Daggerheart Custom Sablewood High Fantasy Campaign
Game System: Daggerheart
When do you play: Weekly on Fridays at 4PM PST
Brief Description of the game/setting/premise: Player driven sandbox style play with NPCs, quests, events, and plot threads players can pursue as they choose: Focus on roleplay and cooperative storytelling.
Additional details: Will use Foundry as our VTT and Discord for video chat. You’ll need a microphone, headphones/earbuds, and a webcam. You can run both Foundry and Discord in your web browser (Discord also has a program you can install on your computer). You don’t need a Foundry account, but you will need a free Discord account.
Cost:$25 per session through StartPlaying. Link to campaign. Also, here is the link to my GM profile.
GM Style: Lots of roleplay, combat that is relevant to the story, fun and good humor with dramatic moments. Blend of theater of the mind and high quality maps with dynamic lighting and ambient sounds. Custom playlist for mood you can turn on or off. Campaign will grow out of your character’s backstory and goals and what you want to do and explore in the game and world.
I am planning to run a number of Daggerheart games, so if the day/time don’t work for you, but you’re interested in playing one of my games, feel free to contact me and let me know your availability, and I may be able to accommodate you. You can reply here or contact me on Discord at ginger.bug.
If you’re excited to engage in the special brand of collaborative storytelling that Daggerheart can provide, and if you want to play heroic, skilled, and perhaps hilarious characters, then this is the campaign for you.
We’ll start with a modified and expanded version of the intro adventure, The Sablewood Messengers, published by Darrington Press. That adventure will likely take one or two sessions to complete. You can make your own level 1 character for this or use a pre-generated character I’ll have available for you.
Once we’ve finished the short intro adventure, we’ll flow directly into a larger ongoing campaign. At this point if you’re dissatisfied with your character, you’ll be able to make changes or even make a completely new character if you wish. I will then use information and hooks from your character’s backstory as well as any interests or goals expressed by the group to craft a custom adventure and campaign for your character.
This will be an ongoing campaign with a story that will unfold around you based on the decisions you make, the people you meet, and how you treat them. You’ll be able to make allies and enemies. You’ll be able to pursue adventure, justice, riches, or whatever other goals you may come up with together as a group.
This will be a sandbox type of campaign where you will be free to go where you want, do what you want, and pursue your own goals. I’ll provide interesting and exciting things for you for you to do (NPCs offering quests & jobs, events happening in the world to react to, etc.), but you’ll always have the freedom to forge your own path.
There will be a private dedicated area for the campaign on my Discord server where you will be able to talk with me and the other players. There will also be a forum. You can use the Discord to discuss character concepts before session zero, talk about the game between sessions, ask me questions, roleplay, whatever you want to do. I’m usually available on Discord for any questions or if you want to discuss your character or the campaign.
I have a lot of experience running games for players new to the system and players new to the hobby, so if you’re a new player, this will be a great way for you to learn Daggerheart.
I also have a lot of experience running games for diverse players. All are welcome at my table, and I use safety systems and don’t tolerate any harassment or disrespect in my games. You can check the above links to the campaign and my GM profile for more on the safety systems used.
I am the producer and host of the podcasts GM Intrusions and Game Master’s Journey. I have run actual play games as part of both of those shows as well as on my YouTube channel. So you can check those out to learn more about me and my GMing style.