What is DUNGEON WORLD: Er dór?

The year is 2022 AD, and it’s just another normal day. Well, as normal as anything can be in the middle of a pandemic that was supposed to be over already. “What did we expect?” you think to yourself. “Humanity doesn’t deserve nice things because we just screw them up.” This is your last thought on the troubled planet Earth before everything fades to white around you.

[COMMENCING PLANETARY REBOOT. ALL PLAYERS PLEASE STAND BY]

“WTF? Where am I?”

A map appears in the upper righthand corner of your vision. You wave it away, thinking you must be hallucinating. After an hour of frustration, where you can get no response from your colorless environment....

[INTEGRATION COMPLETE. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR MANUAL OR CONSULT YOUR ONBOARD DUNGEON MASTER FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. TO GET YOU STARTED, A SET OF COMMON QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED BELOW. GOOD LUCK!]

What just happened?

The Mángalas Empire's Council on Emerging Worlds, which monitors emerging worlds for instabilities, determined that the inhabitants of the planet Earth would never meet the criteria for acceptance as a full-fledged member of pan-galactic society because they are too fractious and self-absorbed to establish any meaningful planetary government. Pursuant to policy 2346 on the disposition of unstable societies, Earth has been reconfigured as a resource world. Inhabitants have been given the opportunity to pursue their own advancement as individuals on planet Er dór, and someday achieve pan-galactic citizenship. As per the regulations on power limitation, only pan-galactic citizens of levels 1-20 are currently eligible to immigrate to the planet. Citizenship for a former inhabitant of Earth requires attaining level 20 and sponsorship by an existing citizen.

Where am I?

In order to help the former inhabitants of Earth adjust to your new environment, you have been temporarily placed in a stasis field, where you can learn about DUNGEON WORLD: Er dór. If you are able to acclimate yourself to Er dór and to establish a new identity, you will be re-integrated by the local representative of the Pan-Galactic Dungeon Master System. Those of you not able to acclimate will remain in stasis indefinitely, for potential future consideration.

What do I do next?

You should think of yourself as a brand-new soul, with the power to reforge your identity as you see fit, within the guidelines acceptable in Er dór. Relevant guidelines and restrictions can be found in the section of your user interface titled “Relevant Source Materials". Examples include:

1. Players Handbook, 5th edition

2. Dungeon Masters Guide, 5th edition

3. Monster Manual, 5th edition

4. Volo’s Guide to Monsters

5. Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

6. Xanathar’s Guide to Everything

7. Local Dungeon Master Approval of Homebrew

Referring to these manuals and your Dungeon Master, you should:

1. Establish a DNDBeyond account and obtain the campaign link from your DM (already completed if you are reading this)

2. Establish a free World Anvil account and obtain the DUNGEON WORLD: Er dór link from your DM (already completed if you reading this)

3. Create your new identity, using DND Beyond and add it to the campaign

4. Pick a race

5. Pick a starting class (level 1)

6. Choose your physical characteristics and traits

7. Set your ability scores (use the point buy system)

8. Establish a background story

9. Select starting equipment and gold

10.Pick spells, if relevant

Your Dungeon Master will then re-integrate you with the world, and you can begin your advancement.