Beginner Friendly | Inclusive. Start your adventure. Be a hero!

Creating your character

Any official Wizards of the Coast D&D content is allowed. Characters can be made beforehand using standard character creation rules using standard array, point buy, or dice rolls. dndbeyond.com is recommended but not mandatory. The only requirement is that characters must want to be part of a party and be willing to work with others to fullfil the objective of the session.

Preparing for the session

Contact me on discord at chrisalterradm with the session and username associated with the StartPlaying game and I'll add all the players to a group chat. You can then ask for any help setting up characters if required and we can use the group chat for preparation and group call during the session with owlbear.rodeo being used for map and token movement. And that should pretty much cover everything!

What Chris Mckenzie brings to the table

A guided experience with a focus on rule of cool and heroic adventures. Alterra and my own GMing style is all about telling cool stories and escaping into a fantasy world in which you can fundamentally change everything around you. From debating reality with the gods, to running for city president, to battling hordes of demons and earning the respect of devils, in Alterra your character is at the heart of the story and in many ways, the center of the cosmos. There may be other epic heroes in the world but during the session it'll be your character that's in the limelight making a new legacy that will be remembered across the realms.

Homebrew rules

Destiny points (replacement for regular inspiration, each player starts with a destiny point and can reuse it at any point during the session to reroll one of their own or enemies dice rolls, as well as a resource for bending the rules or adding a consequence or convenience to the world). They're a sign of your inherit importance to the destiny of the world.

How Chris Mckenzie creates a safe table

Alterra sessions primary focus on heroic adventure. It's rare that we include any sensitive topics or content, but where a player does feel uncomfortable with something, whether it's specific content like spiders or clowns, or another player's action, they are encouraged to message me directly and I'll respond appropriately to resolve what ever the issue is. That might take the form of a monster or npc changing, a clown might suddenly grow tired and take of their make-up, a spider might suddenly get eaten by a bulette, etc... for a player issue, we might call a short break depending on the problem and I'll talk to that player privately and directly.