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Afterlife Appeals Court

Afterlife Appeals Court

TYPE

One-Shot

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

All Ages
About the adventure

Bad news: you're dead. Worse news; you shouldn't be. (please note that any money from this one shot is going toward making a very absurd short film about, unsurprisingly, Death and Dnd) You aren't sure how you ended up in the afterlife, just that something isn't right. Good news though: that's exactly why the Afterlife Appeals Court is here! You and a group of your fellow petitioners have 36 hours to break out of the court, find the truth of your mysterious demises, and bring back the evidence; all without getting caught! the details of this one shot rely heavily on your characters and your goals for their backgrounds (hence the price.......although if this really stands out for you but that's just outside of your range do PM me and we can see what we can do!)

Game style

Roleplay Heavy

Rule of Cool (RoC)

3 NEEDED TO START
$25.00

/ Session

Details

Once / Saturday – 10:00 PM UTC

May 17

3–4 Hour Duration

1 / 6 Seats Filled

GAME MASTER

Tilly

she/her

5.0

(11)

This game will begin once 4 players have joined

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

Meet the Game Master

5.0

(11)

Queer
Women/Femme Identifying

1 year on StartPlaying

7 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher

About me

I love an out of the box story and a world that tests the limits of the game! I've run for muppets and mushrooms, across 1980s NYC and Discworld and alien Eurovision, but can't seem to get a handle on high fantasy. I'm devoted to dnd as a social tool and as one of the greatest forms of modern storytelling, but I'll also go hard with combat and home-brew mechanics !

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Reviews (11)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Inclusive

Teacher

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Diana

Played 5 sessions

Amazing Gm, very talented, fantastic sense of humor, thoughtful.

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Jajawim

Played 5 sessions

Tilly is very welcoming and great DM for beginners! I look forward to exploring the world and campaign that they have created and having fun with my fellow adventurers

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Katharine Tobler

Played 5 sessions

Tilly is so warm and welcoming, making learning a new play style exciting instead of overwhelming. Tilly’s also great at world building and rolling with the punches (both real and figurative) during a session. I’ve loved having Tilly as a DM!!

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Al

Played 5 sessions

Tilly is great at world building, and bringing npc’s to life! She’s super engaging, makes sure her players are involved and feeling comfortable and creates a supportive environment for players new to the system. Overall she was fun and funny and i’m having a great time playing in her game!

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Lisa

Played 1 sessions

Tilly was so much fun! She was patient with us in our first online game, teaching us a lot. As a GM, she was always encouraging us to really get into our role playing, making for some really special moments. Her NPC's were fantastic and she was so quick on her feet in her interactions with our characters. Loved our game with her!!!

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Todd

Played 1 sessions

Tilly was amazing and went out of her way to help me as a very new player. She adjusted content and made adjustments to make it easier for me to learn. Strongly recommended!

Character creation
Creating your character

I'm a big believer in character based storytelling so you tell me your pitch, and I'll try my best to get it rooted in the world. I am always hoping for characters with some backstory for me to latch onto, but stats and mechanics are something we can work out together. I don't actually use dndbeyond, I use dungeon master's vault or (preferably) actual editable character sheets and/or google docs that I can reformat into my own note taking style. I believe in honor system roll 4d6, because what fun is the game if you lie about it(?!), and a whole party at level 7.

What to expect
Preparing for the session

There are no programs or accounts absolutely necessary, but you should have a mic and some method of common video calling, discord or google meet. I prefer to play cameras on because it's more engaging for everyone, but if it's a real comfort problem we can talk. You'll need to create your own characters but can expect a time to work through any building issues you might have with me. :) Basically just know what you want for your character so I can make sure you have a fun game!

What Tilly brings to the table

Most of the resources available for gameplay are time costly rather than money costly, but I do use 2 and 3-d maps from talespire and other sources. In terms of style, I am light on voices but do include some, often have ambient combat music to keep up energy during tactical terms, and occasional use a little sound board (from a garage sale on 2016, but still going strong). I love rule of cool. It only goes so far, but I'm willing to find out where that line is. In fact, I've designed campaigns around finding that line, and this one shot is pushing at it.

Platforms used
Safety
How Tilly creates a safe table

The tone here is a pretty absurd caricature, but it is fundamentally based around Death and is set up to allow for backgrounds guided by the players. It's cartoonish, and I don't expect triggering themes, but there will be moments of stress and tension as a matter of course. I generally am able to send non spoiler content warnings before the session, and always spend time during character creation pre-game going through any specific phobias or points of serious discomfort. XNO systems are definitely more of just a message, preferably a dm, because that's much harder to miss while in the moment.

Content warnings
Death
Character Death
Uncanny Valley
Safety tools used

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