The Adventure This adventure begins in the city of Baldur's Gate, a sleazy port town that is struggling to deal with a refugee crisis originating from the neighboring nation of Elturgrad. The refugees say the capital of Elturgrad, the Holy City of Elturel, has been "reduced to naught but a crater". Your characters will begin the adventure in Baldur's Gate itself, smack dab in the middle of the chaos and confusion. It is a medium-length adventure that will run through Levels 1 and 13. Character Creation We begin the adventure in Baldur's Gate, with all of your Characters at Level 1. You can use Point-Buy or Roll 4d6, Drop Lowest to generate your Ability Scores. Content from all Official Wizards of the Coast Books is allowed, Unearthed Arcana and Homebrew have to be approved by me first, but I tend to allow anything that isn't too "out there" so don't worry. About the GM I have been GM-ing with 5th Edition D&D for 5 years, with a bit of experience in other systems (including one I am designing in my spare time). I strive to create an inclusive, friendly atmosphere around the virtual table, one where people feel comfortable roleplaying, asking questions, trying out zany schemes that may or may not result in horrible consequences, you name it. I use the rules, the dice and the content of the adventure book as more of a guideline for how to run the game rather than something to follow to the letter. I find this allows for more immersive gaming, and it also helps accommodate my general approach to GM'ing; the game is an exercise in collaborative storytelling more than a contest between the Players and the GM, and the GM is there to provide the world and manage the players' interactions with it. Whenever I play through an adventure as a GM, I always tend to create custom content such as side-quests, NPC's and so on tailored to your PC's, their backstories and their goals to further flesh out the adventure and make it unique to the Characters you create. Game Info The Game will be run using Roll20 and Discord exclusively. When you get added, I'll give you all the necessary links. We will start with a Session 0 to discuss character backstories, create the PC's, and introduce the initial hooks for this adventure. This Session 0 does not require payment, and lets you decide if you want to go ahead with the game afterwards. Sessions should last for about 4 hours. Payments for future sessions will be collected via PayPal. You can choose to pay for Sessions individually for €10 (or an equivalent in either GBP, USD, AUD, NZD and so on), or to pay in advance for a Month worth of sessions for €35. Mandatory Disclaimer: Roll20 is not responsible for any payment transactions and cannot enforce any private arrangements. How to Apply If you are looking to join this game, please leave a comment here with the following info; The Name you would prefer me to call you by in game The Timezone you're in, and how comfortable you are with the game time in the listing What sort of character you want to play Other expectations you have (either from me or the adventure itself) Other info that would be appreciated but not at all required would be; Whether you want your Character's Background to tie in with the city of Baldur's Gate or Elturel Your style as a Player, in-Character and out-of-Character