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Welcome one and all to the Explorer's Guild Play-by-Post D&D Campaign! 🥳
I know there are several new players here, so if you have any questions about D&D or the Play-by-Post (PbP) game format, please don't hesitate to ask me, I'm more than happy to help in any way I can :)
How it works:
At its core, this game is run as a normal DnD game, with a few PbP-specific tweaks.
If you are a new player and haven't already, I HEAVILY suggest skimming through the whole player's Handbook, but most importantly Chapter 7-9 in order to get an idea of how the game is played.
PBP-Specific Stuff:
Because this is a text based game, and a VERY different experience from tabletop D&D, there are of course some slight differences between
Rule Tweaks:
While DnD is normally a turn based game, due to the naturally time-consuming nature of PbP's, combat in PbP games can be greatly sped up by using a more round-based approach.
How this works:
A round is the time it takes for every combatant to take their turn, starting at the character with the highest initiative, and ending with the lowest. In-game, rounds count as six seconds.
At the beginning of combat, I will roll initiative for all enemies. To enter into the fight, you will include in your first attack post your initiative roll (1d20+ your Init. modifier).
The main difference from regular DnD is this: you may post your attack ANYTIME during a round, even if it is not your turn yet, and your attack will be resolved (your character attacks) when your turn comes up. This serves to greatly speed up the gameplay, as it cuts down on waiting for people to take their turn, with little to no effect on the gameplay.
While this rule tweak has seen success in PbP games before, it can be a little confusing, so if it becomes too much, let me know and we can scrap this rule change if it becomes an issue :)
Syntax:
Because this is a text-based game, there are no dice. As such, when your character needs to make a roll, you will make it in your post using the dice roll feature.
Here is a comprehensive guide of how the dice rolling will work in this game.
Examples:
Astro dived through the window to escape the wild Lemurian
Acrobatics: 21
Astro pulled out his knife and slashed at the nearest Lemurian.
Atk: 9 Dmg: 4
Tooltips:
For some extra, optional spice, you may add Tooltips to your post!
Examples: Astro pulled out his Knife and slashed at the nearest Lemurian.
Context:
Many PBP games have strict rules surrounding in-and-out-of-context chat, but I dont think it's necessary in this game.
As a general rule, anything you say will be taken in context of your character speaking or doing. If you want to say things outside the context of the game, just put a "OOC:" (meaning Out Of Context) before it.
To differentiate between your character's words and your actions, quotation marks are just fine, but it is popular in many games for each character to each choose a different color for their character's speech, as well as using bold, italicized font, or any of the other ways this forum lets you dress up your text, go as crazy as you want with it :P
Example Post:
Seeing the Lemurians swarm the room, Astro draws his Knife and runs into the fight.
"COME AT ME, STUPID LIZARDS!"
Upon reaching the nearest foe, he pulls out his knife and slashes at the nearest Lemurian.
Atk: 9 Dmg: 4
OOC: (Dangit I shouldn't have left my broadsword in the other room, all I have for this fight is this dinky knife 😓)
If I've omitted anything here (I guarantee you I've forgotten SOMETHING), let me know and I'll add it to this list later.
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
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-Welcome one and all to Vesta Station, your one-stop location for all your interplanetary needs!
Whether you need one parcel shipped or millions, we at UES can handle all your shipping requests! -
The cheery voice on the screen across the hall blares this message again and again over the hundreds of voices in the concourse.
As the largest spaceport on Titan, Vesta Station is always busy, but this amount of crowd is unheard of. With strange reports of alien riches and rumors of a downed UES cargo supercarrier somewhere in the outer galaxy, everyone from independent salvage teams to private spacecraft owners are swarming out of the port, looking to find a wealth of lost cargo before the UES salvage crews find it first.
You look out at all this from the window of a UES recruitment office, overlooking the packed hall. There is a lady furiously typing on a computer at a small desk towards one corner and a table in the middle. The five of you sit at the table, looking across at each other. The lady at the desk finishes typing and stands up, introducing herself as Dr. Celsa.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I am Dr. Celsa, a biology researcher here at UES. I am very glad you all responded to our ad for bodyguards, as both myself and the rest of my research team agree that hiring you is more than necessary in light of recent events. As I'm sure you are aware, Petrichor V has been getting quite a bit of press lately, and the UES Biotechnology branch has been very interested in the descriptions of these 'monsters' in the crash reports."
She laughs, then pulls out ID cards from her pocket, one for each of you. They have a picture of your face, your name, and some first aid info on the back.
"Although I hardly believe such things are real, it never hurts to be on the safe side, which is where you all come in. Your job is to protect me and my team if anything should come up during the expedition, and do scouting work in the meantime. As you may have seen in your contract, taking this job makes you a Tier 1 employee of UES, with all the benefits that go with. Now, does anyone have any questions? Boarding begins in one hour."
