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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist & Dungeon of the Mad Mage 🌀 Level 1-20
Undermountain is the largest, deepest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms. Adventurers are drawn to it like moths to a flame. Try not to catch on fire.
$25.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 3:30 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
Campaign Length / 30–60 Sessions
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
3/5
About the adventure
⛰️ Undermountain by Waterdeep is the deepest, darkest, the most dangerous and also the richest dungeon there is in all the Forgotten Realms. 🧌 It is home to monsters that should never see the light of day and factions that vie for power and treasures in those treacherous depths. 🍻 Join forces at the Yawning Portal and descend into the bowels of madness. The Mad Mage's mazes await the daring and the foolish alike. 🗡️ Embark in the gauntlet of a lifetime and reach ever greater heights as you muscle your way through ever deeper dungeons in the infamous Undermountain. 🎲 Beginner and veteran players alike are welcome to join a long-lasting party and campaign, where adventurers of humble beginnings shall reach the pinnacle of their potential - or die trying.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Dungeon Crawl
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Roleplay Heavy
Tactical / Crunchy
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(56)
3 years on StartPlaying
871 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Teacher
Average response time: 3 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hello there! My name is Vincent, and the two little gargoyles behind me are Bobby and Smaug, my warlock familiars. I started playing Dungeons & Dragons in university with my featherless friends and it quickly became our favorite hobby, so much so that I've been running official and homebrew campaigns for us ever since. And because I'm always eager to play and meet new characters and experience new stories, I would be thrilled to GM for You, intrepid adventurer!🧝🏽🏹 I even wrote my master's thesis about the positive impact TTRPGs have on social and creative skills as a potential form of group therapy. A session a week is good for the brain! 🧠🧙
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Creating your character
You can use any officially published book for character options, but homebrew content must be approved by me. We are using the Point Buy system for this campaign. (https://chicken-dinner.com/5e/5e-point-buy.html) This adventure starts at level 6. If you're new to DnD, I'm happy to help with all the jargon and creating your first character. 👀 You can also keep your character sheet on any platform or even on paper. Same goes for rolling, physical dice are welcome, I won't stand between you and your clickity-clacks.
Sessions are every Thursday. If you decide to join, every effort will be made to help you with onboarding, including: - Introductions with the party via a short session 0 for our first game together - Help with character creation, and connecting them to the setting - Readily answering all your questions
What to expect
Preparing for the session
🎤 A decent microphone, webcam (optional) & Internet connection 🎧 A Discord account 📝 Create your Character Sheet - let me know if you need any help 🎓 Beginners are welcome, I will help you learn how to play
What Vincent brings to the table
🧭 Maps, handouts & unique magic items 🧙🏽 A player- and character-oriented approach ⚜️ Battle maps and a campaign map to explore on Foundry VTT 🎧 Our very own Discord server for voice chat 📚 All the rule books and adventure-crafting tools we might need 📜 A Quest Log to assist the note-takers of the party 🐲 Dark and Deadly Dungeons
Homebrew rules
I use a few pages worth of popular variant rules for 5e, the character limit doesn't allow for listing them, but once you join you'll have access to them. Some examples are: - Bulk capacity replacing the usual carrying capacity, borrowed from PF2e. - Variant exhaustion rules - it is a cumulative -1 penalty per level of exhaustion, up to level 10 (where madness or death occurs). - Lingering injuries might be the results of truly devastating blows, with a chance to resist them. - Bonus action potion drinking. - Light flanking benefits. - Plunging attacks. - Free feat at every ASI level. - Shorter short rests and only partial long rests outside of safe havens. - Many downtime activities, such as Harvesting, Crafting, Cooking, and Training. - Up to 3 Inspiration Points and Mighty Deeds.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Internet
Platforms used
Safety
How Vincent creates a safe table
While this adventure is mostly light-hearted fantasy fun, conflict and combat-oriented games can always touch on sensitive subjects and it's important to make our boundaries clear, so that each of us can feel safe and relaxed. We will go over safety tools, consent, and how the party will get together in Session 0, and at the end of each session we can discuss what went well and what should be improved. I will also send out a consent form in which you can let me know what content you don't wish to see in our games. This is a newbie-friendly game, I will help with the mechanical and rulebook-sides of the game, you just need to tell me what your character would like to do. 🎲
Content warnings
Safety tools used