[Online][5e 2024][Paid $20][Fridays 6PM EST | Saturdays 11AM EST] The Sun is Dead. Build Your Criminal Empire in Vampire-Ruled Empire | 2 Groups Open

The sun hasn't risen in five centuries. Vampires run everything, the courts, the guards, the trade routes. Five years ago they decided to clean house and burned every criminal org in the city to nothing. Every boss, every network, every safe house. Gone.

You're what grows back.

This isn't a heroic campaign. It's a crime drama.

You're not saving the world. You're carving out a piece of it. Think less "chosen ones vs vampire overlords" and more building a syndicate from scratch in a city that actively wants you dead, running jobs, claiming territory, making the kind of enemies you'll have to deal with six sessions later.

The backstory integration is the thing players tell me they love most. That mentor who sold you out? They're in Ostoya. The vampire lord who wrecked your family? Sitting on the ruling council. I take what you give me and I weaponize it. Every session has consequences that ripple forward. Burn a bridge, spare an enemy, sell out a contact, the city remembers all of it.

What you're getting for $20

A lot of paid GMs hand you a roll20 link and a character sheet. Here's what I actually run:

• Custom Foundry VTT build, dynamic lighting, atmospheric maps, the whole thing
• Every major NPC is voiced
• Soundscapes for everything: blood taverns, undercity tunnels, vampire courts
• 1-on-1 character creation call before Session 1 where we build your backstory into the world together
• Custom homebrew items tied to your arc as the campaign develops
• Between-session Discord RP where the scheming continues between games
• Session recaps within 24 hours

My style

Roughly 70/30 roleplay and investigation to combat. NPCs have their own agendas and don't wait around for you to find them. Help someone and they remember, so does whoever you helped them against. Rule of Cool lives here but so does consequence.

This is dark. Gothic crime drama, played straight. People die. Sometimes PCs die. If you want a safety net this probably isn't your table. If you want a world that takes you seriously, it is.

The details

System: D&D 5e 2024 | Levels 5–12 | 40–50 sessions | 2–3 hours each | $20/session per player

Character creation: Point Buy or Standard Array, Core Rules plus Grim Hollow, any species or class that fits the tone. We'll nail it down on our call.

Platforms: Foundry VTT, Discord for voice, D&D Beyond

Session 0 with Lines & Veils, X-N-O cards in play, open door always. Dark content means dark content, blood, body horror, violence, character death, but your limits are yours.

Spots are limited to keep both groups small and story-focused.

Upon joining DM me your experience level and what kind of criminal you want to play. New players welcome if the tone fits you.

Friday 6PM EST - https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmj35mk27009kl504k14poae2

Saturday 11AM EST - https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmj35szb200dslb04mh8ruh25