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[PBP][Duet][Beginner] Icespire Beginnings - Duet Play by Post!

[PBP][Duet][Beginner] Icespire Beginnings - Duet Play by Post!

Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign

About the adventure

Do you want a Customized and Unique D&D Experience just for YOU and up to one close friend/significant other? Do you want the flexibility to play this game at any time during the week with busy schedules? Are you Anxious about big tables and roleplaying in front of others? A Duet style Play By Post game may be the type for YOU! Hosted on a dedicated and organized Discord Channel you can hop on your mobile phone and play via text any time of the day. This campaign will be played via PBP on a Dedicated Discord channel with some interconnectivity with Roll20. Join me and craft a heavily customizable story where YOUR character is the Hero! Adventure the wilds around Phandalin with a close friend, or with a ragtag bunch of Sidekicks that YOU can help design and lead into battle! Discover Magical Items and Artifacts designed to help YOU in your quest! Slay Cryovain, the White Dragon and earn the title of Dragon Slayer! Discover what further threats lurk the wilds of Sword Coast! From there...the sword coast is yours to explore. Expansion to Storm Lords Wrath trilogy or Storm Kings Thunder is possible and open to discussion upon completing DOIP! This game is a Duet style game. This means the You (and up to 1 other friend) and I are the only ones at the [virtual] table. This style game allows for extreme customization of the story to fit your character and a focus on ensuring that we are telling the story that you want to see. This game does follow the WOTC module Dragon of Icespire Peak; however, this style game allows focus on your interests. Is your character from Neverwinter and wants to visit family during a lull in the action? Sure thing. Did you want to build a huge temple to your Deity in town? Yup, we can do that. Construct a large fortress in the hills nearby Phandalin? Absolutely. Spend downtime crafting magic weapons with the harvested fur from a Manticore? Go for it. This game style will be MOST rewarding for those who love to tell a good story and want a custom experience. *While intended as a Duet, I am willing to accommodate up to 2 players in this style game. This is for those who wish to play with a significant other, sibling or best friend in a SAFE, OPEN, and CONSTRUCTIVE game. Price is negotiable in a 2 person game. Groups of 3 or more, please look for other sessions I'm offering or contact me directly!* While this is a Play-by-Post (PBP), I will still be providing character artwork to those interested and will still be creating Encounter/Regional maps for key events and areas! These will be posted to the discord.

Game style

Roleplay Heavy

“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

3 years on StartPlaying

294 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Knows the Rules, Creativity

Additional details

How to prepare

Never played D&D? A veteran of many games? Never heard of Play By Post? Doesn't Matter! Just make sure to take the link and follow it to the Discord Channel. Here's what YOU need : 1. A computer OR Mobile Phone. They need to be able to access Discord! 2. Good Internet 3. NO headset needed! 4. A Discord account - FREE 5. A Roll20 account - FREE (Optional) Lastly. You should prepare to use your imagination to create AWESOME fun! Creativity is rewarded and can really make for fun memories!

What I provide

I will provide you with an in-depth roleplaying and D&D experience through the week via the Discord channel & Roll20 Compendium/Game availability. The discord channel is a safe-place and all players are respected and able to be comfortable. You may choose to interact with others in my community on discord, or stick to this game's channel. This well-organized PBP game will be available at all times of the day on Discord. Compendium Access to all rule-books I own over on Roll20 will be available via the Roll20 Game which will be created to coincide with this game. You may access your character sheet remotely using the Roll20 App (if you choose to create your character in Roll20 that is). All Characters will have artwork generated for them by me to your specifications. Key encounters and regions will have maps created by me using Inkarnate. They will be posted into the Discord Channel under a thread appropriately named. The number one rule and goal of this game is to ensure that everyone has FUN! So I will ensure you are able to have fun!

Gameplay details

D&D 5e is a team-based story-telling game with a lot of improvisation involved. Therefore, it is impossible to list ALL themes that may surface. However, within this game you should anticipate the following on a relatively consistent basis: - Fantasy violence with mild to moderate description of gore (PG-13/lite R), Mild Language. Gameplay may utilize some optional rules. Major additions are: Heliana's Guide to Monsters version of Harvesting, Crafting, and Tracking, and Strongholds & Followers rules on Strongholds. There are some minor optional rules that will be discussed in the Session Zero thread on Discord! Music in game is credited to Will Savino, commercial usage approved. Additional music and ambience from "Sounds of Adventure" A playlist of "Game Interludes" will be playing on loop in the Roll20 game. Since this is a Duet, the rules can be customized to an extent. The game is still 5e so will follow that ruleset for the most part. Death can still occur, it shouldn't be ignored. Rule of Cool for fun's sake is always acceptable, but is at DM discretion. Roleplay will be possible with any NPCs or with any Sidekicks. Combat is kept quick and fluid to the best of my ability to keep it interesting at all times. Since PBP with a small player group, it will still follow 5e initiative rules. Ambient music will be provided during many scenarios to bring you into the world a bit more and custom crafted maps will be utilized alongside WOTC official. These will be available periodically on discord/roll20 where available. Puzzles are not common in the WOTC module. Unless requested as an interest these will likely not be added in majority of sessions.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

Debriefing

Lines and Veils

Open Door

Session 0

X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

We will create your character together in the discord through the first week of play. Since it is a Duet game all focus will be on YOU during session zero (or you and your +1 ). Characters will begin at level 1 and Races/Classes from WOTC and several third party books are available. Homebrew is accepted upon review and approval by DM. Have a character CONCEPT in mind for session zero is recommended but not required. We can talk it through!

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

High

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Open to all

Platforms used

Discord

Roll20

Text/Play by Post

FULL
$32.00

/ Session

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Details

Weekly / Saturday - 12:00 AM UTC

Apr 26 / Session 7

1 Hour Duration

2 / 2 Seats Filled

Schedule

Sat, Apr 26 | 12:00 AM - Session 7

Sat, May 03 | 12:00 AM - Session 8

Sat, May 10 | 12:00 AM - Session 9

Sat, May 17 | 12:00 AM - Session 10

Sat, May 24 | 12:00 AM - Session 11

Sat, May 31 | 12:00 AM - Session 12

Requirements

Experience required: Open to all

Age: All Ages