New Light: January 2024 Update (Patreon)

With December gone, it's time to spin up our server campaign once again. Sessions for D&Destiny: New Light resume January 14th! 

What is New Light?

New Light is an "MMO"-style D&Destiny campaign hosted on the Velvet Fang Discord server. Being an "MMO" campaign (or a "West Marches" campaign) means we’ve got dozens of players all existing in the same universe, but they’re off in their own corners, completing their own quests and affecting the universe in their own way. Something one player does can drastically changed what other players experience, even if they’ve never met before!

Anyone can join New Light, even if you're not a patron. We welcome players of all skill levels! 

However, if you are a patron, your characters can participate in downtime activities and the roleplay channels. Downtime activities allow your characters to do things like craft exotic equipment or rep a weapon foundry in the Crucible, and the roleplay channels are where you can interact with other PCs and NPCs in between missions.

Anyone can join at any time. We strive to have a wide variety of content options available for all levels, both in terms of player skills and their actual PC levels. There's no such thing as "being behind" in this campaign!

New Light Changelog for Jan 2024

Here's what's changed over our winter break.

SEG Changes

• General wording changes/format update.
• Added a new section, “PGB Changes.” The mechanics in this section are not present in the PGB, but are enforced in the New Light campaign.
  • Healing Rifts: Once a creature recovers shield points from any healing rift, they must wait until the end of their next turn before they can recover shield points from a healing rift again.
  • Climate Insulation: Guardian armor is considered insulated against the effects of Cold and Hot climates. If your race has natural armor, the description of its natural armor will indicate if it provides the same or similar insulation.
  • Resurrection Recharge Rolls: If you are resurrected on your turn, you do not make any recharge rolls at the start of your turn. This is more of a rules clarification than a change from the PGB.

Character Creation Changes

• New Light character creation document renamed to “Character Creation for New Light (2024 Guide).” Please use this guide when making a character for the campaign.
• Survivor’s Luck (both Human Standard Traits and Custom Traits) changed to be recovered on a short or long rest. All PCs with this trait need to update their character sheet to match this change.
• Survivor’s Luck (Custom Traits) is no longer restricted to humans only.
• Natural armors updated to indicate what temperature levels it provides insulation against. All PCs with this trait need to update their character sheet to match this change.

DoP Changes

The New Light campaign makes good use of the Deck of Possibilities™, an adventure card system by Velvet Fang. Standard patrol sessions involve adventuring through a deck of cards with a wide variety of encounter options, which we've expanded on in the following ways.

• Updated all treasure decks to include a new type of treasure card, Mixed Loot. This awards both glimmer and resources with a single draw.
• New card backs for Luna, Venus, and Mars decks.
• New condition cards:
  • Thick Mist
  • Sandstorm
  • Deep Sand
  • Toxic Wastes
  • Poisonous Air
  • Pitch Dark
  • Gasping Light
  • Voltaic Spill
• New Adversity cards:
  • Something Shiny
  • The Ground Collapses
  • Locked Door
  • Increased Vex Activity
  • Nearby Base
  • Enemy Base
  • Enemy Camp
  • Allies Under Fire
  • Grasping Hands
• New Luck cards:
  • Just Out of Reach
  • Enemies in Distress
• New type of card added, Heavy Adversity. This is for Public Events and other encounters of similar challenge. All public event cards that didn’t have this category were updated. New public event cards were added, too.

Monster Changes

New monsters will start appearing in New Light sessions. Keep an eye out for the following baddies—and if you're a GM/Content patron, keep an eye out for the stat block download!

• New Hive Monsters
  • Onslaught shrieker, CR 9 Elite
  • Siege ogre, CR 10 Ultra
  • Executioner, CR 11 Major
  • Devourer thrall, CR 10 Minion
• New Cabal Monsters
  • Improbius turret, CR 5 Major
  • Scorpius auto-launcher, CR 9 Elite