Bloodlines of Borca
Dungeons & Dragons 5e on Roll20, Discord
Price per player-session
You will be charged when a session starts
$20.00
Information
Duration: 3.5 to 5.5 hours
Number of players: 2 to 6 players
Experience required: Open to all
Price per player-session
$20.00
About the adventure
**Spoilers for Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Below** Welcome Mistwalker, the Domains of Dread are always looking for new victims. For some reason or another, you have arrived in Borca, a Mistbound demiplane that plays host to Secretive Ducal Families that are constantly battling behind the scenes often at the expense of the common folk. Through no fault of your own, I'm sure, you have become entangled with one of the many families of Borca, owing your life or a significant amount of gold to their estate and now, your skills are being used in their game, survival not guaranteed. This game seeks to touch on the themes of Renaissance esque virtue and the subversion as such commonly used in stories about the Borgia family or even retold through the lens of the Mafia. Some sources you could pull for ideas of characters would be Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, the Blood and Wine expansion of Witcher 3 and even MCDM's the Chain of Acheron campaign. Prepare yourself for a game of intrigue and bloodshed, for no ally to be trusted, no enemy unmoved by enough gold and no hands kept clean, stained with the Bloodlines of Borca.
5.0
(9)
3 years on StartPlaying
216 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Storytelling, Inclusive
Additional Details
How to prepare
I would prefer if everyone could meet over Discord with their Webcams and Mics on so that I may properly shift focus to make sure everyone is getting their time to shine in the story. However, if you are uncomfortable showing your face, that is fine, we will instead use personal Discord messages for interjections and things like that.
What I provide
I will be providing the online maps and if anyone needs access to character creation resources, I can share them.
Gameplay details
A typical session will include a recap of the previous session, tons of roleplay, exploration and fighting lots and lots of bad guys. Before the game begins, we will have one on one conversations to discuss lines and veils for each player. As this is going to be a "horror" setting, it is of upmost importance that these are reviewed constantly as to avoid any missteps that would trigger someone's phobias or traumas. Additionally, if a player discovers a phobia or otherwise, we employ the X card system that a scene can end immediately and we move on, adding whatever the triggering event is to the lines and veils list.
Content warnings
(none)
Safety tools used
Session 0
How will character creation work
Character creation will happen in a public channel on Discord for all but the secrets anyone would like to incorporate into their character. With everyone openly seeing who everyone else is creating, there will be little overlap in concept. To be clear, there is no need for every "role" in a party to be filled and parties can be all Swashbuckler Rogues and still be interesting however if we don't use this game as a chance to celebrate diversity, then we have missed a core part of the game.
Players can expect
Combat/Tactics: High
Roleplay: High
Puzzles: Low
Experience Level: Open to all
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