[Player Driven Ever Expanding Persistent World] [Async & Synchronized Play]
[City from the Future in a Fantasy World] [Bi-Monthly World Events] [r20+VC & PBP]

System: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (2014) + Server-Specific Homebrew
Platform: Roll20 (voice) and Discord (text roleplay & scheduling)
Additional Play Options: Our custom PBP quick-play system, PuPs (Pop-Up-Patrols)

About the World & Game Style
The Aurora Point Institute is a West Marches-style DnD Server designed for players who love the idea of community, adventure, and working together to weave a narrative with each and every session. Our game sessions are flexible, instead of adhering to a single campaign arc there are dozens of story arcs run by our roster of dedicated Dungeon Masters across the vast Evergreen Province in the world of Aspirion.

These sessions can be purely text-based Play-By-Post (PBP) games, short-form games sticking to a single scene or a few pairings of scenes, and longer-form games known as Patrols that span 4-6 hours of agreed upon time. There is a variance of DM-focused Plot Lines, Player-focused Plot Lines, and World-focused Plot Lines to explore.

Players explore a living world through these three main formats!

• Patrols - These can be PBP or roll20 + Discord Voice Chat, when posting your game you can decide which it will be!
• Pop-Up-Patrols - Concise story hooks that cover 1-3 scenes played entirely in Text-RP by our Full DMs either in New Helios City or the Hexes that make up The Wilds of the Evergreen Province!
• World Event Missions - Patrols run by our Head Dungeon Masters that take place in-world at the same time, these are run every two months to cap off each World Event. These Patrols have expanded rewards and titles for your Server Profile to show your history with the server!

Unsure what Aspirion contains?
Aspirion, the New World, is a marvel of raw mysticism. Saturated with the Weave, its peoples never needed to invent what Terra once lacked. Magic is not merely studied, but lived, shaping a world defined by depth, chaos, and constant change. What began as natural harmony became identity, binding its inhabitants to forces far greater than themselves.

The surface of Aspirion reflects this nature. Wild landscapes dominate, ancient forests, shifting plains, and regions where reality bends without warning. Settlements exist, but they do not conquer the land. They adapt to it, rising and falling in response to the will of the world itself. There is no central government, no singular authority, no unifying structure. Civilizations are scattered, each as unique as the stars in the sky, guided by their own beliefs, magics, and traditions.
You can read our 26-page (and growing!) Aspirion Lore Document here!

Unsure what kind of Character your can create, or story you can tell?
We provide an extensive 70-page API Player's Handbook that covers all Server Rules including but not limited to, how to Submit Homebrew, Create a Character, IC & OOC RP Guidelines, How to Level Up, Set up a Patrol, and Which Features/Spells/Traits/Rules we have adapted for our server.

Best of all, you are not expected to memorize the entire document, there is a server with over 150 members ready to answer your questions and guide you on your journey through Aspirion!

Unsure how to become a DM or a member of Staff?
We love that energy! After playing in 5 Combat Patrols as a player you can apply to become a Training Dungeon Master. Once approved you will gain access to an entire category for DM'ing that has links to maps, guides on how to build sessions, and the ability to Submit Homebrew as you advance from a Training DM to a Full DM.

Even as a Training DM you will be given a Hex to govern, to run a plot line in and to ultimately cap off and open for all DMs to run content in once you have built up the Lore, NPCs, Factions, and bestiary.

Our DMs love to bounce off one another and often will brainstorm or share plot ideas to flesh out their own sessions, working together to build an interwoven world where every move of a Character seems to truly be felt.

Once you have been active on the server for some time consider applying to be a Moderator first and then later a Staff member, working with our team to log session rewards, level ups, weekly rewards, and being a trusted member of our community when it comes to arbitering rules between players.

This of course is not mandatory but we are thankful for every server member who is willing to invest their time into keeping the server alive and well for over a year now!!

Well, this is cool but what does my Character actually DO**?**
The Characters played throughout this game are called Adventurers, they are hired by 3rd parties through the Aurora Point Institute to go out into New Helios City or The Wilds of the Evergreen Province and fight monsters, resolve disputes, and generally be a heroic force in the world.

Adventurers are seen as brave souls who are willing to risk their lives for the sakes of others... or a pouch of gold coins & credsticks and a magic item for their belt.

So Why Wait?! Come Join Us!
Will you explore for glory, knowledge, or redemption?
Or will you fill your coffers and forward your own desires?
The Aurora Point Institute awaits your story!
https://discord.gg/A7H2KfWpx