Tales of Anphia: Dark Side of Calnar (Chapter 2)

Creating your character

You are to make a character fitting into the world of Anphia. You can create any village/town in this world and it will be added. You can have a preference of a continent (Draecapeon/Faranddal), but there are some towns that would not exist on one continent, or the other way around. For any details, contact me and I will tell you all you need. Your character is level 7. If you want to play the custom class from this campaign (or are thinking about it), let me know, so I can send you the details about it. You can come from a different realm/world, but we will discuss this privately. It's good to have an idea about your character, but we will discuss roles, classes and stuff at Session 0. You character has to be ready (including backstory, personality traits, bonds, ideals and flaws) one day before Session 1. Keep in mind that I have a very simple rule for backstories: You get what you give! I love to read and the more sensible story you give me, the more I can work with. And the more I can work with, the more I can integrate your backstory into the campaign. Give me 5 sentences for your backstory? Sure, but don't act surprised if you get very little or absolutely no personalized encounters/time based on your history. Give me 5 pages of your backstory? Sure, I will read through it and make as many fitting references as I can. So, just to repeat myself, you get what you give.

Preparing for the session

Know the basics of 5e. If you don't know them yet, you can contact me and we can talk together about how much I want you to know (it's not much, don't worry). This campaign is based on voice communication, so have a mic that can capture your voice well enough for the others to clearly hear you. This is a huge issue and we will at least test it out in Session 0, but I require everyone to have a "capable" microphone for each session.

What Siannax Calberon brings to the table

I bring a unique story you will not get to experience anywhere else. I also strive to bring experience that will be memorable for both its content and for the jokes we make along the way. Character voices. Foundry VTT and 24/7 accessible server it runs on. A world with huge amount of lore that you can have an impact on. Unique one-shots that may happen every 8-12 weeks (if the group is up for that), to have a short break from the main campaign. Ambient music. For Tales of Anphia Chapters 2 and 3, a unique new class, the Harbinger, based about the world’s mechanics: Sanity and the Void. Use the corrupting powers around you to your advantage to annihilate your opponents or lead your team to victory.

How Siannax Calberon creates a safe table

I start in private messages, asking for what players want to have in the game and what they don't want (I prefer private as not to force the players to publicly announce it). At Session 0, we will discuss game style, discuss characters (this is optional, but encouraged. We do not discuss character backstories, as that might come later in the campaign. Backstories are discussed privately with me), we continue with setting up the lines of what not to cross and go over some potential rules modifications (one of the homebrew rules I always implement is changes to races with innate flying (letting them fly only when they reach level 5 and getting better at it with each level)). Breaks happen every hour for 5 minutes. In a 4 hour session, there is a 10 minute break in the middle. I love to have a talk after the session about the session, to give and receive feedback. If you don't want to do it publicly, you can always message me privately. Remember that if you give feedback and state your opinion, things may improve. If you stay silent, well, can't do much there, I can't read minds over Discord voice.