Exploration Society Seeks Adventurers! Choose Your Exploration!

How to prepare

All that is required to play is the demo version of Fantasy Grounds Unity which can be dowloaded at these links if you do not already have the demo or licensed copy installed. Windows: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/FGUWebInstall.exe Mac: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/FGUWebInstall.pkg Linux: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/FGUWebInstall.bin You should also join my Discord server (link provided after signup) and a microphone will be required. Headphones are preferred to minimize echo unless your audio setup has echo suppression or you use Push to Talk. Webcam is optional.

What I provide

All you need is a free Discord account to join our server (https://discord.gg/85mapxn3Y7) and get access to the voice channel and the free demo version of Fantasy Grounds (available at fantasygrounds.com). A webcam is optional. Some of our parties like to be on camera and see each other, some are fine with only using voice channels. We have several PDF documents to assist you in the game that deal with basic world lore, house rules, and needed clarifications. Those will be available in our discord server for your reference, as well as recaps of previous sessions to assist you in remembering important campaign events. Pregenerated characters will always be available in the event of last minute signups and/or character deaths.

Gameplay details

I will schedule a time with players who have not played with me before to go over safety tools and discuss any lines, veils and triggers for the player. If you join the gain within 48 hours of the session and we cannot find a suitable time to meet prior to the game, I will send a thorough message with relevant documentation for you to look over. In sessions lasting more than 3 hours, there will be a scheduled 10 minute break around the two hour mark.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

Players that sign up 48 hours or more in advance wil be presented with a choice of three missions and I will work with these players before the session to create their character if needed. This can be done with an online meeting if a suitable time can be found or by communication via my Discord server. Players that have played with me previously may have access to a character they have used before, sepending on the mission chosen. Players that join within 48 hours of the game will be given a briefing on the chosen mission and if possible, I will work with them to create a character before the session. There will always be pregenerated characters of the appropriate level available. We have been developing our own character creation system for several years. It is built for developing slightly stronger than usual characters who are the protagonists of our cooperative storytelling and consist of four sections: 1. Childhood, 2. Adolescence, 3. Apprenticeship, and 4. Fate. The childhood and adolescence both feature tables to randomize the things in your past that you have no control over, such as your genetics. However, the system is designed for the player to veto anything and make a choice of something else. Simply put, no random roll is going to dictate what or who your character is. You can always make your own choice instead (other than the usual random dice rolls, of course!). In the Apprenticeship section you develop your character through making choices of how you want to focus your training before you became an adventurer. The Fate section provides you with some roleplaying and character suggestions which you are free to build in to your character or ignore. We have compiled 50 Lineages (Race/Heritage - not including the possibilities of lineages with two different parents), 16 Classes (with 340+ Subclasses), and 129 Occupations (Backgrounds) from multiple 5e and A5e sources and adjusted them to suit the A5e system. That creates the possibility of nearly 300 million possible character builds! The vast number of choices can be somewhat overwhelming, thus we created our custom character system both to narrow down the options for players without the need for players to read through hundreds of pages of options, and based it around the likelihood of being born into a certain lineage, heritage, and culture in our signature world of Valine. But we never want to take away choice! Rolling multiple times upon the table until an intiguing result comes up is not uncommon, especially for players that are less familiar with our world and the game in general! We will work with each player to create a character you can enjoy and that fits with your play style.

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Open to all