FREE One-Shot! Baldur's Gate: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

Creating your character

Characters will begin at level 3! We will discuss character concepts in Discord and go through character creation in DnD Beyond, where I'm happy to offer help to anyone who needs it. We will use point buy for stats, with a bonus origin feat or fighting style at 1st level. Most first- or third-party material which can be shared on Beyond is permitted, and I'll consider homebrew on a case-by-case basis.

Preparing for the session

We'll be playing by voice and text chat over Discord (https://discord.com). For your fellow players' sakes, please have a good quality mic and headset tested and installed -- I'm available for troubleshooting help if needed! Owlbear Rodeo (https://owlbear.rodeo) will be used for maps and exploration, and you'll need an account on DnD Beyond (https://dndbeyond.com) to create and update your character. As Discord links expire, I will provide them in group chat as new players arrive!

What Jay brings to the table

Expect a variety of character voices, a backing playlist, lots of roleplay opportunities, and combat scenarios where taking the enemy head-on is only one option out of many. My favourite campaigns always contain some sandbox elements and I love adding additional hooks and twists based on the player characters' choices and backgrounds!

Homebrew rules

- 2014 rules for grappling, wild shape, and counterspell. - When hiding or moving stealthily, rather than rolling when you take the Hide action, you declare you're Hiding, and only roll when there's a chance you could be noticed, opposed by the other creature's passive Perception, or an active Perception check if they take the Search action. If there are undetected creatures when initiative is rolled, creatures which did not detect them gain the surprised condition and are incapacitated and cannot move until the end of their first turn. - Drinking or feeding another character a potion can be an Action or Bonus Action. When you drink a healing potion as an Action (yours or someone else's), you gain the maximum amount of healing (no roll). - On a critical hit with an attack, roll each damage die twice and your damage modifier is also doubled. - When you roll a natural 20, you can gain heroic inspiration if you don't already have it or grant it to another PC. When you reroll using inspiration, if you had advantage or disadvantage on the previous roll, they still apply to the new roll.

How Jay creates a safe table

Please include any hard Lines or tricky Veils or triggers to me when joining, and always let me know if we need to break or talk out of or after session.