Tomb of Annihilation | Hardcore D&D Campaign

Creating your character

Will this happen during the first session, or before it starts? - before, you will NEED to bring at least 2-5 backup characters before session 1. How will stats be decided? - we will use point buy. Where will the characters be created? - you can create them in D&D beyond, or alternatively you can create them directly into the foundry server. Are there any specific books they should or shouldn't refer to? - you can use any of the wotc 5.5 books, monsters of the multiverse (exclude the stats from the species), and third party approved by me.

Preparing for the session

We will be using Discord for voice calls and messages. And you will need a PC that can run any simple browser for the foundry virtual table top

What Plumb brings to the table

I try to run my games as close to Rules As Written as possible. Using foundry vtt you can visualize the battle field or player role-play moments. I try and be an open DM rolling on the table for all to see, and giving my players more in-depth knowledge about current situations. I'm here to have fun, and I want everyone at the table too as well, so lets do that.

Homebrew rules

Like I said I run this mainly RAW. BUTT this is a hardcore campaign so I will lay out those rules. 1. We will use XP, instead of spitting XP up among the players, we will be taking the total amount of XP dividing it by 2 then each player gets that much XP. yes XP Inflation, you will need it. 2. When you die (and in this campaign death is basically permanent), you will pull out one of your backup characters and level them up to the minimum current level. (this means if there is a dungeon you can enter that is 1-4 then your new character is level 1, if the module expects you to be levels 5-7 then your character is level 5) Yes there will be a level mismatch among the party. (trust me this is the most fun way to play d&d) 3. In the event of a Total Party Kill, you Items can still be recovered by finding your corpses wherever you died at, this is important for recovering important magical MacGuffins. 4. You will all be affected by the death's curse (we will ignore the 20 day plot hole that this creates), every time your character takes a long rest your maximum hit points are reduced by 1, this effect cannot be undone until the curse has been lifted. (gives your character a reason to risk their lives to save the realm)

How Plumb creates a safe table

I will go over all of the safety procedures in session 0.