A House Divided | Gothic Horror | 2024 Rules | Level 6-12
Dungeons & Dragons 5e | Campaign
About the adventure
The halls of the estate once echoed with love and joy. Now there is are empty and cold. Some say that time heals all wounds, but betrayal leaves wounds that will never knit. As an investigator or a member of the team, you are tasked to investigate an old abandoned manor and figure out what happened there as its occupants vanished years ago. It will be your decisions that decide the faith of the manor and those that once walked its halls. This is a medium length adventure, taking you from level 5 to level 12. While there is a strong focus on role-play and investigation, combat is kept challenging and impactful as you push the balance within the house. Are you ready to challenge those who hide the truth?
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.
Roleplay Heavy
“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire.
5.0
(20)
2 years on StartPlaying
266 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 83%
Additional details
How to prepare
✔ Signup to Discord, and get to know your fellow adventurers. ✔ Get familiar with the Rules and your characters build. ✔ Get setup where you can avoid background noise. ✔ Get in contact asap, so we can get you set up.
What I provide
✔ A living world with rich, dynamic, and captivating story arcs. Clever adversaries with challenging strategic encounters. All presented using tactical maps or theater of the mind scenes with dynamic soundscapes and music to set the mood. ✔ An adventure to make your own, where all can find a reason to delve deeper and put an end to whatever causes the horrors within.
Gameplay details
✔ We play using Discord for voice and Foundry VTT for visuals, sheets, and dice. A decent personal computer is required; tablets and phones are not recommended to run these tools during a session. Foundry VTT is configured with minimal automation. ✔ Session zero is used to get a short intro, go over character backgrounds, and possible links between characters as they meet up to head to the house. People starting later will get a private session zero so they can jump in. ✔ Tabletop role-playing games are meant to be an escape from the troubles of our daily lives. Members of the party are expected to work as a team while being open and respectful to all. Real-world prejudices, such as racism, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, are NOT acceptable and will lead to your removal.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Breaks
• Lines and Veils
• Session 0
How will character creation work
✔ We will stick to the 2024 rule books for this game. No extra sources are allowed. ✔ Character creation can happen on D&D Beyond or within Foundry VTT. I will help you move characters from D&D Beyond to Foundry VTT when needed. ✔ We will not be using the link between foundry and D&D beyond. If required, I will take some time getting you familiar with the Foundry VTT character sheets.
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Medium
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Beginner
Platforms used
• Discord
• Foundry VTT
$20.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 9:00 AM UTC
3-3.5 Hour Duration
0 / 5 Seats Filled
Requirements
Experience required: Beginner
Age: 18+