Goal, find more story tellers and players as the world events happen.
players will have opportunities to react and tell their stories.
Prologue:
December 31 1992, @ 23:59 and 30 seconds
POV Broadcast TV:
“Jay Tomas Live from in front of the Hard Rock Café, and when I say live, I mean absolutely totally live,”…
Your POV:
You find yourself, in Times Square, it’s a 90s Party, Leather Jackets, silly hats, spinney noisemakers, and cheap plastic wine cups everywhere. You notice a bored cop sitting on a Horse, and a bunch of Punk Rock looking people being overly rowdy. Off in the distance you see a bunch of very gay Ravers wearing Angels costumes and massive platform heels, on the other side in the less bright part of the square are a bunch of goths dressed like vampires and dominatrixes.
You’re enjoying the Evening as the big sign on the building that splits 7th ave and Broadway starts the big Countdown. The lights around the square are dimmed, so the big ball shines extra Bright. The timers start at 30 seconds, the crowds starts to get really loud. The Crowd starts to yell out the numbers as the big disco ball gets close to the bottom “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!” Right as the big party poppers go off, a massive earthquake hits, the sky turns purple and is streaked with teal lightning, the power goes out for a second as you hear the screaming laughter of a god of chaos. For a second everything is dark, you feel different, but you can’t place what it is, the lights turn back on, the crowd is clearly in shock a few people start to scream with terror, you look around, you see a box, or bag with items, clothing, and weapons or staves, you look around. That cop looks different, he and his horse seem to be merged into a horse man, a centaur. The punks look big and green with pig-like tusks, the ravers are fairies and Angels. The goths look well basically the same, but did they always have such pointy ears and fangs? You look at yourself:
(Insert your character sheet)
Before you have a chance to fully comprehend what is happening, you see monsters attacking the edges of the crowd, little green monster people, flying bat-like monsters, and you could have sworn you just saw a dragon wearing a sundress flying away.
(This is where your story begins feel free to write this up for your character, don your gear as you wish, join the fray, at some point, after about 10 minutes and up to 10 monsters defeated, you will find yourself in Greenwich Village surrounded by a horde of little green monsters, and flying mouth monsters, you will notice several people next to you -aka fellow players-, and a human sized dragon in a sunndress- NPC who will eventually open the Adventurers Guild - Also note she is free for players to interact with, during this bit as I am not going to specifically write her actions because I am not making her a DMPC, but as a primary quest giver I feel she will be there at the start of your adventure) (images: The Dragon in a Sundress, and the skyline)
Character Creation!
Start off with a level 1 character first. You are welcome, and even encouraged, to make use of any 5E Compatible content that you can find. The only requirement is that it needs to be actual published material and that we can approve it just to ensure nothing overly broken is used. Note this does include any indie published work, such as what you can find on DriveThruRPG, etc. In addition, you can even mix and match this content to create even more unique characters. Want to play a Dual pistol wielding Droid Wizard? Yep, that's allowed. Just make sure all the individual elements you use follow the requirements outlined above. You can always ask @GothicShark or @Caios for approval. (This list will likely get updated in the future.) Otherwise, you create a character just the same as you would any other 5e character. Select a race, a starting class, a background, and add any skills, feats, tools, language, or any other features you get from the combination of the three. If you can, please try to provide references to any content you plan to use.
Ability Scores:
The only hard rule of character creation will be the starting ability scores for all characters and how to distribute them. We are using a point buy system. You start with 10 in all Abilities and have 15 points to distribute any way you want among those scores. You can reduce an ability score down to 8 to move those points elsewhere.
[10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10] + 15
For Example: You spend 8 of the starting 15 points right away to get an 18. Leaving you with 7 points remaining. Then use 6 of those remaining points to get a 16, now you only have 1 point left. Deciding that's not enough you lower one score to 8, and now have 3 points to use to get a 13.
Your total Ability Scores are now: 18, 16, 13, 10, 10, 8.
