Crimsonnoobs

I'm running this campaign on StartPlaying. Here's the link: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmvliptld0004lb083cry49qh Battle packs of deadly were-creatures: some familiar, many you’ve never encountered before. An original campaign for level 5-7 characters. TYPE Campaign SYSTEM Dungeons & Dragons 5e/5.5e LEVELS 5–7 EXPERIENCE Open to all AGE 18+ In the remote territory of Landis Vale, a plague of shapeshifting horrors has been loosed upon the land. Packs of roving lycanthropes with new and terrifying abilities have overcome the defenses of the local defenders. Worst of all, the outbreak traces back to unnatural experiments the once-heroic genius, Professor Zevon Groggins. Only a skilled team of professional adventurers can hope to save this peaceful land and prevent the contagion of lycanthropy from spreading across the lands. “We Shall Be Monsters” is an original short campaign from the two-person creative team at Oblique Adventures. We have created all-new art, stat blocks, items, and maps to bring this horror-themed adventure to life. Our updated rules bring back the power and mystery of lycanthropes, while expanding the lore of these classic monsters in unexpected ways. This is a contained sandbox game that puts you in charge of how you pursue the overarching quest. If you’re looking for chills, mystery, humor, and challenging conflicts at every turn, come to Landis Vale and face the twisted schemes of a brilliant madman in “We Shall Be Monsters.” WHAT TO EXPECT • An Adventure for Levels 5-7: You can create a new character, or I’m open to bringing in existing characters of the appropriate level. • An Exciting Mini-Campaign: Depending on your style of play, this adventure generally takes from six to ten sessions to complete. • Unique Foes and Twists: We work hard on our original monsters and stories. Even experienced players will find plenty of new challenges. • Free Session 0.

System: D&D 2024 Platform: Discord, D&D Beyond, D&D Beyond Maps, and LegendKeeper Schedule: Thursday, 6pm Central Time Frequency: WEEKLY  Session length: About four hours Campaign length: Approximately 50–75 sessions Starting level: Level 1 prologue, with the full party beginning at level 3 Expected ending level: Level 16 Cost: Free Players: I am looking for four players, with the possibility of adding a fifth if the group fit is right. Material Source: https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-OEnJ50yCIcWwqcffUEO I am putting together a long-term online campaign set on Rabiah, one of Magic: The Gathering’s earliest planes. You do not need to know anything about Magic to play. I will provide a player guide explaining the world, important cultures, major regions, and the situation at the beginning of the campaign. This version of Rabiah is being built as a complete D&D setting rather than a short visit to an MTG location. It has its own calendar, cultures, governments, trade routes, factions, settlements, regional economies, and conflicts that continue moving whether the party becomes involved or not. The campaign begins in Marsa Qamar during the First Open Roads Convocation. New passages have made travel between Rabiah, its alternate Refractions, and other planes much more common. That has created opportunities for trade, travel, migration, and reunion. It has also created arguments over who controls these passages, who may use them, and what happens when two versions of history begin contradicting each other. There is a central conflict, but there is no required route through it. NPCs will give you clear leads and real choices about where to go next. You may work with a faction, oppose it, change its leadership, ignore it, or discover that somebody you trusted had a very different plan. Problems elsewhere will continue to develop while the party is making those decisions. I want the world to feel like it exists beyond the player characters. Merchants travel, families make decisions, factions spend resources, and local problems may improve or get worse without the party. If you save one town, another situation may change while you are gone. That does not mean I automatically choose the worst outcome whenever you ignore something. It means the rest of Rabiah is also allowed to act. The tone will depend partly on where you go and what you choose to do. Some sessions may be lighthearted, strange, or hopeful. Others may become dangerous or genuinely dark. I am aiming for grounded adventure rather than constant misery. The world can be deadly, but I am not trying to trick players into dying. Serious danger will usually be communicated. Planning, negotiation, retreat, local knowledge, and asking for help can matter as much as having the strongest attack. Each player will have an individual Session 0.5 prologue. Your character begins at level 1 and reaches level 3 during that prologue. This gives us time to establish who the character was before meeting the party, introduce some people from their life, and let their early abilities come from something that actually happened. Players will also be able to contribute up to three notable NPCs from their character’s history. Families, former allies, rivals, mentors, employers, and faction connections can become part of the living world. I will work directly with you before using major personal material. Your backstory matters, but it will not be used as permission to do whatever I want to your character. Mechanically, we will use the 2024 rules as our foundation. Approved 2014 material and options from the Planeshifted Guide to Rabiah may supplement them. Rabiah has nine primary playable peoples, including Humans, Ogres, Genasi, Merfolk, Bird Maidens, Goblins, Viashino, Minotaurs, and Brass Men. Other Magic species may also work if we can give the character a believable place in the setting. This is meant to be a cooperative campaign. Characters can disagree, keep secrets, have selfish goals, and make questionable decisions. They still need a reason to travel together and care about what happens to the rest of the party. PvP will only happen when everyone directly involved agrees to it outside the game. Because this is a long campaign, attendance matters. We will normally play if one person is absent, with their character handled carefully as an NPC. If two or more players cannot attend, the campaign session will be canceled or rescheduled. Campaign audio will be recorded so I can privately transcribe sessions and keep accurate notes. The recordings are not for streaming, a podcast, or public release. Players must be comfortable with that arrangement, and recording can be paused whenever somebody needs to discuss something personal or private. If you are interested, fill out an application! I am not looking for the person with the most D&D experience or the most detailed character pitch. I am mainly looking for people who communicate, share the spotlight, care about the world, and are genuinely interested in staying with a long campaign. The start date can happen when we find a compatiable crew! I will speak with interested players individually before choosing the final group.

Thinking about starting two new games on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Last two games ran almost two years. Both new campaigns will take place in 1926 New Orleans and the Austin area Hill Country where I reside in one of them basically. Days and campaigns can be negotiable since I have a myriad of ideas being a GM for almost two decades. Feel free to ask me any questions. I'm around 51 years old. I'm LGBTQIA+ friendly as well as being on the spectrum. We have some players already, but I'm looking for new blood since some of my regulars got pesky little lives. Jokes aside, I have a masters in theatre and a trained actor and singer. The Nawlins game will have more of a horror suspense feel where the Hill Country game will have more a Pulp Action Western feel with bits of sci-fi. Feel free to ask me anything.