Prevent Hell from Consuming the Sword Coast | Avernus Session 0
Hunt cultists, navigate infernal politics, and descend into Hell itself to save a city dragged into damnation. Deals with devils required.
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Details
Weekly / Monday - 5:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
Campaign Length / 50–70 Sessions
2 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Navigate political chaos in Baldur's Gate, hunt cultists orchestrating infernal schemes, and descend into Avernus itself to prevent Hell from consuming the Sword Coast. You'll broker deals with devils, fight through the Blood War's frontlines, and unravel the mystery of a vanished city dragged into damnation. Every choice matters when the stakes are this high. The Flaming Fist, leaderless and desperate, calls on adventurers to restore order and investigate the infernal forces closing in. What begins as urban crisis becomes a descent into Hell's first layer. This is high-stakes D&D where you'll confront archdevils, navigate infernal politics, and decide how far you're willing to go to save a damned city. The path to Hell is paved with good intentions; what will yours cost you?
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
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1 year on StartPlaying
189 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Storytelling
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Your story, my world. Let's make something unforgettable. I've been running TTRPG campaigns professionally for over a decade, and here's what I've learned: the best memories happen when player choices shape a collaborative story. I don't write scripts. I don't railroad. I build Etharis; a living, breathing high-fantasy world with deep immersive lore and marks left by all my past tables, where the game system is just a means to tell our tale; and then I hand you the wheel. You want to betray the quest-giver? Burn down the tavern? Charm the villain and turn them into an ally? You can certainly try. I come from a background in film screenwriting and game design, which is a fancy way of saying I narrate sessions in a dynamic and cinematic style, enhancing the drama and character reactions to the events. I'm always looking for ways to elevate the experience with impressive visuals, both shared through my video and used by players, such as Foundry VTT, Talespire, custom maps, reference art, and enough prep to improvise anything you throw at me. As our story together develops, I'll offer additional tools and mechanics brought from different game systems, all in the name of making our game time as epic and memorable as possible. I've delved into all kinds of systems, and trust me when I say that's rules are just a framework, we make rulings and use the to tell our story, how we want it. To that end I've tested everything from rules lite games where narration is king such as Blades in the Dark, all the way to intense tactical games like Pathfinder 2e. Whether you're a veteran looking for deep roleplay or a newbie who wants to learn in a welcoming space, I'll meet you where you are. My games go from gritty intrigue to bombastic heroism; with just enough absurdity to keep us laughing years later. If you want a GM who listens, adapts, and narrates stories with you instead of at you, let's talk.
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Creating your character
# ***Character creation*** You'll receive a setting guide and adventure guidelines prior to our session 0, which will help in locating your character within the world. Characters will begin their adventure with a custom crafted evolving magical item that is of significance to their backstories. Characters will be created in D&D Beyond with the 2024 ruleset and rolling stats; We'll go over character creation together during session 0, giving shape to your character as a reason for being in the vicinity of Elturel.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Download Discord onto your preferred device, and join my Discord server. https://discord.gg/C5TwYE4WDV I'll provide a D&D Beyond link after you've joined my Discord server. Download Tale Spire guest edition. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2881860/TaleSpire__Guest_Edition/ Have a microphone ready and set up for a clear voice chat. Though cameras are not required, they are heavily encouraged to help with roleplay.
What Martin / Tinchi brings to the table
• D&D Beyond character sheets and campaign for an easy and everywhere experience. • A Talespire seat for beautiful 3D designed maps and miniatures. • In session music, ambience and sounds effects. ♫ • Visually stunning background and character overlays sitting game time, for total inmersión. 🪁 • Diverse NPC voice acting and deep roleplay immersion. • Narrative and descriptive storytelling with cinematic retelling of combat rounds. • Recording of each session, privately uploaded for players and their friends to relive, with an overlay of reactive PNG portraits, dice rolls and more • Inclusion of every player at the table, spotlighting and highlighting everyone's forte and style. • Many "Devil's Bargains" and exceptions to rules. • Great rewards for creativity and out of the box solutions. • Personalized Homebrew and encouragement to bring your own. • Immersive and deadly encounters with high stakes and impact through dynamic environments and objectives. • A background in Storytelling, Film making and Video game design. • AI generated and curated images to portray emblematic moments. • Out of session question answering and community assistance.
Homebrew rules
All the descriptions of the rules can be found in detail on my discord server, join by using this link: https://discord.gg/VpkbpyfduQ A whole new ancestry / Alternative Skill Requests / Clashing Magicka / Clerical Understanding / Crucible of Fate / Deadly Criticals / Druidic Knowledge / Evolving Cantrips / Helpful Helpers / Heroic points / Heroic Spellcasting / Life Improvements / Potion as either an action or a bonus action / Ritual resurrection / Fate Fatale / True curses / Working economy
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Martin / Tinchi creates a safe table
This campaign will deal deeply with demonic presence, cults and political conspiracies during times of chaos and crisis. The setting for a large part of the adventure is in hell itself, and while a Mad Max style will be used, it still will be hell, just funnier. Over the course of the campaign, players will experience a character driven balance between combat, exploration, and roleplaying, though specific sessions may focus largely (or sometimes entirely) on one aspect of the game. During our session 0 we'll go over the setting and the safety tools to be used, which may be shared in the public text channel for the campaign, or requested privately through DM. We'll go over a consent checklist to make sure nothing uncomfortable to anybody can arise, and introduce the line and veils safety tool. After each session we'll take a couple minutes to discuss and enjoy the aftermath of the session, and share some thoughts and ideas with each other.
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