Christmas Chaos: A Jolly Old Corpse - A Holiday Custom One-Shot
$20.00
/ Session
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Once / Wednesday - 10:00 PM UTC
Dec 20
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
After a raucous night of Christmas revelry, the degenerates of the village of Duncan's Hollow (that's you!) wake up in the remains of a building you might have burned down. You don't remember. You have other problems, like hiding a corpse from Santa's Little Helpers! This is a 5th-level holiday game for 3-6 players, filled with mystery, ridiculousness, and combat!
Meet the Game Master
About me
Hello! My name is Jason Murphy and I'm a GM, novelist, and screenwriter. You can see me on youtube.com/thestrangerous and youtube.com/themodernrogue. I've got experience with writing movies, novels, and television shows, and I want to bring that style of storytelling to our games. As a writer, I build games heavily dependent on character interaction. I love crafting epic moments for my players, buttressed by dense narratives, difficult decisions, and worlds that feel alive. The 'Rule of Fun' is definitely in place, but the key to any good RPG campaign is balance. The rules are there to keep us on the rails, but as the WotC DMG emphasizes, we'll follow those until they keep us from having fun. :) I take care to provide players with equal amounts of character interactions, puzzle solving, and combat, all wrapped up in a compelling narrative. The relationship between me and the players is *not* adversarial. We're not competing, but playing together. I enjoy running campaigns with cosmic horror, brutal violence, swashbuckling action, and wry humor. My campaigns are fully illustrated with maps, monsters, and other supplemental art and I currently prefer the Roll20/Beyond/Discord trifecta to run my campaigns. Let's kill some monsters!
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Creating your character
Please create your character before the game, using STANDARD ARRAY stats and official, published Wizards of the Coast Material. Assistance over Discord is always available if you need. Please contact the DM if you have specific questions.
A Christmas one-shot that can be expanded into a full campaign.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Create your character on D&D Beyond and have it approved by the DM. https://www.dndbeyond.com/ (FREE) Have access to Roll20. https://roll20.net/ (FREE) Have access to Discord with a microphone (non-optional) and a webcam (optional). https://discord.com/ (FREE) https://roll20.net/ https://discord.com/ https://www.dndbeyond.com/
What Jason Murphy brings to the table
Maps! Monsters! Mayhem!
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How Jason Murphy creates a safe table
This is an original, Christmas-themed one-shot, that runs players through a morbidly dark adventure in the vein of RARE EXPORTS, THE HANGOVER, AND WEEKEND AT BERNIES. Expansion into full, holiday-themed 6-week campaign is available!
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