Disciples of Bone and Shadow | PbP Hexcrawl
Uzrun, a tidally locked planet where only the brave or foolish can survive in the shadow of the perennial Fortresses, breeds corruption and madness.
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Weekly / Tuesday - 1:30 AM UTC
Session Duration / 1–2 hours
Campaign Length / 5–15 Sessions
0 / 2 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
This land is a place where horrors abound, stalking you down every path, even those in your mind. For those fearless (or stupid) enough, this is an opportunity, a path to power. Occasionally one such person may find a relic of the past, and use it to carve their name in red. They fight their way through forgotten ruins and hidden caves, finding tomes of power filled with secrets which slowly rot their minds. The majority of these will become wild mindless beasts. This is a place of death, fear and suffering. The world is full of opportunities: ancient temples with forgotten treasures to be ransacked, hidden hideouts full of bandit loot, and perhaps if one was desperate enough to face the horrors inside, even the mighty fortresses of the Tyrants have their rewards. Certain death awaits you, as it awaits all... but isn't the alternative worse? A short life full of uncertainty is the only guarantee in the Fractured Dominion.
Game style
Play By Post
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Dungeon Crawl
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(1)
1 year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Knows the Rules
About me
Hi. Glad you're here. My name is Jesse Scott and in grade school my nickname was Messy Snot. I never minded because I thought it was funny too. I don't think it is anymore, so please just call me Jesse. Oh, and my pronouns are He/Him. I am a Gen X-er who was raised on 2e during the Satanic Panic, though I took a long time off of TTRPGs until maybe 2014 or so when I picked it up again, and was reminded of how much I love it. I have been a Professional GM and GMing at Cons for ~ two years, and have since run games for kids and adults, friends and strangers, and I do my best to provide a safe and democratic space at the table for everyone. Fun fact: I am also in the midst of publishing my first adventure module on DriveThruRPG and Itch... I'm really excited to make more!
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Creating your character
Character creation in Disciples of Bone and Shadow is quick with minimal rules. It is a classless system with some opportunity to specialize into various archetypes. But rest assured! A special creation session can happen during Session Zero... or at least we will collectively review the character if you are burning to make one before that happens!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Discord will be the primary vessel in which we role play and share information about your character(s) and the world. I will invite you to my server upon accepting you into the game, and will create a number of bespoke channels to facilitate / organize campaign information there. We can optionally do periodic voice/video chats there to check-in with each other, so access to a microphone and camera are preferred but not strictly necessary. Additionally, we can determine if we want/need to supplement Discord with a shared folder on a cloud storage service (Google Drive, One Drive, etc.) as needed.
What Jesse Scott brings to the table
As this is a Play-By-Post game, I will lean into a detailed and moody description of the in-game world - both the macro environment and the micro terrain as you explore the ruined wastes of Urzun. The world you encounter will be randomly generated according to the various tables afforded by the system, and I will shepherd you along in your investigations of the ruined fortresses, forgotten temples, and dark cave systems that you explore and loot.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Pen & Paper
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Safety
How Jesse Scott creates a safe table
We will discuss Lines and Veils during Session Zero. Breaks are built in based off of the asynchronous nature of the PBP game. There will be a dedicated space inside of the Discord for Stars and Wishes. X/N/O can be expressed in text form inside of the Discord server at any time.
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