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The last few years have been strange for all of you, stranger than everyday life in your homelands already is anyways. The divine spark awakening within each of you has gifted you with power beyond your previous imagination. Since that awakening you have all started testing the limits of your powers. You worked together to destroy a parasite god that threatened the homes you were fighting to protect. You established several small refuges of peace in decimated countries. You fought back against the monsters who sought to take the only things you ever cared about away. And you always pushed forward to try to better understand your role in the world now that you have these gifts.

Some of you know each other better than others. Several of you have worked together extensively for the past several months to try and better the situations for your respective people. All of you hail from across the globe and your goals do not always align but within each of your companions you have seen that same power that is slowly growing within you. And you see that though you may not always agree with their methods, your fellows seek to make the world better in some way.

Because of its centralized location to all of your homes the five of you have made your way to the Oasis States, Bilaal’s home nation. There is not a great deal of love between the once raider and his home nation. Life in the Oasis States is hard for those not specifically bred into roles of influence. Bilaal has fought to survive for years and longs to conquer the Oasis States and implement a system that is better. You may not all be convinced that his idea of better is necessarily better for all, but looking at the Oasis States as they are now it's hard to imagine something much worse. If the Oasis States were united under a leader you all knew though the benefits seem obvious. Sun Li Tao is looking to dethrone the Emperor of his home as well and both Sun Li Tao and Bilaal have set eyes upon the Raktine Confederacy. Fidelity’s fight for people’s freedoms wherever she is fills her with disgust when looking upon how easily the people of the Oasis States trade in flesh. Bereket’s homeland of Ancalia has so many issues that even simply putting a stop to the raiders coming out of the Oasis States to kidnap survivors along the borders would be a huge boon. And Evelyn is as eager to protect her new allies as she is to plumb the depths of the many ancient pyramid cities that are rumored to be full of countless treasures.

You are all currently in the small town of Horam, barely more than a village build up around an Oasis in the sands between the pyramid city of Qanat and the Zeraf River. Bilaal’s knowledge of the raiding parties in the area seemed to indicate that this village was currently one of the safer places to meet up and was relatively close to the ruins of Amon, a small pyramid city said to have been overrun by all manner of foul creatures years ago. The mood in the village is tense, after all only one of you looks remotely like a local, and strange people dont often mean good things for the people of the Oasis States. Even Bilaal though is receiving some odd reception, it seems as though there is an underlying tension in the town that has nothing to do with your arrival. So it is that you gather together near the well at the center of town, about to set out all together for the first time. But with so many different goals to accomplish, where do you plan to start?

A thread for all manner of OOC discussions. A lot of World Building is likely to be done in this thread. Although we are using the setting presented in the Godbound PDF, things might end up getting fairly heavily modified based on what the Players want to see out of their world. Its also a great place to ask any questions that are simply too long to tack onto Gameplay posts.

"Godbound is a game of divine heroes in a broken world, men and women who have seized the tools that have slipped from an absent God's hands. Bound by seeming chance to the Words of Creation, these new-forged titans face a world ravaged by the mad ambitions of men and the cruel legacy of human folly. Their foes are many: the jealous parasite gods that suck at the wounds of the world, the furious Angelic Host that once held Heaven against the armies of men, and the endless legions of sorcerers, god-monsters, mortal tyrants, and eldritch relics that scourge the shattered realms. The Godbound stand against these horrors, determined to forge a better world from the fragments of the old. Still, not all these newborn divinities have a hero's soul, and some nurture red dreams of glory and unfettered rule. Will you be a merciful god to your people, or will you make them dread your holy name?"

So I posted the Interest Check a few days ago and it got a little bit of interest, enough for me to feel it was valid to post the official recruitment. At the bottom of the post is a set of links, to the original Interest Check, the free PDF you'd need to run the system and some Google Docs that help keep track of characters.

What am I joining? That is a little up in the air, if you're signing up for this campaign then you're agreeing to take a very active part in building a story with the other players and myself. Godbound is incredibly PC driven. When you wield the powers of a deity at level one, its hard to stop you from doing essentially what you want. So making goals and pursuing them is a huge part of what this game will become. It will essentially span a massive section of the world in all likelihood. This wont be like Pathfinder where the entirety of the adventure takes place within a single discrete country, you'll likely all be from very different backgrounds with different goals.

