Hey peeps, I’m looking for any advice and/or feedback on my homebrew campaign idea and the current opening I have planned out. I’m loosely basing this campaign off the original animated DnD tv series.
Current name I have for the campaign is “The Hunt for Venagr”
Updates to the name would be great as I feel it could sound cooler
I have plenty of time to create, plan and alter the run if this campaign as I am currently a player in a curse of straud campaign that will likely run until September. By planning this out I’m hoping to give our current DM a break and chance to be a player as he’s been DM’ing for quite a while.
Although not much more than the initial opening is written out, if you are familiar with the original show I plan on semi playing the character from the show “dungeon master” who pops up periodically to give knowledge or gently assist the players. My own twist on “dungeon master” is he will be the long time old friend the players havnt seen since highschool. The players will begin in the human world of earth and will pick their class based off of the civilian jobs I have listed below. During session 0 I will ask them to pick a job that most aligns with what they would like to be working from the list provided, for some their are similar jobs that they actually work or they can just pick a career that just speaks to them. This will determine their class. The initial town, street names and bar names are also loosely based off of the home town we are all from just to add a nostalgia/realistic factor to the initial start on earth.
I havnt crafted a whole backstory as to how me/“dungeon master” ended up in the realm of dungeons and dragons, so any ideas would be great! But for games sake dungeon master is going to have been stuck in this realm since “leaving for college” only being able to slip back to earth once a year on the day of graduation, hence how he has set up this meeting with the players
Main villains for the campaign will be Vengar as well as Tiamat to loosely stay true to the tv show. Tiamat and Vengar also despise eachother so there may be the circumstance for the party to actually work with Vengar to fight off Tiamat. Again havnt fully crafted encounters and such but just a working idea.
Please google Vengar animated show for reference of what he looks like incase you havnt heard of him before.
Here’s what I have so far:
The hunt for Vengar
Cleric class: paramedic/nurse/doctor
Fighter: police officer/soldier
Wizard: Librarian
Ranger: surveyor
Druid: park ranger
Bard: dive bar musician / small town journalist
Barbarian: personal trainer
Monk: gym teacher
Paladin: Social Worker / prosecution lawyer
Rogue: sales associate
Sorcerer: computer programming
Warlock: Loan officer / Human Resources
The party members begin in the real world at their local small town bar, recently having visited their home town, Dock Elgin for their class of 2018 highschool 10 yr reunion at Shore district School Board. The 3 of you have just left the wiseman pub after a few pre-drinks. You begin to walk down Goodrich street towards the kings bar and grill where you plan to meet your long time friend who you havnt seen in years, you aren’t rly too sure what they’ve been up to all these years however once he heard you were in town he insisted you all meet up for a reunion at the kings, he told you he’s even booked the private party room at the kings bar and grill for you all!
As your walk the street towards the bar; Everyone roll for perception
1-10: notice nothing
12-15: you hear the faint noise of a horse neighing off in the distance
15-19: you hear the neighing plus see the faintest silhouette of a horse fly past the light of the moon
20+: you clearly see a black silhouette of a horse with what appears to be wings and mounted by a rider in dressed in red
As you open the door A hostess is already waiting to escort you all to the private room. She closes the double door behind you. You notice on the table sits a fresh pitcher of beer, 4 thunder mugs, and a tray of deep fried pickles, and a note signed by your friend which says “gone to the bathroom, don’t wait on me”
(If players attempt to leave the room the door appears locked from the outside and no matter the amount of force the players use the door does not budge)
If players indulge in eating the food and/or drink they notice the room begins to feel as if it is spinning, with such a force they begin to fade in and out of consciousness.
Upon waking they notice the double door that was previously impossible to open is now wide open and a bright blinding light is obscuring the view of what would be the open seating floor of the bar.
The players then if they decide walk through the blinding light, setting us up for Act 1
(No official planning has been done past this point)
Thanks for taking the time to read this! I really appreciate any advice as I havnt DM’d or crafted a homebrew in many years!