Journey from the Seas to the Skies ⚓ The Hunt for Zephyr Rock
Avast! Welcome aboard, your new home sailor. The Brinebreaker seeks to leave its watery domain and take to the clouds! Don't get left behind.
$25.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Sunday - 7:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–3.5 hours
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
⚓ Explore the high seas of the Free Waters 🦈 Face dangers from the depths and salty foes 🔱 Build your moving bastion and get her skyworthy 🎭 Make your choices matter in a living world with vibrant NPCs After a life of fighting for freedom, the old Captain of the Brinebreaker has seen it fit to hang up his pegleg and retire in peace. The ship was bequeathed to his first mate, but most of the crew had disbanded. The now-captain, Saltybeak, has always had an eye on the skies. A decade of battle and injury may have rendered the Aarakocra flightless, but that won't stop old Saltybeak from soaring once again. Captain Saltybeak has put out a call in the free city of Libertalia for new crew members to join him aboard the Brinebreaker. The mission? Simple: make enough coin and find enough Zephyr Rock to retrofit the Brinebreaker into an airship. Well, it's not so simple, actually. The Zephyr rock rush is pretty much over; the levitating stone is difficult to come by and priceless. Not to mention that the Free waters are riddled with dangers from the deep and the skies. Pirates and Shio Empire Agents roam the waters; the way is far from safe. Are you brave enough to set sail and see your ship break the clouds? What can you expect in a typical session? 🤔 🎭 Captivating role-play with voiced NPCs 🐉 Epic and challenging combat scenarios 📘📕 A range of narrative choices and consequences 🎮 Premium VTT tools, scenes and animations 🎮 Gameplay breakdown (modifiable): - Combat encounters: ⚔️⚔️⚔️ - Social roleplay: 🎭🎭🎭 - Exploration and survival: ⛏️⛏️⛏️ This is a custom adventure with a nautical theme set in my homebrew world of Thaegrea. As such, even though there is an overarching story, there will be a higher emphasis on character-driven story plots, should you wish to pursue them. The campaign will run from level 5 to 10. My session zeroes are free.
Game style
Sandbox / Open World
Combat Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(49)
3 years on StartPlaying
460 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Teacher
Average response time: 3 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
🧙🏾 Greetings, Adventurer! And welcome to my table! I appreciate you stopping by. 📚 My time as a biologist has taught me that humans are a storytelling species. It is my pleasure to help people tell their stories in a fun and fantastical way. 🎲 I have been rolling dice and telling stories with my friends, family, and local gaming club for over a decade now. My love of fantasy began with Brian Jacques' Redwall series and other fantasy novels, then moved on to JRPGs like the Final Fantasy series, and now I get to tell my own fantasy stories for a living! 🛠️ I enjoy constantly experimenting with storytelling, game design, world-building, voice impressions and digital tools to create iteratively immersive and fun experiences for my players.
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Creating your character
Characters will be created in a D&D Beyond campaign and then ported to Foundry VTT. The party will start at level 5 with starting equipment, or gold buy, a common magic item, an uncommon magic item and +500GP. We will be using the D&D 2024 Rules. To keep things simple, please try to follow the official WOTC 2024 rules for player character options. Other sources will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but please feel free to run your idea by me.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
🎮 If you don't already, you will need free Discord, D&D Beyond and Sqyre.app accounts. Nothing needs to be purchased. 🎙️ A good mic and headset are recommended for voice communication on Discord. 🎲 A browser plugin called Beyond20 can be used to send your D&D Beyond rolls to Foundry. 🔉 You will receive a link to the Discord Server beforehand, where you can find the rest of the set-up information. 🧑 Please send me any pictures of your character ahead of time so that tokens can be created. ✍️ A half-page character backstory would be nice, but is not mandatory.
What Yanas brings to the table
🎮 Variety of character options on D&D Beyond. 🗺️ Premium battle maps and animated scenes. 🔉 Syrinscape (sound effects) and music subscriptions. 🎲 Minor homebrew aimed to reduce gameplay frustration.
Homebrew rules
- Maximum healing for potions. - Improved critical damage. - Distraction reaction.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
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Safety
How Yanas creates a safe table
In Session Zero, we will: - Go over some content disclaimers - Go over some of the major gameplay and introductory lore beats - Help with character creation, if needed - Go over character creation rules and provide assistance if needed - Get familiarized with my instance of Foundry VTT - A practice combat encounter to test your character I am open to digitally receiving lines, veils, and cards to my DMs before the game and at any point, as well as publicly at session zero if you are comfortable with that. I will accept feedback after sessions, and you can either let the group know publicly or DM me privately afterwards.
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