Lost Mines of Phandelver. Beginner-Friendly Sandbox. 2014 Rules.
In a land menaced by goblins, orcs, and bandits, and under the ever hungry eye of a dragon, a mysterious foe seeks an ancient weapon from a lost mine.
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Weekly / Thursday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
Campaign Length / 10+ Sessions
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About the adventure
A dwarven miner by the name of Gundren Rockseeker has hired you to escort a cart of mining equipment to the frontier town of Phandalin. From there your life as a fledgling young adventurer will never be the same as you face bandits, orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, werewolves, a necromancer, a banshee, a witch, dungeons, dragons, and everything else one expects out of a D&D campaign. This level 1-5+ campaign for 5e Dungeons and Dragons is roughly based on the Lost Mine of Phandelver published module from the Starter Set, expanded with some material from the related Dragon of Icespire Peak module, and other of my own invention, and generally tweaked to be more open-ended to accommodate player choice and sandbox play. This is an excellent campaign for first time players, as it delivers more or less everything the average first time player is expecting out of a game, but every 5e player should play some variation of the Phandelver campaign at some point, as it is probably the quintessential 5e D&D experience. I am a classroom teacher by profession and am always very happy to teach the game to new players of all age groups. Overall content rating is roughly PG-13 unless the group collectively decides otherwise. I planned it for 2014 rules but am flexible if there is a group preference for some or all 2024 materials.
Game style
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
3 years on StartPlaying
37 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Creativity, Inclusive
About me
I am a professional educator who has helped hundreds of people roll up their first characters. I am deeply committed to introducing new players to the game I love, and I am skilled in making unfamiliar concepts easy for beginners. while still keeping games dynamic and engaging for veterans. I have a background in Medieval and Renaissance history, as well as theater, and bring all of it to support dungeon mastering a great game for you, I hope to see you at my virtual table soon!
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Creating your character
We will be rolling up 1st level characters in Session 0, though players are welcome to make them beforehand if they so desire. We'll be using standard rolled-stat character creation rules, with all officially published options allowed, unless the group decides otherwise in Session 0. If that doesn't mean anything to you, don't worry about it.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Player will need a working microphone on one or more internet enabled devices capable (collectively) of running Discord and Roll20. Discord should be installed beforehand. Players should ideally also bring some familiarity with and access to 5e D&D rules, an idea for a character, character art (off of a google image search is fine), and a working webcam, but if you lack any of those things no worries, we'll make it work.
What Benjamin, aka Professor Dragon brings to the table
I will bring an elaborately assembled Roll20 campaign with battlemaps and art, a Discord server, a Zoom account, and a large personal library of 5e books.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Internet
Platforms used
Safety
How Benjamin, aka Professor Dragon creates a safe table
Session Zero will establish expectations, introduce the campaign, discuss safety tools, and cover character creation. In the event that everyone gets characters somewhat together we may do some brief play as well.
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