Shadowdark West Marches - Wednesday 12pm EST
Beyond the frontier, ancient vaults and buried gods await—riches or ruin lie in the unknown. The map expands only with your courage to explore.
About the adventure
This will be a Shadowdark OSR West Marches sandbox campaign. I will run a game every day, Monday thru Friday at 12pm EST that will last about three hours. If even one player shows up, I will run the game. If you need more information on West Marches or Sandbox, search YouTube and there is an abundance of information there.
Game style
Dungeon Crawl
West Marches
Game themes
$5.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Wednesday – 4:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
Campaign Length / 1–100 Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
GAME MASTER
Technobable
he/him
5.0
(9)
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(9)
1 year on StartPlaying
8 games hosted
Highly rated for: World Builder, Storytelling, Teacher
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hey all, my name is Dean but I typically go by Technobable online. I am new to the Startplaying site but not to running games online. I started playing tabletop RPG’s in the early 80’s when I was 10, became a GM by 14 out of necessity and have been GM’ing ever since. I have played and GM’ed many systems over the years and enjoy learning new systems as they come out. I typically put a lot of time and effort into my games with a good mix of cultivated story, improv and spontaneity thrown in. I dislike railroads so I tend to give my players a large amount of agency on where they go and what they do. All I ask is that your characters to be team players to some extent so the game flows well and we don’t have problematic players trying to steal the energy from the game. I typically do not have that issue as I tend to remove those trouble players earlier than later for the enjoyment of the rest of the group.
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Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
World Builder
Storytelling
Teacher
egill
Played 4 sessions
Excellent experience with this GM. Amazing game! He is perfectly ready for a session and captures very well the spirit of the West Marches campaign. He makes sure you have a good time and helps you very easily to understand the rules. He allows also for your creativity, you drive the game and adapts to your needs. Trust me, try it once and you would like to continue playing with him.
Robert Jirout
Played 4 sessions
I've gamed with technobabble multiple times and he's an experienced GM who's very detail oriented, creates dramatic campaigns and an all-around enjoyable experience. I highly recommend him as a DM
Kayla Kennedy
Incredibly detailed and meticulous world building and storytelling. Creates amazing connections not noticed until the broader picture is revealed. Really great at creating in-game tension and feeling like your in your characters shoes.
Ililsan
He is a great GM and more importantly he creates amazing campaigns and world building from scratch.
Daniel Ansell
Technobabble has been an excellent GM in a group that has been playing over Roll20 for several years now. He handles players well, creates interesting settings to game in, and makes the gaming experience a good time. He is also good at making a gaming session move along, which can be valuable in VTT play.
Jordan
Dean is a great DM who creates engaging games and enabled players to have fun.
Character creation
Creating your character
Acceptable source books for character creation are as follows. You can make characters using Shadowdarklings if you wish. Shadowdark Core Rulebook, Cursed Scrolls 1-3, Cursed Scrolls 4-6 (Previews), West Reaches (Preview) and Unnatural Selection (Classes Only) Goblins and all Unnatural Selection Ancestries are not playable. Goblins in my campaign are typically evil and savage monsters and I like less strange ancestries running around in my world as too many starts to be ridiculous.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/WWgnQXQhMR Roll20 Link: https://app.roll20.net/join/19763011/qjmNlA
What Technobable brings to the table
I bring my years of experience as a Player, GM, using Roll20 and Discord. I have an extensive library of custom art assets, maps, ect as well as over 200 purchased art asset packs from Roll20 to use. I have a large amount of Handouts, Decks, Rollable Tables and Macros to help the game go smoothly.
Homebrew rules
Using Grinder Mode from the Shadowdark Rulebook.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
Mobile Phone
Platforms used
Safety
How Technobable creates a safe table
During sessions, players are free to take breaks at any time they need. They may also provide comments and suggestions via our Discord server. BTW...the Content Warning seem to have WAY to many choices. I may use anything but will be respectful about it. If something is too much for someone and it does not affect the gameplay, I will tone it down or remove the content.
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Additional tables
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Weekly / Friday – 4:00 PM UTC
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