“Me and the guys were out kinda late, and we’re trying to get back to my friend's house quick. We’re hungry. So we decide to hop a fence and take a shortcut through this tunnel. It’s just a short one for an overpass, you could run it in 10 seconds and there’s nothing coming.
But the moment we step inside, it’s pitch black. It’s like the thing is a mile long and we hear that whistle behind us so we run. The lights make everything look really strange, but we just keep going for the opening at the end, and then...
We got hit by a train? But it passed through us like a ghost. We’re screaming and that whistle is blaring. And then we get to the end of the tunnel and there’s just, there’s nothing there man.”
So says a young man coming to the Edgewater Supernatural Society for help. This game will be a modern twist on D&D 5E, where you’ll play as amateur sleuths in Chicago, IL. Your group of meddling misfits works to help everyday people that encounter the sometimes dangerous world of the supernatural. "
This game will be great if you like Buffy or Angel, Supernatural, Scooby Doo...
Players should build level 3 characters ahead.
Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (a screenshot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.
DO NOT CHOOSE A BACKGROUND OR EQUIPMENT. To help give the game some modern flavor, I’ll be creating a list of custom backgrounds with equipment for you to choose from.
This game is recommended for those that are comfortable with D&D 5E, as I won’t be creating new modern classes. We’ll be playing fast-and-loose in the interpretations of the flavor text if we need to keep things feeling “modern”.
Please make a character who is part of the Edgewater Supernatural Society. For one reason or another, something compels you to want to learn more about the supernatural and solve mysteries.
This will be a “magical realism” take on modern-day Chicago. (Think Buffy or Supernatural) Most of the population isn’t aware of the seedy, magical world that exists around them. But your characters are aware of some parts of it.
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. "
Players need to be familiar with this system.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
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Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server
CW: Mild horror and spooky situations, differences in perceived reality