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Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave

“A new temple to the Goddess of Magic rises in the city of Wheloon.
But rumors whisper of disappearances, strange lights in the night,
and a truth buried beneath stone and shadow…”

You and your friends have been waiting for this drop for weeks.

New region.
New faction reputation system.
Mystra-themed magic cosmetics.
Shadow corruption storyline.

You log in.

Character select.
Party invite accepted.
Loading screen fades.

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You stand at the crest of a cobbled path leading toward a gleaming white temple built into a bluff above a slow-moving river. Green rooftops glimmer in the distance. The Wyvernflow river reflects the afternoon sun.

A quest notification pulses in your vision:

New Quest: Investigate the Temple of Mystra

“Strange lights and missing townsfolk have drawn suspicion. Speak with locals and uncover the truth.”

Wind brushes across your face.

It feels… real.

You pause.

That’s strange.

You can smell the air.
Spring blossoms. River water. Warm stone.

Someone laughs in voice chat — then abruptly cuts off.

You instinctively move to open the system menu.

Nothing happens.

You try again.

No interface…

No minimap…

No hotbar…

No system overlay…

You blink rapidly…

No HUD…

You attempt to log out.

There is no button.

No “End Game.”

No “Return to Lobby.”

No settings panel.

Your hands begin to shake.

A breeze passes again.

You feel it across your skin.

You reach down and pinch your arm.

Pain lances up your nerves.

Sharp. Immediate. Real.

You stagger back.

That hurt.

That actually hurt.

A distant bell tolls from the temple courtyard.

The quest text still floats faintly in your vision — but flickers, distorted.

For just a moment, the letters glitch and reform into something else:

“The Weave Is Tearing.”

Then it stabilizes.

Birdsong resumes.

NPCs walk normally along the road.

Everything appears as it should.

Except the UI is gone.

Except your heart is pounding.

That pain, the pain was real…

A terrible thought settles over you:

If you can feel pain…

Can you die?

And if you die here…

What happens to your body out there?

The temple gates stand open.

Night is coming.

And somewhere inside, something is waiting.

—You will be playing 4th level dnd 2024 5e characters, standard roles, 1 common magic item, 2 potions, and starting gear is what you will start with. You’ll be playing as friends who play mmorpgs together and youve undertaken this new quest, only something has gone wrong and now you need to find out what.

I’ll be introducing a new system, one made in dimension20 I’ve just tweeked a bit to work for this aka sanity. Your characters feel the pain, and don’t know what will happened now, can you die in the real world if you die in here, or will you solve the question and survive.”