You will know that your ability totals are correct if they sum up to 75 total, before any added racial or other bonuses. One important note is that for the purposes of this game, you cannot have any Ability Score above 18 after character creation at level 1. This includes added bonuses such as from racial features. Later on, there will be plenty of opportunities to increase a stat score up to 20, and perhaps beyond that. However as everyone starts off as a normal human, you have not yet transcended past the limit of average human capacity.
From the example above, say you wanted to use those stats to create a Human Wizard character. You want Intelligence to be your highest stat, but you already have an 18 as your highest stat. Knowing the Human (Default) gives a +1 bonus to all your ability scores, you change the distribution around to account for it. Removing 1 point from the 18 and the 16, then adding a point to the 13 and the 8, giving you a distribution of 17, 15, 14, 10, 10, 9.
With your Human stat improvements your final scores are: 18, 16, 15, 11, 11, 10
Finally, your level 1 Wizard would have:
Strength - 10
Dexterity - 15
Constitution - 16
Intelligence - 18
Wisdom - 11
Charisma - 11
Gear and Money:
As some people will be using different systems, they may end up with wildly varying currency types. Eventually as the world evolves a single currency standard will be used. If you’re Just starting out, however, you will be using USD as this story starts off in New York. Here are some conversion values that will be helpful for now.
In general, you can start with the same starting gear that your character would have as you build your character under whatever relevant ruleset you are using. So, a Fantasy Dwarf Fighter might start with Scale Mail and a Battle Axe, while a Sith Sentinel might start with Fiber Armor and a Light Saber, etc. Whatever currency you have left can be converted to the standard value as described above.
Session 0 -Answers to questions
We have a list of Do nots, which means do not do these IC and I also won't do these with NPCs.
Sexual Assault, Mind Control, Abuse Children, Abuse Animals, Gore, Sex descriptions beyond basic flirting. (No R and X rated RP)
This concept sounds incredible! Please consider the below my application to join. Everything is from DND 5E. My discord handle is superymker#5292.
New York at New Year’s Eve, the world’s biggest party. Sure I was enjoying myself, but the crowd was getting to be too much so I found a spot to step back and watch as we counted down to midnight. As many do at this time of year I find myself reflecting on the past and looking to the future. The ravers give me the all too familiar feeling of wishing I could be more comfortable in my body, I’ve just gotten used to dealing with the feeling living in a super conservative area I know it won’t change. But maybe in the new year I’ll be a little more who I free, maybe after the countdown I’ll hang out with those ravers.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!” I join in the shouts of “Happy New Year!”, at first I think the rumbling is just the feeling of everyone shouting at the same time but then realize it’s a massive earthquake, looking up I see that the sky has turned purple streaked with teal lightning, when everything goes dark I hear the laughter. I feel a strange pressure on my chest and back as well as from the back of my pants.
I hold my hands up to block out the lights when they come back in, now extra sensitive to them. I notice the skin on my hand is purple, my fingernails are longer and pointed, they’re such a dark shade of purple they look almost black. I bring them down in front of me and notice my chest getting in the way of my arms, that’s when I notice more changes to my body. It’s no longer a male body, but the body of a female like I’ve often pictured myself. I think to myself that explains the pressure on my chest, but what about my back?
Turning my head feels different, a little heavier, as I try to look at my back. Something is trying to push out the back of my shirt. That’s when I also notice the change in the ravers I had been envying earlier and the cop I passed minutes ago. Seeing a bag that wasn’t there before with supplies I pick it up and see a change of clothes that look like they’ll be better for the body I’m now in.
I had chosen a spot off to the side and the chaos that’s erupting I figure one more odd sight won’t stand out so I take the bag and slip back a little bit into the shadows. I don’t have to squint in the darkness but can use it as cover as I get changed. When I get changed I learn that I have bat-like wings and a tail as thick as my forearm. The new clothes fit my new body perfectly and there’s even some leather armor I put on.
