Would you like to play some D&D?
On Saturday, August 10th at 1pm PT Community Manager Lauren "OboeCrazy" Urban is going to run a one shot D&D game on the D&D Beyond Discord for four members of our community. They'll get to try out the DDB Avrae Bot in action, get a sneak peak at an upcoming Encounter of the Week, and win a Legendary Bundle!
Here's how to enter for a chance to win one of those spots:
- Make sure you are available to play a D&D game on Saturday August 10th at 1pm PT. Plan on about 2 hours for the game. You'll also need a headset so you can participate in the voice chat.
- Create a level 3 character in D&D Beyond using the standard array and only the Basic Rules. Only what is available in the free Basic Rules are allowed! Otherwise you are free to create whatever kind of character you would like!
- Join our Discord! Once you've joined go to the channel called #ddb-encounter-entry .
- In that channel post a link to your D&D Beyond character sheet and a short summary of who they are. Keep your description at about two short sentences! Only one entry per person.
Entries will be taken until Monday August 5th at 12pm PT. At that time we will turn off the ability to post, but turn on the ability to leave a reaction to those who have entered! The community will use their reactions to vote on who they think should get a spot in the game. Voting will end on August 8th at 8am PT, and the four winner will be announced on the Dev Update that day!
Enjoy making characters!
This sounds awesome! Definitely going to submit a entry when I get home!
This sounds great, but I can't enter since I'll be on vacation! Good luck to all the entrants and have fun to all the participants!
well crap I was hoping to try an artificier but I can make this work
Wish I could participate - will be @ Disneyland for the week! Have a great adventure!!
Do the 4 people that get in have a chance of getting on say, heroes of the vale?
How is it handled when you already have a legendary bundle? I am missing a couple of books, but would say have the majority.
I still think it would be great to play, but curious about the other prize.
I might be missing it but I don't see the discord channel you listed. all I see is welcome...
Is using "Custom Background" allowed?
I assume only one entry, correct? Also, it looks like backgrounds from HCs as well as custom are allowed.
When you say only the Basic Rules, do you mean the WotC document, including the SRD, or all free official content available, such as races in the EEPC and other stuff like the Haunted One background? Can we use a customized background? With a custom background feature as well?
This sounds like so much fun! Def going to have to enter!
Glad to see so many people interested in this game! If this goes well I hope to run more in the future, all at different times to give more people a chance to play!
I'm flattered you like the show enough to want to guest star! This game is just about having fun on the Discord, it won't be broadcast in any way and there's no future commitments. But we'll keep that suggestion in mind for future contests...
While I don't see us asking anyone in our community to pay to play D&D, this contest is certainly a test run for doing more community run games on a larger scale!
We would offer you the option to gift your bundle to someone else!
That welcome screen should have some rules you need to agree to abide by before you can join the server. At the bottom of those rules there should be an emote of a B you can click on, signifying you've agreed to the rules, and that will allow you to enter the full server including the channel to post your character!
Only what is available in the Basic Rules is allowed. The only custom or homebrew you are allowed is in the creation of your backstory and the personality of your character!
Just the Basic Rules, not the other free content released, or homebrew or custom stuff. Sorry, no Aarakocra!
Y'all know how much I love Aarakocra, but to keep things simple and easy we're sticking with the one free source. Maybe next game will feature an attack wing of bird bards!
I cannot find #ddb-encounter-entry on Discord, is this user error? I have my character created and would like to submit him.
I am unable to do reactions on my image?
Or is this something only the devs can do?
I wanted to make sure that people could use reactions, but I do dont know if its enabled.
But this is still a cool idea regardless
Hey there,
I like to ask what is the line on "Gear" and "items"? Just the mundane and basic package or can we go crazy since there is no basic rule filter on gear.
I mean do we get magic items?
Can we use starting gold instead of starting equipment?
As a thought, if someone already has the Legendary Bundle, you could consider giving them a year or two of Master Tier subscription instead.
Will this be available livestream and/or VOD later on? Would love to see the DnD community members showcased on your website!
I would love a shot at this, but I can't guarantee that I will be available at 3PM Central that day. 🤷🏻♂️