Outlaws in the Northern Kingdom

Creating your character

This campaign has you take up a holy quest to absolve you of your sins. This doesn’t mean you have to be absolved throughout the game, but it does mean you are something of an anti-hero trying to make amends. The Mythic North is based on Northern Scotland circa 1200CE and references Romans, and Judeo-Christian conceptions of right and wrong, truth and lies, etc. Within this game, there is no question that God exists. Everyone pretty much agrees that God is real, but whether they follow God’s teachings is up to them—up to you. In this campaign, your character will grapple with what they have done in the past and how they might either atone for their sins or forsake themselves and God all together. On the suggestion of the GMs Guide, all player characters are human. There are no elves or dwarves or other fantasy races in this campaign. Furthermore, on the guidance of the GMs guide, there are the following class options for this campaign: Players Guide Classes: Rogue Sorcerer Warrior GMs Guide Classes: Barbarian Monk Ranger It is possible through gameplay that the campaign takes on other tones and new classes are introduced if/when player characters are killed (which happens often). If you have any questions you can of course ask me when it comes to character creation. That’s all and I look forward to playing with you!

Preparing for the session

You will need a Discord account. Once you sign up on SPG, I'll shoot you a message with next steps. Response Clock: Players post at least once every 24 hours.

What Nors (Freegames) brings to the table

I have all the materials to play, character rules, game master book, and the campaign. I post 3-4 updates each day in which I summarize Player entries and expand upon the consequences of their actions, always moving the narrative forward.

Homebrew rules

We will be using PbP methods from the book, "Keep The Story Moving," a resource for running awesome PbP games. The methods included in this book that will be adopted are: Abstracting Combat Player-Driven Pacing Front-Loaded Action/Resolutions Auto-Pilot Rule BRB Rule Read Before Your Write Organization Lines and Veils All of these can be read about in Keep the Story Moving, free, here: https://zeruhur.itch.io/keep-the-story-moving and also in the Game Constitution and Agreements thread of the GamersPlane forum for this adventure, accessible once you join.

How Nors (Freegames) creates a safe table

I use a lines and veils document that players can add to anonymously.