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The Mystery Deepens in... Shades of Blood!

The Mystery Deepens in... Shades of Blood!

On a remote island colony, life is simple. Until a column of shadow descends and throws all fates into the winds of a dire fate...

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

1–20

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

18+
About the adventure

Recruited as research assistants in anticipation of a rare celestial event, the PCs arrive on a remote island in the remnants of Azlant. While there, a column of shadow erupts from the sea and washes across the sky dimming the sun and unleashing shadowy monsters. Investigating the dangerous anomaly, the PCs discover a ruined Azlanti prison inhabited by vampires and learn that the column of shadow was only a test run for an ancient vampire planning to use Azlanti magical technology to blot out the sky, shielding the dangers of the sun so they can escape their island prison and reunite with their lover from the times before Earthfall. A level 1-11 weekly campaign in the high fantasy environment of Pathfinder's Golarion!

Game style

Dungeon Crawl

Rule of Cool (RoC)

FULL
$20.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Saturday – 11:00 PM UTC

Aug 16 / Session 13

Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours

Campaign Length / 1–60 Sessions

5 / 5 Seats Filled

GAME MASTER

GM Matt Dye

he/him

5.0

(56)

Schedule

Sat, Aug 16 | 11:00 PM – Session 13

Sat, Aug 23 | 11:00 PM – Session 14

Sat, Aug 30 | 11:00 PM – Session 15

Sat, Sep 06 | 11:00 PM – Session 16

Sat, Sep 13 | 11:00 PM – Session 17

Sat, Sep 20 | 11:00 PM – Session 18

Sat, Sep 27 | 11:00 PM – Session 19

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

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Meet the Game Master
Artist
Teacher/Educator
Game Designer

2 years on StartPlaying

845 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Voices

About me

Greetings Adventurers! I've been GMing and playing Pathfinder and DnD sessions for about 10 years now, 6 of which almost exclusively as a Game Master. I've been playing since Pathfinder 1e and the start of Pathfinder 2e. I have played Pathfinder 2e since beta and is my game system of choice, with complete knowledge of the system in and out. I am passionate about my role as a GM, and is why I try to provide the best experience possible! This involves a wonderful Discord community, music, a modified Foundry VTT-based experience, easy sheet keeping/character generation, along with thorough and purposeful storytelling that acts and reacts with characters and their actions. The player and group story always comes first, and I am looking forward to bringing that experience to you!

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Reviews (56)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Teacher

Voices

marc avatar

marc

Played 231 sessions

Just finished one campaign with Matt and he is a amazing dm.He definitely makes makes u feel Like your in the the world and that it alive and reacting to u and your party's action. As well if u join midway though a campgain he seamlessly integrates the new party member with the rest of them flawlessly.

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Tristyn

Played 160 sessions

I'm currently in two games of Matt's, and they're, without a doubt, the best games I've had as far as any tabletop rpg goes. I came in not knowing how to play PF2E, and Matt helped me learn the system while keeping the game going smooth enough for other players that had more experience. He's very accommodating when it comes to characters builds, offering advice or ideas to help spark something, as well as helping out if something isn't working to ensure you're having a good time. He makes use of numerous amounts of Forge modules to keep the game running smoothly and provide ambience & visuals for what's going on, like assistance with Thaumaturge's Exploit Vulnerability or Swashbuckler's Panache. It makes for a very pleasant experience, personally. I'd recommend Matt to anyone looking to have a good campaign. He doesn't disappoint.

Christian avatar

Christian

Played 153 sessions

First game in a campaign setting and was blown away with everything!

Shiloh avatar

Shiloh

Played 121 sessions

Matt is flexible and facilitates story telling. He's reasonable ans a great GM, especially for new players highly recommended!

Hayashi avatar

Hayashi

Played 105 sessions

If you're the kind of player who likes doing creative stuff with objects, the environment and/or your character's abilities (like how things happen in the Goblin Slayer series), among the GMs I've played under, Matt is the best at adjudicating results for actions outside of the norm, creating results that make sense for that situation, but are not broken overpowered enough to incentivize repeating the idea in a less appropriate situation. You can feel free to be the character you've created, rather than feeling constrained by only actions that explicitly show up in your character sheet.

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Benjamen

Played 99 sessions

Matt is awesome DM who is always improving his table. We play through foundry and Matt had obviously worked hard to find and incorporate numerous add-ons that ensures our games run smoothly. He is extremely responsive outside have time to help with character building. Most importantly, all the preparation translates into amazing story telling at the table!

Character creation
Creating your character

There are two steps to this process, one that happens during our session zero and beyond, and the player prep before session zero. Before session zero, you should read the player's guide to your relevant adventure, presented as a free download on paizo.com and also pinned in the campaign info chat in the discord server if you'd like, or correspond with me for help with character concepts and implementation. Then please build a character on pathbuilder2e.com and submit the completed character link to the me (Share Copy of Character). During the zero and onwards, I will walk everyone through on how to prepare your blank character sheet to match your completed sheet from pathbuilder2e.com via in-game tools with Foundry.

The current party

Every Saturday 7pm-10pm EST. Would love to have you join along! This will be recruitment for session zero. Variant rules utilized: - Free archetype

What to expect
Preparing for the session

Make sure you have a microphone (webcam is optional), and have corresponded with me before hand to get access to the discord server for voice communication. Reading the relevant player guide before hand helps for pre-session zero prep if needed.

What GM Matt Dye brings to the table

Foundry VTT (with premium modules and assets, along with custom implementations) A top-notch VTT experience with Paizo sanctioned adventure paths A breadth of knowledge with Pathfinder 2e Always a welcoming and friendly atmosphere

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Internet

Microphone

Safety
How GM Matt Dye creates a safe table

- Session zero: Discussing campaign guidelines, my GMing style, finalizing characters and stories relative to the game world, group introduction & cohesion, along with possibly getting into the story a bit! I am very active on both Start Playing and my discord server, so feel free to ask questions, chat with me, and hang out with your fellow group members! I have a varied GM game-play approach, focusing on all pillars of TTRPG's and making sure that it feels like we are getting something done every session! :)

Content warnings
Blood
Body Horror
Devils / Demons / Fiends
Gore
Illness
Murder
Violence
Safety tools used

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