Gold Rush Rapids: A Dwarven Short Story
An Infernal-Graffiti defiled Golden Statue has been unearthed. Can you brave the dangers of Buryglast River to deliver this priceless artifact?
$20.00
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Weekly / Wednesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2.75–3.25 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
A Golden Statue of the Patron God of Dwarves, Torag, has recently been unearthed. Unfortunately this gilded depiction of The Forgefather has been defiled by Demonic Graffiti that as of yet the small mining town hasn't been able to clean no matter the amount of Dwarven elbow grease they apply. At wits' end the mining town has hired a group of brave adventurers to escort this statue down the river to a Dwarven Citadel better equipped to deal with such problems. Through rapids, past aggressive wildlife, around bandits, and all during peak Giant hunting season! These brave adventurers will surely have their work and excitement cut out for them. This Adventure takes place in Golarion and has a high-fantasy theme designed to be reminiscent of Tolkien's films and novels. This Adventure will take place in the Pathfinder1e system. New players & old are welcome! I have run this Adventure for people who were totally new not just to PF1e, but TTRPG as a whole and they are now avid fans for the hobby.
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(10)
2 years on StartPlaying
185 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Visual Aid
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Since I was a child I've had a passion for adventure and heroic, dramatic lives. When I was a young teen I explored this passion in the dank basements of my close friends where we would have 36 hour TTRPG marathons of dungeon diving and monster slaying. I also pursued living out the epic lives of others on the stage, where I won awards as a competitive actor in the New England One Act Competitions and local Improvisational Acting competitions. After my school years I set out to cut my teeth and gain experience with a life of real world adventure. I've lived in several foreign countries across the globe and become intimately familiar with cultures profoundly different from my own. I've competed in Mixed Martial Arts competitions and worked as a Teacher, Fine Dining Waiter, SCUBA Instructor, Underwater Cave Dive Guide, and more. In the last few years I've returned obsessively to one of my oldest passions, TTRPG; but now I can bring all of my experience from years of being an adventurer and leader into the fold. I bring an easygoing and fun loving attitude that seeks to make others comfortable to manifest the characters they wish to portray into a shared story/simulation with like minded individuals. I bring organizational skills that allow The Table to stay in the action for the duration of a session. I take pride in my ability to craft and run games and sessions that are tailor-fit to a playstyle befitting the Players at The Table, and leave My Tables thoroughly entertained and fulfilled!
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Creating your character
Pre-generated characters will be the norm for this game. There is a selection of 8 Dwarves with a decently wide and very fun range of options. Players will roll for pick order. IF you absolutely need to make your own character to have fun then we can schedule a separate paid (paid because even if you send me a perfect PDF of a char it will take quite a bit of effort for me to make it work in FVTT on the same level of the pregens) character building session, but I will require your character to be a fit for a Tolkien-esque adventure.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Required: - Join my Discord and send me a message (https://discord.gg/eRgqkfthuC) - A device capable of accessing a website via browser - Microphone with at least intelligible quality Recommended: -Laptop/PC (FoundryVTT doesn't technically support touchscreen/android devices. It also can be somewhat laggy and frustrating to use on very low performance machines. If you only have a low performance or touchscreen device it is still possible to play, but don't expect to be able to fully utilize many of the awesome features of FoundryVTT) Pre-generated characters will be the norm for this game. There is a selection of 8 Dwarves with a decently wide and very fun range of options. Players will roll for pick order. IF you absolutely need to make your own character to have fun then we can schedule a separate paid (paid because even if you send me a perfect PDF of a char it will take quite a bit of effort for me to make it work in FVTT on the same level of the pregens) character building session, but I will require your character to be a fit for a Tolkien-esque adventure.
What TheAdventurousGM brings to the table
Most importantly I bring a fun loving attitude and skills to keep the game moving and ensure everyone will get their time in the spotlight and a chance to seek the type of fun they enjoy from a TTRPG. The game will be played on a fully tooled instance of FoundryVTT, with voice communication happening in Discord. You can expect fully functioning scenes with walls, lights, automated bonuses, sounds, elevation, the whole 9 yards! Pre-generated characters are available and recommended, see prep section for more detail. Expect this Adventure to last 4-6 sessions.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
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How TheAdventurousGM creates a safe table
Lines & Veils will be briefly discussed at the beginning of the first session and I will type up a quick shared doc while we do so. XNO Cards will be handled with a Foundry module to make things as easy as possible, although if you were to reach out to me on Discord or something instead of course I will respect any way you tell me you are uncomfortable with the direction the game is going. All of the content warnings above (Except maybe drowning and animal death) can be worked around for this adventure, so if you are interested in playing but one of the content warnings is concerning you definitely reach out!
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