Explore and Resettle an Ancient Jungle for the prophet Vecna!

Explore and Resettle an Ancient Jungle for the prophet Vecna!

The world burns, and salvation must be found in even the most inhospitable of places.

TYPE

Campaign

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Beginner

AGE

18+
2 SEATS LEFT
$25.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Thursday - 12:00 AM UTC

Session Duration / 2.5–3.5 hours

4 / 6 Seats Filled

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Meet your party members

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About the adventure

The world burns, and salvation must be found in even the most inhospitable of places. As a player in this weekly Daggerheart campaign, you will take on the role of a doomed "Martyr" tasked by the mortal prophet Vecna with the glorious mission of exploring and resettling one of the Old World's last frontiers- The Retched Tropics. This noxious jungle is riddled with fuming volcanoes, sulfuric vents, and acidic bogs that shroud even the tallest mountains in a putrid yellow haze. A haze that conceals both the monstrous horned lizards that stalk its forests and the ruins of an enlightened civilization that was smited from the realm for sins not yet known during the Great Pilgrimage. Each week will offer your party new opportunities to aid your accompanying pilgrims in the construction of your village, delve into the flesh-melting jungles in search of treasure, and slay the monstrous spawn of an ancient black dragon known as Facepocker who is rumored to slumber within the jungle's oldest volcano. Succeed in your mission, and the hundred thousand souls who pray for entrance to the Raptured City shall at long last have a place of refuge to call their own and a chance to escape the impending Doomsday. Vecna calls for martyrs. Will you answer him?

Game style

Theater of the Mind

Rule of Cool (RoC)

Meet the Game Master

5.0

(37)

3 years on StartPlaying

274 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Voices

About me

What's up! My name is Landon and running Dungeons and Dragons for people like you is my life's passion. I've been DMing since my Freshman year of college (gotten a hell of a lot better since then haha) and run the Church of Doom channel on YouTube! Here's what I prioritize at my tables to make sure you have the best experience possible: - Fun takes priority over the rules. Gotta respect the rule of cool! - Everyone gets their turn to do something epic and participate in the action. If you're shy or have a hard time speaking up, know that I will always make sure you have your moment. - Fast paced storytelling that skips past a lot of the boring stuff (like roleplaying with every shopkeeper or long travel) so we can get to the fun stuff like exploring dungeons and killing monsters! - I homebrew a lot! Coming up with wacky magic items, new spells, cool class feats/abilities, and new types of monsters is my favorite part of the game. If you play with me, you'll see something new at every session! I hope my passion and respect for this game comes through here. I take this game seriously because I know how lame and boring it can be when your DM doesn't! If any of this sounds like your jam, I hope you'll trust me to run the best game of Dungeons and Dragons you've ever been in!

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Character creation

Creating your character

To create a character for this campaign, first familiarize yourself with the setting by reading the following primer; I. THE OLD WORLD IS... ------------------------ 1;1 {Forsaken} Sentenced to death 1d12 ages ago by its former gods who hastily abandoned the world following the sudden death and collapse of its heavenly sun. 1;2 {Soulless} Sparse of enlightened life with half of mortalkind chosen to join the gods on their Great Pilgrimage, and the other half all but eradicated by fire and fallen stars left in the wake of the gods’ Great Pilgrimage. 1;3 {Shattered} A cratered wasteland ravaged by arcane storms, bewitching plagues, and monstrous warlords as it spins ever closer towards its inevitable doom. 1;4 {Enduring} Home to the last great congregation of mortals who dwell behind the adamantium walls of the Raptured City that was smited from the skies in the final hours of the Great Pilgrimage. 1;5 {Saved} Under the secular rule of the mad prophet, Vecna, who witnessed the gods’ sinful departure with his own third eye {calls upon new martyrs each day to serve unholy missions far beyond the Raptured City’s walls that further his schemes to stave off the death of mortalkind}. 1;6 {Blessed} A zealously magic world where the ancient prayers and miraculously incantations of the betrayer gods still fall from desperate mortal lips and warp the very fabric of reality. II. THE RETCHED TROPICS IS... -------------------------------- 2;1 {Suffocating} A noxious jungle riddled with fuming volcanoes, sulfuric vents, and acidic bogs that shroud even the tallest mountains in a putrid yellow haze. 2;2 {Unexplored} One of the last “frontiers” left unconquered by mankind before the Great Pilgrimage commenced {many settlers’ towns and strongholds now cling to the jungle’s coastlines for dear life}. 2;3 {Acrid} Crawling with oozes, acid-spitting lizards, cannibalistic trolls, and the monstrous spawn of the dreaded black dragon, Facepocker. 2;4 {Bountiful} A fabled land amongst desperate mortals who come to plunder its not-yet-discovered golden cities for enough tithing to bribe a god or believing it is so remote the Doomsday will never find them here. Now get brainstorming and share some character ideas with me in the Discord once you've joined the campaign! We'll find a time to do a 1-on-1 voice call over Discord to talk through your ideas in more detail and build the perfect character for the story before your first session.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

To prepare for this campaign players should... 1.} Join the campaign Discord 2.} Join the campaign Owlbear Rodeo vtt page. 3.} Make sure your camera and mic are setup properly {cameras are required at my table to make for the best social experience}. Links to all of these platforms are provided in a "Welcome Message" emailed to you upon signing up!

What Landon brings to the table

I provide my players with full access to the 2024 D&D Player Handbook through my D&D Beyond account. Sessions will always have background music, and use the OwlbearRodeo vtt for maps and minis. My DMing style fully embraces the "rule of cool" that rewards players for out-of-the-box approaches to all encounter types!

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Microphone

Webcam

Safety

How Landon creates a safe table

I follow a simple "two strikes" policy when it comes to table etiquette. Those who take away from the collective story telling experience with repeated anti-social behavior after an initial warning will be promptly removed from my table so the fun can continue for everyone!

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