This recruitment effort is on hold as we have more than enough potential new players. Thank you for your interest!
Just a little about myself to begin, before getting into the game, what it’s about, and who your other party members are. Firstly, I’ve been playing DnD since 2019. I would still consider myself a newbie as I’ve yet to get a character from low level to 20. I’ve also never completed a game as a DM. That’s right, this is my first game as DM EVER!
I don’t want to sell myself short though as this game has been going nonstop since August of 2022. I’ve lost some players and gained some players. Most players have been a part of the campaign for 6 months. And a couple have been involved since the very beginning.
Before I transition into giving details about the game, I just wanted talk about my influences in crafting this game. I approached the creation of this campaign from the perspective both producer of creative writing as well as longtime consumer of works by masters. This game is inspired by the award-winning Broken Earth book trilogy by the genius herself, NK Jemisin. When creating the campaign I also pulled from masters like Octavia E. Butler, Frank Herbert, Bram Stoker, Tananarive Due and her husband Steven Barnes. My own creative mind is activated by AfroFuturism, SciFi, Sword & Soul, High Fantasy, and Horror.
I wanted to make a game for adults and is BIPoC + LGBTQIA+ friendly. That's exactly what our game is!
Name of Campaign and More On the Inspiration: Burning Earth Crying Sky (BECS)
The Broken Earth books by NK Jemisin serve as the foundation for this campaign. While attempting to bring the world to the mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons, I found that both had to change to form my vision completely. I always tell potential new players this is campaign is DnDish as opposed to strictly DnD, because for me, immersing players in a world so similar to NK Jemisin’s own was the most important thing here.
If you haven’t read her books yet, that’s fine. In fact, I’d prefer you not read them, so that you can feel as unsettled and on edge as the people of this world feel.
Progress and Duration: The story has as of now reached around the 30% mark. It will continue until an organic ending is achieved. This was the decision of the players whom are enjoying a pretty open world.
Setting + Plot: In this game, the gods, and other higher powers aren’t literal presences. Instead, they are represented by celestial bodies or heavenly events that encourage many of the same entities and narratives traditionally seen in DnD.
Here, magic and most creatures not human are hated. To most, those who use magic are abominations that should be killed or reported to The Academae. This mysterious institution has long been tasked with saving the people from those that use Arcane powers, though to the laymen, there is no difference between the Arcane and the Divine magics.
Even if one doesn’t use magic, they may still be subject to hate if they aren’t human or human passing.
This takes place on an alternate Earth, on the super continent Pannotia. Humans are the most numerous in this world and most live in one of the 26 deep valley communes along the equator.
Spanning from the westernmost part of the continent to the easternmost region, these communes, equidistant from one site to the next, are named Alpha through Psi respectively. Each, more or less, has its own government which is tasked with protecting its territories from raiders, and overseeing trade with neighboring communes. The further east, the less resource-rich and destitute.
For reasons unknown, these specific deep valley sites are desirable locations not because they are paradise, but because they offer safe haven from disasters of the past. Or at least, once upon a time they did.
Almost two months ago, the greatest earthshake in living memory hit Pannotia. It was so great that it even shook the communes.
“Everyone knows that the Arcane Children are to blame. Always causing destruction. What could they have done to warrant the wrath of Mother Earth so? It was them who caused the world to end the first time. Or was that the second time? Rumor has it, those wretched things also moved the close moons. Moved them out of order just for the hell of it, then put them right back. They caused that giant black storm cloud in the East too. Why hasn’t The Academae dealt with those fiends already?” -The opinion of the masses
While that black storm cloud is a growing danger, there is another looming threat you must be in-the-know to to spot. The threat that started all of this, the returning moon. Lost ages ago, it’s been called back. Soon, it will crash into the Earth, and crack it open like an egg. You and your new allies must stop it.
The party has just made it to commune Psi to set out on an important task. And this is where you hopefully come in.
You: It’d be least troublesome if we could introduce your character here. That presents the following problems for you to solve as creator of this new character. Why are you here? Are you a permanent resident here? If so, how many raids did you manage to survive? Are you a new arrival? If so, what brings you here? Do you use magic? How did you manage to hide it? Are you human or human passing? If not, how were you captured? Why were you captured and not killed on the spot?