I consider leaving the weapons behind, the cops probably won’t be too happy to see me carrying them on top of all of the craziness happening. That’s when the yelling and screaming changes to cries for help and screams of pain so I take the weapons and go see how I might be able to help.
Seeing the monsters attacking the people I reach out a hand instinctively wishing harm on the monsters and blast them with magical energy. I don’t have time to process the shock as more arrive and I continue blasting away at them. People running from them screaming stop in front of me momentarily startled with more fear in their eyes. Until I use the staff I just got to beat a monster away that was about to attack one of them.
We form a small group to fend off the creatures, remembering I have wings now I give them a try and lift off the ground to get a better angle with the magic I’m using now. Sending blasts of energy from my hands, calling flames down on one monster at a time. When I blast the last in the wave I take a moment and look around seeing my reflection in a nearby store window. No wonder the people were afraid when they first saw me; curly dark horns wrap from the front of my head around my ears their color matching my long pointy fingernails, yellow eyes, large wings, and a tail with a pointy tip. I look like a purple demon from a book.
As I land I realize my surroundings have changed now as well. I’m in a village with more monsters about to attack, the people now around me look more capable and like fantasy heroes, which I guess I must look like one too now, at least a dark hero in appearance. I notice the human sized dragon in a sundress and think that normal flew out the window about thirty minutes ago but I like her dress and need to see if I can find one like it for myself.
Castiel was once full of hope for a nice, and formal future. His life was full of wealth, and he was only then a sparking college student, prepared to conquer the world. It was his sophomore year at Columbia University when this all went down. He was in Times Square, partying, celebrating, and hoping for good things to come in the year.
When the ball struck midnight, I cheered with everyone else, before things began to change. My body, too, changed with the rest of the crowd. Some were fortunate enough to only attain minor differences, though I was not one of those people. I felt something grow on my waist, and two other growths appeared on the sides of my hips. In only a few moments, those growths had revealed themselves to be a large, insectoid tail, and a nice new pair of yellow arms. With a pair of antennae and a height that was 18 inches less than it was a few moments ago, I seemed to be transforming into an insectoid of some sort. All in a few seconds, by the time it was all complete, I had no idea what was going on. I tried to call for help, but my vocal cords were changed, permanently, and my voice too became nothing but an insect's chirps and chitters.
As any reasonable person would be in this situation, I was terrified. I disappear into one of the touristy shops as I try to get a grip on what's going on. As I do, my ears are ravaged by the sounds of screaming, and the sounds of tearing bone and flesh. A giant spider had bitten another person's head off, right in front of my eyes. I disappear into the dressing room, hoping it didn't acknowledge my presence.
Something birthed inside of me, a feeling I hadn't ever felt before. Maybe it was always in me, but maybe it was a side effect of my form, but it felt primitive. I killed the spider with my bare fists, before grabbing a pocket knife from the counter, and running outside as the feeling began to crumble. I was repelled by those in the stampede and confusion. I guess they thought that I was a monster too, not that I could articulate otherwise. I definitely looked like a monster, and I feared I was beginning to think like one too.
By the end of it, I was alive, but my left leg was chopped clean off. I was weak in that battle, and it costed me a limb and tons of blood loss, but maybe, just maybe, I can be better one day.
I crawl out of the rubble, a blood and beer stained suit. Where could I find a cane around here, Looks like I will need it.
Your post was incredible, and I really want to see your interactions with members of the group. Due to DnDB bugs and a beholder saying error, I was unable to send you a message... or at least I think it failed. regardless, once you see this post Direct Message me so I can send you my discord link, so I can send you the official questionnaire and then the group discord channel.
This looks like a really cool idea! I hope I get picked!
Creative post, bit more of a monster than the majority faced on day 1, but still cool. The majority faced Gremlins using Boggles for stats. But a giant spider or two works, plus there are plenty of dangers in this new reality.
