Caught in the Spiders Web | Spooky Rescue

Creating your character

We play with the 2014 legacy rules and characters will be created in DnDBeyond. You can use all official content by WotC you have access to, as well as the one shared by me on DnDBeyond. The characters will be level 4, and you have an extra 200gp for your equipment. For the abilities use the point-buy method and you can choose an extra feat. Use the average hit-point value for your level-ups. I can provide you with a few characters to choose from, if you don’t know where to begin.

Preparing for the session

You need an account for Discord which we use for communication. We play the game on FoundryVTT but use a Server-provider ForgeVTT for which you need an account. The characters are created on DnDBeyond for which you also need an account. All three are free-of-charge of course and you will get the links once you book the session. If you haven't yet played with FoundryVTT, make sure to read this short 5-minute-read tutorial: https://foundryvtt.com/article/player-orientation/ Once you know the basics a little, we can easily learn during play without interruption. You need a desktop pc or a laptop to play through FoundryVTT, a tablet or mobile phone won’t work. Please have a working headset ready for communication or headphones and a microphone, as well as a webcam. Be sure to have a stable internet connection and find a spot where you can play without major interruptions. You don’t need your own dice, we roll through FoundryVTT.

What Yarnickle brings to the table

I enjoy working with character voices to capture the personalities of the characters I portray. To set the mood, I handpick professionally crafted ambient music, specifically designed for pen and paper. We will play with FoundryVTT, a powerful virtual platform with several advantages: - Automation for a good flow of play - Animation of attacks and spells - Animated maps and line-of-sight principle I apply the Cool of Rule. If you find a way to use your abilities that stretches the rules, but either makes sense or leads to a fun or creative outcome, I will try to find a way to make it work! You will get access to a vast option of rulebooks, including the classics: Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse and Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.

Homebrew rules

• Drinking a potion takes a Bonus Action • you can take an Action to heal yourself for the max amount with a potion • giving a potion to a different creature than yourself takes an action • You roll your death saves yourselves, but only the GM sees the result, to keep up the tension. • You gain 1 point of exhaustion when dropping to 0 health points

How Yarnickle creates a safe table

To make sure everyone feels comfortable, I apply a number of safety tools: These include: - content warnings as tagged below - an open door policy: You can leave the call without a need to explain yourself if you need a moment for yourself - Lines and Veils: You need to fill out a short form with topics to state if you are comfortable with them or not. Lines are topics you are not comfortable with. Veils can be included into the game, but not graphically or in detail. - Aftercare: After the session we stay for a few minutes and check if anyone feels unwell or if something happened during the session that we should talk about. - X, N, O-Cards are integrated into Foundry as an emergency notification that you don't feel well with the current or oncoming topic