Quest for the 7 Relics | A Mörk Borg Meat Grinder

Quest for the 7 Relics | A Mörk Borg Meat Grinder

7 prophecies doom Tveland. Serve the Dark Priestess, seek the sacred relics, and crawl your way through the wasteland to save a dying world.

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

1–20

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

18+
1 NEEDED TO START
$20.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Thursday - 6:00 PM UTC

Session Duration / 3–4 hours

Campaign Length / 75–120 Sessions

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About the adventure

The world is dying. The age of the Seven Prophecies has come. When the seventh prophecy is done, darkness, rot, and fire shall consume all that remains. Tveland lies in a state of shadow, choked by the thick forests of Sarkash, and Galgenbeck stands as the last true pocket of civilization. The Arch-Priestess Josilfa Migol calls for walkers and dark heroes for a final task aimed at the grim hope of saving the dying realm. Verhu has predicted the inexorable annihilation of Tveland. But with this doom comes another vision, a counterbalance: a prophecy of seven magic relics from a past world, forged in secret away from the peering, all-seeing eyes of the four basilisk heads. Hope. A grim, unlikely hope, but still hope. As a walker, you will be tasked with deciphering, decoding, and following a cryptic map and instructions that will lead you on a quest to collect seven sacred relics. There is a slim chance that these ancient treasures will save the world. This mission will probably end in gruesome death for all those who participate, but if the destruction of everything is already guaranteed, what have you to lose? This quest will doubtlessly lead to pain, suffering, agony, and most likely a brutal end. This land is cruel, merciless, and unforgiving. It is highly likely that this story will become a meat grinder. Not only must you beat the Seven Prophecies to the seven holy relics before the final doom comes to pass, the seventh of which will destroy the world, but you must also find a way to stay alive long enough to deploy the relics in a probably vain and futile attempt to end the great annihilation of Tveland. There is magic in the world, but it is extremely rare. Every time you have a character die, you’ll need to create a new one from scratch, with access only to the tools and treasure that could be scavenged from your previous character’s dead body. Food will be scarce. Water will be even rarer. Enemies, monsters, and ruin will lurk around every corner. There is a high likelihood that this campaign will require you all to create several characters as you march your walkers into the meat grinder of this desolate wasteland. And even if you manage to succeed, which is definitely unlikely, there is a very good chance that the quest will fail, and you will witness the end of the world anyway. But in the midst of this bleak reality, there is the possibility for heroes to be born, tales to be forged, and battles to be won. And maybe, in the slimmest chance possible, there is the possibility for victory. Will you take up your sword, don your blackened armor, and march into the wasteland as a walker for the Dark Priestess, the dying world’s final desperate chance? This is going to be a rules light, deadly combat, survival meatgrinder. It doesn't matter if you've never played Mork Borg before, the rules are incredibly simple.

Game style

Dungeon Crawl

Hexcrawl / Exploration

Puzzle / Mystery Focused

Roleplay Heavy

Game themes

Meet the Game Master
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Highly rated for: Storytelling, World Builder, Creativity

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About me

Greetings! I'm a seasoned D&D gamemaster with over 20 years of experience running games. I started in my teenage years running Classic Marvel. Then I ran homebrew Star Wars... then transitioned to homebrew Fantasy, and eventually was gifted Dungeons and Dragons 3e in my early 20s, and I've never looked back! I've run dozens of games over the years, several of them lasting for more than 2 years and running all the way to epic levels. One game saga in particular spanned a decade and was made up of 3 epic level interlocking campaigns. Today, I run D&D 5e/2024 almost exclusively, and I love it. My style is very roleplay heavy. I like to let the player characters push the spotlight and create the story. I believe that my job, as the gamemaster, is to help them tell the epic stories of their characters by filling in the 'pixels of the world' around them. I never approach any story, session, or adventure with a predetermined outcome in my mind, and I believe that this encourages creativity and increases the 'magic' of TTRPGs. I love exploring dark, gritty, and existential themes in my games. I love exploring complex moral and ethical choices, and giving player characters the opportunity to run complex moral characters in a very 'grey' and oftentimes 'terrible' world. I also believe this empowers players to 'shine' brighter as heroes. I'm also a D&D YouTuber. My channel name is 'GM Philosophy,' and the mission of my channel is to empower gamemasters to run better games.

