The Prophets of Willow County-Appalachian Arcane Mystery[LBGTQ+]

Creating your character

Character generation will occur during a zero session with everyone present. This is as much to make sure we all mesh as a group of people as it is to make the characters, backgrounds & get everyones equipment setup. We will also discuss lines & veils for the game(please Private message me ahead of time if your uncomfortable with expressing these in a live chat). For those that join later, a one on one zero session will be scheduled outside of the normal game time to make you a character. Afterwards communication & further background info will be conducted with everyone via a discord channel on the server I use. No character's will be approved prior to the zero session. This includes pre-generated characters, & all players will be required to meet the same character creation expectations of the table, which may vary from group to group. With this setting, focus will be laid more on what your character is like before their awakening to magic, which will have a greater effect on the setting then rotes & arcana at first. Characters will be limited to gnosis 3, & a heavy emphasis will be required on your sleeper life prior to your awakening in character creation. Resources will be capped at 2 for this game, & concepts related to local/state government, police & active military will not be allowed, as the local good ole boys club keeps those in tight check.

Preparing for the session

A discord account with quality microphone that allows for clear communication without undue background noise & a stable internet connection. Those who are operating on mobile hot spots will not be fast enough to stay connected with foundry. A PC that can meet the requirements to run Foundry Virtual Tabletop. Netbooks & chrome books I have found in the past do not meet meet these requirements. Please check Foundry VTT's demo online to see if your able to run it. Familiarity with the Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition rules is good but not required.

What Dean brings to the table

I will be supplying the Foundry VTT for use with our game, with all the basic rules of Chronicles of Darkness input into it. Full custom graphics & NPC interfaces I've programed for it specifically.

How Dean creates a safe table

This game will depict newly awakened mages in rural Willow County Kentucky. With a small cluster of towns scattered around the area, the players will create characters that have just completed their basic training by the consilium of willow county, & are officially joining their orders for the first time. Your still adjusting to being awakened to magic, being only a few months at best since it occurred. With the recent defeat of the Rapt known as Black Betty(Bamalam) the mages of willow county are now dealing with the arrival of a new threat. A scelesti by the name of Beuford Crowley, & his cult of abyssal mages. As we head into the winter, the cabal will deal with threats from within, from outsiders & as always the Seers of Higginsville. Most sessions will be a mixture of investigation, role playing & combat depending on where the current plot line is going. Combat is also very dangerous & realistic, so characters becoming injured or close to death isnt impossible. Sexual content will always fade to black if it occurs, & will never occur between player characters unless all involved players consent. Lines & veils will also be honored & set up ahead of the chronicle via discord chat, so that I can fine tune any plot content to avoid things players may not want to face in game. Additionally, I am always online via my discord both during & outside of game should you need to bring something to my attention, whether thats a veil thats being approached too close or something makes you uncomfortable.