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So I've recently (finally) gotten my hands on the core books for the latest edition of Warhammer Fantasy RP and I've been itching to give it a go. I've always been a big Warhammer fan and the relatively new edition seems like it should make for an excellent game. I'm curious to see how much interest there would be for a PbP game.

I'm currently looking to start with the first few short adventures in Rough Nights and Hard Days, which are revamped classic adventures that have popped up in just about every edition of WFRP, then run into a mix of some adapted 2e adventures and homebrew stories.

The shift between the Drift and the Material is a subtle one, but anyone who travels the driftways for long starts to get a feel for when they're within the transitive plane and when they're safely back in the stability of the Material. The ship barely reacts beyond a small tremor and a slight change in lighting. It has been a long trip, nearly three weeks in the Drift, and certainly long enough for the nearly two dozen passengers to start to grow a bit restless. But an air of excitement has started to grow among the passengers and crew alike over the past few days. The ship's intercom crackles to life and the now familiar voice of the captain barks through the speakers. "Attention all hands. We've just entered the Ikirit system. Ten minutes out from Returner Station. All passengers, ensure that your belongings are packed and prepared to disembark."

Our future band of unlikely heroes are among the passengers on the next colony ship to arrive on Ikirit. Feel free to introduce yourselves as you see fit and describe what you're up to and have been doing on the journey out into the Vast. Who has met who and what not I leave to your clearly capable discretion.

Discussion goes here! I'm going to be on the road a lot the next couple days, so feel free to chat and discuss character details or connections (I know some of that was already talked about) and I'll chime in as much as I can. Looking forward to getting started.

The massive metropolis world of Ikirit is a mystery to science and magic alike. A world of endless, sprawling cities, yet devoid of civilization and any form of intelligent life. Built of metal and polymer, yet overrun with green as nature reclaims its lost place from the now abandoned urban sprawl. Only recently discovered by the rest of the galaxy, colonies have begun to spring up on the surface as residents from across the Pact Worlds come to seek knowledge and wealth from the ruins and possibly to make new lives for themselves on the strange new planet.

Welcome to the official recruitment for my first PbP Starfinder campaign! Where the players will take the role of colonists, researchers, guards, or anyone else with the drive to travel to a new world and strike out for fame, fortune, and to build a future among the crumbling city ruins of the lost planet. Recruitment will be open until January 4th, 2020 so that everyone has time to get things done through the holidays and we can start at the beginning of the new year.

Setting Information
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Character Creation
Starting Level: 3rd
Classes: Any Paizo, including the Character Operation Manual
Races: Any Paizo
Starting Wealth: 4000 credits
Backstory: I'm not expecting a novel, but a history that at least gives a good idea of who the character is and why they're looking to move to Ikirit is the minimum. More unusual concepts will require more work here to make them fitting.

A good rule of thumb for character options and equipment is that if it's on the SRD or Archive of Nethys, I'll almost certainly allow it as long as it's from Paizo.

Though the power of Drift travel was unveiled to the galaxy several centuries ago, the many races of the galaxy have only begun to scratch the surface of its potential. And it's mysteries still stump some of the galaxy's brightest minds. The Drift Beacons that guide starships through the void seem to appear through natural phenomena as often as they must be made by the hands of mystical or technological masters. And the planets revealed by these strange beacons often have even greater mysteries to explore...

Hey Paizo people

As you can probably tell, now that the Character Operations Manual is out, I'm looking to run a Starfinder game. The story would mostly take place on a mysterious planet in the Vast, only recently discovered due to the appearance of a new Drift Beacon nearby. Covered in the ruins of a lost civilization and long since reclaimed by nature, the game would focus on exploration, colonization, and the competing interests of different groups who want the wealth of technology and resources within the ruined planet-wide metropolis.

Hello Paizo,

I've been trying to get back into GMing for a while and it's been really hit and miss. Part of that is that I have far too many ideas and focusing on one to try to get a campaign or module going has been rough. So I thought I'd spell out a number of ideas that I have for Pathfinder and other systems and check to see what people thought of different ones and which might get a strong response from potential players if I did a recruitment.

Pathfinder
It's the End of the World as We Know It: Evil has attempted to conquer the world again and again and heroes have risen with each occurrence to try to defend the world. But heroes don't always win. Dark empires rise up to find enemies with very similar goals at every border while the forces of good try to rally to new heroes to make a last stand against the darkness. A pseudo post-apocalyptic Golarion story where the villains of the various APs won their final battles, creating a world mostly ruled by feuding empires and powerful warlords. New heroes are needed to free the world from their clutches and restore peace and freedom. Going for a higher power game focusing on epic heroes and world changing adventures.

The Shards of the Empire: Imperial Lung Wa collapsed many years ago, but it's Successor States still squabble and occasionally war with each other, each vying to make a place for themselves in the world now that they've thrown off imperial control. But dangerous forces seek to claim the shards of the empire for themselves and forge a new empire, under their crushing dominion. A story based on samurai and kung fu movies set in the heart of Tian Xia and focusing on individual heroism and honor in defense of your homes again evil forces.

Across the Outer Planes: The Material Plane is just one world among many, but some travel between the realms, seeking their fame and fortune. But a secret threat lurks somewhere beyond the realm of mortals and if not stopped, it may succeed in erasing Golarion entirely. An extraplanar focused game of intrigue and adventure as the players try to unravel the machinations of a sinister cult that could spell the end of the world as they know it.

Other Systems
The Third Age of Creation (Exalted 2e): The Glorious Reclamation has failed and the lords of hell remain imprisoned, but the Realm is in tatters. A new empress takes the throne in a time when the throne's reach is crippled and the world becomes a more dangerous place for everyone. But that matter not. You are Exalted. Go forth and claim your place in a changed world. A relatively standard Exalted game, including all the high power ridiculousness and world shattering events that can include.

Chronicle of Nightwood (Chronicles of Darkness 2e): Nightwood is an ordinary little college town in the middle of nowhere really important. Sure some hikers go missing every once in a while and there are always some ghost stories and urban legends around, but that's just how small towns are. The perfect place to grow up. And it's not like those stories are real. Right? A modern fantasy WoD game focusing on the slightly more than mortal characters like psychics, ghouls, and the like. Possibly taking inspirations from the Innocents splat to play teenagers discovering their powers. Think something like X-Men or Stranger Things.

Deathworld (Savage Worlds): They won. World War 2 was a s%#* show and those Nazi bastards won. They had to use actual demons to do it, but they did. But it's not the end of the world quite yet. Everyone's getting this magic thing worked out, or at least managed some kinda new-fangled super tech to match up. The world isn't theirs just yet. A supernatural alternate history setting I've been working on for a long time of a world left very, very different by the discovery of magic during the early days of WW2. A sort of war story/action movie tone focusing on heroes fighting to stop the over the top machinations of those damned Nazi bastards. If you've seen the new Wolfenstein games, you have the right sort of idea.

Hello denizens of Paizo!

There's been some interest in Savage Worlds around the forums in the past and I've been both a player and GM on a few occasions. I'm poking around to see if there's any interest in a game set in Pinnacle's Deadlands: Hell on Earth and Lost Colony settings. For those who are unfamiliar with the setting, Deadlands is a pulp western setting with a horror and supernatural flavor added to it with magic and steampunk tech going up against zombies, demons, and other horrors right out of folklore. Set in an alternate timeline where the US Civil War dragged on and a new super fuel called ghost rock revolutionized technology, the time of the old west was a dangerous place with many strange things lurking in the shadows.

