The TTRPG Pickup Con Spectator’s Guide
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Participants in the TTRPG Pickup Con community are welcomed to spectate on some of the games provided. The majority of these games are hosted on the Con’s Discord server. If you are spectating, you may join the game in the voice channel where it is being played (Take a look at the room numbers at the bottom of each post) but please be courteous and remain muted. There is a #spectators text channel to discuss your thoughts with other spectators without disturbing the game. The game runner may, of course, override this and allow you to chat directly in their channel. The games listed below are open for spectators in the upcoming TTRPG Pickup Con.
Friday
"Come find out what happens when a handful of nerds get together to fill in the blanks of a one-shot template. In this one-shot of Daggerheart using the [insert frame name here] campaign frame, our adventurers will...do an adventure, misadventure, or possibly get up to shenanigans. Perhaps even all of the above! Who is to say? Whatever it is will be determined by collaborative storytelling that just happens to have the side benefit of outsourcing GM responsibility and labor while also providing players more agency and buy-in. Everyone wins! Huzzah!
So...will it be spooky? Epic? Whimsical? Will the party embark on a quest to find a McGuffin to solve some problem? Will they have to thwart some evil by defending their home? Open a bakery? I guess we'll have to see."
This game will be great if you like collaborative worldbuilding and shared narrative control, Mad Libs, and/or flying by the seat of your pants
The game runner will provide level 2 characters.
Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server.
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: There shouldn't be anything of concern.
Check out the rules: https://www.daggerheart.com/srd/
Sean’s Game Runner PRofilhttps://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/sean
Saturday
"Come find out what happens when a handful of nerds get together to fill in the blanks of a one-shot template. In this one-shot of Daggerheart using the [insert frame name here] campaign frame, our adventurers will...do an adventure, misadventure, or possibly get up to shenanigans. Perhaps even all of the above! Who is to say? Whatever it is will be determined by collaborative storytelling that just happens to have the side benefit of outsourcing GM responsibility and labor while also providing players more agency and buy-in. Everyone wins! Huzzah!
So...will it be spooky? Epic? Whimsical? Will the party embark on a quest to find a McGuffin to solve some problem? Will they have to thwart some evil by defending their home? Open a bakery? I guess we'll have to see."
This game will be great if you like collaborative worldbuilding and shared narrative control, Mad Libs, and/or flying by the seat of your pants
The game runner will provide level 2 characters.
Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server.
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: There shouldn't be anything of concern.
Check out the rules: https://www.daggerheart.com/srd/
Sean’s Game Runner PRofilhttps://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/sean
The Painted Shores, is a small resort town for artists and vacationers, nestled between the sea shore and sand dunes in a dazzling array of colors. This summer they've been losing goats from their herd all season to an unknown cryptid. When one of the shepherds goes missing as well, they hire a group of adventurers to put a stop to it.
You'll play as members of an adventuring guild: The Red Hand Adventurer's League, who are tasked with solving this mystery and putting a stop to the strange creature.
This game will be great if you like sandbox-style gaming with light-rails and an emphasis on player choice.
Players should build level 5 characters ahead.
Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc. is fine. Permanent flying features excluded.
Please make a character who is working as an adventurer for hire and has taken this job from the Red Hand Adventuring Guild.
Assume that as adventurers you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.
For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen. If the component costs more than 50 gold, assume that you have enough material to cast it once.
You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items
If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.
If you are a new player and need help with character generation, please reach out.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server .
We'll be using http://shmeppy.com/ for maps. You will not need to make an account to access the map.
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence and mild body horror and light gore.
Rayne's Game Runner Profile - https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-gam
e-runners/rayne-bakcheious
The trendy Orcs! Orcs! Orcs! tavern franchise has made it to your town, and opening night is tomorrow! The band is hired, and the barrels are tapped, but there's a problem: the franchise owners (ex-adventurers and rather negligent parents) let their kids get a sneak peek of Undermountain™, where paying customers are meant to get a taste of a real dungeon delve—and they haven't come back. Can our heroes bring back the kids (or what's left of them) in time for dinner service?
This game will be great if you like dungeon crawls with puzzles and a dose of humour.
The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. The game runner will be using Foundry VTT. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Endangered teenagers in a dungeon
A strange buzzing rises in the ears of travelers near the mist-shrouded swamp. Feverish dreams of gold and amber haunt their sleep.
Something weird is afoot in the old Abbey, and the vision of gold is too tempting to ignore.
This game will be great if you like Old School Dungeon crawling and weird fantasy adventure.
The game runner will provide level 3 characters.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room # 2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Swordplay and violence, scary monsters
Check out the Rules. https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/collections/all/products/shadowdark-rpg-quickstart-set-pdf
Brucifer's Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/brucifer
Sunday
A ragtag team of teenage superheroes—balancing chemistry homework and curfews with vigilante life—confront a threat that cannot be punched into submission: the systemic displacement and corporate exploitation of their home neighborhood.
This game will be great if you like fighting corruption, speaking truth to power, and protecting innocents from systemic oppression.
The game runner will provide characters.
Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Classism and racism will exist, but not fetishized.
"Come find out what happens when a handful of nerds get together to fill in the blanks of a one-shot template. In this one-shot of Daggerheart using the [insert frame name here] campaign frame, our adventurers will...do an adventure, misadventure, or possibly get up to shenanigans. Perhaps even all of the above! Who is to say? Whatever it is will be determined by collaborative storytelling that just happens to have the side benefit of outsourcing GM responsibility and labor while also providing players more agency and buy-in. Everyone wins! Huzzah!
So...will it be spooky? Epic? Whimsical? Will the party embark on a quest to find a McGuffin to solve some problem? Will they have to thwart some evil by defending their home? Open a bakery? I guess we'll have to see."
This game will be great if you like collaborative worldbuilding and shared narrative control, Mad Libs, and/or flying by the seat of your pants
The game runner will provide level 2 characters.
Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server.
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: There shouldn't be anything of concern.
Check out the rules: https://www.daggerheart.com/srd/
Sean’s Game Runner PRofilhttps://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/sean