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Abomination Vaults 5e
Advanced 5th Edition Adventure Path
Enter the megadungeon! Evil stirs in the depths of the Abomination Vaults, a sprawling dungeon where the evil sorcerer Belcorra Haruvex attempted to raise an army of monsters hundreds of years ago. Brave heroes must venture into a dungeon full of beasts and traps to prevent a spiteful villain from rising again.
Rules System: Advanced 5th Edition Level Up
Theme: Megadungeon
Starting Level: 1stThe Abomination Vaults Adventure Path begins near the small town of Otari on the southern shore of the Isle of Kortos. A robust and spoiler-free description of the town can be found in the player’s guide. While this gazetteer does mention things that aren’t frequently discussed in polite company (such as the rough crew that hangs out at the Crook’s Nook), the contents of this gazetteer are considered common knowledge among Otari’s citizens. It’s possible for some (or even all) of the heroes to hail from Otari, but that isn’t necessary. Although most of the campaign’s action takes place in the dungeon about a half hour to the north in the swampy Fogfen, the heroes will return to Otari many times and should come to rely on its people.
The heroes might or might not know each other, but all of them should have a friend in common: the town’s eccentric oddities merchant, Wrin Sivinxi. Wrin’s mixture of tiefling and elven ancestry is impossible to miss: her eyes are devoid of pupils, small ram horns curl around her elven ears, and her fingertips sparkle with motes of glittering light. Wrin is more than a collector of unusual items and occult lore; she’s a scholar of the stars who possesses curious foresight about strange events (perhaps this foresight drove her to build a friendship with the heroes in the first place).
In any case, once Wrin collects the heroes to tell them of a strange light, she has seen around Gauntlight, the mysterious inland lighthouse deep in the Fogfen, the campaign can begin!
The posting rate for this game will be an average of two to three times per week. Some days there will be more posts than others, but this campaign will be run at a leisurely pace. If you do not post once within 48 hours during combat, actions will be taken for you. I reserve the right to eject from the campaign anyone who has not posted in a week without prior warning of absence.
I expect players to engross themselves in the roleplaying element and contribute interestingly to the story and for this campaign I also favor longer posts with detail and emphasis on the growth of the characters over just posting to meet the requirement.
I also travel occasionally, but this rarely affects my posting. I will be selecting a total of five players. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
Application Deadline: May 25th, 2024 (Midnight CST)
Character Creation & Play Guidelines: This document has everything you need to participate in one of my games. Includes rules for character creation guidelines and much more.
Character Creation and Play v3.1 - Files - Myth-Weavers
Character Submissions: You will also need to start a thread in the application thread for your submission.
If you have any questions about my rules for character building, setting, or any thoughts about character backgrounds, or to request that I review your character then you can do so by using the links below.
Generating Ability Scores: The first post in your character thread should contain your ability score generation and nothing else. You should state if you are taking the static array, using the point buy method, or rolling for your stats. If you decide to roll for your stats, then you may roll four 6-sided dice and sum up the three highest rolls. Repeat this process six times to generate your stats. If you are new to Myth-Weavers a guide to how to use the dice roller is available.Dice Tower - Articles - Myth-Weavers
Allocate these rolled numbers or picked numbers if doing point buy or static array, to your desired ability scores by noting them accordingly in the first post. If you chose the roll method, you must take the stats that the dice gods have given you, good or bad, that is the hand in life that you have been dealt. Some of the best heroes come from a tough beginning and overcoming adversity.
Character Thread Template: You are welcome to use the following template. It is designed to include all pertinent details about your character for quick reference by both the Narrator and yourself as the player. By keeping this post current in your character thread, you eliminate the need for a separate Myth-Weavers character sheet. Ensure that your posting template provides a link to your character thread for convenient reference. The character template should be the second post in your application.
Character Posting Template: The third post in your application should be your posting template. I have created one that you can feel free to copy and use if you like. (See Character Thread Template link above.)
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CLICK HERE TO READ THE ABOMINATION VAULTS PLAYERS GUIDE
GM Info: Hello! I'm Billy Watford. I've been a GM (DM, Storyteller, etc.) for about 35 or 37 years, and I've been gaming even longer. Over the years, I've conducted what seems like hundreds of adventures through Paizo, WotC, TSR, and I currently have many games ongoing on Myth-Weavers, some of which have lasted for years.
