A tale as old as time (or at least the PbP boards), a fairly new poster came in with a great idea for a campaign, drummed up a lot of interest, had a Recruitment, picked the players...then disappeared before more than the preliminaries could get done.
Nobody is quite sure what his vision was meant to be, but the basic concept follows:
This is the Way of the Wicked adventure path from Fire Mountain Games, but with a bit of a spin on the plot. Presumably, much of the plot would be the same, from escaping from Branderscar, to doing all that bad stuff at the Horn of Abaddon (likely renamed and refavored for this purpose, and maybe with different goals, but similar), and so on from there.
However, instead of being inmates of Branderscar Prison, all of the player characters are patients at the Branderscar Sanitarium, lovingly watched over by the Mitran priests who hope to heal their minds.
In other words, everyone is stark raving bonkers.
Al of the characters are Gestalt, and have a unique "Madness Trait" that gives them heightened powers and drawbacks. My character is better at dealing electricity damage, but also takes an equal amount extra when someone uses it against him, for example.
The characters:
-Odrick Payne (my character), an electromaniac obsessed with bringing the joy of electricity to all of his friends (meaning victims). Gestalt Kineticist (Electricity, Elemental Annihilator archetype)/Medium whose seances call upon the spirits of his victims.
-Sarhashil, a cannibalistic Nagaji Brawler/Barbarian.
-Itches, a Ratfolk Wiard/Alchemist with an obsession with knowledge. A true obsession, to the point that it drives him mad if something is kept secret from him, and he's driven to seek out any piece of knowledge he can, dropping everything to do so.
-Lily Vorkink, a sadist nymphomaniac Sorceress/Wizard (Necromancer).
-Praetorix the highly delusional Cleric/Oracle "prophet of Groetus", and bringer of madness to others.
-Carcosa, the Tattered Shepherd. The oldest remaining inmate of Branderscar, and the man who speaks as if he himself IS Carcosa, where the King in Yellow resides.
We're looking for a good GM who can post often, and doesn't mind a little depravity. Everyone has an interest in keeping the bulk of the "gory details" to a minimum, though lewdness and distasteful acts are to be expected from a party consisting of sadists, delusionals, serial killers, and cannibals.
Gameplay Thread. if you want to read how things started off, and maybe get a feel for it.
It's a 6 man Gestalt party, so high power is to be expected, though Way of the Wicked already needs a lot of re-writing to be challenging in the first place.
No takers? C'mooooon. You know you want to run a game where a bunch of lunatics destroy Talingarde.
We have cookies. Probably. I'm sure at least some of us do.
Hm.
You're making me sad, here.
I thought for sure someone would want to enjoy this insane, yet undeniably awesome, fun!
I am disappointed.
Hmmmm... It does seem a shame to let these characters go to waste but I very much do not enjoy running pre-fabs.
I would consider running these characters in a game short game of my own creation. I would have to look over everything more closely and write up a campaign but If you're interested in playing these characters in a different (perhaps similar) game let me know.
If I were to run this I would probably have it be higher level. After all what's the point of being a loony if you can't rip people in twain.
Oooh! We have a taker.
I, for one, would be okay with playing a custom campaign, as long as the idea is (mostly) similar.
Mentally insane, take down those goody two-shoes types.
Higher level is fine as well.
Also, the GM had a few adjustments for my character, I'll have to PM you about it if you decide you want to take us on!
Hmmmm... It does seem a shame to let these characters go to waste but I very much do not enjoy running pre-fabs.
I would consider running these characters in a game short game of my own creation. I would have to look over everything more closely and write up a campaign but If you're interested in playing these characters in a different (perhaps similar) game let me know.
If I were to run this I would probably have it be higher level. After all what's the point of being a loony if you can't rip people in twain.
This sounds good to me (I already ran through about 80% of Way of the Wicked, so it was just the concept of insane characters that grabbed me), though I'm unsure how the others would feel.
I was looking forward to playing Odrick throughout a long campaign though (Way of the Wicked starts at 1st and goes to 20th), since his backstory DOES kind of rely on the police being able to catch him.
But anything would be good. Just don't throw Koran at us and expect us to win. =p
Sounds good to me!
I was looking forward to playing Odrick throughout a long campaign though (Way of the Wicked starts at 1st and goes to 20th), since his backstory DOES kind of rely on the police being able to catch him.
First of all nice name.
Secondly I think the way I'll do it is run a short(ish) adventure (3-4 levels) with an open end and then we'll see if everyone (including me) wants to continue.
I was looking forward to playing Odrick throughout a long campaign though (Way of the Wicked starts at 1st and goes to 20th), since his backstory DOES kind of rely on the police being able to catch him.First of all nice name.
I don't get it? What's that from?
Edit: Is that what Podrick looks like now?
Secondly I think the way I'll do it is run a short(ish) adventure (3-4 levels) with an open end and then we'll see if everyone (including me) wants to continue.
That sounds fun, yeah.
I don't get it? What's that from?
Edit: Is that what Podrick looks like now?
Yup
What level would we be starting at?
hmmmmm... do you all have a preference? Also I would like to be clear I probably won't start this game up for a little while.
Actually, no, not specifically.
Maybe around 10-11?
10-11 sounds decent for a high level campaign.
Is there an ETA on when it would start?
One of the advantages of running the AP would be it could get up and running fast enough for the rest of the party not to lose interest and drift away.
10th it is.
Id say I will start within the next week or two. If you want I could open up a thread for you guys to roleplay in while I get ready.
Oh, geeze.
Guess I better find time to level him, then.
Also, I'd be okay with getting a role play thread open, but not sure what we'd do.
We wouldn't still be in the Sanitarium, would we?
You'll still be starting in a sanitarium or the like (maybe prison).
I'd much prefer sanitarium, if that's an option.
We are certifiably crazy, after all.
I would be quite happy to still play this character. I was quite thrilled with getting to make him into existence. ^^Thank you so much for offering to pick this up.
Wow, I really didn't think this game was going to get off the ground. Thanks GM Billy!