Eve of Ruin - Presented by DM Shiv
The Archlich Vecna has begun a ritual to change all of reality! Can our heroes defend all existence by rebuilding and ancient relic.
About the adventure
UPDATE: The campaign has been running successfully for over 1 year with many of the original players who started, with some amazing friendships formed. Sadly, due to a player's new job and work hours, we have a single seat opened up for the right player. The party are now level 14 and have uncovered a way to stop Vecna, by reforging the Rod of Seven Parts. They have visited the Sword coast, Shadowfel, Underdark, Astral Planes, Sigil and are currently in Barovia! Gathering many pieces but all is not as simple as it seems.. 🎲 The Game Setting 🎲 The Evil Lich-God Vecna has unearthed secrets he can use to unravel and remake the multiverse. Stopping Vecna will require working with three of the multiverse's most famous archmages, traveling to far-flung locations and rebuilding the legendary Rod of Seven Parts! 🏰 The Adventure 🏰 Embark on a journey spanning from levels 10 to 20 across many famous setting of dungeons and dragons vast history, including: Ravenloft! Forgotten Realms! Avernus! Kryn! Plancescape! Greyhawk! and Eberron! This campaign i've expanded to flesh out each and every realm the players visit, using my own experience and the vast resources available. This is truly a journey to explore all known Dungeons and Dragons locations! 🧙🏼 The DM 🧙🏼 Please have a look at my DM Profile to learn a bit about the games I run. My focus is on all participants having a good time! I must insist on a short chat over Discord to ensure you are the right type of player for our existing group. This also helps me to understand your own expectations and has worked very well for me so far, having created many amazing groups that love to play together. If you're the right player, you will join our existing party of players who have just completed Shadow of the Tiamat together, an epic level 25 mini campaign! Be part of our amazing community of enthusiastic, hilarious players who are here for a great time! ⏲️ The Game Schedule & Finer Details ⏲️ The campaign will began on May 22nd to is run weekly at 6:30 PM GMT. I request you consider if this suits your foreseeable schedule prior to joining, as we aim to have a long-term committed group of players who aim to complete the campaign together. We play on Roll20 with audio/video over Discord. Webcam is optional, although it is encouraged to help with player bonding! Being able to see each other's reactions is fun, and we tend to connect on a deeper level with visuals.
Game themes
$35.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Wednesday – 5:30 PM UTC
Jul 30 / Session 58
3–4 Hour Duration
6 / 7 Seats Filled
GAME MASTER
DM Shiv
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5.0
(36)
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(36)
3 years on StartPlaying
309 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Visual Aid
About me
Hello folks! I'm Shiv, a 34 year old from Scotland and a Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) enthusiast turned professional Dungeon Master (DM)! I've been playing for around Nine years, initially forming an interest with a group of in-person friends. After several drunken meet ups, I was hooked and had to get my fix online due to the scheduling difficulties of adult life!! I played several online games before taking a stab at running my own. Turns out I love horribly plagiarising all the wonderful nerdy influences in my life such as Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball Z, Castlevania, Warhammer 40k, and many, many more... I've been running regular online D&D 5e games for the last Seven years with over 5,000 hours on Roll20, my platform of choice. I've ran many campaigns including modules and homebrews and I've learnt a lot about what makes good, fun, interesting yet challenging sessions. Personally, I'm a big advocate of creating a realistic world, with impactful role play and time sensitive consequences. I also enjoy team strategy and building very challenging encounters. I'm a regular bloke, with a successful primary career, a fluffy dog, who enjoys escaping our reality and having a laugh with some likeminded individuals for a game of Dungeons & Dragons! When I run a game, my golden rule is 'We're all here to have fun'! The beauty of D&D is the collaborative story telling experience! I enjoy gently coaching my participants to become great players who revel in other character's storylines and also build genuine connections with your fellow players. If you are interested in any of my games, I must insist in having a chat over discord to make sure the game style is right for you! This has been a key driver of my success in the professional D&D world as it helps build fantastic and inclusive groups! I don't have huge amounts of reviews, this is because I don't have a high turnover of players! This can be seen from the games ran to review ratio. My price is at a premium, but I can proudly say, I put a huge amounts of work into building any games I run for a professional experience. This includes: 🔥Helping players create a character that has authentic links to the games narrative through a session zero 🔥Custom maps from amazing artist on platforms like Patreon 🔥Roll20 Macro's for easy player use 🔥Roll20 API's supplemental game play 🔥Custom Artwork 🔥Pre game script writing 🔥Character designs via HeroForge 🔥Discord Bot for music immersion 🔥Customising Modules