🛡️ The Emperor's Shadow 🛡️| Beginner, 🏳️🌈 Friendly, AI Free
In the absence of the warmonger emperor, Kaisar, the people see a glimmer of hope to determine their destiny and overthrow tyranny.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
6 players following this game
Weekly / Friday - 10:00 PM UTC
Oct 9 / Session 0
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
4 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
⚔️ Welcome players, to Saldon! A homebrew setting full of factions, warfare, political intrigue, and plenty of monster slaying! ✨ A high fantasy campaign, where in the absence of a warmonger emperor, the people hope and dream of revolt. The themes of this adventure include empire, war, and revolution. Factions are the core focus to this campaign, as I keep track of each players relation to each faction as well as important NPC's, which will mechanically affect everything from simple dialogue skill checks, to having an army's support during a battle! 💸 Free Session 0 🧭 Custom Maps (created by me) 🎼 Immersive Music 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Friendly 💭 What to Expect You can expect to be part of a unique story set in the country of Saldon; a land of savannah wilds and daunting creatures. I have a very improvisational GM style, so the adventure will be shaped by player choices, both through the initial worldbuilding stage and in-game. 🙋♂️ About Me I love to enable players to build relationships between themselves, their characters, and the world, as well as craft dynamic combat encounters. Above all, I prioritize communication and player safety to ensure an enjoyable experience. 🎉 Let's have some fun y'all!
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Realm Building
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(15)
1 year on StartPlaying
6 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Beginner Friendly, Inclusive
About me
Hi im Will. School bus driver by day, gamemaster and map-maker at every other moment possible! I love to enable players to build relationships between themselves, their characters, and the world, as well as craft dynamic combat encounters. 🎉Lets have some fun yall!
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Creating your character
Characters can be made according to the core ruleset as well as official expansions, and will start at level 1. Session 0 will be when we collaborate in creating our characters and the world together so don't worry about having to come up with one on your own! Pre-generated characters are also available
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Please have a character ready for session 1 per the outline listed in the character creation section. We will have a session 0 if you want to use that time to create your character and ask me quesitons. I use discord for voice communication and a server will be made for the session. For our VTT I use Owlbear Rodeo. It is free and browser based, requiring only an email address to make an account.
What William brings to the table
Both character sheets as well as the lines and veils document will be provided. I create almost all of the maps to be used in my adventures using Dragon Map Maker. I attempt to make combat encounters more interactive through the map design, so feel free to pick up any objects you see and throw em at a goblin! Ambient music will be done through the Discord group listening features as well as screen sharing if the situation calls for it. I will do a voice for most characters but I don't expect players to do the same if you're not comfotable with doing them. Only do what you think is fun!
Homebrew rules
You roll your damage dice and attack roll dice at the same time, just for time saving purposes. Potions take a bonus action to heal.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How William creates a safe table
At Session 0 we will go over all safety rules and discuss what things are allowed at the table. The lines and veils document will be sent out for everyone to complete (note: if one of the topics in the content warnings section is a hard line for you then it may be safer to not participate). X, N, & O cards will be simply messaged in the chat publicly to let everyone know how to proceed.
Content warnings
Safety tools used