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Welcome to Orion: Stars of Waterdeep! 

We are a Dungeons & Dragons 5e West Marches Server that was created on June 21, 2019 by those wishing to play together with a new idea, Job Crystals! The server was originally made to let people play their characters on any class, giving their beloved characters more life and adventure. 

What is a West Marches (WM) Server? West Marches servers are games where there are multiple GMs that all tell their stories in a shared world. This lets you experience different styles, different worlds and game during different times of the week. 

Our goal here is have fun and enjoy the game, letting people explore new homebrew classes, races and more as well as adventure in the vast world of Faerun and beyond!

Our games and character tracking are done on Discord. If you are interested in our server, please PM Momoko#5430 on Discord for an invite. 

 

Please feel free to add entries to our Kanka server. It is your input that makes the world more alive!

Quick Links - Use this to see all the Server Info you need to look up

Characters - Add your Orion Guild members here

Families - GMs, add your NPCs here

Locations - GMs, add locations, official and new here

Organizations - Harpers, Emerald Enclave, new organizations oh my!

Items - To be used to show our Custom Magic Items

Notes - Find Server Info here

Events - Feel free to add holidays, multi-quest info etc here that you would like others to participate in

Races - Official and GMs-made races can be seen here

Quests - Want to keep track of your multiquest? Here is the perfect spot

Journals - Players feel free to track your characters thoughts here

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Here’s what you need to know before getting started.

1. Please read our *Orion Code of Conduct. We strive to have a safe and fun environment for everyone and do not allow discrimination. 

2. Roll20 is our primary platform for hosting games; please make an account on Roll20 in order to participate in the majority of games that run on our server. Here are some tips on making a character sheet on Roll20.

3. Character Classes - We use a specialized class system called Job Crystals. Essentially, you can find Job Crystals on your various adventures and gain access to a new character class. While there are many rules regarding the Job Crystal system, you are free to only play your character as a single class. 

4. Homebrew - We allow a variety of different homebrew options on this server. You can browse the various homebrew options available in Orion Approved Material.

5. Tiers of Play - We have abstracted character power into tiers because there are large spikes in power every few levels. Tiers of Play gives more info about what levels are in each tier and item restrictions.

6. Guild Shop - Characters can purchase items from the Guild Shop should they have the Gold or Crowns to do so while not on a quest. The shop rotates on a monthly basis and is found on our Discord.

7. Orion Crowns - We implement a treasure point system that allows you to purchase certain items in the Guild Shop. Orion Crowns explains how you can gain and use these Orion Crowns. 

8. Character limit - You may create and play up to 5 different characters at any one time. 

9. Custom Rules & Errata - We have adjusted a large number of rules from standard 5e (e.g. flanking, Sharpshooter, inspiration, etc.) in hopes of creating a fairer and more enjoyable experience.

See new updates in #rules-and -errata channel on Discord. Orion Rules and Errata are also found here. 

10. Retirement or Death - Death may not necessarily be the end! The Orion Guild Hall will revive you for free a total of 3 times. After that, you must make a saving throw in order to cheat death again, whether you were revived by the guild, another player, or some in quest event. If your character dies or retires, you can create a new character in that slot with certain bonuses depending on the level you reached before death or retirement.

11. Tokens - We want players to be able to enjoy the game with others, regardless of the time they have. For this reason, after one, two and three months on the server a player may receive a one-time use token at level eight, twelve and sixteen (depending on month they are on) to use towards a new or existing character and job crystal. More info is found here about Level Tokens.

12. Downtime - If your character has played in a game, at the beginning of each month after your character can receive four weeks of Downtime to engage in additional activities. Find out here about Orion Downtime.

 

Remember, #questions channel on Discord is here to help with anything unclear or confusing!

When you’re ready to get started, ping an Admin to get the Player role in Discord.

Then you can work on Creating a Character and Playing in Your First Game!

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Join  us for another workshop! This is your chance to participant in admin decisions and help us come up with new ideas/discuss current issues. 

 

The next meeting will be on Thursday, September 24th at 4:30pm PDT/7:30pm EDT. We are trying out another time and day. We will be focusing on reducing magic items and Orion Crowns, specifically we will focus on this plan: 

 

Earn less crowns through volunteering

Earn crowns on quests only when magic items are dropped

Combined, these will make orion crowns more rare

Expand Orion crafting to include more material, ie all approved material including custom magic items that are not unique/unbuyable

Maybe up the cost of DT needed on some tiers?

Allow Orion Crowns to be used to get V. Rare recipies (maybe a multi-step quest/server event to find some library)???

Allow Orion Crowns to be converted into materials needed in crafting based on CR

Allow Orion Crowns to be converted into paying fees for crafting (ie GP cost in crafting) Suggestion: 1 Orion Crown = 500gp

Get rid of rare (or all) items in Orion Crown Shop or at least armor, since AC stacking has been an issue

Turn-in magic items for Orion Crowns to gain half the amount of OC based on rarity

Allow magic items to be rented (replace buying in Guild Shop?)

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