Hell on Earth and Lost Colony are both a sci-fi take, each being one part of a larger, interconnected setting. Hell on Earth takes place after the evil spirits manage to set off a supernatural nuclear war and turn Earth into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lost Colony takes place on Earth's only extra-solar colony at the time, Banshee, a distant planet with it's own native alien species and it's own troubles.

So think of this pitch as a mixture of post-apocalyptic western and space western with a healthy dose of fantasy mixed in.

Anyone think they have the grit to face down the hellish varmints that ended the world and end them instead?

Meriwether Lewis Memorial High School isn't exactly big by any standard. But several hundred teenagers still show up day to day to attend classes, meet with their friends, go to clubs, and cause general trouble. And like any small town, Lewis Memorial has a few strange rumors and old urban legends that seem to pop up in the halls every decade or so. But that's just how high school works, right? Surely nothing supernatural actually goes on in the halls. That sort of thing doesn't exist...

Hello everyone, and thank you for your patience getting this game off the ground. I hope that everyone is still excited by their characters and ready to get things moving again so our motley band of supernatural misfits can start their various misadventures in Washington. There are just a few things that need to be finished so we can start properly.

1) Finish mechanics: I know that most people are at least partially done with the mechanical side of their character, but let's get those finished. I'd like everyone to have their mechanics ready and in an alias by next Saturday (May 4th). We'll still have room to change stuff during the early stages of the game, so don't worry if your character isn't 100% perfect. We can tweak to make sure everything plays well.

2) Backstories: I need a mostly finished backstory for everyone to finish setting up character points and the like, as well as to get everything situated. Make sure to give a write-up (not asking for a novel, but give me something to work with) and answer the questions your splat book asks for your character type. If you can get it done at the same time as mechanics, great, but if not, I'm setting a deadline of May 11th to finish up so we don't delay any longer than necessary to get moving.

3) Character Connection: Since we're playing with a wide variety of character types, there's less of an innate assumption that you'll be able to work together by default. So I want everyone to come up with a general character connection that connects the whole party (you're all in the same club, you all have detention together, etc) and one personal connection to another party member (you have a crush, you know what they are, they helped you at some point, etc). The personal connection doesn't have to be reciprocal.

The mighty Mississippi rolls sluggishly past the docks of Natchez Under the Hill. Taverns, shipyards, dormitories, and more dot the riverbank as paddle boats lazily chug up and down the waterway, their smokestacks billowing from coal or occasionally the soft howl of ghost rock. Above the river bluff stand the proud manor houses of Natchez On the Hill, where the home of your friend, Jackson Greenfield, no doubt stands.

This thread is the typical thread for discussion. So, let us discuss.

My dear friends,

When I last contacted you, I told you that my father had taken a turn for the worse and that I was forced to cut my tour of the West short to return to Mississippi to visit. It is my great sorrow to tell you that I left in the nick of time. He has grown only worse since my arrival and I fear that he will be fortunate to live only a few more weeks. There is a small scribble obscuring a removed sentence I apologize if this seems curt, but I would like to request a favor from you, my friend. I will be taking some time to ensure my mother's comfort in our family home in Natchez, as well as seeing to my father's affairs. I would greatly appreciate if you were to join us with all haste. Once he passes, I intend to travel into the heart of the Confederacy to my family's long abandoned plantation. The house has been abandoned for many years, but I hope to restore it and convert it into a summer home so my mother might find some privacy now that I am engaged. It would do my heart good to have trusted friends and worthy associated by my side as I travel, as well as to help solving any particular issues that may arise that are beyond the scope of what ordinary workmen could handle. You know as well as I that the world can be a strange place and I wish my home to be safe for my family. I hope to see you in Natchez in a few weeks.

Sincerely, your friend,
Jackson Greenfield
Written on the 23rd of April, in the year of Our Lord 1880

Hello and welcome to my open recruitment for Deadlands: Plantation of Dread, a homebrew campaign in the Deadlands setting by Pinnacle Games and run using the Savage Worlds system in Deadlands Reloaded. This adventure will be my take on Southern Gothic Fantasy, taking place in the Deep South in the years after the end of the Deadlands' Civil War and the independence of the Confederacy. The PCs should all be friends and acquaintances of the above mentioned Jackson Greenfield, a wealthy heir to an old money family with holdings in Mississippi, Tennessee and other places all across the South. Young Jackson has spent the last five years traveling the West, exploring, speculating on land, and investing in mines and businesses on the frontier. Along the way, he's made plenty of friends, business partners, and acquaintances that he's now reaching out to for help in his time of need.

Familiarity with the Deadlands setting isn't required as long as you're willing to do some reading and learn about it, but it would of course make things easier. Similarly, Savage Worlds is a fairly easy system to learn and I'm happy to help people who are interested in the game but haven't played before. Don't be afraid to ask questions and get in touch if you're curious.

Character Creation
Character creation will use the standard Deadlands rules. 5 Attribute Points, 15 Skill Points, humans only (including a starting edge), maximum 2 Minor Hindrances and 1 Major Hindrance for points
Skills: Survival and Tracking have been rolled into one skill. Anything that requires both only requires Survival. Additionally, remember that Deadlands uses the Guts skill to resist fear.
Edges: All edges of Deadlands and core Savage Worlds are allowed. We will be using the latest errata, including the latest versions of Blessed, Voodoo, etc. I have slightly modified a few of the Arcane Backgrounds as well. Additionally, Veteran o' the Weird West is not allowed.

Additionally, every character also gets to start with one more edge under a new rule I'm calling Stranger Folks. Jackson knows some strange people and has seen some weird things. Each player gets to pick one of the following edges in addition to any they get from their race or hindrances:

Anyone familiar with the system will probably notice that Alchemy and Blood Magic aren't usually independent Arcane Backgrounds. I'm separating them out into their own things. Alchemy uses the rules for Mad Science, but instead of getting a device, you use the rules for making potions from the Alchemy edge as your basic rules. Blood mages use all the rules for Hucksters, except they cannot Deal with the Devil. Instead, they gain the effects of the Whateley Blood edge. Obviously, Hucksters and Mad Scientists can no longer take these edges.

Recruitment will be open until October 12th, 2018. If I get a lot of interest, I might extend things. If I get very little, I'll just cut it off and drop the idea. I hope to see some interested players soon.

The Thornwood has long been a source of danger in Western Immoren. The massive forest covers much of the northern border of the kingdom Cgynar, from the Black River and the Blindwater Marsh in the east to the Murata Hills in the west. In recent years, battles between Cygnar and their rivals to the north, the empire of Khador, have forced the southern kingdom to withdraw from the forested domain. However, Khador has little more control of the region than Cygnar once did. Tribes of gatormen, farrow, trollkin, and far darker things lurk in the trees and rumors tell of horrific acts of dark magic and foul creatures that lurk in the depths of the wood. Only true heroes could stand to challenge the dangers that lair in the shadows of the trees, and perhaps prevent a great danger from threatening all of Immoren.

Hello and welcome to my recruitment for a game set in the Iron Kingdoms. For those who are unaware, Iron Kingdom is a setting developed by Privateer Press called the World of Heavy Metal Fantasy. It was originally for D&D, but it's now supported by their own custom system. The system is a 2d6 system, fairly close to a standard d20 system, so don't feel discouraged if you're not familiar with the system.