My GMing style leans more towards crafting a compelling story rather than maximizing the exploitation of rules. I appreciate characters that are interesting from the start, but I'm particularly fond of characters that evolve throughout the game. Avoid presenting me with one-dimensional characters that repeatedly exploit a single annoying trait, and in return, I'll refrain from introducing a tarrasque into the scenario. Agreed? Agreed.
What kind of player am I NOT looking for?
Power Gamers (not sorry) and rules lawyers (really not sorry). Having gamemastered for many years, I am still new to this specific system. Therefore, I am not looking for players who are solely interested in exploiting new rules or merely min/maxing their characters. From what I understand, this is much more challenging in Advanced 5th Edition Level Up. Should your character meet an untimely end in the dungeon, please be gracious, and we will get you situated with a new one as promptly as we can.What kind of players AM I looking for?
Ah, this is promising. I'm not in search of mere players; I seek a cast of characters. I desire individuals dedicated to advancing a compelling plot—those who hinder the story's flow are my pet peeve. I yearn to witness your character's evolution. I envision the transformation of a self-centered street urchin into a daring hero, a disinterested bureaucrat into the fierce embodiment of divine retribution. LET'S DO THIS. Enter the Abomination Vaults, where your saga unfolds.I'm also in search of individuals who can adhere to the basic rules of grammar. That said, I can be quite forgiving of errors. However, for the love of God, in a system where edits are possible minutes, days, or weeks later... please take some pride.
I look forward to your applications and good luck!
PLEASE READ THE PLAYERS GUIDE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND THEN RE-READ IT PRIOR TO STARTING THE APPLICATION PROCESS!! IT WILL HELP YOU TREMENDOUSLY!!!
The Abomination Vaults players guide can be found at the link below.
Player's Guide - Myth-Weavers
Sorry to scream but I do not want the thread cluttered with people that do not read.
- Level Up 5e
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bwatford
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ACE Testing
Playtesting homebrew system while testing functionality of new BALDR format. Not an open game.- Homebrew
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dj2145
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- Fate
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BlueHamsterBean
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Adventure Shop Tycoon
Welcome to the world of Tans'tafel, a setting that's been in the back of my head since 2008. The setting is very much based around the mid 1700s real world map, but with some significant changes. A High Fantasy world where people can be born with strange hair, and develop strange abilities at a young age, Powerful Elites keep the peace between nations via threat of MAD with mutual defense pacts reducing the risk of alpha strikes to take one country's elites out. "There be monsters" is an absolute truth in Tans'tafel, with some species originating from other planes or Dungeons Breaks loosing breeding populations into the wild.
In The Old World the codification and sharing of magical traditions several centuries before the current setting caused a magical revolution. As the growth of magic through shared knowledge occurred the people of the Old World began to explore across the oceans as well. The people of the New World (not the term they use) were vaguely accepting of the newcomers, but they made it clear to the newcomers that they too had high level Elites who could wipe out large settlements if pushed. The newcomers themselves could not afford to keep their own high level Elites, as the nations back in the Old World relied on them to keep the peace between them.
- Pathfinder 1e
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Valdimarian
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Adventurer's League Games
The D&D Adventurers League is an ongoing official campaign for Dungeons & Dragons. It uses the fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons rules, and features the Forgotten Realms setting and now Eberron. You can play D&D Adventurers League games literally anywhere. Players use the fifth edition rules to create a character and bring that character to games anywhere D&D Adventurers League play is happening.
- D&D 5e
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Gregorotto
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lemonstyx
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TricksterArcane
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ballon
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QuirkyJoe
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Poor_Knight
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Adventures in Eberron
Leaving the Golden Dragon behind, the band of adventurers seek their fortune in Eberron.
- D&D 3.5e
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Lazeram
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- D&D 5e
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AFullGoblin
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Adventures in Golarion
New adventurers flock to the bustling seaside city of Korvosa, looking for other like minded souls.
They hope to join with others to travel around the Inner Sea nations, meet interesting monsters and slay them. Here is your chance to step up and make a name for yourself in the world of Golarion—or, at least, to die a noble death in the quest for fortune and glory. If you seek to seal your place among the heroes of this dangerous land, to rise above the masses and achieve immortality in name and deed, then welcome, friend, to your destiny!
- Pathfinder 1e
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Paro
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Adventures in the Black Spire Outpost
Adventures in the Black Spire Outpost is set between the end of Return of the Jedi and the beginning of The Force Awakens. Both the Empire and the Sith have largely been destroyed (there have been Imperial holdouts and warlords spread across the galaxy, but the New Republic has generally had a handle on them) and the Jedi are all but non-existent (some hold out hope that they will return, but the last known Jedi has gone into hiding).
