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Salvation's Doom | Beginner Friendly
When grave robbers open Xarnath's tomb, a curse is unleashed that will kill all of his descendants. And you are one of them.
$30.00
/ Session
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Bi-weekly / Monday - 10:00 PM UTC
Feb 16 / Session 9
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
Campaign Length / 25–30 Sessions
4 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
“Shh! Listen!” you hiss as you spin around and look for the sound behind you. Nothing there. Your torch flickers. Amber light dances on the sandstone walls of the ancient corridor. “What was it?” your companion whispers as he points his sword into the darkness. “Sounded like something scraping on the floor,” you mutter. “Let’s just find the crypt and get out of here,” he says, eyes darting from shadow to shadow. You nod. “The map says it’s… There.” Just on the edge of vision, down the dark corridor is a stone door secured with thick iron bands and a large corroded lock. The torchlight makes it almost seem like the demonic figures carved into the door are moving. Smiling at you. “Time to find some treasure,” you whisper. A scream of agony startles you! Spinning around you see a monstrously large serpentine body with an unnatural, wicked human face. And writhing in its fanged jaws is your companion. You scamper towards the demonic door. The serpentine creature discards your companion's body. You fumble for your blade, but the creature is faster. It strikes. ------- In SALVATION'S DOOM you... 🧙♀️ are a powerful, experienced adventurer, 🐲 battle terrifying monsters, 📜 uncover ancient secrets, 🗡️ find world shaping magic items, 🌎 explore and forge a detailed homebrewed world. This heroic adventure is suitable for veterans and beginners who like thrilling combat, immersive maps, engaging role playing, and living in a world that your character can shape. Characters begin on Level 9. ------- He was the world's greatest soothsayer. But when he failed to predict the emperor's death, he was subjected to horrific torment. His broken body was cast into a secret pit and covered with a mountain. Now, his ancestors - led by a charismatic zealot - are set to uncover him. But he is no longer simply the most powerful diviner the world has seen. Twisted and deformed by torment, and imprisonment, he has become something unrecognizable. Bestial. Unforgiving.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(31)
1 year on StartPlaying
236 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive
About me
Hello! My name is Vahid. As well as being a Dungeon Master for 40+ years, I am the producer and DM of the streaming show Dice Legenz (links below to check out our show). Over the 40+ years of being in the D&D scene I have spent thousands of hours playing HEAPS of different TTRPG systems, but I especially love D&D 5th edition. Role-playing games are an amazing way to connect with friends, make new friends, create new and exciting worlds, and just have a wonderful creative time. Fun is the core of all of the games that I run. The sessions that we will have together will be a balance of engaging, interactive role playing, and exciting, thrilling, fast paced action. While running pre-made modules is fun, the real excitement for me is creating new worlds, new characters, new adventures. Therefore, the games that I run are in unique world settings. Together, we will encounter monsters you have never seen before in places no one has ever visited before. And at the heart of all of the adventure are the characters that YOU make - the heroes, or perhaps antiheroes, of our adventure. If you like making fascinating heroic (or anti-heroic) characters, you're in the right place; if you love helping to build wild and wonderful worlds, you're in the right place; if you enjoy scintillating role playing experience, you're still in the right place; if you're a strategic thinker and love combat, this is the place for you; and if you love going up levels and collecting loot… yep! You're in the right place! The games that we will play together are open for any experience level. Whether you are a veteran, or a first-time D&D player, you are welcome here. When not doing Dungeons and Dragons, professionally I am from the television and media world. I'm a music composer that composes for media, especially animation, but also for advertising, games, magazine shows, children's shows, sports, etc. I've also had experience as a voice actor, script writer, animation director, and now the producer of the Dice Legenz show. In my personal life I am a husband and father. I live in New Zealand, but was born in Bloomington, Indiana in the United States of America. I'm a world citizen who works with people all over the planet. If you are interested in checking out the Dice Legenz show to see me and my team in action here are the links: www.DiceLegenz.com www.twitch.tv/DiceLegenz www.youtube.com/DiceLegenz
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Creating your character
We will begin the campaign with a free Session 0. During that session we will discuss characters, backstory, setting and safety tools. You can either bring a level 9 character that you have made to the Session 0, or come with one or more character ideas, or come with a blank slate and make your character within the session. I can supply you with a pre-made character if you prefer. A character of every class is ready to go. They just need a name and a backstory and will be ready to party. I will be using the 5e 2024 rules in this campaign. You are welcome to use the character creator tool inside our Roll20 game. If you do so you will have access to all the official class, species, equipment, feats and spells. You can use 2014 characters if you want, but I encourage you to use the 2024 character rules as they create more balanced and robust characters. CHARACTER CREATION: -Any classes, species, or backgrounds from the 2024 Players Handbook are fine to use. -Standard array stats -Average hit points (not rolled) -You can have any reasonable non-magical weapons and equipment you want (i.e no war elephants). We will discuss your starting magical equipment.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need to have a working microphone and access to Discord and Roll20. These services are free to create accounts for. You are welcome to use any method of creating the character such as the Roll20 character creation tools (recommended), a physical character sheet, D&D Beyond, or another online character creation tool. You are welcome to use physical dice or digital dice.
What Vahid Qualls brings to the table
Immersive storytelling Character voices Ambient mood setting music Detailed original maps A unique setting We will use Roll20 virtual tabletop for the battle scenes including custom maps and tokens. Scenes will have ambient music to enhance the immersive experience. I am comfortable doing voices for characters, but players need not feel a pressure to do voices if they don't want to.
Homebrew rules
Initiative scores instead of rolling for initiative. This is a faster way of getting into combat. Read pg42 of the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide for details. Critical Saving Throws. A nat 20 saving throw is a critical success, which means there are no negative affects at all, not even 1/2 damage. A nat 1 saving throw is a critical failure that results in double damage. Any character that has the Evasion trait, such as rangers and rogues, will take full damage, not half damage on a nat 1.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Headphones
Platforms used
Safety
How Vahid Qualls creates a safe table
We will cover safety tools during the Session 0. The list of my lines and veils are listed in the Character and Setting Primer document that every player receives. Everyone will have opportunity to discuss and add to the list as needed. Players can choose to privately message their lines and veils to me.
Content warnings
Safety tools used