Dragon Delve: Death at Sunset (Free Session 0 and 1)

Creating your character

Character Creation: Players should come to the session with an approved character sheet and a backstory. Characters will be made in a D&D Beyond campaign to be imported in Foundry at level 1 or on a pdf character sheet that I can manually import. Rolled Stats 4d6 dropped the lowest (Done at Table)/ Point Buy Max HP is at level 1, rolled or averaged after Level up will follow the milestone system Starting gold/equipment 2024 ruleset, with 2014 backwards compatibility All WOTC content is allowed 3rd party and Partnered content allowed on approval (Valda's, Grim Hollow, Deep Magic, Tales of the Valiant...) No Homebrew Content/I don't know your house like that

Preparing for the session

Players should have a discord and dnd beyond account. Both the link for the discord and the dnd beyond account will be available after being accepted. After sign-up please do the survey and reach out to me so we can talk about you expectations of the game and your character concept. Please be mindful that I work 7am-6pm on weekdays and will respond most likely after work. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9nHdieibxsQI2JGbAnumKK6xX6Q9w3vSH8krSUxHZhI-0qQ/viewform?usp=dialog

What Joseph Han brings to the table

I run my games rules as written/intended and have worked with 5e long enough to know most of the rules, and have worked to update to 2024. I feel that the rule of cool is free for flavor but not mechanics. Flavor should always be free, your eldritch blast can be silver lasers from your eyes or your spellbook can be a bag of marbles with each spell a marble. I believe that 5e is at its best when all three pillars (roleplay/combat/exploration) are functioning together to advance the story. While this will be a roleplay heavy game, combat and exploration are not hand waved. There will never be a session where only one of the three pillars are present but there will be sessions where one is more emphasized than the others. If one part of the game does not feel fun for you, please reach out to me and we can work together. My fundamental belief as a DM is that players should feel like the characters they created. The world should respond to your character with the sincerity of what you created. Please feel free to try out voices or concepts and see how you like them. I will try voices as best I can but please don't expect professional level. I provide most source books on dnd beyond and can purchase any options players feel would help their character. I also build the foundry world using modules to make the campaign feel more game like.

Homebrew rules

No Flanking, full turn potion gives max health, study is a bonus action Maxwells Malicious Maladies (System Shock/Lingering Injuries) Please don't ask me for a long rest because you're hurt or ran out of spell slots. 5e is a resource managament game and part of the martial/caster gap is caused by the overabudnace of rest. Skill Challenges for consecutive party plans Skill Checks are called for by the DM. Player dictates action, DM calls Rolls Background decoupled with feat/atribute Turn Timer: Your round will start a turn timer, know what you want to to do and can do before your turn. Be ready on your turn. Know your class features and spells. Players are free to voice rules they woul like to add; this list is not meant to be exhaustive.

How Joseph Han creates a safe table

I will read the content warnings of the book at session zero and players can name their lines and veils. During a session, if a topic makes you uncomfortable, privately dm me and I will start a break where we can discusss privately. After a session if something bothers you let me know and we can discuss.