Practical guide

Creating a campaign: setting, difficulty, hero, and your own hook

How to create a campaign: pick one of ten settings and a difficulty, build a hero, then write your own hook or let the game create the world.

· Beyond The Verge Editorial

Short answer

Open Create campaign and choose quick start or Customize the campaign. Creation has three steps: the setting and difficulty, the hero, and the hook.

What to do

  1. Pick one of ten settings and a difficulty: Easy, Medium, or Hardcore.
  2. Build the hero: role, race, origin, alignment, and starting attributes.
  3. Write your own hook in free text or let the game create a world and hook.

Practical scenario

The opening scene is written live by the narrator, and you can answer it with a choice, typed text, or voice.

Limitations

  • The difficulty chosen at creation changes how costly mistakes are.
  • Companions and party play are separate options.

Common question

Do I have to write my own hook?

No. You can ask the game to create a world and hook for you.

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