The Shifting Sands of Har'Akir | A D&D 5.5e Anthology

How to prepare

Players should have access to the following tools: • Access to Discord. • Access to Roll20. • Access to a working microphone. • The 2024 Player's Handbook will be available on Roll20, and should be read at least once by participating players. • Characters will be created by players, but pre-generated characters will be readily available for anyone wishing to get right to the adventure. • Home rules will be available through Discord, but are not a requirement to read, as your DM will explain them in the moment if need be. • Be comfortable reaching out to your DM about any and all questions, or for help acquiring any of the required tools or knowledge listed above.

What I provide

The game will be run through Roll20, with voice chat held through Discord. A webcam is not required, but is recommended, and your DM will be on webcam for easy accessibility. Various features from your DM include: • All sourcebooks required on Roll20 to make your character through the 5.5e Charactermancer. A character through D&D Beyond is acceptable, but books are not provided for the service, and Beyond 20 must be used to connect sheets. • Customized and hand-crafted maps will be provided by your DM, including maps constructed through Dungeondraft with the Forgotten Adventures add-ons. • Voiced NPCs by your DM, who is an introductory voice actor. Expect most characters to have individual voices, and your DM can and will have NPCs talk to each other! • Music is hand-picked for both leisure, combat, dungeons, and intense scenes. Expect some music choices to help guide the scenes in the right direction; when a spooky tune comes on, you'll know it's time for horror! • Combat is fair-handed and follows the rules of the game tightly, for those who like D&D's wargaming experience. However, your DM wants you to win, so you will be assisted in knowing what should help carve out a victory! • Whatever rules have been modified for smoother gameplay will be clearly explained and available to all attending.

Gameplay details

Session 0 will be done by gathering all players together and covering three basic concepts: • Introductions of your game master and safety rules of what will and won't be covered in the game. • A rundown of various themes of the adventure, and learning from players what are lines and veils. • A tutorial on how to build characters that fit within comfort zones and which fit into the setting in particular. Aftercare is typically done post-session in chat, or done through messages sent to the DM, whichever a player prefers.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

Characters will be created with the following rulesets: • Characters are created at level 1, and new characters will be created at the level of the rest of the party. • Characters are expected to be willing to work as a team. You character must have a reason to adventure, and if they're reticent, must be willing to work on going on the adventure. • Characters are created using Point Buy or Standard Array. Characters will not roll for stats. • All printed rule-sets for characters are permitted, including Custom Lineage so long as the race is Humanoid. No joke books, such as the Rick and Morty expansion, Acquisitions Incorporated, or the Wendy's module, are permitted. All Critical Role content is not permissible to use. Any third party content such as Grim Hollow or the Griffon's Saddlebag are not permitted. • All official species, classes, and backgrounds which are official are permitted. The rules for creating custom backgrounds is also permitted.

Combat / Tactics

High

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Medium

Experience level

Open to all