Daggerheart Open Game - The Blackened Book

Quorum: 4 players + GM. Before you RSVP - Read all of the instructions below (click ‘read more’ on meetup). Make sure you confirm with me on discord that you will be attending or you may be moved to ‘not going.’

New players welcome! This is an open game of episodic Daggerheart adventures in the Eberron setting. Each session is designed to be a standalone story, so you can drop in and out freely - no previous attendance or experience is required.
For returning players, you'll be working for the same faction in each session, so you can return with the same character and build on your progression from previous games - and accumulate more loot!

# The Pitch

Notes: dystopian, magical mystery, secret organization, elite unit

A troll stalks her prey through the dark alleys of the Dura underground, goading her victim toward the waiting basilisk. In the morning, a new statue adorns the steps of the courthouse - a spitting image of the witness who was meant to give testimony against the monstrous crime syndicate known as Daask.

A guardsman strikes a deal with a rakshasa in an upper city bordello. Tonight, a cult leader jailed on suspicion of murder will find his cell door unlocked. Tomorrow the guardsman will remember nothing.

In the confession booth of Church of the Silver flame, a sobbing young university student tells the priest of the dream - the one where her body twists into a mass of teeth and eyes and she wakes up in the hall outside her professor’s room. On his way home after locking up the church, the priest passes a poster for the missing professor.

Sharn Watch is too corrupt and spread too thin to contend with the glut of magic crimes occurring in the city, much less the innumerable arcane entities gnawing at the edges of reality. In their absence, a new breed of heroes is needed to save the city from doom - heroes with a talent for dealing with the supernatural and a willingness to operate outside the law. In these episodic adventures, you will work as an agent investigating the unexplained phenomena of Sharn, and recording their mysteries in the strange artifact known as The Blackened Book.

Full game details, including character creation instructions can be found in the Google doc.

## What to Bring

1. A set of dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20). You need two d12 dice. I do have extra dice you can borrow if you do not have your own.
2. A method of taking notes, such as a notepad and pen.
3. A phone or tablet to view your character on Demiplane. If you have one, you are welcome to bring a physical character sheet instead.

## How to Prepare

1. RSVP to the event
2. Join the Seattle RPG Variety Society discord server and say hi in the #raygun-general channel. This is where we will communicate about the game before the session.
3. Request access to demiplane content sharing. Post a message in the discord channel to let me (@Jesse) know you need access.
4. Make a level 1 character in demiplane and let me know when you are done. If you do not make a character within 24 hours of RSVPing and there are folks in the RSVP waitlist, you may be removed from the game. It’s okay to make changes to your character before the session, as long as you created an initial one.
5. (Optional) Check out the Daggerheart SRD for an overview of the rules.
6. (Optional) Read about the Eberron Campaign Setting.

## Table Rules

1. Content Warning, 18+: Fantasy violence, body horror, drug use, food and housing insecurity.
2. You and your fellow players are part of a team. Do your best to ensure everyone at the table has a good time.
3. Your character and your fellow player’s characters are part of a team. Make a character that wants the team to win.
4. Make an original, in-universe character. No joke characters, punny names, or references to existing media or historical figures.
5. We will use the X-Card Safety Tool to ensure the wellbeing of everyone at the table.
6. This is a pro-LGBTQ+ table.