Celsa leans over and places the cards on the middle of the table, then looks around the room.
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Dr. Celsa shuffles through some contract papers on her clipboard before skimming a few pages before responding.
"If by 'anything,' you mean lost cargo, I'm afraid not. After all, it is still UES property, and needs to be recovered and delivered. UES already has multiple recovery teams en route to to Petrichor V to locate the cargo, and it is not your responsibility to assist them. However:"
Celsa adds with a wink,
"If you do happen upon some cargo, I'm sure UES will have no issue with you 'holding onto it,' provided it makes its way to the recovery team by the end of the mission. As for anything native you come across on the planet, as long as my research team isn't interested in analyzing it, it's yours to take home with you, provided it complies with the UES' xenocontamination policy of course."
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
"all right so it is as simple as the ad said, good wouldn't want another surprise work. One simple question tho, since yall have lost some cargo..any specific descriptions of how it look if we stumble upon it, or is it like a..you'll know it when you see it type of situation?"
Hasaeth crosses his arms, for him this job sounded a bit too good
"The cargo is individually packaged in UES Security Chests, but there may be some cargo that has fallen out of the chests, which may be identified by a shipping tag attached to the item. However, if the crash landing destroyed the security chest, I doubt the tags will fare much better, so it'll be more of a 'you'll know it when you see it' type of situation. Also, I believe UES will pay a small bounty for each chest recovered in sealed condition as well."
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
"Our ship being the size it is, comes with a fully-stocked medbay equipped with the latest in Personal Health Drones. Short of death, there are very few injuries we could not treat on the expedition."
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
"well then that's good to hear, anyways enough chit chat shouldn't we get prepped for the thing now? Or is there something more we should know before we start"
Hasaeth said, being mostly ready for the mission now. He started getting a bit impatient
Dr. Celsa gets up and begins to walk to the door, motioning for you all to follow.
"Of course. We can head to the ship now. If we get there early, I can introduce you to some of my colleagues before the takeoff procedures. Our ship is quite a ways off down the complex, at least a kilometer or two, so we'll have to take the tram. If any of you happen to think of anymore questions, you can ask me them as we walk, now follow me."
Celsa turns and exits the room, waving for you to follow.
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Shoving through the crowd, the party makes its way to the packed tram station. After 15 minutes of trains taking the crowd away, you make it to the front of the group and board the train. Every seat is taken. People eye you and your group with suspicion, with most of the attention being on Celsa. Some even stand up and head to the other side of the car, which has become nearly silent.
Everyone, roll perception.
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
As the mass of people head for the back of the train, you notice two people struggling against the crowd, coming your way. One is wearing a garish purple vest and the other, a black cloak. Both are looking at the floor.
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Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely. If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Welcome one and all to the Explorer's Guild Play-by-Post D&D Campaign! 🥳
I know there are several new players here, so if you have any questions about D&D or the Play-by-Post (PbP) game format, please don't hesitate to ask me, I'm more than happy to help in any way I can :)
How it works:
At its core, this game is run as a normal DnD game, with a few PbP-specific tweaks.
If you are a new player and haven't already, I HEAVILY suggest skimming through the whole player's Handbook, but most importantly Chapter 7-9 in order to get an idea of how the game is played.
PBP-Specific Stuff:
Because this is a text based game, and a VERY different experience from tabletop D&D, there are of course some slight differences between
Rule Tweaks:
While DnD is normally a turn based game, due to the naturally time-consuming nature of PbP's, combat in PbP games can be greatly sped up by using a more round-based approach.
How this works:
A round is the time it takes for every combatant to take their turn, starting at the character with the highest initiative, and ending with the lowest. In-game, rounds count as six seconds.
At the beginning of combat, I will roll initiative for all enemies. To enter into the fight, you will include in your first attack post your initiative roll (1d20+ your Init. modifier).
The main difference from regular DnD is this: you may post your attack ANYTIME during a round, even if it is not your turn yet, and your attack will be resolved (your character attacks) when your turn comes up. This serves to greatly speed up the gameplay, as it cuts down on waiting for people to take their turn, with little to no effect on the gameplay.
While this rule tweak has seen success in PbP games before, it can be a little confusing, so if it becomes too much, let me know and we can scrap this rule change if it becomes an issue :)
Syntax:
Because this is a text-based game, there are no dice. As such, when your character needs to make a roll, you will make it in your post using the dice roll feature.
Here is a comprehensive guide of how the dice rolling will work in this game.
Examples:
Astro dived through the window to escape the wild Lemurian
Acrobatics: 21
Astro pulled out his knife and slashed at the nearest Lemurian.
Atk: 9 Dmg: 4
Tooltips:
For some extra, optional spice, you may add Tooltips to your post!
A full guide to Tooltips is linked here.
Examples: Astro pulled out his Knife and slashed at the nearest Lemurian.