Similarly, don't feel like you need to have comprehensive knowledge of the setting to submit a character. Iron Kingdoms is tied fairly closely to its setting, but I would love to share what I know and help people work on ideas. The Iron Kingdoms are a somewhat steampunk inspired setting, where powerful arcanists and warcasters command mighty magitech robots known as Warjacks as freshly industrialized nations battle for supremacy. Meanwhile, tribes led by mighty chieftans and warlocks command massive warbeasts to fight for their place in the world. I find it to be a setting that's familiar enough to classic fantasy to be welcoming, but different enough to make a strong impression. I have a short Player's Guide below to summarize the races and nations in play, as well as major faiths. I'll try to update it whenever people have questions for me to answer to it's easy to reference.

Recruitment will run approximately 2 weeks, which means September 21st, 2018. I may close early if it seems like there's not much new interest or everyone's characters are done, but I try to avoid that if I can help it. Character creation rules will be the usual for Iron Kingdoms, but you do not need to have a finalized mechanical build to be selected. I am far more interested in character backstory and RP, especially since Iron Kingdoms is an unusual setting with lots of opportunities to do interesting things that wouldn't work in other settings.

Material from all of Privateer Press's books is permitted. For anyone who is familiar with the system, this means that both Core and Unleashed is allowed. Additionally, I have extra material from some of their web publications. If you have access to the books, but don't see rules for your concept, I will try to help as much as possible.

Player's Guide

Hello again Paizo. Hopefully the site stays up long enough for people to actually see and respond to this. I have a couple of other campaign concepts that I've been looking at running and I'd like to get them out there and see what people are interested in.

Iron Kingdoms
Iron Kingdoms is a steampunk fantasy setting and system developed by Privateer Press. They call it the game of Heavy Metal Fantasy and, in my opinion, it lives up to its reputation. It's set in a world where magic and science have both exploded with new discoveries, ushering in a massive industrial age where magi-technology allows the titular Iron Kingdoms to thrive and war with each other. Meanwhile, powerful ancient magics and immortal gods linger at the edge of civilization, bringing both blessings and destruction.

IK uses a 2d6 based system, but it's very similar to d20 and should be fairly quick to learn for those familiar with d20, but not with the system. It also does a lot of interesting things with gods, magic, and technology that I find very fascinating and has a lot of really deep lore to help inspire characters and stories.

Mage Wars
A homebrew setting that I've been refining for a while now (name subject to change). Set in an alternate timeline where Nazi Germany discovered dark magic, Soviet Russia developed super tech to counter them, and the world fell apart, it's a world of modern heroes living in a time of danger and adventure. Powerful magic has come back to the world for the first time in thousands of years and the world has changed into something just familiar enough to be recognizable, while being very different, and very deadly for those who try to make deals and harness magic without proper precautions.

I would be running this setting with the Savage Worlds system, using a number of homebrew rules to customize and flavor the magic and supernatural elements of a world where World War II never entirely ended. I took inspiration from things like Wolfenstein and the like to help develop the concept, so it's meant to be pulpy and action packed.

Hey Paizo people. I've been itching to do a super hero RPG for a while now, and I've been familiarizing myself with Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition over the last week or so. I'm not quite ready to start a campaign yet, but I thought that it would be a good idea to ask around and see if people would be interested in possibly playing in a super hero game. I'm sort of interested in running a game in the inFAMOUS setting, since it's an old favorite of mine that M&M reminded me of, but I'm still playing around with exact concepts.

Give me your thoughts and show interest if that sounds like something you'd enjoy.

Golarion's Darklands are feared by many. The depth of the earth are filled with mystery and danger in equal measure and most sane people avoid them like the plague. Only a few on the surface realize that entire empires spanning the lengths of continents exist beneath their feet, ruled over by drow, duergar, and other races less known and more dangerous. But those who actually dwell in the Darklands are inevitably a proud people. For they have survived and thrived in the hostile world beneath the earth. And even if they are hard and cruel, they will fight to the death to protect their place in the world.

In the second layer of the Darklands, known by its inhabitants as Sekamina, the drow hold sway, their empire spreading from the crown of the world south to the massive underground body of water known as Lake Nirthran, or more colloquially the Dying Sea. The waterways of their empire are ruled by river boats and reckless swashbuckling pirates who challenge blind leviathans, massive albino sea monsters, and worse things for dominance of the underground seas. Many of these wild souls make their homes in Telderist, the pirate's haven on the northern shores of the Dying Sea where no one but the pirate lords hold sway. But things lurk in the deep that seek to dominate all that they see before them and the denizens of the Darklands will not let themselves be taken without a fight. In Telderist, the drow controlled Nightrunners Guild seeks adventurers, mercenaries, and other interested parties for a venture into the tunnels that could be the first step in uncovering secrets hidden from even the great drow houses.

This is filler so you can dot in if you wish.

The discussion thread for you to... discuss. I'll go over stuff again and make sure that I haven't missed anything particularly egregious in the near future so we can play without any issues.

Golarion's Darklands are feared by many. The depth of the earth are filled with mystery and danger in equal measure and most sane people avoid them like the plague. Only a few on the surface realize that entire empires spanning the lengths of continents exist beneath their feet, ruled over by drow, duergar, and other races less known and more dangerous. But those who actually dwell in the Darklands are inevitably a proud people. For they have survived and thrived in the hostile world beneath the earth. And even if they are hard and cruel, they will fight to the death to protect their place in the world.

In the second layer of the Darklands, known by its inhabitants as Sekamina, the drow hold sway, their empire spreading from the crown of the world south to the massive underground body of water known as Lake Nirthran, or more colloquially the Dying Sea. The waterways of their empire are ruled by river boats and reckless swashbuckling pirates who challenge blind leviathans, massive albino sea monsters, and worse things for dominance of the underground seas. Many of these wild souls make their homes in Telderist, the pirate's haven on the northern shores of the Dying Sea where no one but the pirate lords hold sway. But things lurk in the deep that seek to dominate all that they see before them and the denizens of the Darklands will not let themselves be taken without a fight. In Telderist, the drow controlled Nightrunners Guild seeks adventurers, mercenaries, and other interested parties for a venture into the tunnels that could be the first step in uncovering secrets hidden from even the great drow houses.

Welcome to my recruitment for a game that I'm calling On the Dying Sea. I've been trying to get a game focused on Golarion's Darklands running for ages, but I've run into issues before trying to make things work, both on my end and trying to organize players. I'm hoping that third time's the charm and I can actually get a group who will enjoy playing this entire story out from beginning to end. I'm looking for a group of 6 players to take on an adventure that will focus around the Dying Sea, starting with the pirate port of Telderist and heading out to explore other regions of the Darklands from the drow capital down to the vaults of Orv. Recruitment will be likely be open until May 18th, 2018, though I reserve the right to close recruitment early or extend it.

