Dawn of Heroes: A Superhero College Campaign
Decades into the future, super powered humans have become 25% of the population. Now, the top Super Hero College trains the best young Heroes.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Bi-weekly / Sunday - 6:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
Campaign Length / 40–60 Sessions
2 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
2/6
About the adventure
Super speed, Elemental powers, shapeshifters and more await you at Alyra University! This campaign is set in the #1 Superhero College, where you and your adventuring party will take part in an infamous Entrance Exam and compete with the other top Hero students around the country to see who the next generation of Heroes will be. Many challenges await you as you learn to channel your own custom powers, balance relationships, studies and expectations in this super-powered world. This campaign is very heavily inspired by comic books and anime such as: My Hero Academia, Invincible, One Punch Man. During character creation you can choose which superpower you'd like to have, and I will make a custom class for it based on your choice! Challenging rivals, lurking villains, and great responsibility await you in this campaign!
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(21)
1 year on StartPlaying
18 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, World Builder
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hey I'm Storm! I started running D&D games a few years ago and instantly was hooked by how fun, creative and impactful these stories we create together can be. Now, running games for people is one of my biggest passions in life! In my games player experience is my #1 priority. Inclusivity and Safety are paramount at my table, so before starting a campaign we'll run through a Session 0 making sure everyone is on the same page and comfortable! I homebrew pretty much everything in my games, so if you have any idea for your character, or want to try mixing some abilities from different classes/races I'm always down to make things work. Plus, I can provide as much of a baseline for campaigns as needed, but will be primarily tailoring the story of the campaign to my players' backstories and motivations. While your decisions and actions certainly matter, if you play in one of my games the world will quite literally revolve around you! All kinds of players are welcome! I've dm'd for people who have never heard of d&d before, as well as people that have been playing and dm-ing for years. Thanks for considering me, and I'm excited to maybe create a story together sometime! <3
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Creating your character
For character creation we'll start this together during the Session 0, and then I like to meet with each player individually to iron out character details so I can tailor the story to what you want to experience. For stats players can roll for them, and if they roll poorly I have a set number of stats they can choose instead if they prefer. And all of this will be through D&DBeyond, since I've already made several custom Classes/Subclasses to fit this setting, and will make new ones to fit whatever superpower you choose!
This campaign has only had 2 sessions so far, so in order to catch you up to speed we'll have a 1on1 meeting where I'll combine what we talked about in the Session 0 with Character Creation so we can get things rolling ASAP!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
A Microphone is required for this campaign since we'll be using Discord. If you'd like to have a Webcam/Camera that's great too, but it's certainly not required. I will have my facecam on for all sessions to help with descriptions/roleplay. We will use D&DBeyond for this campaign since I'll be making custom subclasses, and for combat it will be a mix of OwlbearRodeo for custom battle maps, and theater of the mind.
What Storm brings to the table
As far as what to expect from me as the DM, Roleplay is incredibly important at my tables. I will definitely be doing all sorts of varied voices for the characters. Style wise, I try my best to strike a middle ground between the Rule of Cool and Rules as Written archetypes. I prioritize rewarding unique and creative player choices as often as I can, while keeping encounters engaging and challenging. Music is also essential to my games, so I will always have music playing in the background to fit the tone of the given scene. That can range from full songs to ambient sounds like rain, wind, etc. Ultimately immersion and story are paramount to my games. I'm here to help build out the best story experience possible for you, and will do whatever I can to help achieve that! That said, the free Session 0 will be huge for this campaign, since we'll have plenty to iron out as far as what you all want from this setting.
Homebrew rules
I will make a custom subclass from the Fighter class for your character based on what superpower you'd like to have. We will work on crafting the ideas for this together during our 1on1 meeting, and then I'll add it into D&DBeyond afterwards.
Equipment needed to play
Headphones
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Storm creates a safe table
We will meet for a free Session 0 before starting the campaign to go over all the details of everyone's expectations for the setting, vibe of the game, and safety.
Content warnings
Safety tools used