Blood for Bhaal - High Level Villain Campaign

About the adventure

Brand new level 11-20 adventure for D&D 5th Edition (2014 version.) "Chains of Asmodeus" is a fiendish campaign that will take you through all nine layers of Hell in a quest to resurrect your wicked god Bhaal. This setting is heavily inspired by Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". You begin this adventure at level 11. A new character starts with 7,500 gp, the standard equipment associated with their background, either 1 very rare magic item and 1 uncommon magic item or 2 rare magic items. These items should be selected from the Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014 edition.) Bhaal, also known as the Lord of Murder, is the god of assassins, killers, and murder. Bhaal, having foreseen his own death, sired many children, each of whom carried a piece of his divine essence within them. These children are referred to as the children of Bhaal, or Bhaalspawn, and were created to ensure Bhaal’s resurrection. You are either Bhaalspawn or his devoted servants, fighting to restore your deity back to a fully divine being. Your backstory matters. What crimes did you commit to consign yourself to servitude in the name of Bhaal? Is the cult blackmailing you or holding somebody you love? Or do you truly enjoy killing for the glory of the God of Blood? We will establish explicit rules against being hostile to your group members. As Bhaal's devoted servants you all share a common goal, although you may have less loyalty to the murder cult than other party members. If your character harbors a secret or ulterior motive please discuss it with the GM, you should generally reserve villainy for non-player-characters because this is still a co-operative game where your primary goals will be aligned with your party members. We play the game RAW but you are welcome to use 3rd party character options with approval by the GM. The Nine Hells is the ultimate plane of evil and the epitome of premeditated cruelty. We will be playing with the following variant rules to ensure Hell feels as deadly as possible: • Flanking. Both players and enemies can flank their foes to gain advantage on melee attacks. This makes melee combat more deadly for everybody involved. • Gritty realism resting rules. This variant uses a short rest of 8 hours and a long rest of 7 days. This puts the brakes on the campaign, requiring the players to carefully judge the benefits and drawbacks of combat. Game details: • Animated spells & weather effects. • High-resolution maps and tokens. • Voice acting for NPCs. • Ambient soundscapes and music. • Hosted on Roll20 for gameplay, Discord for voice chat. Webcam optional. • Standard D&D 5e ruleset (2014 edition.) • Deep and interactive environment with lots of sandbox gameplay potential. • Discord used to chat with group members in between sessions. • Newcomers are welcome to join at any point during the adventure. • Roll20 compendium access to books.

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