Character creation
Level: Starting at 8th level
Stats: 20 Point Buy
Race: Caligni*, Derro*, Dhampir, Drow, Duergar, Ghoul*, Goblin, Half-Drow, Half-Orc, Hobgoblin, Kobold*, Orc, Serpentfolk*, Svirfneblin*, Tiefling
You MUST select from one of these races. No templates, age is cosmetic only. I expect all characters to actually be natives of the Darklands, though you are under no obligation to be specifically from Telderist. All races marked with an asterisk are included in the Races document below. Read it if you want to play one of them.
Class: All Paizo classes other than Gunslinger, Ninja, or Samurai. Any archetypes that give firearms are not permitted, but you may play a Bolt Ace. No 3rd party, no exceptions.
Alignment: Any. The Darklands are often cruel and dangerous and evil is often more common than good. This is NOT a pure evil game, but I expect evil, good, and neutral party members to play nice.
Hit Points: Max for 1st level, Half+1 for all levels after
Traits: Two traits, you may take a drawback for a third. The Player's Guide below has custom campaign traits that you may take, but are not obligated to in any way. Please try to link your traits and choices to your backstory.
Wealth: 16,500 gp

Other Rules
We will be using the following variant rules:
- Automatic Bonus Progression
- Background Skills
- Variant Multiclassing (Allowed, but not required by any means)

Character Backgrounds
I don't have any specific requirements for backgrounds, but I would like enough that I have a good idea of who your character is and what they've done with their life. A few questions that are good starting points are:
- Where is your character from? Are they from the drow empire, the undead ruled lands to the south, one of the many enclaves of other races, or one of the empires from above or below?
- Why are they in Telderist? The pirate port hosts many opportunities, but what specifically drew your character here?
- What have they done that might have attracted the Nightrunners' attention? The Nightrunners don't hire amateurs for dangerous missions after all.

Player Documents
I would strongly advise reading the three following documents that I have compiled specifically the make it easier to get into this game.
Lake Nirthran Gazetteer - A gazetteer of information on Lake Nirthran and the port city of Telderist, including inhabitants, factions, and government.
Player's Guide - A player's guide with ideas for classes, skills, options, and campaign traits.
Darklands Races - Modified rules for custom races and races that I've modified from their standard rules.

This is filler so people can dot in if they wish.

A place to... discuss things.

Once everyone has checked in and has an alias, we can help people who aren't done with mechanics wrap things up and make sure that all of the party roles are taken care of so no one starves a week into Mirkwood.

Autumn comes to an end in the North, and with it comes many celebrations, for Dragontide comes once again to Lake-Town. But this year the celebrations stretch far beyond the men of the lake. For it has been 20 years since the great dragon Smaug was slain by the noble King Bard of Dale and the great goblin horde was defeated during the Battle of Five Armies. Now the Gathering of Five Armies raises Dale in festival, just as Lake-Town is engulfed in the revelries of Dragontide, and even the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain have put aside their stern demeanor to bask in the festivities. Men, dwarves, elves, and more come from all corners of the world for the biggest celebration to grace the North in centuries. Merchants from distant Bree and Dorwinion come to trade and make merry while emissaries from as far as Gondor and the Blue Mountains come to offer gifts to the great Kings of Dale and Erebor. Surely such a festival will be a time of joy, even with the slowly growing darkness that lurks in the long shadows of Mirkwood and the lands of the east. But nothing could intrude upon such a joyous week.

Right?

If you can't tell from that opening monologue, this is the open recruitment for a campaign set in the classic lands of Middle Earth, using the The One Ring system from Cubicle 7 Games. I'm looking to recruit a Fellowship of six heroes who seek to do good and face off against the growing darkness of the world, whether for the common good or for their own reasons. Tolkien's work always had a strong focus on good over evil and classic heroism, and while I'm not the writer Tolkien was, I would like to try to embrace the ideas of heroes, great journeys, and legendary adventures.

I'm new to this system and I'm trying something new, so the idea is to arrange a good first adventure that has the room to expand into a larger campaign if the people involved enjoy the game and have fun with the system. Hopefully things will continue, and I have plans to take the party well beyond Dale to lands like the Grey Mountains, south to Rohan, and west to Eriador and Lindon, so characters from just about anywhere can find a place in the party and time to shine.

Don't worry if you don't have the books. I'm not looking for full mechanics right away. If you would like to pick up the system yourself, I certainly won't hold that against you. For the purposes of this recruitment, I'm mainly looking for interesting backgrounds and potential for characters to grow and have interesting stories told about them. Character mechanics can be worked out once a good group of characters has been picked, and building a Fellowship takes some teamwork with this system anyway. However, there are some things that you should consider when making a submission.

Instead of just having classes or something like that, characters are defined primarily by their Culture and their Calling. Cultures are of course where a character comes from (including their race) while Callings are a hero's reason for adventuring, though they're very general so they don't define a character too heavily. I'll provide a list of both so people have a general idea of what kinds of characters the game supports. This should help make character creation easier.

I'm not going to put an exact time limit on this recruitment. I'll leave it open until I think that everyone who's going to submit has done so, or until I have six players that I'm satisfied with. I will give notice a day or two before I close things so people aren't caught off-guard though. Also, feel free to ask questions. I am always happy to provide answers.

Hello everyone. I've been drafting up a campaign set in the classic fantasy land of Middle Earth for a while now, but never got around to getting a game started. I've also recently gotten my hands on The One Ring system by Cubicle 7 games, which is the new-ish RPG system specifically for running games in Middle Earth. I'm mainly looking for interest in trying out the new system (at least new for me, it's been out for a while) by playing an adventure or two, with the potential to expand things if people are enjoying the system. If the group wants to keep going, I have a longer story and campaign ideas in mind to keep things rolling and play a larger game. This is mainly just an interest check for now, but if people want to ask questions about the system, chat about idea, or whatever, feel free to do so.

I'm planning on setting the story in the year 2966 of the Middle Earth Calendar, which is exactly twenty years after The Hobbit, and forty years before The Lord of the Rings, so if that influences your interest at all, there you have it.

Feel free to dot in. I'll have an actual intro once people are ready.

Telderist is a den of corruption and vice, but even they respect the Nightrunners. Their headquarters stands just below the Crown Wall, a towering five story spire that is guarded night and day by the House Guard of House Misraria. Those with business are allowed into the first floor to deliver and receive dozens of packages and missives from all across the drow empire. Those who seek to cause trouble swiftly find their end at the blades of the guards or one of the Nightrunners agents within. Now a group of mercenaries find themselves summoned before the messengers by a simple letter.

To the recipient of this letter,

Night Master Livrist

Here's the discussion thread for all of your out-of-character needs. Feel free to continue discussion of characters or anything else here or in recruitment.

My dear friends,

Sincerely,
Jackson Greendfield
Written on the 23rd of April, in the year of our Lord 1880

Hello and welcome to my Southern Gothic themed Deadlands adventure, set deep within the heart of the Confederacy. As the lovely letter above shows, the only request I have is that all characters be friends, employees, business associates, or otherwise connected to Jackson Greenfield, a wealthy young man from Tennessee who has just inherited a very large, old money estate in the Confederacy.

Jackson is from a line of plantation owners reaching all the way back to the early colonization of the Americas and his family is absolutely rolling in money. When the Ghost Rock Rush went down and the Civil War broke out, his family simply saw it as more opportunities to expand their businesses. However, his grandfather and father both suffered health issues and neither was able to head out west to take advantage of the situation themselves. When Jackson came of age six years ago, he headed out west to expand his family fortunes in land speculation, prospecting, mining, and all manner of business transactions. He even earned the nickname "Gold Touch" due to his ridiculous luck in most of his ventures. However, with his father's passing, he's finally come home to take over the rest family businesses, along with various friends and associates who either have skills that can help him or he trusts to help him through these difficult times.

Jackson got around quite a bit out West, so virtually any kind of character can fit, from Asian immigrants he may have met or hired in California to Voodoo priests from down the river that he may have befriended years ago to Native warriors of all stripes to ordinary (or perhaps extraordinary) gunslingers. Rules for character creation are simply make a Savage Worlds character as listed in the book. We will be using the latest versions of all Arcane Backgrounds (so Blessed use Power Points, Voodoo is a separate background, etc). If anyone has questions, please ask me. And please discuss background and any other ideas or expectations you have. I have a plot outlined, but I'm more than happy to work in character stuff relevant to what you come up with.

