Guards of the Guild ('s interests)

Creating your character

We will have a session zero where all of character creation can be done and any questions will be answered. We'll be using D&D Beyond for the character sheets and once session zero is planned, I will be sending a link so that everyone can access my sources. We will be starting at level 1. Stats will be Standard Array using 18/16/14/12/12/10.

Preparing for the session

You will need a D&D Beyond and Discord account. We will be using Owlbear Rodeo as the VTT which doesn't require an account for you to use.

What E.M. brings to the table

I do embrace the Rule of Cool and I love entertaining out-of-the-box ideas or creative solutions. I am not very good at most accents but I am quite good at embodying the personalities and mannerisms of NPCs. I want my players to have fun first and foremost and I will certainly forego a rule in favor of fun. Every session will have a healthy mix of roleplay and combat (even if it isn't necessarily party v enemy). TTRPG is collaborative storytelling at it's finest and I want to write this story together.

Homebrew rules

1) Giving or taking a healing potion can be an action or bonus action. If you want the max amount of heal, it’s an action. If you just wanna roll, it’s a bonus action. 2) Critical attack roll damage is the max damage plus the rolled damage. For example: 1d6+2 would be 8 + 1d6 + 2. 3) Death save fails gain 2 levels of exhaustion, up to 6 which is death. These do stack. So if you go down, fail a death save, are brought back up and then go back down and fail another, you’re at 4 levels of exhaustion. 4) No Lucky feat allowed. Instead, whenever you fail a saving throw or miss an attack roll, you gain one luck point up to 5. You can spend luck points to add to a roll (for example, you roll a 14 and add one luck point for 15) or you can spend 3 luck points to reroll but you must take the new roll. (ToV mechanic I've adopted.) 5) (ToV rule) Enemies/NPCs do not roll insight, perception, or stealth. They are static 10 + skill bonus. 6) Desperate Casting: When a player has no spell slots or abilities left, they can overexert themselves. They can take a level of exhaustion to cast any of their spells of 3rd level or lower. Or they could take 2 levels of exhaustion to cast their 4th-6th level spells.

How E.M. creates a safe table

I will have two Google form links pinned in the Discord chat; one that has an RPG Consent Checklist and one that will allow players to submit any concerns, questions, wishes for content or roleplay, etc. We will have Owlbear Rodeo up during the entire session and I have added an extension that allows a player to privately send me a yellow exclamation point or a red X if they are uncomfortable with any content being presented. Whenever this happens, I will find a stopping place to take a break so the player and I can talk individually before we return to session.