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The Walking Dead: Tales of the Ozarks
The Ozarks. Occupied by various peoples since the ice age and visited by some of the most recognizable names in American history. The last hunting ground of Daniel Boone, the home of industrialist Moses Austin and his son Stephen F., the “Father of Texas.” It is the birthplace and childhood home of African American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. It was home to Hermann Jaeger, a Swiss immigrant who saved the European wine industry in the nineteenth century. It was the site of “Wild Bill” Hickok’s first shootout and Jesse James’s first train robbery. It was where a teenage Charlie Parker honed his licks on the alto sax and the birthplace of network television’s first regularly scheduled country music show. Home to the world’s largest retail corporation, the nation’s leading meat-producing company, and the premier collection of American art.
The Ozarks are a region settled overwhelmingly by white pioneers from the Appalachians, some of whose descendants were still singing seventeenth-century British ballads and making moonshine whiskey in hidden caves at the dawn of color television. That it is a place where the rules of neighborly civility melted in the heat of the Civil War, where racially motivated violence occurred at a per capita rate matched by few other areas in the years around the turn of the twentieth century.
Vast stretches of its rocky, infertile ridges and hollers have provided little more than bare subsistence for generations of families and that these families once composed a significant percentage of the country’s migrant labor supply. The home to at least one community tucked so far back into the inaccessible hills that electric power lines finally reached it the same year that humans piloted a rocket ship to the moon and back.
It's here, in this area at the intersection of Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas, that you found yourself just before the world changed forever. Whether you were born and raised here, came here to work, came to make a change, or just came to relax and enjoy the natural resources while on vacation, your lives intersected at a time when survival was the word of the day as infrastructure collapsed and the dead walked.
It's up to you to survive and perhaps rebuild what was lost. Six months after the fall of society, these are the...
Tales of the Ozarks.
- Miscellaneous
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Laird_Thorne
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City of Mist - Killing Her Softly
The City. A mix of neon lights, crime and corruption. It is all you have ever known. All that you ever thought there was. Day after day living life on autopilot, walking through the rain, passing through the mist-covered streets. Keep an eye when you cross an alley, be wary of those who claim to protect and serve, and do not cross those who really run things. Keep your head down, that's what you were taught growing up here. Keep your head down, perhaps shake it in sadness when you see the news of yet another poor soul lost for one reason or another. It is the way the City is. It always has been and always will be.
But then it happened. A decision you made. A path you could have walked but didn't, a turn you could have taken but avoided, a cry for help that you could have ignored but, for once, answered.
And it awoke something in you. Something that feels as though it has a will of its own, a message that it wants to communicate to you. And power. Incredible, terrifying power that is now yours. Life as you knew it was but a dream, but now you are Awake. The City has a different face, a true face, and you can see it. A different world, hiding in plain sight, filled with beings who can do incredible things, each with their own designs, their own goals for this wretched place you call home.
You are a Rift. And for better or worse, you now have the power to change this city.
Greetings everyone, I am looking for 2-3 players to play through the scenario Killing her Softly from Nights of Payne Town: A spooky mystery taking place in the world of jazz clubs in the City. I am Samanos and I will be your GM for this scenario. I used to play in the old site back in the day, however this will be my first real venture into the City of Mist. I don't mind if you are a new player or a veteran who has played this scenario before (though if you are, please take care not to spoil anything for the other players).
If this sounds like something you'd be interested, please take a look at Character Creation and make a thread for your application.
Applications close February 29.
- City of Mist
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Samanos
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Total War
For the wider Total War universe, currently preparing for Mandate of Heaven 2, Sea of Change and possibly new Sethennai
- Homebrew
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Eldan985
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Scion 2e: Fatebound
A scion 2e game, taking place on the Global Scale where your characters play Scions of the Gods, starting at the Hero tier, going to Demigod tier eventually. You are a band of scions solving issues in the World and Terra Incognita.