I'm setting up this thread so we can talk about the potential of a Darklands focused game without continuing to clutter up Jon's campaign discussion with talk about something completely different. I am not actually putting build rules up or anything like that yet because I am no nearly ready to jump straight in to playing. I have a solid plot outline, but I want to have a chance for people to put together character concepts, discuss the setting, and generally work out details so I can incorporate character roles and backstories into the world and find good hooks to keep everyone invested in the plot if this takes off.

The Player's Document is here and contains the setting information. Use this link instead of the old one because this one I can edit properly if I need to make changes so it will be the one that I keep updated. It only contains the fluff and setting stuff, so we'll work out mechanical stuff here before everyone starts to build characters.

The current races I'm allowing are listed below. I'll also include the stats for things that don't have official stats, I'm using 3rd party material for (though it's all been modified to a degree), or I'm making other changes to.

Phaendar's Market Festival draws a crowd from all over Nirmathas, and beyond. Traders from everywhere from Druma to Varisia pass through to hawk their wares in the town square while the locals all gather to share stories of another year passed without any real trouble. Sure, Molthune invades every once in a while, but they're used to that by now.

Hey everyone. I'm putting together this thread so that we can start discussing characters and see if this gets of the ground. Hopefully things work out well.

Overwatch

Soldiers, Scientists, Adventurers, Oddities... Guardians who watch over the globe, bringing freedom and hope to all nations. What adventures will our world's intrepid defenders get up to next?

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Alright, so we're here to discuss how to make Overwatch work as a tabletop RPG. My current idea is to use something more free form or looser since Overwatch is a rather pulpy, soft science setting. I generally don't like to use D20 for modern or sci-fi as much because it doesn't really work as well in my opinion. I was thinking the Savage Worlds is a possibility, though I was also recently introduced to Fate and I think that would certainly work, since it's all about telling a story and very light on rules.

There's also the issue of deciding what kind of story we're interested in telling and what kind of characters you're going to be interested in running with.

I'm having a very strange issue trying to post in one campaign that I'm in. Whenever I try to post in the gameplay thread, it sends me to the preview page instead and doesn't post the reply to the thread. Hitting the submit button just causes it to redo the preview again and again, making it impossible to actually post. But it's only for one specific campaign and only on the gameplay thread.

It's this one right here: Link

It is the glorious year of 1716 AD. The long War of Spanish Succession has just ended, and the political climate of Europe has changed forever. Not that you care about that. No, you care that your job aboard one of the naval ships in the Atlantic is no longer needed and you've been given your last pay and your walking papers. But the trade routes overflow with gold, spices, sugar, and slaves and you have plenty of skill aboard a ship. What better time to turn to the fine profession of robbing, pillaging, and piracy? Now you find yourself in the haven of Nassau, looking for a chance to begin a journey out to sea and make your fortune.

Alright everyone, I'm going to compile my different ideas here and you're free to discuss, consider, or suggest anything to me. Hell, suggest entirely different campaign ideas for all I care. It might inspire me with something interesting.

1) Anime of the Dead
As you can probably guess, this is the first idea I mentioned about a zombie apocalypse. I fully intend for it to be a campy, splatterfest fun time as opposed to anything serious or dramatic. And as it's loosely based on High School of the Dead, I have special background edges. Everyone gets one for free at character creation to give them a benefit for the archetype they fit into in the party as well as custom arcane backgrounds that should fit the setting relatively well.

2) We Be Pirates Now!
Here's the second idea, a classic adventure story on the high seas. You would be a small crew of pirates trying to reach some legendary treasure or city of gold or magic power or something. I don't really know yet. This one's taking inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean and One Piece, so it's going to be a fun, island hopping adventure. Each island would probably be a self-contained pulpy adventure before moving on to the next one in your path. I'm not sure if I want to do a fantasy world or an alternative version of our world, but I definitely want to include magic and possible some other races to play as. And I'm talking fish people, not elves and dwarves. Sundaken also mentioned the possibility of outright doing a One Piece RP, which I wouldn't be opposed to if people were interested in that.

New slaves constantly arrive in the dungeons of Hagegraf. No one who passes through the lands of the ruthless grey dwarves is safe from their might and they quickly find themselves just another prisoner, chained and locked away until the duergar find a place for them in the mines or the scriptoriums, laboring away for their new masters. The latest rabble of slaves has finally arrived, stripped of everything and thrown into the stone cellars to await the 'mercy' of the duergar.

Welcome to discussion. Feel free to... discuss.

The duergar are the undisputed masters of the realm of Nar-Voth. From their fortress citadels, they control the dark caves and long passages with fists of iron. Their empire runs on the backs of thousands upon thousands of slaves, every one of them taken from the caves of their domain, or even from the surface above, or traded for from one of the other races that holds dominion in their own region of the Darklands. Hundreds pass through the flesh pits every day, their fates now in the hands of their duergar masters...

Welcome to the recruitment for my Darklands focused campaign. As you've (hopefully) guessed, you begin in the slave pits of Hagegraf, the capitol of the duergar empire that controls much of the northern half of the Darklands. All races are equal in the slave pits, and anyone from a scheming drow to an ordinary halfling might find himself locked up together, now at the mercy of the duergar.

Character Creation

Starting Level: 6th
Stats: 20 point buy, 1-to-1. Nothing below an 8 once all is said and done please.
Races: All Paizo races are allowed except for dwarves (since the duergar torture them to death on sight). The more strange or out there a race is, the better backstory you'll need to justify the character's inclusion. Since this game is in the Darklands, caligni (see below), drow, duergar, fetchlings, and tieflings are all considered common races along with the core book races.
Classes: All Paizo classes are allowed (though the same rules for strange races apply to Gunslinger, Samurai, and Ninja). Unchained Barbarian, Rogue, and Summoner are required. Unchained Monk is highly recommended, but not required. I am willing to consider 3rd party material, so ask and I'll look things over. If I approve it, then you're good. Do not ask about psionics (such as Dreamscarred Press) or Path of War. I do not like psionics and will not allow them and I'm not familiar with the subsystems in Path of War and am not confident in GMing a game with them included.
Alignment: Anything is permitted. This is the Darklands. There's a lot of evil down here.
Skills: Standard, plus the Background Skills from Unchained.
Traits: Two, campaign traits from other campaigns are allowed as long as they make sense for your character.
Wealth: 10,000 gp. Note that as freshly caught slaves you don't have most of your equipment to start, but you will recover it.
Hit Points: Max at 1st level, 1/2+1 for all levels after.
Fighters gain Combat Stamina for free at 1st level.
Variant Multiclassing is allowed.
Wound Thresholds will be used.

Since several interesting races are a bit... less playable than others, I've re-designed them a bit to make them more interesting player options. Both of these races are open to players.

Fluff

I'm looking at backstory more than I will be mechanics. It doesn't need to be a novel, but a few decently sized paragraphs explaining where your character came from and how he/she ended up in the hands of duergar slavers is the absolute minimum that I'll be accepting. A nice description of their general personality and appearance is also expected. Also, I would like to know what your character's goals are, what they want to achieve in life. It provides some interesting options for plot developments.

Other Details

Recruitment will be open until midnight on July 25th.
I will be recruiting 6 players.
Please integrate your crunch and fluff to the best of your ability. I enjoy a character who's skills and traits are reflective of their backstory far more than one who picked his abilities because they're the most mechanically optimal.

