Shadowdark House of Horrors

Creating your character

Character Creation can be created During Session Zero, or using Character Generator in https://shadowdarklings.net/create Stats are decided through the use of Rolling 3D6’s for each stat. If no stats being at least 14, then restart. You can change the stats in their place however you want. Character creator can use the following Material: Shadowdark book; and B&R&K resource. No home brew.

Preparing for the session

Please create a login to Roll 20. It is free to use, and I will provide a link to the game. https://roll20.net/welcome In addition, you may make extra characters through Shadowdarklings.com. It’s a free character generator that is super simple and fast. Depending on time, I will discuss character creation through Shadowdarklings. I can help make Characters during the Session Zero. This is a super simple process. https://shadowdarklings.net/create

What blake lawhorn brings to the table

Decisions matter in my games. Nothing is worse then the players making a decision, and the game master's focus is on his story, so much that he undermines YOU! As a player, know that your decisions, and creativity will have positive, or negative change in your survival and the world around you. With this freedom, I am able to allow you to thrive and grow in the world, and have a player focused story. During this one shot, I encourage creativity, and tactics, as well as problem solving. As this is a shorter game and not a full fledged campaign, the expanse of the world and story is limited. In my longer games, I am able to build the story around you the players. I think this can be best exemplified in two scenarios: 1. During a 6 month campaign of Storm King's Thunder, A player was interested in a magical ring and became focused on getting it. Because of that, I was able to combine Tomb of Annihilation, another 5e Dungeons and Dragons module, with the current story to allow the players to make choices and achieve THEIR goals. 2. During a game of Savage Worlds, the players were exploring a haunted frozen wasteland, and a “Flying Sword” a common monster, attacked the players. A player, attempted to reach out, grab, and hold the sword in his hand. I chose the rule of cool, and rewarded the player with a ghostly scimitar with certain ghostly properties. I was able to turn a combat encounter into story and a wonderful character moment that he remembers to this day.

Homebrew rules

Shadowdark is a rules light system that is great for OSR enthusiasts, new players, and those who enjoy high tension games. Specific home brew is not needed due to the nature of the system. However, players are encouraged to come up with creative solutions that are not in the book. As Game Master there will be times where I will need to make a call, when those happen, I try to make sure they are always made with the interest of keeping the game fun and moving along.

How blake lawhorn creates a safe table

We will be scheduling a 30 minute Session Zero prior to beginning the adventure. During the session zero, we will be discussing the safety principles. X's N’s, and O’s will be digital and messaged through private chat. This will allow for members to feel comfortable letting me know about the concern, so I can move on, or avoid the material going forward. In addition, as will be discussed during the session zero, I will provide a Google Doc link for participants to be able to edit their Lines and Veils. Please note that the content warnings below will also be discussed.