I am recruiting for an ongoing adventure.

I am looking for 1 additional person to join us in the adventure. 

Setting - Alternate North America - Western Science Fantasy - late 1800's

Posting Frequency - at least 1 per 2 days. 

Truths of this region

1. Humans are the true undisputed ruler of any lands they dwell on as the Expansion Wars of the previous centuries almost caused the extinction of several races. They had a choice assimilate and become a citizen or perish. Most were sensible enough that the people of a nation in the late 1800's are quite diverse. 
2. Great Quake of 1868 turned large swathes of California into labyrinthian sea canyons. 
3. Ghost rock a new ore was discovered in the sea canyons which put other antiquated fuel sources to shame though it has a strange property that causes a shrill wailing to be heard when the ore is heated up. Many prospectors and miners converged onto California to mine Ghost rock, gold, and silver. With Ghost rock being the most valuable.
4. Ghost rock propelled scientific advances into Steampunk technology. 
5. Such a advances prolonged the Civil War until its devastatingly bloody end at the Battle of Washinton in 1871 with the North barely winning.
6. The supernatural has always existed but it usually resides on the fringes of society and in the dark corners of the wilderness. Scholars are not sure if it was the Great Quake or the Ghost rock ore but the supernatural now roam freely with more unknown monsters and magics popping up every day.
7. Explorer Societies have grown in popularity as they travel in an effort to document the strange creatures that now roam their land. Though not all expeditions return intact or at all. Such is the dangers of these monsters. 
8. While the Civil War raged on in the east the territories in the west decided to secede and form their countries. California, Verdestone, Deseret, and Coyote Confederation  
9. California became a theocracy with its capital being the Holy City of Los Angeles. They profess their faith in God though it seems to outsiders a more wrathful god. 
10. Utah turned into the nation of Deseret an industrial powerhouse under the purview of the greatest scientist of this age Dr. Darius Hellstromme who created Hellstromme Industries. 
11. The Dakotas, southern half of Montanna, and Wyoming turned into the nation of Verdestone. A nation that rejects technology born of Ghost rock and embraces magic instead. The best spellcasters can be found in this nation.
12. Oklahoma turned into the Coyote Confederation. A militant meritocracy where some of the best soldiers are trained.
13. Behind the ebb and flow of life and death lies the Reckoners. Powerful cosmic beings with unknowable ambitions. Some worship them as gods while others believe them to signal the end times.

Current Party Members

1. Half-elf Paladin
2. Grung Monk
3. Minotaur Barbarian  

All official races and classes allowed. I am fine with either the 2014 version or the new 2024 player handbook. I am fine with Critical Role content

No homebrew. 

Use Point Buy for ability scores. 

Level 5

Use starting equipment with 300gp on top for additional supplies. Yes, you can use guns in this adventure. To be proficient with guns you can pick the gunner feat, pick the gunslinger subclass, or start off with Artificer. 

Application

Name:

Race:

Class/Sublcass:

Short Backstory

Appearance: Art piece or description

**Name:** Zach
**Race:** High Elf
**Class/Subclass:** Artificer (Artillerist)

**Backstory:**
Zach, a High Elf orphan, was raised by kind-hearted Gnome parents who instilled in her a love for invention and curiosity. Her ambition drives her to master human technologies and craft innovations of her own. Determined to make her mark, she aims to establish a workshop where she can push the boundaries of Magic and engineering.

**Appearance:**
Zach is a slender High Elf with long black hair, often tied back for practicality. She wears a pair of well-used goggles perched on her head and a dirty, oil-stained jumpsuit, the signs of someone who spends more time in her workshop than anywhere else.

Name: Hyalithza Veltharis 

Race: Drow

Class/Sublcass: Fighter/Gunslinger

Short Backstory: Hyalithza comes from what used to be very powerful drow family before they were forced to integrate with the humans. Despite being reduced to being pariah her family stayed very full of themselves, looking down on anyone that was not a part of their family. This ended up ending with her family feuding with a human family that were in the same business as her family. Due to this her father ended up losing his business and was forced to uproot the family to find work.

Being young for an elf her family was against it when Hyalithza decided to take up work to help them earn enough money to survive. This ended up with her finding herself mixed up with a small time gang, being given her first experience with a gun. In the end she found that she would make more by turning on them and turning them over to the local authorities. This made her a bit of a local celebrity and she was soon the talk of the town. Finding this suited her she would make herself a name as a small time bounty hunter, slowly growing in skill with her marksmanship. Overtime she grew bored and left all her money with her family, only taking enough to buy supplies and ammo, going to make her name known across the west.

Appearance: 

Hi, been looking for a western campaign for ages. I can post a few times every day unless if I’m going out on the weekends.

Name: Tefanis
Race: Fairy (Quickling based)
Class: Fighter / gunslinger (Will also go into rogue / swashbuckler)
Character Sheet: WIP
Background: Criminal

Backstory: Tefanis grew up in the streets, surviving by his speed and wits. As a faory, his lightning-fast reflexes made him a master of both theft and duels. Fascinated by guns, he learned the art of quickdraw, combining his natural agility and firearms to become an unstoppable force in the criminal underworld.
Over time, Tefanis' cocky nature got the best of him. After pulling off a string of high-profile heists and outwitting every bounty hunter sent after him, he became overconfident. Eventually, a heist to rob a bank went very wrong, and now, with a hefty price on his head, he's constantly on the run, staying one step ahead of the law and rival gunslingers.
Tefanis thrives on danger and chaos, but he knows he’s running out of places to hide. Still, the thrill keeps him going, always looking for the next big score, even as his list of enemies grows.

Appearance: Small fairy but very fast, cocky and overconfident. Wears a small cowboy hat and wields a gun and a small rapier. Gold hair, blue eyes and wings, bronzey skin.

I've been looking for a Steampunk game for ages.  I'll write up a character later 

Name: Lillian LaRouge

Race: Human

Class/Sublcass: Artificer Artillerist

Short Backstory:  Lili was the granddaughter of Rose LaRouge, a sorceress of great repute.  What she couldn't teach, she paid for Lili to get lessons.  Now, Lili is chipper with a topper, goggles of night and a bustle with a bag of holding.

 www.dndbeyond.com/characters/134520904/kEOhDD

lol...  love this concept.  Immediately made me think of a short series by Author: R.S. Belcher

Six Gun Tarot, The Shogun Arcana, and The Queen of Swords.   Steampunk meets Old West with a dash of Nikola Tesla and Frankenstein meets ancient Indian burial grounds, ghosts, spirits, monsters and more.

Read your premise and immediately wanted to be a 'scientist' (artificer) who uses Tesla's concepts to battle 'spookiness'... also, instead of bullets in a gun, they wear a contaption on their back that basically powers a Tesla 'gun'...  tazer/lightning zapper.

I will enjoy watching this adventure 'unfold'.

Thank you everyone for applying. A person was chosen, and they have joined the adventure.