Hello to all brave souls and welcome to my campaign “Rise of the Greenskins!”
This game is intended to be a light hearted and fun approach to your more traditional Play by Post game, and does not intend to ever take itself seriously. It is however a roleplay heavy idea of mine, so the focus is on those players who find themselves on that side of the gaming fence.
We are currently looking for one goblin to replace a recently lost player. A melee based character will be the most desired, as they have most of the other bases covered.
Still with me? I can hear the little buggers chanting in the distance...
Goblins chew and goblins bite,
Goblins cut and goblins fight.
Stab the dog and cut the horse,
Goblins eat and take by force!
Goblins race and goblins jump.
Goblins slash and goblins bump.
Burn the skin and mash the head,
Goblins here and you be dead!
Chase the baby, catch the pup.
Bonk the head to shut it up.
Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
We be goblins! You be food!
In the land of Varisia there is a place of wonders. Of limitless food and yummy bits and all the pickles you can eat! The longshanks call this place Sandpoint, but the goblins call it their next conquest! There are longshanks to eat, dogs to slice, and horses to chop! Too long have the greenskins been kept from their birthright! To rule Sandpoint!
This adventure takes place from an alternate view of the popular adventure path Rise of the Runelords. The players take on the personalities of the goblin tribes from the surrounding area, using Thistletop as their base of operations, and strike out once and for all against the humans in an attempt to take over the village and claim it as their own.
This is a custom game, with a somewhat familiar setting. Many aspects of the adventure path will be changed to fit the theme.
- You gotta be a goblin! No other race will be considered. You do have the option of playing a “Over-Sized Goblin”, see SRD – Goblin
- Classes are limited to those that would fit a goblin. Core classes preferred.
- Alignment can be evil of course. Good alignment is not permitted. Neutral is ok too.
- 15 point buy for stats. You may be heroes, but you are still goblins! Play up your flaws!
- You will start at level 3
- Starting gold of 250gp. You will also start with your choice of the following; one magic weapon, one magic armor, or a masterwork weapon AND masterwork armor.
- Max HP at level one. After that it will be player's choice of a GM roll or half HD +1.
- Two traits of your choice, one must be racial. These have to make sense for a goblin.
- You must be a daily poster. Preference will be made for those who show higher activity on the boards and a history of PbP activity. I will strive to always keep the game moving and expect players who will do the same. I am usually online during the day and post mostly in that window of time between 6am and 6pm EST, so that is when my most active hours will be. Obviously things happen, so I do understand that at times you might be unable to post, or I also might be otherwise detained. If that happens in the case of a player, I will allow a reasonable amount of time before GMPC'ing you along.
- If a player fails to post within a reasonable amount of time without notifying the group that they will be unavailable they will be moved to inactive status, removed from the active game, and replaced with another applicant. I am taking this one seriously folks and I won't let an inactive player ruin it for everyone else. So understand what you are committing to before you apply. If you will be away a few days, let the group know and give us some standard marching orders for while you are away. The game will go on, but at least others won't be waiting for you.
- You must be willing to ROLE play, not just ROLL play. The GM feeds off of the players, so a good group of role-players helps the game take on a life of its own. You don't have to fill every post with three paragraphs describing how you took your morning coffee, but you should be able to write well and play your character well. If I find all you do is post "I follow Bob, my sword ready" and post a lot of "Gug gug, I'm a barbarian" (unless you are Gug the Barbarian) type stuff, you will be summarily removed from the campaign, tied to a hippogriff, and flown over a field of elven archers for target practice.
- A complete character stat block, hidden in you post using the spoiler tag or posted as an in-character alias account. If you do not know how to use this tag click on the button below "Submit Post" of your reply that says How to format your text. For a PbP game you should be familiar with all of these tags anyway.
- A character background. The background must be written in the first person, as a goblin would tell it! This is going to help show me who can really play up a goblin for what they really are. Be creative! I can tell you right now that this piece is what will get you picked over someone else. The more effort you put into this, the more I will want you at the virtual table.
- A brief note of your posting habits or schedule. If you are more available or likely to post on specific days or at specific times, let me know. Your posting habits here on the forums will be checked. Your post quality will be examined. And I will probably even look at some of your other characters to get an idea for how you interact with other players and carry yourself in a group. Hopefully this will allow me to provide the best players with the best companions. A win/win for everyone.
That's it! I look forward to seeing what the responses are and to finding that special group of folks who will finally lead these poor goblins to victory after all these years!
Recruitment will last until I’ve found a good candidate that I like, so the early bird, with a good application, gets the worm!
I've been gaming for over 30 years, having started as a much younger man with the original D&D Basic set. Yes, back when Elf was a class. Crazy isn't it? Since those times I've played and GM'ed in more games and campaigns than I could ever count. I've ran AD&D, 2nd Ed AD&D, 3.5 and 4e, Pathfinder, Gurps, Palladium, Mutants and Masterminds, Star Wars, etc. and so on. I am the Venture Captain of Kentucky for the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign. Because of this my weekends are usually full and you won't catch me online much. If you go to GenCon, let me know. I love getting together and playing with folks from online games. If you play Pathfinder Society it would be my pleasure to run you through a hard mode of the Waking Rune and splat your character to death! :)
Who is I? I is Stix, Stix Skullknocker, soon to be big chieftan and well fed tribe boss. I come from Magnimar, longshanks city to the...that way he says as he points to the west. I come for foods and fights and foods. You do magic? I does some magic? Learned from longshanks, him stupid, not know i was learning. Learned lots, before I ate him. Him tastes likes rat, but not sewer rat, more like...donkey rat. He then begins to bang what could almost be described as a tune on his head and helmet with his clubs:
I used to be in a cage
But now I be in a rage
I used to be in the slums
But now I bang on the drums
They try to make me dead
But still I bang me head
It used to make me cough
When I’d eat out of the trough
The pigs, they would get mad
And me, I would get sad
But now hear me lad
For here’s the part that’s bad
I’ve eaten off the floor
I’ve eaten part of a door
And I’ve even eaten ore
And I can always eat more!
Wait...who is you? Are you longshanks?
Just an FYI, this might be on hold. We were losing a player, but they suddenly had a change of events and are continuing with us. I'd like to keep this recruitment open in the event that we lose any other players however, so any applications here will be retained. :)
@Stix: I am loving your enthusiasm. I think Stix could be a good choice to join our goblin-y group. :)