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PTU: The Social Ecology of Kanto/ LGBTQ+ & Newbie Friendly
Kanto needs heroes to stand up against fascism and the society that produces it, winning the world for all people and Pokemon
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About the adventure
You can find a video where I briefly discuss the system and the campaign here: https://youtu.be/-JUG_AZumUg This game will use the familiar setting of Kanto for a new, character focused campaign. It will use the concept of social ecology, or the relationship between society and nature, to explore the mysteries of Kanto. It will be an adventure filled with mystery and camraderie; battles and victory. Players will travel across Kanto to collect the 8 badges while fighting the exploitative Team Rocket and the xenophobic Team Sovereignty. We will have a balance between roleplay and combat. Many subplots and characters for this game have been inspired by postwar Japanese cinema, particularly the films of Akira Kurosawa and Satoshi Kon. I have also likewise taken inspiration for some of the villains from the contemporary Japanese far-right ecology and imperial restoration movements. I have run this adventure before and I have polished it to a nice shine. However, I always strive to adapt this campaign to new characters, so you can expect that this campaign will be tailored to the characters in it.
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$30.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Friday – 10:00 PM UTC
Campaign Length / 80–100 Sessions
3–3.5 Hour Duration
4 / 5 Seats Filled
GAME MASTER
Jordan
he/him
5.0
(33)
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
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5.0
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2 years on StartPlaying
467 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 24+ hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I primarily run Pokemon Tabletop United and Pathfinder 2e, but I enjoy a wide variety of systems. I have run many game systems in the past, but have settled on these as my primary systems. For those interested, I have run multiple long campaigns of Dark Heresy, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Vampire: the Masquerade, and Dungeons and Dragons 3.5. I have a deep passion for Wraith: the Oblivion, and a great interest in running a game set during the Great War. I am interested in running a Shadows of Esteren game, and would be interested in being commissioned for a game too. For my day job, I am an English professor. I have a master's degree in Medieval Studies and have done research on the impact of roleplaying games on the cultural imaginary of the Middle Ages. While I prefer medievalist settings, I also love modern and science fiction settings! At the core of every roleplaying game is a human experience, and that translates across time and space. I accept commissioned games at 25 USD per player, and ask for a minimum 3 session commitment. Solo games can be commissioned at 75 USD per session. I am currently running 7 PTU: The Social Ecology of Kanto games and 1 D&D 5e Temple of Elemental Evil game. For information on these games, please see here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CuyfPhV5SBrABq56mr6PV8QJ8bGa86Dw7qgjbDE8Zpk/edit?usp=sharing For those interested, here's my Academia.edu page: https://ceu.academia.edu/JordanVoltz
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Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Inclusive
Creativity
Knows the Rules
Barbie
Played 103 sessions
Jordan is one of my favorite GM's i have ever had the privilege to play with. He is and has always (for the near year I've been sitting at his tables) been an absolute pleasure. He is a great listener and communicator, always eager and willing to discuss builds and story beats, always open to player creativity and creative problem solving. Of the different incarnations of his campaigns I have played, they have never felt drab or too similar, always with variety and an attention to detailed story that always leads to something new and exciting. Worth every penny, and truly an excellent connection to have found on the platform. Jordan is a credit to the profession of running games for money with the level of effort he puts in to the world building, storytelling, music and asset management, always crediting artists and promoting their work and being himself a humble king of a human. 12/10 guy, he rocks, would want him to run every system i play.
TJ
Played 91 sessions
Jordan is a rising star when it comes to running PTU games. He's committed to learning the game and bringing out the best parts of the system, while having interesting stories and goals to pursue for the players. He strives to make every player have the spotlight and his mediation skills are getting better with every game. He's one of my favourite GMs to play with, and his "Classic Kanto" games are a hit if you want to relive your childhood. Don't count out this underdog, he's got the juice
Tilted Cone
Played 85 sessions
Thank you it was a great fight. Brock didn't feel like a pushover, which I'm happy about. I'm just kicking myself that I somehow forgot to use yawn. I just wanted the Corsola off the field and that instinct to attack took over. If I just got one more strike in before Skarmory had to be called out I know I would have had it. It feels so much more like the anime now, so I have to thank you personally for that. It was a great nostalgia trip. Thanks again, Jordan. Can't wait for Chapter 2!
