Rooke's Tarot Adventures
A custom play by post adventure for one player, where tarot cards shape the world and the story. Includes a daily card pull for you.
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$15.00
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Play by Post (Asynchronous)
Billed Weekly / Monday - 5:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 1 hour
0 / 1 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
In this play by post game, we'll let the tarot cards choose the scenes, the joys, the challenges, the people you meet, and what happens in the world. It's a duet game, with you as the only player and me as the GM. You can choose the theme and tone of your game, or let the deck decide. We can play using a new oracle RPG system with a lightweight ruleset designed to work well with a tarot-run game. Or we can play with a ruleset you know - D&D 5e 2014 or 2024, D&D 1e, The One Ring, or perhaps others - and adapt it to be guided by the cards. See my GM profile for more details about how we can play. Included in the game cost is a daily tarot card pull and interpretation to inspire, affirm, and entertain you in real life. This is optional, and you don't have to tell me anything about your real life to enjoy it. You'll be billed weekly for the game. Because this is a new game format, I'm offering an apprentice-tier rate for your help in working out any hitches. I won't raise the price that you signed up at - you can carry on playing as long as you want at your original price.
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Play By Post
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Meet the Game Master
Less than a year on StartPlaying
About me
I have played and run RPGs in person and online for the last seven years. My primary format is play by post, where I can take my time to craft posts and narratives, and I can play every day around my other commitments. I'm offering a custom play by post game using a new oracle RPG system, where the tarot cards choose the scenes, the joys, the challenges, the people you meet, and what happens in the world. It's a duet game, with you as the only player and me as the GM. We can play on Discord, Stoat, Signal, by email, or another method by request.
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Creating your character
We can create your character quickly when you start, by using the oracle RPG system's lightweight ruleset to create a character using thirteen words or phrases. (The deck can help you with this too if you want.) If we're using an existing system, you can make or bring a character at any level. You can also easily translate an existing character into the oracle RPG system.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
For this early offering my preferred platform is Stoat, which is free to download from stoat.chat and works like Discord. Let me know if you would prefer another platform, such as Signal messaging or secure email. You can roll physical dice if you want. The oracle RPG system uses a d6. For the cards, you can choose your deck from classic Rider Waite, the Curse of Strahd tarokka, the Deck of Many Things, and the Druidcraft tarot. You can pick different decks for the game and the daily card pulls. If you have a deck at home that you would like to adventure with, you can pull the cards for the adventure and send me pictures of them.
What Rooke brings to the table
Roleplay is what I do best, and I can create high-quality scenes, environments, and characters in text. I can write in English at your preferred level of description and length. You can choose the theme and tone of the game, and a setting that we both know. 5e canon module material and other prewritten material can be adapted for the tarot-run system. You can adventure with D&D or other existing fantasy NPCs (gender-shifted and modified if you want), or build your own companions, or see who the deck brings to join you. In our play by post adventure, I will give you at least one GM reply every day, including weekends. If you are too busy to post for one or more days, that's no problem, I'll wait till you can. The daily tarot card pull is optional, and you can stop, start, pause, or restart it at any time. Disclaimer: The daily tarot card pulls and interpretations are for entertainment only. Tarot can help people feel seen, affirmed, and inspired to grow. You'll need to be 18+.
Homebrew rules
Whatever ruleset we choose, we can play in combat-focused, regular, combat-avoidant, or no-combat mode. You can cap the challenge level if you want a gentle game, and you can include or exclude NPC romance content. I never fudge the dice or cheat with cards. Everything that will happen in your adventure is authentic and human.
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How Rooke creates a safe table
This game is LGBTQIA+ friendly. You can let me know if there's any themes or content you want to avoid in the game, and what you want to do or not do around conflict and NPC romance. We can rewind anything that happens that you're not comfortable with, or change direction if the game is heading somewhere you don't want to go.
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