Persistent World Player Guide

The Persistent World (called the PW) system is what TorontoDnD uses to allow random groups of players to play with random GMs at various levels, while still being able to grow their characters, level up, and gain sweet loot.

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What is the Persistent World system?

For players, the PW system defines:

• What character options you are allowed for use. This includes species, classes, subclasses, spells, and magic items. You can find a complete list here.
• When your characters level up.
• How much gold your characters get at each level and how much magic items cost.
• How many magic items your characters can bring on adventures with them.

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What events use the PW system?

Some of our events require that you use a character you have registered in our PW, while some do not. Regardless of the event type, anything you attend that requires a ticket gets you a session reward.

Event Type	Character Requirements	Session Rewards
Roll For Adventure	PW Required	Yes
Roll For Dameage	PW Required	Yes
Roll For Pride	PW Required	Yes
Newbie Night	Characters provided, eligible for PW after event	Yes
Anything But D&D	Characters provided at event, not PW	Yes
Side Quest	Characters provided at event or special rules for creation, not PW	Yes
RPG University	Non-Gameplay	Yes
Creative Sessions	Non-Gameplay	Yes
Social Events	Non-Gameplay	Yes

One-Off Characters

When attending our PW games, the general idea is that you start with a Level 1 character and level them up by playing at our events. Unlike PW characters, a one-off character has not progressed through prior Toronto DnD sessions. If you want to want to play at a game but do NOT have an in-range character, you may use a one-off character in some cases:

• L1 - L4: Because you can always make a new character, you will always have the option of playing in these. If you don't have one ready, you can use a L1 pre-generated character (available on site) and apply the session to another character. No L2 through L4 one-offs are allowed.
• L5 - L8: The use of one-off characters at this range is fine, provided you are not consistently doing this to level up L1 - L4 characters without actually playing them at lower levels.
• L9 and higher: These are highly sought after spots and are generally reserved for the players who have progressed their characters to the appropriate level. If there are still spots at a table within 48 hours of the event, you can sign up and play a one-off character.

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Character Progress

When playing in our Persistent World system, your character will level up based on the number of sessions they have played in and receive gold at every event. To track these things, you will need to register your character on our website. This will also track your magic items, hit points, class levels, and more. This does not replace your character sheet, but augments it with a traceable history of your character's growth from event to event.

1. Before your first session with a character: From your character list, click the "Add Character" button. If you would like to use a pre-generated template, select “From Template”, otherwise select “Standard”. If you pick “Standard”, please make sure your character conforms to our character creation rules.
2. When you sign up for an event: If you know the character you are using, go to the detail page for the event and click on the “Attendees” tab. Select "Assign Character" in the action drop-down menu at the right of your name. This will let everybody see who you are playing. If a character has a short description, a tooltip will display when you roll over their name. If your character has a sheet attached to their profile, the link to the sheet will be visible on the tab.
3. At the start of your session: Confirm that your GM knows who your character is and what magic items you are bringing on your adventure. Some GMs may ask for more information such as Armor Class or Passive Perception, so make sure you have that information.
4. After your session: Go to your list of characters and from the action drop-down menu on your character, select "Apply Session" and follow the prompts. Sessions may be applied to any character, but they must be at least in the same level range as the ticket. For example, if you have a session credit from a L1 - 4 table, that session can only be applied to characters who are L4 or below, so you can’t apply it to your L5 character. Sessions that have a level range lower than L1 - 4 or no listed level range are all credited as L1 - 4. These kinds of sessions include Newbie Nights, Anything but D&D, Side Quests, RPG University, Creative Sessions, and Social Events.

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What rewards do I get at the end of a session?

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What can I bring to a session?

When it comes to magic items, there are limits on what you can bring with you based on the level of your character, as per the table below. This limitation is separate from the Attunement rule.

Attunement: As per the 2024 rules, you can only maintain Attunement to a maximum of three magic items at any given time. Any PC attempting to break this rule will spontaneously combust.

Character Death

Sometimes your character can be the victim of bad rolls, bad planning or reckless actions. When this happens you can send them to their grave by going to their detail page, and selecting "Kill" from the action menu at the top right.

However, your character is not lost forever! Instead of applying the session from the game that killed them to another character, you can donate it to the Necromancer’s Guild and they will resurrect your PC. Your dead characters will be in the graveyard tab of your character list. From the character detail page, select "Resurrect" from the action menu at the top right. Pick a session and that's it, they are back in the waking world!