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The Clockwork Tattoo: A Race for your Life [D&D 2024]
When the Swordcoast seemed blessed with peace & Midsummer festivities, people go missing, including... YOU! Fight against clock to uncover the truth!
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Details
Weekly / Tuesday - 1:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
Campaign Length / 24–28 Sessions
1 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
The year is 1492 DR. After years of hardship, the people of the Sword Coast finally seemed blessed with a season of peace. The grand and boisterous Midsummer celebrations bring the famous Amelia’s Magical Menagerie to the town of Daggerford. Townsfolk eagerly queue to attend the Menagerie’s performance—you included—but something strange happens. Your memory blurs, and when consciousness returns, you find yourself in an underground cell… surrounded by strangers who also cannot explain how they arrived there. Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds as the celebrations are overshadowed by a chilling event: a renowned figure of the region has vanished without a trace—Duchess Morwen Daggerford, ruler of Daggerford and member of the Lord’s Alliance. The Alliance offers a reward of 500 gold pieces for any relevant information regarding her disappearance, and a bounty of 2,000 gold pieces if the culprit is identified and captured. But a more immediate problem confronts you: Why were you imprisoned? Who brought you here? And why has a strange tattoo appeared on your arm—one that seems to slowly spread across your body? Join this clock-ticking thriller, filled with twists and fast-paced challenges that push heroes to their limits as they solve puzzles, confront emerging threats, and uncover their unexpected connection to the disappearance of the Duchess of Daggerford!
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(17)
4 years on StartPlaying
56 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Teacher
About me
If I were a Character, I'd say.... Race: Human, Latin American (but I'd rather be an Elf). Background: University professor. Class: Game Master. Sub-class: Dungeon Master (D&D since 1st ed... Currently 5e). I like to DM as much I like to play. And I like creating homebrew rules and worlds as much as I like knowing Rules-as-written (RAW) and official adventures. So I'd say I'm Lawful Good. I go by the rules, but my Good alignment urges me to use Rule-of-Cool if that improves gameplay and player engagement. As a DM, I will work to embed players in the storyline, weaving their backgrounds into the main campaign even in official adventures (after all, they all need adjustments anyway). I'm looking to collectively build amazing stories and experiences while rolling dice. We must remember that dice bring the unexpected into our game and help creating unforgettable moments! Let's roll some dice!
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Creating your character
⚔️ Characters start at Level 3, roll stats or take point buy if you dislike the rolls (The Campaign takes you from Level 3 to 11). ⚔️ Character creation is on DNDBeyond where you have free access to all Official WotC Material. [If you have never used DnDbeyond we will create the character together in Session Zero] ⚔️ You can come up with any idea, but we should tie your character to one of these origins below... - A Noble background - A Criminal background - A Fey background - A Clerical / religious background - A strong link to a Patreon (e.g. Warlock) Please keep you mind open until we meet for Session Zero where more details will be revealed...!
The Party will be born in Session Zero !
What to expect
Preparing for the session
⚔️ You will need a mic and accounts created on Discord and DNDBeyond (both free!). Links will be provided once you register. Foundry is accessed via a weblink, so no account needed. ⚔️ Characters can be created in DNDBeyond as soon as you get the link, but we will jointly finalized it during Session Zero. ⚔️ You can bring any character concept you want, and I will help you tie them to the storyline.... but consider crafting a character that wants to uncover mysteries at all cost...
What Dagema | Leo brings to the table
⚔️ This Campaign is a fast-paced tensioned adventure that blends puzzles, problem solving and time-pressure... Think Mission Impossible and Jack Baeur in a D&D setting! ⚔️ This Story is set in the Swordcoast, Forgotten Realms, inspired in official anthologies (Candlekeep and Golden Vault) and third-party top quality content (TheRipper93's Side Quest Society and Dragonshorn Studios) ⚔️ The experience is enriched with top quality art/maps by James' RPG, Morvold Press, and others high-ranked third-party material. ⚔️ Benefit from a Discord channel that allows downtime activities, a DNDBeyond library with WotC content, and a Foundry platform customized for our Campaign - All these are free of charge for Players. ⚔️ Enjoy a fast-paced level advancement that allows you to progress while deep diving into the plot's challenges and mysteries ⚔️ Immerse yourself in a game with a rich blend of storytelling, ambiance music, and rich art and maps ⚔️ Experience your character become a core element of the story. We will weave the main plot with each character background and motivations. ⚔️ Receive links once you register. Foundry is accessed via a weblink, so no account needed. Characters can be created in DNDBeyond as soon as you get the link, but we will jointly finalized between the individual free Session Zero (1h).
Homebrew rules
⚔️ A Player Character can stack up to 3 Inspiration Points [granted by the DM and other Players after every session] ⚔️ Flanking provides a -2 to AC, and Surrounding (4 Enemies) advantage on all attack rolls against the Surrounded creature. ⚔️ Deadly critical: base dice is maximized, and extra dice rolled. ⚔️ Dropping to zero HP grants 1 level of exhaustion. ⚔️ Crits on Initiative: A Nat 20 gives you an extra action on the 1st turn (= Action surge) ⚔️ Quickened Short Rest: A 10-min short rest will recover feats and slots (e.g. Warlock), but every Hit Dice spent adds 10 mins to the Resting time (Max original 1 hour)
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Dagema | Leo creates a safe table
This Campaign includes a free individual Session Zero (1h) where we will go through safety tools, game style, rules, lines and veils, and character creation.
Content warnings
Safety tools used