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Zamanora: Ballad of the Witch🌈♾️🦋
In Zamanora every charm, curse, and campfire tale is true. Belief bends reality here, so mind what you believe.
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5 players following this game
Weekly / Friday - 3:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
3 / 4 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
"Keep to the road, and mind what you say near the trees." Zamanora is a rustic fantasy campaign rooted in Balkan and Slavic folklore. Small villages huddle around the hearthlight, separated by wild country where bridges wash out and the shortest path is never the safe one. Out here, belief has teeth. Superstitions prove true. The hopes and fears of common folk take shape as spirits, and depending on how you treat them, they bless you or they bleed you. You are wayfarers, the rare souls who step past the village fence. On the road you'll cross haunted wilds and stumble into Places of Power where the rules of the world quietly break. In the villages you'll untangle grudges, courtships, and curses that turn out to be terribly real. These are grim fairy tales in the old tradition, where the right choice still costs you something and hope survives anyway. -> A living folklore sandbox with village troubles, wilderness journeys, sleeping gods, and secrets of the Old World -> Folk magic that feels like folk magic: poppets, zagovory incantations, ceremonies, and curses -> The old names in their old shapes: Baba Yaga, Koschei the Deathless, the Firebird, rusalki, and the mighty Balaur -> Personal stakes at a human scale, driven by your character's bonds, needs, and beliefs -> Powered by Legend in the Mist, a narrative first system with tags instead of math. No experience needed, I'll teach you at the table -> Collaborative session 0 so the village feels like home before trouble comes knocking Newcomers welcome, to the system and the hobby alike. If you love Slavic myth, folk horror, and character driven play, this table was built for you. The Zamanori say the land returns what you give it. Kindness for kindness, harm for harm. What will you bring to Zamanora? PLEASE NOTE: My community is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion. If you support transphobia, homophobia, racism, misogyny, ableism, or any other form of bigotry or fascism, you probably won't be comfortable at my table. You'll need to look for another game.
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Roleplay Heavy
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Meet the Game Master
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4 years on StartPlaying
1426 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Stay awhile and listen. After a career change made TTRPGs my third place and eventually my vocation, what grew here is a place for people who want connection as much as adventure - and who've figured out those things aren't separate. Stories here are driven by desire. Your character has something they deeply need, and the world makes that need complicated, costly, and worth fighting for. The gap between who you are at the table and who your character is in the world - that's where we live. If you're looking for a place to optimize, there are great tables for that. This isn't one of them. If you're looking for a table that will ask something real of you and give something real back... by all means.
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Creating your character
Session 0 will involve discussion of 2-3 character concepts, worldbuilding, and connection collaboration between the party.
I will be traveling the 22rd of October so if you join session 0 would take place on 10/29
What to expect
Preparing for the session
🟦Webcam (but encouraged) Required: 🟩This is a weekly game - 24hr notice to skip is mandatory. 🟩Computer or laptop that can run Chrome or similar browser 🟩Stable internet 🟩Discord account (free) 🟩ForgeVTT account (free) to access Foundry: https://forge-vtt.com/ 🟩Microphone/headset/headphones for audio (please no feedback from speakers or background noise) 🟩We will go over how to use FoundryVTT ahead of game and you can check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja88yRVQmck
What shevek1312 brings to the table
-> Camaraderie - Tables built from session 0 with connections in mind, a space to be yourself with like-minded players. -> Opportunities - Cameo in adventures, learn new systems, and meet other folks in the community. -> Continuity - Defeating the schedule boss is a given, but I'm happy to run for as few as two players. -> Visuals - High quality assets sourced from creators throughout the community; AI slop is never used in my games. -> Engagement - Worlds + NPCs with personality, drives, and flair.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How shevek1312 creates a safe table
💅 Table Culture 💅 The community we've cultivated over the past several years has found themselves nestled in with fiction-forward, collaborative, RAWish style games. A risky choice with a friend for the things there aren't always rules for always feels like it leads to unexpected greatness. We often find ourselves using the good bones of a module while still having space to flex into unique stories. I'm just here to play as the world while you all connect the dots of your stories. Content + Safety Utilizing safety tools helps cultivate a positive and inclusive gaming space. Helping our partymates be awesome dovetails nicely here. We will utilize a checklist based on the TTRPG Safety Toolkit, the X, N, O cards built into Foundry's interface, open door policy, and stars + wishes. Non-featured content: harm to children or domestic creatures, explicit sexuality, sexual assault, systemic racism, homophobia, or transphobia. Allegories of racial prejudice + bioessentialism have been cut from official settings. ✋Zero tolerance policy for harassment or discrimination based on race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, or experience level. Please don't attend sessions under the influence of any substance to a noticeable degree. GM reserves the right to remove you from session if this becomes the case. GM reserves the right to remove a player immediately if violating any of these ground rules. 📏I run primarily Rules as Written (RAW), but I'm happy to ask 'what serves the story in this moment?'
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