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The Spirit Painter
Hellowhall manor, a mansion with countless curses and hauntings, is ripe for exploration. Will you survive, or become yet another trapped soul?
$5.00
/ Session
Details
2 players following this game
Once / Thursday - 8:00 PM UTC
May 21
Session Duration / 3–5 hours
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The multiverse lies before you, teeming with danger and requiring brave heroes like the graduates of Vanguard University. As a prospective student on an exciting weekend mission, it is your chance to prove yourself worthy! Your esteemed professor, Edena Lancor, will chaperone this adventure to ensure your safety. At least that is what you hope for. Together with a small group of other prospective students you will explore the infamous Hallowhall Manor, renowned as the most haunted and cursed house in all the multiverse! Your objective: discover what happened to the last spiritualist who owned the manor, Evylen Hallowhall. She was a mad genius exorcist who painted dangerous enemies and ghosts into her portraits. What could possibly go wrong? Enter the eerie Hallowhall Manor and prove yourself ready to become a premier adventurer or join the ranks of the spirits haunting its corridors. Touchpoints include: Penny Dreadful, Haunting of Hill House, The Others, Legacies. This is a standalone one-shot but it is designed as a prequel to the Vanguard University campaign I run as a way to check out the world and to learn the game. Because this is a one-shot there will not be significant roleplay or character development that you would get in a full campaign, but it is a fun way to learn the system and check out my style. Adventurers who play in this game may start with a bonus of some sort if they join the campaign later.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(12)
2 years on StartPlaying
5 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Teacher, Creativity
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Storytelling is my passion. I have been running games over the past 25 years through all sorts of different systems (D&D 3.0 - 5.5, FATE, PF2E, Daggerheart, Star Trek Adventures, the Core System, Werewolf Apocolypse, BESM/Tri-stat and more). My favorite way to tell stories is by putting down the dice and then just talking back and forth but I'm comfortable in the crunch. I think character arc comes before plot arc. I believe conflict is my main job and that conflict gives characters the friction they need to move and grow. As a certified professional coach (CPC, ACC, ELI-MP), I use storytelling with my clients to spark self-awareness and creativity. I have hyperempathy which helps me read the room, support players, and shape the story around their choices. I’m here to offer a warm, steady table where everyone can shine. Lets tell a fantastic story together!
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Creating your character
When you join the game you will receive a link to the discord server where the voice chat and game preperation occur. If you don't have a character ready 24 hours in advance, or if you don't like building characters, 5 premade characters are available to choose from. Character creation will occur before sesssion. If you need access to game materials I can share them through Demiplane. All officially published material and all "the Void" material is accepted. No other homebrew content will be considered at this time. Characters will be level 1 throughout this adventure. I am available to help you make a character. This is a multiverse campaign so whatever you come up with is easily explained; however it is best if your characters fit in an Urban Fantasy or high fantasy setting for this adventure. The 5 premade characters are: Argynine Lambert (Highborne Faun Hedge Witch) Marion Vale (Loreborne Aetheris Troubadour Bard) Blackcap (Underborne Fungril Nightwalker Rogue) Chiss Keystone (ridgeborne Earthkin Stalwart Guardian) Leander Jibari (Slyborne Katari Lycan Bloodhunter)
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players should have a Discord account, access to a quality headset to participate in voice chat and have a modern Webbrowser on a PC or tablet to connect to my Foundry VTT site. You will need to join my discord server (link is in the campaign details in StartPlaying.Games.
What Daniel | PapaRatzy brings to the table
I provide a Foundry VTT Server login, custom maps, a Discord Server and music. Demiplane content sharing is available. Assistance in learning the game or making a character is available. I embrace the rule of cool. I believe story is more important than rules as long as it doesn't ruin anyone else's fun. I think character growth is as important as plot development. Flawed characters who make terrible decisions make the best stories! A custom written homebrew Campaign Frame for Vanguard University is available upon request (in draft format). I prefer to make my fights dynamic and have more going on.
Homebrew rules
I prefer to follow the rule of cool whenever possible. If a question of rules arises, the first question I ask myself is: what is best for the story? The game will be run in Foundry VTT, and I provide a playlist of free-use music from Pixabay to help set the mood and theme. I do my best with voices but generally avoid accents, as I am aware of my limitations in that area. I will be using Dungeon Alchemist to construct battlemaps. I also try to find thematically appropriate art for adversaries and NPCs. You will receive a Google form (not optional) to identify your lines and veils. This will be published anonymously and visually so that all players can see the combined lines and veils clearly. This game will include some combat, but also group encounters designed more like environmental challenges. Whenever possible, I encourage players to describe their actions cinematically. For example, instead of saying, "I shoot the goblin with my bow," you might say, "I draw an arrow in my bow and whisper a silent prayer that it finds its mark among the adversaries. A beat passes, then I let loose."
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Headphones
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Safety
How Daniel | PapaRatzy creates a safe table
Players are encouraged to communicate their Lines and Veils to make it clear what content needs to be avoided to make the table safe. In addition, players are encouraged to interrupt game either by shooting me a private message or by speaking up if they are uncomfortable with the content. We will either fade the scene or discuss as is appropriate. The point is to tell a good story not to push boundaries. Finally I am available to discuss and correct any issues that arrise. If you are unsatisfied with the adventure I would much rather refund you the money you spent than to get a bad review. Please talk to me! It is important to me that everyone has a safe and fun experience and that means I may need to interviene between characters if boundaries are crossed. Please see the content warning for material that may not be alterable and determine if this campaign is right for you.
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