Daily despair! Buffy meets Blackadder in BLACK POWDER & BAROVIA
Refugees, hangers-on, and deserters of a routed army enter a drifting bank of gunsmoke and stumble into Strahd's Domain of Dread... Daily play-by-post
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Custom / Sunday - 11:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 1 hour
Campaign Length / Up to 26 Sessions
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About the adventure
Refugees, hangers-on, and deserters of a routed army enter a drifting bank of gunsmoke but when the mists clear the road ahead is new and ill-favoured... "Curse of Strahd" is widely considered one of the best modern TRPG modules, and this campaign will reveal Ravenloft's secrets in a whole new light. What is it to a vampire that you've no divine magic and you're a grenadier and not a paladin? Black Powder and Brimstone is an action-packed, rules-light OSR game of swashbuckling adventure and gothic folk horror, stirred in an unholy blend, based on the award-winning Mörk Borg. It offers fast and punchy D20 gameplay, action and atmosphere in two pox-ridden fists. Play-by-post is great for the genre, as it provides the perfect space for overwrought gothic prose. We'll post once or twice every 24h, with messages around the length of this description. And there's no need to be self-conscious about your writing! I spent ten years as a secondary school English teacher in inner London and I won't bring any snobbishness to spelling or grammar errors.
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Play By Post
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Theater of the Mind
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Meet the Game Master
4 years on StartPlaying
4 games hosted
About me
Hello friends and enemies── As no doubt you've seen, I'm Sean F. Smith. I'm an editor and a games designer, and today I'll be your games master. I got into TRPGs when I was in primary school ── my best friend Edd Watling brought in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and we would read it around the picnic tables at break. Invariably we'd die to the vampire; since then I've learned that if you even meet the vampire, you've gone the wrong way... I've been in more formal TRPGs since 2000 and I've a wide range of experience in hundreds of systems. I'm a particular fan of horror games, noir, and the OSR, and have run those genres for the public at conventions internationally. I was employed as one of the house GMs at an immersive games café in London, running the home campaign, standalone games, and covering private hires. If I own it, I will run it for you!
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Creating your character
We'll make characters when you join the campaign using content from the core book. The process takes around five minutes. If you want an insight into how the game's creator designed the classes, do read this: https://bentobitt.substack.com/p/choose-your-character
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You won't need to prepare anything for starting the game itself. In terms of technology, you'll need a Discord account ── we'll be playing the game through that site, since its browser, tablet and mobile integration are consistently effective. I've simple bot integration that doesn't require complex technical skill on the part of players.
What Sean F. Smith / he, him brings to the table
I run very close to Rules as Writen, but any game as light as this has a significant amount of in-the-moment rulings to be expected. You won't need to have taken a feat to fight on stairs. I am primarily a horror GM, so I tend to describe violence in a direct and graphic way, leaning more towards cinematic moments and visceral motifs than tactical positioning. For an example of how I run games, here's a write-up from a live-text game played in the rules-light FKR style: https://sean-f-smith.medium.com/swarm-before-the-lone-steeple-c53b757e6d3c
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How Sean F. Smith / he, him creates a safe table
The game world itself is cruel, but we're not playing a sadistic game. We'll keep an accurate list of players' Lines and Veils: I'll share it directly with you for any necessary personal discussions. All of the content notices below can be taken from our game if needed (except the vampire part).
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