ABOUT ME Hello! My name is Brett. You can call me Bert, Brett, DM, or whatever, I'm not picky. I've been running DnD for about 7 years total now as a DM as I'm unable to really get invested as a player. I absolutely love it and have expanded my homebrew world into the image that you can see at the bottom of this page. I do all of my own maps and have a plethora of voices and cadences that I use to enhance the experience for my players. I love to really get lost in my characters that I've created over the years to help expand upon my players backstories. Here's the thing that not a lot of people will probably like (but I have excuses): I am working on novels within this world. Now, I find that people think that if a writer is creating the campaign, you will be shoehorned into telling my story. I guarantee that's not the case. I want to tell your story, just in my world. There is an overarching plot that involves the Consistents(gods) of the world and a multiverse devouring being known only as the entity but those are stories that won't wrap up for years and will be trickled into the campaign as we start with YOUR story. I want players who are willing to work with me and go the extra mile. Contacts that I can incorporate into OUR story, discoveries and relationships that you develop. One party may kill an antagonist while another may convince them to turn a new leaf or simply imprison them. I don't want everything to follow the narrative I have planned. I love when my plans fall apart because of clever players and that's what I'm hoping to find with this ad. ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN You are a being known as a Sovereign living in the world of Carthacombe. The meaning of Sovereign is two fold. For starters, you have access to all of the kingdoms within the world and access to contracts known as writs within those kingdoms. Secondly, you are known as Sovereign because you were born with a mark somewhere on your body (Some have chosen the mark is their pupil, a birthmark on their back or in the center of their palm, the choice is 100% yours). This mark allows your body to surpass the limits of regular folk within the world of Carthacombe. While a commoner could, with a lifetime of training, achieve level 8 in DnD terms, Sovereign who train hard and go through trials that push them to their limits are capable of achieving level 20. The theme of the campaign is balance or a bastardized version of karma. This means that with all these powerful Sovereign doing good, there is equal amounts of forces in the world committing acts of evil. Be it the Demon King who amasses an army beyond the barrier that divides civilized society from the abominations, or a woman by the name of Phirah who is said to have a cult dedicated to returning her from her prison somewhere beyond time, there will be no shortage of evil for us to take on. We will uncover the mysteries of this world in one of the many campaign beginnings I can pitch to you. I have rewritten Strahd and Strixhaven and created many of my own adventures in each of the countries within this world. EXTRA We will do a session 0 to go over any descriptions or situations that make people uncomfortable. There are obvious ones which no DM should ever tread into in my opinion but if you need to know anything in particular I can forward you the list of session 0 baseline stuff that I've gone over. I always run as long as 3 players are present. If only 2 are available and there is possibility within the story or some backstory shenanigans to recreate I can still run but definitely prefer 3 as a minimum. ABOUT YOU I'm looking for players who are interested in joining a small community of 10-13 people (My current group for Saturday has 6 people and ideally I'll get 6 people for this campaign, 7 at most). You aren't obligated but my players started playing minecraft together (try not to touch the stuff, personally) and we occasionally stream different tv shows or just vibe in the vc together. Voices are optional but I would like players to be able to carry a conversation as opposed to narrating their intended dialogue. Bonus points if you have a pre made group to join this campaign with. Be kind and accepting - I know there's a lot of growing pains as a new group. I try and jump in before any conflict can arise whether it is as small as a rules discussion or as large as two players genuinely getting into a heated argument. Be kind and accepting pt. 2 - Everyone needs their time to shine. Stepping on players or simply ignoring their storylines will get you warnings as I have known a lot of players too timid to speak up for themselves in this hobby. Not everybody is a professional and that's ok. On that note, I'm pretty good at resolving this but if we all just start off respecting one another, it will be a lot easier. STARTING STUFF You will start a level 3 and use point buy. No evil characters allowed. You get 1 free feat. (Yes, variants get 2 to start) We will be using '14 rules. No homebrew allowed at all. (An exception is stuff we will create and balance together if you'd like to work toward it in the future.) FINALE If this all sounds up your alley then feel free to add me on discord at: bert_mcgert I'll answer any questions you have for me asap! I do all of my own maps as I like to provide a completely unique experience. This is the map of my players current base in a realm between realities. Players suggested everything and we spent some time adjusting to their desires. This is all to say that I would love players that could help me shape this world into something they enjoy and not just get swept up in the current of my worldbuilding. The world of Carthacombe :