Let’s figure these things out and see how they shaped your character’s
We need you to be collaborative. Even if your character is a loner, you need to figure out the reason they want to build relationships and trust with their new traveling companions.
You would begin at level 8 which is where the rest of the party is.
Rest of the Party:
N1-GL aka Nigel (Warforged Artificer) - A remnant of the Old World built before the end. This is the newest member to the party. After an unspecified amount of time unconscious, N1-GL was unearthed and awoken by another member of the party.
Poppy Golightly (Wood Elf Ranger) - An explorer and warrior from one of the well-to-do Fruitful 8 communes, in search of her brother kidnapped by the Academy when they were younger. Briefly a charge to a commune princess, she abandoned her position as a member of a well-traveled scouting party to join your company.
Rose Moon (Half-Orc Druid Barbarian) - A kooky wanderer rejected by the traveling commune she was born to for not being human enough. She met the party by happenstance and decided to do her part to help, rather than just standing by while the world ended.
Schöna Moonbow (Half-Elf Cleric) - An elder elf who just recently regained some of her youth thanks to some poorly understood Old World technology. Schöna has a familial connection to your party’s current mission. She worships death, though not in the way that you think.
Expectations:
RP + Combat is about 60/40
I also expect out of game comradary or at least cordialness. I’d hate to see the bumping of heads spill over into the game.
I expect that there will be no metagaming. Instead, FIND OUT IN GAME-Theres a lot not mentioned in this thread. Explore this world and RP.
Day, Time, Location: This game happens every Sunday at 7pm Eastern Standard Time (6pmCST, 5pmPST) and goes till 9:30pmEST EXCEPTION BEING if two or more players can’t make it. You are expected to inform me ahead of time if there’s a holiday or special day coming up that stops you from participating.
The game is played across 3 different online places. We voice on Discord (this is voice absolutely no text). We have our character apps on DnDBeyond. For now, until DnDBeyond completes and works out the bugs on its battlemap feature, we use Roll20 for playable map.
That it folks!!! If you have any questions, please be sure to message me or ask here Our next game is on January 7th, 2024!!!!
Hay im interested I was thinking of playing an Assimar Conquest Paladin who after his powers awoke in him he swore to create a world where both casters and laymen can coexist in peace and joy. hes a new comer as he fled his home town because someone saw when his powers awoke so he fled for his life and is trying to lye low and hope no ones looking especually The Academae.
my discord is Noddarkwolf its the best place to contact me
I don't suppose there would be any way to shift this back one hour to 8pm? If not, that's totally fine and I don't expect such a big accomodation to an already ongoing game. This sounds like a great setting to drop one of my extremely non-human-passing arcane casters.
Hey im really interested in joining y’all. I was thinking of playing an Arakocra fighter who is generally a wanderer who goes where he feels like In the moment. He’s a newcomer who knows that sometimes he’s gotta lay low because of his looks , is generally brash and cares little for people judging him.
I don't suppose there would be any way to shift this back one hour to 8pm? If not, that's totally fine and I don't expect such a big accomodation to an already ongoing game. This sounds like a great setting to drop one of my extremely non-human-passing arcane casters.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't give us enough time to play. This is a game filled with professionals that have to wake up super early on Monday. I'm going to message you.
Hay im interested I was thinking of playing an Assimar Conquest Paladin who after his powers awoke in him he swore to create a world where both casters and laymen can coexist in peace and joy. hes a new comer as he fled his home town because someone saw when his powers awoke so he fled for his life and is trying to lye low and hope no ones looking especually The Academae.
my discord is Noddarkwolf its the best place to contact me
Hey im really interested in joining y’all. I was thinking of playing an Arakocra fighter who is generally a wanderer who goes where he feels like In the moment. He’s a newcomer who knows that sometimes he’s gotta lay low because of his looks , is generally brash and cares little for people judging him.
If you are still looking for players my friend and I would be happy to join if you would have us!
I'm thinking of playing a human warlock who took a pact to save their deceased friend's soul and is on the run after being found to have magic. My friend is wanting to play as a lax kindhearted hermit druid with a twist.