I'll send you a DM on discord. I use the same name there as here. GothicShark (random number) my post will contain the usual questions, once you reply the answers to the questions I can send you the link to the group.
edit: nevermind DM me and I'll give you my discord name, as I can't find your name as Matis Lord 3 (number) or any combination involving mantis lord 3 ie MantisLord 3, MantisLord3, ...
As a huge fan of D20's Unsleeping City I'd love to jump into this world of Chaos! my @ is Shad0wmasterg6#7000
Raladin Roux was what every politician should be: Confident and incorruptible! He'd been shooting to become the next seat in the state assembly. While he'd gotten in a rather bitter divorce with his wife Patricia he was rarely ever seen without a smile on his face. During the event he'd been at a nearby restaurant (Juniors Restaurant and bakery) planning for his campaign for the upcoming year. The waitress Kate then slipped him a plate of his favorite apple cherry pie and as Raladin went for his wallet she would say it's on the house. The politician would remember that as the countdown began outside. Little did he know this would be his last normal interaction of his life
Stepping out of the building he began to countdown with the rest of the crowd. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!! Woah!!!"
His body began to get hot , his clothing becoming loose on him. Was he having another stroke? No that wasn't it. He looked down at his hands and watched in horror as they began to lose their wrinkles. With a sickening crunch his posture began to right its self and he'd cry out in pain as his false teeth eject themselves from his skull replaced with younger and healthier teeth. Looking in reflection of the dinery, his normal old reflection is replaced with that of his younger self.
Before he can even react the window shatters next to him. Looking over he recognizes it and he'd begin to tremble in fright, as the mangled body of the waitress lies there limp and unmoving. Chaos ensues as monsters swarm from the building. Raladin doesn't remember much after that just various flashes of faces and locations. Herding people into a subway station for cover. Finding a random sword with quite literally his name on it. Being dragged by a few small creatures into an alley wand and then later standing over it with its blood on his hands.
Later he'd come to in an a village bedroom confused and bandaged up. After a bit of a reprieve and someone explaining how they found him in that alleyway bleeding out: he was given armor and rushed out to the frontline with -was that a dragon creature? Good lord things really had changed and more and more questions began to fill his head but now wasn't the time to ask them. No it was time for action.
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Discord play-by-post lover. Hater of westmarches. Just gimme some character driven gameplay please.
Theodore "Teddy" Muir was in Times Square with his friends. He was standing there, cold, wondering why he came. He'd recently broken up with his gf and didn't like standing out surrounded by thousands of people with no room to move. As the ball dropped he halfheartedly counted down with everyone else, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and as everyone yelled happy new year a tremor struck across Times Square. The Happy New Year became gargled yells and screams. Teddy looked around and saw these creatures out of no where attacking everyone in TImes Square. His friends started to morph into different creatures. One became what looked like a giant lizard, another grew tusks like an elephant. Teddy panicked and ran when his childhood friend grew wings and looked like a bald eagle. As he hid behind rubble listening to others scream he realized he too changed. His hands grew fur, a tail formed. Again panicked he looks at his reflection in a storefront and sees that he has turned into a human looking raccoon. Panicked again, he tries to run as far from the destruction as he can dodging dead bodies strewn cross the streets. As he runs he trips trying to dodge a blow from one of the goblin like creatures. Lying there looking up at his assailant he raises his hands to block the incoming blow from the creatures sword but instead of feeling pain, a small bolt of fire flies from his hands and blasts the creature in the face. Shocked for a moment he lays there staring at the dead creature. He snaps out of it when he sees a bird leading other survivors away. He grabs the creatures scimitar, leather armor, and shield and joins them figuring there is strength in numbers.
As a huge fan of D20's Unsleeping City I'd love to jump into this world of Chaos!
Sad truth is, I'm not a follower of web games by actors. My Roomie is aware of them, so I was told about it. I would say that game sounds a lot like Shadowrun. Which I'm a huge fan of.
This is a self-motivated game set in 1993 NYC:
Goal, find more story tellers and players as the world events happen.
players will have opportunities to react and tell their stories.
