About the adventure
The Ordening is shattered, Giants who once lived in a delicate balance rage across Faerun as the races scramble for supremacy, crushing all underfoot. Can YOU restore the peace before it is too late and Faerun lies in ruins? For all ages and experiences starting at level 1, this epic campaign sees the players face giants from many different races with a good mix of mystery, combat, and lots of role-playing. Travel the length and breadth of Faerun, explore frozen glaciers and desert sand storms as you uncover who the real culprit is, and put an end to their schemes once and for all in a climactic finale with everything to win, or to lose. This game is very much a sandbox, there are many different routes the players can select to complete the quests and final goal. How they get there is up to YOU. Every player who has not played at one of my tables before gets their first session free to see if you like my style of DM'ing try before you buy!
Meet the Game Master
3 years on StartPlaying
1399 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Teacher
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
AS FEATURED ON CNN https://edition.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2023/04/14/hollywood-entertainment-solo-dungeons--dragons-roleplaying-game-startplaying.cnn I started playing DnD in 1977 when elf and dwarf were classes, not races. 45 years as a play 44 as a DM More years live action role play than i care to admit Five years dark age re enactment 789AD to 1066AD saxon viking and norman steel weapon combat and living history displays I do not use a VTT. Instead I live stream a video of a physical tabletop with tokens instead. Whilst I do use some theatre of the mind there is a table top for the more tacticle groups. Since the various lockdowns playing face to face became difficult so I came here. I favour RP-heavy games with dynamic combat. In other words, unless the AC is really obscure and the goblin has a 20 dex I tend to tell my players the AC, after all when you see a 14 miss and a 15 hit the cat is out of the bag. By knowing the AC you know if you hit or miss and can describe what happens rather than I roll 15 you hit roll damage 6 points ok next person, you roll you know you hit you say I slash the goblin across the face for 6 points. Happy to DM groups from their first game to very advanced. I will be running a mix of new modules and some old classics with a little homebrew thrown in for good measure LBGTQ+ Friendly
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Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Storytelling
Teacher
I got to befriend a mimic colony and adopt a baby mimic. All through the power of friendship, problem solving, a high charisma and a changeling character. I could have easily gotten my character killed from the sheer number of potential mimic fights. Instead my character only killed one mimic in self defense. After that she talked her way out of a fight with a baby mimic who initiated initiative from resisting being put in a bag of holding. After apologizing she negotiated with mama mimic to work with a crew so everyone could eat plenty of fish. So not only was the mimic colony issue solved, but they became an economically viable buisness partnership. So now Craft has a baby mimic she carries with her everywhere in a baby sling, taking the form of a doll that she feeds dead enemies to, dresses up and bonds with. The baby Mimic is named Mim, which means wished for Child. It helps that Changelings are somewhat related to mimics, so in a way they are very distant biological family that are now adopted family. This is yet another adorable consequence of Craft being a naive, sheltered changeling exploring the world. She doesn't assume anyone or anything is inherently evil until proven otherwise. With Darren this tends to work out. At the end of the day, everyone is motivated by wanting something. Find a way to solve the problem, and violence doesn't always have to be necessary. I appreciate that Darren lets me go into a rediculous amount of detail. This is probably in part because I'm the only player in our game. Yes, I am the player that spent half an hour shopping and asked about tent colors. He doesn't railroad me into a fight when my character is looking for any way possible to avoid combat. From our conversation afterwards, I think I am the only person to solve the mimic colony oneshot without fighting all the mimics or otherwise destroying the ship. That's more than I can say for most DMs I have played with. To be fair, if a party wants to fight, they will get a fight. Most player groups do not have the time or patience for the level of detail I go into. So I am delighted that I can still enjoy playing the game without all the arguing, social pressure, and anxiety playing with a group has come with.
Hello. now I've done 50+ sessions with Darren and the sessions are absolutely wonderful, he creates a lot of joy in the group. even in solos Darren is a very good DM who knows the rules and is not afraid to come up with something if you go a different way than you should. highly recommend Darren as a DM.
My 10 year old daughter and I have been playing with Darin for a while now. We both enjoy the world he describes and voices he uses for NPCs. He is incredibly talented and has amazing patience to handle a wild imagination of my daughter. He's able to direct her without shutting her ideas down. Any time I've had questions out side of the game Darin has been quick to respond even with the large time zone difference. I highly recommend playing with him, because his passion for the game shows every time we play. Thanks Darin.
Character creation
Creating your character
Characters start at level 1 using the points buy system so everyine has an even playing field to start with. They may be created tificer as I feel beforehand or in session 0. I am open to all classes races except warforged and artificer as I feel they are not appropriate fior this campaign. No evil characters, no PVP.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need a mic and webcam and dice, no prior knowledge is required but it does help.
What Darren brings to the table
I bring decades of experience running games character voices for some NPCs and an immersive role-playing session
Platforms used
Safety
How Darren creates a safe table
This game contains combat and violent scenes. Consent checklist forms will be sent to players before session 0 and can be amended during the campaign as needed. A short break will be scheduled about halfway through the session for a comfort break refill snacks drinks etc.