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Tales From Obojima: Pest Spirit Battles!
On the idyllic island of Obojima, build your team of pest spirits, battle gym leaders and other players to become the Sprit-Battling Champion!
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/ Session
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Session Duration / 2–3 hours
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Meet your party members
1/12
About the adventure
Set in 1985 Studio's original setting of Obojima, join me (and your fellow players of course) on a Pokémon-inspired journey on an island crawling with whimsical spirits! Team up with over sixty unique pest spirits painstakingly designed by yours, truly! Battle your friends, catch new spirits, challenge gym leaders across the island, and maybe you'll even encounter one of the so-called "legendary" spirits said to lurk in the most remote places on the island!
Game style
Play By Post
Hexcrawl / Exploration
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(10)
6 years on StartPlaying
203 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Storytelling
Average response time: 24+ hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
When I was twelve years old, my dad decided to introduce me to the world of ttrpgs by running a humble AD&D 2e campaign with my cousins and I. Since that time, I've advanced to running 5e campaigns and one-shots, and I've explored other game systems like Monster of the Week, Starfinder, and more!
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Creating your character
Character creation for this game will be different than every other game of DnD 5e I've ever run- you'll be playing as a youth growing up on the island. While you'll be able to choose one of the Obojima ancestries for your character, it will be largely flavor-text as the combat in this game will be handled by your spirits. That being said, you should come up with your character's bonds, ideals, physical attributes, etc. as you usually would. Your character will be able to acquire new "Trainer Archetypes" which help your team in battle, though all new players start with "The Youngster" archetype.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
For this game, you'll need to have a Discord account and a DnDBeyond account!
What Joe Friday brings to the table
I am the originator of the Pest Spirit Battle Rules and each of the specialized pest spirit stat blocks that will be used here. I will also provide access to the Obojima source book on DnDBeyond for world-lore purposes.
Homebrew rules
I mean, we'll go over all of this before we get started, but it's Dungeons and Dragons 5e rules combined with the framing of a legally-distinct Japanese monster-battling game with cute, trademark-free pest spirits captured in magical urns that are in NO WAY reminiscent of spherical / throwable orb trademarked by a massive multinational videogaming enterprise!
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Joe Friday creates a safe table
We'll go over more safety features on Session 0, including any triggers or subject material you want to steer clear of, but honestly, this shouldn't get any more dark than the average episode of Pokémon, so I wouldn't worry too much. Still, feel free to message me ahead of time if you have any concerns!
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