Spelljammer | Rockets & Rayguns: Venture Beyond the Stars

Creating your character

Book a free session zero with me to go over character creation! Characters start this adventure at 5th level using the standard point buy or array. Each character has normal starting equipment, a pistol or laser half-sword, a Spelljammer Academy cloak, plus 250 gp to spend on additional nonmagical gear. Characters of any origin are suited for this adventure. If you want to play a character who hails from places where spelljamming is common, consider using one of the dozens of expanded character options in "Spelljammer: Adventures In Space" or the third party supplements, "Dark Matter", or "Wildjammer: More Adventures in Space", which will be made available as a part of joining this campaign. I recommend using D&Dbeyond to generate your character if using official options. If you need access to campaign materials or any help with character generation, let me know!

Preparing for the session

You will need a working PC with a mic and probably a head-set. You will also need a discord account and join my discord (https://www.funlandia.org). All games will be hosted on my personal self-hosted Foundry server. D&D beyond is an excellent choice for character creation. If you need campaign resources they can be provided at no extra cost.

What Grendell brings to the table

My best asset is an extensive history of gamemastering. My approach to roleplaying is to create a complete experience for my players. The problem of "boring travel" is solved with a system of hex-crawling that allows for organic character growth, vivid lyrical immersion, and emergent storytelling. As a result, my sessions are much more focused on mystery, exploration, and social encounters than a typical "hack and slash" 5e campaign; and because the story is driven by the player choices, we will often go off-road of the module. I also voice-act most NPCs. 🌐I bring a complete, hand-crafted roleplaying experience with everything you need to fully immerse yourself, utilizing a huge array gaming assets that make each session with me run fluidly from scene to scene. ⚔️ Strategic combat is also a focus of my D&D games! Combat with multiple phases, changing terrain, interesting custom creatures, and environmental effects make each combat unique. ⌚ Players will collect downtime days every session (tracked and recorded for you!) along with enough GP to participate in downtime mini-games between sessions on the discord. Craft magic items, research mysterious occurrences, learn new proficiencies and more! 🖥️ I have a beautiful online gaming space powered by FoundryVTT and a host of quality-of-life modules to ensure an immersive player experience. I make custom visual aids and have a large library of thematically curated instrumental music that plays through the Foundry, dynamically adapting to the mood of each scene. As a result of this complete gaming experience, players at my tables are able to forge memories that will last a lifetime, to be recounted time and again! I look forward to gaming with you soon!

Homebrew rules

This campaign uses a lot of third party materials; all of my house rules and options for third party materials or homebrew are outlined on my discord! Valda's Spire of Secrets is fully loaded into my foundry, featuring 10 new classes and 150 subclasses!

How Grendell creates a safe table

I support the use of the Monte Cooke Consent in Gaming Form; ask me for a copy or just search for it on your favorite search engine. If I do not have a consent form from you, I will touch base with you about concerns and be upfront with content warnings. I make use of the Luxton technique which is to transparently do my best to communicate potentially triggering subject matter. It is understood that not every conceivable concern can be covered; instead, if something triggering arises we will discuss it, rework our safety strategy, and move forward with that potential trigger in mind. My games also maintain an open table. Players may step away when ever they need to, I only ask that you let us know when you step away by typing "brb" in the VTT chat or making use of the "stepping away" function. I support Red card/Yellow card AKA X card. If a player tells me "yellow card" we will move the subject matter to the background. If a player tells me "red card" or "x card" I will immediately fade the scene to black, call for a break, and check in with that player privately. At the end of every session we have a debrief which includes a Stars and Wishes ceremony. We talk about the good times, the epic times, and the moments that left us with lingering wishes. Debrief typically takes 15-20 minutes as we go around the table and share the joys and perils of the session. This is a good time to bring up rules discussions or inform each other of potential triggers.