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Ruination Pilgrimage: A Perilous Journey
Embark on a perilous pilgrimage with your companions, braving the elements, strangers, and even demons on the way.
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Bi-weekly / Thursday - 1:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
In Ruination Pilgrimage, you play as medieval folk travelling in search of their Patron Saints' shrines. Along the way you encounter various creatures, fellow travellers, demons, and even plagues that you must contend with or, at the very least, navigate to not contend with. This campaign is for players of all experience levels, so feel free to join even if you're unfamiliar with the system! Note: Ruination Pilgramage uses the Panic Engine.
Game style
Theater of the Mind
Roleplay Heavy
Sandbox / Open World
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(60)
2 years on StartPlaying
345 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
Hi, I'm Sonder, I use she/her pronouns, and I've been playing and GM-ing TTRPGs for about 5 years, and designing them for about 4. I love collaborative storytelling and greatly enjoy tailoring narratives for characters. I've run a variety of TTRPGs spanning various systems and genres such as Monster of the Week, Masks, The Between, Absurdia, and a variety of other PbtAs. I'm also familiar with similar systems such as FitD, Belonging Outside Belonging, Rooted in Trophy, and the Resistance system. I would be more than happy to tailor any of these games to suit your table's needs! I'm also open to running any other rules-light TTRPGs of a similar nature, so feel free to reach out to me anytime!
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Creating your character
Upon signing up for the game, you will receive an invite to the Discord server where the game will be hosted. There you will find a player resources channel with a link to a fillable character keeper (including a lines and veils sheet), and available character specifics. Characters will start at the base creation level. Feel free to ping me at any time if you have any questions!
Note that we will play for 2-3 sessions before re-evaluating how the system and game works for everyone, after which we may or may not play a full-length campaign.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Please be sure to have a Discord account and a working microphone as the game will be over Discord voice chat. Characters needn't be created beforehand - character creation and rules will be discussed in (the free) Session 0.
What Sonder brings to the table
- An excellent pre-written campaign setting by Donn Stroud and Adam B. Forman - A campaign customized to the players' characters - An open, inclusive table - A vivid world with lore and mysteries for players to explore - Unique, memorable NPCs - A wide range of character options to choose from
Homebrew rules
- Certain character creation rolls (Vice, Previous Career, Background) will be rolled twice and the player can choose which to use. - Hirelings and Sellswords will not be in play. - Travel mechanics will not be in play.
Equipment needed to play
Headphones
Internet
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Sonder creates a safe table
- There will be a (free) Session 0 before the beginning of the campaign where I will explain the rules and premise of the game as well as guide the players through character creation. - Every player will be encouraged to add their Lines and Veils to a shared Google Sheet (this will be anonymous). - Around once an hour, we will be taking 5-10 minute breaks - X, N, and O cards will be via message or on voice chat. - If an Open Door is invoked, other than asking if the player will be back later and what triggered the Open Door no other questions will be asked. - Stars and Wishes will be discussed at the end of the session.
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