Aeternitas: Prosperity's End

Creating your character

Session 0 is FREE! We will begin at level 1. The journey from level 1-3 will be quick compared to the rest of the leveling. Character creation will mainly begin privately. You can work on a character before Session 0 and then we will finalize our party together during Session 0. I am actually okay with any of the three standard methods of stat procurement: rolled, point buy or standard array. (Rolled stats must be done in person at Session 0. If you come to me with pre-rolled numbers I will politely ask you to reroll them). Do I require backstory? The only requirements for a backstory are the answers to these questions. Why are you in the Central Kingdom, Etheria Lune? Why have you come here? Where are you originally from? XP gain is milestone HP gain is fixed as a standard but if you truly feel a type of way about rolling health, that is okay as well. I require everyone to use D&D Beyond as the character sheet application. We also will be using D&D Beyond for maps and tokens. Do not fret about book ownership; I own all 2014 resource manuals and will allow for an extremely diverse character creation process. There will be a google doc and references in the discord channel to clarify character sheet settings etc. Banned races: Aasimar Warforged Aarakocra Kenku Tabaxi All spelljammer races (Sorry) Class bans: Artificer Spell bans: none

Preparing for the session

Step 1: Send your application over, be thorough and descriptive. When and if you are accepted, you will be given a link to the discord server. Step 2: Begin character creation on D&D Beyond through the invite link provided in discord. Step 3: All further communication, scheduling and information will be provided through discord. SESSION 0 is FREE!

What cosa brings to the table

I will say here and now that my typical disposition as a DM does not include voices for every character. I do, however, love voicing important characters, doing monster sound effects and ambient sound effects like doors creaking etc. Ambient music is an absolute must and I will be doing everything I can to provide mood appropriate music. Expect vivid descriptions of a lot of things ranging from character description to the way a battle axe splits a skull open. This campaign is not for the squeamish, I will be describing the violent and ugly as much as the radiant and beautiful. Expect dynamic combat and use this to your advantage. If you want to jump off something, flip over, do something cool or involving the environment, I am not the DM who will force you to waste your action on something cool, you can just roll the check for free. The entire idea is to feel powerful and to look and feel cool while doing it. I always levitate towards Rule of Cool. Remember the monsters, although I have them on a leash to make it fair, can also take advantage of Rule of Cool. However, disclaimer, if I do not have a good idea on how to go about something, I may fall back onto Rules as Written in that moment and then come up with a better or more "fair" ruling after session so we do not hold up the pacing. Keep in mind, this is moot if it is a big, consequential moment. We will come up with a ruling on the spot together if the moment in question has direct plot and/or life or death consequences in the balance. Expect combat to last 1-2 rounds for a short encounter, 2-4 rounds for a medium length and 5+ for any other encounters. There is guaranteed combat every other session but this does not mean the sessions in between will not have combat. This simply is a means to be sure we don't go two sessions without combat.

Homebrew rules

Healing potions are a bonus action but any other potion costs a full action. Critical damage occurs on melee natural 20s and enemy natural 1s on saving throws. Crushing Critical: Critical damage is also calculated differently than Rules as Written. When rolling critical damage, you take the maximum damage of the spell or weapon and then add it to rolled damage. A melee example: You critically hit with a longsword that does 1d6+3 damage. You first would calculate max possible damage, in this case that would be 9 (1d6+3.) Then you roll the actual damage and add the modifier again. So if you roll a 3 on the die, add the modifier you end up with 6+9 damage for a total of 15. A spell example: You hurl a fireball at an enemy and they critically fail their saving throw. The fireball does base 8d8 damage. So just as with the melee critical, you first calculate maximum damage, in this case, 64. Then you roll 8d8 and add it to 64 for a total damage number. This system works BOTH ways, meaning the enemies' critical hits just as hard as yours. We use the 5e 2025 inspiration system; you start each session with an empty inspiration slot. When you roll a natural 1, you can fill the inspiration slot. On any subsequent roll, you can spend the inspiration point to re-roll. This uses up the inspiration and the slot goes back to being empty. For spellcasters: When you run out of slots, you may cast a spell in exchange for equal levels of exhaustion. So if you want to cast a level 1 spell with no spell slots, you take 1 level of exhaustion. The max exhaustion is 6 and if you collectively hit that from overspending, you’re unconscious. If you cast a level 7 spell, you’re unconscious with 1 failed save. If you cast a level 8 spell, you’re dead and can be brought back with revivify. If you cast a level 9 spell, you are dead but get an automatic max damage on the spell. You cannot be brought back by any healing magic or spells if you die through this method.

How cosa creates a safe table

During Session 0, we will have a group Lines and Veils discussion. If you do not feel comfortable saying any lines or veils publicly, you can tell me privately and I will put it on the list of Lines or Veils anonymously. Additionally, discord text chat will be utilized for X, N and O cards. Simply type: X- for an immediate stop to the current content N- for a slowing or toning down of the current content O- for okay even though it may typically make you uncomfortable. There will also be a no judgement text channel where we can debrief and share our concerns as a group as well as a personal line of communication between myself and each individual player. There will be no (0) mention or themes of sexual violence, mentions of rapes, assaults or any type of sexual violence whatsoever. Violation of this rule leads to an immediate removal from the table, no warnings. SESSION 0 is FREE!