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Campaign Name:
A.O.D: Requiem of the Reapers
System:
Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Date/Time:
Weekly, Saturdays at 12PM PST
Available Spots:
4-6 players
Preferred Player Experience:
All experience levels welcome; knowledge of D&D 5e helpful, but newcomers are embraced!
Preferred Player Age:
18+
Campaign Description:
"In death, we found purpose. In purpose, we found power. In power, we shall find the end."
You were supposed to be dead.
When you breathed your last, a new existence awaited—one beyond mortal comprehension. But instead of the eternal rest promised in myths and whispered prayers, you were pulled into the service of Death Herself, conscripted into the ranks of the Agents of Death (A.O.D). You are no mere soul wandering the afterlife. You are a Reaper now, a ghost in the world of the living, an enforcer of the ultimate balance.
Your death wasn’t the end. It was only the beginning.
The A.O.D operates in the unseen folds of existence, where time and life intersect with the void. There are souls that need to be guided to their final resting place, others that defy their natural end—escaping through forbidden means, hiding amongst the living, or raising the long-forgotten dead. It's your job to hunt them, to silence the echoes of what should have ended.
But that’s not your only challenge.
The Agents of Life (A.O.L), champions of the divine, seek to tip the scales by granting mortals more time, restoring lost lives, and prolonging the inevitable. They are led by gods and beings who fear death’s finality—pantheons of power like Zeus, Odin, Yahweh, and Ra. Where you ensure the cycle continues, they interfere, desperately clinging to their followers' fleeting lives.
The afterlife is now a battleground of shadows and whispers, locked in a cold war—one that simmers dangerously, threatening to ignite at any moment. Both sides inch closer to conflict, while ancient and forgotten gods stir from their slumber, waiting to seize their chance amid the chaos.
You are the newest Reapers, plucked from the grave and imbued with the very essence of your death. Each of you bears the marks of how you fell—a lightning-struck soul crackling with storm energy, a plague victim spreading rot with every breath, or a drowned spirit conjuring the crushing weight of the abyss. The power that killed you is now yours to wield.
Your missions will send you to the edge of reality and back—reaping rogue souls, unearthing dark secrets hidden in the mortal world, and ensuring the balance remains... at any cost.
But behind every soul you reap, there are questions—questions about the war that no one dares to answer. Why was the afterlife forged this way? What does Death Herself truly want? And what happens when the scales tip too far?
You were once mortal. Now, you are so much more. But in the grand game between life and death, you must ask: Who truly holds the power? And will you be the one to tip the balance?
Death is inevitable... but so are you.
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