DM Screen

DM Screen - The Vineheart Realm

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Quick Jump

• Setting Snapshot
• World Snapshot
• Core Gameplay Changes
• Event Engines
• Factions, Reputation, and World Add-ons
• DM Optional Modules
• Source Index

Setting Snapshot

Campaign Identity

• Base ruleset: DnD 5e + 2024 elements, plus Vineheart homebrew systems
• Characters start at level 4
• EXP is awarded at long rest and uses 1.25x multiplier
• Feats are allowed Source: Gameplay Changes → Levels, Levels Breakdown

World Snapshot

One-Line World State

Post-Divine-War realm split by The Godwound into major continents and islands, where mortal-led civilization rebuilt in the Dawn of The New Age while managing rising Godwound anomalies.

Core Pillars

• Divine War: god-faction war that reshaped the world
• The Godwound: ongoing source of unstable magic, monsters, and disasters
• The Godwounded: neutral containment authority across continents
• Dawn of The New Age: mortal self-determination era and calendar reset

Time Anchors

• 0 BGW: final divine confrontation, Godwound created
• 0-220 AGW: recovery, kingdoms/guilds/trade formalize
• 226 BGW: Goblins in the Misty Falls
• 482 AGW: Feud of Fallowfield
• 569 AGW: Secrets of Villainy Source: The Timelines

Core Gameplay Changes

Rest System

• Short Rest: 1 hour, max 2/day
• Long Rest: 8 hours, full recovery, requires prior short rest unless 16+ hours elapsed
• Partial Long Rest: 4 hours, half missing spell slots, heal to 50% HP
• Interrupted Rest: DM adjudicates conclude/continue and status implications
• Chance events during rest:
  • Day event check: 1d20 greater than 3d12
  • Night event check: 1d20 greater than 2d12
• Keep watch rule: watch members only receive partial long rest
• Catchup short rest can remove Poorly Rested: player 1d20 vs DM 1d10
• Meditation can replace short rest and can remove Poorly Rested: player 1d20 with advantage vs DM 1d20 Source: Gameplay Changes → Rest, Gameplay Changes → Custom Status

Well Rested / Poorly Rested

• Well Rested: +1 to one of character’s three highest stats for 6 hours
• Poorly Rested: -1 to one of character’s three highest stats for 6 hours
• Stat can be chosen or rolled using 1d6 mapping Source: Gameplay Changes → Well Rested, Gameplay Changes → Poorly Rested

Character Economy Rules

• Inspiration is point-based (not binary), scales by level, and decays at end of session
• Inspiration capacity:
  • Level 1-4: 1 point
  • Level 5-10: 2 points
  • Level 11-16: 3 points
  • Level 17-20: 5 points
• Inspiration spend tiers:
  • 1 point: advantage/assist/flashback/second wind
  • 2 points: decisive moment/narrative control/resilience/heroic effort
  • 3 points: turning point/critical moment/defiance/inspiration surge
  • All points: fate’s hand/heroic intervention/miraculous escape/narrative twist
• Drastic Modifier:
  • Only one held at a time
  • Declare before roll
  • Roll d4 for operation (+, −, ×, ÷) and a second die (default d6) for magnitude
  • Fades if not used by end of scene Source: Gameplay Changes → Inspiration, Gameplay Changes → Drastic Modifiers

Combat/Action Notes

• Mounting another character is an action
• “Action ready at turn start” can grant +1 modifier
• PvP triggers DM review and can activate Divine Victim’s Right for direct-attack victims
• Divine Victim’s Right major limitations:
  • Cannot kill PCs or NPCs in this state
  • Victim cannot deal more damage than was taken from initial PvP hit
  • Powers only work against offending initiator Source: Gameplay Changes → Actions, DM Custom Rules → PvP Scenarios, DM Custom Rules → Divine Victim’s Right

Magic Notes

• Touch spells cannot be extended
• Exception: Mage Hand can convey touch spells and is concentration
• Wishes are major setting-level effects and strongly depend on source (Gods, Devils/Demons, Genies, Fey, items) Source: Gameplay Changes → Spells, DM Magical Events → Wishes

High-Level Pressure

• Level 17+ gains Cosmic Awareness handicap package:
  • Long rest vision risk on d20 (1-5)
  • Social unease due to reality distortion
  • Weekly cosmic-horror attraction hook (DM controlled)
  • Disturbing insight rider on natural 20 Intelligence checks Source: Gameplay Changes → Cosmic Awareness, Levels Breakdown → Level 17

