D&D 5e 2024 | Level 4-> 8 Campaign | [H] A Bard's Rest

Creating your character

We will use the 2024 ruleset of Dungeons & Dragons 5e. As such, all Player Handbook 2024 official classes and subclasses are allowed. 2014 subclasses or other homebrewed subclasses are allowed but must first go through The Dungeon Master. The first session will be a session 0 where I will help you create your characters and then we can test them through play. At the end of that session, we should have our player characters ready for the rest of the campaign. This session will be free! Given that this is a homebrewed world, there is a set list of available races to pick. That list is quite expansive but players are recommended to discuss with The Dungeon Master for any niche or lesser known species they are interested in playing. Participants will receive a discord link to my organizational server where The Dungeon Master will give them a document detailing the character creation options and process. This is a level 3-7 adventures, players will be required to create level 3 characters. We will not use Session 0 since the campaign is extremely short and a lot of it is pre-written. Player Characters can and will influence the story, but backstories are less important in this campaign. If players are comfortable, pre-generated characters are available. The Dungeon Master can also handle the character creation process and players can specify which race, which class and which subclass they wish to try. I, the Game Master, will aid you through messaging if you wish to create your character. We can spend ~15 minutes before the session starts to clear up any uncertainties with your characters and choices.

Preparing for the session

You will need a microphone, a browser, and a discord account. We will use a discord server for our voice channel, and Foundry for play. Characters made by players should be prepared before the session and sent to the Dungeon Master for a quick review as early as they can. Players should also get a grasp of the basic play of Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. It could also help to watch a tutorial on how to use Foundry as a player.

What Marc brings to the table

• Lots of ambient music from playlists I've curated in my years of playing TTRPGs • The predominant theme of this adventure is mystery and bleakness. • There will be a lot of social encounters, described immersively. • Combat encounters will be balanced, high-energy and some will require tactical thinking. • Encounter Maps hand-made by me via Dungeon Alchemist • Each NPC encountered will be uniquely voiced • Access to my discord and the campaign main doc • Almost a decade of GMing experience

Homebrew rules

Bonus Action Potions: You can drink a potion as a bonus action. Drinking a healing potion as a bonus action allows you to roll the dice for healing. Alternatively, you can use your action instead of your bonus action to drink the potion. This will reward you with the maximum healing for that potion. Criticals: Critical hits resulted from natural 20s on attacks now double the total damage of the hit. We will roll the normal dice, add any modifiers or bonuses and double the result. This is for the sake of not having to roll so many dice. HP Rolls on Level Up: We will use the average number in place of rolling dice for gained hit points upon level up

How Marc creates a safe table

We will discuss the content warnings listed here and apply Lines & Veils where a sensitive topic is listed by a player. Breaks are available and any player can issue a break when they wish. Additionally, if a scene gets too uncomfortable for a player, they can step away for a moment. After each session, we will openly discuss about what went really well and what could've went better, as well as aftercare for any uncomfortable event that took place during the session. And of course, the campaign will only start after a Session 0.