The Devil's Spine | Cypher System | Newbie Friendly

How to prepare

Players will need a Roll20 and Discord accounts and have a basic understanding of how to play a TTRPG (ie, rolling dice, basic addition, etc). Players will only need a microphone, and we'll be using Discord for voice chat. Roll20 is mainly used for battle maps and character sheets. I will also use Discord to post Cyphers and pictures of what's happening as it's quicker than Roll20.

What I provide

I'm not a Rules as Written GM. While I will defer to the rules on some things, I mostly operate on the Rule of Cool. Roll20 assets and Cypher System pdfs. I love using fun voices for characters. Not all of my voices are great, but I have a couple here and there that are really good. I also love helping people learn to play RPGs. Not just 5e, but Cypher, Alien RPG, and more.

Gameplay details

General Rules 1) Respect and listen to your fellow players. 2) Respect and listen to the DM. 3) Please do not distract other players. 4) Making the DM laugh so hard they can’t breathe while you’re in character gives you inspiration. 5) Take notes. 6) Please save meta-gaming, rule debates, memes, etc. until designated break times. 7) Wild Magic can occur at the DMs discretion. 8) Remember actions have consequences. 9) Keep noise at a reasonable level. Respect our neighbors and all of our ears. 10) No explicit actions will be detailed in-game. This includes sex, torture, etc. In accordance with StartPlaying.games rules and rightly so, no non-consensual sexual actions and no pedophilia will be allowed in this game. 11) No politics. 12) The Rule of Cool applies to the DM as well as players. We will be doing a Session 0 where I will gather everyone's lines and veils. Those are submitted anonymously if you so choose. I also have an Open Door policy. You can step away for any reason, and the only thing we'll ask is if you're ok.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

Characters will start at Tier 1. I understand Cypher is not a common game system, so session 0 will be dedicated to making sure you have all the resources you need to get started. I'm a crash course kind of GM so if you've never played before, you will be learning on the fly. I promise it's not that bad and quite easy to pick up after a session or two. You can find the Numenera core rulebooks at Monte Cook Games website! They have physical and digital copies. Below is a character generator that uses most of the recent additions but I do have more if you'd like. https://darkliquid.co.uk/playground/numenera/characters This the official character creator, but as of right now, they don't have Numenera options in the character builder. https://tools.cypher-system.com/

Combat / Tactics

Low

Roleplay

High

Puzzles

Medium

Experience level

Open to all