Hey everybody, my name's Joe, and me and my friend Nate work on SyncRPG and Overworld Digital Publishing. We're working with freelance authors and artists to publish original PFRPG adventure modules designed from the ground up to be read and played online, with a full compliment of VTT files filled with maps and fully-statted NPC tokens, ready to run.
The SyncRPG VTT is a fork of MapTool with a bunch of webservices supporting the creation and sharing of assets such as NPCs, maps, token art, and macros. The goal is to help reduce the complexity and initial "learning curve" when using MapTool, and make it as easy as possible to prep sessions and roll dice.
We provide a macro framework for the PFRPG that reduces the most common rolls (attacks, saves, skills) to a single, graphical button click. We synchronize character data from Google Drive, or Herolab, and turn your sheets into tokens that are ready-to-use with the framework.
NPCs can be dragged right into the VTT, and immediately work with all macros in the framework. If you want to throw together a fight with a fachen on a forest encounter map, it's as simple as two drag-drops.
Our adventures are set in our original campaign setting, The Mirror Realms of the Tempest. We're building the entire campaign setting and series of adventure modules from the ground up to be run online, in our VTT. All of our adventures come with a full compliment of VTT assets, but also an online, digital, dynamic "module map" filled with all the content you'd expect in a traditional adventure book or PDF. We're working with artists experienced with VTTs to deliver adventures with gorgeous maps and token art.
We have two out already, and they're COMPLETELY FREE:
We're actively running public sessions of Captured by Adventure, and looking for more groups/players! Let us know if you're interested in playing a game with us! It's an easy way to hop in and learn the how the system works.
Finally, we stream all our sessions on Twitch, and archive them on our YouTube channel. If you're curious, take a look at any of our videos!
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Shipwrecked off the coast of Kithera, a band of strangers find themselves captured by the orcs of the Dankwood Jungle. When a mysterious ranger attempts to set them free, the PCs must learn to work together to escape the orcs and survive the jungle wilds in their first exciting adventure. Can they unite as a team and learn the skills necessary to overcome the wild creatures, swamp-filled forest, and a dangerous, abandoned mine in time to escape their orcish captors?
Captured by Adventure is a free an introductory adventure module for 1st level PFRPG characters that is designed to introduce both new and experienced GMs and players to the digital tools of SyncRPG. It is the first module set in the Mirror Realms of the Tempest Campaign Setting and serves as the perfect way to start a new campaign in the campaign setting designed specifically for online play and SyncRPG's tools. Players can expect to reach 4th level but only if they escape the Dankwood jungle and defeat their orcish pursuers!
This is a adventure spanning four levels, and in our playtests it took an average of six three-hour sessions to play through. I'm advertising this in several places, and am really hoping to find groups of people who already know and have played with each other and can commit to finishing the module, but I'm also willing to throw together a few games with solo players with if there's enough interest in a timeslot that I can manage.
If you have a group of 3-5 people that would like to play together, let me know what day and time works best for you on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I'll do my best to accommodate you and your group!
If you're a solo player but want to get in on a session, I'm trying out a tool called Doodle to figure out what time slots work best for people. Simply add your SyncRPG user name and check all the time slots* you would want to play in. If 3-5 people cluster around any of them, we can make a game happen. If you're bringing an entire group, you can skip this part and just let me know when you would like to play.
* Doodle is for specific dates (ie, 2/7), but it should be understood that this is for a regular, ongoing weekly session at that day of the week and time. All times are in PST (GMT -8). We'd likely be starting in the second or third week of February.
We're excited to be running these public games, and we'd love to have you and/or your group join us! Let us know if you have any questions about anything!
Character Creation Guidelines
- 1st level, with a 15 point buy.
- Characters start with no armor, weapons, gear, loot, items, coins, or wealth of any kind.
- Characters may choose two traits, using the standard rules.
- Use this Google Drive character sheet as described in this video, or by using HeroLab.
- All Paizo-published material is allowed.
- 3PP material needs to be cleared with Joe.
Other Notes / Info
- Users must be proficient with Google+ Hangouts. Voice is required, video is optional. Headphones are appreciated to cut down on feedback.
- As noted above, all sessions are streamed on Twitch and archived on YouTube. By signing up for or playing in a session you agree to be recorded.
