Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (Day and Time TBD)

Creating your character

We will create level 1 characters together as part of session 0 (free of charge), and even one-on-one through Discord messages to make sure that everything is set and backgrounds are fleshed out.

Preparing for the session

We will be playing using a combination of Discord, Dndbeyond, and Talespire. Talespire has a cool mod that will allow us to create characters in the game instead so that players can roll directly from there instead of switching back and forth between the game and Dndbeyond. If a player cannot run Talespire on their computer but still really wants to join, I will make sure that battles are streamed for visual clarification when their turn comes up.

What Velrock brings to the table

I will have maps in Talespire ready to go, background music and ambience, and miniatures for full immersion into the world. I use the Kenku app that can join our Discord call to add music and ambience. I will be making fully custom miniatures for the players, as that is my profession, and import them fully colored into Talspire. You can look up Velrock Art Miniatures for examples. I will also use a combination of Heroforge and Titancraft to create NPCs and enemies.

Homebrew rules

Homebrew rules will be properly detailed in the Discord server we use for the campaign. Here is a brief outline: You aren't unconscious at 0 HP but there will be heavy penalties and Death Saves will still happen. Natural 1 on attacks and ability checks will cause something funny to happen (Won't be very punishing). Drawing and stowing weapons is free if it makes sense. Critical Hits roll normally and then add the maximum of the dice on top of it (critical damage for a shortsword would be 1d6+mod+6) Flanking gives advantage on melee attacks Helping with a skill requires proficiency, and there is a limit to how many people can make the check No movement penalty when moving through allies. Flavor your spells however you want as long as the result is the same in terms of mechanics. Incapacitating effects will be minimal, and you can still use your Action when incapacitated at a penalty. Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master changed to reduce attack by Proficiency Bonus, and add double Proficiency Bonus to damage Investigation will sometimes be substituted in for Perception checks when a character is up close and touching things Healing potions are an Action, but you maximize the roll. Alternatively you can use a Bonus Action for a potion and roll normally for HP. Spellcasters can cast spell scrolls if the spell is not on their class list, if they succeed a check.

How Velrock creates a safe table

If there is a lot of content that triggers you, this is probably not the game for you. That being said, this will be a goofy swashbuckling adventure campaign so any triggering content will most likely be played off as comedic or as background and not the focal point of the story. Obviously I'm not going to intentionally make anyone uncomfortable and if someone has a problem with something, within reason, I will do everything I can to alleviate the issue. We will have a session 0 where I will go over rules and get input from all players, so we know what lines not to cross. If a player takes issue with anything going in the game, I am someone they can reach out to discuss it, I don't want players to ever feel like they can't talk to me.