Learn to play DnD! Be a Hero of the borderlands!
Be the hero the borderlands need! Help define the theme and mood of a living world while learning to play D&D!
$15.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Monday - 1:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
Campaign Length / 5–20 Sessions
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About the adventure
💪🏼You took the risk, gambled everything and after months of travel you have arrived to best place in the continent to make it as an adventurer! 💫Welcome to the Keep on the Borderlands! 🔰Are you the hero the Borderland needs❓ ⚔️ Your actions will be the answer‼️ 🐦🔥We'll create the theme and mood of this living world TOGETHER! ✌🏼 _____________ From soundtrack and music to VTT animations I will provide everything you need to play 100% human experience! ______________ ✅No math, no code: the VTT will take care of the math and the mods of the interface so you can enjoy your game. ➡️ Want to do a quick vibe check: https://youtube.com/shorts/PJNfT7k0i3g?feature=share ______________________________________________________________________ ❓ Do you need any experience? 🟢No. ❓ Do you have to act or do voices? 🟢 No. Except for being rude or nasty to your fellow players, there is no "right" or "wrong" way to play, just different styles for different people. ✅ Character creation can be as easy as you telling me what you think would be a fun character to play, and then me giving you your character and explaining what they do and how, or us shaping your alter ego together. I'll help you navigate a living world as it reacts to your character's actions whether they are observation, words, or blows; also known as exploration, diplomacy, or combat.
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(31)
3 years on StartPlaying
203 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Storytelling
About me
Role Playing Games were my sanity's refuge when my undiagnosed neurodiversity turned my academic endeavors into a living hell. The stories we weaved, and the love of the friends we wove them with, kept everyone going, and with each other, we were no longer alone. As time would have it, and in spite of our academic or social struggles, we ended up being an exceptional group professionals in our chosen fields, and as we sought to make our childrens' journey easier, most of my friends discovered their own neurodiversity. I want the opportunity to help your characters live epic stories and perhaps, if we are lucky, to turn strangers into lifelong friends. I belong to the Jim Butcher and WX (Sanderson-Kowal-Tayler-Wells) schools of storytelling, Gygax's philosophy of multi-party sandbox campaigning, and have several "podiums" in national (Venezuela) and regional (Caracas) tournaments under my belt (Stopped counting after five). Me? I'm a mixed Norseman-Latino, neurodivergent, liberal, geek, TTRPG and biology nerd. My mum got the "love all, respect all" of her beloved sixties in my heart at an early age, so expect zero judgment, and the (sometimes overbearing) care and kindness I try to offer to the people in my life. As well as some of my anarchist dad's, stonefaced humor (he was a riot, but his humor was black-hole-grade). I'm as old as, and hold the motto of, the Hard Rock Café 🎸: 💖 ♻ ⌛ ☸ ∞"Love All-Serve All, All Is One, Save The Planet, and Take Time To Be Kind." 💖 ♻ ⌛ ☸ ∞ Ready to play campaigns: DnD 5e: Phandelver and below + Essentials (bundled up or separate) Helianna's Monster Hunts. Isekai on the Yokai Realms Curse of Strahd PF2e: All of Otari: Beginners box, Troubles under Otari and abomination vaults, (either as stand-alones or bundled up) Kingmaker AP Outlaws of Alkenstar AP (How it's played style remix) Age of Ashes AP (Tabletop Travel Guide style remix) Young Guns of the Wastes✳ Playable within a month: 5e: Rockin' realms! (Brutal legend meets D&D)✳ Children of the mere (Plenty to do in the mere of dead men)✳ Waterdeep Barkeepers✳ Thunder Rift (TSR adventure setting for AD&D 2e, can covert to 5e) Return to the temple of Elemental Evil (3.5e, can convert to 5e) City of the Spider Queen (3.5e, can convert to 5e) PF2e: Blood Lords AP (Alexandrian style remix) Blood of Isger (The Poppet Crusade)✳ VtM (3e): Montreal by nights (Setting by Black Dog Pub.)✳ Caracas by nights ✳ ✳ Original adventure Secret ability: I can run hybrid Spanish/English campaigns if you want to practice your Spanish or English También se narra con ñ: se dirige en castellano (o en español si eres latinoamericano)
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Creating your character
From helping you select and making a premade character your own, to sitting along and creating one from scratch, I'll provide whatever level of assistance you want. We'll start at Level 1. Character building may be done entirely thru DnDbeyond, however take into account that some choices (like selecting the tamer or bender classes or the ✳ marked change) may force us to do it on foundry. I don't mess with family, friends and significant others unless I have consent, and I encourage you to include some in a short backstory: please give me three "safe" NPCs I won't mess with, and one I can put in peril for you to rescue or for me to put thru "A series of unfortunate events" (Pat. Pending by Lemony Snicket). The instructions below are only for experienced players: All options from the 5 core rule books available as well as Cyclopian Gobboc, Lotol, Ombrask, Oozekin and Rakin ancestries and all classes and sub-classes from Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting as well as the bender class from Ryoko's guide to the Yokai realms. Modified ability score array: 17 15 13 12 10 8 --or-- Roll with me 4d6 drop lowest up to three times (bad sets are awarded a luck pool) You can move an ancestry (race) +1 from your +2 or a +1 to an ability score that currently has no positive modifier from.✳
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need: Internet connection 💻 Functional microphone and speakers (or headphones). 💻 A sqyre (free) account (https://sqyre.app) 💻 A Chromium compatible web browser Opera, Opera GX, Chrome, or Edge (or its equivalent on mac). 🎮 Discord user account. 🐲 A DnDBeyond (free) account is recommended, but not necessary ❌ Don't bring TRASH (Transphobia, Racism, Ableism, Sexism, Homophobia) to the table. If I, at 50+ years of age, have chosen not to be a prejudiced grumpy old man and treat everyone who approaches me with respect, being younger you can do that, right?
What Olaf brings to the table
I have all the digital assets needed to run the game including: 💻 Virtual tabletop (Foundry VTT) Choice of audio input for soundboard or soundtrack in discord. 💯 Chill game: You don't need to act, do voices, math, or have experience to play. Except for being rude and uncaring to your fellow players, there is no "right" or "wrong" way to play, just different styles for different people. 🧙♂️ Life long experience in teaching playing and mastering TTRPGs 📚 For those of you who just must know the books we'll use: Players Handbook Thasa's Cauldron of Everithing Xanathar's Guide to Everything Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Olaf creates a safe table
Pre-session 0: Discord chat or live conversation with me to let me know of potential triggers, game tones you enjoy. If you have or want a copy of Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist you can ask for or deliver it. Intro to character concept. Session 0: Player expectations, character creation, character relations. Betwixt S0 and 1: delivery of group Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist (in case is requested). After and during every session: stars and wishes.
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