The King in Yellow, a 9 hour eldritch level 20 oneshot
Fight a crazed acting troupe, explore a reality bending planet, and confront a great old one in an epic finale!
$100.00
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Once / Saturday - 7:00 PM UTC
Oct 31
Session Duration / 10 hours
2 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
On a rare day off, a group of level 20s head to the theater to watch the tragic tale of Roma and Julian, as one of their bard friends asked for their support. Only to find out there's been a surprising twist for the audience- the debut of the new play, The King in Yellow. As the night descends into madness, can our heroes live to see the day? Or are they doomed to die on the far off planet of Carcosa? In this game you will fight a crazed acting troupe, explore a reality bending planet, and confront a great old one in an epic finale. We will be playing from 8am-6pm PST. We will take three 20 minute breaks throughout the game, making it a total of nine hours of adventure! You may be wondering, how can someone dm for nine hours straight and keep it fun and exciting throughout? I do this for a living! I'm one of the most reviewed/ recommended dms on this site and I have successfully ran many all day dnd oneshots, which last 9 hours. I am also an expert at running level 20 adventures, with a majority of my campaigns and oneshots being high tier play (level 16-20). I promise you will have an amazing time and really get to experience your epic level 20 character! ***This game allows for either 2014 or 2024 builds, no mix and matching.***
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Meet the Game Master
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(193)
5 years on StartPlaying
1897 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Inclusive, Creativity
Average response time: 11 hours
Response rate: 80%
About me
Hello, I’m Dev! I’ve been a DM for nine years now, running both long term campaigns and one shots. I am very passionate about creating an immersive online experience, with great maps, music, and sound effects. I’ve been running online games for many years now, and feel very confident in my techniques and creating a fun and awesome game. I love running epic combats, high tier play, and role playing. Right now I am only running DnD 5e 2014 rules.
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Creating your character
Character creation will be done before the game. If you can create your character sheet on roll20 that would be the best, but I also accept Dndbeyond sheets that can be linked to roll20. Character creation rules: Level 20 Point buy (27) If your background does not come with a feat, choose one free feat Sourcebooks allowed: Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Monsters of the Multiverse, Tome of Heroes, Glory of the Giants, Astral Adventurer's Guide, Book of Many Things, Planescape Magic items: Allowed from sourcebooks above 3 legendary 5 very rare or lower banned items: wave, whelm, blackrazor, potions of giant size, talisman of pure good, iron flask, broom of flying, adamantine armor, mizzium armor, bag of devouring, horns of valhalla, manual of golems, guardian emblem, deck of wonder, plate of knight's fellowship, fate dealer's deck, jester's mask, spindle of fate you may not stack tasha class DC items with other tasha class DC items to get a ridiculous DC. choose one you may not stack stat books, you can only benefit from one stat book per stat You will start out with 20,000gp and can buy mundane items from the PHB and the following potions and scrolls: Healing- 50gp /// Climbing- 75gp /// Animal Friendship- 100gp /// greater healing- 100gp /// water breathing- 100gp /// superior healing- 1000gp /// supreme healing- 5000gp /// invisibility- 5000gp /// haste/heroism- 10,000gp /// invulnerability- 15,000gp Cantrip- 25gp /// 1st- 75gp /// 2nd- 150gp /// 3rd- 300gp /// 4th- 500gp /// 5th- 1000gp. /// 6th-10,000gp /// 7th- 15,000gp // 8th- 20,000gp You cannot buy an ‘upcasted’ version of a scroll. The spell must be the level of the spell scroll.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players need a working mic and access to a computer. The game will be held over discord and roll20, so you will need an account on both. Players will need to make their character sheet ahead of time in roll20 or dndbeyond. If dndbeyond, they will need to have the chrome extension beyond20.
What Dev Alva brings to the table
If you play with me, you'll be playing with one of the most recommended dms on the site, as well as one of the most experienced dms for balancing high level play in 5e. I have six level 20 oneshots I run regularly on SPG, as well as several ongoing level 20 campaigns. Before I became an SPG dm, I was running level 16-20 adventures for years. I use unique monsters, strategies, and my experience to deliver an amazing game. I run my games RAW, or rules as written. If you have a rules question for me that I haven't come across before or forgotten about, I will pause the game momentarily to look it up and make sure everything is according to the spirit of the rules. I reference Sage Advice/Jeremy Crawford tweets, but have my own opinions as well (such as the interpretation of magic missile, shield master feat, and dispel magic).
Homebrew rules
I have one homebrew rule, which is you can drink a potion as a bonus action.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Computer or Mobile Device
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
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Safety
How Dev Alva creates a safe table
This game uses safety tools. There will be no sexual assault, homophobia or transphobia in my games. Additional content warnings: madness/insanity effects
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