Session 0,' where we create characters together, discuss the party and any relationships between characters, align expectations for the game and more. If players are new to Dungeons & Dragons, we'll go over what to expect from a tabletop roleplaying game in general. It's fun once you realize that you're in an open world and can make the decisions you like (albeit with consequences ;) )! If necessary or desired, pre-generated characters are available. After the completion of this portion, we can begin the adventure with the remaining time!

Players can expect

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