Venture into the Sunless Citadel! (A DnD 5e PBP Adventure)

Creating your character

We will using the rules set for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, the 2024 version. We will be using the Player's Handbook and other official sources (such as Eberron's Artificer and the new Forgotten Realms guides) for races and classes for this game. More details are below. Characters will be created using the character creation guidelines found in the PHB, in addition to the ones below, and characters will be hosted on DnDBeyond. I have a Master account with content sharing that I will use for this campaign so every player will have access to the books they need, free of charge. *Character creation rules:* - All official races and classes from the 2024 5e PHB and other 2024 official sources are allowed, as long as they are not "legacy" content or from the 2014 rules set. Subclasses must also come from these sources. No homebrew, please. - Standard array or point buy - Starting level: 1st - Free 1st level origin feat - Standard gold or equipment by class - No Evil alignments or "murder hobos" or "loners" types. We are here to have a group game and experience. - A backstory would be very helpful for me to weave your characters into the narrative and bring everyone together. Things like where they are from, their motivations, character merits and flaws, what they want in life would be perfect. Please keep it under one page in length. A character picture would be great as well. - All characters will be created before the campaign begins and added to the campaign link provided via DnDBeyond.

Preparing for the session

Please have a Discord and a DnDBeyond account for this game. Please have some basic experience playing the 2024 DnD 5th edition game. This game is for beginners but I am hoping you at least know how to make a character and how the game flows. We will also be using the Avrae discord bot for dice rolls in Discord. I will make sure to upload a tutorial for using Avrae but please have some basic knowledge of how to use it before we begin.

What Chris MacKay brings to the table

I will provide all the DnD books needed via my campaign link on DnDBeyond as well as set up and maintain the Discord server that we will play on. Players will also have their own private channels so they can chat with me freely about anything they need to. I tend to run with "Rules as Written" but favour the "Rule of Cool" over it when the situation calls for it and it would make the game more enjoyable for my players. Combat is not the main focus of the game but there will be some measure of it in play. The main focus will be upon heavy roleplaying, exploration and everything in between that we, as a group, decide we want to focus on. We are all here to have a good time and that's something we can decide together just what that fun is!

Homebrew rules

Drinking a potion or feeding it to an unconscious party member is a bonus action. Otherwise, rules will be as written in the PHB or interpreted by the DM.

How Chris MacKay creates a safe table

We will go over any limitations and things we wish to avoid in a session zero discussion with all players present. I also use the "Red, Yellow, Green" system in play to help call attention to something that may make someone uncomfortable etc.