The Pit

["The Pit has always been there. Kingdoms, Empires, Nations, the Pit has watched all of them fall." - King Crizer] The Pit is where the trash goes. All the trash, and especially the humans. What greater satisfaction, what greater statement, then throwing your enemies where you throw your trash. Those enemies are you. For a crime you committed (Or didn't), you have been sentenced to a dumping. They will throw you into the Pit and you will not come out. Or will you? A 2024, 5e game by a newbie DM. Looking for newbie players :)

A mystery-filled journey through the insides of The Pit, a fantasy early tech adventure to reach the surface again.

RULES:

Looking for a party of 2-4 players.

All players must have committed or been framed for a crime. Looking for more of anti-hero, or sympathetic villain type characters. No murderhobos please :)

Starting at Level 1, use the 2024 PHP. Always use 2024 chassis, will allow for backwards compatibility for subclasses that are not included in 2024 PHB.

Allowed Books:

PHB 2024, SCAG, XGtE, MoM, TCoE (Will not approve homebrew unless it is well documented)

*Remember that anything in the 2024 PHB replaces the 2014 PHB

Character Creation:

Use standard array, standard everything. Please don't optimize. Pleaseeeeeeee

As I said earlier, make your characters more anti-hero than full villain. Don't make the type of character to backstab and steal stuff from everyone.

The Pit has strange effects on people. Psi powers and sorcerous origins can be explained by contact with The Pit.

Will be a roleplay forward game; combat will not be as common.

Make sure that your character has a reason to return to the surface, revenge, family, love, etc...

List some NPC's that you are connected to and where they are. Do you know people in The Pit?

Character Applications should go in the appropriate thread.

Applications Due February 1st Unless no interest.

Extra-Detailed Description:

Ever since the first people settled in the area of Krazek there was the Pit. A huge hole, the size of a city in the middle of a valley. Early expeditions down into the Pit always ended in failure as nobody ever came back up. However, people soon realized that a Pit where nobody could ever find things was very useful. Over the years kingdoms and nations have come and gone. This game will be set 1000ish years after the discovery of the Pit. You are from the nation of Celtina and are being tried in Celtin City. The city is a bustling metropolis, and a center for innovation. Magic has boosted technology and various steam and magic powered machinery can be found. King Crizer watches over it all. King Crizer is a good king, that's what everybody says. Long ago he had thrown anybody who said anything else into the Pit. Lately the dumpings have been getting more frequent. This is because many gangs have appeared throughout the slums and streets of Celtin City. Having a dumping ground for bodies that no-one will ever find is quite good for gang business. The King and the gangs have an unspoken agreement. The king doesn't interfere in gang wars and the gangs don't touch the nobles. This has led to growing resentment towards the king by those the gangs have wronged. All of you are the latest batch of "criminals" dumped into the Pit to appease the King.

Extra:

New players are welcome. I am a new DM, so if you do not want to be in a game with a new GM then skip this.

Posting frequency should be at minimum once or twice per week, looking for active players.

If you are an experienced player please bear with me, and help me out :)

Inspired by (Basically Totally ripped off by) Gachiacuta (Totally check it out, amazing manga)