Next Up in Nexus: a new epic level 21-30 campaign
Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign
About the adventure
Play an epic level character! Explore Nexus, City of Legends! Change the world as you know it! Between the fabric of space and time lies the impossible city of Nexus—a metropolis of cosmic proportions where magic flows like water and epic heroes are found drinking in every tavern. Nestled in an extradimensional pocket between universes, Nexus serves as an interdimensional crossroads linking the fantasy multiverse. Countless beings from a thousand different worlds have made their way to the City of Legends, sharing their knowledge, power, and magic with its residents. As newcomers to Nexus, there are nine districts to explore and adventure in. Take a stroll down the Golden Path of Prosperity, literally lined with gold bricks and where fortunes are made and lost in mere minutes. Test your martial prowess in the Steel Streets, through honorable duels and fantastical new weapons. Explore the Emerald Wilds, hunt the biggest and strangest game, and make the trek up Mount Pyeha. Plunge into the depths of dangerous magical research in the Towers of Thul, or study ancient wonders at the University of Omniversal Arcana. Visit the Velvet Alleys and experience its great pleasures, and forget your burdens in its high class taverns. Take dangerous jobs in the seedy underbelly of Nexus known as the Hive, or hide out there from the sheriffs. And if you're lucky, accept an invitation to the House of the Eternal, where the gods themselves stay to visit. This campaign is open world, but you can expect epic fights, fascinating exploration, and a city just waiting for new legends to make their mark on it. Choose your missions, traverse the planes, and grow to become even more powerful adventurers. What's next up in Nexus? That's for you to decide!
we are using the 2014 5e rules for the entirety of this adventure
4 years on StartPlaying
1453 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: 3 hours
Response rate: 80%
Additional details
How to prepare
Players need a working mic and access to a computer. The game will be held over discord and roll20, so you will need an account on both. Players will need to make their level 20 character sheet ahead of time in roll20 or dndbeyond. If dndbeyond, they will need to have the chrome extension beyond20. I will be available to walk through players who need help creating their character on roll20. I strongly suggest you read over the epic legacy rules and have an idea of what you want to play before session 0. We will have a fairly long session 0, going over epic legacy content and what that entails and weaving together everyone's characters. You do not need to know the rules front to back, that's what I'm for! But please have at least an idea of your character concept.
What I provide
To the campaign: First of all, I would like to say that I consider myself to be fairly experienced with epic level (21+) play, as I have three ongoing campaigns now with this system. I absolutely love the epic level shenanigans, epic fights, and rolling a massive amount of dice. My favorite tier to run regularly is tier 4, or level 20 play, and this is just an extension of that! I love extremely powerful pcs facing down world ending threats, or epic level npcs/monsters. There's so much to explore in an epic world, and I'd love for you to join me on the journey! If you play with me, you'll be playing with one of the most recommended and reviewed dms on the site, as well as one of the most experienced dms for balancing high level play in 5e. I have six level 20 oneshots I run regularly on SPG, as well as three ongoing level 20 campaigns. Before I became an SPG dm, I was running level 16-20 adventures for years. I use unique monsters, strategies, and my vast experience to truly deliver an amazing game. My dming style: I work hard to provide an immersive online experience for my players. I use music and soundscapes to set the mood. I use imagery for theatre of the mind roleplay, and beautiful maps from various sources for combat and exploration. I am constantly improving my roll20 room with effects and visuals for you all to enjoy. I make sure to give everyone a chance for their character to shine, and play to their strengths and abilities. In my games you can expect challenging combat, great improvisation, and an immersive world to play in. I put player agency and involvement first, and I want to emphasize the fact that this game is a cooperative environment between myself and the players. This is a very open world campaign, determined by which direction your characters want to go in. I run my games RAW, or rules as written. If you have a rules question for me that I haven't come across before or forgotten about, I will pause the game momentarily to look it up and make sure everything is according to the spirit of the rules. I reference Sage Advice/Jeremy Crawford tweets, but have my own opinions as well (such as the interpretation of magic missile, shield master feat, and dispel magic). I do have one homebrew rule, and that's you can drink a potion with a bonus action.
Gameplay details
This game contains safety tools. There will be no homophobia, transphobia, or sexual assault in my games.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Breaks
• Luxton Technique
• Luxton Technique Discussion
• Open Door
• Session 0
• X, N, and O Cards
How will character creation work
We will begin by starting out with level 20 characters that we will level up to level 21 during the session 0. I suggest everyone make their character sheets on roll20, as it's easier to manually edit them and fill out your extra abilities once we hit epic tier. You will have access to my full roll20 compendium to build your character (similar to dndbeyond). You can make your character in dndbeyond instead, but I'm not proficient in the system for character building management so I will not be able to help you if you have problems inputing your new abilities. I have run one online epic game and we all edited our roll20 sheets, and I would be able to help you if you have any issues. Rules for epic legacy: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1E0zamXcPbTNmnaboux02vaWrgO22_haN?usp=sharing Character creation rules: Level 21, no multiclassing (though instead of an epic feat at level 21 you can dip 3 levels into another class) Point buy (27) Sourcebooks allowed: Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Monsters of the Multiverse, Epic Legacy content (included in rules), Astral Adventurer's Guide, Glory to the Giants, Book of Many Things, Planescape Magic items: Allowed from sourcebooks above 1 legendary 2 very rare 3 rare or uncommon Banned items: legendary weapons from White Plume Mountain, Talisman of Pure Good, adamantine plate, guardian emblem, spindle of fate You will start out with 50,000gp and can buy mundane items from the PHB and the following potions and scrolls: Healing- 50gp /// Climbing- 75gp /// Animal Friendship- 100gp /// greater healing- 100gp /// water breathing- 100gp /// superior healing- 500gp /// supreme healing- 1000gp /// invisibility- 5000gp /// speed- 10,000gp Cantrip- 25gp /// 1st- 75gp /// 2nd- 150gp /// 3rd- 300gp /// 4th- 500gp /// 5th- 1000gp Your character will originally be from Faerûn/Forgotten Realms, but are soon invited to join the greats in Nexus once they've harnessed their amazing new powers!
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
High
Roleplay
Medium
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Intermediate
Platforms used
• Discord
• Roll20
$48.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 10:30 PM UTC
Jun 12 / Session 40
3 Hour Duration
5 / 6 Seats Filled
Schedule
Requirements
Experience required: Intermediate
Age: All Ages