Interested in Being a Player? The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

It's very important for all new players to read this particular page and explore the links given before considering asking for an invite to our play groups. If you have any questions afterwards, please feel free to contact me on our Roll20 campaign page or simply join our Discord and we can hop in voice chat and talk.

First off, thanks for stopping by. I hope if you make it through this long read, you will have a better understanding of what this World of Greyhawk campaign will be about and how I plan to run it. First off, This will be my first slightly modified Old-School Essentials system that I've ever run " we will be using my own version of a class system which is linked below". This will also be my first time running anything online instead of around the table.

We are looking for people that will be reliable and will not have issues showing up for game night every other Saturday night (7pm-10pm EST). We can play more often if the entire group agrees to other dates.

"I prefer classic D&D because there is no way I can create a sense of horror or fear in my campaigns/adventures as a Dungeon Master using the 5e rules. The 5e rules allows the players characters to always have a safety net beneath them compared to the classic systems "in my humble opinion of course". To play classic D&D, you don't have to learn the rules, you will learn them as you play and the rules are very simple to learn and understand. One of my players from another group, Joe Rice, had never played D&D before in his life and from the start he had no trouble understanding how to play and now he loves the system.

This is a rules light system, your choices as a player matter more than dice rolls. Actions of your character are less defined by your character sheet than on creativity and thoughtful planning. Players have agency, they decide the plot. They're actions have consequences. There is no pre-determined plot. It plays faster and smoother, with more player agency overall, and a kind of classic “feels” or “vibe” that can’t quite be gotten via modern-style rules sets. In a nut shell, It's just like 5e, except all the rules that tell you what you can or can't do are gone. Instead, you tell your Dungeon Master what you want to do and the Dungeon Master tells you what attribute to roll equal to or under. Don't be afraid to try this system out, who knows . . . you may end up liking it."

- House Rules: We do have a few "quality of life" house rules to help make the game run a little smoother and be slightly more forgiving than it is in it's current form. These rules may change over time.
- About Our Campaign: Here you can read all about our World of Greyhawk campaign.
- Current Companions: This is a list of companions that will be in this campaign.
- Journals Page: This is where my players can find everything they need to know about our campaign.
- Check out the class page to see what is available to play.

- Character Portraits: We use an AI Image Generator for our character portraits. When creating your portrait, make sure you have the HD & Quality options checked when you begin. It takes a little bit of work and some cycling through images but it works and does a good job. Get with DM James on this for a better explanation.

- Discord: This is the eastiest way to reach me. Click the Discord link for a link to my Discord server.
- Facebook: You can also find me on Facebook.
- Email: If all else fails, my email is jamesefullard@gmail.com
- Our Campaign Page: This is the page that will have anything and everything you need to know about our game.

Our campaign setting I plan to run my games in is the World of Greyhawk setting. I will not do a long write-up on this setting but my thoughts on this campaign setting can be found here and hopefully you already know about this setting. I grew up with this setting from the golden years of D&D and it is by far the overall best campaign setting ever released "imho of course".

Alright, now for the good stuff lol I hope you made it this far. This campaign will take place around a live table but also have one player online using Roll20/Discord. Roll20 will be used for Reactive Portraits "when used", character sheets and for dice rolling. We do ask that you have a stable internet connection along with quality audio for communication.

If you have read this all the way until then end, then you must be at least somewhat interested. Sure, classic D&D does not have all the bells and whistles of 5th edition, sure classic does not have the option of spell casting with subclasses like 5th edition and most importantly, classic D&D is not meant for you to start out at level 1 and be a superhero.

It's dark, it's gritty, it's more realistic and believable but above all else, classic D&D is high fantasy, not modern fantasy like 5th edition. I am not putting down 5th edition, I simply want to express just how different the two systems are, kind of like "Lord of the Rings" vs "Honor Among Thieves" - it's just not the same style of fantasy.

This modified Old-School Essentials system is very easy to understand. You don't need to know the rules before you play. Character sheet creation takes minutes, not an hour. Classic D&D is about normal "mortals" setting out for adventure to try and earn fame and fortune and be the heroes of the land. The World of Greyhawk is the perfect setting for this.

I don't consider myself a super awesome dungeon master, as a matter of fact I think I am more or less average but one thing I can say is every game I've ever ran my players have had a great time so I guess I am doing something right. If you're looking for a friendly atmosphere, friendly down to earth players and a Dungeon Master that tries very hard to give his players something special, I would love to hear from you.

- We don't do blind invites, we like to get to know new players first (Quality over Quantity I always say).
- This campaign blog was built for our players, so take the time to go through it thoroughly please.
- We "prefer" US players simply because of the time zone issues we've had with EU players.
- This page in particular is super important, take the time to explore the links left here.

Rules
• Be Mature: We are all adults, please ... let us all act like adults when we play. (no need to elaborate on this any more - this should come naturally)
• No Real Life Stuff: No outside politics, no left wing agendas religion at the digital table. Keep outside issues outside the game. I don't do the pronoun silliness, I don't care what race or color you are, I don't care what sexual preference you are and I don't care if you are a Democrat or Republican. We are here to play D&D so keep the real world out of the game please.
• Don't Be Toxic to the Game: We are here to adventure, explore and to slay dragons, not to try and cause disruptions in the game. Don't play yor character as a dick, don't try to do stuff in game to bring "our game" down. If you are a player, then have fun and enjoy the game.
• Multi Tasking Games: While we are playing our game "if you're an online player", please don't have World of Warcraft or some other such PC game running in the background, if you don't want to play and be focused on "our game" I don't need you as a player and neither do the other players.