G21 | Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Mnemos. a place where inhabitants suffer from generational amnesia that resets with each long rest. Survive & discover why & who is using it?
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Monday - 8:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
Campaign Length / 52–78 Sessions
3 / 6 Seats Filled
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Schedule
Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Explore and survive on a lost island with ancient secrets from two different epochs, meet cunning pirates, devious dragons, harrowing hags, and rescue the crew of a shipwreck from goblin savages that speak only simple phrases. Discover the story of the Isle of Mnemos and how all of this came to be! Level 1-10 and up to 20. * Players accepted in established groups will have a probationary period of 1-5 sessions to ensure player cohesion.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Dungeon Crawl
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Rules as Written (RaW)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.8
(71)
2 years on StartPlaying
911 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 9 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi, I'm AP a Best-Selling Author, and I have 20k+ hours of experience GMing D&D 5e on Roll20 and 4 years as a full-time professional GM. * Roll20 Profile: https://app.roll20.net/users/7656131 * Playing and DMing since the days of yore (AD&D). * Now playing and hosting 5e games since 2020. * Newish to Foundry * New to Fantasy Grounds Unity Roll20 Profile: https://app.roll20.net/users/7656131
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Creating your character
* Characters to be created in advance on Roll20 or DNDBeyond using Point Buy. * Level 1 or party's current level. * All Wizards of the Coast (WotC), WotC Partner, and Animancy Press content is automatically approved. Please find your numbered game channel (ex: G20 Mon 4-6 PM ET) New players may create their character with my assistance by scheduling a free character creation session (30minutes-1 hour). Please view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQRQY4FJrCg&list=PLQ7l3NofqbjZ0nixhr3S8vqMd-Z9O835q
In this game, I'll be running the Tales from the Yawning Portal, which I've previously run as backup campaigns when players missed sessions. Some of the adventures will be my first run of the material. Most players in this game have completed Forgotten on the Isle of Mnemos. A new Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign was started and finished. The group just completed the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan with their LMoP characters after their near defeat by LMoP's BBEG, the Dread Spider, who threw them into a dungeon containing the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan to reap whatever treasures they might find. However, the dice had a natural 20 from a huge Dwarf in store for their second meeting, and Nezznar, the Dread Spider, along with his drow snipers, are now but paste upon the Underdark substrate! Boh'Ro, the Gnome Cleric, Neurik, the Duergar Rune Knight, and Xyrros, the Wood Elf Ranger have now emerged at an empty safe house of the Dread Spider's network in Leilon, with their bags burdened by treasures. The city of Leilon now sees the wagons of Gundren Rockseeker's copper, nickel, and silver ore trades, though what has happened to Wave Echo Cave after the party's defeat and what lies in store for them in Leilon? * Group & Military Discounts (contact me) * Premium maps and Token Art. * DM with 1000s of hours as a Pro GM running this adventure. * One-shots when more than 50% of members miss a session.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
* Free Roll20 Account (free) or Forge-VTT account (free) * Free DNDBeyond Account (optional) * Free Discord Account * Headset * Microphone * Computer (with Chrome or Firefox)
What GM AP brings to the table
D&D run by a Best Selling Author and Award Winning Artist! Content on Roll20, Foundry VTT (coming soon), or DNDBeyond. One-shots if/when half of players can't make the session. Ambient Music | Tactical Combat | Rules as Written | Fractional Milestone Leveling | Premium Handmade Maps & Tokens Access to my discord server includes 25% or better discounts on a selection of my DM's Guild titles.
Homebrew rules
Scrolls: Using a spell scroll is an Arcana check: use 10 + spell level − your max spell level if it’s on your list, otherwise use 10 + 2×spell level − your caster level. The action required to use a spell scroll is the action required to cast the spell or 1 action, whichever is less. Potions of Healing: • Bonus Action (in combat): Roll the potion’s healing dice. • Action or Out of Combat: Take the potion’s maximum healing value. Cleaving: If a melee attack drops a creature to 0 HP and you dealt excess damage, you may apply the leftover damage to another target in reach that the original attack roll would have hit. Flanking: You gain +2 to melee attack rolls if: • An ally is directly opposite you on the target, or • You have three or more allies adjacent to the same enemy.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How GM AP creates a safe table
Game will be kept in the neighborhood of PG & PG-13. Each session begins with an opportunity to state or discuss Session 0 topics. Players are free to pause the game (Open Door). Each hour of gameplay has a 5 minute break that anyone can call (Breaks). Debriefing will be used as necessary when players are struggling, and each session ends with Stars and Wishes. I avoid sensitive topics and describe combat encounters in comic detail. Ex: "the barbarian casts divide goblins with his wand of battle axing as they cleave from left goblin to right goblin turning 2 into 4" or "as the goblin is hit with your repelling blast, it explodes into shrapnel that strikes the goblin behind it." I also treat every session as a session 0, so if you're surprised, new, or have new ideas, you're encouraged to share them at the start of each session and to speak up if anything, technical, emotional, or otherwise, needs to be addressed during the game.
Content warnings
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