Prologue:
December 31 1992, @ 23:59 and 30 seconds
POV Broadcast TV:
“Jay Tomas Live from in front of the Hard Rock Café, and when I say live, I mean absolutely totally live,”…
Your POV:
You find yourself, in Times Square, it’s a 90s Party, Leather Jackets, silly hats, spinney noisemakers, and cheap plastic wine cups everywhere. You notice a bored cop sitting on a Horse, and a bunch of Punk Rock looking people being overly rowdy. Off in the distance you see a bunch of very gay Ravers wearing Angels costumes and massive platform heels, on the other side in the less bright part of the square are a bunch of goths dressed like vampires and dominatrixes.
You’re enjoying the Evening as the big sign on the building that splits 7th ave and Broadway starts the big Countdown. The lights around the square are dimmed, so the big ball shines extra Bright. The timers start at 30 seconds, the crowds starts to get really loud. The Crowd starts to yell out the numbers as the big disco ball gets close to the bottom “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!” Right as the big party poppers go off, a massive earthquake hits, the sky turns purple and is streaked with teal lightning, the power goes out for a second as you hear the screaming laughter of a god of chaos. For a second everything is dark, you feel different, but you can’t place what it is, the lights turn back on, the crowd is clearly in shock a few people start to scream with terror, you look around, you see a box, or bag with items, clothing, and weapons or staves, you look around. That cop looks different, he and his horse seem to be merged into a horse man, a centaur. The punks look big and green with pig-like tusks, the ravers are fairies and Angels. The goths look well basically the same, but did they always have such pointy ears and fangs? You look at yourself:
(Insert your character sheet)
Before you have a chance to fully comprehend what is happening, you see monsters attacking the edges of the crowd, little green monster people, flying bat-like monsters, and you could have sworn you just saw a dragon wearing a sundress flying away.
(This is where your story begins feel free to write this up for your character, don your gear as you wish, join the fray, at some point, after about 10 minutes and up to 10 monsters defeated, you will find yourself in Greenwich Village surrounded by a horde of little green monsters, and flying mouth monsters, you will notice several people next to you -aka fellow players-, and a human sized dragon in a sunndress- NPC who will eventually open the Adventurers Guild - Also note she is free for players to interact with, during this bit as I am not going to specifically write her actions because I am not making her a DMPC, but as a primary quest giver I feel she will be there at the start of your adventure) (images: The Dragon in a Sundress, and the skyline)
Character Creation!
Start off with a level 1 character first. You are welcome, and even encouraged, to make use of any 5E Compatible content that you can find. The only requirement is that it needs to be actual published material and that we can approve it just to ensure nothing overly broken is used. Note this does include any indie published work, such as what you can find on DriveThruRPG, etc. In addition, you can even mix and match this content to create even more unique characters. Want to play a Dual pistol wielding Droid Wizard? Yep, that's allowed. Just make sure all the individual elements you use follow the requirements outlined above. You can always ask @GothicShark or @Caios for approval. (This list will likely get updated in the future.) Otherwise, you create a character just the same as you would any other 5e character. Select a race, a starting class, a background, and add any skills, feats, tools, language, or any other features you get from the combination of the three. If you can, please try to provide references to any content you plan to use.
Ability Scores:
The only hard rule of character creation will be the starting ability scores for all characters and how to distribute them. We are using a point buy system. You start with 10 in all Abilities and have 15 points to distribute any way you want among those scores. You can reduce an ability score down to 8 to move those points elsewhere.
[10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10] + 15
For Example: You spend 8 of the starting 15 points right away to get an 18. Leaving you with 7 points remaining. Then use 6 of those remaining points to get a 16, now you only have 1 point left. Deciding that's not enough you lower one score to 8, and now have 3 points to use to get a 13.
Your total Ability Scores are now: 18, 16, 13, 10, 10, 8.