Im interested! What do I do now? So basically I need you to familiarize yourself with the system via the links and submit to me a character. Building your character is super important, your character is going to be a huge part of what this entire world revolves around so I would love to see some characters that really feel alive. I don't need a 10 page backstory but I would like a bit of info about why they are the deity they are. The Words are suppose to be extensions of who they are as a person, not just a set of cool powers, tell me why those words work for you. And pay special attention to the Facts! Facts are going to see a ton of use in this campaign. A Fact is a core part of your character and will be drawn on in a variety of situations. Filling out a full character sheet is absolutely the least important part of being accepted. Below Ill give a good idea of what I want from you under the Spoiler: Application. I think I will leave this Recruitment up until 6/30/18 unless I see people making a lot of applications through that time. If I feel applications have slowed I reserve the right to simply cut it off as well. Please, if you have any questions, ideas or concerns post them here or PM me! Im happy to talk about this because its a project I've been thinking about for quite some time.

Important Links: Interest Check, Free Godbound PDF & Free Aids.

The System: Godbound by Sine Nomine Publishing.

"Godbound is a game of divine heroes in a broken world, men and women who have seized the tools that have slipped from an absent God's hands. Bound by seeming chance to the Words of Creation, these new-forged titans face a world ravaged by the mad ambitions of men and the cruel legacy of human folly. Their foes are many: the jealous parasite gods that suck at the wounds of the world, the furious Angelic Host that once held Heaven against the armies of men, and the endless legions of sorcerers, god-monsters, mortal tyrants, and eldritch relicts that scourge the shattered realms. The Godbound stand against these horrors, determined to forge a better world from the fragments of the old. Still, not all these newborn divinities have a hero's soul, and some nurture red dreams of glory and unfettered rule. Will you be a merciful god to your people, or will you make them dread your holy name?"

Why Godbound? A few years ago I had a game that operated on the basis of the characters gaining fragments of divinity and ascending to goodhood themselves. It was sloppy and chaotic and amazingly fun. Unfortunately it also fell apart when the players moved away from one another. I've wanted to play Godbound for a long time but its not an especially common system. As I saw some recruitment for Powered by the Apocalypse games popping up I figured that these boards see enough people who might be interested in a different system than just Pathfinder, wonderful though Pathfinder is.

What should I expect out of this game? Expect to be a collaborative participant in building, shaping and guiding the development of a fantasy world. We will be using the setting established in Godbound but I'm happy to open things up and developing things alongside you guys to make a world that feels interesting to everyone. Godbound is very player driven. The players have a tremendous amount of power, if they want to just murder someone they generally can. There are horrors and unique threats that can stand up to them, even destroy these fledgling gods, but normal humans are pretty insignificant to them. That kind of creative freedom in simply, "What do I do now?" might leave people feeling a little lost at times. You have to be willing to take charge and push forward your own ideas and interests. Be ready to play a character, of course we'll get into fighting and rolls and all that good stuff. But at the end of the day I want to see how the person you create, a being granted divine power, reacts to the world around them and changes it with that power.

I'd love to play! What do you need from me? Great question! I need you to download that free link at the top of the post and start looking over it. In particular I'd look into Character Creation [pg 7], Words [pg 29] and Guide to the Realm [pg 95]. That link has everything you'll need to play the game. I personally have the Deluxe Edition as well as the Lexicon of the Throne, both of which add words and a few small concepts but you can play just fine with the free information. Anyone who wants to play can start talking character ideas here although this is not the recruitment. Ill only do a full recruitment if I drum up enough interest here. Id love to play but I want people who seem interested enough to stick with it for a while. But if you are interested please let me know! Toss out ideas for characters, situations, Gods, possible new Words. If you dont really know something please ask! A lot of the setting is going to get changed and built up by the players themselves whenever they're selected but we can at least go over some basics of the setting.

Additional Resources: Godbound Reddit & Free Play Aids