New Players Welcome! Fully Homebrew Long-Form Mystery! D&D 5.5e!

New Players Welcome! Fully Homebrew Long-Form Mystery! D&D 5.5e!

The dreams have been happening for weeks now, invading your mind each night. What do they mean? Why you? It may be time to investigate.

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

3–12

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

18+
3 NEEDED TO START
$25.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Thursday - 4:00 AM UTC

Session Duration / 3–4 hours

Campaign Length / 25+ Sessions

0 / 6 Seats Filled

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This game will begin once 3 players have joined
About the adventure

It begins with a dream. Every night, you see the same thing: a glowing symbol, hanging in an endless dark. It pulses slow and steady, like a sleeping heart. When you wake, the feeling stays with you. Then you begin to notice it in the waking world. Scratched into old stones you've walked past a thousand times. Hidden in dusty tomes in the back of libraries. When you ask about it, people seem confused. Some get a headache. It is not that the world has never seen this symbol. It is that the world has forgotten it on purpose. This campaign begins at 3rd level and grows into something far larger than the dream itself. You won’t be handed answers. You’ll have to seek them within libraries and ruins, through courts and temples, beneath memories and shadows. The story moves when you do. This is a roleplay-heavy, character-driven campaign where curiosity drives it, choices matter, and the right question can unravel the truth. If you like pulling on threads just to see what unravels… if you enjoy making decisions that shift the course of kingdoms… if you want your character to shape the future rather than react to it... Then this story may belong to you. Because somewhere in the dark, something once worshipped is trying to be remembered. Are you brave enough to listen?

Meet the Game Master

Less than a year on StartPlaying

12 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, World Builder, Creativity

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

Hi! My name is Ethan, and I'm hopefully your new GM! I have been GM-ing for 5 years now, and it truly is my passion! I started Gm-ing because I was having a tough time finding a table to play at, and figured I'd make one myself! That decision has turned into multiple tables, full length campaigns, and some of the best memories I've made. I am a lifelong nerd, a military veteran, and a father. I can't wait to see what kind of stories we can tell together!

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Character creation

Creating your character

We will create characters during Session Zero. Characters will start at level 3 and will be created via DNDBeyond. Stats will be either rolled or point-buy.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

Please create an account on DNDBeyond, Roll20, and Discord if you do not have them already.

What Ethan (AggressiveViper) C. brings to the table

A safe, exciting campaign complete with ambient music, some character voices, cinematic descriptions, and rulings that prioritize the story and power-fantasy.

Homebrew rules

Drinking potions is a bonus action, custom character death/revivify rules, and strong crits.

Equipment needed to play

Internet

Computer

Microphone

Safety

How Ethan (AggressiveViper) C. creates a safe table

Lines and Veils document pre-session zero, a session zero discussion regarding other aspects of the campaign, an anytime open-door policy, a 15-minute break halfway through each and every session, and a session debrief with stars and wishes after each session.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

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