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One Shot to Die Hard: PBP 2024 Rules, Lv3
Holiday party in a wizard’s tower turns into a hostage crisis. Unarmed and cut off from magic, can you outwit the mercenaries and save the night?
$12.50
/ Session
Details
Play by Post (Asynchronous)
Billed Weekly / Monday - 1:30 AM UTC
Session Duration / 1–3 hours
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About the adventure
--- STORY --- You’ve been invited to the Winter Solstice celebration of the legendary Archmage Nakatomi. His towering spire dominates Celestial City, and tonight its upper floors are filled with nobles, scholars, and powerful wizards celebrating the season in extravagant style. But the festivities are shattered when a group of ruthless mercenaries storms the tower and takes everyone hostage. Their mysterious leader, known only as “The Hands,” has come for revenge… and a fortune hidden in the archmage’s vault. With magic suppressed and the city guard manipulated, the heroes may be the only people in the tower capable of stopping the villains’ plan. Sneak through air ducts. Improvise weapons from fallen enemies. Turn the tower itself into your battlefield. Because tonight, the party isn’t just a celebration. It’s a siege! --- GAMEPLAY --- This play-by-post adventure is a high-energy fantasy action scenario inspired by classic 80s action films. Instead of a linear dungeon crawl, the tower is a dynamic environment where players decide how to approach the crisis. You’ll explore multiple floors of the archmage’s tower, rescue hostages, sabotage the villains’ plan, and engage in tense encounters with roaming mercenaries. Expect stealth, clever tactics, improvised solutions, and cinematic moments rather than straightforward combat. The adventure features: • Open-ended problem solving rather than a fixed path • Environmental action scenes across multiple floors of a tower • Limited magic forcing creative play and teamwork • Loot-as-you-go combat, scavenging gear from defeated enemies • Action-movie tone with dramatic set pieces and heroic risks If you enjoy clever plans, tense infiltration, and explosive finales, this game is built for you.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Play By Post
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Tactical / Crunchy
Roleplay Heavy
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(20)
2 years on StartPlaying
104 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Teacher
Average response time: 6 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I specialise in running Dungeons & Dragons adventures and I like to inject a bit of humour into them all. I follow the nr1 rule that "D&D is about having fun!" I have been doing fantasy games all my life and love making stories for others, and enjoy seeing my players interact. I like to get to know my players and their characters and tweek the story to give them something personal to chew on. For my homebrew adventures I like to use popular cultural references in my games, especially when naming monsters (like a quiz) and crazy NPCs. I use Discord, Owlbear Rhodeo and Theatre of the mind with some AI images to make the experience more immersive. I really like running Play-by-Post adventures as we get to know each other over a longer period of timme and on a daily basis. For me running games is like spending time with people who enjoy each others creativity.
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Creating your character
LV3, Starting equipment, Point buy. There is an Anitmagic field, so no spells work. things like Paladins smite do work. So don't be a wizard. This is going to be gritty. Also no flight.
There are no spells or flying allowed. It's a gritty fight for survival. So be versitile.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need the following - D&D Beyond account - Discord account - PC or mobile device so you can play anytime, anywhere - A wonderful character to bring to life - Time to read, and post about once a day. - Understanding towards everyone that real life can get in the way - To embrace the participation of your fellow players from around the world, who you will be interacting with most days for many weeks of adventure.
What Robert Grant brings to the table
You will get the following resources to enjoy the game - DM Who loves writing - Players who love writing as well - Owlbear Rodeo for battle and world maps - Portraits of all the NPC's and monsters. - Interactive NPC's, even it it's just a barmaid. - D&D Beyond Campaign for all shared resources and more
Homebrew rules
- Flanking give+2 to hit bonus and stacks by +1 for each attacker - Healing potions taken as action give full dice healing. As bonus action you roll the dice. - Critical hits give max dice + Roll dice + bonus
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Mobile Phone
Platforms used
Safety
How Robert Grant creates a safe table
There will be a session Zero to discuss players' expectations and questions. If anyone has a problem at any time, they can message the DM and discuss it. There will be NO erotic roleplay or posting of inappropriate images. We are all here to have fun.
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