A Rumbling in the Mountains
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About the adventure
People are starving, being worked to the bone under the rule of a foreign nation. You just want to survive another week. What will it take for things to change? Are you bold enough to take your destiny into your own hands? Durrain is a quiet mountain kingdom with a rich forgotten history. Echoes are found everywhere, but the truths are buried far below the surface. The lands now exist to provide for a global power called the Concurrence of Vianesh. Durrain has been subjugated for centuries, everything that once separated them from this foreign culture has faded. Picture a dwarvish western, there are trains and guns, but where there were horses there are now large mountain goats. Where there was sand and desert there is now rock and mountain. The story will be driven by player choice, and the world is open to be explored.
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Meet the Game Master
About me
I started playing dnd in early 2019 with a close friend of mine after getting into Critical Role a number of months prior. I quickly got the itch and began to build my own world and run games in it. When the pandemic hit, I fell head first into the hobby, and my life has not been the same since. One setting became a whole world, and I was consumed heart and soul with telling stories with my friends. I love building settings, mythologies, and cosmic creations to populate my world. It is not very often when a day has passed in which I have not added to my world in some way. I am now approaching 500 professionally run games on startplaying, and I have found the thing I want to do for the rest of my life. I hope to continue to make memorable and meaningful experiences for players in my games and in my community. It is important to me that my games remain story first, and more importantly a safe space for marginalized folks. No murderhobos, no thinly veiled fantasy racism, no edgelords.
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Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Creativity
World Builder
Jesse is an amazing dm that makes sure that your character is at the forefront of the story you craft together, it is action packed, emotional, and creative and unlike anything else I have experienced while playing in the scope of tabletop. If you’re looking for a person with the capability to tell both grand epic campaigns and small grounded one shots, then Jesse is the perfect dm to jump into a game with and experience the lore of the world they’ve created.
Jesse is a fun story teller. He does a great job with collaborating with the players to tell the story. We are currently wrapping up on campaign and I am eagerly awaiting the next one. His world is very rich in lore. A lot of monsters are homebrewed. He also does crossovers with parties in the same setting
I just finished my first campaign and I give the Jesse the highest award I can, that I am coming back for more. I am excitedly awaiting the followup campaign in a few months, as well as playin in the 8 shot that is to cover the time between. His games are fun, the roleplay is amazing and meaningful. The group of players in my party were in multiple of his other games and only made my experience better. Highly recommend playing with Jesse as your GM. I even utilize some of the things I picked up from him in the campaign I run.
Character creation
Creating your character
Characters will be level 3. Time permitting there will be a session 0, no charge. Otherwise create your character beforehand. Message me for any further details about character creation or setting information.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Have anything you need to participate in a video call on zoom, including a microphone/laptop mic, webcam of some kind, and zoom installed before the first session begins. Also have a method of rolling dice, wether that be physical or digital.
What Jesse T. William brings to the table
I often have maps to share with the players, aside from the world map. If needed I can provide access any of the dnd source books via dnd beyond, just ask. Otherwise everything will be done through theatre of the mind.
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Safety
How Jesse T. William creates a safe table
There will be themes of oppression in this game.