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Learn to Play within the dying Age of Umbra 🕯️
Shadowed lands, dead civilisations, and nightmares await you. Protect your communities and seek answers. Maybe this world has another chance...
$35.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Wednesday - 1:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
Campaign Length / 35+ Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Enter into the world of Daggerheart, full of cinematic fantasy and danger. Take on the mantle of a heroic survivor in this dying world and vanquish monstrous entities, protect your communities from the dark, and live to see a brighter day. If you love dark fantasy worlds filled with dying ancient worlds and monstrosities, sombre survivors, and otherworldly mysteries. This Dark Souls inspired setting, designed by Critical Role's Matthew Mercer, is ready to welcome you, if you dare... 💀 Horror | 🔥 Dark Souls inspired | 🎭 Roleplay Heavy | ⚔️ Tense Combat | 🤝 Collaborative Worldbuilding | 🔰 Learn to Play and Beginner Friendly | 🏳️🌈+ GM and World
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Combat Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.8
(83)
5 years on StartPlaying
714 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Teacher
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hello there, Somnus (they/sun) here! Writer, Game Designer, Voice Actor, and Gendervoid Entity 🍵🧣. Let me be your guide into countless lands of fantasy, fear, and fun. I love creating evocative worlds for you to experience, which will constantly develop as you interact with it and make meaningful decisions. Uncover the setting through play, face untold dangers, and forge memories you'll hold forever. My tables are friendly to complete beginners—I love teaching people new games and getting you more accommodated to the fun world of TTRPGs. Profile Artwork: Rebecca Luna https://www.artstation.com/lililuna
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Creating your character
• During Session 0 we'll establish our safety tools and introduce each other. • We will then create Level 1 characters, using the standard rules, and discuss our connection to each other. • We will then collaborate as we add extra points of interest to a map! • Session 1 is when we dive in and play! • Anyone that joins later or needs a new character, will create a character at the party's current level. Before the next game session, I will have a private discussion with you that substitutes the Session 0 you missed. If you join just before the next session and I don't have enough time to talk to you, you'll skip and join the session after.
Expected Campaign Length: ~35-45 sessions 🖼️ Campaign Frame: Age of Umbra • No experience needed! Beginners are welcome! • All content needed to play is provided. • 🏳️🌈 GM and Game World.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
• Discord account to talk and text. • Free Demiplane account: https://app.demiplane.com/home (This will hold your character sheet) • Free The Forge account: https://forge-vtt.com/ (For our Visuals, Dice Rolls, Battlemaps, and Music) • Clear microphone with either a quiet background or at least push-to-talk. • Encouraged to use a Webcam but it isn't needed. If you do, follow standard video call etiquette. I normally use an animated character to visualise myself instead of a camera. • After joining the game, view the Prep Materials and follow any other instructions. • After joining my discord server, read and click on the 📕 to agree to my community code of conduct otherwise you cannot join the game.
What Somnus Grey brings to the table
🎨 Human-made artwork (No AI. Ever.) 🎙️ Voice Acting and Voice Changer 💥 Cinematic Combat 🎵 Atmospheric Soundtrack
Equipment needed to play
Microphone
Internet
Computer
Platforms used
Safety
How Somnus Grey creates a safe table
🛡️｜SAFETY TOOLS ・During Session 0 we will discuss Lines and Veils and have an ongoing document for that. ・I also employ the safety tool Script Change ⏯️ by Beau Jágr Sheldon (http://briebeau.com/scriptchange), which replaces X, N, O Cards. ・A 10 minute break will occur roughly halfway through the session. ・Further details of all tool implementations are provided within the discord server. Feel free to ask any questions for clarification.
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Safety tools used