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Lost Mine of Phandelver | One-Shot
Phandelver is famous for mines that use to riddle the countryside. A looming ancient power in the east, rumors in the city is a large mine yet found.
Free
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Once / Wednesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Jul 9
Session Duration / 2–4 hours
5 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
5/5
About the adventure
This is the campaign of Phandelver with additions of various other campaign and adventure settings. It is a great intro into the world of TTRPG and easy to play with. In this setting you will adventure throughout the lands of Faerun and the sword coast. But there is an underpinned story of homebrew thrown in for the adventurers to decide if they want to travel beyond the world of Faerun to the world of Firesc.
Game style
Organized Play
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
1 year on StartPlaying
9 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Rule of Cool, Teacher
Average response time: 4 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi, my name is Andrew (DM.in.training), don't let the name fool you! So, I am 39, male and have been mostly in-person for my games. As I have been viciously mocked for one of my reviews being me. I want to clarify, I used one of my in-person friends not affiliated with startplaying in any way to write a review and they did so on my account, apologies but want to be transparent. I am all about the experience we gain together as players and DM's. I play D&D 5E rules mostly and the training component has to do with other gaming systems. Been a player for 15 years, DMing off and on over those years. I am all about collaborative story telling that is D&D. I am a firm believer in Session 0's, I lean 50/50 RP & COMBAT (You the players will always be the thermostat for where we are at with it.) I use ABOVEVTT on DnDbeyond, I love to tell good stories and collaborate whenever possible. I honor inspirations and creativity when appropriate as well Embracing the Rule of Cool. I do voices and characters for my NPCs and I enjoy a more inclined experience to RolePlaying over combat but am prepared for encounter preferred players. I utilize a discord server for digital play that you will be able to have your own private player chat but also how we will video chat for each session. Thanks for checking me out!
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Creating your character
Character creation happens before Session 0 and can be done at session 0 either is fine.
You will need a discord account, webcam and mic for us to hear you. You will need an account on DNDBeyond I use ABOVEVTT (need plugin for your browser to use) on DnDbeyond, I love to tell good stories and collaborate whenever possible. I honor inspirations and creativity when appropriate as well Embracing the Rule of Cool. I do voices and characters for my NPCs and I enjoy a more inclined experience to RolePlaying over combat but am prepared for encounter preferred players. I utilize a discord server for digital play that you will be able to have your own private player chat but also how we will video chat for each session. I have a few homebrew rules that I apply to my game: 1. Potions are a bonus action for personal use and an action to administer to someone else. 2. DM inspiration is given for creative problem solving and frankly anything that falls into a rule of cool scenario 3. Metagaming is not allowed at the table without the use of the words "Above Table" before the conversation begins. 4. Customizations of character to include homebrew content and I am open to discussions prior to session 1 and at a minimum of Session 0 5. This one-shot is open to being a continued campaign in a world I have homebrewed called Firesc. 6. I am open to discussing rules as written versus rule of cool. But ultimately I have the final say and when I rule on something that's the end of it. 7. Finally, tell a good story with me and all will be well!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a discord account, webcam and mic for us to hear you. You may need an account on DNDBeyond in order to join ABOVEVTT. You may create your characters but for beginners I have several created characters that may be altered or used! You may use digital dice or real dice (Honor system in place) I have digital copies of character sheets and things like that so I am able to meet your needs.
What Andrew (DM.In.Training) brings to the table
I use ABOVEVTT on DnDbeyond, I love to tell good stories and collaborate whenever possible. I honor inspirations and creativity when appropriate as well Embracing the Rule of Cool. I do voices and characters for my NPCs and I enjoy a more inclined experience to RolePlaying over combat but am prepared for encounter preferred players. I utilize a discord server for digital play that you will be able to have your own private player chat but also how we will video chat for each session.
Homebrew rules
I have a few homebrew rules that I apply to my game: 1. Potions are a bonus action for personal use and an action to administer to someone else. 2. DM inspiration is given for creative problem solving and frankly anything that falls into a rule of cool scenario 3. Death saves are rolled by the DM 4. Critical Hits are max dice roll plus additional bonuses 5. Critical misses come with damage (depending on the context)
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Mobile Phone
Pen & Paper
Platforms used
Safety
How Andrew (DM.In.Training) creates a safe table
In session 0, we will go over the story and how your character will fit into the world. We will also have an open floor for discussion of content and what may need to be tampered or lessened in any way. After care will be outside the sessions time to discuss privately with me individually any issues with in the game. Lines and Veils will be hard lines from me that I will not cross or allow in my games as well being open to discussing what veils every one and myself is comfortable with. This will include a simple questionnaire form each player can fill out ahead of session 0 for us to discuss.
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