One Job After Another | Heists from the Golden Vault | 🏳️‍🌈

Creating your character

✅Characters will start at 1st level and progress to 12th. If you are using a background from 2014, give yourself an origin feat. A lot of the pre 2024 backgrounds have cool ribbon and social interaction features so give them a look. ✅Stats: Roll two sets of 4d6. If you don't like either one, you can go with point buy. Roll stats in discord (there's a dedicated channel). 📚 Sources: 2024 D&D rules are the default. Unearthed Arcana and third-party content are allowed, but message me first so I can make sure I'm familiar. ❌ Bannend Classes and Races: Strixhaven and Magic: The Gathering crossover content, Flying races (Aarakocra, Owlin, Fairy, etc.). 🧙🏽Spells: No restriction on spells, however, anything availible to the players is also available to the NPCs. Silvery Barbs hits both ways 😉😁 🔖 Rules clarification: I use the 2014 emanation rules, not the 2024 revision. If you're not sure what that means, don't worry about it, I'll clarify at the table if it comes up. 💰Starting Gold: Normal per character creation💰 🪄✨🎩 Magic Items: 1 common item ⭐⭐⭐You'll have access to my shared D&D Beyond content, which includes Griffon's Saddlebag Volumes 1 & 2 in addition to all officially published items and some third party content. I strongly encourage you to browse the Saddlebag items before defaulting to the usual suspects. There are a lot of common items in there that are genuinely fun and lend themselves to creative roleplay and problem solving during a heist. ⭐⭐⭐ ✅Backstory: Keep it light or go all in. I love to weave in backstories. Even if you’re not sure of the backstory, give your player a reason to be here. Maybe you're a professional, maybe this is your first job. You will know the other members of your team, so think about how your character interacts with the rest of the team.

Preparing for the session

You do need: ✅ Headphones and a microphone. Webcams encouraged. I find it helps with game immersion and getting groups to gel together, but please don't feel pressured. ✅ A Discord account: https://discord.gg/BWN5EMq5U ✅ A Roll20 account: https://roll20.net/ ✅ A D&DBeyond account: https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/join/76878553555483078 😁 That's it! Show up, bring your creativity, and have fun!

What Maeve brings to the table

✅Story & Character Building: The game is more fun when the story and the characters find depth in their past, their environment, and their choices. There are no scripted solutions. The best stories happen when your crew comes up with a plan not even the DM saw coming. ✅Voices and characters. I try to do voices. Not every NPC gets a full accent, but every NPC gets a distinct presence. The guard at the gate sounds different from the fence who hired you, and both of them sound different from the thing in the vault that shouldn't be talking at all 😉. 🗺️ Maps and atmosphere. I use Roll20 dynamic lighting so the vault reveals itself as you move through it: you see what your character sees, not the whole dungeon laid bare. Expect ambient music and sound design tuned to the scene. 👍 Story over statute. I use Rule of Cool. The rules are the framework, not the ceiling. If your plan is creative, internally consistent, and makes the table lean forward, I will find a way to let you try it. That said, creative doesn't mean consequence-free. The dice still matter, and the world still pushes back. I won't stop you from doing something brilliant and risky. I also won't save you from it. 💥😥⚔️Combat with purpose. This is a heist, not a dungeon crawl. Combat exists in this adventure, but it's not the engine, it's a consequence. Fights happen because something went wrong, or because someone made a choice. When combat does hit, expect it to be fast, dramatic, and meaningful.

Homebrew rules

😊 We will cover all of this in session 0. Nothing too out of the ordinary here.

How Maeve creates a safe table

✅✅✅ Safety at the table is a high priority. We will do a session 0, line & veils, check ins, and stars and wishes. ✅Once you join the adventure there will be a link for a consent & safety checklist.