Mercenaries from the beyond. Sunday

Creating your character

First talk to me and bring a character back story. then we discuss it together. these are questions you should be asking your self: 1. What do I care about enough to risk everything for? This defines your characters core motivation. Not gold. Not power. Something personal: A person (family, mentor, lost love) A belief (protect magic, destroy it, restore balance) A promise or failure 👉 This is what gets your character out of bed when things get dangerous. 2. What is my connection to the world right now? This ties your character directly into the setting. Ask: Am I from the Federation, Empire, or Neutral Accord? Was I exiled, raised, trained, or betrayed by one of them? Who do I already know in this world? 👉 This prevents your character from feeling like a “tourist.” 3. What do I believe that might be wrong? This is HUGE for storytelling. Your character should have a belief like for example: “Magic is always good.” “The Empire is evil.” “Balance is the only way.” Now ask: 👉 What if that belief gets challenged? That’s where character growth happens. 4. What am I afraid of becoming? This defines your internal conflict. Examples: A mage afraid of becoming unstable or dangerous A soldier afraid of becoming a monster like their enemies A leader afraid of making the wrong choice 👉 This gives the me ways to challenge you emotionally, not just physically. 6. If someone you loved stood in your way… would you stop them? Don’t answer quickly. How far would you go? Where is your line? And what happens if you cross it? 👉 This is your breaking point. Secondly: we make your character on D&D beyond, however your rolling your character stats in Discord. After your character is made we run a one-shot together. this helps you come into the world and gives you a good intro to everything.

Preparing for the session

I will teach you how to play the game. All i ask is that you Download discord, be able to talk in voice chat, and have a account on D&D beyond all set up. The rest we will deal with together Link to D&D beyond: https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns

What Dm: Shadow brings to the table

1. A 1 week session try out period! This will be free to play sessions allowing you time to try out the system and my DM style. Should you stay, every week after will be $15. This is my real life job after all. 2. A fully player driven story with Custom maps, and music to help with visuals and environment. 3. 3 - 4 hours Game sessions so that my players take their time and not feel like they are rushed with anything. I also want to encourage role play that happens naturally 4. Characters on D&D beyond. These will be your overworld characters per say and are the ones you're using to pilot your big robots. 5. Lots of different missions type where Some can be Stealth missions, others could infiltration, or even Assassination or search and destroy. There are so many ways these kinds of missions can go and I think it will be a lot of fun for both roleplay and combat.

Homebrew rules

1: Sudden gambit: when you or an enemy roll to hit and meet the corresponding Armour class exactly, a sudden gambit may be initiated. When this happens imagine time stopping for all people but those a part of this. You have a split second to try to outwit your opponent with a skill of your choice or to think outside the box. But it must make sense what you are trying to do. Whoever secedes will crit their opponent causing max damage. A sudden gambit may also occur when a problem arises like a fireball comes flying towards you and you must think of what to do to not get hit. Pay attention to when these happen as it could mean life or death. 2. Critical and critical mis: If you roll a 20 on a D20 you will get the best possible result. If you roll a 1 on a d20 you will get the worst possible result. This even happens on ability checks. no one is perfect and luck can screw people even in real life! (have you ever missed a step irl and fell down the stairs before??) 3. Don't Give the DM bad idea - Should you ever say something like, “at least it can't get worse, or at least the terrask isnt here” may cause the encounter to change and become worse for the players. be careful what you wish for. (Evil dm laugh) 4. Inspiration: for great role playing or for doing an action and coming up with an idea that the Dm finds great, you may be rewarded with inspiration. Inspiration allows you to do called shots. These are attacks you can do that will have a huge impact on battle and can severely weaken an enemy permanently if done right. Also, instead of doing called shots you may re-roll any dice you roll at advantage. Must choose one or the other before you roll the dice. 5. The Rule of Cool - In most situations, if a player tries to do something that is not exactly by the book, as long as it is at least somewhat plausible The DM may allow an action to happen if it is cool. In some attempts however a skill or ability check may be required. Successfully pulling off this rule of cool moments may grant you boons if it goes well or minor determinants if it goes horribly wrong. NOTE: this can not be used to copy a class or feat ability and may not majorly handicap an enemy without inspiration. IE: stabbing out a monster's eye to blind them. 6. Character deaths - I will mostly try to avoid character deaths, instead preferring to have the character captured or something of the like where they can return later. That being said, should a character act recklessly, the consequences of your actions can include the death of the character. 7. Scarring and Lingering Injuries - Players that suffer from massive damage or particularly nasty knockouts, have a chance of developing scars or lingering injuries that can not be healed unless they visit a Major Church in a major City. In many cases this will cost the player characters a moderate sum of gold or they must promise to complete a quest for the Church for free.

How Dm: Shadow creates a safe table

Players can expects deep and personal storylines that can get very Role play heavy and even intense at times through out this campaign. I pride my self however, on always making sure my players are ok during and after games.