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The Ring Resurfaces, new epic level 25 mini campaign

The Ring Resurfaces, new epic level 25 mini campaign

Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign

About the adventure

“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” — Gandalf The Ring of Power has fallen onto the finger of a new Dark Lord, Queen Alabaster from a long forgotten fey realm. The world's greatest heroes must band together to defeat her and take the ring before her army can conquer the Material Plane. The only way to end the corruption of the Ring of Power is to journey to the middle of the Blightlands and toss the ring into the fires of the caldera. With dark thralls hunting their every step and the ring whispering evil thoughts into those who bear it, can the party stay strong against the ring? Or will there be another Dark Age? This mini campaign will take 4-5 sessions to complete.

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4 years on StartPlaying

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Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Creativity, Inclusive

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

Game Master Reviews (182)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Knows the Rules

Creativity

Inclusive

Steve avatar

Steve

New review

Played 4 sessions

Dev is a fantastic DM. Dev handles high level (like 20th) better than any DM I've ever played with before. Dev is welcoming, creative and fun and brings all kinds of amazing ideas to the game for players of all levels. Simply awesome!!!

John avatar

John

Played 83 sessions

Excellent GM, been in one of their campaigns for over 2 years, spanning from levels 8-20. Highly recommend!

Avael avatar

Avael

Played 7 sessions

Shaun Neal avatar

Shaun Neal

Played 3 sessions

Played in a 9-hour level 20 one shot game. It was great to get to play a long game at high levels with a knowledgeable DM. Definitely recommend for those looking to play top tier DND! Thanks again Dev!

Kevin C avatar

Kevin C

Played 55 sessions

The BEST high level DM on the market. Dev's ability to not only run a 6-7 person high level D&D party, but still make it balanced, challenging, and extremely fun is unmatched. Come enjoy some high level combat and adventuring fun!

Kenobi avatar

Kenobi

Played 1 sessions

Dev Alva was the DM for my first online D&D session and I had a lot of fun and overall a great experience. They're very friendly and seem to genuinely want everyone to have a fun time during a game. Their knowledge of the rules seems solid and they have creative narrative ideas to add into combat scenarios so that it isn't always just down to rolling dice. And if your really shy and socially awkward they are very good at helping you feel welcome and comfortable. I would recommend Dev Alva to anyone!!!

Additional details

How to prepare

Players need a working mic and access to a computer. The game will be held over discord and roll20, so you will need an account on both. Players will need to make their character sheet ahead of time in roll20 or dndbeyond. If dndbeyond, they will need to have the chrome extension beyond20.

What I provide

To the campaign: First of all, I would like to say that I consider myself to be fairly experienced with epic level (21+) play, as I have three ongoing campaigns now with this system. I absolutely love the epic level shenanigans, epic fights, and rolling a massive amount of dice. My favorite tier to run regularly is tier 4, or level 20 play, and this is just an extension of that! I love extremely powerful pcs facing down world ending threats, or epic level npcs/monsters. My dming style: I work hard to provide an immersive online experience for my players. I use music and soundscapes to set the mood. I use imagery for theatre of the mind roleplay, and beautiful maps from various sources for combat and exploration. I am constantly improving my roll20 room with effects and visuals for you all to enjoy. I make sure to give everyone a chance for their character to shine, and play to their strengths and abilities. In my games you can expect challenging combat, great improvisation, and an immersive world to play in. I put player agency and involvement first, and I want to emphasize the fact that this game is a cooperative environment between myself and the players. This is a very open world campaign, determined by which direction your characters want to go in. I run my games RAW, or rules as written. If you have a rules question for me that I haven't come across before or forgotten about, I will pause the game momentarily to look it up and make sure everything is according to the spirit of the rules. I reference Sage Advice/Jeremy Crawford tweets, but have my own opinions as well (such as the interpretation of magic missile, shield master feat, and dispel magic). I do have one homebrew rule, and that's you can drink a potion with a bonus action.

Gameplay details

This game contains safety tools. There will be no homophobia, transphobia, or sexual assault in my games.

Content warnings

• Mind alteration

• Violence

Safety tools used

Breaks

Luxton Technique

Luxton Technique Discussion

Session 0

X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

You will make your character by first making a single class level 20 pc, then following the level up rules laid out in epic legacy (google link below). I suggest everyone make their character sheets on roll20, as it's easier to manually edit them and fill out your extra abilities for epic tier. You will have access to my full roll20 compendium to build your character (similar to dndbeyond). You can make your character in dndbeyond instead, but I'm not proficient in the system for character building management so I will not be able to help you if you have problems inputing your new abilities. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1E0zamXcPbTNmnaboux02vaWrgO22_haN?usp=sharing Character creation rules: Level 25 Point buy (27) Sourcebooks allowed: Epic Legacy, Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Monsters of the Multiverse, Glory of the Giant, Book of Many Things Race restrictions (allowed): Humans, elves, half elves, dwarves, halflings, half orcs, and orcs Magic items: Allowed from sourcebooks above 3 legendary or 1 artifact approved by dm 5 very rare or lower 8 consumables of your choice (no potion of giant size) Banned items: legendary weapons from White Plume Mountain, Talisman of Pure Good, horns of valhalla, jester's mask, spindle of fate, spell gems you can only benefit from one stat book per stat You will start out with 10,000gp for mundane purposes.

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

High

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Advanced

Platforms used

Discord

Roll20

2 NEEDED TO START
$48.00

/ Session

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Details

Weekly / Sunday - 1:30 AM UTC

3-3.5 Hour Duration

2 / 7 Seats Filled

Requirements

Experience required: Advanced

Age: 18+

This game will begin once 4 players have joined