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Dinner and a Show - Murder Mystery One-Shot
An evening banquet of Drow Nobles turns to chaos as their Matriarch is murdered. Could their misfortune be your chance at escape? DND5e
$5.00
/ Session
Details
1 player following this game
Once / Saturday - 3:00 PM UTC
May 30
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
5 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The Noble Drow of House Darkthorn have gathered for one of the Matriarch’s grand banquets. An event that only occurs once every 25 years. A grand night of eating and debauchery with entertainment in the form of tormenting slaves. This many Sadistic and power-hungry Drow in one place has made for a pit of vipers. Where schemes and treachery is abundant. This is made blatantly apparent with the murder of the Matriarch in plain sight of every guest. For you, a captured slave, the chaos and mistrust caused by the murder may be your exact chance for escape. Help solve the mystery, and you may earn your freedom. You find yourself within a standing cage, barely enough room to sit with your knees to your chest if you wished to. You’ve been in this cage for a couple days now. Being dragged into different rooms and onto different carts by the hands of your captors. Dark passages, cold dank water, and a small bit of stale bread has been your only sensation lately, and given how you’ve heard screaming from other cells, perhaps it’s a blessing that the guards have ignored you lately. Whatever led to you being captured by the Drow is your own story, but for now you need to find a way to out of this mess, and a tragedy at the Matriarch's banquet may just be it. Perhaps you can turn misfortune into opportunity. DND 5e 2024 rules. In this murder mystery there will be a heavier focus on intrigue and roleplay. There will still be at least one guaranteed combat encounter for a chance to utilize builds, but the One-shot will be dialogue and roleplay heavy. HOMEBREW: No zone of truth spell. That's all.
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Heavy
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
3 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Voices, Sets the Mood
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 50%
About me
Hello all! My name is Devin. I'm looking to provide a unique experience with a classic sense of adventure. D&D 5e homebrew one-shots. Good for beginners and experienced players. As a standard I like my sessions to have a challenging edge with the possibility of player death, but if you have a group that wants a more or less difficult experience, just let me know! In the end these are games, and we all want to have a good time. I like to include the opportunity for heavy roleplay (thematic voices, open dialogue, player agency) but also leave it as optional for the more combat focused group.
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Creating your character
Characters will be level 3. Point Buy or standard array. No stat rolling Custom background is okay! Just adhere to standard ability score increases, proficiencies, and origin feats. Use Starting equipment or purchase equipment in equivalent value to starting gold. No 3rd party content. 2014 subclasses is fine HOWEVER: I do not own all dnd beyond content at the moment so if something you want to play is missing contact me and we can resolve it.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a functional way to play, decent quality microphone, access to discord, and access to D&D beyond.
What Devin brings to the table
I'm looking to provide a classic eerie murder mystery. I will be voicing many NPC of my own design. I hope that I can provide an intriguing and thought provoking mystery with multiple options of resolution. Rules as Written for the most part but of course Rule of Cool will come out when the moment warrants it!
Homebrew rules
No zone of truth spell please. That is the only banned spell from default 5e.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Devin creates a safe table
If there is anything concerning you, or making you feel unwelcome in any way. Please contact me via any means that make you comfortable. Message or call, in or after session. Players have the ability to veto any topics traumatic for them.
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Safety tools used