Learn to Play 5E 2014
This One Shot is built around teaching you the game mechanics. Learn your character but also learn how to play, how to level up and how to fight.
Free
Details
Once / Friday - 12:00 AM UTC
May 8
Session Duration / 2–4 hours
1 / 4 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
1/4
About the adventure
Set in Faerun to help others with their settlement into the typical Lore for this world. Exploring new areas, planes, creatures and monsters. We use Talespire to allow everyone to get the best immersion out of the game. While DnD Beyond is useful as well I've seen issues as of late and within Talespire there is a Character Sheet form that will help players learn how to actually build a sheet rather than have one automated. It helps with understanding your character and how they work, how the mechanics of the game works. These one shots are designed to help people become new players both online and in person. Learning how the mechanics of the game work, how to play your character, how to use your character sheets, tracking resources, etc. We will be doing a level up together so you can also learn those mechanics as well. A larger time slot than normal is given to accommodate everyone's time use. Character Building before hand is a part of this event and I will be more than happy to do a sit down one on one with each player to help them understand how to do that before the one shot itself. I use my camera to help people with various styles to visualize the NPCs and follow along or to help understand me better. I do NOT expect anyone else to ever turn their camera's on and if your system can not handle the video overlay then I always encourage people to disable my video in discord.
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Lite
Rules as Written (RaW)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(17)
2 years on StartPlaying
17 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Storytelling
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Will my dice be splattered with Your blood, or that of your enemies today? I run a welcoming table with as much immersion as possible, creativity rewarded and helpful patience for new players. Neurodiversity is welcomed and understood; and I like to keep the table fairly clean. If you'd like to see my style before sitting down to play I always welcome people to listen in and watch my games through my discord server. I prefer to utilize Talespire (one time puchase on Steam for the Full Edition, or message me to use my prepaid Seats which let you try the program for free with Guest Edition) when playing online because it brings in the use of 3D and player interaction far more than anything I have found (great for things like ADHD). It also helps integrate sound and ambiance. I am also able to screen share with Discord should you not wish to get Talespire yet. I started as a Dungeon Master many years ago. Through the joint effort of some of my friends I was pulled into playing in my first one shot led by a friend who has played since 1st Edition. His masterful story telling and knowledge of the Lore, Rules and System inspired me to try and bring the same joy to others around me and I learned to DM to have more D&D happening locally. I'm a homeschool educator and work for the CAF Cadet program which allows my schedule to be quite flexible. Specializing in DMing for newbies and helping people learn the game both in person and online. I usually utilize the Forgotten Realms allowing people to learn more of the lore and get familiar with base concepts of the game, but I do include some homebrew to keep things fresh and a few fun house rules to keep things more engaging. StartPlaying for me is a place to meet new players, enjoy more online events and take part in the larger community. I primarily run games in Central Alberta, Canada in person and do many campaigns through my discord server as well which limits when I can offer time slots for events on StartPlaying and lowers my "games played" number but I hope to see you all soon! I am an Orthodox Christian, which does come with some adaptations of 5E as I do not include anything Occultic. I am willing to be stricter on pantheons or other areas for custom requests. I look forward to playing with you all! I will be running regular one shots on a weekly basis! I do not use AI in my stories or artwork. Join my Discord server to keep in the know and Get all the Links for Future Games. Or Connect on my FB under DM Niesa to stay in touch for in person events too!
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Creating your character
DM me through the Discord channel for details, but it will be level 1 for ease and simplicity to learning. Nothing is required before registration as I will help walk you through every step to make it simple and learn it all. The Discord channel is https://discord.gg/ZWXNfQCM
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Talespire or Talespire Guest should be Installed and the Discord server for Communication. The Discord Link is https://discord.gg/ZWXNfQCM Once in please check the House Rules page and the pinned message in Safety Measures.
What DM Niesa brings to the table
Talespire Guest Seats, the Discord Server for my players and access to the Obsidian Vault for repeat customers.
Homebrew rules
This game will not be using Homebrew rules as it will be designed to learn the Rules as Written game mechanics and not confuse new players.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How DM Niesa creates a safe table
Red, Yellow, In private or public and a small session zero for safety at the start.
Content warnings
Safety tools used