We're all mad down here: Dungeon of the Mad Mage - floor 4 of 23

We're all mad down here: Dungeon of the Mad Mage - floor 4 of 23

Explore and battle your way through the 20+ floors of the fabled Mega-dungeon, Undermountain, the lair of the Mad Mage.

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

5โ€“20

EXPERIENCE

Beginner

AGE

18+
About the adventure

๊ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ก๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐š๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ. ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ - ๐š ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ž. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐’๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ? ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ? ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž, ๐Ž๐›๐š๐ฒ๐š ๐”๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ง ๊ง‚ __________________________________ โ„๐•š ๐•ก๐•–๐• ๐•ก๐•๐•– ๐•จ๐•™๐•  ๐•œ๐•–๐•–๐•ก ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ž๐•ช ๐•๐•’๐•š๐•ฃ, ๐•ก๐•๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ก. ๐•€๐•ฅ'๐•ค ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ก๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•”๐•– ๐•ž๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค. ๐”ธ๐•๐•ค๐• , ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ง๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐•˜๐•’๐•ฅ๐•– ๐••๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•–. ...ฯโ„“ั”ฮฑั•ั”... ะฝั”โ„“ฯ ฯ…ั•.... ฮนั‚'ั• ฮฑโ„“โ„“ ะฝั”ัั”.. ื ฯ…ั•ั‚ ฦ’ัฮฑยขั‚ฯ…ัั”โˆ‚...๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ. Kindy return to the tavern and leave me alone. ั‚ะฝั” แ—ฐแ—ฉแ—ช แŸณโ‚๐‘”โ‚‘ __________________________________ Explore and battle your way through the 20+ floors of the fabled Mega-dungeon, Undermountain, the lair of the Mad Mage. This is a heavy combat and exploration focused adventure, but there are a ton of chances for rp too! Levels 5-20. It's not all dungeons and monsters, however, the furthur down you go the more the madness of the mage becomes evident. Because as you make your way through the dungeon, you'll soon realize: ๐•Ž๐•–'๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•’ ๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ฅ๐•๐•– ๐•ž๐•’๐•• ๐••๐• ๐•จ๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•–. ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐€๐“: โš”๏ธโš”๏ธโš”๏ธโš”๏ธโš”๏ธ ๐‘๐Ž๐‹๐„๐๐‹๐€๐˜: ๐ŸŽญ๐ŸŽญ๐ŸŽญ ๐„๐—๐๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐: ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐๐”๐™๐™๐‹๐„๐’: ๐Ÿงฉ๐Ÿงฉ ๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐“๐‡: ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ““

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Weekly / Friday โ€“ 6:00 PM UTC

Jul 25 / Session 37

Campaign Length / 100โ€“125 Sessions

2.5โ€“3 Hour Duration

4 / 5 Seats Filled

GAME MASTER

Belle

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5.0

(33)

Schedule

Fri, Jul 25 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 37

Fri, Aug 01 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 38

Fri, Aug 08 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 39

Fri, Aug 15 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 40

Fri, Aug 22 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 41

Fri, Aug 29 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 42

Fri, Sep 05 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 43

Fri, Sep 12 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 44

Fri, Sep 19 | 6:00 PM โ€“ Session 45

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

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Women/Femme Identifying

1 year on StartPlaying

437 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Teacher

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

Just your average nerd trying to play more d&d. Have you ever had a friend be volun-told to DM a game? That was me. But then I loved it, so here we are. I enjoy puns, silly side plots, and trying to not laugh when my players come up with wacky ideas like drowning the ogre using an immovable rod. I run 5e content (sorry no auto success for a nat 20). I do use supplemental material to add in or take things out to make the game run in a smoother/more exciting way. So even if you've played a module before, it'll be different this time around! I've currently run: Curse of Strahd ๐Ÿง› ๐Ÿฉธ Tomb of annihilation ๐Ÿฆ–๐ŸŒด Lost mine of Phandelver โ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Out of the Abyss ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ‘ฟ Storm King's Thunder ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿ‰ Wild beyond the Witchlight ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿฝ Dungeon of the Mad Mage โ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿง™๐Ÿผ Vecna - Eve of Ruin ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ–๏ธ I have wrapped up the above games in about 12 months (Curse of Strahd lasted 15 months, Mad mage is still ongoing but will likely last 2 years) If you are looking for a DM for a corporate event, message me for prices. I've done both entertainment and team building events. ๐ŸŒŸBtw the banner pictures are art that a player did for the various shenanigans that happened over a few campaigns. Lastly, if you are new to Startplaying and haven't made an account yet, you can use this link to get a $10 credit! https://startplaying.games/referral/clrcc6dyn0073oj93ofknscn1

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Reviews (33)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Storytelling

Teacher

mgscott avatar

mgscott

Played 123 sessions

Belle is a great DM! She knows the rules, her games run on time, and she is inclusive to different levels of comfort of players. Her voices and characters are compelling (and there is quite a lot of them!), as well as she takes the time to know your character and what would make it tick, to include in the campaign. She keeps her games on track - especially longer campaigns - with relevant stuff happening in the world around you. She's also very receptive to feedback, both in session and out of session. Overall, a great experience, with very clear expectations, safety and very good execution.

