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Seeking New Players! The Bad Company 🐲: Tyranny of Dragons
The only hope for the world rests in the hands of heroes that are willing to risk everything to stop the resurrection of the Queen of Evil Dragons.
$25.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Saturday - 6:00 PM UTC
Mar 14 / Session 39
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
4 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Join Humanity's Last Line of Defense in a War for the Ages! This campaign is for adventurers that want to brave fearsome foes in a long-lasting, thrilling journey that spans over the entire region of the Swordcoast. Defeating Tiamat and her draconic forces will be a true test of strength, requiring the cleverest ideas and the strongest of wills. Rise against shadowy cults, fiendish plots, and overcome overwhelming odds in a story that will shape the world forever. 🗡️Venture across the immersive and scenic world of Dungeons and Dragons, with adventure and roleplay at the forefront of an engaging high fantasy experience. Enjoy a balanced amount of combat and roleplaying, with the option for creative problem solving against challenging obstacles. 🗺️ Discover stunning locations from across D&D history- from the chilling glaciers of the Spine of the World, to the desolate volcanoes of Mount Khundrukhar. 🔥 Experience a heavily modified run of both Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat- even veteran players can expect new twists. Choose your own fate with exciting missions every week in a sandbox-styled campaign, and face off against the diabolical Cult of the Dragon and their nefarious schemes to take over the land. 🏰 Mark your own legacy in the City of Splendors, Waterdeep, and establish yourself as a hero in a world full of harrowing adventure. Immerse yourself in a living simulation of the Realms that changes and reflects to your actions. 🎨 Enjoy beautiful artwork, both for NPCs and Maps. Listen to personally curated playlists that add dramatic flair to every step of the game, as well as unique accents and voices for each major character. 🎭 Roleplay to your heart's content with characters that respond organically to your decisions. Each character's backstory will be closely tied to the world's events, with plenty of opportunities for out-of-session roleplay to help flesh out your connections to the world, or build new ones. 🏹 Explore varied character options and browse through custom-made shopkeepers with all kinds of creative items to help strengthen your arsenal, be they firepower, new skills, or useful potions. Walk a delicate balance between saving up gold defensively, or spending resources proactively to become stronger, all in an effort to make gaining gold feel like it matters. 📰 Be part of an ever-evolving, thoroughly documented campaign. Read dozens of channels at your own pace dedicated to fleshing out the world, making it seamless for new players to drop in and keep up with the world's events. Whether you enjoy fierce combat or prefer dramatic roleplay, are new to D&D or an expert, this campaign is sure to satisfy all kinds of play-styles and experience. Sign up now and join us on this grand journey in a thrilling story spanning many games to come.
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(32)
4 years on StartPlaying
266 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Storytelling
Average response time: 10 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Greetings! You can call me Ghost. I'm an avid fan of roleplaying, and have loved D&D ever since I first picked up a set of dice back in high school. My passion for the hobby has followed me throughout every aspect of my life, and I owe many of my relationships, experiences, and fondest memories to this wonderful game. I've successfully ran 4 separate year-long campaigns to completion, and am continuing to hone my skills as a Dungeon Master to this day. Beyond this, I also have thousands of hours running various one-shot modules both in the Adventurers' League format, and across personal homebrew games. I try to resolve conflicts amicably between players should any arise, and am no stranger to having to deal with awkward situations or disruptive attitudes. I believe D&D is meant to be enjoyed, first and foremost, though I understand that sometimes other's ideas of fun might conflict. In cases like these, you'll find that I take the initiative to handle out of game problems and find a solution that hopes to keep everyone involved happy. On this note, it's important to me that we discuss our boundaries and sensitive topics during Session 0, so that nothing comes as a surprise down the line.
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Creating your character
Players may participate in a Session 0 for character generation, where I can help them make their characters or give suggestions on how to write their backstories. Characters and the game will both be run using the D&D 5e 2014 ruleset, and will be made with Point Buy or Standard Array. Character sheets will be created and hosted on Roll20. This allows me to assist with any potential troubleshooting. I can easily teach how to use and create characters for newcomers to the VTT. Most official resources canon to the Forgotten Realms will be available for character creation (homebrew available upon review), and characters also begin with a Lvl 1 "half feat", alongside their choice of various bonuses tailor made for my campaign. The use of Tasha's Custom Origins and the book Monsters of the Multiverse will not be featured.
This will be a dedicated, long term campaign aiming to complete the entire Tyranny of Dragons storyline. Though the session count may be quite high, we've only scratched the surface of the campaign. I make it a point to allow the group to set the pace of the campaign, and we've had a lot of fun exploring every corner of the Realms. Our group is super welcoming and ready to have a new member join us. This campaign is also designed to allow seamless drop-ins for new players, so you won't feel like you'll have missed a lot. We'll have a quick session 0 right before your first game where we'll all get to know each other and discuss the campaign briefly, then we jump right into adventuring! The Team: (Currently level 11) 🔮 Half-elf, Warlock 🪓 Elf, Barbarian/Rogue 🐱 Tabaxi, Rogue 🧝♂️ Half-elf, Paladin ❓ Your next character!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
A basic understanding of D&D 5e and your character's abilities will help make games run smoothly, of course I’m always willing to help players that are still learning how to play. Beyond that, players will only need to prepare the following: 🔹 Good quality microphone 🔹 Free accounts for both Roll20.net and Discord.com 🔹 A mindset to support your fellow partymates and work together
What Ghost brings to the table
My games will be consistent. Barring illnesses or emergencies, this will be a game that is guaranteed to run every week, on time, every time. In this campaign, you can expect an excellently written adventure that ties in your character's personal backstory, premium quality maps and artwork, a well organized Discord server, a complete understanding of the system, an easily understandable set of House Rules, improvisational skills, and voice acting for NPCs. I aim for quality above all else, ensuring thorough knowledge of the system and virtual tabletop, a fully prepared campaign that I have read and studied from start to finish (no sight reading), and a friendly and supportive, professional attitude that knows how to balance positivity without being patronizing towards my players.
Homebrew rules
Standard flanking will be used, both for player characters and enemies, incentivizing strategic movement. Natural 1/20s will auto succeed/fail, to emphasize both heroic and unlucky moments.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
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Safety
How Ghost creates a safe table
We will have a session zero using the Lines and Veils system to identify what topics to avoid. After games, we'll take a few minutes to go over the game and discuss what we enjoyed and what could have been improved on. Short breaks will be called for mid-session to allow everyone time to pause and attend to personal matters. I aim to provide a safe, inclusive environment. No behavior or language that makes other players feel unwelcome, unsafe, or unable to participate in the game will be tolerated. My games are relatively lighthearted, but sensitive topics may occasionally be mentioned as part of the background to the adventure. D&D is a combat heavy game, so expect a level of violence and gore, but nothing too graphic.
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