Shadows of the Emerald City- Noir Sandbox

How to prepare

A player will need a mic, a Discord account, and openness to explore the setting and weave a great story with the other players; a webcam is not required, but encouraged.

What I provide

I bring several years of on the fly GMing, through the experience of running LARPs, a living breathing setting that allows for players to explore and engage with what they enjoy.

Gameplay details

The game is set in a living breathing world, in which character decisions and actions will have an impact on the world and the story as a whole, within reason. Though there will be the overarching threat and plotline of the Striges, this is something the players can engage with as little or as much as they would like. There will also be other plotlines, that may pertain to the Striges, be their own lines, or just one offs. However, players decisions will be what decides what happens. Players who have played with me in the past have agreed that I have a philosophy of, "You put the knife in your back I just twist it." This is where the decisions made whether good or bad do have responses and it is by those actions that the story progresses. Safety Tools- Session 0: Session 0 will go over character creation along with discussing Lines and Veils, and what is to be expected with games. However, after significant moment in game there will be another Session 0 to discuss how everyone is feeling about the game and how things can be adjusted. Lines and Veils: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wY-o_Jt5F07B5DXjUMw5hH3ckxV0IPl5uG37jFo7-Wo/edit?usp=sharing Luxton Technique Discussion: If a player has triggers I will have a conversation with them and then address them at the table in an open conversation without saying who brought it to my attention, if the player wishes to remain anonymous. If I find out after Session 0 of a trigger, I will wait at least two days and ask if the player is ok and if they are open to talking about the trigger, so that way I avoid it in the future and whether to put the trigger as a Line or Veil. X, N, and O Cards: Having extensive experience with this tool through LARP I do change it slightly when on camera. For any communication that is not through camera a player may send any of these responses in public chat, or a private message to me. When on camera I do thumbs up, or Ok, maybe, and thumbs down, or X. Now if a player is on camera and they respond with a thumbs up, but send me a X or N I will follow through with the X/N response. Any player may also check in with others using these tools, which is greatly appreciative. If something is triggering and I do not know what caused a player to be uncomfortable or upset I will enter into Luxton Technique response. Open Door: Life comes first. If for any reason a player needs to step away from the table they should step away. I understand Chronicles of Darkness can get heavy and that some triggers may happen without realizing it. I do send a private message to make sure that the player is ok, and what is happening. If there is no response or a trigger I go to my Luxton Technique response. I want to make sure you have fun first and foremost, and I want to stress this point again, Life comes first. Bleed: Having significant experience with this, because of running LARPs, I do set time out for players before and after game to hang out and talk with one another to know the player and to create an open and friendly conversation with each other so we know we are all nerds hanging out and having fun. Aftercare: Once Beats and Aspirations are done game is over and we often have sometime to talk with one another and discuss the game and our feelings about it. Debriefing: Same as Aftercare Stars and Wishes: With Chronicles of Darkness games this is already applied slightly, in the forms of Aspirations. I will try to keep those in focus for the goings on in game, and when we readjust during arch change Session 0s

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

Characters will be created during a private session zero along with me, to make sure that it aligns with the group and both player and my expectations can be discussed. I will have pre-gens available for players that want to join the game, and not go through character creation.

Combat / Tactics

Low

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Medium

Experience level

Open to all