Learn to Play Dark Matter! | One Shot | Sci Fi D&D 5e 2024

Creating your character

You will choose your character from the following list! All are at level 3 and will come pre-equipped with useful items and equipment. 💥 Near-Human Path of the Dreadnought Barbarian - Rip and Tear with heavy weapons. "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘮..." 🎹 Vect-Android College of Cyberwave Bard - Blast your enemies with the power of synth music. "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺..." ⚙️ Near-Human Machine Domain Cleric - Enhance your allies with mechanical might. "𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭..." 🚗 Star Gnome Circle of Configuration Druid - Unlock the ability to wildshape into a powerful construct form. "𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳!" 🦾 Near-Human Cybernetic Fighter - Augment your body with powerful cybernetic upgrades. "𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱, 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯." 🤠 Near-Human Space Cowboy Gunslinger - Supercharge your signature blaster to really deal out the punishment. "𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦." 👊 Amoeboid Warrior of the Warped Monk - Stretch your body like rubber to slingshot your fists around in dramatic maneuvers. "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴..." 💚 Near-Human Oath of the Gamma Knight Paladin - Master a hardlight gamma blade to attack at both close and long range. "𝘐𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..." 🎯 Skathári Bounty Hunter Ranger - Place your Mark on creatures far away, track 'em down, and bring 'em in. "𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥..." 💻 Fey Elf Infiltrator Rogue - Hack your opponent's tech to debilitate and neutralise them. "𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦..." ⚡ Orc Nanite Magic Sorcerer - Empower yourself or expose your enemies using a colony of nanobots under your command. "𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘯!" 🌀 Wrothian Singularity Patron Warlock - Absorb incoming damage into an aggressive black hole that orbits your body. "𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵!" ✨ Near-Human Lumimancer Wizard - Utilise hardlight objects to destroy your foes with your creativity. "... 𝘕𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..."

Preparing for the session

Players will be invited to join a Discord server for the game, and be prepared to work with Foundry VTT. You do not need an account for Foundry to play, but some familiarity with the software would be advantageous. We will be using a Discord call to communicate during the game, and if the players so wish, we can enable video as well.

What Emerald Artifice brings to the table

Prepare for intense, cinematic combat that isnt just a contest to kill as many enemies as you possibly can. Rule of Cool is allowed and encouraged with the provision that it matches the vibe and genre of the game (or I think its just absolutely rad as hell). Roleplay, both between party members and with NPCs, is a favoured element of my games. Expect loving application of the tropes of the genre that we're all here to play and enjoy. A curated music playlist will be available for players to listen in to should they enjoy music with their D&D, though it is not mandatory.

Homebrew rules

The Medicine skill can use either your Wisdom or Intelligence modifier. Character stats and features are things that your characters can do reliably and consistently, but you can always try to push your abilities beyond their normal use and the RAW, but to do so may require additional checks or rolls!

How Emerald Artifice creates a safe table

We will be using an X card system that is operatable within Foundry. Please note the content warnings for this campaign. These themes are integral to the genre of the game we will be playing.