Magic Rising
In the sleepy town of Ryder our adventure begins as magic is stirring.
$30.00
/ Session
Details
Bi-weekly / Sunday - 11:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 4–5 hours
Campaign Length / 30–200 Sessions
1 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Set on an outer plane the world of Mysteria once held great powers. Hulking Titians, massive dragons, deities and powerful arcane entities whom battled for control of the realm. Until 150 years ago when God King Lerwick crushed the Kingdoms of the dwarves, elves, and dragonborn. Slaying their leaders and putting their people into exile he has made humanity the dominant race. After he finished them he started on the humans. Replacing their gods with himself he outlawed not only other religions but the practice of magic by any not apart of his Grand Inquisition. Now Mysteria is a shadow of it's former self but the winds are changing after being bottled up and repressed for so long the residents of this world are stirring and with them magic itself is returning to the world. Wild and uncontrollable magic is ravaging the landscape elementals and magical beast seem to pop into existence and new sorcerers seem to be awakening everyday with nothing but a fleeting dream explaining why they now have these amazing and "illegal" powers. In the sleepy town of Ryder our adventure begins as magic is stirring the very air electric.
Game style
Sandbox / Open World
Combat Heavy
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(9)
2 years on StartPlaying
44 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Visual Aid
Average response time: 24+ hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I have been an avid tabletop game player for the last 17 years and started DMing a year later as games were much harder to find and not available for online play. I bring a large amount of roleplaying experience and sourcebooks as well as flexibility to my tables. I prefer to run open-world adventures that gain story from the players in it and not railroad them into one specific path. Sure the wicked witch may be destroying Whoville but the party is starting an orphanage and that is just fine. Every table and every group is different and playing in them should be as well. My preferred areas to play are D&D Beyond for 5e and Roll20 for all others. I create a discord per game to allow for player notes discussions and Lore.
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Creating your character
All characters will be created on D&D Beyond I have all of the player source books available and shared for free. Characters would be preferred to be ready before zero session but time is there to adjust for edits and such. I will be speaking to each player before the zero session around the time they get the discord link for the game.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
What I expect of players is a basic understanding of how their character will RP and how to roll dice on D&D Beyond. I can work with any new players on creation. And I have plenty of easy flow charts if they want to do things in combat.
What Derek brings to the table
I have plenty of photos to drop in the discord as well as a rich lore and map of Mysteria. I have tokens, maps, monster manuals, and as previously stated all player source books.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Derek creates a safe table
Low magic/fantasy within realism setting. I will have a link to all of my safety documents that I am using in the discord available to all players 7 days before the zero session. In which we will talk about how to address each other in and out of character, go over character concepts, and any safety tool questions, and have a short adventure of going to the city to start the campaign so everyone can get an idea if they're character will fit with the rest of the party or if they may need to change as not to create animosity between before the campaign even begins. The X,N, and Os will be PM'd to me in Discord to not call anyone out at any time during the game sessions. Combat and roleplay amounts can be adjusted based on stars and wishes of party.
Content warnings
Safety tools used