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[Shadowdark] The Wizard of Castle Blackmoor [$20 USD]

[Shadowdark] The Wizard of Castle Blackmoor [$20 USD]

Shadowdark RPG | Campaign

About the adventure

The Baron Fant has been betrayed, Soukop, his faithful Seer has aligned himself with a Balrog and fled to the ruins upon which the ancient Keep of Blackmoor sits. A kings ransom has been promised, the depths contain secrets and power of ages lost, and Fant is desperate to have Soukop brought to justice. Heed the call, and explore the First Dungeon. Can you survive what lies beneath?

Game style

Rule of Cool (RoC)

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Theater of the Mind

“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions.

Dungeon Crawl

A “Dungeon Crawl” is a scenario where players navigate a dungeon or labyrinth-like environment for the entirety of the adventure. It emphasizes battling monsters, collecting loot, and avoiding traps to survive to the end!

Roleplay Heavy

“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire.

2 years on StartPlaying

2 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Teacher

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

Additional details

How to prepare

Have a discord account, a webbrowser, a Forge account, a microphone and a character concept (I can help!) and a friendly attitude!

What I provide

Exciting Old School maps on Foundry VTT with dynamic lighting and other fun effects! Ambient music for Combat, Exploring or Socializing! Character voices, a rich cast of NPCs and opportunities to develop relationships that are full and rewarding! Dynamic and Challenging Combat that can surprise the Meta and presents stakes! Narratives tailored to the Player Characters, making the stories personal and meaningful!

Gameplay details

Players will recieve an onboarding lines and veils checklist and in Session 0 we'll discuss campaign tone, desires and craft a narrative from each others ideas!

Content warnings

• Violence

• Devils / Demons / Fiends

• Body Horror

Safety tools used

Aftercare

Bleed

Breaks

Debriefing

Lines and Veils

Open Door

Session 0

How will character creation work

There will be pregen characters available, otherwise we will build characters in Session 0!

Players can expect

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

High

Experience level

Open to all

Platforms used

Discord

Foundry VTT

3 NEEDED TO START
$20.00

/ Session

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Details

Weekly / Monday - 7:00 PM UTC

3-3.5 Hour duration

0 / 5 Seats filled

Requirements

Experience required: Open to all

Age: 18+

This game will begin once 3 players have joined