Adventures in ZOBECK, the Clockwork City (new level 5-16 campaign, Tome of Heroes, beginner friendly)

About the adventure

⚙️ The gears are grinding, hero! Will you free those caught between or keep the cogs turning strong? 🪙 Explore the seedy underbelly of Zobeck, where everything and everyone has a price ⚒️ Forge your own path and fight those who plot against you This is an urban fantasy campaign where players will explore the Clockwork City, solve mysteries, earn treasure, and pursue their own goals! This is a great campaign for strong rpers and players who want to affect the world around them. We will be using the sourcebook Tome of Heroes, which I will provide, as well as on roll20 for character creation. A city’s people are its foundation and its soul. The city of Zobeck houses a more industrious group of citizens than most, all of them free to trade, bargain, gather, and even scheme to make themselves rich, powerful, or wise. As one of the very few Free Cities in Midgard, it answers to no king or noble lord. Instead, its Free City Council rules from secret chambers, its Watch is both human and gearforged, and its people know what makes a life worthwhile: freedom, trade, and the blessings of the Gear Goddess. The city ticks and tocks, and its people keep a steady rhythm of mercantile life. Underneath all that hard work and pragmatism lies a darker city, a place built on kobolds enslaved in silver mines; a place still scarred by a harsh family’s diabolical practices and autocratic rule; a place corrupted by pacts of blood, by temptations of the flesh, and by the raw power of untrammeled greed that blackens men’s hearts. The people of Zobeck lust for power, wealth, success, and pleasure, and they bargain with anyone they believe can provide them: Kariv soothsayers, strange cults, harsh gods, and other unscrupulous schemers. The people’s hungers draw devils like crows to a corpse. Yet the city prospers. Its heroes avert disaster again and again. Somehow, Zobeck’s heart keeps ticking, overseen by Rava, the goddess that gave it life. If you want to read more about Zobeck, here is it's Gazetteer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FwjN2tKNxwqTClkIONjqS1_8Ka3auv3N/view?usp=sharing

Additional Details

How to prepare

Players will need: Access to a computer A Roll20 and Discord account, as these are what the game will be held over A working microphone and sound system The Beyond20 Extension for Roll20, if you will be rolling from D&D Beyond. If you are new to Roll20, don't worry -- I can show you how to use it!

What I provide

I provide for all players: A Discord server to discuss the game and a voice channel for play A Roll20 room with Pro access The listed game source materials I seek to provide an immersive online experience. I use music and soundscapes to set the mood. I use imagery for theatre of the mind roleplay, and beautiful maps from various sources for combat and exploration. I am also a dungeon master who will allow for player creativity. If you want to create something unique, outside of the box, I will help you do that and we can make it work. I like to give everyone a chance for their character to shine, and play to their strengths and abilities.

Gameplay details

This game uses safety tools. There will be no sexual assault, homophobia or transphobia in my games.

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Breaks
Luxton Technique
Luxton Technique Discussion
Session 0
X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

Character creation will be done before the game or during the session 0. 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 5 Standard Array or Point buy (27) 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 Magic items: Allowed from sourcebooks above 2 rare 3 uncommon You will start out with 3000gp 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- 500gp /// supreme healing- 1000gp Cantrip- 25gp /// 1st- 75gp /// 2nd- 150gp /// 3rd- 300gp /// 4th- 500gp /// 5th- 1000gp

Players can expect

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