A Dungeoncrawl in Daggerheart | Keep on the Borderlands

Creating your character

Character creation will be done in-session. This will likely take the first hour of the first session, but can be revisited and refined at any time. We'll use Classes and Domains from the Daggerheart Core Rules (none of the Void Classes!) All Classes, Communities, Heritages & Domains are allowed, and should need minimal reflavouring for the setting. All Player Characters will be residents of The Keep: either new arrivals or long-term residents. Your Player Characters will also all have connections to each other (established in-game). Some questions to ponder: - What is the name of your master to whom your Player Character is squire / acolyte / apprentice / trainee? - Why is your Player Character not yet ready to take on the full title of their profession? You're welcome to come up with a full character concept ahead of the game, but PLEASE don't overthink it. My preference is for the group to come up with characters together in the first session.

Preparing for the session

Discord (link available once you sign up) Foundry VTT (link available once you sign up) Demiplane is easiest for character creation (but offline sheets or pen/paper is totally fine too) Note that I prefer players to have webcams turned on whenever possible. I'm happy to do quick tech tests with you ahead of the session to make sure everything works smoothly. We won't be using any advanced features in Foundry VTT. As long as you're able to navigate the interface + map and move your character token around, we'll be fine.

What Rich - Renegade Rolls brings to the table

I'll take you through character creation, explain the rules for any Daggerheart newbies (who are very welcome!), and get you all set for adventures. Combat will be mostly tactical gridded combat, with occasional theatre of the mind combat encounters. Daggerheart prides itself on being a bit loose with the interpretation of ranges and distances, but it does provide optional rules which we'll use for playing with the gridded map: Melee 5 ft = 1 square Very Close 15 ft = 3 squares Close 30 ft = 6 squares Far 60 ft = 12 squares Very far > 60 ft = > 12 squares In narrative / roleplay moments, my GM style is all about improv and reacting to whatever the characters do, while keeping a handle on things to make sure everything fits within the fiction that we've established. I personally very much enjoy finding different voices for my NPCs. When you're in character, you're welcome to speak as you normally would... but if you want to do a sneaky goblin voice, I'll encourage it wholeheartedly! I like to move the spotlight around, and will use improv style "editing" to keep things snappy. If a scene is dragging, I'll literally say "and scene!" or "we cut to" and we'll jump to the next thing. The game will include optional ambient music in Discord. The volume can be set and turned on / off by you at any time, and won't impact the core experience of the game.

Homebrew rules

We'll be playing Rules-As-Written, with the optional rules for distances in gridded combat but GM interpretations and The Rule Of Cool will always come first. A rules intro / reminder will be part of the pre-game.

How Rich - Renegade Rolls creates a safe table

Once we're all online, we'll start the session with Housekeeping, Player Intros and discussion on Safety Tools. The scenario will feature fantasy violence and death. I intend to veil over gratuitous details of killing, and I'll be using X Card / Pause for a Second myself liberally. My preference is for everyone to do this via audio: saying "X Card" or "Pause for a Second" but I'll also have my messages open if anyone prefers to share via a text message. We'll take time at the end of each session for a Debriefing as well as sharing Stars & Wishes.