RAHASIA🗻 Under The Gray Mountain 🧧 B/X Red Box | Shadowdark 💀

RAHASIA🗻 Under The Gray Mountain 🧧 B/X Red Box | Shadowdark 💀

In the far eastern woods, the local members of a peaceful elven monastery have become ruthless minions for a mysterious evil force. Find out why !

TYPE

Campaign

SYSTEM

Dungeons & Dragons B/X
Shadowdark RPG

LEVELS

1–4

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

All Ages
1 NEEDED TO START
$17.50

/ Session

Details

Bi-weekly / Monday – 11:00 PM UTC

3.5–4.5 Hour Duration

2 / 5 Seats Filled

About the adventure

The small forest settlement of Khotarana lies far to the east. Its denizens had lived peaceful yet somewhat secluded lives in harmony with the local Siswa population, a spiritual order of Wood Elves, until one day things took an alarming turn: as a thick blanket of impenetrable darkness spread over the land, rumors were heard of the ascetic Siswa behaving in increasingly disturbing fashion: what happened in the depths of their holy site at the foot of the Grey Mountain and could whatever evil that dwelt there be confounded ? * * * This is an adaptation for the Shadowdark RPG of a classic adventure from the early days of the Most Famous Roleplaying Game In The World, module B7 "Rahasia", published by TSR in 1984 and written by Tracy and Laura Hickman (creators of legendary early works like Ravenloft - the main inspiration for Curse of Strahd - and the Dragonlance saga, among other things). Expect high adventure and an intricate, gritty dungeon crawl in an epic setting. Here, the simple yet punishing mechanics of Shadowdark are a perfect fit for one of the first Basic versions of D&D, the notorious Red Box !

Game style

Dungeon Crawl

Rules as Written (RaW)

West Marches

Meet the Game Master

5.0

(31)

Artist
Multi-lingual

4 years on StartPlaying

581 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Teacher

About me

I'm an old-school, french-born GM who specializes in LIVE TEXT GAMES (these days Audio is of course a normal go-to for a lot of my games, but I started as a pro-GM with Live Text and still have a thing for it). After a long hiatus doing other Life Things, I got back into TTRPGs online a few years ago and have been running professionally mostly homebrewed 5e campaigns since 2020, with a good few forays into other systems. I'm very much into immersive and epic stories, involving a lot of larger-than-life (or at least amusing and/or interesting) encounters with the denizens of the world your characters live in. I add a good mixture of action, exploring, problem-solving and interactions with intriguing situations and colorful characters to spice it all up. Get in touch and we'll talk about what you'd like to run, and how... !

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Character creation

Creating your character

🔶 OPTION A - Use www.shadowdarklings.net -> either fully randomized or rolled in our Discord server -> Core / Third Party Sources ? Yes, all. -> starting Level = 1 🔶 OPTION B - Old-School D&D Character Creation RED BOX HARDCORE RULES FOR BASIC ABILITY SCORES: 🎲🎲🎲 Roll 3d6 in order for STR, INT, WIS, DEX, CON, CHA -> Any 2 (but only 2 !) of these rolled stats can be swapped -> After choosing a main class stat (STR for Fighters, DEX for Rogues, INT for Wizards etc), this stat and this stat only can be increased by another 2 points maximum. This is done by swapping points from any other stat at the rate of 2:1 -> add any Stat modifiers due to Talents, if applicable. 🧧 if after this 3 STATS OR MORE ARE STILL BELOW 9 or 2 STATS OR MORE ARE BELOW 7, feel free to start the whole process again until we get satisfying results. 😎[Either that, or get a free 'Heroic Peasant With A Dream' Talent at Level 1 to make up for it !] (... or there's always the ROUSTABOUT Character Class... )🏄‍♂️ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ 🔶 ALL HIT POINTS ARE ALWAYS ROLLED, including at First Level !!! No Medium Scores allowed. If you roll a 1, that means you must be careful and avoid direct damage ! 😈💀💙 🔶 EQUIPMENT & STARTING GOLD: will all be rolled randomly. GM will provide appropriate tables on Discord previous to game day. 💰🔪🧮 🔶 PREPARED and KNOWN SPELLS: will be rolled RANDOMLY, with the possibility to influence the dice results according to Spellcasting Ability Modifiers (WIS for Clerics or Seers, INT for Wizards, CHA for Witches or St.Ydris Knights, etc) 🌀🧙‍♂️🙏🐙🎶✨