Long ago, Batuu's Black Spire Outpost was a popular stopping point for those heading out to the Unknown Regions. Unfortunately, with the advent of hyperspace routes, it eventually lost popularity. Eyes are once again starting to cast their gaze at the Outpost, as a very organized Imperial remnant calling itself the First Order has come out of the Unknown Regions and established itself on Batuu. The New Republic has responded by secretly establishing a base of "resistance" fighters on Batuu to keep an eye on the First Order and their activities in the Outpost.
As a resident of Batuu and regular of the Outpost, you find yourself in the middle of a tense situation. Will you join the First Order, intent on rebuilding a Galactic Empire? Or will you join the New Republic "resistance" fighters, insuring the First Order does not succeed in their mission? Or will you straddle the fence, working for the highest bidder, regardless of their plans?
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iamtim
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- Pathfinder 1e
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BBK
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- D&D 5e
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Knave
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Adventures on the Uktar Atoll
The Uktar Atoll sits about two days travel by boat from the Lordship of the Isles. These low islands are set with a few hills, a rocky plateau, and a lot of jungles. They’ve been used as a secret pirate stronghold, have been home to a number of strange and esoteric cults, and have a small populace of halflings living on the northernmost isle – descended from the halfling servants that survived an earlier sinking of a pair of pirate ships. One of those ships somehow ended up not quite “sunk” so much as “propped up” on one of the islands.
- D&D 3.5e
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TheOasysMaster
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AEGIS, SHIELD, and BLACK BOOK: Earth's Defenders?
AEGIS was formed the day of the Roswell Incident in 1947 to defend the United States, Humanity, and the Earth from all enemies, Foreign, Domestic, and Extraterrestrial.
The National Defense Directorate ("The Black Book") was formed the day of the Roswell Incident in 1947 to keep secure the United States from all enemies Foreign, Domestic, and Extraterrestrial by Any Means Necessary.
The Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement Logistics Division (SHIELD) was formed in 1953 from the Allies' Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) that had itself been formed in 1939. SHIELD's mission is to defend Humanity and Earth from major Threats To The Peace (T3P), both Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial in origin.
The year is 2024. Saurians are getting antsy, the Reticulans are making moves, the Atlanteans are interfering more than usual, and then there's the new stuff SHIELD tends to handle overseas.
This is using the Conspiracy X 1.0 ruleset, although there are considerable modifications, especially to Character Generation.
- Miscellaneous
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Prestar
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AEGIS, SHIELD, and BLACK BOOK: Who is Protecting Earth?
The Party will be a cell of AEGIS Operatives, well-supported, and of moderate rank in AEGIS.
This a world that draws from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, up to Avengers: End Game, starting in 2012 before the Battle of New York City forces SHIELD Director Nick Fury to fully reveal the Avengers to the public.
The Party can expect interaction with both Black Book (their traditional conspiracy opposite number) and SHIELD, as well as various potential points to guide Black Book and SHIELD to interact with each other.
A book is not required, I have posted modified Character Creation Rules in the forum.
- Conspiracy X 2.0
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Prestar
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Age of Ashes
When mysterious fires begin to burn atop the towers of a nearby citadel long ago abandoned by an order of Hellknights, a group of local heroes heads out to investigate. What they discover within the ruined castle and in the dungeons below its foundation will not only reveal an unexpected invasion and a long-forgotten magical wonder, but will propel the heroes forward into a continent-spanning conflict against cultists, slavers, and a fiery draconic devastation that could unleash an Age of Ashes upon the world!
- Pathfinder 2e
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Abberdaggus
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- Pathfinder 2e
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Eagleheart
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Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Shadows in the Mist
There is a city on the Charrwind Coast unlike any other.
Where the mist never leaves and the shadows have eyes.
Pressed between the boiling waves of the Searing Sea and the ever-encroaching jungles of the Crucible of Life lies the free city of Anvilgard — the City of Scales. Its winding, mist-shrouded streets are a haven for illicit trade, unscrupulous pirates, and umbral sorceries of all kinds. Corruption is rife in every walk of life, from the lowliest merchant to the Grand Conclave itself. The people are just as sharp as the knives they carry. Every deal is dangerous, every alley a trap, and every die loaded.