Other Core Mechanical Notes

• Level up HP floor: minimum +1 HP when rolling
• Touch-based spell extension restriction remains global across play Source: Gameplay Changes → Hitpoints, Gameplay Changes → Spells

Event Engines

Random Event Families

• Luck: favorable bends in reality
• Chaos: wild magic manifestations
• Doom: ominous warning chains
• Divine: direct godly interference
• Nature: environmental resonance Source: Gameplay Changes → Random Event Types, DM Custom Rules → Luck/Chaos/Doom/Divine/Nature Events

Event Dice Profiles (Fast Recall)

• Luck:
  • Intensity: d20
  • After-effect: d12
• Chaos:
  • Volatility: d20
  • Spread: d8
  • Transformation: d10
• Doom:
  • Severity: d20
  • Clarity: d6
  • Timeframe: d8
• Divine:
  • Magnitude: d20
  • Favor: d12
  • Manifestation: d10
• Nature:
  • Intensity: d20
  • Scope: d8
  • Element: d6 Source: DM Custom Rules → Luck/Chaos/Doom/Divine/Nature Events

Quick Trigger Matrix

• Travel lull: Nature or Luck
• Magical overload/spell stacking: Chaos
• High-stakes decision beat: Doom
• Sacred site or desperate prayer: Divine

Factions, Reputation, and World Add-ons

Kingdom and Nation Frame

• Reputation system supports positive/negative standing with material consequences
• Positive standing can unlock travel support, resources, and influence Source: Faction Reputation → Overview

Major Guild Snapshot

• Way Finders: exploration, maps, guidance, logistics
• Ethereal Consortium: planar research, portals, dimensional tools
• Crimson Cloud: clandestine intelligence, infiltration, assassination
• Verdant Network: wilderness protection, natural magic, ecological leverage

Reputation Adjudication Baseline

• +1: complete meaningful alignment action for faction interest
• -1: act against known faction interests or aid direct rivals
• Apply immediately and note visible consequence in scene when possible

World Add-ons to Always Remember

• Special Sites are intended as repeatable mechanical world features, not one-off flavor
• Recovery Sites can alter rest power and resource pacing
• Wild Magic/Planar/Reality zones can become region-defining hazards or boons
• Add-ons are designed to create political tension over control of high-value locations Source: World Additional, Special Sites

Environment and Site Toolkit

Special Site Categories

• Recovery sites (rest buffs, restoration)
• Wild magic zones (surges, antimagic, eruptions)
• Planar anomalies (time/gravity/echo)
• Magical resources (crystals/essence/transmutation)
• Environmental hazards (petrification, dream mists, necrotic zones)
• Altered reality zones (blessing/curse/flux)
• Sacred and arcane phenomena Source: Special Sites

Use Pattern

• Pick 1 site trait as passive scene modifier
• Pick 1 trigger for escalation
• Offer 1 reward and 1 complication tied to the site’s nature

DM Optional Modules

Wish Framework

• Wishes can replicate level 8 or lower spells safely more often
• Greater wishes should scale consequence risk with source and ambition
• Source behavior summary:
  • Gods: generally fair within domain
  • Devils/Demons: literal and malicious interpretation
  • Genies: exploit loopholes
  • Fey: whimsical or chaotic fulfillment Source: DM Magical Events → Wishes

Plot Armor Package

• Story-effect survival layer for selected characters
• On lethal outcome: drop to 1 HP, temporary immunity to damage until next turn, consume a use, apply dramatic consequence
• Recommended as sparing narrative tool, not default combat balance mechanic Source: DM Status Effects → Plot Armor

Source Index

Core Lore

• index
• The Timelines
• Dawn of The New Age
• Gods
• Divine War
• The Godwound
• The Godwounded

Rules

• Gameplay Changes
• Levels Breakdown
• World Additional
• Faction Reputation
• Special Sites
• DM Custom Rules
• DM Magical Events
• DM Status Effects

Locations (Fast Access)

• Arcanum
• Onyxia
• Memberia
• Luminia
• Rubilande
• Cat’s Eye

Map Scale Reminder

• World/continent/city: no strict scale
• Village: 10 m tiles
• Building/cave: 1 m tiles
• Dungeon: 5 m tiles Source: Information (Map Information)