End the Eternal Winter! | Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden | Beginner and LGBTQ+ Friendly

Creating your character

We'll be creating characters during Session 0, and I'll be available for any help. Creativity and inventiveness when creating characters is both appreciated and encouraged - if I can make any arrangements so your character can function as you'd like, I will, even if it means ignoring or rewriting some written rules. Character stat points can be assigned using standard array or point buy. Dice rolling for stats is not allowed. If you want to create a new character, having an idea of the archetype you'd like to play is ideal, along with some knowledge of your character's origins and personality. I can help you flesh it out during character development. You can also bring characters created on your own if you wish, but it's not necessary - as I'm here to help guide you both on the technical and the creative aspects of character creation.

Preparing for the session

Access to Discord and a working microphone is a must. Please make sure your microphone indeed works as needed, since troubleshooting your setup during a session robs the other players from their playtime. You can download discord from https://discord.com/ The campaign will be run through Fantasy Grounds, and we'll be using that software to create and keep track of your characters and their abilities. You can download the demo version of Fantasy Grounds from http://www.fantasygrounds.com/, which will be enough for the campaign - no purchase is necessary.

What Tizzy brings to the table

I'll be bringing my own Discord server with a bot set up for dice rolls. I also own the sourcebooks on both Beyond and Fantasy Grounds, and have the DM and player's guide at hand to help answer any doubts and with character creation.

How Tizzy creates a safe table

I focus on the experience rather than number-crunching and favor creativity over rules. You can expect a fast-paced, relatively rules light but RPG heavy experience from me. I'm high on comedy and funny situations while doing my best to adapt the story so each character gets some level of development and advancement of their backstory and personal goals. All of my campaigns are illustrated - besides having maps when necessary, players are shown reference images of the places they're visiting and people they're meeting as a means to help them get into their characters and the worlds they inhabit. ------------------------- Safety Information ------------------------- Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, while a dark campaign, has my usual touch - one where dark content is often made lighter in the name of providing a fun, safe environment for all players. That's not to say there's nothing anyone could be triggered by in the campaign, as the horror subject matter naturally carries several potential triggers of its own, including violence and murder - things you would generally expect in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, but that might prove difficult for some people to deal with. On top of this, there's naturally a chance of unexpected story beats happening in freeform campaigns that could add potentially triggering situations to the campaign. As a GM, I have very specific lines I will not cross - sexual violence and violence against children among them. Yet there are plenty of things outside those subjects that could prove stressful or triggering for some players. To help us avoid such situations as a group, we will host a discussion about lines, veils, and potential triggers during session zero. Just as well, we'll repeat said discussions several times during sessions to ensure the safety and enjoyment of everyone in the group. To help players deal with potential stress resulting from in-game situations, sessions can be stopped at any moment if a player feels triggered, even if the situation creating it wasn't one discussed before and thus not one of the previously agreed-on lines or veils. It is my duty to offer you the safest experience I can, and I'll hold myself to it.