Greetings Adventurer's! My name is Kat and I will be your Dungeon Mistress! A little bit about me: I am 31 and identify as she/her. I'm a doggie momma to a Husky and an Australian Shepherd. I am a real life tooth fairy - I work in dental. I crochet Pokemon plushies, paint watercolor portraits and D&D minis, play various video games from FPS' to MMORPG's, and spend time with my sweet pups. I've been a DM for almost a year and a player in three different campaigns. D&D helped to pull me out of a major depression and helped to renew my love of storytelling. It's a fun way to meet new people, make new friends, and participate in a hobby that humans have engaged in since the dawn of humanity: sharing stories. Thank you for taking the time to read all of this and I look forward to meeting you! We will be traversing the Sword Coast through the Adventurer's Guild. You have been hired to find out what plagues the village of Krypta and surrounding Kryptgarden Forest. Come, let us see what mysteries await you! Campaign: Undertow - a high fantasy medieval story with exploration, mystery: who done it?, a lot of dark themes layered between moments of comedy gold, dungeon diving, stealth. This is a sandbox world. Rated 18+ for mentions of gore, mind control, squalor, horror, narcotics, alcohol, torture Settings: Towns, Villages, Cities, Caves, Mines, Forests, Swamps, Oceans, Rivers, etc Players: 3 laid back folks looking for our 4th possibly 5th person Theme: This is a dark campaign with sprinkles of comedy Leveling: Level 3-20. I use both EXP and Milestone Communication & Game: We will be using Roll20 but I prefer Discord for communications as Roll20's isn't up to par. We will be using voice and video. Roleplay: DO NOT be afraid to roleplay! We are here to have fun! Our group is very laid back, anyone is welcome - new or veteran players. This campaign will take place weekly on Saturdays 7pm-11pm EST. Please be sure to be logged in and ready to go by 6:50-6:55 at the latest. This will help us iron out any technical issues and still get a full session. I will check in with my players at the 11pm mark and see if they'd like to keep playing. Most sessions will run 4-6 hours. If you cannot make the session, PLEASE give me at least a weeks notice (obviously illnesses and emergencies arise, just keep open communication). If a player has to miss a session, I run one shots in place of the campaign session so others aren't missing out completely. I will be creating a Discord chat for the group. Memes about the campaign are ALWAYS welcome, pet pics, discussions about game, scheduling issues, homebrew rules will be pinned there, etc. Once I get the group together, we will discuss our session 0 date and our start date. Hard no topics will be discussed at session 0. Pretty much anything goes except for those topics and if something overrides a player's agency. Character Creation: Almost anything is allowed that's been printed in books except from Spelljammer. Homebrew classes and races allowed at the discretion of DM. You will be making two characters: one for the campaign itself and one to use for one shots for the nights that a player has to miss. Coming from a writer's background, I LOVE when players have an in depth background story. I will take anywhere from half a page to 2 pages of backstory. That includes: parents, siblings, how that character came to be in their current line of work, why they want to/need to adventure with a party, etc. You don't have to come into session 0 with all of that but just have a general idea as to what you'd like to play! I will work with you to make your character if need be. We are LGBTQIA+ friendly and your Dungeon Mistress falls into this camp! NO racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, etc. You will be kicked, no exceptions. If confused, always refer back to the golden rule: treat others how you would want to be treated. Rules - 5th edition but I lean more towards homebrew rules and rule of cool over being a stickler - we will go over these rules at session 0. In the end, DM has last say - no rules lawyers. This story is heavily RP based and there will be instances where I will be describing a scene in full detail before you can say or do anything. I will let you know when I'm done by saying, "What would you like to do?". When I give players handouts, I ask that you remain quiet until everyone is done reading. No one is the main character here, I will try to allot equal amounts of time between the players. Work as a team and do not interrupt another PCs turn. I want my players to succeed! I do not have a mentality of DM VS Players. I give inspiration out pretty regularly based on whether or not you can make me laugh, role play a scene well, do a character voice, etc. No cheating - I am allowing players to either use D&D beyond, Roll20 for dice rolls OR physical dice. Just as you'd expect me to not lie about my rolls as a DM, do not lie about yours. This will result in being kicked from the table. Honesty is the best policy. Stats - At session 0 we will roll for stats - however, if you want to use standard array or point by I will of course allow that as well. Alignment - I use alignment as a suggestion, not the rule and alignment can change over the course of the campaign. Just remember, whatever alignment you do pick, ask yourself: why would the other party members want to adventure/travel with you? Evil alignments do not fit with a mostly good or neutral group. What would keep the party together? Critiques - I welcome constructive criticism but save it for after the session, PM me. I like open communication and am willing to work with my players on whatever is going to make them happiest within reason. Serious inquiries only, please! If all of the above sounds like something you'd like to be a part of: Tell me a little about you! You can PM me this info if you don't want it out in the open for the world to see! Name, Preferred Pronouns, Age (18+), Discord, What is your favourite thing about D&D, Character Concept (Don't worry if you are not sure!), A little about yourself and why you'd like to join this campaign! I will be making Discord calls and having a quick chat with you to see if you're a good fit for our player group! I may even run a one shot before hand as well with everyone to make sure. I know that may seem extra but my last group was exceptionally flaky and we had one player who was an absolute nightmare and we didn't know until we got started. If you're an absolute love and everyone gels together beautifully we can talk about a future Curse of Strahdanya campaign with a lot of my own homebrew tweaks. If I didn't cover something in this giant wall of text, do not hesitate to PM me to ask. Thank you again for taking the time to read this! Talk to you soon.