You will know that your ability totals are correct if they sum up to 75 total, before any added racial or other bonuses. One important note is that for the purposes of this game, you cannot have any Ability Score above 18 after character creation at level 1. This includes added bonuses such as from racial features. Later on, there will be plenty of opportunities to increase a stat score up to 20, and perhaps beyond that. However as everyone starts off as a normal human, you have not yet transcended past the limit of average human capacity.
From the example above, say you wanted to use those stats to create a Human Wizard character. You want Intelligence to be your highest stat, but you already have an 18 as your highest stat. Knowing the Human (Default) gives a +1 bonus to all your ability scores, you change the distribution around to account for it. Removing 1 point from the 18 and the 16, then adding a point to the 13 and the 8, giving you a distribution of 17, 15, 14, 10, 10, 9.
With your Human stat improvements your final scores are: 18, 16, 15, 11, 11, 10
Finally, your level 1 Wizard would have:
Strength - 10
Dexterity - 15
Constitution - 16
Intelligence - 18
Wisdom - 11
Charisma - 11
Gear and Money:
As some people will be using different systems, they may end up with wildly varying currency types. Eventually as the world evolves a single currency standard will be used. If you’re Just starting out, however, you will be using USD as this story starts off in New York. Here are some conversion values that will be helpful for now.
$1 USD = 1 copper piece 1 gold piece = $100 USD 1 Galactic Credit = $10 USD
In general, you can start with the same starting gear that your character would have as you build your character under whatever relevant ruleset you are using. So, a Fantasy Dwarf Fighter might start with Scale Mail and a Battle Axe, while a Sith Sentinel might start with Fiber Armor and a Light Saber, etc. Whatever currency you have left can be converted to the standard value as described above.
Session 0 -Answers to questions
We have a list of Do nots, which means do not do these IC and I also won't do these with NPCs.
Sexual Assault, Mind Control, Abuse Children, Abuse Animals, Gore, Sex descriptions beyond basic flirting. (No R and X rated RP)
This concept sounds incredible! Please consider the below my application to join. Everything is from DND 5E. My discord handle is superymker#5292.
New York at New Year’s Eve, the world’s biggest party. Sure I was enjoying myself, but the crowd was getting to be too much so I found a spot to step back and watch as we counted down to midnight. As many do at this time of year I find myself reflecting on the past and looking to the future. The ravers give me the all too familiar feeling of wishing I could be more comfortable in my body, I’ve just gotten used to dealing with the feeling living in a super conservative area I know it won’t change. But maybe in the new year I’ll be a little more who I free, maybe after the countdown I’ll hang out with those ravers.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!” I join in the shouts of “Happy New Year!”, at first I think the rumbling is just the feeling of everyone shouting at the same time but then realize it’s a massive earthquake, looking up I see that the sky has turned purple streaked with teal lightning, when everything goes dark I hear the laughter. I feel a strange pressure on my chest and back as well as from the back of my pants.
I hold my hands up to block out the lights when they come back in, now extra sensitive to them. I notice the skin on my hand is purple, my fingernails are longer and pointed, they’re such a dark shade of purple they look almost black. I bring them down in front of me and notice my chest getting in the way of my arms, that’s when I notice more changes to my body. It’s no longer a male body, but the body of a female like I’ve often pictured myself. I think to myself that explains the pressure on my chest, but what about my back?
Turning my head feels different, a little heavier, as I try to look at my back. Something is trying to push out the back of my shirt. That’s when I also notice the change in the ravers I had been envying earlier and the cop I passed minutes ago. Seeing a bag that wasn’t there before with supplies I pick it up and see a change of clothes that look like they’ll be better for the body I’m now in.
I had chosen a spot off to the side and the chaos that’s erupting I figure one more odd sight won’t stand out so I take the bag and slip back a little bit into the shadows. I don’t have to squint in the darkness but can use it as cover as I get changed. When I get changed I learn that I have bat-like wings and a tail as thick as my forearm. The new clothes fit my new body perfectly and there’s even some leather armor I put on.
ddb.ac/characters/96908643/HDqd2P
I consider leaving the weapons behind, the cops probably won’t be too happy to see me carrying them on top of all of the craziness happening. That’s when the yelling and screaming changes to cries for help and screams of pain so I take the weapons and go see how I might be able to help.
