Geriatric Adventures!

Creating your character

Do not expect much growth in terms of levels, you are all VERY old. Stats to distribute will be: 17-16-14-13-10-8 You are so old that you get to pick a free feat. Remember that all of your stats will have a -1 Character starts at lv 12 In terms of gold, you don't have it with you, your family put it in the bank to pay for your nursing home. You are more than welcome to try and get it back, you think you remember having about 40 thousand gold pieces worth. You can also bring your own character already built using dnd 5e core books. Or make it with us during session 0.

Preparing for the session

-Create 1 personal wish to do in order to enrich the story and slowly work towards the party’s final goal. -Get a decent mic, communication is key, so please speak clearly so everyone can understand and enjoy your beautiful voice. -Reading the rules and basic understanding of the game is desirable but don't worry, I will teach you. -FoundryVTT is super cool, you might want to check a tutorial, this one is very hefty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja88yRVQmck&t=4s -FoundryVTT requirements: https://foundryvtt.com/article/requirements/ -Enable hardware acceleration on your browser. -A wired internet connection is desirable. -Players will need to install Zero Tier in order to connect with the game, its free and secure. https://www.zerotier.com/download/ -A free Discord account is needed for verbal comunication

What DM Zycux brings to the table

Everything! Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7FFU4rNzkA This being a very player driven game, Player Agency is my main focus, if I ask you how you wanna defeat an enemy, and you describe something reasonable, that happens and the world around you will react accordingly!. We are going to use the rule of cool, try to be reasonable.

Homebrew rules

Homebrew rules for the elderly, they will be listed in discord too. > I used to be an adventurer, until I got a goblin to the knee: Your movement speed is reduced by -5 feet. Geezer: > -1 on all attributes Your short rest is 8 hours and a long rest its 2 days Slow Natural Healing: > Characters don't regain hit points at the end of a long rest. Instead, a character can spend Hit Dice to heal at the end of a long rest, just as with a short rest. Variant Encumbrance >Rules as written > Dumb kids: You have disadvantage on charisma checks with the youth, as they are dumb and irresponsible. > No respect for the elders: Creatures are inclined to believe you are not a threat. >Senile dementia: Combat: every day you forget to equip something, the DM will roll a dice at the beginning of initiative to determine what. Exploration: wardrobe malfunction, you forgot to properly tie things up and a piece of clothing or tool fails on their function until you set it up properly Roleplaying: twice per day, whenever the player says something off character, the DM can make it canon, as something their character said. > Narcoleptic: Rolling a 1 on an ability check counts as a critical failure Disadvantage on initiative rolls > Yapping Flashback Bonus action Stackable ability meant for the party to do as a group. You start yapping a story about a creature you can see and how you faced it before, the more you or a party member does it, the stronger the effects. You need to tell where you faced it, how, and why. First time: After doing it, you obtain knowledge about its AC, HP and attributes. Second time: You gain knowledge about its skill proficiencies and abilities Third time: you gain knowledge about everything else there is to know about this creature that it’s not secret. Fourth time: the last player gets to come up with a vulnerability that turns canon as it was always the case with to the target creature. > Critical fumble table 01-19 You fall prone and suffer 1 damage 20-39 Your sensory assist device fell, 1d8 to see where it fell, half of your movement to retrieve it and your interaction with objects 40-55 Lumbago: your back is acting up, con save (pc dc), 0 movement, if they succeed, half movement. 56-70 Arthritis: you drop your weapon, 1d8 to figure out where+ 1d4 to figure out how far, resultx5 feet 71-79 Flashbacks of nam, after missing your attack, you describe said flashbacks of a past adventure, and how it motivates you so your next attack is with advantage. 80-93 You sneeze and lose one attunement for 1 min 94-99 You confuse your enemy with an ally and do whatever you tried to do to targeting that guy 100 You suffer a heart attack, you fall prone, medicine check DC15 for someone to help you and save your life. > In terms of gold, you don't have it with you, your family put it in the bank to pay for your nursing home. You are more than welcome to try and get it back, you think you remember having about 40 thousand gold pieces worth.

How DM Zycux creates a safe table

I am very flexible when it comes to making sure people are comfortable at the table. I heavily use Stars and Wishes at the end of each session. Make sure to write down your Lines and Veils in the discord server. Some of my own Lines (things you will not see in the game) are: -Non consensual sexual activities -Use of real life racially motivated insults like the N word. Some of my Veils (things that might be mentioned in the game but not detailed) are: -Consensual sexual activities -Child harm