- Scion
- closes January 22
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PerilousAdventures
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- D&D 3.5e
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louie
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The Dark Tide
Transhuman Space (THS) is a role-playing game by David Pulver, published by Steve Jackson Games as part of the "Powered by GURPS" (Generic Universal Role-Playing System) line. Set in the year 2100, humanity has begun to colonize the Solar System. The pursuit of transhumanism is now in full swing, as more and more people reach fully posthuman states.
Setting
The game assumes that no cataclysm — natural or human-induced — swept Earth in the 21st century. Instead, constant developments in information technology, genetic engineering, nanotechnology and nuclear physics generally improved condition of the average human life. Plagues of the 20th century (like cancer or AIDS) have been suppressed, the ozone layer is being restored and Earth's ecosystems are recovering (although thermal emission by fusion power plants poses an environmental threat—albeit a much lesser one than previous sources of energy). Thanks to modern medicine humans live biblical timespans surrounded by various artificially intelligent helper applications and robots (cybershells), sensory experience broadcasts (future TV) and cyberspace telepresence. Thanks to cheap and clean fusion energy humanity has power to fuel all these wonders, restore and transform its home planet and finally settle on other heavenly bodies.
Human genetic engineering has advanced to the point that anyone—single individuals, same-sex couples, groups of three or more—can reproduce. The embryos can be allowed to be developed naturally, or they can undergo three levels of tinkering: 1. Genefixing, which corrects defects; 2. Upgrades, which boost natural abilities (Ishtar Upgrades are slightly more attractive than usual, Metanoia Upgrades are more intelligent, etc.); and... 3. Full transition to parahuman status (Nyx Parahumans only need a few hours of sleep per week, Aquamorphs can live underwater, etc.) Another type of human genetic engineering, far more controversial, is the creation of bioroids, fully sentient slave races.
People can "upload" by recording the simulation of their brains on computer disks. The emulated individual then becomes a ghost, an infomorph very easily confused with "sapient artificial intelligence". However, this technology has several problems as the solely available "brainpeeling" technique is fatal to the original biological lifeform being simulated, has a significant failure rate and the philosophical questions regarding personal identity remain equivocal. Any infomorph, regardless of its origin, can be plugged into a "cybershell" (robotic or cybernetic body), or a biological body, or "bioshell". Or, the individual can illegally make multiple "xoxes", or copies of themselves, and scatter them throughout the system, exponentially increasing the odds that at least one of them will live for centuries more, if not forever.
This is also a time of space colonization. First, humanity (specifically China, followed by the United States and others) colonized Mars in a fashion resembling that outlined in the Mars Direct project. The Moon, Lagrangian points, inner planets and asteroids soon followed. In the late 21st century even some of Saturn's moons have been settled as a base for that planet's Helium-3 scooping operations.
Transhuman Space's setting is neither utopia nor dystopia, however: several problems have arisen from these otherwise beneficial developments. The generation gap has become a chasm as lifespans increase. No longer do the elite fear death, and no longer can the young hope to replace them. While it seemed that outworld colonies would offer accommodation and work for those young ones, they are being replaced by genetically tailored bioroids and AI-powered cybershells. The concept of humanity is no longer clear in a world where even some animals speak of their rights and the dead haunt both cyberspace and reality (in form of infomorph-controlled bioshells or cybershells).
And the wonders of high science are not universally shared — some countries merely struggle with informatization while others suffer from nanoplagues, defective drugs, implants and software tested on their populace. In some poor countries high-tech tyrants oppress their backward people. And in outer space all sort of modern crime thrives, barely suppressed by military forces.
- GURPS
- closes January 31
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Shub-Niggurath
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Barrowmaze
Ages
ago, an unknown people settled near a great moor. Following their custom, they built a village and constructed burial mounds and underground tombs to lay their dead to rest. Some were buried in simple alcoves, while others were entombed behind sealed doors and guarded by deadly traps. This continued for centuries, and the tombs grew into an immense complex of maze-like complexity.