I've been working on re-working several of Paizo's races from the Darklands and adding a few of my own to the playable races. I'm also trying to work up some alternate racial traits and/or some racial feats and options for characters. Hopefully they're reasonably balanced for players to use.

Hey there various Paizo people. I've been going through some of my Campaign setting books and I've gotten to thinking. I like Golarion, a lot, but I'm not really all that interested in running APs at the moment or trying to do anything too heavily related to Golarion's more heavily developed regions. I'm interested in putting together a game that takes place in some of the less explored regions of the world. I have a few vague concepts, but I'm curious what kinds of places people would be interested in playing through adventures.

My current thoughts:

Into Darkness
A campaign focused around really delving in to the Darklands and exploring the massive vaults and deepest dangers of Golarion's underground.

The Dragon Kings
A campaign set in Tian-Xia, not related to Jade Regent or any published modules. I have some vague ideas for a story related to the Successor States in western Tian-Xia.

Wild Wasteland
A campaign in the deserts of the Mana Wastes and the Duchy of Alkenstar. I have a few ideas for this one two, involving a plot surrounding the wild primal magic of the region.

Earthfinder
A campaign involving the world of Golarion and our Earth coming in to a more permanent contact. A return of magic and mysticism to Earth and the advent of the Industrial Revolution for Golarion, along with the perils of two planes intersecting.

I'm curious what beyond the Inner Sea kinds of games people might be willing to play, so don't think that these four are the only options. They're just what I've been thinking about recently. Feel free to post in with thoughts on both my ideas and your own. I'll see about putting a story together and doing a full recruitment thread at a later date.

Hello everyone. Who says that evil has to be grim and cruel? Who says that evil doers have to be dark and angry? Why can't evil be joyful and excited to destroy all who oppose them?

I'm setting up this thread along with my friends who you might recognize from the forums as Loup Blanc and JDPhipps (who will hopefully be posting in with their two cents shortly). We've all been very interested in playing through Hell's Vengeance, but we've all been far more interested in being players than running the game. So we're here to look for a GM who's willing to play with a very... strange group of villains and some players that are interested in building a quirky, fun villain to help oppress and decimate the hope of the people of Cheliax.

For the record we currently have:
Antipaladin of Urgathoa (Me)
Inquisitor of Zon-Kuthon (Loup)
Alchemist (JD)

My only request is that the GM be willing to allow an Antipaladin to be any kind of Evil without an archetype. Though the others might have requests about character creation.

Here's a discussion thread for you folks. Feel free to chat and to get your characters and aliases worked out entirely. I'll get things started in the near future.

Opening post. You can ignore this for the moment.

You walk into a poorly lit saloon. The only light filters in through a cloudy window, so caked with dust that the sun barely bothers. The room is next to deserted, save a single man sitting alone at a table. ”Pull up a chair,” he says, grinning. ”Give old Jasper some company.” He takes a long swing from his tin tankard, eying each and every one of you. ”Not from around here, are ya’? Not from too far though. Well, I suppose that Belknap attracts all sorts of people. And y ou’ve got that tenderfoot look about you. Ah, don’t worry ‘bout it. Everyone was green once. Even me.” He laughs, but the sound comes out more of a rattling cackle. ”Still, I suppose it can’t hurt to impart some wisdom in you young pups. Might help you survive out in the wastelands.”

He tilts back his tankard, draining the tin cup dry before slamming it down on the table. ”The G-bombs fell on September 23rd, 2081. That’s a day no one who lived through it will ever forget. Every major city, every government, every military, was gone in a white flash and replaced with the howling storms of forsaken souls. Terrible. And beautiful in a way. But that was thirteen years ago. Imagine, the world’s been the blasted wasteland you’ve been trekkin’ through for nearly a decade and a half and folks are already startin’ to rebuild. Amazing thing really. Still, with the road gangers, monsters, horrors, and who knows what else out there, I doubt the world will ever really put itself together again. Unless of course, there are some heroes out there to help put things right again.” He grins wickedly, his mouth looking just a little bit too wide, making him look more like a grinning skeleton than a man. ”Who knows tenderfoot? Maybe you’re those heroes. You’ve got the right feel for it.” With that, he stands up and walks toward the door. He pauses just a moment to look back. ”I ain’t seen a real hero in a long time. But you might just do it. We’ll see. And I’ll be watchin’. Old Jasper’s always interested in a new hero in town.” He cackles again and as the sunlight catches his face, his skin goes almost see through, making him look like a desiccated corpse for a moment before he vanishes like a spectre.

Intro

Whew. So, anyone who stuck with me through that rather long expository opening, welcome to my recruitment for Deadlands: Hell on Earth. It’s a mix of classic westerns, science fiction, horror, and post-apocalyptic goodness that creates a rather strange, but thoroughly enjoyable setting. I’ll be running this game using the Reloaded ruleset, which is part of the Savage Worlds system. A passing familiarity with the system will be pretty much all you need to get used to the setting. I’ve got two friends who are already getting ready to play, so I’m looking for 3-4 more players who are interested in becoming heroes of the Wasted West. We’ve got a templar (think a paladin but not necessarily as nice) and a psychic soldier (exactly what it sounds like) already, but we’ve got plenty of room to be just about anything you want. As for story… well I don’t want to give too much away, but I’m going to be diving into the Classic metaplot and doing a mix of homebrew and conversions of Classic Hell on Earth modules to make a fairly long campaign.

Character Creation

Creating characters will use the standard character creation rules for Hell on Earth Reloaded, which is basically Savage Worlds character creation with one or two little tweaks.
Point Buy: Standard (5 attribute and 15 skills)
Edges: Anything from Savage Worlds or Hell on Earth is fair game unless it’s specifically noted to not exist. A few edged require Marshal approval, but I’ll usually approve most concepts.
Hindrances: Standard (1 major, 2 minor) Note that you aren’t required to pick up any, but it’s usually a good idea
Wealth: $500 dollars to start (as opposed to the $250 noted in the books)

Character Backgrounds

I care much more about your character’s well, character than I do about the mechanics. An interesting backstory is vastly preferable to something short and thrown together. So there are a few questions that you should consider. Note that just answering these questions is not necessarily enough to get in. Be creative and expand your backstory as you see fit. The lore for Deadlands can be kind of heavy sometimes, and not everyone has access to all the books. If anyone has any questions, please please ask them. I'm more than happy to make lore posts to explain setting details to help people come up with a good character concept and to help expand on anything that isn't clear.

Where is your character from? Putting aside Jasper’s comment, you could in fact be from quite far away. The Wasted West has all sorts of interesting locales and strange folks running around. Where you can from can say a lot about your character.
What does your character look like? Yeah, yeah. Obviousness aside, you might look downright strange. Mutations have started to crop up and plenty of people have scars, tattoos and who knows what that all have a story behind them. See what you’ve got that marks you out.
How old is your character? This may seem oddly specific, but it’s more important than you’d think. The bombs only fell thirteen years ago after all. Were you too young then to even remember them, or are you old enough to have had a life before everything went to hell?
How does your character act? Give me a nice idea of how your character acts. What is their personality like? What are their likes and dislikes? What are they afraid of?
What does your character want in life? While the world is pretty well destroyed, it’s hardly the end of humanity and folks have dreams and goals just like they did before the end. What are your character’s?

Recruitment will be open until at least April 2nd, depending on how much interest I get.

