RAHASIA - Under the Gray Mountain 🧧 Red Box | Hardcore MODE 💀

How to prepare

🎤 A working mic and a decent laptop or home computer is required to run Discord and Foundry (hosted on the Forge website). For those of you with lower end machines, let your GM know beforehand and we'll try to find a workable solution ! 🎧 most important: EARPHONES !!! Sound coming out of home speakers can feed back into your microphones and makes it hard to communicate clearly in a remote group play situation. 🔵 a Discord account + a Forge account 🛠 📚 a passing knowledge of and appreciation for the older D&D adventures (what were then called 'Modules') is appreciated but not obligatory ! All are welcome !!! 🪓 expect this to be focused on combat and exploration mostly, but that's not to say you can't find creative ways to bypass some obstacles: you prefer RP to combat ? Embrace that as your play-style and I'll be happy to see what shenanigans ensue... ! 👻 don't get stuck deep in the dungeon without healing or a light source. GOOD LUCK !!!

What I provide

1️⃣ 🐲 DISCOVER A NEW/OLD WAY TO PLAY 5TH EDITION 🪓 This is a much grittier, hardcore way to enforce the usual 5e rules: being downed in combat can result in instant death or gruesome injuries, spells are not always successfully cast, light sources are truly crucial and your enemies will not spare you if you fall ! Dare to test your mettle facing some of the older, harsher ways of Basic D&D mechanics while maintaining what makes 5e immersive and flexible (skill checks, advantage / disadvantage, character options and so on...) 2️⃣ 🎭 A TRUSTED GM WITH A SOLID BASE 🎭 Join a fun, immersive but also professional and thoroughly-crafted tabletop experience. With a long relationship and solid experience with TTRGPs in general and the early days of D&D (where this series of adventures is inspired from) in particular, this GM has run more than 500 games on SPG in the last 3 years only, and that's without counting previous teenage days of DMing B/X D&D !!! (okay maybe those weren't professional, but they sure were fun😊) 3️⃣ 🔎 ADAPTED YET AWESOME VISUAL TOOLS 🔍 The sessions offer carefully and lovingly hand-picked maps, visual aids, portraits for both PCs, NPCs and creatures. Expect a lot of monochrome and old-school art style for this system ! 4️⃣ 💥 VTT GAMEPLAY MADE EASY 💥 Central to the gameplay is an automated and easily accessible version of Foundry VTT, compatible both to high-end and lower-end computers. 5️⃣ 😛 OPENNESS AND FUN FOR ALL 😛 Here each and everyone is welcome and will find an open, inclusive and friendly atmosphere at the table. We take our games seriously but we can be laid back when needed, too ! 6️⃣ 🤠 WRANGLING THE THREADS OF A GOOD STORY 😎 One thing to remember: this GM is known for his ability to roll with the punches, make rulings on the fly and improvize if needed, so that the session's pace remains both free-flowing yet immersive. Trust that no matter what the dice rolls are and even when my rulings seem to set the party against the odds, the story comes first and we'll keep riding it high !

Gameplay details

✅ We will be discussing the implementation and use of Safety Tools in our Discord server previous to game start. Once all have arrived on game day, the Game Master will take another 10-15 min to respond to players' questions and address any unclear area, as well as giving a few examples if needed. ✅ After the session we will take the same amount of time to get Players' feedback during Debriefing, and the server and Discord DMs will remain available over the next weeks for any other questions or issues.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

🔶 Creating a character on DnDBeyond: WE USE 2014 / LEGACY CHARACTER CREATION OPTIONS ONLY, combined with other homebrew rulings for character creation (see below) ✴ ✴ ✴ 🔶 RED BOX HARDCORE RULES FOR BASIC ABILITY SCORES: 🎲🎲🎲 Roll 3d6 in order for STR, INT, WIS, DEX, CON, CHA -> Any 2 (but only 2 !) of these rolled stats can be swapped -> After choosing a main class stat (STR for Fighters, DEX for Rogues, INT for Wizards etc), this stat and this stat only can be increased by another 2 points maximum. This is done by swapping points from any other stat at the rate of 2:1 -> add your racial modifiers (note: Tasha's Rule on swapping racial ability scores does NOT apply here) 🧧 if after this 3 STATS OR MORE ARE STILL BELOW 9 or 2 STATS OR MORE ARE BELOW 7, feel free to start the whole process again until we get satisfying results. 😊[Either that, or get a free Feat at Level 1 to make up for it !] ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ 🔶 ALL HIT POINTS ARE ALWAYS ROLLED, including at First Level !!! No Medium Scores allowed. If you roll a 1, that means you must be careful and avoid direct damage ! 😈💀💙 🔶 EQUIPMENT & STARTING GOLD: will all be rolled randomly. GM will provide appropriate tables on Discord previous to game day. 💰🔪🧮 🔶 PREPARED and KNOWN SPELLS: will be rolled RANDOMLY, with the possibility to influence the dice results according to Spellcasting Ability Modifiers (WIS for Clerics, CHA for Bards and Warlocks, etc) 🌀🧙‍♂️🙏🐙🎶✨ 🔶 To reflect the spirit of the older editions of D&D, be aware that a substantial number of subclasses, abilities and feats either won't be included as character options in this campaign, or will be changed / nerfed in some way. Talk to your GM upon reaching the appropriate experience levels for further details ! 👑🥋🥊🔧

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Medium

Experience level

Open to all