Battle Royale

The Unprepared Casters Battle Royale is a Oneshot that aired as a livestream on June 11, 2022 on Twitch at 5 pm CT and is now available as a VOD on Youtube. The Oneshot was DMed by Gus and features 12 guests, making it the biggest Unprepared Casters event up to that time. Because of this, the stream took over 9 hours.

Additionally, the livestream is the first Unprepared Casters charity livestream, benefitting Trans Lifeline, with donations up to $1,000 being matched. Before the start of the stream, more than $10,000 had already been donated, and by the end of it, donations had reached $26,211.69.

It happened in celebration of the $5,000 patreon goal being met.

## Characters and Players

Characters are sorted in order of announcement in the twelve days leading up to the livestream, i.e. in order of Arcs they played in. Because of the number of players, each character was first shortly introduced by Gus, and then the player had up to 25 words to campaign for themselves on stream. Additionally, a bot in the Twitch chat could be commanded with ![name] to show basic info about each character, and what they are known for.

**DM** - Gus

**Sasha Rose** (She/Her) (played by Sam - She/They) a Tabaxi Armorer Artificer: She is known for being a member of the notorious Rose crime family, and her love for her wife Mischka. "Sasha may be a naked cat, but she is not naked and afraid. Donate to Sasha, and I will apply temporary tattoos to my face."

**Bombyx Mori** (She/They) (played by Amelia - Any/None) a Reborn Swarmkeeper Ranger: They are known for owning a silk empire and having many past lives. "Non-binary lesbian, hot silkworm MILF. Wuthering, wuthering, wuthering heights, Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy, I've come home, I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window." (The second part of that is a reference to the song "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush, which in turn was inspired by the novel of the same name by Emily Brontë.)

**Fey Moss** (She/Her) (played by Sedona - She/Her) a Half-Elf College of Valor Bard: She is known for her astonishing musical performances and constantly promoting herself and her party. "The famous Fey Moss, legendary bard, literal worldsaver, purple queen, queer icon, also, donate to Fey and I will cover a song of your choice."

**Ace** (They/Them) (played by Bri - She/Her) an Aetherborn Pact of the Undead Warlock: They are known for being a star orbula player and housing a ghost in their shoes. "Orb, orb orb orb orb, orb orb orb orb orb, orb orb orb orb orb orb. Thanks for your support. Orb."

**Aster** (He/Him) (played by Haley - She/Any) a Tiefling Way of Shadow Monk: He is known for his tattoo shop and solving problems with violence. "Aster [REDACTED] is so cool and old now, and he can teleport between shadows and catch arrows. That's so sexy, right? You want that. Thank you."

**Quinn** (She/Her) (played by Grace - She/Her) a Tiefling College of Lore Bard: She is known for her bar and positive attitude. "Quinn is a lesbian with a bar and a girlfriend named Harley, and a twin brother who she loves. Donate to them, thank you so much."

**Onyx Mayfell** (He/HIm) (played by Pax - He/Him) a Tabaxi Eldritch Knight Fighter: He is known for smithing with the Dinferni and his emotional support dog Ann. "Pride of the Dinferni, champion of Snowdrop strength portion, donate to keep him alive, and nervously patrolling the field with Ann."

**Booker Sailship** (He/Him) (played by Owen - He/Him) a High Elf Bladesinging Wizard: He is known for being Pirate King and his distaste for sky pirates. "Hot wizard, Pirate King, donate to make this voice worth it, thanks."

**Omen Haxolpenny** (He/Him) (played by Chris - He/Him) a Kalashtar Pact of the Archfey Warlock: He is known for being an agent of chaos and caring deeply about his mother's romantic fulfillment. "Sponsor Omen Haxolpenny, because the knowledge that he won wearing a flumph hat will haunt these people for ever. #AgeofOmen #Bless #RIPSpaceWhale"

**Beryl Hatebad** (She/Her) (played by Julia - She/Her) a Mountain Dwarf Battlemaster Fighter: She is known for being a sky pirate quartermaster and founding Hatebad Weaponry LLC. "I will kiss Remeny if I get more donation support. If you want a kiss, I'll need a magic item or a potion. Thank you."

**Remeny Gratz** (She/Her) (played by Jenny - She/Her) a Human Oath of Treachery Paladin: She is known for being a sky pirate captain and a fan of wine. "Support Remeny, a MILF, a captain, a lover, a fighter, a winner. Join her crew's quest for glory. Root for Remeny, loot for Remeny."

**Sir Up Ton** (He/Him) (played by Moose - He/Him) a Half-Elf/Bugbear Pact of the Hexblade Warlock: He is known for being captain of King Alaric's Guard and having a close relationship with his sword. "In a world filled with gods, and leads, and others, you find Sir Up Ton, your trusted best friend. Donate shit ton, to pawn your charity crimes."

## Donation Rewards

Donations happened through tiltify, with the option to pick rewards that would benefit a character of the donor's choice, or, in case of the $25 and $75 rewards, affect all characters. Rules for the rewards were specified where necessary in the stream.

* $10: Give Bardic Inspiration (d8) - use at any time throughout the stream, use it after seeing the number on the die, one per roll
* $20: Give Greater Potion of Healing - drink as a Bonus Action
* $25: Cause a Lair Action
* $30: Give a Luck Point - use at any point throughout the stream, use multiple luck points on a single roll, but the roll that counts is the most recent one
* $40: Give an Uncommon Magic Item
* $50: Drop a Loot Crate
* $75: Destroy a Region of the Map
* $100: Give a Rare Magic Item
* $200: Level Someone Up
* $300: Revive Someone at Half HP

## Stream

To offer the fans that could not watch the stream live the opportunity to support their favourite characters and the cause, the donation link was already opened 8 hours before the livestream, and players were encouraged the day before to share it with their friends and family. Because of this, 7 hours before the stream even started the goal of $1,000 dollars was already met, and by the time it started, donations had already reached $11,246. The final amount of money collected for charity was $26,211.69.

The stream took over 9 hours, during which not all of the guests were constantly present.

At times, more than 450 people watched the stream live, also making it the most watched stream for Unprepared Casters so far.

## Campaigning

In the last days leading up to the campaign, the players already started campaigning for donations in the name of their characters. This campaigning included some characterart, PowerPoint presentations, videoclips, Twitter threads, campaign posters, promises for roleplay aspects, and light-hearted rivalry as well as the formation of alliances between players. These alliances included both alliances between characters that canonically knew each other, as well as alliances across Arcs and timelines.