⛄ Snowman's Land - A Festive and Frightening Winter One-Shot ⛄
It's the winter holiday season in Vallaki, and everyone is feeling joyful! Pay no mind to the blood stains, whispering gifts, or blinking snowman...
$35.00
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Once / Thursday - 1:00 AM UTC
Dec 18
Session Duration / 3 hours
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
꧁•⊹٭A Festive Holiday One-Shot full of Celebration and Combat!٭⊹•꧂ ❄ Join the Holiday Festivities! Win Prizes! Fight Horrors! ❄ ⛄ Defeat Johnny B. Snow, the cruel archmage trapped in the body of an adorable snowman ⛄ 🎁 Find the Golden Gifts hidden around the festival. How many can you find? 🎁 ✨Enjoy a silly and unique adventure like no other ✨ তততততততততততত Session Includes তততততততততততত ✦ A 3-Hour Adventure within a winter wonderland, combining classic action with fun, unique opportunities for roleplay and fun. ✦ Bring your own character, or use one of the holiday heroes that's been prepped for just such a mystery ✦ Access to a virtual tabletop with beautiful presentation, music, and special effects ✦ Recording of Session to relive the Merry Memories ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ Reviews from Players ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ 🧙🏻♂️"I cannot recommend Ben enough, he is a SPECTACULAR and we will continue to have him as our DM for as long as we can" ~ Blair 🧚🏻♀️ "Another amazing session where the moment it ends I’m counting down the hours for the next one." ~ Kaitlyn Johnson 🧝🏼"I'm pretty new to TTRPGs and he's been more than understanding towards me and the other players. Genuinely, if you have any doubts, you shouldn't." ~ Problematic 🧟♂️ "First session of the campaign, and I’m already hooked and learning great things from Ben." ~ Ian Scarfe 🧜🏼♀️ "You absolutely want a spot at Ben's next table." ~ Courtney
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Meet the Game Master
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About me
Hello! I’m a GM that has been hosting adventures for well over a decade. My current love is Dungeons & Dragons 5e, where I’ve been hosting paid games for over 4 years now. My style of GMing is a friendly one, where I seek to help the players connect to the adventure in the way that speaks to them. Whether you want a brutally challenging dungeon or a fun roleplay night, I will seek to make that happen. The secret to this dynamic approach is to get to know each player, their character, and what that character means to them. I’m not your rival; I’m your teammate on this quest to tell your story. Don’t think this means my campaigns are walks in the park, though. When players want a challenge, I’m ready to bury some PCs, and my shovel has seen its fair sure of use. For reference, my favorite types of adventures to create are those with deeply immersive settings and memorable characters, such as Curse of Strahd or Odyssey of the Dragonlords. These give me a chance to build and flesh out a world of meaningful encounters, threats, and victories. The last thing I’d like to mention is that I entirely love the chance to teach games to people. Helping them to enjoy and draw the most out of storytelling is a special thing to me, and I take great pride in introducing people to the world of roleplaying. So whether newcomer or veteran, combat-grizzled or deep roleplayer, I’m here to make your adventure happen, and I can’t wait to meet you!
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Creating your character
Bring your OC or request access to a premade character! ⫸ Characters must be level 5 ⫸ Rules set is D&D 5th Edition (2014) ⫸ Stats are determined by Point Buy or Standard Array ⫸ Players may bring one common/uncommon magic item ⫸ Any official D&D Race, Class, and Subclass that is compatible with 2014's rule set is allowed.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need the following: - Microphone - Discord account - Chrome or Edge web browser - (Optional) Webcam Players will be asked to confirm whether they are using a premade character or wish to have one made for them. Once signed up, please join this Discord: https://discord.gg/PKDKqS6fv7
What Bencompetence brings to the table
Materials: • Access to Foundry and a premium presentation • Option to use your own hero or premade adventurers • Private Discord Area to share with fellow adventurers Story Elements ▸ A winter tale about saving the world from eternal frosty doom ▸ Encounter with Johnny B. Snow, a Snowman possessed by unfathomable evil ▸ Unique challenges spread throughout the map, all encouraging teamwork and collaboration ▸ An Environment free of harmful "Edgy" content (Bigotry, racism, sexism, queerphobia, etc.)
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Microphone
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Safety
How Bencompetence creates a safe table
All players who sign up more than 24 hours in advance will be given a chance to fill out a Safety Consent form. All players will be provided a list of potentially triggering/upsetting topics. Our virtual tabletop has built-in Safety Tools, which will be taught and reviewed prior to session beginning. After the session, players will be given the opportunity to cool down and discuss the experience with one another.
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