DMs can run sessions however they see fit. The session focus may vary. All games are run in Session Lobbies and Session Lobby Text under the Live Sessions category (you can choose any free lobby). DMs may use any supplemental materials to run their sessions, such as streaming a tabletop simulator or inserting ambiance via music bots, provided those materials are available to all players.

Players in live sessions are expected to be in-character. You cannot proxy as your in-real-life self, nor host a session for such play. Please use the ooc Misc (Out of Character) voice channels for ooc hanging out, watching movies, or any ooc activity that does not impact PC development.

To run a live session, a DM should post in looking-to-host using the pinned template. Or you can check our looking to host builder in DM tools page or check out how to use discord time stamp (explained below) which we recommend including a Discord Timestamp on your LTH post to overcome time zone misunderstandings.

This is how you make it show up in others' timezones correctly. Use the tool below to generate the code for Discord:

DMs can offer rewards for their session as they see fit, up to the allowable loot value shown after running the !apl command (explained below) and in the DM Rewards tab of their tracking sheet when they log the session.

• DMs can give less than the allowable loot value. This is a maximum value. Note that DMs cannot give items that are above the character’s tier.
• Homebrew items given as session rewards can only be used in that DM’s world, except at other DMs’ discretion.

Example: your players levels are 3, 6, 4, 12

You do:

It will also show you what's the max GP the session will reward the players.

The number of hours played is calculated by rounding to the nearest half hour and the average party level (APL) is rounded to the nearest whole number.

A DM may choose to charge DTP for activities a character participates in during one of their sessions.

Following every session, a DM must post in session-log using the provided template. It is important to do this ASAP following a session.

Please note: in order for the session to be counted or for players to be counted in a session and gain loot and hours, you must host/play for at least one full hour.

Each 2 weeks, starting at 1st and 15th of each month there will be a reward for the most active DMs.

1. Feedback from the community
2. Number of sessions/hours hosted
3. Positive impact on the Starry Shore

We're setting up a schedule for DMs every 2 weeks, and DMs can pick their preferred day! (day is determined by your timezone)

One open session you run on that day will hook you up with double rewards (your choice), just for you, not the players!

This is an incentive, not an obligation, so you can register for a day, and not run a session if you don't feel like it, and that's completely fine :D

We’re hoping this will hype up everyone here to run a session every two weeks and with the squad of dms we have, we’ll have plenty of sessions daily with a fresh rotation. And for the active DMs its more rewards bcz you guys deserve it.

DMs may run 1-on-1 sessions with the following restrictions (these are automatically calculated when you check the “solo/lounge” box in the DM tracking sheet):

• Player gold-equivalent loot maximum reduced to ½ of normal maximum allowance.
• DM gold-reward reduced to ½ and be calculated as a player (no "DM multiplier" on gold reward).

This conversion is completed automatically in the DM Rewards.

Sessions taking place within The Starry Shore are referred to as “social sessions.” Normally role-play-centric, they may be set within the fight club, main street, Astral Oasis, VIP buildings, or other parts of The Starry Shore.

These kinds of sessions don't reward players with any gold, and DMs have to log it in their sheets with the box in the middle that says solo/lounge.

There's no "official" limits to how many u can host of these. You might need none, or you might need more than one depending on if its a continuation or character development.

So once or a twice a month when needed is fine, but more than that it become an issue for the long term.

DMs can create a Text Roleplay (TRP) World to interact with player characters. TRP worlds that have been inactive for 60+ days will be archived (and eventually deleted).

To apply for a TRP world, please fill out the following template and post it in trp-world-directory .

**Name of DM:**  
**World Name and Requested Room Number:**  
**PvP Allowed (Yes, No, With Consent):**  
**NSFW (Yes, No):**  
**Firearms (Yes, No):**  
**Expected Response Rate (30min, 3hr, Daily, Weekly):**  
**Player Limit (if any):**  
**Number of Channels (up to five to start, not including announcements):**  
**Names and Order of Channels Requested:**  
**Era/Style (high fantasy, primordial, modern, post-modern, etc):**  
**Types of Play (combat, intrigue, social, etc):**  
**2-4 Sentence Description:**