Play Urban Shadows 2e - Shadows Over Anchorage
🏳️🌈LGBT Friendly For fans of The Originals, The Dresden Files, Durarara or any story about supernatural factions vying for power in a modern city.
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$15.00
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2 players following this game
Weekly / Thursday - 11:00 PM UTC
Aug 13 / Session 0
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
4 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Magpie Games' Urban Fantasy Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) Game - Roleplay Heavy - Political Intrigue - Corruption Mechanics Anchorage, Alaska is a city with long summer days and long winter nights; small enough to only have a single 24-hour Emergency Room, large enough for people to go missing without dominating the town gossip. A perfect stomping ground for those looking to escape the suffocating social machinations of the big cities and feed in peace. Can you accomplish your goals while navigating the conflicts between supernatural factions? Will you do it before your character becomes an antagonist in the story? Let's play to find out!
Game style
Combat Lite
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(11)
1 year on StartPlaying
8 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Beginner Friendly, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I was first introduced to D&D 3rd Edition as a child and never stopped playing games. As someone who also enjoys board games and video games, I've found that different TTRPGs scratch different itches. My favorite games right now are Pathfinder 2e and basically anything Powered by the Apocalypse - games that support radically different play styles.
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Creating your character
Character Creation happens during the session zero. Before the game starts you will have a chance to look over the available Character Archetypes, but finalizing the selection and answering the worldbuilding questions is a collaborative process that needs to be done as a group.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Make sure you have the a Discord and Roll20 account. The Discord is where I can share the player materials and directly answer questions you may have.
What Scott brings to the table
This game will be "Rules as Written" but the rules that do exist are flexible and rely on table consensus. This game has a "Master of Ceremonies" instead of a "Game Master" and in that spirit I act more as a facilitator than an adversary. My role is to keep things interesting, not to foil your characters.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Scott creates a safe table
Before the start of the first session, an anonymized Google Doc will be linked where players can add Lines and Veils, content that is strictly off-limits for the game or things we would like to keep "off camera". The X, N, & O's can be sent through Discord or the VTT during play, and every session will end with Stars & Wishes - a chance to verbalize what everybody would like to see more or less of moving forward.
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