A Wild Sheep Chase - [FREE ONE-SHOT]

Creating your character

The most important part of character creation it’s making sure the party feels connected. After creating your character, but before the session starts, each of you will write a shared memory involving at least two other party members. Something from a past adventure that bonds you, big or small. I’ll share some prompts in the chat to help, but I encourage you to come up with something that fits your character naturally. We’re playing D&D 5e (2014 version) using only the core Player’s Handbook, no supplements. Starting level: 4 (so you’ll get your first general feat, but no Extra Attack yet). Point Buy for ability scores. For HP, use the average value — no need to roll. Right before the session starts, I’ll share a curated list of magic items, and each character will be able to choose one from it to start with. You’re more than welcome to bring your character sheet ready, but I’ll reserve the first hour of the session for those who want to build their character at the table, and to collaborate on the party’s shared backstory before we jump into the adventure. Let me know if you have any questions.

Preparing for the session

To keep everything running smoothly, all players need to have a Discord account and join our game server. It’s where we’ll coordinate, chat, and share important updates. You’ll also need to join the game on Roll20 using the link I’ll provide. If you already have a character idea, feel free to start building it directly on Roll20 or jot it down somewhere. It’ll help speed things up and make gameplay smoother during the session.

What Gabriel Olive brings to the table

🧰 What I Bring to the Table 🏰 Interactive Maps with actual in game mechanics 📢 DM Voice Modulator Some monsters and NPC's will have their own special voice mod — immersive and sometimes unsettling! 🎵 Custom Soundtrack & Ambient Audio Every scene has its mood, with music and background sounds to match. 🔊 Cinematic Sound Effects Big hits, spell blasts, and boss entrances come with audio stingers for extra drama. ⚔️🏹 Tactical Monsters (No Mindless Mobs) Enemies use tactics, retreat, flank, and fight like they want to survive. 🎭 Roleplay-Driven Encounters Not every challenge is solved with a sword. Social encounters are meaningful and impactful.

Homebrew rules

I play mostly by the rules, but that doesn't stop you from trying to do stuff that is not on your class features list. If you want to do something really cool that shouldn't be possible through the rules, I might require you to expend your inspiration to attempt but I probably won't stop you.

How Gabriel Olive creates a safe table

Since this is a one shot, we won't have access to the more robust safety tools. But don't worry. We are going to use X, N & O, in chat. If you are not familiar, essentially you just type one of these letters in chat to indicate how are you feeling towards what's going on in the game. O means okay 👍, everything is fine. N means Nope 🙂‍↔️, the scene is moving towards something uncomfortable and you would like it to end or change. X means Stop 🛑, the scene is uncomfortable or triggering. If you send an X on chat, we just take a short break and rewrite the scene or skip it entirely.