Exploring Exandria: The World of Critical Role

How to prepare

Create a free account on Roll20 if you do not already have one, Create a free account on Discord if you do not already have one, Have a good microphone which will help with clarity when you speak, Have a good internet connection. Roll20 is very graphics intensive and can slow down with slow internet rates. Think of a character concept with a reason to adventure with the rest of the group.

What I provide

🔴 Very real NPCs with their own personality, goals, and objectives. ⚫ Voiced NPCs 🟠 Access to Pro Subscriber benefits of Roll20 such as Dynamic Lighting and Mods. 🟤 Quality of life macros and mods to make game play easier. 🟡 Backing track to provide appropriate ambiance to the action on the screen. 🟣 Customized maps, handouts for NPCs, important items, and important clues from notes and books. 🟢 A summary of each session posted on Discord and on Roll20 highlighting important aspects of the story and spotlighting significant character and party actions. 💻 The following source books are available to my players within Roll20: Players Handbook, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Monster Manual, Tashas’ Cauldron of Everything, Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, Tome of Beasts I and II, Kobold Press Deep Magic Planescape, Dragonlance, Lost Mine of Phandelver, Phandelver & Beyond: The Shattered Obelisk. Plus additional maps, tokens, artwork, and modules. 📚 Elements of hard copy or pdf versions of the following may also be used within the game: Tal’Dorei Reborn Campaign Setting, Tome of Beasts III, Dungeon Masters Guide, Dungeons of Drakkenheim, Pexia’s Guide to Omeria, Plus 100's of additional modules and adventures. Mostly, I bring the ability to be agile with the story line and events surrounding the characters in response to their actions. My capability to think beyond a simple story line and create morally ambiguous situations challenges the players to add their voice into the story from beginning to end.

Gameplay details

Session 0 will cover the campaign description, discussion of the content warnings, lines and veils, and safety tools, character creation, and open question period. For character creation, we will roll for ability attribute scores as a group and everyone will be able to choose from any three of the four paired scores for their character. A full description of how this works is available on the Discord server for those who have signed up for the game. During game play, I use X, N, O cards on the VTT for players to signal if something in the story has caused unease and we will stop play and discuss to resolve any issues which may surface. A Discord channel will allow players to acknowledge (stars) exceptional moments of the sessions and provide feedback (wishes) for story elements or actions they wish to see in the upcoming sessions. This adventure is very character driven. NPC actions will directly reflect their individual response to the character actions. Keep that in mind when thinking about your character and their backstory, as elements in your backstory, training, and tool proficiency may aid your ability to connect with the village residents. I will pull elements from your backstory and your character goals and weave them into a greater story with threads you discover during the first part of the campaign. YOU will determine the story we create together!

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

We will create characters together during Session 0. We will roll (4d6dl1) a common pool of attribute scores which the players will use to create their characters. This gives the excitement of a random set of numbers but starts all characters off with a common baseline. Please come with a character concept and a brief (one page) background story of your character if you so desire. Pregenerated characters are available for those who would prefer this option

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Beginner