Patient is the Night | Spooky PbP Campaign | Level 5 Start
You are Peculiar. Growing up probably wasn't easy. But, one day, you receive an invitation to a training school for Peculiar young adults...
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Session Duration / 3–4 hours
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About the adventure
SCHEDULE - Asynchronous Play-by-Post - It is preferred that players who join the game can post mostly daily - Played all day long daily, billed once every week on Mondays __________ GAME - Level 5 -- See Character Creation section for more details - This game will use 5e rules. Players are welcome to use 2014 or 2024 rules, but will have to choose one and use only options from that version (with a few exceptions) - The new Crooked Moon content is highly recommended. Additionally, most well-written homebrew will be considered, and is highly encouraged. (Anything from DanDWiki will not be considered.) - I do not own any content on Dnd Beyond or Roll20. Additionally, homebrew is highly encouraged for this game. You are welcome to host your sheet where/ however you'd like, I just need to be able to see a copy. I will have a Roll20 game if anyone would like to create their sheets there __________ INSPIRATION - Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children - Over the Garden Wall - American Horror Story - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Goosebumps - Generation X/ X-Men __________ PLOT You are Peculiar. However you spent your youth, it was likely lonely or dangerous. You've always been different. Whether because of your appearance or the... things you can do. A few months ago, you started seeing a black cat once in a while. The cat appeared more and more frequently, until it was visiting you daily. On the 100th day, the cat appeared with an envelope tucked in its collar. Inside was an invitation to attend The VonTurin-Del'Amatar Academy for Peculiar Young Adults, signed by headmistress Ada Rime-Navarro. You will play a young adult (18+) who is Peculiar. Flavor is the name of the game here. Consider X-Men characters or the children from Miss Peregrine's, how there's sort of a cohesive design that covers multiple abilities. Please have fun making your little weirdo. [Mood Board @ https://www.pinterest.com/unclefesterrr/spookyacademy/] At The VonTurin-Del'Amatar Academy for Peculiar Young Adults, you'll be grouped into Clutches (groups of students you'll be partnered with for the duration of your time at the Academy). You'll be trained to control your Peculiarity, attending classes and training sessions (think X-men). In addition to your studies, you'll make friends (and enemies), explore the Peculiar campus, and perhaps even unravel the mystery of how Headmistress Rime-Navarro found you in the first place... Adjusting to the Academy is hard enough during your first week, but when students start to go missing the very first day, will you be able to unravel the mystery? We'll be using a school system that's a bit of a combination between the Pathfinder Academia subsystem and Bleem's school system from Fantasy High: Junior Year.
Game style
Play By Post
Roleplay Heavy
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4 years on StartPlaying
11 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Rule of Cool
About me
Oh hi! I'm Bets! I like naps and diet soda. I watch 30 Rock every day. I've been playing 5e for almost 9 years now, and DMing it for 7. I started branching out to new systems around 2022/2023, and have since been playing a lot of Pf2e. I'm also curious about and considering running some other systems I've enjoyed playing like the Power Rangers game, Marvel Multiverse, Masks, SW5e, and more! I'm also a professional, union stage actor, so I've been role-playing for over 25 years. My games tend to have rather silly premises filled with really tender and genuine moments. (I even have a game-night one-shot based on the board game Mall Madness, and a Drag Queen Pageant one-shot!) I tend to enjoy the higher-levels of play. I would not suggest most of my games for first-time players, as the character-creation elements can become slightly overwhelming. My table is open, accepting, nonjudgmental and fun-focused. It's silly and humorous when the stakes are low, but challenging and intense when the stakes are high. I've only ever run homebrew, but if you've got a group of pals and you're looking for someone to run you through a pre-written module, shoot me a message! We can probably work something out. Thanks for your time!
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Creating your character
- Level 5 - Players will roll a heroic array of stats in the Discord server, twice. --- Players may either choose one of these sets or use Point Buy, if they don't like either - This game will use 5e rules. Players are welcome to use 2014 or 2024 rules, but will have to choose one and use only options from that version (with a few exceptions) - The new Crooked Moon content is highly recommended. Additionally, most well-written homebrew will be considered, and is highly encouraged. (Anything from DanDWiki will not be considered.) - You will receive a free Peculiar Young Adult feat at level 1, granting magical benefits (I promise this feat is good for Martial characters, too!) - Academia System with powerful benefits from Free Feats to Ability Score Improvements and Magical Item rewards - Starting Magic Items: -- 2 Rares, 1 Uncommon OR -- 1 Rare, 4 Uncommon - Multi-classing is fine, as long as you meet the requirements - I'll work with any characters who might need costly spell components to determine a fair number of castings, and then award that amount of gold to all other players - Please choose/create the personality traits, ideals, bonds and flaws for your character
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players will need a Discord account and working knowledge of Discord. Enough 5e knowledge to build a level 5 character with help from the DM. Characters will be created working with the DM through Discord.
What Uncle Fester brings to the table
I have a Discord server for gameplay as well as Roll20 for maps/ sheet hosting
Equipment needed to play
Computer or Mobile Device
Internet
Platforms used
Safety
How Uncle Fester creates a safe table
This is a horror-adjacent game. We will fill out RPG consent sheets. All players will have a private channel in Discord where they can message me any x cards or other concerns.
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