Blood, Mist and Souls

DM looking four to five players for a new series of 5.5e one-shot games for "Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 1."  We meet weekly Thursday nights in person. Committed and mature players (21+) welcomed. LBGQ+ friendly. Sessions run for about three hours, starting at 7 PM and wrapping up around 10. We use Beyond for character sheets and a private Discord for communication.

The era of mortals is coming to a close. Time, once a flowing and vast fact of life, is being eaten away by a divine stasis known as The Fog. More than half of the planet and its people have been swallowed by it now, leaving a sparse few beacons of light in the ever growing darkness. Our story begins in the 11th month of the year 3046PS, roughly 60 years after the first sightings of The Fog, as one of the final refugee ships from the west dock in the port city of Punto de Partida. Snow falls upon our fated party as they’re engulfed by the anxious city and its people, having only themselves to fend for against a world nearly frozen. You, dear survivor, live while the timer of the end ticks down. What will you do in the final years of mortals? Will you spend them ignoring the inevitable and indulging in what little comforts are left, or will despair halt you even before stasis arrives? Or maybe you have hope of a miracle, be it from the gods or crafted by your own hands. Just how much, I wonder, would you be willing to lose to save the world? [This campaign is set to be a long-term, slowburn story focused on character development and roleplay. Much of its world, people and cultures are open for players to imagine and make their own, making it perfect for players who love world building and crafting intricate backstories. The story will cover many of the expected topics for a pre/mid apocalyptic setting, as well as heavy themes such as classism, genocide, xenophobia and racisim/speciesism. Other sensitive topics may be covered barring any content that players can choose to veto; my goal as a DM is to make an immersive and realistic world while showing utmost respect to my players while doing so.]

There's nothing like childhood whimsy, adventures, and mischievous fey; take a stroll through the Faewild, ignore the creeping mist and shifting shade.. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ "The carnival goes round and round, the multiverse, our playground, nothing's free and nothing's lost; every visit... has its cost.." A old dream, a repeating echo, these words come to you, again and again over the years, be it a dream, a nightmare, a memory, they come to you, haunt you; they are a part of you, just like your hand is part of your arm, they are there, imprinted upon your very being, only time will tell if you come to understand their meaning.. A wonderous carnival, the sound of boisterous laughter, twisted grins of a pair of old elves, a vague memory has surfaced from the depths of your mind, giggles and starlight seem to guide your way of late, a fog you never realized was there has lifted and an old ache has returned, a sharp and heavy weight on your heart, something you lost ages ago, you had forgotten the weight, the loss, the need to retrieve something you are unsure of, but the memoires are growing stronger; the echoing laughter of others carries on the wind, the words once spoken hum in your mind.. "Silly screeching cricket; you forgot to buy a ticket.." - ".. Every visit has its cost.." Your feet lead you to where you need to be, your mind warns you of things you have no memory of, but you know for sure, this is your chance to retrieve what has been lost, your chance to be whole after so long; but this time, this time you know well, one does not enter the Witchlight Carnival without payment of some kind, and you'll be damned if you'll lose something else.. Best be sure to grab a ticket this time around.. and do ignore that creeping shadow out the corner of your eye, that feeling of being watched, the rolling of fog that has been building of late; surely its nothing to worry about, right?.. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ This game Starts with Beyond the Witchlight and transfers into a higher level and higher stakes run of Curse of Strahd! The option of Starhd's gender is chosen by the group when the game starts, the classic male Strahd or the wonderous female Strahd! Starting at 3rd level and goes to level 20! Join: https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmt4290sq00kqi3049r7h6ipf?slug=fallen0ne