Goblin Stone (Free)

About the adventure

THE STONE You are a free peasant of Erabel, a city of trade and diplomacy, a city where all are welcome. You are at Peddler's Square, on marketday, looking over a range of wares, many of which you could only dream of affording. The sky splits with a booming crack, the great peal echoing across the plains. A dirty cloud blooms in the air above the palace, opening like a flower to birth a vast stone. The small mountain hovers for a brief moment, falling almost slowly to crush the Council Palace and the Court of Arms. A wave of dust drowns the square, blanketing your vision. Masonry grit stings your eyes, invades your nose and mouth. Screams ring from the city center, a wave of pleas and shouts which rolls toward you. Screams are all around you, taken up by your fellow market-goers. Through the billowing dust small figures can been seen, striking down market-goers, snatching others away...What do you do?

Additional Details

How to prepare

Try to make an inexperienced (adventuring-wise) person from a fantasy city, not a fearless and seasoned combatant. Imagine job, family, beliefs, personality, etc. No royalty or rich relatives are available to help, at least not directly. If you are related to royalty it is distant, only close enough to obligate your character but not to aid them. If they have rich family then the character is either estranged, in hiding, or shunned. Your character is likely from the ranks of low-level peasants like laborers, rope-peddlers and fortune tellers, pub bouncers and baker's assistants, street brawlers, brewers, farmers, and blacksmith apprentices. Think of a character with heroic *prospects* and *potential*, but no heroic *accomplishment* or *experience*. Remember, your characters aren't adventurers...*yet*.

What I provide

Games will played on ARealm, a new VTT undergoing testing. Players will be asked to answer a short questionnaire about their experience after the session and write a review for the DM.

Gameplay details

-Content Warning: Violence, creation of suspense, descriptive combat, NPC and potential character death. -Hard NOs: Torture, sexual abuse. I do NOT include these in my games. If any players attempts to force this they will be kicked. -Romantic scenarios, as well as "bad stuff" may happen "off-screen", but may only be hinted at in the vaguest of terms (that way players are each free to use their imagination if they choose) -I am familiar with the safety toolkit, and make all of them available in-game. Please be respectful of these tools and do not abuse them for game advantage. They are here to help players, not characters. Tools available: X/N/O cards are available for players- O=player ok to continue, N=players is becoming uncomfortable with content/events, X=players needs to stop or withdraw for a moment and reassess their experience. Script change-players can request Stop, FF, RW events if they are becoming triggered or feeling unsafe. The group can take Breaks as needed Open Door- If a player has to leave the session or campaign for reasons of emotional or psychological safety that player will be allowed to return as they desire. -I am *very* open to aftercare, debriefing, session wrap with highlights and stars and wishes! -Character creation/session 0 will give players an opportunity to mention specific triggers and needed boundaries, and each player will be expected to respect the boundaries set. Violators will be kicked.

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Aftercare
Breaks
Debriefing
Lines and Veils
Luxton Technique
Luxton Technique Discussion
Open Door
Stars and Wishes

How will character creation work

Game will start at either lvl 0 or 1, with no equipment, using Standard Array and we will primarily be using races, subclasses, feats, and spells from the Player's Handbook. Please try to make characters before the game, either on roll20, D&DBeyond, or even on paper. Please check the Prep Material once you join for important links!

Players can expect

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