From Peasant To Paladin: An Introduction To Playing D&D Online (LGBTQIA+/Neurodivergent friendly)
$15.00
/ Session
Details
Once / Thursday – 11:00 PM UTC
May 16
3–4 Hour Duration
0 / 4 Seats Filled
Schedule
About the adventure
Are you someone curious about D&D, role-playing games, or how to play them online? Then this is for you! By the time you're done, you'll have made a character of your own and played in a mini-scenario so that you're ready to play in any D&D game. In this session, we will cover: * Tips for using Discord for voice, video, and text chat. * What a roleplaying game is, and D&D in particular. * The basic setting elements of a D&D game. * The basic mechanics of the game. * A *brief* overview of the classes and races. * A *brief* overview of the technology and virtual tabletops. * How to use D&D Beyond, Roll 20, and Beyond 20 together. While doing so, we'll work together to make your own character from your ideas, generate some party backstory, and play a brief mini-scenario to allow your character to interact with a fantasy world and use what you've learned!
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(15)
2 years on StartPlaying
46 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive
About me
I've been playing tabletop role-playing games since "elf" was a class in Dungeons & Dragons (that's around 40 years, y'all) and have extensive experience playing and running multiple systems, including D&D, Call of Cthulhu, Star Wars, and Monster of the Week to name just a few. But really, I'm doing this because I love role-playing games. I love the *story* that a GM and players create together. I am or have been a: writer, publisher, renter of virtual apartments for real money, injector of radioactive materials (for the forces of good, usually), sociologist, teacher, SJW, neurospicy, and dedicated to punching up.
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Creating your character
Characters will be created during the session, and will be appropriate to use in most D&D sessions of the same level.
This is an inclusive session for all people, regardless of race, orientation, neurotype, disability, or other factor. Session sizes are kept small to allow for more one-on-one interaction.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Join the Discord server: https://discord.gg/Pwn5ZgGKxB - After “reacting” to a message in the “rules” section, you will be able to see the thread for this one shot in the #game-chats channel. If you need a guide on how to join a Discord server, look here: https://bit.ly/3TmgbcJ Please have headphones and microphone (such as a headset) to keep the voice chat clear. You should be using either Firefox or Chrome/Chromium.
What Steven brings to the table
Decades of experience playing and running tabletop roleplaying games, including multiple editions of Dungeons & Dragons
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Safety
How Steven creates a safe table
I take trigger warnings seriously, and so should you. As a general rule, I try to avoid anything related to sexual assault. Be respectful to others, don't be a jerk. This is almost entirely character creation and rules explanation, so there should be no issues.
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