The current party

📚 Shadowdark is a fast-paced, classic Old-School game with simple but elegant rules, courtesy of Kelsey Dionne at the Arcane Library. 🎬 OPEN DOOR / DROP-IN GAME: this is set up as a series of one-shots and/or short forays into the Dark, which means each player is free to play as many (or as few) sessions as they wish. This is the beauty of a WEST MARCHES campaign ! 🦇 You can make characters in minutes with www.shadowdarklings.net 💀 Maybe make a few characters in advance, just in case, as HIGH CHARACTER MORTALITY RATES CAN BE EXPECTED.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

🎤 A working mic and a decent laptop or home computer is required to run Discord and Foundry (hosted on the Forge website). For those of you with lower end machines, let your GM know beforehand and we'll try to find a workable solution ! 🎧 most important: EARPHONES !!! Sound coming out of home speakers can feed back into your microphones and makes it hard to communicate clearly in a remote group play situation. 🔵 a Discord account + a Forge account 🛠 📚 a passing knowledge of and appreciation for the older D&D adventures (what were then called 'Modules') is appreciated but not obligatory ! All are welcome !!! 🪓 expect this to be focused on combat and exploration mostly, but that's not to say you can't find creative ways to bypass some obstacles: you prefer RP to combat ? Embrace that as your play-style and I'll be happy to see what shenanigans ensue... ! 👻 don't get stuck deep in the dungeon without healing or a light source. GOOD LUCK !!!

What Ash Drunbar brings to the table

1️⃣ 🐲 DISCOVER A NEW/OLD ALTERNATIVE TO 5E DND 🪓 This is a much grittier, hardcore way to enforce Heroic Fantasy rules: being downed in combat can result in instant death or gruesome injuries, spells are not always successfully cast, light sources are truly crucial and your enemies will not spare you if you fall ! 2️⃣ 🎭 A TRUSTED GM WITH A SOLID BASE 🎭 Join a fun, immersive but also professional and thoroughly-crafted tabletop experience. With a long relationship and solid experience with TTRGPs in general and the early days of D&D (where this series of adventures is inspired from) in particular, this GM has run more than 500 games on SPG in the last 3 years only, and that's without counting previous teenage days of DMing B/X D&D !!! (okay maybe those weren't professional, but they sure were fun😊) 3️⃣ 🔎 ADAPTED YET AWESOME VISUAL TOOLS 🔍 The sessions offer carefully and lovingly hand-picked maps, visual aids, portraits for both PCs, NPCs and creatures. Expect a lot of monochrome and old-school art style for this system ! 4️⃣ 💥 VTT GAMEPLAY MADE EASY 💥 Central to the gameplay is an automated and easily accessible version of Foundry VTT, compatible both to high-end and lower-end computers. 5️⃣ 😛 OPENNESS AND FUN FOR ALL 😛 Here each and everyone is welcome and will find an open, inclusive and friendly atmosphere at the table. We take our games seriously but we can be laid back when needed, too ! 6️⃣ 🤠 WRANGLING THE THREADS OF A GOOD STORY 😎 One thing to remember: this GM is known for his ability to roll with the punches, make rulings on the fly and improvize if needed, so that the session's pace remains both free-flowing yet immersive. Trust that no matter what the dice rolls are and even when my rulings seem to set the party against the odds, the story comes first and we'll keep riding it high !

Homebrew rules

💨 OPEN DOOR POLICY 🔄 This is a West Marches-type game, which means that by the end of each session your group of dungeon delvers will return to some form of civilized place to earn their just rewards (or die trying). As such, anyone can join the sessions each week or take a break, whenever / however they see fit ! 🧿 MODES OF PLAY 🧿 We have use of the following game options (refer to p. 111 of Shadowdark Core Rules), to be discussed with the players before each session: -> BLITZ mode 💥 -> CHAOS mode 🎱 -> DEADLY mode 💀 -> GRINDER mode 🩸 -> HUNTER mode 🏹 -> MOMENTUM mode 🥏 -> PULP mode 🥊

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Headphones

Internet

Microphone

Platforms used
Safety

How Ash Drunbar creates a safe table

✅ We will be discussing the implementation and use of Safety Tools in our Discord server previous to game start. Once all have arrived on game day, the Game Master will take another 10-15 min to respond to players' questions and address any unclear area, as well as giving a few examples if needed. ✅ After the session we will take the same amount of time to get Players' feedback during Debriefing, and the server and Discord DMs will remain available over the next weeks for any other questions or issues.

Content warnings

Safety tools used

Frequently asked questions