Tales from the Violet Haze
Oregon Trail meets Breath of the Wild.
$25.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Sunday - 4:00 PM UTC
Dec 21 / Session 93
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
4 / 7 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
🟣Open-world sandbox setting🟣 🟣Exploration based level up system🟣 🟣Empahsis on caravan growth and migrant travel🟣 Inspired by caravan-based Oregon Trail-like games, and open-world RPGs like Skyrim, Elden Ring, and Breath of the Wild, Through the Violet Haze, is my take on a fantasy open-world setting, full of strange lands and ruins to explore, wonderful NPCs to interact with, and many mysteries and stories to tell using the rules of the oldest fantasy rpg. This will be a long-term level 4-20 campaign, with characters traveling from place to place, and experiencing many types of adventure sites to explore before packing up and leaving again in their growing caravan. Leveling up is done through visiting and interacting with adventure sites (per 2-3 locations). Every adventure site you will journey to is completely different from the rest, with changes in the environment, adventure theme, types of people to interact with, and much more. With the Violet Haze constantly changing the barren land, no location site will be similar to each other. Let the good times roll!
Meet the Game Master
4.9
(38)
3 years on StartPlaying
562 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 75%
About me
I'm a professional DM with 15+ years of game-mastering experience, and I've been teaching people to play RPGs since I was 12 years old. I specialize in teaching storytelling in my everyday life, and I bring that same passion for original and immersive stories to D&D and other TTRPGs. I'm the lead director/writer of the fantasy film noir audio drama MOXIE MONROE: PRIVATE EYE. Check it out to see my creative storytelling at work!
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Creating your character
As part of the first session, there will be a quick session 0, with us discussing a couple of rule changes and setting expectations for the campaign.
Join us in this Oregon Trail/Breath of the Wild-themed campaign!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need a working microphone and webcam. I'll be providing a quick handbook to how caravan-based travel works in this campaign, and besides reading that the player only needs to create a level 4 character before our first game.
What Austen brings to the table
I provide art and custom-made maps for all the adventure sites and locations within. I provide background music through the Discord app, and I have access to all the books and many third-party content. We will be using Discord to set up our game calls and to discuss the game between sessions, and roll20 to play.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
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Safety
How Austen creates a safe table
Players can expect an emphasis on caravan-based travel and exploration. While there will be plenty of monsters to find and fight, there is more focus on interacting with the strange and unexplored world around you and finding stories within it.
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