Mercenaries from the beyond. Sunday
Lancer, Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign
About the adventure
A brand new Beginner friendly campaign called: "Mercenaries from the beyond!" is warping to a stage near you. With you as the driving force behind the narrative. In this campaign, I will be blending together two game systems: Dungeons and Dragons and Lancer! Here, your 5e character will be used to navigate the world and deal with mortal sized threats, while Knightmares (your robot that you make and the lancer portions of this campaign) will be used for mech base combat. The 2 combat systems will be blended together. Now, if you think, Knightmares are the answer to every combat, think again. The cost to operate your machines will eat up your earned money. There are fees to be a mercenary. You have equipment repairs, mech repairs, food, water, shelter, and gas needed to travel from planet to plant in order to take on contracts. In this universe, money is everything. So sometimes You will need to choose what contracts to take and who to work for and above all else, what side of your Morals do you stand on. It all happens Here, in "Mercenaries from the beyond!" Your First mission… Your respected nations send you to a training school on the Neutral Ring world of "Inkyria." Should you Succeed your graduation test, Pilots will be given a LL2 lancer level. However, How you use your Knightmares as well as how good you get to know your fellow Lance mates will be on the test. This School will teach you about the world and will act like a prolog teaching players all that you need to know. Finally, all players will be given a special Session during the weekday to Explore your back story and play with other people during that time if they wish. During these sessions, players may pick a day and other people to roleplay with and do a session together. The only caveat, is your special session must make it possible for all of you to attend on our full party game days. Should you join for a session during the weekday however, you will still be charged if you miss Sunday. Think of it this way, you get 2 sessions for the price of 1. *Review from a player named C. Gauthier* *"Shadow’s enthusiasm for the game and his players’ stories is absolutely infectious! He has a knack for figuring out how to tie even the most seemingly unrelated backstories together, and how to foster his players’ talents at the table to make each game something really special. I’ve both laughed out loud and cried during his sessions, and loved even the hardest emotional gut punch he could throw at my unsuspecting characters. His villains are truly insidious, and he knows how to get each and every party member to genuinely want to take them down. He’s extremely approachable outside of sessions as well, and his dedication to working with his players to make sure they’re engaged and excited is genuinely inspiring."* "This is the kind of DM you want if you’re looking for a roleplay heavy campaign. He’ll put your character through hell, but their story is going to be amazing because of it"
All my games are new player and LGBTQ friendly. Furthermore all start and end times can be Postponed or be pushed ahead a hour. let me know your problem and allow me to help you if you need anything as well. Lastly, i value commitment over all as having a good track record is impotent to me.
4.8
(10)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
8 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, World Builder
Additional details
How to prepare
I will teach you how to play the game. All i ask is that you Download discord, be able to talk in voice chat, and have a account on D&D beyond all set up. The rest we will deal with together including using cap/com. Link to COMP/CON: https://compcon.app/#/ Link to D&D beyond: https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns
What I provide
1. A 2 week session try out period! These will be free to play sessions allowing you time to try out the system and my DM style. should you stay, every week after will be $15. This is my real life job after all. 2. A fully player driven story with Custom maps, and music to help with visuals and environment. 3. 3 - 4 hours Game sessions so that my players take their time and not feel like they are rushed with anything. I also want to encourage role play that happens naturally 4. Characters on D&D beyond. These will be your overworld characters per say and are the ones you're using to pilot your big robots. 5. Lots of different missions type where Some can be Stealth missions, others could infiltration, or even Assassination or search and destroy. There are so many ways these kinds of missions can go and I think it will be a lot of fun for both roleplay and combat. Now, if you have never played lancer before, here is the info. Lancer is normally very heavy on the Combat side as your pilot traditionally is genuinely very weak and is harder to role play with. You do have weapon attacks and skills and stuff, but it's not that fun and is hard to form combat around them normally. What is fun however, is using a big robot to cleave your enemies in 2, scanning for weaknesses, outwitting your opponent, and even snipping with a high powered anti material rifle and watching the damage it does. Lancer is indeed a lot of fun combat side, but on the roleplay side, the creators never really thought about that. you were after all inside your mechs more times then you were out. That is why i am taking what i like about 5e: What is your character customizations and role play potential and mixing it with the lancer system. What is all about big robots you outfit yourself and skills and abilities you get. Together it will i think, fix the problem and make combat and roleplay very interesting and unique for all. For example, in one mission you might need to take a manned pod down to a planet. From there, your getting resources from towns and making connections so you gain intel, so that way you can reach an enemy base without being seen. Your main mission might be to get there and destroy the enemy "Anti Artillery Defense Systems" which would blow up your drop pods should your mech descend on to the planet and destroy all chances of completing your mission. once done, you rendezvous with you mech and finish the mission by destroying the base and all other enemies inside it. This is a campaign of wonder and of exploration after all. A Campaign where you're in outer space! This is where you're Exploring Alien planets and finding Ancient never before seen ruins that have great history or even a greater mystery... You will also meet new races and form alliances.. You will have big galactic battles where ships and Mobile suit combat happens, or maybe even help stage a rebellion to help a planet's citizens repel a very nasty dictator. The choice is up to you
Gameplay details
Players can expects deep and personal storylines that can get very Role play heavy and even intense at times through out this campaign. I pride my self however, on always making sure my players are ok during and after games.
Content warnings
• Devils / Demons / Fiends
• Alcohol Use
• Blood
• Kidnapping
• Lifechanging Injury
• Murder
• Nightmares about Traumatic Events
• PTSD
• Trauma
• Violence
• Body Horror
• Curing of Disabilities
Safety tools used
• Aftercare
• Bleed
• Breaks
• Debriefing
• Luxton Technique
• Luxton Technique Discussion
• Open Door
• Session 0
How will character creation work
This happens in the following order: Week 1 -2 "Nice to meet you Mr. Character": These will be mostly a Roleplay session as all 5e characters should all ready be made before session start. Week 2 - 3 "Nice to meet you Mr. Nightmare": At the beginning of the second week as well, you will be creating your Mech you will pilot This is where you test out the robots that you made, and test out the 2 systems combined. combat session by week 3. Week 3 -4 "Nice to meet you Mr. Contract": Where the campaign begins and when the the planning phase of the contract starts for everyone. This is the session and you learn all details about it. Role play session Week 4 -5 "Nice to meet you Mr. Mission" All your planning should be done, and all your character and knightmare tweaking should be done as well. MISSION START: Haft roleplay and haft combat (session 2) Week 5-6: from here on, what party does will tell me where this "Campaigns story" goes. we will see what choices you do and what happens next. I am running this on other times of the week. your choices may be different then theirs.
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Medium
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Foundry VTT
• Discord
• D&D Beyond
$15.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Monday - 1:00 AM UTC
May 5 / Session 8
3-4 Hour Duration
5 / 6 Seats Filled
Schedule
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: All Ages