My discord is: wonderscarf and my friend's is: gamingmeister
If you are still looking for players my friend and I would be happy to join if you would have us!
I'm thinking of playing a human warlock who took a pact to save their deceased friend's soul and is on the run after being found to have magic. My friend is wanting to play as a lax kindhearted hermit druid with a twist.
My discord is: wonderscarf and my friend's is: gamingmeister
I'll message you on Discord shortly since that seems to be the preferred method of contact.
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This recruitment effort is on hold as we have more than enough potential new players. Thank you for your interest!
Just a little about myself to begin, before getting into the game, what it’s about, and who your other party members are. Firstly, I’ve been playing DnD since 2019. I would still consider myself a newbie as I’ve yet to get a character from low level to 20. I’ve also never completed a game as a DM. That’s right, this is my first game as DM EVER!
I don’t want to sell myself short though as this game has been going nonstop since August of 2022. I’ve lost some players and gained some players. Most players have been a part of the campaign for 6 months. And a couple have been involved since the very beginning.
Before I transition into giving details about the game, I just wanted talk about my influences in crafting this game. I approached the creation of this campaign from the perspective both producer of creative writing as well as longtime consumer of works by masters. This game is inspired by the award-winning Broken Earth book trilogy by the genius herself, NK Jemisin. When creating the campaign I also pulled from masters like Octavia E. Butler, Frank Herbert, Bram Stoker, Tananarive Due and her husband Steven Barnes. My own creative mind is activated by AfroFuturism, SciFi, Sword & Soul, High Fantasy, and Horror.
I wanted to make a game for adults and is BIPoC + LGBTQIA+ friendly. That's exactly what our game is!
Name of Campaign and More On the Inspiration: Burning Earth Crying Sky (BECS)
The Broken Earth books by NK Jemisin serve as the foundation for this campaign. While attempting to bring the world to the mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons, I found that both had to change to form my vision completely. I always tell potential new players this is campaign is DnDish as opposed to strictly DnD, because for me, immersing players in a world so similar to NK Jemisin’s own was the most important thing here.
If you haven’t read her books yet, that’s fine. In fact, I’d prefer you not read them, so that you can feel as unsettled and on edge as the people of this world feel.
Progress and Duration: The story has as of now reached around the 30% mark. It will continue until an organic ending is achieved. This was the decision of the players whom are enjoying a pretty open world.
Setting + Plot: In this game, the gods, and other higher powers aren’t literal presences. Instead, they are represented by celestial bodies or heavenly events that encourage many of the same entities and narratives traditionally seen in DnD.
Here, magic and most creatures not human are hated. To most, those who use magic are abominations that should be killed or reported to The Academae. This mysterious institution has long been tasked with saving the people from those that use Arcane powers, though to the laymen, there is no difference between the Arcane and the Divine magics.
Even if one doesn’t use magic, they may still be subject to hate if they aren’t human or human passing.
This takes place on an alternate Earth, on the super continent Pannotia. Humans are the most numerous in this world and most live in one of the 26 deep valley communes along the equator.
Spanning from the westernmost part of the continent to the easternmost region, these communes, equidistant from one site to the next, are named Alpha through Psi respectively. Each, more or less, has its own government which is tasked with protecting its territories from raiders, and overseeing trade with neighboring communes. The further east, the less resource-rich and destitute.
For reasons unknown, these specific deep valley sites are desirable locations not because they are paradise, but because they offer safe haven from disasters of the past. Or at least, once upon a time they did.
Almost two months ago, the greatest earthshake in living memory hit Pannotia. It was so great that it even shook the communes.
“Everyone knows that the Arcane Children are to blame. Always causing destruction. What could they have done to warrant the wrath of Mother Earth so? It was them who caused the world to end the first time. Or was that the second time? Rumor has it, those wretched things also moved the close moons. Moved them out of order just for the hell of it, then put them right back. They caused that giant black storm cloud in the East too. Why hasn’t The Academae dealt with those fiends already?” -The opinion of the masses
While that black storm cloud is a growing danger, there is another looming threat you must be in-the-know to to spot. The threat that started all of this, the returning moon. Lost ages ago, it’s been called back. Soon, it will crash into the Earth, and crack it open like an egg. You and your new allies must stop it.
