Game System: D&D 5e (2014 rules)
When do you play: Saturdays, 6:00 PM BST
Weekly, 3-4 hour sessions.
Brief Description of the game/setting/premise:
THE ASCENSION GAME
The gods went to war, and the gods died. When they fell, their divine essence shattered and rained down onto the mortal world — infusing ordinary people with fragments of dead divinity.
You are one of them. A Shardbearer.
In the ruin left behind, a mountain descended from the heavens. Mons Ultima is not a refuge. It is a gauntlet — and it calls the worthy to climb.
At the summit waits Ascension: the chance to forge a new pantheon and save what remains of a dying world.
But you are not the only ones climbing. Rival Shardbearer expeditions from the last fortress cities are ascending alongside you, each with their own vision of what the new gods should be.
Only one expedition reaches the top.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Every Shardbearer has a Manifestation — a signature divine ultimate unique to their character, chosen from ten divine Aspects. Combat runs on a custom Fracture system where nobody dies cheaply, and defeating a rival Shardbearer opens the door to The Taking: permanently claiming a piece of what they were.
Six floors. Six trials. One summit. Permanent consequences.
Inspirations: Elden Ring, Final Fantasy XVI, Highlander, Neon Genesis Evangelion.
What’s your play-style?
Balanced. Roughly even split between tactical combat and character-driven roleplay, with meaningful exploration and intrigue on each floor. Expect epic scope and operatic spectacle — but also genuine psychological weight and real cost to power. The mechanics are cinematic; the stakes are personal.
Additional Details:
- Hosted on The Forge (Foundry VTT) with Discord for voice. No Foundry experience needed I’ll walk you through it.
- Levels 3-20, structured across six arcs so every stretch of the climb has a clear goal and payoff.
- Session Zero included, with safety tools and clear expectations set up front.
- Full support building your Shardbearer from scratch new players welcome.
- I’m a professional GM with 8+ years of experience, running paid games on StartPlaying.
SEE THE WORLD AND SYSTEM FOR YOURSELF
I’ve made videos walking through exactly how this campaign was built — the worldbuilding process and the full mechanical system. Watch them and you’ll know precisely what you’re signing up for before you spend a penny:
→How I built the world: https://youtu.be/n2tP19gWbN4
→ How the Shardbearer system works:https://youtu.be/-2hswW65azo
The complete system is also available as a free PDF, linked in those videos.
BOOKING This is a paid game. Full details, pricing, reviews, and booking:
Seats currently available. Questions welcome in the thread or by DM.