Metagame | Magic: The Gathering × DIE RPG

Creating your character

Characters will be generated during the first session, as per the usual rules for DIE. This system has very simple character sheets, so the meat of it will be the persona generation questions, which will define your persona and their relationship to the game of Magic. Everyone will use a different class, with me as the Master. The Master traditionally assigns classes to the players, so let me know what your preferred playstyle is so I can pick the one that's best suited for you! (If you're familiar with the rules and want to call dibs on a specific class, that's okay too. First come, first served.) Oh, and you'll also get to pick four Magic: The Gathering cards to add to your arsenal: one planeswalker; one creature; one artifact; and one instant, sorcery, or enchantment. These will represent cards that have emotional significance for your persona. (See the Homebrew section below for more details.)

Preparing for the session

The game will be run through Discord, using voice and text and a dice-rolling bot. You'll need to have the appropriate software. If you've never played DIE before, don't worry! It's a pretty simple dice pool system, and you should be able to get the hang of it during play. But if you do want to study up, and you don't have the rulebook, you can find character sheets and quickstart rules available for free at the Rowan, Rook & Decard website with all the information you'll need as a player.

What Jasmine brings to the table

I'll be running the game primarily over voice chat, with dice rolled in the text chat. You can expect a balanced GMing style, with a mix of combat, exploration, and social encounters. Encounters will be tailored to the PCs, both for their abilities and their story beats, so if you join the campaign, you will be expected to attend every session. You should know that I am a HUGE Magic: The Gathering nerd and I will ABSOLUTELY be bringing my knowledge of the game and its lore to bear in this campaign. I definitely don't expect you to be as deep into Magic as I am, but this is a campaign by Magic fans, for Magic fans, so if you don't at least have a basic working knowledge of what the game is about, you're going to be VERY confused. You should also know that DIE is a game where the story and mechanics are deeply intertwined, and powerful abilities come with equally powerful narrative ramifications. So you'll get the most out of this campaign if you're prepared to engage with the fiction! Be ready for collaborative storytelling!

Homebrew rules

As part of persona generation, you'll pick four favorite cards for your character: * One planeswalker * One creature * One instant, sorcery, or enchantment * One artifact You'll have a limited pool of 3 mana which you can use to call on the powers of those cards during the campaign. A very basic effect is free. For 1 mana, you can do something cool. For 2, you can do multiple cool things. For all 3, you can do something really spectacular. (If you're familiar with DIE, this is similar to the Godbinder's debt economy.) Using a card requires an ability check depending on its color: Intelligence for blue or colorless, Wisdom for white or green, Charisma for black or red. For a spell with two or more colors, use the higher score. If you have questions about how this works with a particular card or type of card, or how it interacts with class abilities, or how much mana such-and-such effect would cost, or whatnot, ask me! And don't be afraid to make a pitch. We can work out the answers together.

How Jasmine creates a safe table

During Session 0, we'll go over the safety tools, establish lines and veils and other notable items about the tone of the game, what we want to leave out, and what we want to invite in. It'll be tracked in a text channel so we can refer back to it easily. X, N, and O cards can be pulled in voice or text chat at any time. Each session will end with dedicated time for aftercare, including stars and wishes. DIE pulls on a lot of potentially heavy emotional themes, and the types of stories it tells can mean that bleed is much more present danger than it would be in other systems, so this is a game where it's really important to be conscious of your own boundaries and the boundaries of others. Please don't be shy in using safety tools to help steer the experience!