Grey Hawks of Trevasc

Creating your character

We'll meet once or twice before the game launches and have our own writing sessions together to understand the character concept and what your expectations are. You'll begin at level 5 with a free feat. There will be a few restrictions on races (such as elves) due to the lore of this setting. If an option is found within an official WoTC book, it's allowed. The only exception I'd make is for a tweaked Twilight Cleric to reduce its channel divinity potency. I'll be able to share my resources with you on DnD Beyond and we'll export the character sheets from there into Foundry VTT.

Preparing for the session

Please send me a friend request on discord (emiliallthetime) and we'll meet to see if we're a good fit for one another.

What Lilac brings to the table

I enjoy employing different voices for the many NPCs encountered within the adventure. Music will be used for ambience and combat, but you'll be able to set your personal volume in FoundryVTT. I prefer using the Rule of Cool when the fiction affords it, and reflavoring existing mechanics or spells to fit your character theme is recommended. Combat can range from a short bout to a deadly encounter, it should be clear within the context of the situation, rather than a perfect challenge each and every time.

Homebrew rules

There are a few here and there, which are mostly for quality of life or immersion. - Drinking a potion from your belt is a bonus action. Drinking a potion with a full action grants you the maximum amount of healing instead of rolling. - Death saving throws are done blindly, so that none of the players know how close their comrade is to death until it is too late. - Each time you are reduced to 0 hit points, you must succeed a DC15 CON save or gain a stack of Exhaustion. This is to reduce the "yo-yo" effect of people going up and down and it being comical rather than dire. - Exhaustion stacks up to 5, and their effects are changed to just be a flat -1 penalty to all rolls. When you finish a long rest, you remove stacks of exhaustion equal to 1 or your CON modifier. - Upon reaching 5 stacks of exhaustion, you enter into a comatose state and roll death saving throws to become stable. There are more that I cannot remember, but class or race features that are "weak" are improved to better fit the quality of other options. We'll go over them when we talk about your character.

How Lilac creates a safe table

Most things will be discussed upon our first meeting, such as potential triggers or hard/soft lines we have. If a situation is becoming too stressful, you are welcome to message me discreetly and step away or we may pause for a moment. After each session, I believe it's paramount that we ensure there is no "player bleed" within the group, separating the actions or words within the game and those of the players. Tensions within the game between characters is fine, especially if the players are collaborating to display a clash of beliefs or a negative trait that needs to be worked on. PvP is not a draw of this campaign and will most likely be denied, unless like I said, it is a collaboration between players for meaningful roleplay.