Lady Blackbird: Escape from the Hand (Optional teaching)
A swashbuckling sky-fantasy adventure where a noblewoman in disguise, her bodyguard, and a crew of misfits must escape Imperial captivity and navigate
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Weekly / Friday - 11:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
Campaign Length / 3–20 Sessions
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About the adventure
Lady Blackbird is on the run from an arranged marriage to Count Carlowe. She hired the smuggler skyship The Owl to take her to the far reaches of the Remnants, where her secret lover, the Pirate King Uriah Flint, is said to dwell. But before reaching Haven, The Owl was captured by the Imperial cruiser Hand of Sorrow. Now Lady Blackbird, her bodyguard Naomi Bishop, and the crew are detained in the brig, while the Empire investigates their ship’s registry. Can they escape before their true identities are revealed? Can they survive the dangers of the Wild Blue? And when they reach the Pirate King... will he still want her? This campaign is: • Beginner-friendly and rules-light • Focused on character drama, improvisation, and cinematic action • Set in a rich steampunk-fantasy world of skyships, sorcery, and rebellion
Game style
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
Less than a year on StartPlaying
1 game hosted
Average response time: 13 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I like to learn new RPGs and systems so picking up a new game type is easy and enjoyable. I prefer open world type DMing based on the players backstories and play preferences. I never liked railroaded scenarios or DMs that ignored the actual players. That is why I got into DMing. I like to create open worlds when I can and do use or start from premade scenerios sometimes but like to create the world.
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Creating your character
You play existing story characters.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Discord, Roll20. You play existing story characters.
What Tyler Branch brings to the table
Collaborative storytelling Player-driven choices Strong NPCs with clear motivations Focus on keys, beliefs, and emotional consequences Play an existing character in an epic story
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Physical Dice
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Safety
How Tyler Branch creates a safe table
Listed. Full content warnings Violence: • Non-graphic combat • Threats of harm • Imperial oppression Supernatural / Horror: • Sorcery and magical effects • Shape-shifting goblins Psychological Themes: • Betrayal • Identity concealment • Romantic tension Other: • Slavery (past trauma) • Political intrigue • Skyship combat
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