Rob avatar

Rob

Played 103 sessions

Belle is awesome! I am new to DnD and I'm in a few campaigns - but Belle is definitely my fave DM. Her sessions are fun, the pacing is great, and she is extremely supportive and engaged outside the sessions too. If you're looking for an amazing DM, I heartily recommend Belle.

DMHaven avatar

DMHaven

Played 93 sessions

Belle has truly been a pleasure to game and geek out with over the full expanse of nerdom (but yes, also D&D). She uses a short-form, 2-2.5 hour session style that jives really well with the type of play I'm looking for: expect 2-4 encounters each session (with typically at least one combat and one roleplay opportunity), roleplay is encouraged but not required, and the story will advance in some small (or sometimes large) way each session. Belle is a master of "yes, and"-ing your character ideas, encouraging your characters to do cool sh** and creatively solve puzzles in-session but then think through how that would impact their personal story/character development outside the session with your weekly journal entries. The thought and care she puts into each entry in her ever-growing game catalogue of campaigns and one-shot is readily apparent each session; journeying with my party into whatever new wrinkle she's developed for us each session has fast become one of the highlight of my week. 10/10 would game again.

Kelli avatar

Kelli

Played 86 sessions

I am so looking forward to my other sessions with Belle as DM. She is knowledgeable about the game, helpful for new/returning players learning the online system, and a good storyteller. She does a great job at giving the right amount of information and letting us figure it out on our own. She feels like a member of the team, and not a force we are working against, which just makes for a great dynamic.

Matt avatar

Matt

Played 70 sessions

I've played with Belle for a month now and I can't praise her or her gaming methods highly enough. She has an attention to details on both the player and the GM side that really captivates everyone at the table. And her voices are 10/10. She seems never to forget a detail and continuously astounds with both action and role play immersion. If you're thinking about playing at her table, I highly advise you try it!

Andy avatar

Andy

Played 67 sessions

After wrapping up the campaign I initially started under Belle, I have to say she's pretty much second-to-none. She's been nothing but accommodating to any sort of schedule or game funkiness, plays all sorts of NPCs in a compelling way, is fair in her application of rules, and (what I regard to be most important) is really good "glue" between the different sorts of personalities in the party. It's been an absolute privilege to play under her, and I look forward to doing so for a long time.

Character creation
Creating your character

This will happen in session 0, which will be a free session. We can discuss the characters, classes, and races you are interested in playing and try to put together a cohesive team. No edgy loner types, this is a cooperative campaign. Stats can either be rolled for on D&D beyond (DURING session zero), standard array, or point buy. IF rolling, it will be done with a shared screen during session zero so everyone can cheer or offer their condolences. Starting level will depend on number of players. 3 start at level 6 4-5 start at level 5 Character will be made on DNDbeyond, but you can easily use Beyond20 to transfer them to Roll20 if you are more comfortable using that.

The current party

We will be using the 2024 rules for this campaign. This is a Rp heavy group that likes to try and RP situations before resulting to bloodshed, but also wont hold back once the fighting starts. This a an LGBTQIA+ table for members and allies. Current group: Goliath Illusionist Wizard Shadar-kai Eldritch Knight Human Storm Sorcerer/Rogue

What to expect
Preparing for the session

You will need: - a D&D Beyond and Roll 20 account. (basic is fine) - You will need at minimum a mic, webcam is not necessary if you don't want to be on camera (though it is more fun to see reactions) - Have a basic idea of at least the character you want to play, and by the end of session 0, a description so I can make the tokens. - a strong desire to delve into a seemingly never ending dungeon

What Belle brings to the table

Here's what I bring: -custom tokens -maps with use of dynamic lighting -background music to set the vibe. -bad attempts at character voices - tissues for when your character eventually succumbs to the dungeon Things we will track: rations ๐Ÿฒ (including harvesting of monster meat) water ๐ŸŒŠ Things we won't track: common arrows ๐Ÿน (unless you REALLY want to)

Homebrew rules

Outlined in the session Zero notes, but include: *Action to drink a potion is full healing *Death saves are NOT public *Hero coins to reward good RP

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Internet

Microphone

Headphones

Safety
How Belle creates a safe table

We will start with a free Session 0 where we create characters and go over each others lines and veils. There is no shaming or discrimination at my table. After each session we will have a debrief/stars and wishes session. I'll ask if anyone wants to mention anything or post a link to fill out a form online.

Content warnings
Alcoholism
Blood
Body Horror
Character Death
Classism
Gore
Illness
Kidnapping
Lifechanging Injury
Mind Control
Snakes
Spiders
Violence
Safety tools used

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