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Shadowdark RPG
An open table game hosted by WatcherDM.
• Exploration is the heart of the game
• Goals are chosen by the players
• Drop in style scheduling and absence tolerance
• Session to session downtime activities
• Real time campaign calendar
• Living world persists the consequences of your actions
We will be starting our campaign out of the village of Eliston just north of the Kyzian Steppes in the Western Reaches. Trade caravans traveling between Lydonia and Alkesh pass through from time to time and offer opportunity for those willing to take risks. They also bring rumours from around the Western Reaches, of treasure, beasts, magic, and more. Your appetite for adventure will find a steady supply of risk, and perhaps enough reward, should you follow it.
• Based in the Western Reaches
• Expansion areas unlock with maps and vehicle access
• Some adventure modules are seeded throughout
Discord will be the primary method of communication for scheduling sessions and organizing information. In the #announcements channel you will find links for our WestMarches.games community. I have a Foundry VTT hosted on forge-vtt.com that will be available at game times. I invite everyone to play with camera on for online play, but if that isn’t possible or ideal, no worries.
Players will begin with access to the 4 Classes and 6 Ancestries from the ShadowDark core rulebook. Additional Ancestries and Classes become available through achievements. Players may have up to three character slots active. Characters who reach level 10 will be required to retire. PC death likewise clears a slot. PCs becoming lost in the wild (did not successfully return to a Safe Haven before session end) may be rescued. If they are not rescued within 1 month of their loss session, they are considered dead.
• Friend in Music. Bard Class Unlocked
• Kyzian Horse Racer. Half-Elf Ancestry Unlocked
• Mounted Archery. Kyzian Archer Class Unlocked
• Demon Possessed. Knight of St. Ydris Class Unlocked
• Icy Sailor. Sea Wolf Class Unlocked
• Wyrm Touched. Kobold Ancestry Unlocked
XP is awarded for treasure returned, oaths kept, and feats of exploration. XP may also be gained through carousing, posting session journals, and posting maps or art.
There is enough of it out there, I don’t think its adding a ton to our play experience and I would just as soon not have it in my game spaces. If you want to see something visual, ask an artist (I love to draw) or draw it yourself, we’d love to encourage your artistic development.
