Ironholde: Engines, Outlaws and Misfits | An Original Western/Steampunk Campaign

Creating your character

I trust my players to create their own character outside the session then show it to me before the session starts. If you are new to D&D however and have never created a character before, I am more than happy to have a one-to-one chat and go through the fun process with you! Ability scores are done with a point buy system. You have 72 points to distribute among your ability scores. Each ability score must have a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 points. This is before your racial ability score modifiers. So for example, you spend 15 points on Dexterity and you are playing an elf, which adds 2 to their Dexterity score, your final Dexterity score is 17. Starting out you will need to create your character at level 3 (multiclassing is allowed). When it comes to hit points you can decide whether to take the average roll (as shown by your class) or roll for it. When rolling for hit points I allow rerolling 1s (because nothing sucks more than that).

Preparing for the session

Character creation will need to be done before the session as shown above. Mics will be a necessity to communicate which will be done via the discord server. Webcams are preferable but not compulsory. I will be using my webcam on Roll20 for a full idea of how NPCs will express themselves, both facially and physically - not just vocally. I would encourage everyone to do the same so that I can see all your beautiful faces also, however I understand not everyone is comfortable with this, so as I said before, webcams are not compulsory. You will need a Roll20 account. It is free to sign up and there will be a link to the campaign in the discord server. You will also need a discord account which is also free and I will send a link to the server to you.

What Ash K. brings to the table

- Handcrafted Battlemaps - Homebrew Expansion Pack - Embodied Character Voices - Ambient Music I will bring custom maps to the game. All battlemaps are handcrafted by myself. You can get a flavour of my game design abilities to enhance this world, including a new warlock patron - The Deadeye, Fortune Domain clerics, and Rune Smith artificers! I'm a professionally trained voice actor which I transfer to bring a full range of unique voices for all NPCs. And to immerse you further, you can be sure that there's ambient music for the discord chat!

How Ash K. creates a safe table

Session 0. I like to do my session 0 as a one-to-one chat with everyone before the first session. Here we can discuss things that may trigger you That way when it comes to session 1 we can jump straight into the fun! Lines and Veils. There will be a link to a google doc in the discord server for the lines and veils of the campaign. X, N and O Cards. This will be done in chat. If something is making you feel uncomfortable just pop an 'X' in the chat. If this is related to something I am unaware of I will likely have you join a private room to quickly identify the trigger and discuss how we should move forward. I will never pry. Open Door. Nothing is forcing you to be in the chat. If for any reason you need to step out, that is fine. I will make sure your character is treated with their due respect until you are ready to return. Breaks. Breaks are a necessity for campaigns running for longer than 2 hours. Keeping focus for online sessions is understandably hard. I aim to have a 10-15 minute break at least by the 3 hour mark, but I will place them in whenever is needed. Debriefing. This is a wonderful tool after the session ends to not only discuss any issues you might have, but also things that you loved. If there is something another character has done that has impressed you or stood out to you, or a funny thing you want to bring up again... say it!