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Tales of Voskye: A D&D Homebrew Beginners' Campaign
Be gay, do crimes as part of the rebel coalition fighting back against corrupt nobles in a classic fantasy setting!
$5.00
/ Session
Details
Bi-weekly / Sunday - 1:30 PM UTC
Apr 26 / Session 1
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
6 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
6/6
About the adventure
The country of Voskye has a long and bloody past. Before the unification 110 years ago, its city-states were independent countries, always at war with each other. Indeed, unification only occurred in order to fight their western neighbour, Thycia. But the latest threat to Voskye isn’t a foreign neighbour of any kind. Voskye’s own nobility, reduced to figureheads after the unification, have declared war on the people. The free universities have instituted soaring tuition costs, effectively barring the working class from learning magic. Taxes levied against farmers have drastically reduced both the amount of produce the country is able to produce, and the amount of money they can make from their crops. Under pressure from the nobles, a state religion was implemented, and indigenous cultures and traditions became criminalised overnight. But Voskye’s people are used to battle, and they’re not taking this power grab lying down. A rebel coalition, the Phoenix Ashes, has grown and organised in the capital city of Aurinau. Backed by a mysterious figure known publicly as the Waning Moon, One Egg Carlton has organised small teams with the goal of disrupting, destroying, and causing as much trouble as they can. You are one of the newest recruits, and it’s nearly time to report for duty.
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(6)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
3 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, Creativity
About me
I had the stereotypical terrible first experience with TTRPGs, with an unkind, unwelcoming, and too hardcore table, and figured it wasn't for me. Years later, a partner asked me to play in a game he was GM-ing, and I discovered I did actually love to play at the right table. A few years after that, my husband and some friends wanted to start a campaign, and I volunteered to GM. I was certainly ambitious, homebrewing an entire universe for this first game, but it was a blast and a great learning experience. After a full three-act story and almost four years, that campaign came to a natural close, and since then I've GM-ed another 2 full campaigns, 3 mini campaigns, and a one-shot, as well as playing in 5 other games, including D&D 5e, Pathfinder, Monster of the Week, Kids on Bikes, and Good Society. I've learned a lot as both a player and a GM, and I absolutely love TTRPGs as collaborative storytelling games. My other hat is as a fiction writer, and I think my love of stories is what drives my storytelling in TTRPGs as both a player and a GM. I love TTRPGs as a storytelling medium, and how everyone at the table plays an active part in shaping the story and taking characters on their journeys. Characters are at the heart of my games, and giving them satisfying stories is my priority.
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Creating your character
As this is a campaign intended for beginners, I'm happy to work with you every step of the way in character creation! We can work on it before session 0 if you have an idea of what you want, or you can wait to have a chat with everyone at session 0 before you get a feel for it. Either way, I'm happy to help over text chat or we can arrange a voice chat if you need some one-on-one help.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a Discord account and a Roll 20 account. If you want to keep your character sheet on another site, that is completely fine as long as I have access; you will still need a Roll 20 account just to be on the same page as everyone else.
What Ria brings to the table
At my table, the main goal is telling a good story collaboratively. I will customise the game to what you as players want to get out of the story, and set you up to create the story you want to tell. I'll provide satisfying challenges and do my best to provide the character experience you want to have. Combat will happen, but isn't the point of the campaign; this game isn't for you if you prioritise combat. I stick to the rules as written when I think it makes sense, but I'm willing to bend them if I think it makes for a better story. My table is an inclusive and supportive space, and players are expected to treat each other with mutual respect. Please keep me informed of any conflicts and I will do my best to mediate. My players' safety is of paramount importance and I will ensure a safe environment. We will have a Discord server for discussion outside of game times, as well as for voice/video chat. You are absolutely welcome to use that space for asking for help from other players, or from me, in anything from character creation to rules clarification.
Homebrew rules
A nat one is always a failure, and a nat 20 is always a success.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Ria creates a safe table
Prior to Session 0, I will send out a consent checklist. If you don't want to vocalise your own topics to avoid, I will share them without names attached at Session 0. You are of course welcome to discuss it further at the table if you wish. If you need to use a red or yellow card in session, you can either speak or write it in the text chat. We'll go over content to avoid in Session 0 as well as expectations for behaviour and conflict management.
Content warnings
Safety tools used