Azure
Played 59 sessions
Bringing something different such as knights and squires into the game was fun and interesting. Wasnt expecting it as the names with titles started being talked about
Valgius
New review
Played 57 sessions
Jordan has been a fantastic DM to play under. His creativity and worldbuilding has breathed new life into Pokémon’s Kanto region in our PTU game. He is patient and understanding with new players and receptive to feedback. I’ve never had an issue in one of Jordan’s games and will be happy to play in others in the future.
Philipp
Played 49 sessions
Jordan is great! I had no experience playing PTU but he expertly guided me through it (and continues to do so), he really really knows the rules but allows and encourages players to get creative and adapt things according to their own creative vision (within the rules). Also, I'm a very shy and introverted person, but my games with Jordan have quickly become a very comfortable space for me, in which my nervousness takes a break for a while. You can also tell how much time and effort he puts into every single little detail in his campaign, which continues to impress me every session, so all in all I can totally recommend Jordan! :)
Character creation
Creating your character
Characters will be created during Session 0 and I will walk you through character creation. If you join after Session 0, we will meet separately to create characters before the first session. At session 1, Trainers will begin at level 1 and they may have 1 starting Pokemon at level 5 from any generation of Pokemon; this Pokemon must have the Underdog Trait. If you join after the first session, your trainer and Pokemon will scale to the rest of the party. The game will use the PTU 1.05 core rulebook as its foundation, supplementing it with the changes made by the (PTR) team. Content from Game of Throhs will be used, and will eventually become accessible to player characters. All of these resources will be made available upon joining the game and we will navigate the complexity of these rules together; there's a lot to keep track of and we should support each other to get the best possible play experience. For a list of working house rules, see here; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jQ1gd_KDeZzT-rOAFMgAJNNoIVN4T3M9XqEBVZ01okE/edit?usp=sharing
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will require a microphone, discord, and an account on Forge in order to play. I will play with my camera on, but there is no obligation for other players to do the same. PTU is a complex system. I tell players that it is a system that is best learned through experience and I am to provide that learning experience.
What Jordan brings to the table
-The books that are mentioned above. -I use a variety of maps in my game and will provide credit for the maps and the art accordingly. -I use a focused soundtrack that is a medley of various tracks from the video games. -My best attempt at NPC voices
Homebrew rules
House Rules https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jQ1gd_KDeZzT-rOAFMgAJNNoIVN4T3M9XqEBVZ01okE/edit?usp=drivesdk Homebrew: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JfmnGHZ1mbs10u9v7yTiCIrb1ZTE-UJ8UrmBsV3bWAg/edit?usp=drivesdk
Equipment needed to play
Microphone
Computer
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Safety
How Jordan creates a safe table
For information on my use of safety tools and the guidelines and policies that I will use to run my games, see here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OcZLUMed-FEEBMrhAMItll349NcI3mPFLiHNTGCRD08/edit?usp=sharing This game can either be played with characters as young adults or as children. If we are playing children in this game, and I expect a certain degree of maturity from my players in this regard. Not all of the content in this game is G-rated, and the game deals with themes that are quite heavy and serious. Please ensure that you read the content warnings for this game. I think that playing as children provides us with a unique opportunity to tackle these themes and content in a different, but not necessarily simpler, manner. Playing as children allows us to ask questions about the type of world that we live in, and to formulate critiques and perspectives about it that may be rooted in naivete, innocence, and care. And for the sake of clarity: character romance is perfectly acceptable in this game; sexual content is not.
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Additional tables
3 available
Weekly / Sunday – 5:30 PM UTC
Aug 3 / Session 14
3 / 5 Seats Filled
Weekly / Sunday – 10:00 PM UTC
Aug 3 / Session 49
3 / 5 Seats Filled
Weekly / Tuesday – 4:30 PM UTC
Aug 5 / Session 19
4 / 5 Seats Filled