Crownfall: Realms of Telluria (Grimdark Sandbox)
Lose Yourself in the Dying, Lose yourself in Life; Lose yourself in the fighting; but don't ever Lose your Light.
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Monday - 4:30 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2–4 hours
Campaign Length / 75–120 Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Unease swallows the world of Telluria. contention rises across the Realms as corrupt men seek conquest at any cost. The same darkness you feel growing in your own heart. The cosmos cries out for redemption. Will you succumb to the seductive evils of your own soul? Or will you break the cycle, overcome through tragedy, and find beauty in this suffering world? Gameplay - Sandbox Style World with Hexcrawls, Dungeon Delving, tactical combat, and juicy social scenarios - Expanded Character creation rules to allow for greater customization and stronger builds - 37pt buy with a max of 17 and a min of 7 - Expanded Background Options (Play as 2 species; Start with Extra Feats; or Gain extra class features without multiclassing) - Expanded rules for Domain play; build castles, lead armies, and wage wars across the realms, or build up a prosperous economy and facilitate diplomacy - A strong focus on player driven plots and goals. Setting and Theme - A detailed world with a meaningful setting and emotional roleplay. -An Exploration into various philosophical themes, some psychological horror, as well as Occultism. -An Exploration into Politics, Political Intrigue, and various ideologies and their impact. ------------------------ Games will be organized sessions done through Discord Voicechat; with opportunities for minor text rp and dialogue inbetween voiced game sessions. - Free Session 0 The Session 0 will include discussions on safety, character creation, lore and world info, and a free prologue session. - Free Text Based RP and opportunities for play by post style play; smaller quests; and life rp situations throughout text between sessions.
Game style
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Realm Building
Sandbox / Open World
Roleplay Heavy
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Organized Play
Tactical / Crunchy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.8
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, World Builder
About me
Hello; I've been running games for almost a decade. I have experience running DnD 5e; and World of Darkness and actively run both systems. My current goals in terms of DMing is to create a living world which spans through multiple campaigns, time periods, and even systems. I like to run more Grimdark and Horror themed games; exploring themes such as Psychological and cosmic horror, poligical intrigue, as well as explorations into themes of ideologies, philosophies, and spirituality. I'm a spiritual person and my biggest inspiration for my games would be my personal life experiences and spirituality. I'm really big into Esotericism and Occult philosophy and incorporate a lot of that into my worldbuilding and setting.
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Creating your character
- Character Creation at Session 0 (Google Sheets needed for Character Sheet) - Character Sheet provided at session 0 - Characters Start at Level 1 - 5.5e Ruleset - Any PHB 2024 content is allowed; Official 5e content and unearthed arcana allowed; older 2014 un updated content allowed If you're new to Character Creation or need assistance with anything; I will go over the crunchy stuff as well as any inquiries during Session 0 For stats we will be using a modified point buy; with a value of 37 points, a maximum of 17 and a minimum of 7.
Themes of Politics, Realm Building, and Nobility will come up. Characters should have connections to politics or political situations. - Start off with simpler character ideas which can grow and develop throughout the campaign. - Characters should start off good or neutral alignment leaning. I'm cool with characters turning evil later on, and with character conflict. - Think of internal conflicts your character may be going through Their biggest fears, regrets, vices, etc. - Think of character touchstones; people that keep them grounded to their morals and humanity. - What is the character's worldview? What is their philosophical view?
What to expect
Preparing for the session
- Discord is used for Voice; and dicerolls - Discord Server Link will be sent after sign up - Mic Required - Gsheet (Google Sheets) used for character sheets - Roll20 used for VTT; World Map; and Tokens - Session 0 to help with Character Creation
What Tausty Z brings to the table
Expect All types of Play!! - Hexcrawl based Exploration - Open World - Investigative Exploration; Discover mysteries; uncover esoteric secrets - Expect long periods of drama and social rp; followed by periods of tactical combats, and overland travel I'm fairly versed in all aspects of play so I'm definitely open to adjusting based on what You the Players enjoy.
Homebrew rules
Expanded backgrounds: Additional character creation options at level 1 (Dual Species, Extra Feats, Additional Bonuses, etc) Some Class Feature Tweaks: Minor Tweaks; We're using the old rules for Paladin Smites. Monks get extra Focus points, Sorcerers get extra sorcery points, etc. Lingering Injuries: Chance to gain Lingering Injuries upon going down to 0hp Unarmed Strikes and natural weapons have the light and finesse properties Health Potions are addictive Alternate XP system Few other minor tweaks and changes to enhance gameplay, provide more character options, and play into the themes of the setting.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Tausty Z creates a safe table
This setting and my games in general tend to get extremely dark and cover heavy themes and topics. For this reason I'll be going over the various types of content I plan to include in my games. We will also be using the Monte Cook RPG Consent checklist. During the game we have an open door policy; any player is free to take a break for their own safety or well being. We will also have intermissions throughout the game; and breaks to check in on players. Along with that I always do aftercare. After each of my games and in the time leading up to the next, I always take some time to talk with the players about how we all feel, expectations, constructive criticisms, etc.
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