Learn to Play Dungeons & Dragons

Learn to Play Dungeons & Dragons

Investigation and combat in the borderlands to learn DnDs ABCs.

TYPE

One-Shot

LEVELS

1–1

EXPERIENCE

Beginner

AGE

18+
About the adventure

💪🏼You took the risk, gambled everything and after months of travel you have arrived to best place in the continent to make it as an adventurer! 💫Welcome to the Keep on the Borderlands! 👀There's been a robbery! A large silver bowl, said to bring good fortune to anyone who takes a meal from it has been stolen and the Castellan of the Keep has offered sweet 20 Gold Pieces per head to track down thieves the who stole it and retrieve the Bowl of Plenty! 🔰Are you the adventurer the Borderland needs❓ ⚔️ Your actions will be the answer‼️

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3 NEEDED TO START
$15.00

/ Session

Details

Once / Thursday – 11:30 PM UTC

Jul 17

Session Duration / 2 hours

0 / 5 Seats Filled

GAME MASTER

Olaf

he/him

5.0

(29)

This game will begin once 3 players have joined

Each player will be charged when a session starts.

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Meet the Game Master

5.0

(29)

Hispanic/Latinx
Neurodivergent
Teacher/Educator
Multi-lingual

3 years on StartPlaying

182 games hosted

Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Storytelling

About me

Role Playing Games were my sanity's refuge when my undiagnosed neurodiversity turned my academic endeavors into a living hell. The stories we weaved, and the love of the friends we wove them with, kept everyone going, and with each other, we were no longer alone. As time would have it, and in spite of our academic or social struggles, we ended up being an exceptional group professionals in our chosen fields, and as we sought to make our childrens' journey easier, most of my friends discovered their own neurodiversity. I want the opportunity to help your characters live epic stories and perhaps, if we are lucky, to turn strangers into lifelong friends. I belong to the Jim Butcher and WX (Sanderson-Kowal-Tayler-Wells) schools of storytelling, Gygax's philosophy of multi-party sandbox campaigning, and have several "podiums" in national (Venezuela) and regional (Caracas) tournaments under my belt (Stopped counting after five). Me? I'm a mixed Norseman-Latino, neurodivergent, liberal, geek, TTRPG and biology nerd. My mum got the "love all, respect all" of her beloved sixties in my heart at an early age, so expect zero judgment, and the (sometimes overbearing) care and kindness I try to offer to the people in my life. As well as some of my anarchist dad's, stonefaced humor (he was a riot, but his humor was black-hole-grade). I'm as old as, and hold the motto of, the Hard Rock Café 🎸: 💖 ♻ ⌛ ☸ ∞"Love All-Serve All, All Is One, Save The Planet, and Take Time To Be Kind." 💖 ♻ ⌛ ☸ ∞ Ready to play campaigns: DnD 5e: Phandelver and below + Essentials (bundled up or separate) Helianna's Monster Hunts. Isekai on the Yokai Realms PF2e: All of Otari: Beginners box, Troubles under Otari and abomination vaults, (either as stand-alones or bundled up) Kingmaker AP Outlaws of Alkenstar AP (How it's played style remix) Age of Ashes AP (Tabletop Travel Guide style remix) Young Guns of the Wastes✳ Playable within a month: 5e: Rockin' realms! (Brutal legend meets D&D)✳ Children of the mere (Plenty to do in the mere of dead men)✳ Waterdeep Barkeepers✳ Thunder Rift (TSR adventure setting for AD&D 2e, can covert to 5e) Return to the temple of Elemental Evil (3.5e, can convert to 5e) City of the Spider Queen (3.5e, can convert to 5e) PF2e: Blood Lords AP (Alexandrian style remix) Blood of Isger (The Poppet Crusade)✳ VtM (3e): Montreal by nights (Setting by Black Dog Pub.)✳ Caracas by nights ✳ ✳ Original adventure Secret ability: I can run hybrid Spanish/English campaigns if you want to practice your Spanish or English También se narra con ñ: se dirige en castellano (o en español si eres latinoamericano)

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Reviews (29)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Teacher

Creativity

Storytelling

Marcus avatar

Marcus

Played 77 sessions

Olaf is a super attentive, patient and supportive GM. He is very open to input allowing for player creativity and he does a great job balancing informing us new players on the rules as we go along and keeping the game moving at a steady pace; his experience really shows. Most of all though, Olaf is fun to play with, always has a good story on hand and even makes failing miserably enjoyable! Can not recommend enough!

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Peter

Played 71 sessions

Been playing with Olaf for a while now and I plan to continue doing so. Fun game that prioritizes having a good time.

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Frichast

Played 22 sessions

Great DM. Knows a lot about the game and always willing to help players out and answer any questions. Had a lot of fun with his campaign.

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Matt

Played 19 sessions

Olaf is great. He's a very welcoming DM and wants to build a world that feels cool for all his players to inhabit.

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CookieMix

Played 15 sessions

Playing in Olaf's campaign is a breath of fresh air. Olaf is a very welcoming Game Master who is willing to teach the game and put up with newbies like myself to new TTRPG systems. He is patient and allows the players to grow into themselves. When playing, he is engaging and very fair. For me, every session is fantastic and I eagerly await for the next one!

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Matildawyn

Played 15 sessions

I had a great time at Olaf's table! He's a wonderful storyteller and seamlessly added my PC & story to an ongoing campaign. He creates a comfortable and easy-going environment that allows creativity to flow. I recommend joining one of Olaf's games. You'll be glad you did!

Character creation
Creating your character

I Will provide pre-made character sheets for you to choose from after you sign up or at the start of the game.

What to expect
Preparing for the session

Hi! Thanks for giving me the chance to be your Dungeon Master! You will need a working Microphone, PC (or Mac) with internet connection, Discord and DnDBeyond Account, and you'll have to accept the discord Invite and Join the DnDBeyond Campaign. Get a discord free account at https://discord.com My Discord Server Invite: https://discord.gg/xTbqpm8zrg Get a DnDBeyond free account at https://www.dndbeyond.com DnDBeyond campaign: https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/join/6842538156091515

What Olaf brings to the table

Hi! Thanks for considering playing with me! I strive to give players chill games, oriented to having a fun time at the table, where rules take a backseat to intent and actions to creativity: there's no wrong way to play as long as you are respectful of, and to, all the players at the table. Regardless of whether or not you'll choose to play with me, you'll need a discord free account ( https://discord.com ) If you decide to play with me, we will be using Discord for voice chat and music, and roll20 ( https://app.roll20.net/create-account ) for visuals (maps, tokens, dice rolling) I'll try to provide with as much pre-session live time as possible, and I'll be posting in my discord server info, YouTube tutorials, and guides on the characters.

Equipment needed to play

Computer

Headphones

Microphone

Internet

Safety
How Olaf creates a safe table

At any moment you can type " /w " on the Virtual Table Top (VTT) and my name to send me a private X or N, or with another player's name send an O to the other players. X= STOP! trigger! hard change the subject or retcon the current situation. N= I don't like where this is going, it may go to a trigger. O=Is everyone OK? are we all trigger safe?

Content warnings
Insects
Safety tools used

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