Dragon of Icespire Peak! (Newbie and LGBTQIA+ Friendly 🏳️🌈)
A once peaceful valley is set upon by a rampaging white dragon. Complete quests, gain powerful items, and maybe you can be the one to kill it.
$15.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 11:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 4–5 hours
1 / 6 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
A beginner friendly adventure, where you can travel the lands of the sword coast, all while keeping careful eye on a dragon that terrorises the countryside, as the monsters it displaces look to find new homes. Help people you meet along the way, tackle encounters you may face, all with hope of amassing strength to rid the land of the threat it faces. Dragon of Icespire peak has a classic quest-based Dungeons and Dragons feel, with, due to it's sandbox nature, has many opportunities for exploration, roleplay and generally feeling like part of the world! While I adapt the gameplay to fit the group, really tailoring the experience to those involved, there are a few things that never change: - My games are inclusive to everyone. I don't tolerate any bigotry, or any 'isms and discrimination in my groups, and I welcome anyone of any background. As an LGBTQIA+ individual myself, it's important that everyone feels accepted and safe. - My games are open to people who want to collaborate. The world of D&D above all else, is about a party! I'm looking for people eager to make friends, and build a wonderful story together!
Game style
Combat Heavy
Roleplay Heavy
Rules as Written (RaW)
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(20)
2 years on StartPlaying
91 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Teacher, Sets the Mood
About me
Hi there! My name is Alhena, and I'm a 24 year old Writer, Musician, and of course, TTRPG Enthusiast, who spends most of her spare time worldbuilding or reading! As your resident chaotic trans girl, I'm committed to contributing to creating safe spaces not only for LGBTQIA+ individuals, but for everyone, from any background! I ensure all my games are accepting, inclusive and friendly environments!
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Creating your character
I love to discuss character creation during session 0, so that everyone has a general idea as to what other players are interested in playing and such. I often begin character creation in the session 0,using D&D Beyond, offering an easy to understand step-by-step character creation method I then follow up with players privately to talk in more detail about characters, their backgrounds and motivations, to better integrate them into the story!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
To start with, all you need is discord, and a microphone! The rest I can help with!
What AStarInGemini brings to the table
I bring with me an array of Dungeons and Dragons content on D&D Beyond. This site is a free to use character creation site, and as long as I own the books, you have access to them too due to my subscription! This way, you can explore lots more options and really make a character that fits with you. Additionally, as I have a subscription to the Roll20 VTT, I can use fancier maps and ambient music for the games. Oftentimes, I make my own NPC art to allow players to better visualise the characters they meet, and tend to create my virtual maps too. I'll also be gradually using my own music too, as I am a music producer. I also create organised discord servers, which we will be used for voice, and to just generally have a space to chat and share things between sessions. While I tend to stick to most of the D&D rules, I'm often times a 'rule-of-cool' DM, meaning that I bend the rules sometimes to allow you to pull off your crazy ideas that are fun for everyone
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Microphone
Internet
Headphones
Platforms used
Safety
How AStarInGemini creates a safe table
I use my Session 0s (A meeting to discuss the game held before the start of the campaign) to help players establish the themes, allow people to meet and interact before jumping into the game, to and go over the expectations and wishes of everyone for the future games, as well as to help with character creation. I usually follow up with players privately after this to help fully flesh out characters, getting them game ready! I send checklists to each of my players before the first session, to talk about potential triggers, and establish lines and veils. I tend to follow up on these to ensure any covered themes are mentioned with care. These checklists are confidential, and other players cannot see them! The VTT I use (Virtual Table Top) has built in features to use X, N and O cards. These are used to indicate when content may need to be skipped if anyone becomes uncomfortable. I also will have private channels on a discord server if ever anyone needs to message mid-session. Finally, I always put a minimum of one break into each of my sessions, but the frequency of breaks will be tailored to the needs of the players!
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