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Aetherial Expanse
Liberate yourself and gather a crew to escape your captor Explore woundrous islands and sail across a sea of starlight floating in the Astral Plane.!
$20.00
/ Session
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1 player following this game
Weekly / Thursday - 6:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3.5–4 hours
Campaign Length / 20–30 Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfet32wIWTY This is the amazing setting we will be playing on ^ You and a group of lost souls have recently arrived to the Aetherial Expanse, a sea of starlight in the Astral Plane that connects to other planes via via heavily guarded portals. But you are imprisoned in a a small mining island, forced to dig for an organization of Hippo people with guns, called Giff. They are greedy colonist looking for Aetherial in solid form, they seem to be the ones in charge of the portals and capture the unlucky ones that stumble upon then from other planes. You heard stories of a legendary pirate who was all about freedom and giving the middle finger to this goverment. Your inmediate goal is to escape this rock and take a ship to your name. The more people you save and recruit to your crew, the bigger the ship you could steal and command on your adventures so make a good plan!. The organization will not like it, and send bounty hunters after you and your crew. Your ultimate objective is to be free. It is entirely up to your party on how to achieve it. Maybe raid one of the heavily guarded portals and escape to another plane. Or push this organization outside the Aetherial and claim your freedom there. The adventure will focus on exploration and player agency. It is expected for the players to be an active element on the development of the story driven by their own motivations. The world is alive and will surprise you. The Aetherial Expanse defies conventional logic, things beyond your comprehension lurking around and so are untold treasures. The "safe" heavens are either heavily regulated by the colonist, tribes of locals, or a den of pirates. What kind of approach will you take to tackle the endless possibilities of the magic seas?
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Rules as Written (RaW)
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.9
(38)
3 years on StartPlaying
204 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Visual Aid, Storytelling
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hello there adventurer, i see you crave adventure, grab a tankard and let me tell you a bit about myself. Once upon a time, there was a handsome, likeable and funny fella, hanging out with a group of friends, i was there too. We agreed it was time to try out a bit of Dungeons and Dragons shiny new FIFTH EDITION!!!, and yes we yelled the name. But there was no Dungeon Master around us, so i decided i didnt like having free time and took the mantle of what turned out to be... THE FEARED FOREVER MASTER. Now im stuck in this digital world, tasked with entertaining some weirdos who decided they wanted to be un alive, so they became adventurers instead of bakers or medics or veterinarians, i like dogs, they are cute, i will present you with doggos in your adventures, and you better pet them, seriously, the guy who put me in charge said i have the power to control reality or something, he turned me into this gloomy floating head with unattached hands, its creepy, but hey, i can cast cool lightning bolts!. Oh yes the aventure, well i dont know, tell you what, i will ask you and the rest of your party what do you expect to do and i will figure out how to procure said content with my magic hands. I will wait for you in the only dark spot in this tavern, looking at you all mysterious until you decide to talk to me, hurry up tho, the drinks in this bar are expensive and of course you are paying, i dont have pockets!. I also do funny stuff on camera so you can laugh at me. Here is a short video showing off some of the cool features i have for my games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7FFU4rNzkA ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^
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Creating your character
ºGame uses 5e 2014 rules ºWe will do it during session 0 ºCharacter starts at level 1 ºYou can also bring your own character already built if you send me a dnd beyond sheet ºScores for stat distributions are the following: 17-16-15-13-10-8 ºYou can use pretty much every official source book for your character but Aetherial Expanse source book is encouraged.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
-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 dont 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/ -Good PC for best experience, some scenery can be taxing, be sure to enable hardware acceleration on your browser. -Good wired internet connection. -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 Setting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfet32wIWTY Player agency is what I do, 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!. I provide amazing maps and care towards your enjoyment.
Homebrew rules
We will be using Aetherial Expanse advanced backgrounds and ship battle rules. You can drink a potion as a bonus action. Using your full action will heal you the maximum possible number without having to roll the dices. Further Hombre rules will be discussed during the free session 0.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How DM Zycux creates a safe table
I have a Lines and Veils section in Discord for each of the different parties. We will go through the details in Session 0. 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 would be glance over and not detailed) are: -Consensual sexual activities -Child harm
Content warnings
Safety tools used