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Creating your character

You will be coming in mid-campaign. As such, your character will be created on D&D Beyond and at level 3. I will make a campaign for everyone to join and share content. Additionally, we will have an abbreviated Session 0, but I will mostly catch you up before the session begins. We will talk character concepts and how to integrate into the campaign, then take time to build characters. All characters start play with a single Common Magic Item and Ability Scores are decided by rolls (preferred of two arrays, with point buy as a fall back if you don't like what you rolled), which will be done on Roll20. Characters can be made using any officially published material available to me on D&D Beyond.

Preparing for the session

Ideally, you shouldn't need to do much to prepare beyond filling out the Consent Checklist. We will talk about character concepts there and I really suggest that you hold off on finalizing any kind of character concept until after we've had a chance to meet minds as a group. You will need an account on Discord, Roll20, and D&D Beyond, all of which are free. In terms of hardware, I will be using a mic and camera, but video is not necessary if you don't have access to it or are uncomfortable with it. I do prefer voice, however, so we can speak real-time to one another.

What Stephen | The Dungeon Master, Esquire brings to the table

By joining the campaign, you will have access to all published D&D books through Keys From the Golden Vault. When the campaign concludes, I will commission art for the group to commemorate the adventure!

How Stephen | The Dungeon Master, Esquire creates a safe table

Players can expect sessions that spend time prioritizing roleplay scenarios as well as engaging combats. Nearly all rolls will be done out in the open and there will be no fudging, which can sometimes (though exceedingly infrequently in my experience) result in character death. If a PC dies, we will work together to find a way to integrate a new character into the story and to allow you to participate in the rest of the session. That said, in the many times I've participated in this adventure, only one character permanently died: the player used a class feature to soak a Disintegrate targeting another player in the final session, knowing that the damage was unsurvivable. Combat/Tactics Level are High, but I will never go out of my way to make fights unwinnable. Intelligent, evil enemies will behave intelligently and evilly, but less intelligent or less evil enemies will also behave accordingly. I like to have fewer combats - maybe one per session - but for those combats to be engaging and meaningful on all fronts. Roleplay is Medium because I will never expect a player to engage with roleplay more than they are comfortable, but I will always provide scenarios where you can get into your character's head. I do not expect you to be in character throughout the entire session and don't expect you to have a character voice (or to even speak in the first person when you're in-character!), but I would love to see and hear it if you're comfortable. As long as you are willing to engage and play nice, that's enough. Puzzles are High, but loaded to the back of the adventure. One thing I really enjoy about this adventure is that the puzzles are very dangerous, but the dangers are clear and present. There are very few instances where failing to detect a problem results in trouble; more often than not, they are front and center, waiting to be solved. I will distribute a Consent Checklist before Session 0 that will allow you to go in depth about what you are comfortable with in game; this form will be over Google Forms and completely anonymous. I have already listed a very exhaustive list of possibly triggering scenarios, but many of them are unlikely to happen (though technically possible or things that may be interpreted as such). I fully intend to rework the adventure around anything a player is uncomfortable engaging with.