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Aetherial Expanse Lv 15-20
Liberate the slaves, gather a crew, take on a ship! Explore woundrous islands and sail across a sea of starlight floating in the Astral Plane!
$20.00
/ Session
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2 players following this game
Weekly / Wednesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Sep 23 / Session 8
Session Duration / 3.5–4 hours
Campaign Length / 20+ Sessions
5 / 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 heavily guarded portals. The Giff, having control over the majority of the portals, have managed to place restrictions on them, causing anyone who enters without their permition to get stripped of most of their magic items and transported into a designated area of the expanse to be easily picked up to become slaves. But you are lv 15, even while weakened and actively being poisoned by the sea of magic, you managed to fight of the ones trying to capture you. You and a group managed to man their smal sailing vessel and go to the nearest island. Many imprisoned people are in here in a small mining island, forced to dig for an organization of Hippo looking people with guns, called Giff. They are greedy colonist looking for Aetherial in solid form, they are the ones in charge here. The small sailing vessel that you took it's not suitable for long journes, therefore your inmediate goal is to escape this rock by taking 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 surely 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. -Push this organization outside the Aetherial and claim your freedom there. -Or maybe you decide this place would love to have you as ruler!. 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
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3 years on StartPlaying
212 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Visual Aid, Storytelling
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 ºAetherial Expanse Traits are enabled ºCharacter starts at level 15 ºYou can roll for stats in FoundryVTT during session 0. If you do not like your rolls, you can choose to use either standard array or point buy system. ºYou gain two additional +1 to any attribute This bonuses can increase the attribute maximum. ºYou can use pretty much every official source book for your character but Aetherial Expanse source book is encouraged. ºYou get to choose 6 common items 4 uncommon 3 rare 2 very rare
lv 15 Artificer Samurai Ranger
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 This game is focused on player agency and creativity it's expected as the game it's not mine, it's ours!. 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 Homebrew 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
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