Name: D&D 5E "Carpathian Adventure," DM'd by Tom Jr.
Start: 2024-12-19T18:40:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-19T22:15:00-05:00

Travel back 700 years. The year is 1324. The world is a gritty, dangerous place.

Led by a powerful vampire, Osman Gazi, the nascent Ottomans are on the rise and territorially expanding rapidly. While the Papacy is internally challenged by an Anti-Pope, the Papal disbanded Templars recede into memory, and the Teutonic Order seems to be consuming magic, secularizing and growing in power. Two emperors battle within the – neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire – Holy Roman Empire, and Hungary is at its height but us being torn apart by a civil war.

The campaign world is populated almost exclusively by humans, and most humans view everything else as aberrations or as monsters!

While “rare” is a subjective term, with the exception of potions, magic items are genuinely magical, very rare, and things to be treasured. As such, there are not sufficient quantities to support the economy of “Magic Shoppes.”

“Monsters” also exist, but – short of adventurers who know reality – many people believe they are children’s fantasies. “Adventurers” tend to encounter them away from the safety of cities, towns and villages, thus adding to their mystery – though that doesn’t mean that they will never be encountered in “safe” places.... That said, dragons do exist, and though there are not a lot of them, they have some not well understood connection with high nobility.

With the above, please know that players do NOT have to be history buffs to play in and enjoy this campaign – I deviate A LOT from history anyway. In some cases, players might be better off not knowing history. Then everything is new and potentially interesting.

Lastly, I will endeavor to make your character’s feel more heroic than everyday humans. However, this is not a Marvel Super Heroes campaign, taverns are not Mos Eisley’s cantina, and Shrek is not a character you meet every day and ignore. I am running a realistic, gritty, Western European campaign, because that is what I want to run! I try to be upfront with as many of the aspects of the game as I can think of; so please read everything. After doing so, I hope you are excited to play. If you are not, so that we both find enjoyment, you should probably find another game. With that, welcome to the Carpathian Adventure.

• Wiki containing Campaign Details, Character Creation Rules, Other House Rules, Phone Use Policy, Cursing Policy, Social Contract, Consent and Release to Stream on the Internet, and Parking:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kh3whq7xapoijck/AACIeFmID6EcjgaqBQt9ycfca?dl=0 (As I do periodically add classes, make clearer interpretations, and codify in writing previous interpretations, returning players are encouraged to review the wiki every now and then too.)

• Streaming

We stream our games on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/7SidedDie, on our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/7SidedDie, on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/7-Sided-Die-228845534391387/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/7_sided_Die, on our KICK page at https://kick.com/7-sided-die and occasionally on our Trovo page at https://trovo.live/s/7SidedDie/224125104. Our streams are archived indefinitely on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and as permitted by the level (Streamer, Affiliate, Partner, etc.) on Twitch, Kick and Trovo.

• New Players:

Though there are a few stalwart players, some come and go as dictated by life's demands. Please don't be intimidated by an "established game." New players are welcome!

As a new player, please download the wiki via the link above. Follow the character creation guidance and create three character concepts that fit the setting and theme. They don't have to be fully developed characters; concepts in your head will do! Then contact me (Tom Jr.) via the Meetup message function, meet with me for a Session Zero, and be willing to discuss how you would play each. Though I will give you my recommendation, unless a concept is not in accordance with the guidance or does not fit the campaign, you will probably be given the option to play any of them.

With that, while all play styles are on a spectrum, please know that I, as DM, enjoy and place much greater emphasis on the roleplay aspect of the game than the mechanics. While I play RAW and get that some enjoy the latter more than the former - and that's totally cool, if you're a power gamer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powergaming,) or if you value the "build" more than you value roleplay, and or "a must have" part of your experience is to uniquely design a Multi-class Character with elements to just "kill stuff better," you're going to find that this is not the game, and I am not the DM, for you. However, if you truly enjoy the roleplay aspect of the game, and if you can be a bit of a ham at times, I think you'll enjoy this campaign!

• Questions? Please ask! I look forward to gaming with you!

Tom Jr.

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