Return of the Lich King『 A Dark Fantasy Saga』
Dark clouds gather over the kingdom and death soon follows. You will fight the stirring ancient evils and find out why they have awoken.
$22.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Monday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
1 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
This is a vast, slow burning fantasy odyssey for new and old D&D 5e players. The players begin as unlikely allies, drawn together after surviving the same catastrophic night. Whether mercenaries, scholars, exiles, thieves, or knights, they soon discover they are marked by something evil. You will be the unlucky few who are tasked with facing down ancient horrors in forgotten ruins and deciding if you should absorb their power for yourself. Noble houses accuse one another of treason while refugees flee collapsing cities. In the northern reaches, a fanatical order tells of the return of the Lich King. Unravel dark mysteries 🩸 Make difficult choices to stay alive 🤝🏻 Shift alliances and cut deals 🏰 Explore a forgotten civilization 🛡️ Shut down or facilitate war between nations You and the armies you amass must protect the 4 kingdoms from total annihilation.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Sandbox / Open World
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(8)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
15 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, World Builder, Storytelling
About me
GMing for 8 years across D&D, Pathfinder, and various smaller systems, preferring brooding narrative games. I ran in person games before the pandemic but now exclusively use Foundry VTT in which I do custom token art for players and bosses.
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Creating your character
Starting at level 3 I will have a 1 on 1 session to decide the details and when its done I will make a custom artwork of your PC for you to keep.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
All you need is discord and a browser for Foundry VTT and all links to these will be provided in the email after confirming your seat in the game.
What Astray brings to the table
Custom artwork for characters, places, handouts, and battle maps. Discord integrated music and sounds, foundry images and animations, and NPCs with various accents. When battles does happen they are dynamic and focus on the spirit of the action rather than exact verbiage of the rules within reason. All with 0% AI.
Homebrew rules
There will be plenty of homebrew content such as items, maps, and feats but the rules will be close to basic 2024 for the most part. There will be small changes like for example, using inspiration after you roll to reroll instead of rolling both dice at the same time. Minor changes but one that's make players feel cooler and ones you may already be using anyway. Any larger changes to the rules will be discussed with the current party before hand.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Astray creates a safe table
All lines and veils will be discussed in session 0 and added to pdf document where they will stay for reference. I reserve the right to pause any session in which someone becomes uncomfortable and either discuss what is the cause or allow an affected player to leave. I will also have private channels for player to message me directly should they feel uncomfortable sharing openly. They may use simple letter like X, N and O to convey levels of consent should they not wish to explain.
Content warnings
Safety tools used