Then, something changed. An evil has come to the region, and Chaos has infected the Barrows. The dead have woken and hunger for the living.
... and, according to legend, they guard the wealth of ages.
What is Barrowmaze?
Barrowmaze is a sprawling megadungeon and the centerpiece of this campaign. If you can defeat it and claim the dark artifact that lies at its heart, you win.Be warned: Barrowmaze isn't just a cavern or lair. It's an ecosystem that shifts, changes, and adapts to your actions. To defeat it, you will need to learn its secrets and face its dangers.
Barrowmaze is huge but it's more than just a dungeon with many rooms. Its history has shaped its regions and some of the monsters within have settled into factions. A savvy adventuring party will learn from their explorations to improve their odds of success.
There are dozens of entry points in the Barrowmounds, a few of which lead directly to some of the deadliest areas of the dungeon. Fair? Not remotely. Forget balanced encounters. In Barrowmaze, survival is your responsibility.A Descent Into Darkness
In Barrowmaze, you'll need to manage time and resources or risk becoming lost in the dark. The halls are filled with deadly traps. Monsters will be hunting you as you explore, and you'll need to weigh your options at every turn. Attempting to sleep in the dungeon might not be the best idea.
Undead hordes? Barrowmaze has them. Bottomless pits in the middle of random hallways? Yes. Green slime and other old-school dungeon hazards? Absolutely. If you don't know the lost art of the dungeon crawl, you're about to learn it.
Back to Basics
We will play this campaign using the Basic Fantasy RPG system, which is very similar to B/X Dungeons and Dragons. BFRPG, however, offers more character options and some quality-of-life improvements, like ascending AC. The Basic Fantasy Core Rule Book is available as a free download from the BFRPG site, as are all the rule options and character classes we'll use in this campaign.
It is unnecessary to have experience with older editions of D&D to play. If you've been curious about them or the OSR movement, this is an excellent opportunity to see what they are all about.
Death Is No Escape
Lose a character? No problem! This particular campaign features a unique mechanic for leveling up players in addition to their characters. Players will level up whether their character meets with success or a grisly demise. These player levels offer new character options, free experience points, treasure, and other advantages.
Of course, you can only use your levels if your character meets their fate. Luckily, making a new Basic Fantasy character only takes a few minutes.
Get Ready to Become a Permanent Resident
I'm looking for 4 - 6 players who can post several times weekly. While this campaign will feature combat and exploration, there will be opportunities for role-playing during and between expeditions and while carousing back in town.
Do you want to know more about what to expect in this campaign? Be sure to watch the Barrowmaze Trailer.
Anyone up for a challenge is welcome.
- Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game
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cailano
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A leap of faith
Looking to recruit one to two PCs. The game is set on an island in the Eye of the Eye of Abendego, the eternal storm of Golarion. There is no way off the island that the shipwrecked PCs know of. They are currently between a rock and a hard place, given that there's nowhere to run to. They are guardians and protectors of civilians shipwrecked with them... the game's economic core.
PCs are now 4th level.
- Pathfinder 1e
- closes May 3
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Starhawk
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Savage Sword and Sandals
It has been generations since the palace culture of the Old Age fell. The tiny settlement of Micropolis still maintains its fragile democracy, but is heavily taxed by the Snake Prefect, the tyrant of nearby Miletus. The Prefect and his minions are half-human, serpent-skinned monsters, immune to most diseases and hard to kill. Most observers believe their foul forms to be a curse for some infraction against the gods. But the serpentmen consider themselves superior, transformed beings, more fit to survive in the present cruel age than luckless mortals.
Micropolis’s Assembly has called for an expedition to better understand the tyrant who oppresses them. A party of likely younger citizens is assembled —those brave and promising enough to earn the commission of the people and the favor of the Gods.
Characters belong to a mixed Mycenaean/ Lydian culture. Typical names might include (Mycenaean) Akilles, Aiwax, Sarpedon, Protosileus, Helen, Clete, Penelope, (Lydian) Kroseus, Agron, Manses, Lydus, etc.
