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The Night Shift (🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️+) (Beginner Friendly)
A workplace comedy-drama starring young employees at the weirdest gas station in the universe.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Tuesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
You are young employees working the night shift at Stop 'N Gas, a 24 hour gas station and convenience store. For this job, you must deal with unreasonable customers, long boring nights, and cosmic horrors from parts unknown. Did I mention that this is the weirdest gas station in the universe? What will you say when a squid-man asks where you keep the body bags? Did you remember to set up the salt lines at the start of your shift? And what is that growling sound coming from cold storage? Work together in... THE NIGHT SHIFT. 📅 Scheduling is negotiable - feel free to contact me! 0️⃣ Free session zero! 🎨 Human made art will be commissioned for your character! 🎓 No prior experience required! 🤝 New players always welcome!
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Meet the Game Master
4.9
(64)
2 years on StartPlaying
363 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Inclusive
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Greetings everybody! Call me Nathan (he/him)! I am a storyteller at heart who loves all forms of fiction. I run games ranging from pulpy sci-fi to gritty fantasy and everything in between. I especially love weird or non-standard settings. Superheroes in a cyberpunk city? Time-traveling fantasy adventure? Teenagers on a supernatural road trip? I'm all here for it. I believe that tabletop RPGs are a unique storytelling experience where everyone at the table becomes both author and audience to the shared story. Facilitating this shared storytelling experience is my primary goal as a GM. My games do not make use of generative AI for writing, music, or images. Storytelling is a fundamentally human experience, and synthesized plagiarism has no place in my games. I look forward to sharing stories with you! Profile picture created by Neo! Check them out: https://x.com/kiyrox?s=21
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Creating your character
We will be creating characters during session zero. Come to session zero with lots of ideas!
🧞 Layali Sabir (The Devil): Assistant manager, child of two djinn, and part-time drug dealer. 🧟 Lavender “Lav” Kyndall (The Ghoul): Stock clerk who took a bullet in a robbery gone wrong and has been coming in to work ever since. 🕷️ Luna Bloodgood (The Witch): Cashier who's saving up for art school to become a fashion designer.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
* Solid internet connection * Computer/laptop * Headphones or earpods (to prevent echo) * Microphone that provides clear audio with minimal static * Quiet environment with minimal background noise * Roll20 Account * Discord Account
What Nathan Patrick Lane brings to the table
I provide a Roll20 Plus server with art, music, and handouts. I also provide the books and all the official Skins.
Homebrew rules
Inspired by Thirsty Sword Lesbians, I am introducing new rules for Strings to make them more versatile.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Nathan Patrick Lane creates a safe table
Before session zero, I'll be private messaging all the players one-on-one to discuss Lines, Veils, and Wishes. Our first session will be a free session zero, wherein we will make introductions, review Lines & Veils, and create characters. We also use a variant of X Card system called Editing Tools. Editing Tools allow players to Pause the game temporarily, Fast Forward through unpleasant content, or Rewind and rewrite the scene to avoid triggering content. At the end of every session, I will run through "Roses, Thorns, and Buds", allowing players to present positive and negative feedback about the game along with suggestions to make the game more enjoyable in the future. Bigotry will not be tolerated in this group. Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or other prejudiced behaviors will warrant an immediate kick.
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