The Fifth Season: Stress Fractures
In this world, community is everything, because in community there is support and a chance to persevere.
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$15.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Sunday – 6:00 PM UTC
3 Hour Duration
1 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In this world, community—the comm—is everything, because in community there is support and a chance to persevere. Beginning the game, you are residents of a community brought together to investigate recent crop thefts. Your duty is to prevent mob justice in the face of recent disturbances. The Fifth Season Roleplaying game is set in the world of the Broken Earth trilogy of novels by N.K. Jemisin. This game welcomes beginners. Rules will be explained as we play. My tables are queer, disability and neurodivergence friendly. I encourage creativity, exploration, and roleplay. Let's prepare for the next disaster in the Broken Earth together. The Fifth Season RPG uses the age system. We'll be using Roll20 and Discord.
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(31)
3 years on StartPlaying
47 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Teacher
About me
I'm here for collaborative storytelling and world-building. I aim to create a welcoming space for players to try new things, have fun and share our enthusiasm for RPGs. From hunting vampires to becoming vampires, I'll lead your characters on a fulfilling journey and we'll spin a good yarn together. I love to introduce beginners to ttrpgs and new games. I try a lot of new games myself so I am very familiar with how it feels to learn something new. I hope I'm able to help my players delight in learning games. My background includes training people at work and writing instructions. Helping people play games is a fun way to use that skill set. I've been organizing a TTRPG meetup for 5 years focused on creating a welcoming space for marginalized gamers. I helped guide the group to be open to all genders. Running the group really helps me to see how to create a supportive environment for marginalized people and how that environment supports the larger community. The biggest game I ever ran was a 20 person West Marches campaign. That game honed my communication and organization skills and certainly helped me to negotiate tricky situations between players. Making people feel welcome and comfortable in this amazing TTRPG space is my primary goal.
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Creating your character
Pregenerated characters are available in Roll20. Players may peruse the characters in Roll20 and pick them before the session if preferred. The GM is available to answer questions in the days leading up to session zero.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a mic. Camera optional. We'll use Roll20 for playbooks and rolling dice. You'll need to login to the game on Roll20 through a web browser. We'll use Discord for voice/video. You'll need a Discord account. I will go over the rules at the beginning of the session but I'll provide a rules summary for those that would like to read the rules beforehand.
What al brings to the table
I will prepare Roll20 and bring the Fifth Season Quickstart and deep knowledge and love for the Broken Earth Trilogy.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Internet
Platforms used
Safety
How al creates a safe table
Players will fill out a palette document before the first session. The document can be added to at any time. Script Change buttons are available in Roll20 and Discord. Players can also say Script Change/phrases like "Stop" or "Rewind" to invoke the safety tool.
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Safety tools used