Ordonia: Sandstorms and Steel

How to prepare

A mic, Discord, Roll20, D&D beyond, and a sense of fun! I have an expanded world lore page on request for the players to read if they so choose but it's not a requirement for the campaign itself. Most of my lore is very malleable so players can better add their own touch to my world and feel apart of it, so do bring some lore ideas of your own for your PC's. (Though just respect it is my world I've been working on and don't expect huge lore changes... unless i really love the idea's you bring! never know.) I will have a set of table rules I run with in my games that I will provide. going over them will be important though I'm also open to other house rule suggestions, so do bring a list of house rules of your own to run by me and the table to help create the best game possible. I do want my players to have a series of PC concepts before session 0, as I do want everyone to play what they want but also be open to keeping the party balanced (No, I'm not allowing a party full of rogues, sorry lol)

What I provide

As a DM I'm very much flexible on rules and such as I like people having fun do my best to avoid stepping on players toes, A very "Yes, AND" and "No, BUT" DM, doing my best to not hard wall players from choices. I use rule of cool a fair amount within reason. In terms of the types of games I run they are lightly serious with plenty of room for joking as long as it doesn't keep us off track to long or halt story progression and harm the experience of the other people at the table. I do my best to use music (Discord be willing) and I'll attempt to voice act though I'm no professional voice actor. I use roll20 for my VTT, with both D&D beyond and Roll20 for sheets.

Gameplay details

Player can expect a fairly chill session 0 where we will, as a group and table, chat about expectations for the game, write down notes and information about everything needed above table, and do our best to clearly define limits for the topics that people are ok or uncomfortable with. During game time I have planned breaks halfway through session to relax, eat, etc and check in on how everyone is feeling. Likewise I fully encourage players to chat with me, in public or private chat, about things they are worried about or uncomfortable with before and after sessions. Communication is key.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

How will character creation work

I use a combination of D&D 5e and the new 2024 rules. The campaign will start at level 3. Characters will be chatted on and worked on during session 0 though I am willing to chat with each player privately regarding backstories and such to go further into detail. 1. If you play with 24 rules you MUST use both a class and subclass from that rule set, same for OG 5e. mixing the classes and subclasses from the two rule sets get's weird. Though I am not above making adjustments and small tweaks to classes and etc to help make it more fun (Making Hunters Mark none concentration for example on Ranger) 2. Any Official WotC race is fair game regardless of you using 5e or 2024 rules. 3. Starting equipment or starting gold is fair game though if starting gold is chosen we will use the 2024 ruling for it. 4. How stats and HP will be handled will be determined during session 0 though I am partial to using either point buy or a modified stat array, with a few ideas for how to handle health from just average to a special rolling system. 5. Make characters that will work WITH the party. Friction and conflict on a basic level can be fun but not any that take away from the story or is just disruptive. This means yes you can play an Evil PC, but do your best to make them want to help the party and not work against them. 6. Homebrew, within reason, is fair game for character creation. Just run everything by me first and it will need brought before the whole table.

Combat / Tactics

Medium

Roleplay

Medium

Puzzles

Low

Experience level

Open to all