Character concepts might include any of the following (though new suggestions welcomed):
· A tough Greek Dark Age protagonist such as a bandit, mercenary, escaped slave, thief, warrior, or gladiator (last not v Mycenaean, but local baddies hold brutal travesties of the old Games).
· A zero to hero goatherd, ploughboy or oarsman, gradually rising to new challenges.
· One or two more exalted types such as an athlete, harpist, physician or priest
· An Egyptian, Cretan, Hittite, Amazon mercenary or merchant who has joined the party.
· A mighty descendant of Hercules or Ares (or so they believe), a mattock wielding, animal skin wearing hulk.
· An Atlantean psionic, descendant of a psychically gifted race (see edge below).
Starting funds are only 2d6*10 bronze arrowheads, reflecting the impoverishment of the age. Use the setting specific lists attached for a description of currency and gear.
Languages and literacy: Apart from Koine (a common Mycenaen Greek language) your character knows one additional language for each die of Smarts. Locally useful languages include Old Mycenaean (used for ballads, prayers, spells, oratory and such), Islander (Aegean trade lingo) and Lydian (native local language).
Foreign languages include Minoan (Cretan), Egyptian, Lydian and Hittite.
Literacy in the old Linear B script counts as a language spend and requires SMA d6+.
Use whatever tools are helpful to create your character, but please present your application in the form of a short block entry with some concept blurb.
House Rules
Bennies are called Favors, representing the characters’ belief in the providence of the Gods and fate.
Slightly gritty soak rule: characters cannot roll a soak if a blow has incapacitated them (taken them beyond 3 wounds).
Characters gain a +1 when speaking those of similar profession or background (+2 if there is a strong connection). Everyone is responsible for investigative and social interaction.
Since this an online game I may not always use the card initiative system, instead assigning party initiative or using character’s SMA/AGI to determine order.
Please don’t pick edges that refer to card draws (see last point),or (like First Strike) require reference to turn order or a battle map to determine exact positions.
Setting Edges:
Athlete. N, STR, SPI and AGI all d6. The gymnasium-built character gains +1 on running, jumping, swimming and throwing. For a Favor, they may roll for these activities at the next higher die type with the same bonus. Such feats have the effect of entertaining or impressing spectators who still retain some value in the old Games.
Arcane Background (Atlantean). N. Smarts d6, Spirit d6. The only starting AB in the setting. You are descended from the psychically gifted refugees of already lost Atlantis. Use Smarts to perform low level psychic feats, with a success indicating a weak effect and shifts indicating more decisive outcomes. Powers include reading surface thoughts and influencing weaker minded individuals (‘this is not the mechanical owl you are looking for’). TN is target’s Smarts. You can also send thoughts to a recipient able to make a TN6 Smarts roll to ‘hear’ them (each raise on the sender’s roll reduces the TN by 1). Small objects can be moved using telekinesis. For a Favor or two, you can boost these effects or use stronger powers like clairvoyance.
Bronze Destroyer: N, fighting d8, STR d6, uses bronze weapon that does 1d6+ damage. Once per combat (up to three times if a Favor is spent), your attack breaks an opponent’s non-bronze shield or weapon when you deal enough damage to shake them.
Rock Slayer. N. REQS STR d8, Athletics d6. The character can lift and hurl heavy rocks (or tables, market stalls, carts, etc.), with a round needed to lift the item then hurl at a single target for three STR dice damage.
Dark Ages Survivor N, Spirit d6, Sma d6. For the purposes of foraging and survival, character can use Smarts for healing, notice and survival. If any skill is higher than their Smarts, gain a +1 to the roll.
