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The Dawn Marchers! Intro Campaign for Stonetop!
Poor harvest after poor harvest has brought desperation to the village of Stonetop so they turn to you, the only ones bold enough to venture outwards!
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$20.00
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Weekly / Thursday - 11:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
Campaign Length / 5–10 Sessions
1 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Stonetop is a hearth fantasy role-playing game, set in an iron age that never was. It’s meant for 3-5 people to play over multiple sessions. You’ll face dangers both monstrous and mundane. You’ll seek out the wonders of the past. You’ll trudge through rain and snow to haul some treasure home. But you’ll spend time on the slow, quiet moments, too. Talking to your pa by the hearth. Courting a sweetheart. Bringing in the harvest with your neighbors, or dancing ’round the Stone come spring. Seeing children grow. Laying dear old friends to rest. This campaign is meant to be an introduction to this wonderful system and I will make sure to take time to help newcomers and experience roleplayers to get to grips with the world so you can have the most holistic experience possible with this special game!
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Sandbox / Open World
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(9)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
8 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Rule of Cool
About me
Hey! I'm Nishaant! I've been playing Roleplaying games for my whole life and properly Game mastering for 12+ years! I'm a game designer, writer but I am best known as a storyteller and there's nothing I love more than weaving a wonderful tale for my friends at the table! I've played quite the swathe of different systems and games and I'm always looking for new and interesting games to pick up, anything with a strong system/storytelling core I can get down with.
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Creating your character
We'll be hosting a Free Session 0 where we go over scenario and setting and after that we'll be making characters. I'm assuming this game will be new to most people so I'll be answering questions and teaching rules during session 0 as well.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Character creation takes place during during session 0 and I want to encourage players to make their characters during that session and then hammer out the details before session 1 comes around. I like starting character creation all together because it helps everyone feel like they fit in as a part of the party! I do want people to have plenty of time to develop and think about their role so I didn't want to limit character creation to just the session 0. (especially if there's a lot of newcomers as teaching the game would take some precedence)
What Nishaant brings to the table
I am prepared to teach the game to players who have never played Stonetop or any other PBtA game so I'll handle most of the prep. (I even have the official character sheets in both printer friendly and digital!) I host my sessions on a Discord Server so you will need an account + internet and at least a microphone. (a webcam is preferred but not mandatory)
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Webcam
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Safety
How Nishaant creates a safe table
I take safety pretty seriously, I create and fill out a Lines and Veils document and send the link out to the players during the Session 0, which covers how to play, setting, safety, and some character creation. I usually have the X cards done in message but I think it might be better if the players can hold up the cards. Also before every session I make sure to tell players if there might be some upsetting content coming up and ask if they're comfortable with that. Post session I always run a debrief with players to help with bleed and to go over any concerns that came up during the session.
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