Old School Essentials One-Shot Dungeon Crawls
Somewhere in the wild mountains lies the remains of an ancient underground city, loaded with lost treasure, ripe for the taking! Yours, if you can!
$15.00
/ Session
Details
Once / Monday - 12:30 AM UTC
Nov 17
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
If you want to try an Old School game, but weren't sure you wanted to commit to a campaign, try a One-Shot! Play a character in an old school-styled dungeon crawl and see if this style of play is for you. I love it, and you may too! New players welcome! There are many versions of Old School games. This adventure will be with Old School Essentials, a popular product of Necrotic Gnome games. My multi-level dungeon has many entrances that adventurers must find to enter through. This dungeon is designed with Dungeondraft (https://dungeondraft.net/) if you are interested in making your own VTT maps. Players aren't expected to run all the way through in the time allotted: just adventuring for a few hours of sword-swinging and spell-slinging to gather riches and find secret magic weapon caches. No finer an evening can be found anywhere! If desired, returning players may create and keep a regular character, turning this into a West Marches style of game. Message me for more details.
Game style
Dungeon Crawl
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(21)
1 year on StartPlaying
135 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Teacher, Creativity
About me
Greetings! I have been a gamer since 1980 when a friend introduced me to "High Fantasy" by Jeffrey Dillow, which led to playing a mixture of D&D versions and other games. I had some great DMs early on to learn from. We tried a lot of different games, and this translated to my family as well, playing with my brothers and sisters and sometimes parents. While I have had a gap here or there in playing games over the years, I've earned a lot of experience with playing and running games for family and friends, and want to branch out to make new friends as well. Hosting games as a paid GM is a natural extension of that. I like the classic dungeoncrawl type of game the most, and this is what I also like to run.
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Creating your character
I have some 4th- 6th level pre-generated characters to choose from in a One-Shot to quickly begin adventuring. No books or other material needed on the player's part.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Discord, Mic, (video optional) and Fantasy Grounds Unity client. No need to purchase anything: my license allows me to run games for Demo clients. Useful, but not necessary to read the rules - use this opportunity for discovery!
What George brings to the table
Quick hack and slash, some exploring, a little role playing, delving through dungeons and caves to enjoy an evening playing a little Old School Essentials without committing to a campaign. All you need is Discord, a Mic, and Fantasy Grounds Unity VTT app. https://discord.gg/SHZx5ab7E8 Characters are already created and ready to play. Just jump in and begin exploring (fighting, setting off traps, stumbling through forests and caves, etc.) No commercial materials - all my dungeons are created by me!
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How George creates a safe table
Players can expect fighting, traps, and spell use. In a dungeon and caves, so descriptions of closed-in spaces. Monsters are usually out to get you. Old School games were typically very challenging to characters. Death was frequent. As heroes in search of gold and glory you brave those dangers, and clever players can win out the day.
Content warnings
Safety tools used