Out of the Abyss (Saturday 7pm EST)

Deep beneath the surface of the world lies the Underdark, a realm of endless labyrinthine tunnels and caverns where the sun never shines. The Underdark is filled with races and creatures too numerous to count or list, and foremost among these are the dark elves — the drow. Hated and feared even by their fellow dwellers in darkness, the drow raid other settlements in the Underdark as well as the surface world, taking prisoners back with them. Rendered unconscious with drow poison, then collared and shackled, these prisoners are eventually sold as slaves or entertainment in the dark elves’ subterranean cities.

You and a band of strangers have all had the misfortune of falling to such a fate. Captured by the drow, you are all prisoners at one of the dark elves’ outposts, awaiting transportation to Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders. Whether you came into the Underdark seeking knowledge or fortune, or were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, you were ripe prey for a drow raid. Now your adventure begins...

Out of the Abyss is an adventure for four to five characters of 1st level. During the course of the adventure, the characters will advance to 15th level. The adventure is set deep beneath the surface in the Underdark of the Forgotten Realms setting. The Underdark is a dark and wondrous network of natural, and super natural, caverns filled with dangerous inhabitants and an unforgiving wilderness.

As for my experience, I have been playing Dungeons & Dragons since 3.5E and have been running 5E on Roll20 since release. I provide a fair and transparent table experience with enough challenge for hardcore battlers and roleplay opportunities for those who enjoy throwing themselves into the story. This campaign is very open for players giving them agency and allowing for creativity in finding their escape (if that is their goal). I do provide music for ambiance and battle as well as color maps when available. I also create tokens for characters (with art provided) and named NPCs. Handouts with art for magic items, enemies, and named NPCs will be provided. I do not use voice or video in Roll20, we will be using Discord for communication and Syrinscape for music (sometimes funny/creepy sound effects).

As for rules, my games include: Flanking (you will gain advantage if a conscious friend is on the opposite side of an enemy you're in combat with or if it's surround on at least three sides), drinking any potion is a bonus action (feeding someone else a potion is still an action), and a scaling death save for revival (if your character has outright died or failed it's death saves, upon revival it must succeed a DC10/15/20 death save to be revived). I will be using a few supplements including: Sane Magical Prices, Mordenkainen's Tome of Marvelous Magic, Monster Manual Expanded 1 & 2, and Hamund's Harvesting Handbook a Complete Guide to Harvesting and Crafting. These will be used to add variety to combat, sanity to purchasing magic items, and a variety of options for down time.

For character creation the parameters are listed below:
- Characters begin at Level 1 (If your character dies your replacement character will be leveled to match the group level)
- Ability Scores will be rolled with ones removed
- All official content will be available with Compendium Sharing (I am open to Unearthed Arcana material if asked).
- You can take a Feat at Level 1

I am hoping to have 6 players total but can start with 4. We will be playing weekly on Saturdays at 6pm EST. I am starting at 6pm so please let me know if you're going to be late so we can postpone if need be. Sessions will be 3-4 hours long. Before the adventure begins in earnest we will have a Session Zero so everyone can meet and tie your characters into the story as well as run a short battle encounter to familiarize everyone with Roll20. This session will be free but the following sessions will be $5 each (paid via Paypal before the session begins). See you then! :)