While the dark-armoured Stormcast Eternals of the Anvils of Heldenhammer protect the city and the precious cluster of four realmgates hidden within the Black Nexus at its heart, their dour nature and sombre dedication to their duty hardly inspires confidence in the wary populace.
Many say that the city only pays lip service to the God-King Sigmar, and that another organisation truly runs the streets — the Blackscale Coil. This vast criminal network of cutthroats, sabeutours, and politicians operates from the shadows, steering the city toward an unknown future under the orders of their mysterious leader, ‘Sovereign’. To their agents they bring wealth and power they could never hope to attain on their own, and to their opposition they grant only disgrace or death.
But it is not just mortals who vie for power in the shadows of Anvilgard. Gods have set their sights on the city as well.
The God-King Sigmar fears the city’s realmgates might fall into the hands of the Ruinous Powers, who would use them to wreak havoc across the Mortal Realms. The Everqueen Alarielle views the ever-flowing defoliant spray that holds back the hungry jungles as a terrible weapon that could be turned against her beloved children, the Sylvaneth. And the followers of Chaos see the city as a grand prize for their dark gods, helplessly destabilised and ripe for the slaughter.
With all of this in play, there is no denying that to set foot in Anvilgard is to take your life into your hands. Some whisper that it is a doomed city, irreparably corrupt and rotten to the core in ways that nothing but a cleansing fire could cure.
And yet, wherever there is corruption, there are those who would seek to right it. Brave heroes who are not afraid to bring light into the darkest parts of the city in search of truth and honour. Those with the power and drive to stand before encroaching oblivion and raise their weapons in defiance.
The Soulbound are just such heroes.
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Hello folks. My name is Saithorthepyro and I'm going to be running the Shadows in the Mist Campaign for Age of Sigmar: Soulbound. This is my first time GMing the system, and I'll be advertising for applicants unil the end of second week of January.
- Miscellaneous
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saithor
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- D&D 5e
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bwatford
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- Pathfinder 2e
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Peff
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Agents of Everwatch: Devil at the Dreaming Place
Part one of the Pathfinder 2nd edition Agents of Edgewatch adventure path. It takes place during the city of Absolom’s centennial celebration, the Radiant Festival. You are, in this part, new members of the city guard. Tourists are going missing, and it is up to you to figure out what’s happening in your city. I’d like everyone to start with a fresh-faced, wet behind the ears, level 1 character.
- Pathfinder 2e
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Shambala
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- D&D 5e
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QuirkyJoe
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Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
A Stars Without Number campaign in an alternative history of the Terran Mandate.
"Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come."
~ Revelation 18:10a
The Setting
The Terran Mandate, a TL4 civilization, is the planetary government of Terra, additionally administering the dozen or so colonies scattered throughout the solar system. Life offworld is difficult with no faster-than-light travel or communication, no artificial gravity, and no psychics to speak of. The approximately 13.2 billion inhabitants of the homeworld live free, relatively peaceful lives where their basic human rights are protected by a liberal, laws-based government. Terra is just a few short generations away from enjoying post-scarcity, with the creation of true AI, portable fusion, genetic medicine, advanced robotics, and nano-fabrication already enabling feats previously dreamed of in science fiction. It's not uncommon for a person from this era to live about 150 years. The future could not look any brighter for humanity.
But things are about to get a lot darker.
Somewhere in Northern, irradiated Greenland, a madman plays with forces mankind was not meant to manipulate. Piercing the metadimensions was akin to jamming a needle into a balloon, except the balloon was reality and the resulting pop was cosmic in scale. In an instant, the psychic backlash killed two-thirds of humanity on the spot, their brains burned out by metadimensional energies. Many that survived were driven stark raving mad. The lucky ones found their civilization in ruins, buildings crumbled, infrastructure and communications gone, and contact with the off world colonies lost.
The 20 years that followed the Scream, as the event is now known, were a time of utter upheaval for Terra. Children were born with the deadly Metadimensional Extroversion Syndrome, alien flora and fauna appeared from Elsewhere, surface terrain was either reshaped or replaced entirely, and the artificial intelligences that made Mandate civilization possible had their minds corrupted into twisted facsimiles of their former purposes, enslaving and terrorizing humanity.
But after all that, the beating heart of humanity begins to thrum again.
