Welcome to Strixhaven!
Strixhaven is a 4 years program where curiosity gets structure, friendships get intense, love blossoms, and experiments go wrong on a regular basis.
$5.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Monday - 5:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In this beginner-friendly adventure, you will be starting your magical studies at Strixhaven, where knowledge, friendship, rivalries, and unintended adventures await! Take a on-campus job, join extracurricular activities, and save the school from the looming danger that keeps disturbing your life on campus.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(1)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
Average response time: 9 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
My uncle taught me how to play RuneQuest when I was 8 years old, and I figured out the rest by reading his rulebooks of D&D edition 3.5 in his attic. Since then I've ran games filled with teenage murderhobos until I was able to play in a room full of sane people, who then trusted me to become their DM, which has now been going on since 2018. I've then explored running games online, and taught a group of new players how to play the game by running the Mines of Phandelver, which then evolved into their own personalized campaign, which has been running for over two years now. Personality-wise, think of me like a human marshmallow who giggles and likes to make funny voices. My profile picture is very accurate as you'll see when I turn on my camera during session 0.
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Creating your character
Come in with character concepts and ideas, but wait until Session 0 before creating a character sheet and writing a backstory so we can create more group cohesion in the beginning of the adventure. Strixhaven comes with its own set of backgrounds that fit seamlessly into its universe, which will will go over during session 0. If you do not want to play a spellcasting class, make sure your chosen class has a magic-oriented subclass, and a background that grants a feat such as magic initiate.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
We will use Discord for chat, Roll20 or D&D Beyond VTT for the virtual tabletop, and D&D Beyond for the character sheets.
What Raphael brings to the table
I will be making character voices. I cannot help it. I have curated playlists to go with the campaign, and I am more than happy to listen to your music suggestions. :) I like to follow the rule-book until there is a narrative reason to throw the rules out the window.
Homebrew rules
-Drinking a potion is a bonus action, and applying it to someone else is an action. -Keep track of the ammo you use in battle! After the fight, roll a d20 for each ammo you used, and any roll at 10 and above is an ammo recovered. -Everyone has a luck score of 10. A d20 roll at or under your luck is a success. A 1 is a critical luck, raising your score by 1. A 20 lowers your score by 1. It's pure luck!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Raphael creates a safe table
A community agreement will be available on the discord server, as well as the Lines and Veils, which will be gone through during session 0. We will also determine how the group prefers to address their personal boundaries, and preferences in terms of aftercare.
Content warnings
Safety tools used