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[2024 Rules] Heart of Ashes (Golden Vault) L8
Sometimes you're the good guys, stealing to right a wrong. You may be in a museum, a prison, a famous thief's vault, or on a plane-shifting heist!
About the adventure
🛎️Exhilarating not-the-usual adventures! 🚂 Heists at museums, casinos, even on trains! You and your crew will take on missions from people who've heard of your deeds, and soon, a heist is afoot! This campaign is a series of adventures (each run approximately 3-6 sessions), and you can stay for the campaign or join for a single adventure. It's a friendly, welcoming group. Teaser video from Wizards of the Coast: https://youtu.be/2T6FM54MJbw ABOUT THE GAME Weekly 3-hour sessions hosted on Roll20. Audio on Discord. NEW 2024 D&D 5e rules. Experienced or new players welcome. Pre-made characters available for new players. Full campaign will take characters to Level 11. ABOUT AJAX DM Ajax DM offers paid weekly games you can count on. Weekly 3-hour D&D 5e game sessions on Roll20 using official campaign materials, 3D dice rolling, Dynamic Lighting (revealing maps as you explore), sourcebook/compendium sharing and scripts which automate manual tasks. We use Discord for audio, and each group gets its own channels to talk between games.
Game style
Rules as Written (RaW)
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
$30.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Saturday – 6:00 PM UTC
Jul 26 / Session 4
2.5–3 Hour Duration
5 / 6 Seats Filled
GAME MASTER
Allison - Ajax DM
she/her
5.0
(124)
Schedule
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(124)
4 years on StartPlaying
1509 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Inclusive, Creativity
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Ajax DM is a full-time professional DM with 50 completed multi-year campaigns, over 2,850 sessions (in-person and online) - including 1,000+ on StartPlaying - and 10,200+ hours on Roll20 (since March, 2020). Ajax DM offers paid weekly games you can count on. Weekly 3-hour D&D 5e game sessions on Roll20 or Alchemy RPG, using official D&D 5e campaign materials supplemented with additional maps, premium licensed music and sound effects on Syrinscape, 3D dice rolling, Dynamic Lighting (revealing maps as you explore), scripts to automate manual tasks, sourcebook/compendium sharing. We use Discord for audio and each group gets its own channels to talk between games. New or experienced players and those just coming back to D&D, learning 5th Edition rules are welcome. You’ll learn as you play. Ajax DM was honored to be selected to DM at Gen Con 2024 independently as Ajax DM, and with Limithron (Pirate Borg) in 2024, to DM for StartPlaying at Gen Con in 2023, for Kobold Press at Gen Con both 2022 and 2023, and as one of a handful of Dungeon Masters for Kobold Chronicles, Kobold Press’ monthly virtual play event.
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Creating your character
Please wait to make a character until we've had a Session 0. If you join after the group's Session 0 you'll need to schedule a separate (paid) 1-on-1 with Ajax DM so we can get to know one another, cover table rules, safety tools, the campaign environment, and discuss character options. Characters will enter at the same level as the rest of the party. Launch Roll20 game. To make a character, roll for stats in chat (4d6 drop the lowest x 6). You may opt for Standard Array if you dislike your rolls. If you join after the group's Session 0, you can build your character in Roll20 (+ D&D Beyond if desired) using the Charactermancer, before the game. Please allow time for the DM to review your character before the game (24 hours). Include at least 2 paragraphs of background story with at least one named person in their story. Characters should get along with others. There are no evil characters, "neutral" characters that are veiled evil characters, no emo loners who don't trust others. Fill in physical description and personality traits, ideals, bonds and flaws. Please do not choose the "do not trust others" trait. No evil characters. If using D&D Beyond character sheet, you still need to roll for and use ability score rolls from Roll20 chat.
A friendly group, which includes a Monk, Druid, Rogue, Barbarian and a Bard.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Computer and Internet required. High speed internet will make for a more enjoyable experience. Mic and headphones required (speakers cause echo). Set up free accounts on Roll20 and Discord. Recommend Chrome or Firefox browser for Roll20. Install free Discord app on computer. Join Ajax D&D server. Meet the group in your own designated group channels, and chat with other players in shared channels. Paid Session 0 required prior to game session. If you miss the group Session 0, please message Ajax DM to arrange for a 1-on-1 Session 0 once you join the game. It's your chance to let me know what you would enjoy (and would not enjoy), and an opportunity to learn about me as a DM, safety tools, table rules, the environment we'll be in and we can talk about your character ideas and how you're connected to the story. You can roll up a character and we'll get you set up. Ajax DM has hundreds of character tokens available. Either send your token image to Ajax DM or select one from the Ajax DM collection. If your character will require a familiar or Wild Shape forms or is able to Summon creatures, please alert Ajax DM well before the game as we'll need to set up character sheets for these.
What Allison - Ajax DM brings to the table
Ajax DM uses official D&D 5e campaign materials from Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, Free League, and others, supplemented with additional maps, premium licensed music and sound effects, 3D dice-rolling, Dynamic Lighting (revealing maps as you explore), scripts to automate manual tasks, purchased tokens, sourcebook/compendium sharing as a Pro in Roll20. We use cinematic animated visuals with custom audio on Alchemy RPG. Sourcebooks in D&D Beyond. We use Discord for audio and each group gets its own channels to hang out, share notes, and start conversations between games.
Homebrew rules
At my table, fire spells do not work in water.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Allison - Ajax DM creates a safe table
We'll have a table rules and safety discussion as part of the group Session 0 or in a private 1-on-1. This is a welcoming table and we expect respect and kindness for all. Rape and Sexual Assault will not be part of our game. No homebrew characters. There are no evil characters, "neutral" characters that are veiled evil characters, no emo loners who don't trust others. Remember, you are heroes.