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Hold Back the Dead | Lvl 4 50th Celebration 80s Characters
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Once / Saturday - 5:00 PM UTC
Feb 8
Session Duration / 3.5–4 hours
3 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
A routine guard mission at the recently reoccupied Ironspine Keep in the Sword Coast turns into a fight for survival! Szass Tam, the leader of the Red Wizards, has sent his forces to destroy the fortress and overrun the region – and you may be the key to stopping them! ──────────────────────── What previous adventurers have said: " Erick is really an animated storyteller with a lot of depth to his game. Our game was a whole lot more than just slaying monsters. " - Todd "DnD is a game I never thought I could grasp. Erick's creativity in every game was inspirational for my love of the game. DnD always felt foreign, over the last two years I have come to master the game with the help of Erick. " - Joe M "Erick was a great GM. I am a new player and had a lot of fun in Erick's game. Erick was well-organized, knowledgeable, and very patient with everyone when people had questions or technical difficulties." - Alex
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(69)
5 years on StartPlaying
84 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
My name is Erick. I have played Tabletop RPGS for 30 years now. If you ever told me that I could get paid to play TTRPGs I would have thought you were joking. But here I am today. The CEO of StartPlaying asked me join StartPlaying during beta just before the pandemic. When the pandemic lifted I went back to running in-person games at game rooms where I live. I now back on StartPlaying to open up to online games again. I have run games for events, conventions and Adventure League helping people learn and understand TTRPGs for the first time. And for the advanced players, I have offered challenging and intriguing memorable stories. I have traveled the world as a travel photographer connecting with people and telling their stories. Now it is time to create our own stories together. Let us sit down with a group of friends, roll some dice and tell a story together.
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Creating your character
You can bring a 2024 Level 4 Character or choose a pre-generated using the 80s D&D Cartoon. They are the following: Bobby - Human - Bersker Barbarian Diana - Human - Open Hand Monk Eric - Human- Champion Fighter Hank - Human- Hunter Ranger Niko - Human - Life Domain Cleric Presto - Human - Evoker Wizard Shiela - Human - Thief Rogue
What to expect
Preparing for the session
NEEDED 🖥️ A computer with internet access and dedicated GPU 🖥️ 🌐 Chromium or Firefox Web Browser (Safari does not show animations) 🌐 🎙️ Working microphone and headphones 🎙️ ⚔️ DnDBeyond Account (Free) ⚔️ 🎮 Discord account (Free) 🎮 ♟️ Forge VTT Account (Free) ♟️ RECOMMENDED 🎥 Webcam (this is optional but adds a lot to the immersion of roleplaying) 🎥
What Erick brings to the table
🗺️ Interactive Maps and visual aids 🗺️ 🎵 Curated musical playlist 🎵 📚 DnD Beyond access to core and supplement digital books. 📚 ✅ Campaign rules and expectations as well as home-brew rules ✅
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Safety
How Erick creates a safe table
We will be also using a variation of the X, N, O card system as well as an open door system. At the end of the session will also be a way to talk about the session.
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