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⚔️ G02 ⚔️ Vanguard Frontier | Heroes of the Borderlands
Beyond the safety of the Keep, chaos stirs—bandits, beasts, and darker things lurk in the Borderlands. Glory awaits, but so does death.
$30.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Saturday - 4:00 PM UTC
May 16 / Session 1
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
Campaign Length / 15–30 Sessions
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Welcome to Keep on the Borderlands ⚔️—a classic frontier adventure where civilization ends and chaos begins. This game is set in a rugged wilderness teeming with danger 🌲🦅—bandit camps, monster lairs, and ancient ruins lie just beyond the safety of the Keep’s stone walls 🏰. Whether you’re a fresh-faced adventurer or a seasoned player looking for old-school thrills, this campaign offers a gritty, exploration-driven experience with plenty of room for heroism, cunning, and survival 🎲🛡️. The tone is grounded and adventurous 🧭, with a focus on player choice and cooperative storytelling 📖. You’ll scout hostile terrain, negotiate with dubious factions 🤝, and uncover secrets buried in forgotten caves 🕳️. Combat is tactical but fast-paced ⚔️, and roleplay is encouraged—whether you’re a stoic mercenary, a curious scholar, or a reckless rogue with something to prove. Expect moral ambiguity, resource scarcity, and the thrill of carving your legend into the untamed Borderlands 🌄. This game is perfect for players who enjoy classic dungeon crawls 🐉, wilderness survival 🌨️, and the tension of venturing into the unknown. New players are welcome—a mix of the best rules from the 2014 and 2024 rulesets will be taught as we go 📚, and creativity is always rewarded 💡. If you like maps, mysteries, and meaningful consequences, you’ll feel right at home 🗺️. So sharpen your blade, pack your rations 🥖🪓, and trust no one beyond the gate. The Borderlands are calling... 🏞️
Game style
Combat Heavy
Combat Lite
Dungeon Crawl
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Roleplay Heavy
Roleplay Lite
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Rules as Written (RaW)
Sandbox / Open World
Tactical / Crunchy
Meet the Game Master
4.9
(78)
2 years on StartPlaying
1037 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi, I'm AP a Best-Selling Author, and experienced Roll20 GM! * 5 years experience as a full-time professional GM. * 20k+ Hours on Roll20 * Roll20 Profile: https://app.roll20.net/users/7656131 * 10x Best-Selling Badges on DM's Guild (Best known for Magewright Backgrounds & Magic Items) * Playing and DMing since the days of yore (AD&D). * Now playing and hosting 5e games since 2020. * Newish to Foundry * New to Fantasy Grounds Unity
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Creating your character
- Standard Point Buy - Any content on DNDBeyond - Pregenerated Characters are available and recommended for new players.
This group will start running one-shots with a second set of characters when we get 3 players and will start Heroes of the Borderlands when we get 4-5. After Heroes of the Borderlands, we'll be running Curse of Strahd starting from level 3-5.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Computer w/ Chrome or Firefox and Beyond20 Browser Plugin(free - instant install) if using DNDBeyond Microphone and Headphones A Roll20 Account (free) or a Forge-VTT accound (Free) A Discord Account (free) A DNDBeyond Account (free & optional) While some smartphones and alternative browsers may work, they are not expressly supported by Roll20 at this time and are disallowed as some features may be missing or nonfunctional and this may result in issues for other players.
What GM AP brings to the table
- Discord Server - Roll20 Game - Tokenization of your Token Art - Full Color Maps, Often Animated
Homebrew rules
Scrolls: Using a spell scroll is an Arcana check: use 10 + spell level − your max spell level if it’s on your list, otherwise use 10 + 2×spell level − your caster level. The action required to use a spell scroll is the action required to cast the spell or 1 action, whichever is less. Potions of Healing: • Bonus Action (in combat): Roll the potion’s healing dice. • Action or Out of Combat: Take the potion’s maximum healing value. Cleaving: If a melee attack drops a creature to 0 HP and you dealt excess damage, you may apply the leftover damage to another target in reach that the original attack roll would have hit. Flanking: You gain +2 to melee attack rolls if: • An ally is directly opposite you on the target, or • You have three or more allies adjacent to the same enemy.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Headphones
Platforms used
Safety
How GM AP creates a safe table
Every session can be a session 0. I use a session opener that encourages players to use/update their safety tool preferences on an ongoing basis. Also included is the ability of players to create private and/or public threads where they need only state their safety tool concerns and I will avoid it and do my best to steer the players away from said concern and handle any desired discussion of the topic to the best of my ability and seek feedback from the concerned where and when necessary before doing so.
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Safety tools used