Shadowdark - recruiting heroes! - come once or come often!
Dangers and treasures await! Classic Dungeon and Hex Crawls using the Shadowdark system - basically simplified D&D 5e! Will you survive the Dark??
$10.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Tuesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Dec 16 / Session 15
Session Duration / 3 hours
5 / 7 Seats Filled
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Schedule
Meet your party members
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About the adventure
You are working your way through the Caves of Chaos, right now facing the necromancers of the Hidden Temple! And maybe the Labyrinth underneath... If you survive, you will adventure in the Western Reaches setting described by ShadowDark creator Kelsey Dionne in her Cursed Scrolls, the Gloaming, the Djurum, and the Isles of Andrik - and as available, her new material, Cursed Scrolls 4, 5 and 6! Each time you tackle a new adventure, or continue where you left off! Set loosely in "The Borderlands" near a Keep where you can rest up and re-supply between adventurers, or find a newbie (sucker!) to join your gang of heroes, do-gooders, rogues, miscreants, or whatever might be your purpose for heading to the Caves of Chaos or the other various dangerous dungeons, lost ruins, evil temples, dark caves, dank swamps, or other mysterious places to be found in the Cursed Scrolls or the Borderlands! If you play more than once (and survive!) you can bring your character (and treasure!) from previous game(s). First session free for players new to my Shadowdark games!
Game style
West Marches
Theater of the Mind
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Dungeon Crawl
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.9
(30)
1 year on StartPlaying
146 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher
Average response time: 20 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I've been running roleplaying games since 1980. I'm new-ish to hosting games on-line, but what I may lack in technical expertise on the platform I hope to make up for in enthusiasm and making it fun for you! I play "rule of cool" and I look forward to roleplay with you!
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Creating your character
If you play multiples of my Shadowdark games (this campaign or other one-shots) you can bring a continuing character of advanced levels (with their magic items!) Or, you can pick from suitable pre-gens I'll provide. Or you may create a character on shadowdarklings.net https://shadowdarklings.net/create You start at level 4.
all Shadowdark character classes welcome, and you can change character adventure-to-adventure if you want.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Shadowdark free rules are available at https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/products/shadowdark-rpg-quickstart-set-pdf?srsltid=AfmBOortXTOPOvkrtxo_wY6ICA-Jzib90bzg7dCVmCxG-1rUlU2bgni1 But the game is super-simple. If you know how to play D&D you already know 90% of the rules, and everything else is trivial. I'll send a discord server link when you join, and the Foundry server link will be on my discord server (though the Foundry link only opens just before gametime.). If you're making a character of your own, please DM me the JSON file. If you want a pre-gen, I will provide a list of options on discord, or let me know what kind of character you'd like and I'll make one.
What Swords and Sorcery brings to the table
We use discord for voice, and the Foundry VTT for the game. I'll provide tokens for your character and the monsters, or you can bring your own character art. I am a Rule of Cool GM. Describe what your character does and let's play it, beyond the character sheet.
Homebrew rules
House Rule: 1) Wizards do NOT need to make continuing rolls to maintain focus ('cos that's too many rolls and too many critical fails). 2) Occasional perception rolls using Wisdom.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Swords and Sorcery creates a safe table
Any concerns can be raised with the GM before game-time. Also, I have an X-card on the Foundry desktop that anyone can raise at any time if a safety concern comes up. Shadowdark is somewhat dark and gritty. Your character may die. If so, immediately start another one! This is all part of the Shadowdark milieu, and system.
Content warnings
Safety tools used