Spireward Bound | Stephen King meets Planescape

Creating your character

We'll make characters before the campaign starts - I'm very happy to provide support over text and video/voice chat! This campaign makes quite heavy use of homebrew material (discussed below), so we'll construct a manual character sheet first, and I'll then set this up in our Foundry VTT. Player characters will be level 8 at the start of the campaign and level up roughly every two sessions - if you're joining mid-campaign I'll let you know where we're up to. Core attributes are set through Standard Array. You are free to use any race/species and background combo from throughout the 2014 rules, the weirder the mix of PCs the merrier! You are free to play any of the core classes, but you must use its new subclass in the Arcane Artillery homebrew module (see below). You're free to select spells from the 20214 PHB, but I'd highly recommend taking a good look at the new homebrew spells. As starting equipment, use your class and background's normal equipment, but change your starting weapons. Take two non-magical weapons from the PHB you have proficiency with, and two firearms from the Updated Firearms Table doc that you are proficient with. Make one a +1 weapon. Have a think about where/when your character has come from across the D&D multiverse, tell me one regret they have, and two important relationships in their lives. Your character may not belong to an Evil alignment.

Preparing for the session

On top of making your character, you need to: - have a mic, headphones, and computer with an internet connection - have a read of the homebrew below - ensure you have access to Discord and Foundry VTT (as a player), and have followed the links supplied after sign-up - if you've not used Foundry before, have a look at the basics of how it works - https://youtu.be/_d7k8ognC0w?si=ldK_LRefXOdU2Zj9 gives a good primer

What Jacob brings to the table

I bring almost a decade of DMing experience, a carefully crafted Foundry setup, and some sharp improv skills. I'll provide all the rulebooks you need for character creation and playing the game. You can expect open ended challenges with a variety of paths to take - combat is there and its sharp, but you can often get around it too.

Homebrew rules

This game makes use of two homebrew systems. First, character creation, available weapons and magic items, and additional available spells can be found in the Arcane Artillery homebrew module. This module adds a new firearms-themed subclass for each of the D&D base classes (except for Druid) which are highly recommended to fit the setting and tone of the adventure. The module's weapons list has been narrowed down for this campaign, which can be viewed in the Updated Firearms Table doc. Second, the adventure will periodically make use of a new duelling system, intended to provide a middle ground between full D&D combat and a simple skill check. These systems are all detailed in this Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yqjpp5qqezIBRk3R7AgHszLyUtgILadd

How Jacob creates a safe table

Before playing, I'll ask you to fill out a copy of the Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist so we can establish acceptable content for the campaign. During play, you'll have easy access to X, N, & O cards to regulate play. And after each session we'll have a chat about how everything's gone.