High Noon at the Great Divide - A Southwestern Fantasy Adventure
🌵 In the city of Willow a fragile peace hangs by a thread. Once united, the factions now quarrel as the Storm-Queen plots her revenge...🌵
$15.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Saturday - 2:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
Campaign Length / 5+ Sessions
1 / 4 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Welcome to the Great Divide, a land carved by red stone, deep canyons and high plateaus. 🏜️ In the city of Willow, a fragile peace hangs by a thread... The Star Union continues to bind elementals and forge with otherworldly cosmic powers upsetting the natural balance. 🔮 The Alchemist Guild churns out gnome powder and firearms for profit with little regard to who acquires their weapons. 🧨 The High Rock Drifters struggle to keep the balance between nature and civilization intact as the old treaties fail. 🦅 Far south, across the divide, the "Storm-Queen" Civalliy builds her armies waiting for her chance to strike and take revenge against the divided city that slew her father. 🐲 This city is a powder keg ready to blow and its up to the players to light the match or snuff it! 💣 - 4 player maximum to assure everyone gets their time in the spotlight. - Episodic sessions designed to wrap up in 3 hours. - Side with one of the factions to give them an advantage... - Or forge your own path! - Downtime between games for crafting, work or other endeavors. 🛠️ - Beginners are welcome! - 🏳️🌈 LGTBQ+ Friendly 🏳️⚧️ - Weekly newspaper, "The Spider", presents the players with various adventure hooks to choose between. 🗞️ Example Below. THE FEATHERED PHANTOM EATS AGAIN! By Sally Hare Lock up your livestock and hide your husbands! The farmers are in a panic! Farmer McGregor claims his prize-winning sheep was carried off in the night by a "Giant Chicken." Yes, you read that right, Sugar. A chicken the size of a horse! Now, Sheriff Lucinda—bless her stern heart—says it’s just a pack of wild dogs, but dogs don't leave three-toed footprints! Is it a curse from a hedge wizard? A failed experiment from the Star Union? Or something crawling up from the Great Divide to turn us all into dinner? The Sheriff is quietly looking for "Special Deputies" to handle this poultrygeist. If you’re good at plucking feathers, this might be the job for you. Just don't get your egg scrambled!
Game style
Realm Building
Sandbox / Open World
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Meet the Game Master
4.8
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Storytelling
About me
Hi! I'm Ace, the Game Master with a Masters Degree in Leadership Studies, TESL and Online Course Design. Did I choose that major to become a leader and climb the corporate ladder? Hell no! I started down that path to better my communication skills and become the best game master I could possibly be! Was it worth it? Probably not! Most people don't go into thousands of dollars of debt just to run better games but for some wild reason that is where I end up. My final project was the creation of a "Learning TTRPG Course" that focused on teaching communication skills and the English language through task-based role-playing activities. Anyways, all of this is to say that I have spent a lot of time learning communication skills through the lens of a Game Master and applying those skills in games. I have several years of experience running games both privately for friends and publicly as a coordinator for my college's TTRPG club. If you choose me to be your GM I promise to bring this knowledge to the table to create the best experience I possibly can! You also might help me put a dent in those student loans... Check out my blog, I write about how to apply communication skills to improve your ttrpg experience. https://ttrpgteamwork.substack.com/
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Creating your character
Standard character creation with the free archetype rule starting at level two. You may choose to start aligned with a faction or enter the city as an outsider. Characters will be created before the first session in a Discord group chat to make sure they share general goals and will mesh well. All Pathfinder 2e material may be used but might require some flavor modification to fix the setting. The "Guns & Gears" book will fit the setting best but don't feel like you have to use it.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will need a Discord for messaging and voice chat during the game. Foundry VTT works through your regular internet browser.
What Ace brings to the table
I enjoy lots of different aspects of TTRPGs so its best for you to let me know what you like. I'm open to intense tactical combat, political intrigue, realm building and dungeon crawls.
Homebrew rules
I have years of experience with Pathfinder 1e but I am fairly new to running Pathfinder 2e. I plan on sticking to the rules as written but I am open to discussion of homebrew rules if we start to feel they would help.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Ace creates a safe table
I think most people participate in TTRPG's for fun so I avoid heavy topics. I don't include racism or sexism in my settings because some people have to deal with that in real life so I doubt they want to roleplay it. If there are other subjects you would like to avoid we will address them in chat before the game using a lines and veils document. X, N, and O Cards will be used during play through the chat or camera.
Content warnings
Safety tools used