DOOMED Forgotten Realms: BIWEEKLY campaign in a shattered world

Creating your character

We'll make characters directly in Fantasy Grounds, at level 3. When you make a character, use either the 2024 rules or the ToV rules, don't cherry pick features from both. If there's a subclass or option in 2014 that has not been rewritten in either of those rulesets, we'll reformat it as needed in one ruleset or the other (this is pretty easy).

Preparing for the session

You'll need to download and install Fantasy Grounds, and to have or make a Discord account. You'll get all the links and invites you need when you join the campaign.

What Keith brings to the table

I want to give you space to tell your own story, within the structure of a campaign that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is a big, sprawling world with many opportunities to explore and develop corners of it, and I will be open to that as we go along. My tables tend to develop friendships above and beyond the camaraderie of your adventuring characters, and I hope you experience that as well.

Homebrew rules

All characters use LUCK from ToV instead of (Heroic) Inspiration. If you have an ability that would grant Inspiration, you instead gain 3 Luck (to a maximum of 5) GRAPPLE, SHOVE, ESCAPE use the 2014/ ToV rules (opposed Athletic/ Acrobatic checks) not the 2024 (saving throws). ATTUNEMENT SLOTS equal your proficiency bonus. WEAPON MASTERIES/ OPTIONS: based on your character source. If you're a 2024 character and your class grants you Masteries, you get them; they work every time you hit. (I think this is effective but boring, as it removes an interesting decision point, but the classes are balanced around it). We will be enforcing action economy for weapons-juggling, as that's one of the balancing factors for these abilities. If you're a ToV character, you get Weapon Options (everyone gets them regardless of class). If you use one in an attack, it's instead of dealing damage, not in addition to. Weapon Options do not require a confirming saving throw. If you hit, they work. Losing a damage opportunity is enough, without an extra chance to fail. TALENTS AND FEATS, SPELLS, CLASS FEATURES, SPECIES/ ANCESTRY ABILITIES, ETC all work as defined in the rule set you built your character with. EXCEPTION: the Cure Wounds and Healing Word spells use the stronger 2024 versions no matter your character source, and Goodberries heal 2 points each, not 1 because they should still do more total points of healing than the other healing spells. SCROLLS: If you're a TOV character of any class you can use scrolls! In that ruleset, scrolls are universal, like potions. D&D characters are limited to scrolls of spells on their casting lists, as per those rules. POTIONS are a bonus action to drink yourself, or an action to administer to someone else.

How Keith creates a safe table

We'll use the Deck of Player Safety in session 0 (and give any players who join after the game has begun the opportunity to do so as well). Fantasy Grounds has an anonymous "Caution/ Halt" button to warn us that we're straying into territory that's uncomfortable.