Dog Boy/Girl. N. Spirit d6. If the player is willing to make additional rolls themselves during combat, they may be accompanied by a fierce, loyal dog. AGI d8, SMA (A) d6, SPI d6, STR d4, VIG d6; Fighting d6, Notice d10, excellent scent, damage d4+ STR, SA: go for the heels. If the dog is incapacitated, it will usually recover between adventures. If killed, a replacement will appear in the same interval.
Legendary Hide: N, STR d6 and VIG d6. Character inherits the skin of a legendary bear/ lion/ wolf/ etc. from a vigorous ancestor. The garment needs to be named (e.g. ‘Hide of the Lydian Bull’). If worn in place of other armor, it affords an unusual +3 to Toughness and does not seriously impede motion.
Musician. N. Smarts, AGI and SPI all d6. The lyrist, flute-player, drummer, etc. is able to please crowds typically starved of entertainment, rolling either AGI, SPI or persuade to determine effect. Can busk 3 ah for each success and shift on a daily roll.
Philosopher: N. SMA d8. In an ignorant age, the character possesses fragments of the old world’s wisdom. Gains +1 to CK rolls on almost any subject, using an encyclopaedic memory. Gains +1 to persuade rolls concerning moral courses of action.
Priest/priestess: N. SMA d6, SPI d6, one at d8. It is unclear in the setting whether the Gods objectively exist, but people’s belief in them remains strong. If the priest rolls at least one raise when persuading, their targets may perceive them as having a divine aura (or majestic voice, halo, etc). Those healed with a success or raise may perceive the effect of healing as miraculously fast. In both cases, the effect of the roll is boosted by a further raise if no other Edges are in play. Skeptics are unaffected by these effects.
Hindrances:
Carouser (minor, major): you tend to spend a lot on carousing between adventures, purchasing wine costing at least an ah a day (more if your character is in funds). As a major hindrance, you drink wine unmixed with water, even during adventures, requiring a VIG check to start a day’s adventure without a -1 (‘til noon) penalty.
Helot (minor, major): You are from a disenfranchised, pauper clan. Start with half starting funds, and maintain a deference (and/or mild resentment) of your betters. If major, you contest the commands/persuasions of well born individuals at -1.
Ignorant (minor): CK rolls at -1. You know one less language than your SMA confers and cannot learn to read.
Comic relief (major): whenever your character fails decisively they tend to mess up badly, causing a comic effect that earns the derision of friends and foe alike. If the player can describe an especially amusing and/or calamitous outcome they will gain a Favor at GM’s discretion.
Superstitious (minor/major): -1/-2 to fear effects caused by encounters or situations that feel supernatural or weird.
Skeptic (major); you do not believe that the gods exist, or worse, that they have abandoned humanity. You receive no benefits from the encouragements of priest characters (see above) or from benefits conferred by apparently supernatural events. Your impiety appears offensive –and dangerous--to many.
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- Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE)
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desertfox
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- D&D 5e
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KittenKryptid
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- D&D 5e
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Knave
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Spheres of the Multiverse: A Planar Gestalt Spheres Game
Hello everyone and welcome to Spheres of the Multiverse, a gestalt planar game designed from the ground up for those kindred spirits who love the Spheres of Power, Spheres of Might, Spheres of Champions, and Spheres of Guile subsystems for First Edition Pathfinder.
Players in this game will assume the role of Gatewalkers- individuals from across the multiverse who possess the mysterious and seemingly innate ability to create portals that allow them to traverse the planes- and are employed by the Realmwardens of the planar hub city known as the Nexus. The Realmwardens that the party will be working for are a loosely-organized multiplanar organization of no small renown that began as an adventurer's guild and its members take on both paid requests from across the many worlds, as well as the occasional private contract from the organization itself that involve safeguarding the stability of the planes.
This game will be episodic in nature and the party will be able to choose which contracts to take on from a list that will be updated after each adventure; this means that you, the players, will have a great deal of control over both what planes you visit and what stories you explore. I have labored to ensure that there is a lot of variety in both environments, enemies, stories, themes, and tones between each of the contracts and players can expect everything from traditional high fantasy to grimdark sci-fi horror and everything in between. A baker's dozen contracts will be available for the party to choose from at the game's outset and this will at least double as the game continues; a list will be included in the subforum that details a few of each so that everyone can get a feel for what options will be available for both early and late game adventuring.
