Heavy Is the Crown | A DUNE Saga
The spice must flow - can you ensure the Imperium gets what it desires?
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Bi-weekly / Friday - 11:00 PM UTC
Oct 30 / Session 0
Session Duration / 3 hours
3 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
The newest claimants to Arrakis have arrived to the planet - you. Build your own noble House and try to survive the intrigues of your rivals, the whims of the cruel desert, the machinations of ancient conspiracies . . . Will you manage to withstand the pressures of rule? Arrakis is an iconic and vital part of the DUNE setting and I would love to explore it in detail in this alt history campaign. Players are set loose in a sandbox that has been stripped free of canon and allowed to create their own stories in a familiar, yet alien environment.
Game style
Realm Building
Roleplay Heavy
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
6 years on StartPlaying
1289 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Voices, Creativity
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
"He’s like Mrs. Dalloway, but with dice." - my favorite review ever Well met, fellow human! Let's sit down and come up with a story, something that we'll be remembering fondly for years afterwards. Let's make up stupid voices and get all emotional over a fake donkey, let's turn up the battle music and feel tension as the enemy moves across the field. Let's create some badass moments. As you may have gathered, I'm a big fan of the collaborative nature of tabletop roleplaying. I believe the game runs best when I don't know what's going to happen next, you don't know what's going to happen next, and we're all just frantic with excitement about the next roll of the dice. We play to find out what happens.
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Creating your character
Characters will be created during our first session along with the noble house. It's important we do all of this together in order to ensure we get shared authorship over the dynasty.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
No prepwork is required for reading the rules ahead of time, but that is always appreciated! Understanding the basics of the Dune setting can also be very helpful.
What Brayden brings to the table
I'll be bringing a deep love for the source material, awe-inspiring narration, curated musical accompaniment, silly voices, memes, and a burning passion for all things TTRPG.
Equipment needed to play
Headphones
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Brayden creates a safe table
We'll be going over our safety tools in Session #0 and using the rules I post in my Discord server as a guideline.
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Safety tools used