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Character creation

Creating your character

We will create characters at session zero. Character creation is VERY simple in this game. You can create a character concept and story (if you own a Mork Borg book, we are literally using that for story... everything I'm doing in this game will be cannon with Tveland from the book). But owning a book, even, is not needed. Don't worry about creating stats before session zero. We will do it and it'll be super easy.

What to expect

Preparing for the session

Once you sign up, you should join my discord: Join the GM Philosophy Discord: https://discord.gg/ZfYacEGs9z There are like 700 people on my discord, so you'll want to message me directly (The GM Philosopher). Or you can send me your discord handle here, and I'll private message you :) I manage all my games on Discord, so once we get in contact you'll receive further instructions.

What The GM Philosopher brings to the table

I use Discord chat for voice and Owlbear Rodeo for the VTT. I play mood-setting music in Discord. I record all sessions so that we can have very detailed notes at the end of every session. The rules for this game are very light. I usually try to observe the rule of cool. Player agency is very important to me. I will provide you with the utmost of professionalism and respect, and very straightforward communication... and I always expect the same from my players.

Homebrew rules

Here are the basic rules: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1372heBerUrMiDONWURthu7kyVClOEdTv/view?usp=sharing Here's a bare-bones edition of the players handbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GcysVYxEklrDCva3gSkYqXvS2vy3Kbdu/view?usp=sharing Here is the character sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xS8bddYfKcOSSWz1OJV3KMyFKmoIUEYO/view?usp=sharing

Equipment needed to play

Internet

Computer

Microphone

Safety

How The GM Philosopher creates a safe table

Hard lines: No sexual assault. No child sexual content of any kind. Veils: We fade to black during sex scenes. We fade to black during scenes of gratuitous violence and torture. Any player, at any point, may stop the game or message me with any concerns so that I can stop the game if we need to, for any reason. Above table bullying or disrespect will not be tolerated to any degree. Party cohesion MUST be everyone's first priority. PVP is only allowed after getting GM approval (in every case and situation).

Content warnings

Ableism
Abuse
Alcoholism
Alcohol Use
Animal abuse
Animal Cruelty
Animal Death
Blood
Body Horror
Cannibalism
Car Accident
Character Death
Child Abandonment
Child Abuse
Child Death
Classism
Clowns
Concentration Camps
Confronting Abuser
Controlling Parents
Cults
Curing of Disabilities
Deadnaming Character
Deep or Large Bodies of Water
Death
Devils / Demons / Fiends
Domestic Abuse
Doxxing
Drowning
Drugs (addiction, use, withdrawal)
Eating Disorders
Emotional Abuse
Euthanasia
Execution
Extreme Violence
Fire
Forced Blood Draining
Forced Outing of Character
Freezing
Genocide
Gore
G-rated
Guns
Hangings
Homophobia
Hostages
Human Trafficking (adult only)
Illness
Incest
Insects
Kidnapping
Language/Cursing
Lifechanging Injury
Mass Death
Medical Issues
Memory Erasing
Mental Illness
Microaggressions
Mind alteration
Mind Control
Miscarriages/Abortion
Misgendering
Misogyny
Murder
Mutilation
Mutilation of Corpses
Nightmares about Traumatic Events
Pandemic
Panic Attacks
Paralyzation
Pet Death
Police Brutality
Prejudice
PTSD
Racial Profiling
Racism
Real World Religion
Scars
Seizures
Self-Harm
Seminar
Sexism
Sexual Assault
Sexual Content
Sexual Predator
Slavery
Small Spaces (Claustrophobia)
Snakes
Spiders
Suffocation
Suicide
Suicide Ideation
Talk of Superior Race
Terrorism
Torture
Transphobia
Trauma
Trivializing Mental Illness
Uncanny Valley
Violence

Safety tools used

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