Today, some 80 years after the Scream, people are no longer worried about their day-to-day survival as they were before. Instead of being focused inward, they're beginning to look outward to the brave, new world they need to re-tame. Free people today live in sheltered Enclaves scattered across the globe. These are usually independent settlements with varying levels of defense and infrastructure rebuilt, often with familiar pre-Mandate era names. Most, however, are sequestered in the city ruins, where mad machine intelligences hold sway. Tech from the Terran Mandate is available for all who have the will to scavenge it, and people can and do grow up in parts of the world that resemble (mostly) functional, approximations of life before the Scream--albeit with a bit of a techy frontiersman's twist to it. If humanity came that close to paradise once, it can certainly do it again. It just needs to shake off the consequence of the last attempt. Doing that's going to take the blood, sweat, and tears of exceptional people who can think further ahead than their next meal.
But then again...hasn't it always been that way?
"The Earth belongs to the living, not the dead."
~ Thomas Jefferson
The Game
Themes: Exploration/Rediscovery & Man vs. Machine
Alas, Babylon is a sandbox game using the Stars Without Number Revised Edition ruleset, which you can find for free [ HERE ]. Despite the post-apocalyptic trappings, I don't actually intend for hard survival to be big parts of the campaign. Instead, humanity is more concerned with discovering and understanding the new ecology of the world and winning its freedom from powerful, insane AIs left over from the Mandate. It's a game about exploration and rebuilding. There's a sense of determination that humanity will find a way re-tame the planet, even though it will take a few more generations to do it.
My intention is to create a shared world, where the setting provides a skeleton for players to insert their own ideas without too much fear of upsetting an overprotective GM. So as such, it's incumbent upon you as a player to be invested in being creative and accommodating of others' creativity. The game won't go anywhere if your character isn't somewhat self-winding. You'll need to provide an impetus for your character to go forth and interact with the world. It's my job to take the various story threads the players craft, tie them together, and give them tension.
I'll be using Discord to facilitate table talk, announcements, and general group communication. If you are selected as a player I will send you an invitation that will give you access.
House Rules
Most rules will be used as written. Major exceptions are with ability score generation via point-buy, ability modifiers, and skill points upon level up. A modification to ammunition encumbrance should make for a bit less bookkeeping. See the character creation thread for explanations of these changes and more.
Characters- Make a post [ HERE ] with your character, named after him/her. I'm happy to change the title if you need it.
- Character creation rules in detail can be found [ HERE ].
- A character portrait is mandatory, but I have done my best to provide a useful character image gallery for you to use (or not) at your discretion. At the very least it serves as a visual guide. You can find that [ HERE ].
- You'll want to read up on the setting [ HERE ]. Character creation involves contributing your own ideas to the sandbox, which I hope will make you feel invested in it more.
"There are dark shadows on the Earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."
~ Charles Dickens
Recruiting Notes
I have been playing in and GMing table top RPGs since 1997. I am not a perfect GM, so I do make mistakes. Having been a member on the site for several years now, I have seen both good and bad examples of how it is done here. (With any luck, I'll manage to be one of the better GMs...) I think my posting history speaks for itself, so feel free to do your homework on me to your satisfaction.
This is my first time running a Stars Without Number game on the GM side of the screen, but I expect we can work out any bugs that may happen.
I have tried to be as explicit and thorough as I can so that this is as smooth a process as possible for you. To that end, I took the time to write up some policies and expectations from me you may wish to know about in the future. Hopefully, they will preemptively answer some common questions I have seen on game recruitment threads. You can find those [ HERE ].
I am looking for 4-6 (depending upon quality of application) players who are dedicated to a long term game that are proactive in their posting, easy to get along with, and overflowing with creativeness. Applications close on ZZZZZZ.
Yes, I will accept a new player to the system. I believe a prospective player with a strong character concept that ties in well with the setting will not have to worry overly much system mastery or optimization. It is far, far more important that you create an interesting person to roleplay.
Any other questions or comments feel free ask, and I will be more than happy to assist.
Cheers, and best of luck to you all.
Credit for the title goes to Pat Frank's novel of the same name. If you're going to appropriate, do it from the classics.
- Stars Without Number Revised
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Aavarius
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- Call of Cthulhu
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Peff
Rules System: Advanced 5th Edition Level Up
GM Info: Hello! I'm Billy Watford. I've been a GM (DM, Storyteller, etc.) for about 35 or 37 years, and I've been gaming even longer. Over the years, I've conducted what seems like hundreds of adventures through Paizo, WotC, TSR, and I currently have many games ongoing on Myth-Weavers, some of which have lasted for years.
