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Rise from Hel to the Heavens 🌌 A Dead Mage Casts No Spells ⚔️
A not-so-ancient evil rises in the Far North, where orcs and goblins unite to wash away the realm of humans. Ready your robes and staves, war wizards!
$25.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Monday - 9:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
2/5
About the adventure
⚔️ The King has fallen, and you must rescue him from the clutches of Hel 🔮 Face warlords, warlocks, unsavory undead and a rogue archmage 🏰 Conquer the bastion of evil at the end of the world 🔍 Uncover a cosmic conspiracy and explore realms beyond our own 🌀 Avoid the Vortex 🪄 Embark on a quest to save to world and travel across a continent brimming with magic The Order of Magick has chosen you to protect the realm in its time of need. Will you answer the call? A Dead Mage Casts No Spells is an original adventure set in a realm of high fantasy with viking vibes, equal parts dramatic and whimsical.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Tactical / Crunchy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(55)
3 years on StartPlaying
832 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Teacher
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 83%
About me
Hello there! My name is Vincent, and the two little gargoyles behind me are Bobby and Smaug, my warlock familiars. I started playing Dungeons & Dragons in university with my featherless friends and it quickly became our favorite hobby, so much so that I've been running official and homebrew campaigns for us ever since. And because I'm always eager to play and meet new characters and experience new stories, I would be thrilled to GM for You, intrepid adventurer!🧝🏽🏹 I even wrote my master's thesis about the positive impact TTRPGs have on social and creative skills as a potential form of group therapy. A session a week is good for the brain! 🧠🧙
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Creating your character
You can use any officially published book for character options, but homebrew content must be approved by me. We are using the Point Buy system for this campaign. (https://chicken-dinner.com/5e/5e-point-buy.html) If you're new to DnD, I'm happy to help with all the jargon and creating your first character. 👀 You can also keep your character sheet on any platform or even on paper. Same goes for rolling, physical dice are welcome, I won't stand between you and your clickity-clacks.
Join the war wizards of the Order of Magick and save the realm from utter destruction! If you'd like to join, every effort will be made to help you with onboarding, including: - Introductions with the party via a short session 0 in our first game together - Help with character creation, and connecting them to the setting - Readily answering all your questions
What to expect
Preparing for the session
🎤 A decent microphone & Internet connection 🎧 A Discord account 📝 Create your Character Sheet - let me know if you need any help 🎓 Beginners are welcome, I will help you learn how to play 💻 Cameras are optional
What Vincent brings to the table
🧭 Maps, handouts & unique magic items 🧙🏽 A player- and character-oriented approach ⚜️ Battle maps and a campaign map to explore on Foundry VTT 🎧 Our very own Discord server for voice chat 📚 All the rule books and adventure-crafting tools we might need 📜 A Quest Log to assist the note-takers of the party 🔥 Destructive magic and an entertaining world 🧛♂️ A vampire-free space!
Homebrew rules
I use a few pages worth of popular variant rules for 5e, the character limit doesn't allow for listing them, but once you join you'll have access to them. Some examples are: - Bulk capacity replacing the usual carrying capacity, borrowed from PF2e. - Variant exhaustion rules - it is a cumulative -1 penalty per level of exhaustion, up to level 11 (where madness or death occurs). - System shock and lingering injuries starting at level 4 - it only applies at truly devastating blows, and there is a chance to resist them. - Bonus action potion drinking. - Light flanking benefits. - Plunging attacks. - Free feat at every ASI level. - Shorter short rests and only partial long rests outside of safe havens. - Many downtime activities, such as Harvesting, Crafting, Cooking, and Training. - Up to 3 Inspiration Points and Mighty Deeds.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Vincent creates a safe table
While adventures of this setting are mostly light-hearted fantasy fun, conflict and combat-oriented games can always touch on sensitive subjects and it's important to make our boundaries clear, so that each of us can feel safe and relaxed. We will go over safety tools, consent, and how the party will get together in Session 0, and at the end of each session we can discuss what went well and what should be improved. I will also send out a consent form in which you can let me know what content you don't wish to see in our games. This is a newbie-friendly game, I will help with the mechanical and rulebook-sides of the game, you just need to tell me what your character would like to do. 🎲
Content warnings
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