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šļø Keys From the Golden Vault | 5ļøā£ Tockworth's Clockworks
Join the crew for one or for all of the 13 adventures from Keys From the Golden Vault - played through as a canonically connected series of one-shots!
$55.00
/ Session
Details
Once / Friday - 4:00 PM UTC
Feb 6
Session Duration / 5ā6 hours
5 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Keys From the Golden Vault is a 13 adventure anthology themed around heists, break-ins, escapes, cons, and infiltrations. And you, as one of The Golden Vaultās operatives, are occasionally asked to do it all. How it gets done, though is up to you. Brute force? Disguises? Magic? Bribery? Itās your crew. Your plan. Your risk. Your reward. ... and we'll be playing our way through it all over the next year, one 6-hour mega one-shot at a time. Feel free to join us for one, a few, or all of them! You can choose to keep your existing character and let me connect them to the storylines, or roll up a new character each time. TLDR: 6 hours each. Once/month. Keep your loot. Commitment: Optional. šļøNext Adventure:šļø Level 5 - Masterpiece Imbroglio (Mar 20, 2026) āGreetings, operatives. A valuable painting has been stolen from a member of the Cognoscenti Esoterica, an organization with connections to the Golden Vault. The Cognoscenti Esoterica specializes in the study of rare objects of historical significance. We suspect that the stolen painting, Constantoriās Portrait, has magical properties and ties to the occult.ā Upcoming Adventures: Level 5 - Masterpiece Imbroglio (Mar 2026) Level 6 - Axe From the Grave (Apr 2026) Level 7 - Vidorant's Vault (May 2026) Level 8 - Shard of the Accursed (Jun 2026) Level 8 - Heart of Ashes (Jul 2026) Level 9 - Affair of the Concordant Express (Aug 2026) Level 10 - Party at Paliset Hall (Sept 2026) Level 11 - Fire and Darkness (Oct 2026) Already Completed: Level 1 - The Murkmire Malevolence (Oct 2025) Level 2 - The Stygian Gambit (Nov 2025) Level 3 - Reach For the Stars (Dec 2025) Level 4 - Prisoner 13 (Jan 2026) Level 5 - Tockworth's Clockworks (Feb 2026) š£ļø Discord Role-play - Keep the story going even after a session ends by role-playing with your party members in dedicated role-play channels. Unlock perks for your party as you go!
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Tactical / Crunchy
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(63)
2 years on StartPlaying
542 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
"Travis is a great storyteller and integrates player characters into his worlds extremely well. His worlds feel real and it's very easy to get lost in the moment. One of the greatest feelings I have from his games is that I feel that I was there, instead of a quiet observer, I feel my characters have stakes and choices. Travis is a master at group building. He knows the characters well and suggests way to better mesh them together. All in all, it's probably the best experience I've had in D&D" Greetings Adventurers! My name is Travis and I've been makin' magic happen at the tabletop since the 20th century. If you like a fun & immersive table with heroics, traditional fantasy energy, player agency, and light comedy - let's roll the dice together! Accolades: - GenCon '25 - Professional DM (https://www.Deathwish 5e.com) - Winner of Wizard of the Coast's 2025 Homebrew Feat Contest - The Realms Will Know Your Name.(https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2121-the-realms-now-know-your-name-contest-winners)
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Creating your character
Scratch the itch and start working on a character before we begin by referencing the character creation criteria in the 'Recruiting Notes' section of this listing.
Party can be as eclectic as you'd like! Keep in mind this one-shot series centers around heists, prisonbreaks, and other "Oceans 11" type themes. That doesn't mean everyone needs to be a rogue, but you should have an idea of what kind of role your character could fill in a team of operatives.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
ā Click the D&D Beyond Campaign link in the Player Dashboard and create a character by referencing this listing's Recruiting Notes. ā Join the Discord server and have a mic & webcam ready to rock (Camera encouraged but not required). Players will NOT need: ā Their own dice ā Books or character sheets ā Pre-existing knowledge of the game
What DM Travis brings to the table
š Access to all D&D 5e sourcebooks and character options. š„ Premium Foundry VTT environment š¤ Private campaign channels on Discord. šŗļø Immersion via animated battlemaps, SFX, audio, & voice acting. š Gritty storylines that embrace drama, danger, & consequence. š Safe place to role-play and explore voices/ accents (if desired). āļø Thrilling combat with enemies that know what they are doing. š”ļø A lean toward heroic fantasy rather than eccentric goofiness. š Reasonable adherence to rules as written (RAW).
Homebrew rules
- Lingering Injuries on crits - Exhaustion upon being dropped to 0 HP.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Webcam
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Safety
How DM Travis creates a safe table
Safety tools keep everyone at the table comfortable, so the focus can stay on the game we all love! Breaks: We will take a 5min break roughly every hour. Feel free to take a break whenever needed, too! X-Card: Players can anonymously display an X card on the VTT game canvas if a topic comes up that makes them uncomfortable during play. If/when that happens - we simply fast forward or audible and get right back into play. Players can expect to go through a quick introduction & tutorial before play begins. We will discuss safety tools and topics to avoid during that time.
Content warnings
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