Hell and Back Again - A Decent into Avernus

About the adventure

The city gates of Baulder's Gate are packed with refugees claiming the city of Elturel has vanished into another plane. Inside the city word of cults to the death gods springing up has the guards scrambling to solve a series of murders. Stretched thin the guard seeks capable people to aid them in locating the cult's hideout. Will you answer the call and set out to find the source of these events? Decent into Avernus is a 5th Edition Dungeon's and Dragons hardcover, while the main focus is combat, some role play options will be available. I will also be using some custom items for convince encounters and traverse encounters from Wyvern Game's Stargate SG-1 RPG to add flavor and depth. This is not an Adventurer's League legal game, but may feature content from the League modules in addition to the hardcover.

Additional Details

How to prepare

Prior knowledge of the world is helpful but not necessary. Please try to be familiar with the base 5th ed Dungeons & Dragons rules. You will need to have at least a free/demo copy of Fantasy Grounds Unity installed on your PC/Mac prior to game time, I will open the server early so you can test your connection. Discord will be used for voice chat so please have a microphone set up and headphones available in case of feedback/echos. If you have a character in mind bring it to session 0 and we can go through character creation then, If it is built in D&D Beyond then you can send me a link and I will import it.

What I provide

Fantasy Grounds Unity(FGU) Ultimate license - allows players with a free copy of FGU to connect and play. Maps as needed - please let me know if you have preferences to Theater of the Mind or everything on a map when you sign up. I have the following books in FGU - items from other books can be added where appropriate and requested. Player Hand Book, Dungeon Master Guide, Monster Manual, Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, Volo's Guide to Monsters, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything Else, Strixhaven, Fizban's and Baulder's Gate: Decent into Avernus. Syrinscape integrated sound effects and ambience via Discord.

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Session 0
X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

Characters may be created by requesting a time for the Fantasy Grounds server to be opened for character creation. Characters should follow the standard Point Buy or Standard Array rules. Unearthed Arcana and Homebrew races or classes require prior approval, please see below for the list of books I own, if you want to create something from a different book please let me know and I can add it to my FGU resources. Additionally characters will pick one magic item from the DMG or Griffon's Saddlebag of Very Rare or Legendary quality for an item that will level with you.

Players can expect

• Find a game to join solo or search for a professional game master for you and your friends/coworkers/family.
• Book your session and wait for the Game Master to approve you.
• If you don't have a blast with your first game, your next game is on us.