Hope, Fear & Fae - Daggerheart Campaign
War looms within the lands of fae, threads of hope & fear pull its inhabitants between light & darkness, Seelie and Unseelie courts vie for power
$20.00
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Details
Weekly / Saturday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3.5–4 hours
Campaign Length / 10+ Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The shadow of war looms within the fae realm and conflict brews beneath the surface of a world in a state of metamorphosis. Threads of hope & fear pull its inhabitants between light & darkness, Seelie & Unseelie courts vie for power. Our characters dwell in a land in constant shifting balance that threatens to alter the very essence of those that give in to its pull. Seelie Archfae courts fallen to the curse of fear have lost their relics of hope and kingdoms to the Unseelie horrors that now rule in their stead with an alien malice. This curse now threatens to spread to very heart of the kingdom you call home. Our adventurers have been tasked by their Archfae sovereign to investigate a nearby allied court whose royal messenger has fallen silent and determine the cause. They must fight past any Unseelie horrors that have arisen and if possible rescue the allied sovereign, their citizens & restore their relic of hope. Have they fallen to the shades of fear and become Unseelie? What has become of the relic of hope at the cities heart? Does whatever horror that befell them have designs on your kingdom next? Only the fates can see..... Set in a whimsical and fantastical land ruled by archfey courts, some already having fallen to the dying of the light of hope, Its up to our heroes to fight back the shades of fear and inspire hope in the hearts of fae once more. This campaign is intended to evoke both the fantastical and horrific flavors of fairytales and fae fiction with some surreal fantasy and supernatural horror elements. Those familiar with dnd can imagine a world that is in state of transforming from faewild to shadowfell.
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Combat Heavy
Roleplay Heavy
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(4)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
4 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Rule of Cool
About me
Hi yall my name is Nikolae, I've been a fan of dnd and fantasy ttrpgs since I was a knee high to a grasshopper. I have about 10 years experience playing dnd 5e, mostly as a DM running narrative focused homebrew campaigns. Lately Daggerheart has been my main focus both as a gm and player. Its narrative first style, collaborative focused mechanics and easy to homebrew system that highlights cinematic storytelling and creative play just fits my preferred style of game I run really well. I enjoying writing my own homebrew campaign frames but also jumping into oneshots as a player whenever I can, usually trying a different class from the player side of the table to help me find cool game elements to add to my game down the road regardless of what classes or characters my players might choose to play. Most excited about running more of my homebrew campaign frame set in a fae realm of my own design, been working towards the idea of multiple parties in separate campaigns all playing through a shared world,where the choices and ideas each player comes up with can not only contribute to and effect the world and story in their own game but ripple outwards to the other campaigns and effect the fae realm as a whole as each party attempts to save the fae realm from the unseelie curse.
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Creating your character
Character creation and game settup will take place collaboratively during our session Zero. Actual campaign gameplay should fall somewhere between 3.5 to 4 hours. We will be starting as tier 1, level 1 pcs for this campaign, we will play up till level 5 but the potential to play through to level 10 if there is continued interest in making it a longterm campaign. We will be using the official Daggerheart core release material via demiplane's daggerheart nexus character builder and roll20s demiplane integration for character management and tabletop settup, There is the additional option to use any of the up to date official play test classes, ancestries or communities available on the Void and demiplane, if you require content to be unlock for you within demiplane you must let me know and join the demiplane group so I can set you to have full access to the locked character options. Visual or narrative reflavorings are allowed using the core or playtest material but mechanical changes must be discussed during session 0 and remain at the GMs discretion. Feel free to have ideas in mind coming into the session 0 as to the character or class you'd enjoy playing both narratively and mechanically. I would ask you to keep their backstories loose and thematic but not set in stone. Leave space for us to build the characters, ties, and world collaboratively at the table during character creation at session Zero.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
To join this campaign: -You must have an account on Discord and join the campaign discord server, voice call will take place over discord in the campaigns dedicated server. -You must assemble all necessary tools and resources listed to facilitate play, I have added many in the player resource channel for players that do not have access to the physical or digital materials like links to the free SRD, player guide sheets, class character sheets, void playtest content and card info via the card editor all can be found in the discord servers payer resource channel. -You must use demiplane's daggerheart nexus to create your character sheets and rolls20s demiplane integration to manage character sheets during gameplay, if you require content to be unlock for you within demiplane you must let me know and join the demiplane group so I can set you to have full access to the locked character options for the duration of our campaign. To Join this campaign you will need: -working headphones and microphone (required), -computer and working internet. -At least a free demiplane account, roll20 account and discord account.
What Nikolae brings to the table
Virtual tabletop Roll20 and demiplane integration, Discord session voice call, demiplane character builder and content sharing
Homebrew rules
Aside from me being very open to reflavoring and thematic changes to game elements to help players realize the mechanical and narrative character concepts they want to play, the game will mostly be rules as written for ease of play tho I do lean towards rule of cool, narrative driven reflavoring and simple mechanical changes as long as they come from a genuine place of excitement for the story and character rather than attempt to alter and abuse mechanics for power gaming reasons.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Headphones
Platforms used
Safety
How Nikolae creates a safe table
Session 0 discussion of Lines and Veils, X cards via onscreen or direct message, Mid session break, Stars And Wishes after session discussion
Content warnings
Safety tools used