The docks of Absalom are, if anything, busier than ever. But the normally constant flow of merchant vessels has been joined with official ships from every land. The blood red flag of Cheliax is joined by the golden banners of Osirion, the blue flags of Thassilon, the white flag of Irrisen, and many others. The streets are packed with citizens trying to get a look at the newly arriving diplomats. The Harbor Guard is out in numbers not seen outside of war being declared and the Wave Riders are patrolling the harbor in packs. A contingent of the First Guard themselves stand vigil near the docks, waiting to escort the emissaries to their residences for the duration of the conference. The last of the ships pull into harbor, sails furling as dock workers rush to tie the ships' mooring lines.

Here's the discussion thread for all of your ooc needs. Check in here when you're ready and I'll give character sheets a good once over before getting the gameplay thread up.

Intro

We lived in a time of change. One greater than anything we had ever dared dream. And by the time we realized how many evils had stood against our world, it was too late. Our greatest heroes had risen up to fight against those that would conquer everything. Through countless battles and inhuman horrors that mortals haven't faced in centuries, they fought for the safety of us all. All for nothing.

One by one, our greatest heroes fell. And evil... evil has triumphed. Now the armies far beyond anything mankind has faced before are carving out their own empires, shaping this new world into whatever they desire of it.

Is there no more hope for humanity? Perhaps the failure of our champions has truly doomed this world to the rule of darkness...

- journal of an unnamed Pathfinder, recovered from a battlefield along the southern Worldwound front, writer presumed deceased

Welcome to the end of the world as you know it. The villains of the APs have won (well, all the ones up to and including Wrath of the Righteous), the heroes are dead, and the worst case scenario has come to pass. This may finally be the end of Golarion. Or is it? If one thing is true of any fantasy story, the greatest heroes can rise from the darkest of times and save the world. So now is your chance to rise up against the greatest darknesses that the world has ever known and try to save it. This is a very different Golarion from what you might know, but that just means that you have a whole new world to explore and hopefully liberate from evil.

It has been three years since the worst came to pass. Fiends, outsiders, and evils of both the mortal and immortal variety have risen to conquer the lands. However, not all hope is lost. Evil may be brutal, cruel, and dangerous, but it is not stupid. And when a threat that could consume all the lands is pushing on its borders, even evil is willing to come to an understanding. Two weeks ago, the biggest demonic assault ever seen emerged from the Worldwound. Territories all along the border were shattered and consumed by bloody demonic fury. The emergence of renewed aggression from the armies of Deskari is something that nobody needs. As such, all those concerned with the growing power of the demonic forces have been called to Absolam for the first ever conference between representatives of the many burgeoning empires of Golarion. People from all across the world have gathered in the city at the center of the world. Some are mercenaries and loyal warriors of one of the many representatives guarding the conference. Some are spies seeking information that their masters might leverage to their advantage. Some are desperate refugees hoping that this might be the first signs that the world isn't doomed to utter destruction. Whatever the case, you have come here to witness this historic event. And to see what lies beyond it...

Lore

This is an annotated version of the current state of the world. Obviously, there are some details that have been left out. If you have any questions about specific people, places, races, or simply setting details, I encourage everyone to ask. I'll try to answer everything to the best of my ability.

Character Creation Rules

Crunch

Level: Golarion is not a nice place and strength is needed to survive. As such, PCs will be starting at 3rd level.
Stats: Roll 4d6 and drop the lowest. Do this 6 times and put them in any order you like. If your stats total below 20 point buy or you have two or more stats that are 8 or lower, you may reroll. If you don't like rolling, you may use 20 point buy instead.
Races: All Paizo races are allowed within reason. A lot of more monstrous and odd races have become more prominent with the recent total upheaval of the world order, though some truly strange ones will need a good explanation for approval.
Classes: Any Paizo class is allowed (including Gunslinger, Samurai, Ninja, and anything from Occult Adventures), including prestige classes at higher levels. Unchained Rogue, Barbarian, and Summoner are required and Unchained Monk is recommended but not required. Additionally, I will allow Paladins and Antipaladins to be any good and any evil alignment respectively. CG Paladins and LE Antipaladins replace their Law and Chaos relates spells with the equivalent of the opposite alignment. Archetypes will all be permitted unless something really crazy comes up. I would prefer no 3rd party material, but I might be willing to allow something if it's convincing. And no Ultimate Intrigue Playtest, so no vigilante.
Alignment: Anything is allowed. A good half of the factions present at the conference are very very evil. Just be willing to be reasonable and be willing to work with a party that may include characters with a vastly different alignment. This goes for good characters as well. I'll be fair with alignment, so for example a party with a paladin and an evil character won't result in the paladin being penalized unless he does something particularly nasty on his own.
Skills: In addition to your normal skills, I am using the Background Skills from Unchained. They can be found on the PFSRD for anyone without the book. These should be relevant to your back story.
Traits: You may select two traits. Campaign traits from APs may be allowed, but I reserve the right to approve or deny them on a case-by-case basis. You may take a single drawback and obtain a third trait if you wish, but no more than that.
Wealth: PCs start with 2000gp to spend on their gear and weapons. Wealth by level is altered a bit by the Automatic Bonus Progression system.
Hit Points: Max hit points at each level, with average + 1 for all levels beyond 1st. Bosses will likely get a HP boost, but I’ll make a final decision once I see how the party plays in combat.
The Stamina system in Unchained is free for Fighters at 1st level, and the feat is available for anyone else to take.
The Varient Multiclassing system in Unchained is permitted.
The Wound Threshold system from Unchained will be used. This can be harsh at low levels, but it will improve with time.
The Automatic Advancement system from Unchained will be used. This means generic +X weapons and armor, Bracers of Armor, Rings of Protection, Cloaks of Resistance, Amulets of Natural Armor, and Headbands and Belts of [X Stat] do not exist. Instead you will gain intrinsic bonuses at each character level, starting at 3rd in fact.

This game will (hopefully) run fairly long and will go all the way to 20th level. Additionally, this game will use the mythic rules to bring heroes to a truly epic level and reaching tier 10. Mythic being what it is, I have a somewhat sizable list of mythic nerfs to help balance the system. The party and enemies will be under these restrictions. If anything in unclear, feel free to ask. I would also ask that you include what mythic path you believe would suit your character best in your submission.

Fluff

I just have a few simple questions that are a must to think through with your character. However, more detail and depth in a backstory is always a good way to boost your chances of getting in and giving a good base to roleplay off of.

1. What does your character look like? (Height, weight, age, appearance, etc.)
2. What is your character’s personality?
3. Where is your character from? Golarion has changed a lot in the last few years. Where you are from can mean a lot about who your character is.
4. Why does your character have the class, feats, weapon, etc. that they do? Where and how did they learn to fight? What made them take up this path?
5. Is your character religious? If so, who do they worship and why?
6. How has your character's life changed in the last few years? What has the changing world done to your character and what do you intend to do about it?

What I’m Looking For

I’m looking for 6 players and recruitment will be open until November 15th.

I enjoy combat as much as the next gamer, but I’m not just looking for a character that can kill the best. I’m going to be selecting the characters that are well-rounded, with interesting backgrounds and character traits to inspire roleplay. I’m much more interested in RP than in running combat all of the time.

On that note, please integrate your crunch and fluff to the best of your ability. If your character has an archetype, consider where they learned that style of combat and why. If you have a trait, explain why you have it and work the fluff into your character. Don’t pick Reactionary just because you want better initiative or Rich Parents for extra starting wealth. Pick traits that fit your character concept best.

