D&D | Weird West: Four Down the Line | Weekly | Free Session 0

How to prepare

We will be using Discord for voice chat. I ask that you have a quality microphone and can speak English fluently. I don't expect voice acting but a sense of roleplay is encouraged. Broad knowledge of the rules is not required. I can teach as we play. Dice rolling will be done entirely in Foundry VTT and your character sheet can be imported from DDB or other sources directly into the game. Players should come prepared with characters of their choice or can use a premade character. Communication will happen through Discord, there is no need to install anything for the use of the VTT.

What I provide

Prepared scenes built in FoundryVTT on customized battle maps made in Dungeon Draft and Wonder Draft. Me on video and voice for 3 to 3.5 hours, role-playing NPC characters, narrating the world, and running battles. Me prepping a minimum of 3 to 3.5 hours a week outside the scheduled game. Homebrew materials and incorporation of other homebrew at request.

Gameplay details

This game is meant for players aged 18+. There will be instances of descriptive gory combat and spell effects on people. Hard Lines Limits on content that I will not explore Romance with NPCs, Sex with NPCs, Player vs Player combat Soft Veils They are played out as “behind a curtain” or “cut to black.” Romance between PCs, Sex between PCs, Murder, Gore, Prejudice, Slavery, Racism

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

To Begin For this campaign, characters are expected to be of a generally good alignment. This alignment serves as a guideline for collaborative storytelling and ensures a cohesive party dynamic. Characters will begin at level 1 and advance in level at designated milestones throughout the campaign. These milestones will be clearly communicated as the story progresses. To enhance your character's capabilities from the outset, each player may select one feat for their character at level 1. Please consult the official rulebooks for available feat options. Humans & Classes For this campaign, ONLY humans are permitted as there are only humans on Earth in this alternate Wild West timeline. All officially published 5th Edition classes and subclasses are allowed. No homebrew classes. This ensures a balanced and consistent gameplay experience for all participants. To foster a dynamic party composition, I request that there be no duplicate classes at the start of the campaign. This encourages diverse skill sets and play styles within the group. Characters can multiclass beginning at level 2. Stat Rolls For determining your character's ability scores, we will be using a method that emphasizes player choice while maintaining a degree of randomness. All dice rolls will be conducted in person. Collaborative Roll - As a group, you will collectively roll 4d6kh3 and reroll any 1s. - This process will be repeated until a satisfactory array is achieved for the entire group. - All players will use this single stat array. Each player may freely assign the generated ability scores to their desired stats. Ability Score Considerations and Initiative While Dexterity is often a highly valued ability score, particularly for martial characters, we want to encourage diversity and strategic choices. To that end, spell casting characters (Sorcerers, Warlocks, Wizards, Druids, etc.) may choose to flavor their spell casting abilities by selecting a different primary stat. Specifically, these classes can opt to use either Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as their primary spell casting ability score, even if the class description defaults to a different one. For example, a Warlock could choose to be Intelligence-based. To further balance the importance of different ability scores, initiative will be determined by the highest value among your Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma scores. This allows characters who prioritize mental stats to also be effective in determining the flow of combat.

Combat / Tactics

High

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Medium

Experience level

Open to all