Howdy everyone! I had a rather strange idea for a play by post, so I thought I'd see if anyone is interested.
So this idea because I love the play by post format and would love to do some adventurers through it, but I'm too busy to post consistently. So, for a while, I've been mulling over the idea of having a DMless play by post, where players could come and go and are not required to post constantly. Finally, I came up with a solution of sorts.
The game would be an always recruiting game, where people can drop in a leave whenever. Everyone would start in a sort of central town, which I would create beforehand, and would have a tavern to role play and create adventuring group, a general store to buy things, and other staples of a fantasy town not needed to be run by a DM. When a group decides to adventure out of the town, they'd roll on a few pre-created tables to create a mostly unique adventure they could go on.
I would be a pseudo-DM, doing all the prep work before hand (such as creating the tables and setting down rules for character creation), and making sure things run properly, possibly dealing with situations if the need arises. These don't require me to post consistently though, so if I miss a day or two it's fine.
Pros:
With a system like this, there would be many benefits compared to a normal pbp. Firstly, if anyone dropped out, it wouldn't affect everyone else much. Secondly, it allows for new players to join whenever they want, so they can get adventuring as soon as possible!
Cons:
Each adventure couldn't have a super in depth plot, as it has to be created by tables. In addition, their wouldn't be any surprises. Lastly, it would take a bit of player work to make it run the adventure, as there won't be a DM spoon feeding the information.
If your interested, post below! If you have feedback for things to change, you can also post that. If you want to put a rough draft on character information, feel free to do that also (you don't have to though). Any input on starting level, world, theme of adventures, ect is also welcome. If I see enough interest, I'll create an actual recruitment and game thread. See you all then!
My posting scheduled is irregular: sometimes I can post twice a week, sometimes twice a day. I may also respond to quick questions, but ignore harder responses in favor of time.
My location is where my character for my home game is (we're doing the wild beyond the witchlight).
"The Doomvault... Probably full of unicorns and rainbows." -An imaginary quote
It seems it could be active if you make it so. It is completely open ended format. So all it takes is one more players to begin using the adventure tables. Seems pretty neat idea. My only change would be to eliminate the recruitment thread and just include your character sheet link on your first intro post to eliminate an extra step. If you would like to try this out, i will start a new adventure thread with the dmless subtitle and we can start
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Howdy everyone! I had a rather strange idea for a play by post, so I thought I'd see if anyone is interested.
So this idea because I love the play by post format and would love to do some adventurers through it, but I'm too busy to post consistently. So, for a while, I've been mulling over the idea of having a DMless play by post, where players could come and go and are not required to post constantly. Finally, I came up with a solution of sorts.
The game would be an always recruiting game, where people can drop in a leave whenever. Everyone would start in a sort of central town, which I would create beforehand, and would have a tavern to role play and create adventuring group, a general store to buy things, and other staples of a fantasy town not needed to be run by a DM. When a group decides to adventure out of the town, they'd roll on a few pre-created tables to create a mostly unique adventure they could go on.
I would be a pseudo-DM, doing all the prep work before hand (such as creating the tables and setting down rules for character creation), and making sure things run properly, possibly dealing with situations if the need arises. These don't require me to post consistently though, so if I miss a day or two it's fine.
Pros:
With a system like this, there would be many benefits compared to a normal pbp. Firstly, if anyone dropped out, it wouldn't affect everyone else much. Secondly, it allows for new players to join whenever they want, so they can get adventuring as soon as possible!
Cons:
Each adventure couldn't have a super in depth plot, as it has to be created by tables. In addition, their wouldn't be any surprises. Lastly, it would take a bit of player work to make it run the adventure, as there won't be a DM spoon feeding the information.
If your interested, post below! If you have feedback for things to change, you can also post that. If you want to put a rough draft on character information, feel free to do that also (you don't have to though). Any input on starting level, world, theme of adventures, ect is also welcome. If I see enough interest, I'll create an actual recruitment and game thread. See you all then!
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Good luck!
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I'm interested in joining.
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My posting scheduled is irregular: sometimes I can post twice a week, sometimes twice a day. I may also respond to quick questions, but ignore harder responses in favor of time.
My location is where my character for my home game is (we're doing the wild beyond the witchlight).
"The Doomvault... Probably full of unicorns and rainbows." -An imaginary quote
I'm new and this seems fun
Sounds interesting. I’m in
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Looks like we have some interest! I'll have a recruitment thread up soon and post it here.
I am an average mathematics enjoyer.
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I'm interested! This sounds fun!
erm. hello there, 'tis i. not that you know me.
I m intersted.
I’d like to get into a game asap
the recruitment thread IS up! https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/play-by-post/129871-dmless-adventure-the-forest-of-wonders-west
So it took so long everyone! I had unexpected delays.
I am an average mathematics enjoyer.
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Is this still active?
not really
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This sounds really cool. I'm very interested.
You may want to check the date stamps on this...
It seems it could be active if you make it so. It is completely open ended format. So all it takes is one more players to begin using the adventure tables. Seems pretty neat idea. My only change would be to eliminate the recruitment thread and just include your character sheet link on your first intro post to eliminate an extra step. If you would like to try this out, i will start a new adventure thread with the dmless subtitle and we can start