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ACKSII: Defend the Borderlands

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ACKSII: Defend the Borderlands

The Borderlands is a region of strife and survival against the evils of the Auran Empire. Will you defend the Borderlands and seek fame and fortune?

TYPE

Campaign

SYSTEM

Adventurer Conqueror King

EXPERIENCE

Beginner

AGE

18+
About the adventure

Come play in a beginner friendly ACKSII campaign set in the Auran Empire, along the Borderlands. You will be adventures and would be heroes (or the children of past heroes) answering the call for help against the evils of the Empire. Fight kobolds, goblins, orcs, beastmen and worse while obtaining riches and glory. The campaign will have a mix of both high/dark fantasy, so magic (arcane and divine) will be a major part of the game, along with vile evils and eldritch horrors and even mysterious fae (good and bad). Concerning the fae, I'll be using some 3rd part/fan material in this campaign as well.

Game style

Combat Heavy

Dungeon Crawl

Rules as Written (RaW)

Rule of Cool (RoC)

4 SEATS LEFT
$12.00

/ Session

Details

Bi-weekly / Tuesday – 9:00 PM UTC

Campaign Length / 1–20 Sessions

3 Hour Duration

2 / 6 Seats Filled

GAME MASTER

Ross

he/him

5.0

(5)

Schedule

This game will begin once 4 players have joined

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Meet the Game Master

5.0

(5)

Streamer
LGBTQ+
Disabled

4 years on StartPlaying

1 game hosted

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Inclusive, Storytelling

About me

Well met, My name is Ross, I'm known as Lando_The_Archmagi on Twitter/Twitch/Discord and around the Internet. I've GMed multiple RPG systems with D&D being my favorite system since Holmes Basic. I have playtest experience with several companies and have over 3 decades of online gaming experience. I run games via my personal Discord and other TTRPG Discord servers and Roll20 where I'm a Pro user/subscriber. I've also begun using Foundry VTT for some TTRPGs since 2021. I've run games for Dragon*Con, Extra Life, St. Jude, Virtual Greyhawk Con, RPG Alliance Con, Gary Con 2023/2024 and other events/conventions.

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Reviews (5)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Knows the Rules

Inclusive

Storytelling

Don Anderson avatar

Don Anderson

Fosters a very good table. No bickering among players, allows creativity while maintaining control and allows players to actually play. Probably the most fun I have had playing in years. He can control the table while letting players do their thing. That is not an easy task at all with so many different personalities.

Paul avatar

Paul

My friend, Ross, has run several games for myself and both new and old friends, including The One Ring and Twilight 2000, 4th Edition. Especially when it comes to Tolkien-based games, he’s proven to be extremely knowledgeable and capable of providing an atmosphere that felt natural to the game, system, and world. If you have time to play and, if you can find him, you can hire Ross for your games.

Notright avatar

Notright

Very reliable, knowledgeable, and fun

Chris H avatar

Chris H

Does an excellent job at setting the scene for players. Our party is almost all new players on their first experience with D&D. He is very understanding of the lack knowledge of the system and how to play.

Tom avatar

Tom

When covid happened, several of a group of people who followed some mini painting streamers were lamenting the death of our in person games. Lando offered his services as a GM and had some environments built. I'll be honest, at the time I had no idea of what we were stumbling into, his simple comment has now been running for going on two years every other Friday, we've had some people drop out but he's always been able to find some others to join us, he is always prepared, has a plethora of things to draw from. Usually in my in person games after a while they get boring because there is only so much to draw from, but Lando has been playing this game since it was printed in black and white and has saved it all. He has a huge library of things to draw from, and has really made this something I look forward to every time its scheduled and only miss if something bad has happened. He really is the great at the virtual tabletop as well, the current game I'm playing with him is in Roll20 and he has tons of maps readied and has flipped them on very quickly so there are never really any lulls where we're waiting on technology unlike some other games I tried. Just can't rave about him enough. He was there when things got scary early in covid and his running of this game gave me a social circle still (besides work-from-home stuff) and to be honest when things were starting to get possibly that we could do in person, I didn't want to stop like I thought when this all started. It started out as a 'cool something to do to stay sane' and now is a staple in my calendar that I will say no to any other event to attend. I really hope you give him a try, he's not just a 5E DM either he runs a number of games in other systems as well, and has a collection of stuff to draw for them as well.

Character creation
Creating your character

Players may discuss ideas in the game specific channel via my Discord and work on their characters ahead of time if desired, but we'll also do character creation during Session 0. You will need a copy of ACKSII Revised Rulebook (print or pdf) at a minimum.

What to expect
Preparing for the session

You will need a free account on The Forge hosting site and a free Discord account. You will need a decent computer with a decent internet connection, a headset/microphone etc.

What Ross brings to the table

I have over 4 decades spanning a variety of editions of various TTRPGs. I am new to ACKSII, but the system is based on the bones of many systems I know well so it won't be hard for me to pickup and run. I will be using material from 3rd party/OSR as well. I enjoy story and player drive games with a good mix of combat, roleplay, some puzzles/riddles and other challenges. This game will be old school in style and feel so if you like games like B/X, OSE, AD&D and OSR then you will fit in well. I'll be running games on my personal Discord. I host my games on The Forge so we'll be using: Foundry VTT Discord (audio) i use battlemaps/tokens and have a large collection of both. I also will acquire maps etc. I can make/provide tokes for pcs if desired.

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Internet

Headphones

Microphone

Platforms used
Safety
How Ross creates a safe table

Session 0 will discuss themes and campaign content. As well as character creation. I will have X/N/O digital cards enabled in the VTT.

Content warnings
Blood
Cannibalism
Cults
Deep or Large Bodies of Water
Devils / Demons / Fiends
Gore
Language/Cursing
Sexual Content
Slavery
Snakes
Spiders
Violence
Hostages
Alcohol Use
Safety tools used

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