Starless Marches — Purple Tuesdays!
Astralon survived Skyfall, and we've rebuilt our city in the century since. But why did the gods abandon us — and why did some choose to stay?
$25.00
/ Session
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Bi-weekly / Tuesday - 6:00 PM UTC
Mar 10 / Session 10
Session Duration / 3.5–4 hours
5 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Skyfall covered the entire world in darkness and eternal winter. Most cities fell to panic and riots within the first week, and nearly all trade routes became lost to us. The entire surface-spanning world as we knew it fell apart in an instant. A hundred years later, we turned the light back on — and found the world surrounded by wings. Gigantic, feathery, wings. And they don't exactly sit still. Join us for Season 2 of the Starless Marches, as we uncover the mysteries around a century-past calamity — and attempt to save our world. Traverse golden-frozen deserts, journey into extra-planar dimensions, and discover ancient forbidden cults (and perhaps even join them). As a mid-level, tier-3 Daggerheart campaign, the training wheels are off. Strap yourself in!
Game style
West Marches
Sandbox / Open World
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Realm Building
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(26)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
34 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi, I'm Nicole! I'm an RPG blogger and professional GM/Storyteller from the Netherlands. I've played TTRPGs for over twenty years now, and I've GM'd for the greater part of that, with long-time experience covering Pathfinder & Starfinder; Daggerheart; World of Darkness games including Vampire, Hunter, and Mage; plus other titles like Fate, Dungeon World, and Blades in the Dark. All my adventures are handmade, giving me a deep personal connection to every campaign I run and the characters in them. Make an impact — change the worlds you play in! Additionally, my games are always new-player friendly. See a game you're interested in, but haven't played before? Send me a message!
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Creating your character
• All(*) core Ancestries, Classes, and Communities are available, along with current playtest material as offered from Darrington Press's Void content, minus transformations, and one additional disclaimer below. • New characters begin at level 5, with free choice of "Improved" weapons and armor • I recommend Demiplane to keep track of character choices and to engage with character sheets off-table, but we do play on a Foundry VTT instance, where we import our sheets, move tokens, and make dice rolls. • Have a strange character concept you want to try out? Let me know! Astralon already has an amnesiac divination-necromancer, a giant enochi mushroom bear, and a vampire stranded from Earth. The Guild will take all the help it can get! • (*) Elves are extinct. Or at least, assumed to be. Then there's the hypertech Elves of Darkness who attacked our city and have laid siege to Carmine for the past 47 years. We don't like those guys. Sorry!
Given the nature of this campaign, exact party arrangement may vary between episodes! Interested in joining multiple sessions? Awesome! Each player character is suitable for play across any Starless Marches episode.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need (free) accounts on Discord, Forge-VTT, and Demiplane (optional but recommended). • Our community Discord will be automatically sent to you when you sign up. Wave to me in the entrance hall and I'll tag you in! • https://forge-vtt.com/ — We play with Foundry VTT, for which Forge is our hosting provider. You'll need a free account with the Forge. • https://app.demiplane.com/home — Technically optional but highly recommended. !!The Daggerheart content library is free to my players!! DM me your email after signing up and I can add you to my content share.
What Nicole brings to the table
The Starless Marches is a fully-original, 100% human-crafted campaign. It's been cooking for over five years now, and I'm thrilled to finally share it with the world! Our campaign follows a 3-act structure, with all characters playing within the same tier at any given time. Each Season has its own story arcs & beats, paced to explore the world through a distributed lens. Want to learn more? Reach out! I'm available to chat on both StartPlaying and on Discord.
Homebrew rules
This story uses a custom-designed Campaign Frame, with some similarities between the Witherwild and the Age of Umbra. Consider the "Man vs Nature" aspects of Witherwild, mixed with some of the (literal, not figurative) darker elemnts of Age of Umbra. Some new features: • A "Point-Crawl" travel system that provides structure to overland travel, • Permanent unlockable community upgrades, • Homemade, setting-relevant original content specific to each story arc, including faction and deity influence progression in Season 2!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Nicole creates a safe table
We use the following tools: Open Door, X/N/O Cards, and Breaks. StartPlaying provides explanations on these tools, and here's how they work at my tables: - If you need to step away during the game, this is always OK, for any reason. - If the content in a scene is troubling for any reason, let me know (either in voice or in Discord — my DMs are open) and we can pause the scene and review/adjust anonymously. - We take a 10-minute "IRL Short Rest" usually around the midpoint, and can have additional breaks if necessary. - Lines & Veils are available upon request, please reach out about any questions or concerns! Lastly, this campaign is LGBTQ++ owned & operated. We keep a zero-tolerance policy against harassment, hate speech, and "TRASH" behavior (Transphobic, Racist, Ableist, Sexist, or Homophobic).
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