Also, in the interest of keeping the game moving, I have one more requirement. Please be able to post at least once per day. More is great (preferable even), but at least that please. If you miss a day, it kills the pacing and I will likely bot you to keep things moving. If you have a reason to be unable to post, just message me and we'll work out how to handle things. However, repeated uninformed missed days and unexplained absences will make me assume that you're not interested and I will start looking for a replacement.

Hey there Paizo people.

I'm a huge fan of the Golarion setting. And there's one particular idea that pops up on the boards every once in a while that I've always loved. So I'm interested in running a campaign in using this concept. As you can probably guess from the title, this would be the Golarion Apocalypse concept. For anyone who's not familiar with the idea, it's basically a 'what if' scenario where a former group of adventurers (deceased now), messed up bad at the end of an AP, leading to the villain winning. Of course, the idea had to be taken as far as possible. So every AP happened simultaneously and every villain has won. At the same time.

Needless to say, the world is rather screwed right now. What better time for top notch heroes to rise up and try to put things right? Right now this is just an interest check, and it will be a while before it becomes an actual recruitment, but I'm curious to see who would be interested in giving this game a shot. If I get some interest, I have some setting details worked out that I can post in a bit to fill out how every villain winning at once has messed up the world.

The small village of Heldren sits just north of the Border Woods near Qadira. The sleepy village has never seen much excitement, even with an enemy nation in walking distance to the south. The people have gone about their days in relative peace, with a handful of travelers of all sorts occasionally passing through their village on their way to bigger and better things south in Qadira or north and west to Oppara, Cassomir, and beyond.

The recently, an unseasonable chill has settled over the area. Complaints of lost crops and sick animals in the nearby farms have begun to circulate through the town's gossip circles and the villagers have begun to wonder if there isn't something more to these strange stories. But life continues just as it always has regardless. Whether in the small village market or the warm comfort of the Silver Stoat tavern, travelers, locals and strange outsiders have continued their journeys through the region.

Welcome to the Realm of Winter's Discussion thread. For any out of character needs.

In the far north of Avistan, Irrisen, the frigid kingdom of the Winter Witches, has long been locked in an eternal winter, brought on by the power of its rulers. Each queen has fought against foes beyond her borders and within her own lands to try and prove herself before her mother, the immortal witch Baba Yaga, returns to spirit her away and replace her with another of her sisters. Yet something is beginning to go wrong. The legendary witch has yet to appear, missing her centennial visit for the first time in recorded history. And Irrisen’s eternal winter has begun to spread beyond its borders. Heroes of great skill and legendary potential are needed to prevent winter from consuming all of Golarion.

Introduction

Hey there. As you’ve probably guessed, I’m a fan of the Reign of Winter AP. I enjoy the themes, the adventures and the truly strange locations you visit. The thing is, for a campaign focused so heavily on the Winter Witches and the kingdom of Irrisen, you spend very little time actually in Irrisen. So I’ve decided to try something a little different: a Reign of Winter story that takes place entirely within the borders of the kingdom of eternal winter.

Anyone who’s interested in exploring the realm of Irrisen in-depth, dealing with the Winter Witches as both enemies and allies, and taking the fight against tyranny straight to the most corrupt of the Jadwiga, this may be the adventure for you. Obviously, this will change a number of the campaign elements, but I’ll do my best to keep the spirit of the campaign intact. Furthermore, I will be including some extra adventures, both homemade and from modules, primarily from the Witchwar Legacy module.

And one more element will play a central role in the game. Mythic tiers. The party won’t be ascending all the way to tier 10, but their role as heroes will grant them legendary powers. Considering that the Mythic system is unbalanced at best, I’ll be instituting a number of nerfs to try and keep things a little more under control.

What I’m Looking For

I’m looking for 6 players. Recruitment will be open until September 12th, and hopefully the game will begin on September 14th.

I enjoy combat as much as the next gamer, but I’m not just looking for a character that can kill the best. I’m going to be selecting the characters that are well-rounded, with interesting backgrounds and character traits to inspire roleplay. I’m much more interested in RP than in running combat all of the time.

On that note, please integrate your crunch and fluff to the best of your ability. If your character has an archetype, consider where they learned that style of combat and why. If you have a trait, explain why you have it and work the fluff into your character. Don’t pick Reactionary just because you want better initiative or Rich Parents for extra starting wealth. Pick traits that fit your character concept best.

I will be selecting one character for each mythic path (Archmage, Champion, Guardian, Hierophant, Marshal, and Trickster). The Dual Path ability is fine to mix and match with some unusual combinations, but please include which your primary path will be in your submission. Anyone that doesn’t will not be considered.

Also, in the interest of keeping the game moving, I have one more requirement. Please be able to post at least once per day. More is great (preferable even), but at least that please. If you miss a day, it kills the pacing and I will likely bot you to keep things moving. If you have a reason to be unable to post, just message me and we'll work out how to handle things. However, repeated uninformed missed days and unexplained absences will make me assume that you're not interested and I will start looking for a replacement.

Character Creation Rules

Crunch

Stats: Roll 4d6 and drop the lowest. Do this 6 times and put them in any order you like. If your stats total below 15 point buy or you have two or more stats that are 7 or lower, you may reroll.
Races: All Paizo races are allowed. However, the stranger the race, the better back story you’re going to need to convince me to accept it.
Classes: Any Paizo class is allowed (including Gunslinger, Samurai, Ninja, and anything from Occult Adventures), including prestige classes at higher levels. Unchained Rogue, Barbarian, and Summoner are required and Unchained Monk is recommended but not required. Archetypes will all be permitted unless something really crazy comes up. No 3rd party classes or archetypes. Period. And no Ultimate Intrigue Playtest, so no vigilante.
Alignment: No evil characters. I might be able to be talked into it with a particularly good backstory, but short of something absolutely mind blowing, it’s not going to happen.
Skills: In addition to your normal skills, I am using the Background Skills from Unchained. They can be found on the PFSRD for anyone without the book. These should be relevant to your back story.
Traits: You may select two traits. These do not have to be campaign traits from Reign of Winter (though you can select one if you want), but no campaign traits from other APs. You may take a single drawback and obtain a third trait if you wish, but no more than that.
Average starting wealth for your class.
Max hit points at each level, this also applies to all enemies. Bosses will likely get a HP boost beyond that, but I’ll make a final decision once I see how the party plays in combat.
The Stamina system in Unchained is free for Fighters at 1st level, and the feat is available for anyone else to take.
The Varient Multiclassing system in Unchained is permitted.
The Wound Threshold system from Unchained will be used. This can be harsh at low levels, but it will improve with time.
The Automatic Advancement system from Unchained will be used. This means generic +X weapons and armor, Bracers of Armor, Rings of Protection, Cloaks of Resistance, Amulets of Natural Armor, and Headbands and Belts of [X Stat] do not exist.

Fluff

This is the part that’s really going to get you into the game. First and foremost, read the Player’s Guide. It’s free on Paizo.com so no one should have too much trouble getting their hands on it. Your character should have some reason to be willing to get involved in the situation in Irrisen, so the campaign traits can give ideas, but please be creative. Second, make sure all of the following questions are answered for me. I don’t care how long or short it is, but make it convincing and interesting.

1. What does your character look like? (Height, weight, age, appearance, etc.)
2. What is your character’s personality?
3. Where is your character from? Golarion’s history and geography is very detailed. Make good use of that.
4. Why does your character have the class, feats, weapon, etc. that they do? Where and how did they learn to fight? What made them take up this path?
5. Is your character religious? If so, who do they worship and why?
6. What is your character’s reason to get involved with Irrisen? It can be something as simple as hating tyranny, but something more detailed will certainly help your chances.