Stars Over Stormwreck | from Faerûn to the Astral Sea

How to prepare

🎤 Decent mic for voice chat 👾 Discord account (free to register!) 🗂️ D&D Beyond account (also free!) ✨ An eagerness to learn and develop as a player 🚫 No book purchases needed

What I provide

🎨 Pictures and licensed images to establish ambience 🎶 Stock and licensed music to do more of the above 🎓 A learning opportunity in D&D that branches into much more 🎲 An immersive tabletop experience through Foundry VTT 👀 My own sense of whimsy and weirdness

Gameplay details

🛠️ SAFETY TOOLS Let's talk about safety. We will be employing a number of safety tools to keep ourselves and the table around us comfortable, even as we stretch our imaginations. Remember: people are more important than any game. 0️⃣ Session Zero: we will meet and greet for the first session and go over as a group the dynamics we would like to have between our characters, the organizations we would like to avoid or include in gameplay, as well as discuss potential world-hopping wish-lists. Players can also expect to do character creation during this session, as well as a bit of world-building as it relates to their character's perspective. We also establish the table's limits on content and tone, giving a general overview of what is acceptable at the table and what will not be tolerated. 📐 Lines and Veils: the very baseline of our safety tools. It's not possible to determine/know every possible trigger in advance, but it is possible to prevent feelings of unsafety and traumatizing emotions by simply asking what types of content to avoid at the table. Lines are hard stops that will never be included, whereas veils are soft limits that can be mentioned, if not described, and usually result in a "fade-to-black." ❌ ❓ ⭕: X, N, and O cards, as depicted by emoji to the left. Please, please feel free to either publicly let the group know in the Discord voice channel text, or privately to me as a personal message, how you are feeling about the content to that we may respond in real time. You don't have to explain yourself. Just send along an ❌ if you want to hard-stop what is happening, a ❓ if you wish to begin fading to black, or an ⭕ if you want the content to continue. 🚪 Open Door policy: if you, the player, need to leave, whether permanently or temporarily, that is okay. I would ask, as a personal favor, that you reach out to me in order to debrief, hopefully without triggering further trauma, to go over what I could have done better in crafting the experience for you. 💭 Breaks: we will be taking them regularly, roughly 15 minutes for every one and a half (1.5) hours. Even if you think you are fine emotionally and mentally with content, we really shouldn't be sitting and staring at screens for so long. Everyone gets a chance to bio, get some water or snacks, and otherwise decompress for a bit. 🌟 Stars and Wishes: after gameplay, I'll be happy to receive feedback regarding your experience! If you were to let your friends, a family member, or your doppelganger (non-evil!) play this game, what would you recommend I change? What would you keep the same?

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

We will use D&D Beyond and 2024 rules for character creation during Session Zero as a collaborative process, as well as Discord voice and text chats to discuss before, during, and after. Pre-generated characters will be available for all players if you want a jumping-off point. We'll have a human paladin, elf fighter, halfling rogue, dwarf cleric, and elf wizard you can play as-is or customize to your heart's content! Speaking of customization, we will decide as a table what power level we want to play around with for game: rolling for stats, point-buy, or standard array. While we start at level 1, both created and pregen characters will be open for three levels to make changes, just in case your character is not working as you'd hoped it would! * A note on homebrew * I am open to workshopping homebrew options with you! While it might not be available on D&D Beyond, if there is an option you'd like to explore with your character (race, class, background, et cetera), I'd love to hear about it!

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Open to all