Rise of the House Vithra (A DnD 5th ed. PBP Drow House Campaign)
On the edge of eradication, a noble drow house makes an unholy alliance with the shadow fey and move to reshape drow society in their favour.
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Play by Post (Asynchronous)
Billed Weekly / Tuesday - 4:30 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
Campaign Length / 5–97 Sessions
0 / 4 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
*Menzoberranzan, 1403 DR* The drow of the largest city of dark elves in the Underdark were celebrating the return of their spider Queen, the goddess Lolth, after years of silence and chaos. The upheaval that had followed her silence and the resulting civil war had claimed all but fifteen noble Houses and they all schemed once more for Her favour above all else. Lolth watched with glee as the strong slaughtered the weak and the Underdark once more knew the fear of the drow and their cruel priestesses. At the bottom of the social hierarchy sat House Vithra, greatly weakened by the war and the recent death of their Matron Mother. The house priestesses now vied for power, the daughters of the House, all young, ambitious and untested. All seeking allies in the familial battle to come. And one such opportunity now presented itself to the House Vithra as a dark rift had appeared near the House's grounds. A jagged slash into the Feywild and the realms of the Unseelie Court; a new path to power. They had been watching for many years and now, representatives of the Unseelie Couty were being sent to the Underdark to see what unholy alliances could be made that would benefit them all... This is an asynchronous play by post Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition 2024 campaign set in the darkness of the Underdark and the famed drow city of Menzoberranzan! Play as the rising stars in the fallen drow noble house of Vithra and make an alliance with the shadow fey of the Feywild to rise to power! It will take place over Discord and use Avrae for dice rolls. I will post at least once a day but usually it will be multiple posts a game. This game is heavily roleplaying focused but combat, exploration and everything in between can be found! This game does NOT use AI for anything and I would prefer players who don't use AI for their roleplaying posts, please.
Game style
Play By Post
Roleplay Heavy
Realm Building
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
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About me
Hi there, my name is Chris, your friendly Canadian DM! I am a someone who has been playing and running various TTRPGs such as Dungeons and Dragons, Changeling: the Dreaming, Vampire the Masquerade for the last three decades. I also am a published game writer and designer with over 50 publications (mostly from the hay day of the 3.5 DnD OGL) as well as a small press publishing company called "Mad Scotsman Games" I've run since 2003. My degree in English Literature actually ended up helping me with a career outside of teaching! Woo! I tend to be the forever DM but that works out well because I love telling immerse stories and doing collaborative storytelling with my players. If you are looking for games with a heavy roleplaying focus, deep lore and everything in between, look no further! I look forward to gaming with you all.
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Creating your character
We will using the rules set for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, the 2024 version. We will be using the Player's Handbook and other official sources (such as Eberron's Artificer and the new Forgotten Realms guides) for races and classes for this game. More details are below. Characters will be created using the character creation guidelines found in the PHB, in addition to the ones below, and characters will be hosted on DnDBeyond. I have a Master account with content sharing that I will use for this campaign so every player will have access to the books they need, free of charge. *Character creation rules:* - All official races and classes from the 2024 5e PHB and other official sources are allowed, as long as they are not "legacy" content or from the 2014 rules set. Subclasses must also come from these sources. No homebrew, please. - Standard array or point buy - Race: The majority of the PCs should be: dark elf (drow), tiefling or some race that is touched by the fey. Negotiable of course but I would prefer if we stuck to the theme of the setting. - Starting level: 3rd - Free 1st level origin feat - Standard gold or equipment by class - No "murder hobos" or "loners" types. We are here to have a group game and experience but we can be evil about it too! - A backstory would be very helpful for me to weave your characters into the narrative. Things like where they are from, their motivations, character merits and flaws, what they want in life would be perfect. Please keep it under one page in length. A character picture would be great as well. - All characters will be created before the campaign begins and added to the campaign link provided via DnDBeyond.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Please have a Discord and a DnDBeyond account for this game. Please have some experience playing the 2024 DnD 5th edition game or at least be familiar with the rules. We will also be using the Avrae discord bot for dice rolls in Discord. I will make sure to upload a tutorial for using Avrae but please have some basic knowledge of how to use it before we begin.
What Chris MacKay brings to the table
I will provide all the DnD books needed via my campaign link on DnDBeyond as well as set up and maintain the Discord server that we will play on. Players will also have their own private channels so they can chat with me freely about anything they need to. I tend to run with "Rules as Written" but favour the "Rule of Cool" over it when the situation calls for it and it would make the game more enjoyable for my players. Combat is not the main focus of the game but there will be some measure of it in play. The main focus will be upon heavy roleplaying, exploration and everything in between that we, as a group, decide we want to focus on. We are all here to have a good time and that's something we can decide together just what that fun is!
Homebrew rules
Drinking a potion or feeding it to an unconscious party member is a bonus action. Otherwise, rules will be as written in the PHB or interpreted by the DM.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Chris MacKay creates a safe table
We will go over any limitations and things we wish to avoid in a session zero discussion with all players present. I also use the "Red, Yellow, Green" system in play to help call attention to something that may make someone uncomfortable etc.
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