The Dark of Hot Springs Island | D&D5e2024

Creating your character

Character creation will be discussed in-depth during Session Zero and in the group Discord beforehand. Access to both a DnDBeyond campaign and Roll20 campaign for character creation will be provided when you join the game, and you can feel free to discuss character concepts in the group Discord ahead of time. I strongly suggest that you not completely finalize character creation until after it has been discussed during Session Zero, as after discussing it with the party, you may wish to make some alterations to better fit into the party's identity and goals. 🗡️ Characters will start at 3rd level. 🗡️ 27 Point-Buy for stats, not rolled. 🗡️ Averages for HP instead of rolling. 🗡️ Characters start with one Uncommon magic item of their choice, with a few exempt items. Further prep materials will be provided to you once you're signed up for the campaign, to give you a more in-depth look at just how character-building works. I offer several additional perks for new characters to help you create the character of your dreams!

Preparing for the session

Voice and video communication will be run through Discord, with Roll20 or DnDBeyond used for character creation, and Roll20 for battlemaps, visual aids, and dice rolling. You are not obligated to use video, but I will mostly be running with my video on. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅: 🗡️ 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒕, and remain on push-to-talk or otherwise mute yourself between speaking if you expect to have disruptive background noise. 🗡️ 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓. 🗡️ 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒏𝑫𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍20 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.

What Craig Chapman brings to the table

📖 All WotC sourcebooks on DnDBeyond and nearly all third party content as well 📚 Tons of homebrew content to expand the character building process 🗺️ Fantastic maps that take you into the dark jungles and caves of the island 💡 Dynamic lighting to brighten the treetops and darken the dungeons 🎶 Curated music and ambience to take you into the realm of exploration and adventure ✨All the magic you need to have a fantastic time at the table!

How Craig Chapman creates a safe table

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: The Dark of Hot Springs Island contains a huge variety of content, and, more than many adventures, is heavily player driven. The type of content that players encounter and the way that players encounter it is largely up to the players to determine, meaning that while many content warnings are listed, these are only possibilities - not guarantees. Some other content may be encountered depending on player choices, but there will always be options to either reject this content, or skip past it and leave it veiled. Session 0 will help to determine more of what will be or will not be encountered. 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚: I run a script-heavy Roll20 game with plenty of visual aids and handouts, and will (usually) post most of these to a group Discord as well. Dynamic lighting, scripts to improve the accessibility and quality of your game, and macros to make every element of the game as simple as possible are all elements that I offer. These elements can be disabled upon request, if there are issues with lag or concerns about usability. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑾𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚: We will use Roll20 as a virtual table-top (VTT) for gameplay and dice-rolling, and Discord for voice and (optional) video. I will use a camera, but you are not required to do so unless you want to. I use music bots in Discord for audio and ambience, but can also use Syrinscape upon request. I will have Discord open at all times on a separate monitor, so if you want to ask me any questions or have concerns about the gameplay, you can message me either straight through Roll20 or through Discord. I am also available throughout the week (excluding Saturdays) to help troubleshoot any tech issues or character questions, to a reasonable extent. 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒁𝒆𝒓𝒐 & 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚: Prior to our Session Zero, I will make sure everyone has a copy of the consent checklist to fill out, so that I can note during our conversation what matters are off-limits, and give you some anonymity if you want it. Our Session Zero will cover campaign direction and themes, the main elements of the campaign, preferred style of play and difficulty, content warnings and safety concerns, character creation guidelines, party integration, player etiquette, and house rules. If there are any other elements you'd like to discuss, please feel free to bring them up with me ahead of time, and I will discuss with you as to whether or not we should include them in our conversation.