Blightfall: Corruption on the Fae Frontier

Creating your character

We will build characters during our first meeting, a Session Zero. Players will have access to the Demiplane Daggerheart Nexus through the GM's Roll20 account. We'll start at Level 1. Feel free to think a bit about backstory for a character. Active connections among players' characters are build during character creation, so leave space around the edges for us to fill in together. I will also have some pregenerated characters if choices seem overwhelming in a new system.

Preparing for the session

Please make sure you have free accounts set up on: Discord (https://discord.com/ Roll20 (https://roll20.net) Once you join our game, I'll send you invitations to our discussion server on Discord and our campaign on Roll20. Optional Services: 1. I use Syrinscape for sound environments, but not everyone wants this element. The Syrinscape Web Player lets you listen if you want, and control sound volume separate from our chat volume (https://app.syrinscape.com/). 2. I will send you a pre-game survey to get a sense of your interests and hopes for our campaign.

What David brings to the table

My tables are welcoming and inclusive spaces to explore and develop our characters, ideas, and story. I am long-time teacher, politically progressive, and committed to being an ally - but always open to learning from our play group. You can expect safety tools, a respectful and supportive environment, clear communication, and reflection about any issues or conflicts that arise. Ideally, we all share in those priorities and help to co-create them. My world-building focuses on diverse cultures (often in conflict with each other), mysteries and political intrigue, and opportunities to pursue social justice. I find tables work best if players pursue common goals, so I will always work with you as players and as characters to shape a story world to find and follow those goals. This is much more important to me than driving the story myself as GM. I enjoy tables that span an emotional range from dramatic to silly. My story style isn't either cozy (bad things can still happen) or dark (bad things don't mean disturbing things). I am on the spectrum and self-aware about how that affects me and some of my interactions. Something I'm focusing on is developing and inhabiting my non-player characters (and their voices and mannerisms), so feedback and challenges are welcome there! I will provide: 1. An optional Discord discussion forum for connecting with me and other players outside our game sessions. 2. Access to my Roll20 Virtual Tabletop. We may use maps and tokens or other images there to bring our game experience to life. 3. Through Roll20, access to a Compendium, which includes Daggerheart's rules and a character generator hosted by Demiplane. 4. A rich campaign guide to our campaign world, including maps and lore. 5. Optional ambient sound and music through the Syrinscape Web Player.

Homebrew rules

I follow the Daggerheart core rules, with flexibility for Rule of Cool and creative imagination.

How David creates a safe table

Before and during Session Zero, we will agree on our group's Lines and Veils. If you're not familiar with these terms, Veils define content that might cause discomfort and will only ever be included indirectly or off-screen (seduction is a common Veil). Lines define content that feels unsafe to one or more players and is always unwelcome in our game, from players or the GM (violence against children is a common Line). Inside Roll20, I support these Lines and Veils through on-screen safety cards. The default card on our tabletop is green (we keep going), but players can also display a yellow card (slow down and we might need to discuss something or have a safety reminder) or red card (we need to pause immediately and address something).