Rise of a Rebellion | D&D5.5e | Defy the Tyranny of the Empress!

Creating your character

Character creation will be discussed in-depth during Session Zero and in the group Discord beforehand. Access to a DnDBeyond campaign for character creation will be provided when you join the game, and you can feel free to discuss character concepts in the group Discord ahead of time. I suggest that you not completely finalize character creation until after it has been discussed during Session Zero, as after discussing it with the party, you may wish to make some alterations to better fit into the party's identity and goals. 🗡️ Characters will start at 1st level. 🗡️ 27 Point-Buy for stats, not rolled. 🗡️ Averages for HP instead of rolling. Further prep materials will be provided to you once you're signed up for the campaign, to give you a more in-depth look at just how character-building works. I offer several additional perks for new characters to help you create the character of your dreams!

Preparing for the session

Voice and video communication will be run through Discord, with DnDBeyond used for character creation, and Roll20 for battlemaps, visual aids, and dice rolling. You are not obligated to use video, but I will be running with my video on. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅: 🗡️ 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒕, and preferably remain on push-to-talk or otherwise mute yourself between dialogue if you expect to have disruptive background noise. 🗡️ 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓. 🗡️ 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒏𝑫𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.

What Craig Chapman brings to the table

📖 All sourcebooks on DnDBeyond 📚 Tons of third party content to expand the character building process 🗺️ Fantastic maps for you and your rebellion to struggle across 💡 Dynamic lighting to brighten the battlefields and darken the dungeons 🎶 Curated music to immerse you into the desperate battle that faces you ✨All the magic you need to have a fantastic time at the table!

Homebrew rules

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 All player characters gain one Heroic Inspiration point at the beginning of every session. This stacks with other sources of Heroic Inspiration, but does not carry over between sessions. 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 It is a bonus action to drink any potion or share one with an adjacent ally. If you use your full action instead of your bonus action to drink a healing potion, you gain maximum healing from the potion instead of rolling for it. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 The Cure Wounds and Mass Cure Wounds spells heal for the maximum possible dice result instead of rolling dice. 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 You may cast a bonus action spell and an action spell in the same round, even if you use Metamagic Quickened Casting to gain that bonus action spell. 𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 Any given d20 can only be rerolled once, regardless of any resources that could stack rerolls (inspiration, class features, improvements, etc) 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 Whenever you roll a critical hit, you deal maximum damage with one set of the doubled dice, in addition to whatever other damage you rolled. (Ex: If you attack with sneak attack and land a critical hit, dealing 1d8+3+2d6 damage, you roll the dice, and then additionally add 8+12 for the critical hit.)

How Craig Chapman creates a safe table

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: As this campaign is a homebrewed storyline and not officially published, it is subject to change and growth during play, so all content warnings that may come up have been noted. You will be fighting against a cruel and tyrannical Empire that will stop at very little to achieve their goals, and must be prepared to deal with the consequences. 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚: I run a script-heavy Roll20 game with plenty of visual aids and handouts, and will (usually) post most of these to a group Discord as well. Dynamic lighting, scripts to improve the accessibility and quality of your game, and macros to make every element of the game as simple as possible are all elements that I offer. These elements can be disabled upon request, if there are issues with lag or concerns about usability. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑾𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚: We will use Roll20 as a virtual table-top (VTT) for gameplay and dice-rolling, and Discord for voice and (optional) video. I will use a camera, but you are not required to do so unless you want to. I use music bots in Discord for audio and ambience, but can also use Syrinscape upon request. I will have Discord open at all times on a separate monitor, so if you want to ask me any questions or have concerns about the gameplay, you can message me either straight through Roll20 or through Discord. I am also available throughout the week (excluding Saturdays) to help troubleshoot any tech issues or character questions, to a reasonable extent. 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒁𝒆𝒓𝒐 & 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚: Prior to our Session Zero, I will make sure everyone has a copy of the consent checklist to fill out, so that I can note during our conversation what matters are off-limits, and give you some anonymity if you want it. Our Session Zero will cover campaign direction and themes, the main elements of the campaign, preferred style of play and difficulty, content warnings and safety concerns, character creation guidelines, party integration, player etiquette, and house rules. If there are any other elements you'd like to discuss, please feel free to bring them up with me ahead of time, and I will discuss with you as to whether or not we should include them in our conversation.