Mirror, Mirror - D&D in the Multiverse

Creating your character

Come with a character concept. You can use 30 points to do point-buy or roll 4d6 drop lowest in front of the group. Alternately you can use this array: 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 and 10. Official Books: Any official 1st party content, homebrew needs approval. Starting level: 2. You can use dndbeyond to create a character if you like, if you need access to books I will provide at session zero. Since the conceit of the campaign is that the PCs are planar travelers, new players can quite literally drop into the campaign - we will do an abbreviated session zero and play the rest of the session as normal.

Preparing for the session

Mic - required. Camera - recommended. Discord should be downloaded since we'll use the video chat on discord. Roll20 will be used for maps and tokens. You can also set up your character on Roll20 if you like. You should be familiar with D&D in general and your character's skills and abilities, but we can work together to get you up to speed if needed.

What Gamemaster Dan brings to the table

I typically run games on Roll20. Active players get access to about $1000 worth of books on dndbeyond. I use maps from czepeku and have hundreds of RPG books spanning the last 50 years of RPG history. We will spend a bit of time setting up custom tokens and avatars if you like, as well. I do character voices and use voice changers. I have used music in the past and may use it again depending on the exact technical solutions we use to play. Combats can be unfair, unbalanced, generally terrible and sometimes have unforeseen consequences. Overall I try to have a 'combat as war' mentality rather than 'combat as sport' but we can adjust things to players' desires. I avoid 'precious encounter' design that is rigorously balanced in favor of situational combats that have environmental elements that can tip the scales in one way or the other. https://www.enworld.org/threads/very-long-combat-as-sport-vs-combat-as-war-a-key-difference-in-d-d-play-styles.317715/ In general, I will call out when I know I am making a deviation from rules-as-written. (E.g. "As you slip off the cliff, as written, the rules indicate that you immediately fall 500 feet. However, since you have short swords in your hands, I will give you a dex saving throw to see if you can arrest your fall either at the top or partway down.") If people disagree with the deviation we can discuss immediately. If I don't immediately know or cannot access the rule-as-written quickly I will make a ruling. I will be as transparent as possible when I make rulings, but overall, my approach is to make a ruling quickly and keep the pace of the game up. If I made a mistake, we can review between sessions and revise the approach going forward. If the ruling was more favorable to players, I will correct things going forward, but I won't take any sort of punitive action. If the ruling was overly harsh on players, this can result in inspiration, additional items, or retcons. All of that being said, the characters are the heroes of the story, so if you have a cool concept for a character, we will do what we can to make it work. It may be multiple drafts of homebrewed items or reflavored spells, but we will make it work.

How Gamemaster Dan creates a safe table

- I will provide a link to a shared lines and veils document. - We cover safety tools in session zero, and talk a bit about character cohesion as well as thematic elements you wish to be emphasized with your character. -X, N, O cards are used digitally, or on camera. This may lead to additional lines and/or veils being established. -We will take at least one break through the session for bio needs, but players can request breaks at any time. -It is unlikely that we will encounter all of the content warnings, but NPCs who engage in most of the behaviors listed will be bad guys. Overthrowing fascist governments has been a big pastime of many previous players of this campaign. - We will use Stars and Wishes or Roses, Buds, and Thorns to help me guide the game in the right direction so that everyone is happy.