Seeing the monsters attacking the people I reach out a hand instinctively wishing harm on the monsters and blast them with magical energy. I don’t have time to process the shock as more arrive and I continue blasting away at them. People running from them screaming stop in front of me momentarily startled with more fear in their eyes. Until I use the staff I just got to beat a monster away that was about to attack one of them.
We form a small group to fend off the creatures, remembering I have wings now I give them a try and lift off the ground to get a better angle with the magic I’m using now. Sending blasts of energy from my hands, calling flames down on one monster at a time. When I blast the last in the wave I take a moment and look around seeing my reflection in a nearby store window. No wonder the people were afraid when they first saw me; curly dark horns wrap from the front of my head around my ears their color matching my long pointy fingernails, yellow eyes, large wings, and a tail with a pointy tip. I look like a purple demon from a book.
As I land I realize my surroundings have changed now as well. I’m in a village with more monsters about to attack, the people now around me look more capable and like fantasy heroes, which I guess I must look like one too now, at least a dark hero in appearance. I notice the human sized dragon in a sundress and think that normal flew out the window about thirty minutes ago but I like her dress and need to see if I can find one like it for myself.
This looks like a really cool idea! I hope I get picked!
Discord - Mantis Lord 3#9539
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/96912927
Castiel was once full of hope for a nice, and formal future. His life was full of wealth, and he was only then a sparking college student, prepared to conquer the world. It was his sophomore year at Columbia University when this all went down. He was in Times Square, partying, celebrating, and hoping for good things to come in the year.
When the ball struck midnight, I cheered with everyone else, before things began to change. My body, too, changed with the rest of the crowd. Some were fortunate enough to only attain minor differences, though I was not one of those people. I felt something grow on my waist, and two other growths appeared on the sides of my hips. In only a few moments, those growths had revealed themselves to be a large, insectoid tail, and a nice new pair of yellow arms. With a pair of antennae and a height that was 18 inches less than it was a few moments ago, I seemed to be transforming into an insectoid of some sort. All in a few seconds, by the time it was all complete, I had no idea what was going on. I tried to call for help, but my vocal cords were changed, permanently, and my voice too became nothing but an insect's chirps and chitters.
As any reasonable person would be in this situation, I was terrified. I disappear into one of the touristy shops as I try to get a grip on what's going on. As I do, my ears are ravaged by the sounds of screaming, and the sounds of tearing bone and flesh. A giant spider had bitten another person's head off, right in front of my eyes. I disappear into the dressing room, hoping it didn't acknowledge my presence.
Something birthed inside of me, a feeling I hadn't ever felt before. Maybe it was always in me, but maybe it was a side effect of my form, but it felt primitive. I killed the spider with my bare fists, before grabbing a pocket knife from the counter, and running outside as the feeling began to crumble. I was repelled by those in the stampede and confusion. I guess they thought that I was a monster too, not that I could articulate otherwise. I definitely looked like a monster, and I feared I was beginning to think like one too.
By the end of it, I was alive, but my left leg was chopped clean off. I was weak in that battle, and it costed me a limb and tons of blood loss, but maybe, just maybe, I can be better one day.
I crawl out of the rubble, a blood and beer stained suit. Where could I find a cane around here, Looks like I will need it.
Your post was incredible, and I really want to see your interactions with members of the group. Due to DnDB bugs and a beholder saying error, I was unable to send you a message... or at least I think it failed. regardless, once you see this post Direct Message me so I can send you my discord link, so I can send you the official questionnaire and then the group discord channel.
Creative post, bit more of a monster than the majority faced on day 1, but still cool. The majority faced Gremlins using Boggles for stats. But a giant spider or two works, plus there are plenty of dangers in this new reality.
