Tales from Nentir Vale, 4th Edition Heroic Fantasy!

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Tales from Nentir Vale, 4th Edition Heroic Fantasy!

Face down the evils hidden in the wilds of Nentir Vale in this epic 4th Edition Adventure!

TYPE

Campaign

SYSTEM

Dungeons & Dragons 4e

LEVELS

1–5

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

18+
3 NEEDED TO START
$15.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Sunday - 12:00 AM UTC

Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours

1 / 5 Seats Filled

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This game will begin once 4 players have joined

Meet your party members

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About the adventure

HEROIC ADVENTURES, DEEP DUNGEONS, MYSTERIOUS HISTORIES, MANIACAL MONSTERS, EPIC LOOT! Nentir Vale, Points of Light... among a vast and uncharted wilderness only small city states have made their claim. With swathes of land between the reaches ruled over by monsters, ancient dungeons, and the crossings of dark and light realms. To travel at all is to be an adventurer, and doing more would make you a champion... such is the fate of a few misbegot heroes, ready to make their mark. 4th Edition, a much maligned system by some, is an exciting heroic fantasy experience, where every class gets a bevvy of special abilities and powers! With action packed high speed combat, engaging roleplay, as well as exciting skill challenges and mystical explorations. - Make your personal mark on a Sandbox Setting! - A token with fresh art made for your character (drawn by me!) - Flesh out the world itself through YOUR backstory and character! - Fight epic battles with cool powers! - Claim mega-loot and magic artifacts! - Use Sword and Sorcery to best horrific foes Nentir Vale is one of my favorite D&D settings, and with the bevvy of 4e adventures available, you'll explore the vast wilds of an untamed world, dotted with cities as points of light in the vast fog of monster filled wilderness. You'll get to learn how to play 4e, creating your own champion! You'll face off against mighty challenges, defeat necromancers, explore the feywild, fight horrible dread monsters in the depths of dungeons, and experience 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons as it was always meant to be!

Game style

Roleplay Heavy

Rules as Written (RaW)

Tactical / Crunchy

Game themes

Meet the Game Master

5.0

(4)

Queer
Neurodivergent
Artist
Women/Femme Identifying
Game Designer

Less than a year on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood

Average response time: 5 hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

Hii! I'm Vivian. When I was a kid, I used to draw comics and make up characters, and with my friends, build worlds. Since my youth, I've always been a creative, a storyteller, and a bit of a rat. I suppose that I've been running games for well over a decade, though my first experience with real meaty gameplay was just seven years ago, when I ran my first session of D&D for my online group. I could say it was perfect, but it wasn't. That first campaign lasted two or so years, and while clunky and imperfect, it was mine. It was my first true campaign, and with that group, I continued GMing. I became a terminal forever-DM, and have spent far more than a reasonable amount of time studying, practicing, and honing my craft. My shelf of books is overflowing, my collection of wisdom and practiced techniques an armory unending, and my amount of insane nonsensical homebrew and game design documents unsettling. I'm a storyteller first, an artist second, a writer third, and an enjoyer of Little Caesar's Lunch Special (Half a deep deep dish with a 20 oz soda! for just 8 dollars) fourth, but coming in a few places behind that, I consider myself an adequate, if not exceptional, Gamemaster... I mean, my players say I'm the best GM either, and I won't call them liars to their faces!

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Character creation

Creating your character

Once you're signed up, I'll walk you through creating your own character! All content from Players Handbooks 1, 2, and 3 will be available. That gives a bevy of lineages and classes to play, all of which are built to fit into the Nentir Vale setting. Also all 'Monstrous Races' from the Monster Manual are freely usable. Ability Scores will be taken using Point Buy or Standard Array to save difficulty, and progression will be XP Based! I'd like to run as close to RAW as possible.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

You'll need an account on Discord and Forge-VTT, so we can get in touch, and play our games properly. While using Forge-VTT, the platform I use to host Foundry games, you'll NEED (NEED, ABSOLUTELY NEED) to be on Google Chrome. I also do not like using Chrome, but Forge straight up barely works on Firefox. Oh well! Also, make sure you feel somewhat confident in your typing ability. We do sessions on a schedule, but I host them entirely through text! You don't need a 200 WPM, but if you don't want to type, this game probably isn't for you. Finally, I don't expect you to read and memorize the 4e book, though getting familiar with the rules through provided documents will be much appreciated and provide a seamless experience. The first adventure will be something of a tutorial, running through the core mechanics of the game.

What Vivian brings to the table

Your own custom token (real art by a real person (me, I'm the real person)), special ingame effects and sounds, and even music! Battlemaps, locations, a full campaign built in foundry, the basics you'd expect. The 4e books will be available as Read-Only PDFs, and all content will be built into Forge! In advance of the game, as players join, you'll be free to interact and talk about your characters, get a feel for eachother. If you're not vibing, you can leave no problem!

Homebrew rules

Monstrous Races (Such as Goblins, Orcs, etc.) are not inherently evil, nor instantly disliked by normal folks. Feel free to play one! Certain baseline setting changes have been made to further distinguish Nentir Vale from The Forgotten Realms, primarily a change of the Gods. If you intend to play a Divine Class, we can chat about creating a God or reworking an existing one to fit your ideas. Also, normal Alignment rules. Lawful to Chaos, Good to Evil.

Equipment needed to play

Internet

Computer

Safety

How Vivian creates a safe table

I doubt we'll be going above any content beyond PG 13. Still, the X card will always be available! I have an open door policy if any player wants to talk about content they don't wish to see or situations they had difficulty with previously. Always happy to handle it and will change things if needed. Also, if you have a very specific phobia (Such as Arachnaphobia or Clorophobia) then be sure to tell me in advance so I can politely ask any spiders or clowns to sit out adventures. No problem!

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