Phandelver and Below TSO - Great for Beginners FUN for ALL!
The Sword Coast offers fame, fortune and glory. Mayhem and mystery simmer below the surface of this high fantasy land. Will you accept the challenge?
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Thursday - 4:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
Campaign Length / 30–40 Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Phandelver and Below The Shattered Obelisk is a classic Dungeons and Dragons adventure set in the high fantasy world of The Sword Coast in the Forgotten Realms. This game is designed for players that want to start at level one and grow their character to level twelve while expanding their personal knowledge and experience in Dungeons and Dragons through immersive gameplay. The adventure is relatively combat heavy starting with simple yet exciting encounters at level one and growing to epic tactical combats that use all the skills you learned along the way to level twelve. There are many great opportunities for roleplay with well developed NPC's (Non-player characters) who live in and populate the Sword Coast. Many of them hold information or secrets that must be discovered to solve the mysteries and complete the quests that call the players to action. The themes of the adventure range from frontier heroism at the start where characters travel the landscape completing quests to a more macabre eldritch horror style dungeon crawl in the Underdark aiming to thwart the grand plans of an evil villain in the second half. I really enjoy all the combat opportunities in this adventure and it serves as a great way to learn the game and the D&D 5e 2024 rule set. Of course, rules are meant to be broken, so The Rule of Cool always has a place at the table when the opportunity arises. The goal is for everyone at the table to feel welcome regardless of their level of experience. This game is meant to be FUN and I find that DnD players tend to embrace the opportunity to help guide new players and accept them into the grand and amazing world of Dungeons and Dragons. I really want to be your gamemaster so I can show you how much I love this game and all that it has to offer. So come join me and this amazing community of DnD RPGs! We will have a FREE session zero to cover all needs/wants, safety tools, character creation and approval and any other questions or concerns that you may have.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(2)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Beginner Friendly, Knows the Rules
About me
My name is Quinn and I love D&D! I played AD&D as a kid had so much fun home brewing adventures for my friends. I really enjoy a high fantasy setting and all the landscapes, creatures and adventure that comes with it. I play D&D online and I look forward to being emersed in the game even more by running games of D&D 5.5 as much as possible. I enjoy a game that has lots of high-stakes tactical combat, some clues and puzzles and a great story that comes to life at the table through roleplaying. I have spent a lot of time familiarizing myself with the rules but always feel that there is room for "The Rule of Cool" when the story demands it. My main interest and goal is FUN! I wouldn't love this game so much if I didn't have so much every time I played it. I really want to be your gamemaster and show you just how much I love playing a game of D&D by making your adventure come alive at the table.
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Creating your character
-All characters will start at level 1 For your stats - Use Standard array (15,14,13,12,10,8) arranged how you like for your stats. -Use point buy system (Provided in character creation on DnDBeyond.com) -ALLOWED SOURCES: Any official Dungeons and Dragons 5e content found in The Player's Handbook, Xanathar's Guide to Everything or Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. NOTE: We can build it together beforehand in Session Zero or in private over discord at a time that works for both of us.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need the following... -A FREE Discord account for voice, messages and community resources. Join the server! https://discord.gg/6yhdQHDWbs -A FREE player account on my Foundry Virtual Tabletop Server -RECOMMENDED- A FREE DnD Beyond account for character creation and maintenance (This is optional. Characters can be created with me in Foundry) -A pre-generated character by me if you prefer! -Session Zero to complete alignment of your character and generate their backstory in the Forgotten Realms Sword Coast.
What Quinn brings to the table
I will provide the following.... -FREE Session Zero -A great attitude and welcoming game environment! -The Rule of Cool -Character Voices... as much as possible. -Tactical combat scenarios -Role Playing opportunities and NPCs -Foundry VTT and the official Pandelver and Below THE SHATTERED OBELISK adventure module. -Player's Handbook, Xanathar's Guide, Tasha's Cauldron on DnDBeyond.com -Musical scores for scenes and combat
Homebrew rules
We will cover homebrew rules at session zero but here are some I like and some ideas that are possible. -Drinking Potions is a bonus action and you roll dice for healing -Drinking Potions as an action gives full healing of the specific potion (no rolls required) ***OPTIONAL*** We will decide together how to handle Critical Hits (a roll of 20 during combat on a 20 sided dice) - Crunchy Crit?- Roll regular damage and add max possible damage plus modifiers to get total damage. -Regular Crit- Roll all damage dice twice before adding modifiers And Critcal Misses- A roll of 1 on a 20 sided dice is always a miss in combat but there is an option to add a Flavor to the failure such as a broken wepon or damage to yourself. Game Master will devise a rollable table to randomize a critical miss.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Quinn creates a safe table
Safety is a crucial part of the experience. We will cover lines and veils in the session 0 and describe all the ways you can use the safety tools during a session. For example... if a topic arises during gameplay that you are not comfortable with, you can simply send me a private message with a letter "X". This will tell me that the current scene has crossed a line and I will discretely and privately move the group on from that scene or subject. Players will all need to have a free discord account to play in the game which is also a great way to send private messages to me, the gamemaster, at any time to disclose anything you are not comfortable discussing with the group. The game will be audio only so we will go over ways to send me your "X" during gameplay if I or another player have opened up a topic that you are not comfortable with being in the game. We will also take at least one 5 minute break during the game where messages can be sent and topics can be addressed. This is YOUR game and your comfort and safety are my top priority.
Content warnings
Safety tools used