Wanted: more companions for our epic adventure

Hi everyone!

Our group has finished the Dragon of Icespire Peak adventure. The heroes have defended the town of Phandalin from the threat of a Young White Dragon and freed the Neverwinter Woods from the corrupting influence of the Cult of Talos minions.

We’ll be continuing into the official sequel trilogy: Storm Lord’s Wrath, Sleeping Dragon’s Wake and Divine Contention.

This is a continuation of an epic fantasy adventure, where the characters help the people of Leilon. Apart from protecting them from the threats of the surrounding wilderness, our heroes must fight other evil powers that have turned their greedy gaze at the region.

We’re looking for one or two new players to join the party as the next arc begins.

Basic info:

- System: D&D 5e, 2014 legacy rules

- Starting level: 7

- Allowed sources: VALUE character creation rules, official 2014-era sources such as Xanathar’s, Tasha’s, Volo’s, Mordenkainen’s, etc.

- Language: English

- Format: in person

- Location: right next to U3 Ottakring

- Schedule: Saturdays bi-weekly, with an occasional Friday possibility

- Planned Start: 05.09.26 (Session 0 can be arranged mid-July for new character introduction and fine-tuning before the real deal starts)

- Expected duration: long-term campaign, continuing well into 2027

You do not need to know Dragon of Icespire Peak to join, just that the events unfold at the Sword Coast of Faerûn. I can provide a condensed recap if you want to tie your character’s backstory with it, but this is optional.

The source limits race and class choice to base ones. Our merry and friendly party consists at the moment of a halfling wizard, drow fighter, tiefling rogue, half-elf bard, and occasional human paladin.

About the DM:

My name is Andrew and I’m a relatively new DM. I’ve been playing DnD since October 2024 and DoIP is my first real attempt at DMing a campaign. So far I’ve been sharing my duties with a co-DM @Kirgul and I think our collaboration was a great success. So much so that it gave me confidence to continue DMing the sequel campaign on my own. @Kirgul will stay at the table as a player and advisor. She’ll keep doing the organizing part and help me out with occasional homebrew (without spoilers for her character of course).

I’m not the fastest improviser. I’m more of a “numbers and preparation” person, so a big part of my DMing style is built around preparation, plot continuity, physical props and ambience. I go light on the rules but for example keep track of how much damage each character deals to enemies throughout the campaign (for my own statistics and extra rewards, maybe :wink: ). I also coded an app to help me keep track of what’s going on during combat.

In my sessions I use printed maps, handmade wooden tokens for monsters and NPCs (and players if needed) and occasional 3D models of locations. I also sometimes use extra handouts such as letters, journal entries, notes, or similar lore/puzzle pieces to build up the lore.

For the gallery of the past campaign - click here.

The sessions themselves will be reasonably paced, with lots of roleplay opportunities, plenty of battles and exploration. I’d like to let each character properly develop, reach their personal goal and organically blend in the campaign. I’m happy to work with the material and ideas my players give me.

The upcoming trilogy of campaigns is less of a sequence of disconnected quests but more of a continuous multilayered story that I’m thrilled to continue building with our group.

That’s why regular attendance is very important here. As adventures/quests will often stretch across multiple sessions, it will become much harder to explain characters disappearing mid-event and suddenly reappearing in another one. I would really like to keep the story as coherent as possible - because I’m also doing a novelization of the adventure. Yup, every session lands as a multi-chapter part of an adventure book :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: for our archives.

Of course, real life happens, and occasional absences are understandable. But I’m looking for players who are generally committed to attending regularly and who communicate clearly and in advance whenever possible. Sorry, got burned too many times. Since I’m preparing to attend and DM every session, I think it’s fair to expect a similar level of commitment from the players — both out of courtesy to the DM and out of respect for the other players at the table. We are of course flexible to reschedule sessions if it benefits the majority but can’t accommodate all individual schedule conflicts.

P.S. Important note! Our sessions are recorded as audio. These recordings are used exclusively for transcription that I use to turn the campaign into a novelized version of the adventure. The audio files are not published anywhere and will be archived as soon as the text is done. New players should be comfortable with being recorded for that purpose.

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Here are some cool pics from the sessions :smiley:

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Looking good! I am DMing myself on the same days (Saturday, Friday) otherwise could have been fun to join you! Good luck in finding the right players!

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I’d be interested to join. Saturday works well for me, occasional Fridays less so, but that should be able to arrange

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Hi there! Thank you very much for your interest in the campaign! While we’re still waiting for more potential participants, do you perhaps have any additional questions about the campaign itself? @Kirgul and I are happy to help :blush:

Tbh you answered more questions than I usually expect to get answers to in your post. The only actual question I have is the level of power gaming you do? Do you optimize for fun characters or strong characters?

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Well, I’d say that we are more on the “fun and fitting character” side than “optimized power build”. So, there is no need for min-maxing to enjoy the game. Since we are paying more attention to the RP aspect (while not neglecting the other things too), it would be a huge help if the character is interesting to interact with. Obviously, if you got a buffed character, it will make your life much easier during the encounters, but given the fact that this campaign is directed more towards the beginners, as a direct continuation of the 5e Essentials Kit, it already gives a pretty decent breakdown of monsters at each locations along with the monster amount scaling based on the PC number present. If you have a few character ideas, of power-type, or fun-type, or perhaps something in-between, we can absolutely sit down together sometime before session 0, in a sort of informal meeting and discuss your suggestions :wink:

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I would like to join the campaign. I am quite a veteran of d&d, going back to…well, 1988 :sweat_smile: Saturdays are perfectly doable for me and hope to suit in well

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Hi! Thanks for reaching out — and wow, playing since 1988 definitely makes you the most experienced person at the table, as far as I can tell :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: I assume you’re okay with a DM that’s just starting his journey into this amazing world! And an experienced player, such as yourself, could be a great fit at our table! I can definitely use feedback (both during the game and in-between the sessions) from players that have a better grasp of the rules. As I mentioned previously, we’d like to gather for an informal chat sometime before session 0, to discuss characters, play style, and other expectations - the exact date proposals will come in a few days. Out of curiosity, what’s your usual DMing style, and what characters do you enjoy playing the most?

I’m the Grandpa :rofl: no worries though, I am very easy going and happy to adapt to DMs preferences

I enjoy mostly the role playing side of the game, more than game mechanics tbh, and as characters, I played all sorts of over the decades, so I can fit any gap the party might currently have

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this sounds like it is gonna be a ton of fun, sadly I can not commit to 2 games a month so not for me, but I’m mostly posting to give Hamer my seal of approval, always was fun with him at the table (or in discord during covid)

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also just here to state that Hamer is awesome to have at any table

have fun gaming :slight_smile:

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Hi Andrew. When do plan to play on Saturdays? First half of the day, afternoon, evening? I’m interested, but would first like to make sure that the scheduling works out.

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Hi! Thank you for your interest! On Saturdays we start at 15 at the earliest, but usually towards 16. And on occasional Fridays it’s 17 at the earliest.

On second look it won’t work out for me, unfortunately. Good luck and have fun. All the best with dming.

No problem, thanks for letting us know :grinning_face: