Marshes of Vindobona mini-campaign

[SilentButDeadly]

Image Credit: Eroca via NightCafe AI Creator

Hi all,

I would like to host a mini-campaign inspired by a Reddit post “Why Rome is the Perfect D&D Setting”. The action will take place in a DnD 5e Universe loosely resembling 0 AD Europe. In this specific scenario the heroes will be sent to investigate and deal with troubles at the new outpost at its north-east border.

Characters & home rules

The campaign does not have any restricitons for the players class. Any V.A.L.U.E. compliant charachter will do. Heroes will start at lvl 1 progressing to lvl5 over 4-6 sessions (each 3-5 hours long) spread over the next couple of months. Level up happens at the end of each session. Game is capped at lvl5. If a player reaches level 5 before the end of the campaign there will be options to select a special feats instead of levelling up.

There will be minor house-rules. I will introduce them during the first session.

Game style

I run my games in a relaxed “Bier & Pretzel” style with even mix of role-play, exploration and fight.

Schedule

I plan to play every other week either at the die Requisite (Fridays) or Sägwerk Wien (Saturdays).

How to join

Please write a message here if you would like to join. Up to 6 places is available. Spots will be given on first-came-first-served basis. Joined players will have their place reserved at my table for the duration of the campaign.

I plan to start as soon as possible (e.g. this Friday) once I have minimum number of players (2-3).

[Darthbinks]

[Darthbinks]

sounds great

have fun

(might be able to join at some Saturdays … no promises sadly)

[SilentButDeadly]

Love this group

[SilentButDeadly]

Episode 2 Summary:

@SilentButDeadly

@Col_Mustard_Ret @Bearberry @Lux_Tenebraeque and @InvincibleInk

Thanks for the great game!

You have managed to track down one of the energy sources at Vindobona, helped its guardian spirit and re-established connection to the spirit realm by re-planting the Tree of Life at the camp.

Rewards: At first castrum Vindobona was not impressed by the party (dissapeared for 2 months and came back with a sprout). However, soon after the tree has sprouted the “incidents” with rising dead have stopped leading to much higher appreciation of the party’s efforts.

• For relieve of zombie attacks grateful Centurion awards you all with 6 month pay (110 denarii for the soldiers of the Legion and Roman citizens; 30 denarii for auxillary (non-roman) mercs). Syl (@Lux_Tenebraeque) is additionally granded 10 denarii for decoding of the letter to commander Tiberius (penalty of 10 denarii applied for burning half of the letter in the process).
• Strange lump of dirt found at the abandoned fishing village turned out to be a gold nugget turned into a necklace (total cost of 3 aurei)
• The night following the re-planting of the Tree of Life the guardian spirit of Vindobona and his companion Sudomir visits the party in their dreams revealing location of prehistoric artefact. The dig reveals an ivory Ring of Animal Influence:

Note: this ring can only be used within this mini-campaign, outside of campaign it turns into Ring of Swimming). Only one party member can wear this ring at the time within the campaign.

Currency conversion:

• 1 Denarius = 4 silver pieces
• 1 Aureus = 1 gold piece

Looking forward our next game! At the moment I plan for Saturday 22 at Sägewerk but will take plans of players from episodes 1&2 into account - please PM me if you want to join but can’t make it on 22nd.