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Guilty.
You're not just a lawbreaker, you're the worst of the worst and too dangerous to live among the good people of Talingarde. You were dragged in chains before a magistrate and condemned. They sent you to the most notorious prison in the country and there you were held down and branded with a runic F, marking you as forsaken. You won’t be at Branderscar Prison for long. In three days justice comes. In three days everything ends.
What a pity. If only there was a way out of this stinking rat-hole. If only there was a way to escape. If only...
No. No one has ever escaped from Branderscar Prison. This is where your story ends.
Game Style
I'll be running this game through Discord rather than on the forums. It's a long AP, sitting at a solid 7 books, so posting once per day isn't going to cut it. I'm hoping that throughout the day, especially during the evenings, we can get in some solid story movement. I don't expected constant devotion, but I do expect you to keep up with the flow of the group (or at least keep up with me, the GM). We're looking for people hungry for RP who enjoy getting into it every chance they can get and have a little extra free time.
This is a story driven campaign, not combat. Though combat will never be trivialized, I will be rigging it to be shorter and less frequent but more intense to make sure you're still being forced to use resources. I reward detail and creativity in combat; smart moves can have more impact than powerful hits. Maps will be used to give you an idea of your surroundings but combat is played out theater of the mind style.
The more specific you are about your actions, the more often you'll see bonuses to your rolls or reduced DCs. I still like things to be probable, so the rule of cool only stretches so far with me. If you need something in the mechanics bent for flavor, you'll find that I can be very amenable to reasonable requests.
About the Campaign
Way of the Wicked is a 3rd party AP and one of the few designed for evil PCs. I'm currently playing it myself and just reached book 7. It's a fun, engaging story with a lot of variety. The basic themes throughout the AP are revenge, corruption, and power. Reading up on Asmodeus (we'll be using Paizo's rendition of the deity) is probably a good idea. Maybe also refresh yourself on the downtime rules, as there will eventually be some time for such activities between missions.
How to Apply
Pick a race, pick a class, and have a general build in mind. I don't expect a completed sheet but having one is certainly not going to hurt your chances. Want to be a fire mage? Tell me that. Grappler? That's really all I need to know. You get the idea. If you do make a sheet, do it in Myth-Weavers.
What I'm really looking for here is a character. I'd like a brief, but well written physical description of the character, a quick overview of their personality, and a snippet about the crime they committed.
Things I do not care about are who their parents are, who bullied them in preschool, how their first love smelled, or how they run like Naruto. The last one especially.
Character Creation
- Level 1
- 25 point buy (no focus and foible)
- 3 traits, 1 drawback (one trait must be from the handbook)
- 0gp starting wealth
- LN, LE, NE alignments only
Due to the nature of the game, Paladins are a banned class along with gunslingers (except bolt ace) and gun-using archetypes. Summoners, barbarians, and rogues must be unchained.
House Rules
- Feat fixes are in effect
- 2 extra skill points per level (as per the AP's recommendation)
- Ninjas receive the unchained rogue's finesse training class feature
- I'm open to very little 3pp
Recruitment
I'll be recruiting for as long as it takes. Ideally, no more than a week or two. I'll be picking up 3-5 players for this adventure. This is not the only place I'm recruiting from, but I figured since I wanted to run an ongoing text game, here would probably have the biggest pool of potential players.
About Me
Wowee this has gotten long. That should tell you a little something about me... Anyways, as mentioned above I have played this AP almost to completion. I liked it so much I thought it'd be fun to GM myself. I've been playing Pathfinder for about four years now. I'm currently GMing a Starfinder game for friends, but much prefer standard fantasy. I get more into roleplay when done through text so that's how I'm running this. Plus I find it a lot more low key and manageable than 4-6 hour voice sessions.
Questions? I'm quickest replying on Discord (Toxic#5061) but I'll be keeping my eye on the thread, too.