I'll send you a DM on discord. I use the same name there as here. GothicShark (random number) my post will contain the usual questions, once you reply the answers to the questions I can send you the link to the group.
edit: nevermind DM me and I'll give you my discord name, as I can't find your name as Matis Lord 3 (number) or any combination involving mantis lord 3 ie MantisLord 3, MantisLord3, ...
As a huge fan of D20's Unsleeping City I'd love to jump into this world of Chaos! my @ is Shad0wmasterg6#7000
Raladin Roux was what every politician should be: Confident and incorruptible! He'd been shooting to become the next seat in the state assembly. While he'd gotten in a rather bitter divorce with his wife Patricia he was rarely ever seen without a smile on his face. During the event he'd been at a nearby restaurant (Juniors Restaurant and bakery) planning for his campaign for the upcoming year. The waitress Kate then slipped him a plate of his favorite apple cherry pie and as Raladin went for his wallet she would say it's on the house. The politician would remember that as the countdown began outside. Little did he know this would be his last normal interaction of his life
Stepping out of the building he began to countdown with the rest of the crowd. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!! Woah!!!"
His body began to get hot , his clothing becoming loose on him. Was he having another stroke? No that wasn't it. He looked down at his hands and watched in horror as they began to lose their wrinkles. With a sickening crunch his posture began to right its self and he'd cry out in pain as his false teeth eject themselves from his skull replaced with younger and healthier teeth. Looking in reflection of the dinery, his normal old reflection is replaced with that of his younger self.
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Before he can even react the window shatters next to him. Looking over he recognizes it and he'd begin to tremble in fright, as the mangled body of the waitress lies there limp and unmoving. Chaos ensues as monsters swarm from the building. Raladin doesn't remember much after that just various flashes of faces and locations. Herding people into a subway station for cover. Finding a random sword with quite literally his name on it. Being dragged by a few small creatures into an alley wand and then later standing over it with its blood on his hands.
Later he'd come to in an a village bedroom confused and bandaged up. After a bit of a reprieve and someone explaining how they found him in that alleyway bleeding out: he was given armor and rushed out to the frontline with -was that a dragon creature? Good lord things really had changed and more and more questions began to fill his head but now wasn't the time to ask them. No it was time for action.
Discord play-by-post lover. Hater of westmarches. Just gimme some character driven gameplay please.
Hello! This reminds me a little of a podcast I listen to. I love the idea.
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Theodore "Teddy" Muir was in Times Square with his friends. He was standing there, cold, wondering why he came. He'd recently broken up with his gf and didn't like standing out surrounded by thousands of people with no room to move. As the ball dropped he halfheartedly counted down with everyone else, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and as everyone yelled happy new year a tremor struck across Times Square. The Happy New Year became gargled yells and screams. Teddy looked around and saw these creatures out of no where attacking everyone in TImes Square. His friends started to morph into different creatures. One became what looked like a giant lizard, another grew tusks like an elephant. Teddy panicked and ran when his childhood friend grew wings and looked like a bald eagle. As he hid behind rubble listening to others scream he realized he too changed. His hands grew fur, a tail formed. Again panicked he looks at his reflection in a storefront and sees that he has turned into a human looking raccoon. Panicked again, he tries to run as far from the destruction as he can dodging dead bodies strewn cross the streets. As he runs he trips trying to dodge a blow from one of the goblin like creatures. Lying there looking up at his assailant he raises his hands to block the incoming blow from the creatures sword but instead of feeling pain, a small bolt of fire flies from his hands and blasts the creature in the face. Shocked for a moment he lays there staring at the dead creature. He snaps out of it when he sees a bird leading other survivors away. He grabs the creatures scimitar, leather armor, and shield and joins them figuring there is strength in numbers.
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Sad truth is, I'm not a follower of web games by actors. My Roomie is aware of them, so I was told about it. I would say that game sounds a lot like Shadowrun. Which I'm a huge fan of.
I sent a friends request.
I tried to send the request, I'll send a DM here with my user. (Hopefully no beholder)