Phandelver & Below: Beginner-Friendly Classic & Horror Fantasy

How to prepare

🎤 A mic is required. ⬇️ You'll need a desktop or laptop computer, and a copy of the Fantasy Grounds software. You can download the free demo version, which is all you need, from www.fantasygrounds.com. 💻 Familiarity with Fantasy Grounds is not necessary. 📜 You do not need to have read the rules ahead of time as the rules will be explained as we play. 🕒 If you missed the group Session 0, you'll need to schedule a paid one-to-one Session 0. It's your chance to let me know what you would enjoy (and would not enjoy), and an opportunity to learn about our safety tools, table rules, the environment we'll be in, and we can discuss your character ideas and how you're connected to the story.

What I provide

🗺️ Rollable character sheets with 3D dice, convenient automation, combat tracker, tokens, and beautiful maps with dynamic lighting in Fantasy Grounds. 🎵 Awesome music and sound effects. 📚 Access to the 2024 Player's Handbook on D&D Beyond.

Gameplay details

✨ The aim of this campaign is to have a fun storytelling journey together and to have a positive experience interacting with others. To this end, players are expected to be compassionate, supportive, and respectful of others. 🎒 Travel and resource management are key components of this adventure. 🐙 The first half of the campaign will play out just like a classic fantasy campaign with creatures and tropes common to the genre. In the second half, things get a little darker as the campaign adopts a cosmic horror feel. 🥳 You'll enjoy this adventure if you have a good sense of humor, love exploring side quests while keeping track of main missions, work well as a team, enjoy solving conflicts not just with violence but with guile and diplomacy as well, and love roleplaying your character's motivations.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

📝 You can start exploring the character creation process on D&D Beyond. Please adhere to the guidelines provided in the Prep Materials (e.g. point-buy ability scores, no homebrew, expanded, 2014, legacy, or partnered content, and a focus on species from the 2024 Player's Handbook). You don't need to complete the process just yet. If you do, please be open to making revisions to your character during Session 0. 🧾 We'll use D&D Beyond to create our characters, and we'll use the character sheets in Fantasy Grounds to play. 📈 Advancement will be story based. You'll begin at level 1, and by the end of the adventure, you will reach level 12.

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Medium

Experience level

Beginner