Forbidden Lands: Conquering The Ravenlands- Hex Crawl Campaign
In the Ravenlands, adventurers roam cursed ruins and haunted forests, drawn by profit and power. Venture forth, find truths and horrors long buried!
$14.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Saturday - 1:00 PM UTC
Mar 14 / Session 32
Session Duration / 2–2.5 hours
4 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
In that fell region known by the dread-wracked as the Ravenlands, men and women, grubbers in grave-soiled villages, set forth amid the half-remembered bones of elder realms. Their path winds through glades choked by the moss, mountains tipped with ice, cairns that echo with ancestral grief, and into shattered keeps. What lured you was gold, what followed was revelation, and in the revelation- power! The land no longer slumbers, but stirs with foul breath, revealing to the intruder secrets not spoken of for an age. Yet the folly of ambition drives you still. You carve strongholds in out of blood and stone, raise banners above, and dare to claim dominion in a world that still mocks the notion of order. But the rot of the countryside grows teeth. What fortune you grasp is threatened, and what power you seize summons rivals. And in the hush between conflicts, the land listens. It remembers. It watches you Conquering The Ravenlands. **NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Learn the system and the setting as we play** Forbidden Lands is an open world, hex crawl, sandbox. Low fantasy, low magic, and inspired by classic RPGs like Original DnD, RuneQuest, and others!
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Meet the Game Master
4.9
(50)
5 years on StartPlaying
214 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 10 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi everyone! My name is Josh, and I've been running games for decades, thinking about games for decades, talking about games for decades, and writing about games for decades. I love just about any science fiction and fantasy setting, and especially love players who get deeply invested in their role play. Here's a short list of what we can do when we play together: ✔️ Big, plot driven stories ✔️ Small, character driven slices of life ✔️ Mix and match game mechanics to provide unique experiences during a campaign ✔️ Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fantasy ✔️ Curated music, art, and original story lines ✔️ Ridiculous voice acting Above all, I will make sure that YOU have the most fun and rewarding experience possible. Currently, I'm a friend on the podcast Gaming with Gage and Friends, former host of the Sandbox Between Stoplights podcast. I've helped develop multiple RPGs, settings, and campaigns. I have helped organize and put on gaming conventions, and I've been professional GMing for about 6 years. I also wrote a setting book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/462282
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Creating your character
We will make characters together during session zero, so we can also establish bonds and relationships before venturing out into... THE FORBIDDEN LANDS!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a mic good enough that everyone can understand you. We will be using Foundry VTT for the game and Discord for voice. Foundry is a web-based VTT, so all you need is a web browser. It handles characters sheets, dice rolling, and all of the other tools we will need to play. You can learn more here: https://foundryvtt.com/ Discord is an application we use to talk to each other and post funny gifs during the game. You can learn more here: https://discord.com/
What Josh the GM brings to the table
- Foundry VTT License - Maps and artwork based around your characters, Voices, maps, tokens, all the doodads. I lean into Rule of Cool/Rule of Genre much more than Rules as Written, and will use my best judgement to try and keep things fun and moving fast rather than getting bogged down in minutia of rules.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Internet
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Safety
How Josh the GM creates a safe table
Before the game begins, I'll reach out to all players individually over Discord to privately discuss content that they might not want in the game. We will be starting with a session zero where we make characters together, discuss content, touch on some table manners, and set the scope and focus of the campaign. Once we start the campaign proper, we'll be using a stoplight system to help us moderate anything going on during a session.
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