*Currently under construction, but most of the pertinent information for creating a character is complete.
- Pathfinder 1e
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Saberfan
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- Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary (4e)
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Cynic01
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- Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary (4e)
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Cynic01
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Ravenloft: Curse of Strahd
Curse of Strahd
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”
-Dracula, Bram Stoker
After long and tiring travel you finally see a light in the distance. Hope and comfort. The dark misty lands have been your cold companion these past days—weeks even. But now a warm fire welcomes you, young hunters. The warmth will not last, not in your line of work. Evil does not sleep, and there are many a monster tormenting the vulnerable, the good, and the innocent. It is people like you that cut down this wickedness. For good… though coin would be greatly appreciated.
You arrive in Barovia, a land unfamiliar to you. It welcomes you gracefully—eagerly.
Hungry.
Welcome. You had already entered freely. Now come guest, enjoy the many sights and pleasures. Don’t worry about accommodations, you may stay here.
Forever.
- D&D 5e
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Krasnapolka
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Invasion Hell
The Seal of Avron Dee has been broken. The Gates of Hell have opened and it's armies march forth. The Great Dukes of Perdition have raised their banners and sounded their horns and flood into the mortal realm with eyes on conquest and genocide. The heavens have marshaled their armies are descend from above but the outcome cannot be known. It is up to mortal hands to sway the tides of battle and push back on the hordes. With the help of divine inspiration, a group of mortals ban together to begin the march to push back the forces of Evil.
My intention is to run a series of boss encounters and complex set pieces. There will be downtime between battles but not much.
For maps, I will use Roll20 and for OOC I will use Discord.
The characters will all be from and will start play in the Barony of Twilight, a scenic valley at the foot of the Mountains of Orgh.
What I'm looking for: Iconic and larger than life heroes willing to do battle with evil. The primary if not sole foe will be evil outsiders. There is no distinction between types of fiends (devil and demon will be an interchangeable term). Simple fixes like banishment will not be effective. I do not want hyper optimized builds and I will look extra close at extra buildy characters. I want a nice easy job as a DM for this.
- Pathfinder 1e
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Penchant
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The January 2024 Character Creation Challenge
Hey everyone, hope you're ready for the
January 2024 Character Creation Challenge
There are no "rules" or any requirements besides to have fun. Just make some characters. Share them here. Share them on your own personal blog. Share them over at RPG.net (where I found out about it) Share them anywhere you can with #CharacterCreationChallenge
- Miscellaneous
- closes January 31
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- D&D 5e
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GM Saint
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- Exalted 3e
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PerilousAdventures
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2E Pathfinder Society- Official
Central community for Paizo's Organized Play Campaigns- Pathfinder Society, Pathfinder Society 2E, and Starfinder Society.- Pathfinder 2e
- closes May 20
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Dax Thura
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- Shadowrun 4e
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Siberys
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The Final Voyage of Drængr Thar
The adventure takes place in a freezing, lonely inlet many miles north of the raiders home territory. A group of brave reavers are sent to the inlet to find Drængr Thar, a famed raider whose boat was stranded while returning from a raiding voyage.
- Old School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy
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prophane
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Classic Battletech Skirmish
We will be using MegaMek (currently 0.48.0) to play out individual games here, with various options depending on the specific scenario in play. See the Rules page for specifics on how the scenarios will be conducted.
- Homebrew
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Bobcloclimar
ago, an unknown people settled near a great moor. Following their custom, they built a village and constructed burial mounds and underground tombs to lay their dead to rest. Some were buried in simple alcoves, while others were entombed behind sealed doors and guarded by deadly traps. This continued for centuries, and the tombs grew into an immense complex of maze-like complexity.
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