•Sword Coast Mega Campaign•D&D2024•LVL0-20•Free Session 0•

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Foundry VTT

“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. 

Roleplay Heavy

“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.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Fantasy

After the game ends, check-in with the group and talk about how you all feel. Have an open way for the group to decompress and encourage each other to practice self-care.

Aftercare

Lines and Veils set the boundaries of the games. Lines are hard limits for content the group doesn't want to participate in, this means that content will not be in game, referenced in game, or alluded to. Veils are soft limits, meaning that when the content arises it might be mentioned, but not described, or it could mean that when the content shows up, it results in a “fade-to-black”.

Lines and Veils

Open-Door is an assurance that anyone in the group can take a break from the game for their own safety and well-being without judgement. This should be made clear to the group.

Open Door

Session 0s are used to start the game, opening up with communication, setting expectations, and discussing any safety tools that will be used at the table.

Session 0

Stars and Wishes are used to reflect and discuss feedback in a positive way. Stars are used for things that participants enjoyed in the game. Wishes are things that participants would like to see in the future. Both players and the GM can express their stars and wishes to make the game better.

Stars and Wishes

Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

    I try to run new systems frequently, and like to keep things fast paced, interesting, and most importantly narratively moving forward. In longer campaigns I'm more likely to make shopping a montage than to go over every mundane interaction.

     My style of running a table tends to lean towards narrative focused gameplay, with dynamic combats, and lighthearted games. I hate when I play something and the only objectives are merely fetch this and kill that, that's what initially glued me to the TTRPG scene, the nearly endless possibilities and solutions to problems. 

     With describing scenes of violence I tend to lean towards the gruesome and bloody, and love when players get into the savagery of their finishing moves, but while keeping the themes of the games lighthearted and fun

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