The party has just made it to commune Psi to set out on an important task. And this is where you hopefully come in.
You: It’d be least troublesome if we could introduce your character here. That presents the following problems for you to solve as creator of this new character. Why are you here? Are you a permanent resident here? If so, how many raids did you manage to survive? Are you a new arrival? If so, what brings you here? Do you use magic? How did you manage to hide it? Are you human or human passing? If not, how were you captured? Why were you captured and not killed on the spot?
Let’s figure these things out and see how they shaped your character’s
We need you to be collaborative. Even if your character is a loner, you need to figure out the reason they want to build relationships and trust with their new traveling companions.
You would begin at level 8 which is where the rest of the party is.
Rest of the Party:
N1-GL aka Nigel (Warforged Artificer) - A remnant of the Old World built before the end. This is the newest member to the party. After an unspecified amount of time unconscious, N1-GL was unearthed and awoken by another member of the party.
Poppy Golightly (Wood Elf Ranger) - An explorer and warrior from one of the well-to-do Fruitful 8 communes, in search of her brother kidnapped by the Academy when they were younger. Briefly a charge to a commune princess, she abandoned her position as a member of a well-traveled scouting party to join your company.
Rose Moon (Half-Orc Druid Barbarian) - A kooky wanderer rejected by the traveling commune she was born to for not being human enough. She met the party by happenstance and decided to do her part to help, rather than just standing by while the world ended.
Schöna Moonbow (Half-Elf Cleric) - An elder elf who just recently regained some of her youth thanks to some poorly understood Old World technology. Schöna has a familial connection to your party’s current mission. She worships death, though not in the way that you think.
Expectations:
RP + Combat is about 60/40
I also expect out of game comradary or at least cordialness. I’d hate to see the bumping of heads spill over into the game.
I expect that there will be no metagaming. Instead, FIND OUT IN GAME-Theres a lot not mentioned in this thread. Explore this world and RP.
Day, Time, Location: This game happens every Sunday at 7pm Eastern Standard Time (6pmCST, 5pmPST) and goes till 9:30pmEST EXCEPTION BEING if two or more players can’t make it. You are expected to inform me ahead of time if there’s a holiday or special day coming up that stops you from participating.
The game is played across 3 different online places. We voice on Discord (this is voice absolutely no text). We have our character apps on DnDBeyond. For now, until DnDBeyond completes and works out the bugs on its battlemap feature, we use Roll20 for playable map.
That it folks!!! If you have any questions, please be sure to message me or ask here Our next game is on January 7th, 2024!!!!
I am looking for 2-3 more players.
Hay im interested I was thinking of playing an Assimar Conquest Paladin who after his powers awoke in him he swore to create a world where both casters and laymen can coexist in peace and joy. hes a new comer as he fled his home town because someone saw when his powers awoke so he fled for his life and is trying to lye low and hope no ones looking especually The Academae.
my discord is Noddarkwolf its the best place to contact me
I don't suppose there would be any way to shift this back one hour to 8pm? If not, that's totally fine and I don't expect such a big accomodation to an already ongoing game. This sounds like a great setting to drop one of my extremely non-human-passing arcane casters.
Hey im really interested in joining y’all. I was thinking of playing an Arakocra fighter who is generally a wanderer who goes where he feels like In the moment. He’s a newcomer who knows that sometimes he’s gotta lay low because of his looks , is generally brash and cares little for people judging him.
my discord is reversesocial
Unfortunately, it wouldn't give us enough time to play. This is a game filled with professionals that have to wake up super early on Monday. I'm going to message you.
Hey! I'm going to message you!
Hi,
I'm reaching out on Discord soon everyone who expressed that as your best method of contact!
Messaging you soon
If you are still looking for players my friend and I would be happy to join if you would have us!
I'm thinking of playing a human warlock who took a pact to save their deceased friend's soul and is on the run after being found to have magic. My friend is wanting to play as a lax kindhearted hermit druid with a twist.
My discord is: wonderscarf and my friend's is: gamingmeister
I'll message you on Discord shortly since that seems to be the preferred method of contact.