> [!info] Work In Progress Session zero is where everybody works together to create a social contract and create a setting for the campaign. Discussions may be free-form, pass-the-spotlight, or around-the-table depending on what works best for the people and discussion. During this process, each person should be thinking about the games they played before. - What did you like about those games? - What did you hate about those games? - What kind of adventure do you want to play? - What kind of character do you want to play? ## Social Contract The social contract is an informal agreement among everybody at the table. It defines broad expectations and how to deal with disagreements. These are all suggestions and none of them need to be decided immediately; keep discussion open as the game evolves. In most cases, [[Core Rules#The Weaver]] can be used. - Who will be the GM? How often will that role change? When does it change? - How often will the game group meet? Where? Who will organize the meetings? - What situations and concepts should be avoided? - How does the group deal with cheating and abusive behavior? - Who provides food and drinks? What kind of food and drinks? - Which, if any, of the optional rules will be used? ### My Personal Rules - Embrace adventure, be curious, take risks. - Adventurers are a team. Be kind, supportive, and compassionate to each other. - Cheating is not permitted. Monsters think cheaters are delicious. - We are here for heroic adventure, not to indulge dark fantasies. - Murder hobos, horny bards, lone-wolves, and sociopaths are not welcome at the table. - This is not a video game, actions have consequences and there are no checkpoints. - No phones at the table. If you need to use your phone, leave the table. ## Setting Everybody works together to create a world where their adventurers and characters will exist. - Does the game tell a story or do adventurers stumble upon encounters while exploring? - How often will adventurers travel? Is traveling part of the story or something that just happens? - What setting and theme do you want? What media and stories inspire the setting? - How dangerous is the world? How easy is it for characters to die? - What is magic? How does it work? What does it look like? - How dangerous is Wyrd? How is it gained? Can it be cured? Is there a quest maximum? - How crunchy is the game? Is everything narrative or do you want hard rules for currency etc.? - What are the cosmic horrors? What is known about them? What do they look like? - What are the Rangers of Asmythe like? What kind of quests do they give? - What role will adventurers have in the world? What Tone? - Gritty and Deadly - Heroic Adventure - Comical and Silly How much story? - Episodic - Revealing plot - Focused story What Setting? - High Fantasy - Weird West - Steampunk - Cyberpunk - Space Opera - Lovecraft Horror - Political Intrigue - Modern Mercenary What Major/Minor Theme? - Dungeon Crawling - World Exploration/Discovery - Monster Hunters - Post-apocalyptic Survival - Pirates and Criminals What scale? - A colony - A continent - A galaxy What is Magic? - What is the source of magic, what is Wyrdspace? - How do residents of the world react to supernatural power? - What are cosmic horrors like? What is known about them? - How common are magic items? How powerful are they? ## License Asmythe TTRPG is published under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)