Keys from the Golden Vault

About the adventure

As a member of the elite Golden Vault, your mission - should you decide to accept it, is to complete a dangerous assignment. As always, should you or any of your team fail or be killed, the secretary of the Golden Vault will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This message will self destruct in 5 seconds...good luck. 1️⃣ The Murkmire Malevolence (LEVEL 1) - The fertilized egg of a eldritch horror is placed on display in a museum. Your mission is to steal the egg before it hatches. 2️⃣ The Stygian Gambit (LEVEL 2) - Your mission is to steal a statue and a lot of gold from the Nine Hells Casino 3️⃣ Reach for the Stars (LEVEL 3) - Your mission is to invade a house haunted by horror incursions from the far realm in order to steal an evil book 4️⃣ Prisoner 13 (LEVEL 4) - Your mission is to break into and out of a frozen prison in the north to steal a key from a prisoner 5️⃣ Tockworth's Clockworths (LEVEL 5) - Your mission is to enter a besieged town overwhelmed by hostile clockwork creatures where you must find a key to override a security system to shut the creatures down. 6️⃣ Masterpiece Imbroglio (LEVEL 5) - Infiltrate a Thieves Guild to steal a masterwork painting 7️⃣ Axe from the Grave (LEVEL 6) - Your mission is to retrieve a Mandolin stolen in a grave robbing which resulted in the Mandoli's owner rising as a Zombie and plaguing a nearby town. 8️⃣ Vidorent's Vault (LEVEL 7) - Your mission is to infiltrate the vault of a master thief 9️⃣ Shard of the Accursed (LEVEL 8) - You have come into the possession of a magical crystal shard stolen from a tomb. Your mission is to return it to the tomb in order to stop the earthquakes that have ravaged the local communities ever since it was removed. 1️⃣0️⃣ Heart of Ashes (LEVEL 8) - An evil spellcaster has stolen the beating heart from a local king and using it to slowly destroy the kingdom. Your mission is to retrieve the heart and stop the evil ritual. 1️⃣1️⃣ Affair on the Concordant Express (LEVEL 9) - Your mission is to obtain the names of several fiends from the mind of a passenger on on an interplanar golden train. 1️⃣2️⃣ Party at Paliset Hall (LEVEL 10) - Your mission Is to steal a diamond at a party in the Fey Wild 1️⃣3️⃣ Fire and Darkness (LEVEL 11) - your mission is to enter the volcanic liar of an evil Efreti and steal a Book of Vile Darkness which he has obtained. Note: The image above was created using public domain images created by Midjourney AI and were used per the Creative Commons License as discussed in their TOS. The dragon logo is a trademark of Admiral Adventures.

Additional Details

How to prepare

✅ Webcam and working microphone. (Headphones may be required if feedback is present) ✅ Roll20 account (free is fine) ✅ Be familiar with basic mechanics of Roll 20 (complete Roll20 or YouTube tutorial) ✅ Firefox browser installed (Roll20 has issues with Chrome) ✅ Have read Basic Rules: Chapter 7 (Using Ability Scores) - 6 pages total ✅ Have read Basic Rules: Chapter 9 (Combat) - 9 pages total ✅ Have read Basic Rules: Chapter 10 (Spellcasting) - 4 pages total Basic rules are provided for free by WoTC via downloadable PDF here: 👉 https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules

What I provide

✅ Pregen characters if needed ✅ Ambient music ✅ Sound effects ✅ DM created maps and images ✅ Roll20 Macros that will help play move quicker and are easier to use than navigating the character sheet ✅ Handouts for Roll20 journals specific to the adventure ✅ All WoTC publications

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Breaks
Debriefing
Lines and Veils
Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist
Session 0
Stars and Wishes
X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

✅ Characters will start at Level 1(Story based advancement throughout the adventure) ✅ NEW players: "1-on-1" session with DM prior to Session 0 to create character ✅ EXPERIENCED Players: Create on your own if desired, but DM will review prior to Session 0 ✅ Resources: Player's Handbook, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything ✅ Ability Scores: Standard Array or Point Buy (page 13 PHB) ✅ Players responsible for their own backstory which they will present to the other characters in Session 0

Players can expect

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• 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.