for a unique world 🔥3+ Years Professional DM experience When you join one of my games, you are welcomed to my discord community. It has all the amazing players from my games who share memes and talk D&D. I advertise all my upcoming campaign and one-shots there first and priority is given to the community. I also share a number of resources and helpful links. Our community have all been verified by me and our awesome D&D players who are mostly professionals in their own industries world-wide. Including News reporters, Podcast Producers, VFX artists, Stock traders, Healthcare professionals and Lawyers. Current reoccurring game schedule and capacity: Wednesday: 😈Eye of Vecna! - Fully booked, started May '24 6/6 Player Thursday: 🐉Glory of the Giants - Fully booked started May '24 6/6 Players Replayable One Shots: 🏰Dragonlance: Breach of Dreadfort - not currently scheduled 🐲Shadow of Tiamat (Ultra high level Homebrew) - not currently scheduled ⚡Arena of Olympus (Mid level Homebrew) - not currently scheduled If you have any questions or interested my any of my adventure vacancies or upcoming games, pop me a message! If you do message or request to join please bare with me as I pick up messages when I can outside of running my main business. You can also contact me directly on Discord @dmshiv Thanks for viewing my profile, DM Shiv
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Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Storytelling
Visual Aid
Paul
Played 137 sessions
I play in two of Shiv's Campaigns and am about to start a 3rd (so excited). Shiv creates an amazing atmosphere for all of his players whatever their play style might be beginners or experienced alike. Simply put Shiv is a masterful GM in every sense of the word.
Tavem
Played 112 sessions
Shiv is a well rounded GM, but in my opinion the best aspect of his skillset is his willingness to listen and adapt to the feedback of his players in order to ensure that everyone is having as good of a time as possible. If the group collectively provides feedback or requests he will actively try to incorporate them into future sessions (when the requests are within reason of course haha) Give him a try if you are looking for a new DM, I don't think you will regret it.
saul
Played 108 sessions
Over 50 sessions in so thought I would update my review. Playing Mad Mage, which is probably a bit of a big boring dungeon crawl in most DMs hands, but not Shiv's. Every level has entire societies full of possibilities. Choices matter. Play is as it should be, fair but challenging -- if you want easy DnD where you can short rest endlessly and go nova during your 3 encounters a day, this probably isn't the game for you. If you want your DnD successes to feel realistic and earned then you won't find better. The effort Shiv puts into the maps, your tokens, your backstory and just the way he keeps the game moving whichever direction the players want to go is first class. And all of this is done with great humour, amazing story telling, fantastic NPCs and exciting combat.
mitch
Played 93 sessions
As a complete noob, Shiv is such a great GM! He has taken the time to show me how to play and organise my character. He does this with a deep passion and knowledge for TTRPGs and knows how to set the mood with fantastic voices and terrific storytelling and great atmospheric music and artwork. I genuinely leave a session with my mouth hurting from laughing so much at the humour and get excited about each session.
Taylor
Played 83 sessions
Shiv is a fantastic all-around DM. Always in control, but never impatient. Shiv is GREAT at giving time and consideration to everyone, but the sessions NEVER drag. I don't know how he does it! I just know that I love it. The good vibes are off the charts. Will def be playing with him again.
Perry
Played 75 sessions
Shiv is an excellent and professional DM. He does a phenomenal job of keeping the pace of play, which I find a lot of DM's struggle with. He's worked with our players to really make us feel like we're cool and powerful. He takes feedback to heart and really shapes the games based on the desires of his players. Also, he's created the coolest combats I've ever been a part of as a DnD player. I couldn't recommend a DM more!
Character creation
Creating your character
Unknown until the game releases! It will begin at level 10 however!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
We will talk over discord and have a session zero prior to game launch. Please bring a working mic, webcam and good internet connection. Most importantly a great attitude and positive energy!
What DM Shiv brings to the table
I will bring 8 years DM experience, knowing how to engage the party, modify combat to keep it exciting and challenging. API, macro's and script writing to create a unique experience on my Roll20 games. I will also bring almost every dnd book and share access for you along with custom maps and monsters.
Homebrew rules
Rules of cool is implemented at DM discretion (not too often) Drinking a potion is a bonus action (still full action to feed to another) Death Blow rule (detailed in game) Privately rolled Death Saves
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Webcam
Headphones
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How DM Shiv creates a safe table
Players may private message me if uncomfortable at any time! All whistle blows will be handled with care and privacy. We expect mutual respect at our table and always end the session on a positive feedback moment.
