The Prince of Spiders 🕷️ A Hero's Journey to Slay Divinity

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The Prince of Spiders 🕷️ A Hero's Journey to Slay Divinity

Enter a dark fantasy world controlled by oppressive angels. You must free a forgotten god to free your people from the tyranny of the divine!

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

3–12

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

18+
2 NEEDED TO START
$35.00

/ Session

Details

1 player following this game

Weekly / Saturday - 3:00 AM UTC

Session Duration / 2–3 hours

2 / 6 Seats Filled

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This game will begin once 4 players have joined

Meet your party members

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About the adventure

👑 Save a kingdom oppressed by Tyrants! 🕷️ Free a god trapped within a labyrinth! 🌟 Discover the answers to horrible mysteries! ✨ Engross yourself in a dark, fantastical world! The Prince of Spiders is a Dungeon and Dragons 5th Edition campaign set in a fantastic world where the characters will act and live out their lives in this grim medieval universe, either as humans or beasts. There, they must decide to side for freedom of mind or safety and security; to uncover the secrets throttling society as tyrant angels puppeteer the Kingdom of Eldenstein. You are the heroes seeking out to clip the wings of these god-like monstrosities and return freedom of mind, body and magick to the deserving mortals. You have been given guidance through the long shadow of a god formerly condemned by man, now forgotten by time known as the Prince of Spiders. This Prince was milked by humanity for his magick. This was seen as a transgression against the tyrant angels who used such a savage act against even a fallen one of their kind as an excuse to occupy Eldenstein in the first place. Now condemned as a monster, the Prince of Spiders resides within a dangerous tower, his very tortured presence leeching the magick away from the land—the very magick that the forefathers of mortalkind robbed him of. Now you, the heroes must free this fallen deity from his shackles to punish the evil that was wrought in the first place, once and for all. 🎨 The maps and artwork for this game are hand-drawn by myself! Engross yourself in a truly homebrew game unlike any other, where human creativity is front and center! 🌟 You are the heroes and protagonists of this story! Free an oppressed kingdom enraptured by cruelty by corralling an army! ♥️ Meet deep and interesting characters that you can ally, make enemies of, or even romance! ⚔️ Participate in strategic combats where quick thinking and creativity will crown you victorious! 📚 Engage yourself in deep lore and explore a comprehensive world that truly feels alive, reactive and breathing! 🖌️ This game is artist-made and AI content and generation is not welcomed.

Game style

Hexcrawl / Exploration

Roleplay Heavy

Meet the Game Master

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Asian
Artist
No Gen AI

2 years on StartPlaying

587 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive

Average response time: 6 hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

Hey there! I'm Dandy and I've been a DM for over eight years now, exploring all sorts of systems. At the moment, I'm specializing in Dungeons and Dragons 5e and World of Darkness. I love making lore-heavy games with intensive and deep world-building, deep roleplays and opportunities for character growth, interaction and development. I am a transmasculine freelance artist and illustrator as well, having many years of experience in both artwork and character design and creation. With both my love of artwork and storytelling, being a dungeon master has become a blessing on my life. It's given me so many amazing opportunities and experiences to meet many people from so many different walks of life perspectives. Being able to share my ideas, worlds, and experiences with people is my pride and joy. I'm looking forward to creating a story with you, too! 🎨 I wish to empower creativity! The usage of artificially generated artwork and writing is strictly prohibited at my tables! All of my games are AI free!

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Character creation

Creating your character

Characters are created individually for the campaign on Pathbuilder to be imported onto FoundryVTT. I will work with all concepts to integrate them into the world and story. I will work with players individually in the creation of their characters and help them if needed so they can be approved. For this campaign, you will begin at level three. Additional creation information is listed on the campaign primer.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

Please read all of the rules and read the lore and information listed on the Campaign Primer which will be sent to you upon inquiry. It's required that you have a working microphone and computer, or another system that can run Pathbuilder, Foundry, and Discord. You will need to follow along the provided master sheet for the campaign, made and programmed for updates, game comprehension, loot, etcetera. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ozOOPaR3nY9NPD7Rg0caeaWCH7Wfz4hSgyDXx1rpJJI/edit?tab=t.0 You must have a Sqyre account and a Discord in order to participate. You must join the campaign server to participate. If you need assistance in any of this, I am more than happy to help. Session 0 is required.

What Dandy brings to the table

🖌️ I offer commission services to players if they wish their characters to be drawn. ✨ I provide hand-made artwork and assets, the digital books and links and all assistance needed to learn the game, and to help ease you into the game and setting. 📚 I provide a rich story-telling experience, with a variety of voices, visuals, and opportunities for your character to truly shine. This is a custom experience, where I will do my best to cater to you! 🎨 I also provide artwork of player characters! For five sessions, by request I will draw you a sketch of your character as a token! For ten, you will receive lines, and for fifteen, you will get a fully coloured token!

Homebrew rules

For the most part, we are using rules as written but with Rule of Cool taking center stage!

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Microphone

Internet

Headphones

Safety

How Dandy creates a safe table

We will go over the Session Zero, table rules and expectations at the beginning of the campaign, and at the end of every session I'll offer player feedback and request DM feedback as well. I will do my best so that we will all be on the same page, and remain comfortable and transparent. This campaign will be very dark and cover various uncomfortable topics. Please if you're interested in attending this campaign, understand that by joining this campaign, you consent in being mature with these topics, and to handle them in character and to also understand that they are being handled delicately as fictional content. Riding off of this, you must understand that the actions and beliefs of characters are not congruent to the beliefs and actions of the players who control them. Session zero is free of charge but required for all players who join.

Content warnings

Mass Death
Torture
Sexual Content
Prejudice
Gore
Body Horror
Suicide
Classism
Slavery
Spiders

Safety tools used

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