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Phandelver & Below: The Shattered Obelisk | Beginner Friendly
Begin your journey on the classic D&D adventure into mines filled with innate rewards accompanied by mysterious danger.
$25.00
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Weekly / Monday - 5:30 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
1 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In this campaign you will: ⛏️ Delve into Lost Mines of Phandelver 🔍 Uncover a Secret Conspiracy 🦹 Fight Bandits and Corrupted Goblins 💰 Find Riches Beyond Imagination If you want a blend of fantasy and the prospecting wild west, exploration and investigation, and the oppurtunity to strike it rich this is the campaign for you! The legendary mine of Phandelver, filled with ore and magic, was widely thought to simply be a tall tale old men would tell those who'd listen. The discovery of the mine's entrance has driven a rush of people to the frontier town of Phandalin, each person seeking their own glory, adventure, and riches. Great opportunity also attracts great danger. A strange network of bandits, goblins, and a cult seem to be driven by some hidden force vying for something within the mine. Beating this unseen puppetmaster and their corruptive influence will require wits, brawn, and magic. Stake your claim to the riches, adventure, and glory Phandelver holds before this secretive force gets it first. Better yet, stop them and be able to explore Phandelver as you see fit. This adventure will take the party through the edited version of the original Lost Mines of Phandelver adventure before advancing into the Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk. This is very much still Lost Mines of Phandelver; simply with an extension of the story beyond the original adventure. After you attend six games a complimentary character portrait will be commissioned for your character. I DM games using the FoundryVTT software that helps me run faster combats and more jam-packed sessions. My aim is to minimize the parts of the game that are tedious and maximize the epic moments you want with your characters. Starting time, session day, session length, and party size are all somewhat flexible. Please DM me if there are any questions surrounding the campaign.
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Meet the Game Master
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4 years on StartPlaying
535 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, World Builder
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
I started as a Dungeon Master online at the beginning of 2020. I know my tools inside and out, and I know how to create a tabletop experience online because it is the medium I started in. I take advantage of the technology whenever I can to enhance everyone's experience by automating the tedious parts of the game so more focus can be put on aspects of the game you love. I use a combination of D&D Beyond, FoundryVTT and Discord to run my games. I am looking forward to meeting you! Please message me if you have any questions! You can support me further here: https://ko-fi.com/justinlan
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Creating your character
Characters will be made with D&D Beyond during the session zero. Stats will be generated through a modified rolling system. You are free to not use D&D Beyond; just please let me know beforehand. Alternatively, I can also provide a pregenerated character to you.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will at least need a mic, Discord account, a stable internet connection, and a D&D Beyond account (if you want easy access to my content library on the platform). Everything else can be taken care of by me. Reading over the rules and becoming more familiar with D&D is also always useful. I'll also go over FoundryVTT with you if you would like me to.
What Justin brings to the table
I provide the majority of official books on D&D Beyond via content sharing, and I also have a community of people who are currently on my games on Discord. I also utilize FoundryVTT for battlemaps and world maps. I am bringing years of D&D experience online, and I am looking forward to starting a new campaign with you.
Homebrew rules
You may choose your spellcasting ability score (wisdom, intelligence, or charisma) independently of your class. Examples of this include an intelligence based warlock or a wisdom based paladin. When taking levels in a class you may choose to take a subclass feature from any subclass of that class of equal or lower level to that subclass feature. In some instances this may not work, like an Assassin taking the Soul Blades feature from a Soulknife due to the Assassin’s lack of psi dice.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Justin creates a safe table
Google Forms will be used to further survey issues/questions. I also have an open door policy so you are always free to shoot me a message.
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