Planescape: Turn of Fortune's Wheel (Beginner Friendly)

Creating your character

You start at level 3, and begin with amnesia, knowing only a few things: - That all of you were a party before this began. - The general idea of who you are (a warrior of Pelor, a spelljammer pilot, a great outdoorsman, etc) And, 1-3 "anchors". These are things core to your character that can be shortly and succinctly expressed, but that you would never forget or change. This can be visible symbols, like a tattoo or birthmark, they can be obsessions or passions (someone loves foxes, someone uses their name as a pun), they can be life facts (I will rescue the Prince Zhangar, my one true love is Juliet, etc). You also start with 1 Uncommon Magic item (any setting or book is okay with DM approval). This item can also be one of your anchors if its something special to you, and it is considered an Attuned item even if it is not normaly attuned. And 250 gold which you can spend or keep on non-magical items or potions (Lesser/Basic Healing Potion costs 50 gold). We'll be using Standard Array for stats, and official content as well as published 3rd party content is allowed due to the strange nature of this extraplanar glitch upon approval.

Preparing for the session

We'll be using Discord to plan and Roll20 to play, so please plan accordingly.

What Amber brings to the table

I will walk all players through the character creation, rules, and story of this oneshot utilizing ambient music and character voices.

Homebrew rules

- Drinking a Potion is a Bonus Action OR an Action. You can use both or either. - Talking is a Free Action on your turn only. Using it it as a Persuasion, Intimidation, or Deception check makes it a Bonus Action. - The target you talk to can briefly reply on your turn as a Free Reaction. - If anyone else wishes to contribute to the conversation in any way, it uses their Reaction. This cannot add Advantage but *will* provide situational bonuses (lowering the DC, adding a key part of the argument, etc). - Making informative Skill checks in combat, such as Arcana, Insight, or Perception, is a Bonus Action. - Flanking does not provide Advantage. - Moving through an ally is Difficult Terrain. This means it costs double movement, but all effects that allow you to ignore Difficult Terrain will also ignore this penalty. - You can have only a single point of Inspiration at a time. Use it or lose it! - You can only have the effects of one long term single potion at a time. Artificers ignore this rule, and can have up to their Proficiency Bonus. - A Melee Attack can always be nonlethal at no penalty. - The following damage types can always be nonlethal with no penalty: Bludgeoning, Thunder, Force, Cold, Radiant, Psychic - The following damage types are always lethal regardless of distance: Fire, Necrotic, Acid - All other fancy stuff not meant to kill people can be decided on a case by case basis (some Lightning is explicitly nonlethal or vice versa) - languages - If you don’t know a language but want to attempt to get the gist of it, roll INT+# of languages known

How Amber creates a safe table

I will send everyone a link to a Lines and Veils document to keep track of any potentially triggering content. X-card will be available during gameplay as well.