Context:
Many PBP games have strict rules surrounding in-and-out-of-context chat, but I dont think it's necessary in this game.
As a general rule, anything you say will be taken in context of your character speaking or doing. If you want to say things outside the context of the game, just put a "OOC:" (meaning Out Of Context) before it.
To differentiate between your character's words and your actions, quotation marks are just fine, but it is popular in many games for each character to each choose a different color for their character's speech, as well as using bold, italicized font, or any of the other ways this forum lets you dress up your text, go as crazy as you want with it :P
Example Post:
If I've omitted anything here (I guarantee you I've forgotten SOMETHING), let me know and I'll add it to this list later.
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
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Let the games begin!
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-Welcome one and all to Vesta Station, your one-stop location for all your interplanetary needs!
Whether you need one parcel shipped or millions, we at UES can handle all your shipping requests! -
The cheery voice on the screen across the hall blares this message again and again over the hundreds of voices in the concourse.
As the largest spaceport on Titan, Vesta Station is always busy, but this amount of crowd is unheard of. With strange reports of alien riches and rumors of a downed UES cargo supercarrier somewhere in the outer galaxy, everyone from independent salvage teams to private spacecraft owners are swarming out of the port, looking to find a wealth of lost cargo before the UES salvage crews find it first.
You look out at all this from the window of a UES recruitment office, overlooking the packed hall. There is a lady furiously typing on a computer at a small desk towards one corner and a table in the middle. The five of you sit at the table, looking across at each other. The lady at the desk finishes typing and stands up, introducing herself as Dr. Celsa.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I am Dr. Celsa, a biology researcher here at UES. I am very glad you all responded to our ad for bodyguards, as both myself and the rest of my research team agree that hiring you is more than necessary in light of recent events. As I'm sure you are aware, Petrichor V has been getting quite a bit of press lately, and the UES Biotechnology branch has been very interested in the descriptions of these 'monsters' in the crash reports."
She laughs, then pulls out ID cards from her pocket, one for each of you. They have a picture of your face, your name, and some first aid info on the back.
"Although I hardly believe such things are real, it never hurts to be on the safe side, which is where you all come in. Your job is to protect me and my team if anything should come up during the expedition, and do scouting work in the meantime. As you may have seen in your contract, taking this job makes you a Tier 1 employee of UES, with all the benefits that go with. Now, does anyone have any questions? Boarding begins in one hour."
Celsa leans over and places the cards on the middle of the table, then looks around the room.
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
“”Would I be able to keep anything I find on the planet”
OOC sorry it took so long for me to have time to do smth btw
ooc can you see the last thing I sent btw
Ooc yes
"I have the same question, I am sure my 'higher-ups' would be pleased to receive samples of any undiscovered materials or relics we may find"
Dr. Celsa shuffles through some contract papers on her clipboard before skimming a few pages before responding.
"If by 'anything,' you mean lost cargo, I'm afraid not. After all, it is still UES property, and needs to be recovered and delivered. UES already has multiple recovery teams en route to to Petrichor V to locate the cargo, and it is not your responsibility to assist them. However:"
Celsa adds with a wink,
"If you do happen upon some cargo, I'm sure UES will have no issue with you 'holding onto it,' provided it makes its way to the recovery team by the end of the mission. As for anything native you come across on the planet, as long as my research team isn't interested in analyzing it, it's yours to take home with you, provided it complies with the UES' xenocontamination policy of course."
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
"all right so it is as simple as the ad said, good wouldn't want another surprise work. One simple question tho, since yall have lost some cargo..any specific descriptions of how it look if we stumble upon it, or is it like a..you'll know it when you see it type of situation?"
Hasaeth crosses his arms, for him this job sounded a bit too good
"The cargo is individually packaged in UES Security Chests, but there may be some cargo that has fallen out of the chests, which may be identified by a shipping tag attached to the item. However, if the crash landing destroyed the security chest, I doubt the tags will fare much better, so it'll be more of a 'you'll know it when you see it' type of situation. Also, I believe UES will pay a small bounty for each chest recovered in sealed condition as well."
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
Ivan while taking notes asks “what happens if we are to be hurt on this trip to the point we are unable to do our jobs”
"Our ship being the size it is, comes with a fully-stocked medbay equipped with the latest in Personal Health Drones. Short of death, there are very few injuries we could not treat on the expedition."
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
"well then that's good to hear, anyways enough chit chat shouldn't we get prepped for the thing now? Or is there something more we should know before we start"
Hasaeth said, being mostly ready for the mission now. He started getting a bit impatient
Dr. Celsa gets up and begins to walk to the door, motioning for you all to follow.
"Of course. We can head to the ship now. If we get there early, I can introduce you to some of my colleagues before the takeoff procedures. Our ship is quite a ways off down the complex, at least a kilometer or two, so we'll have to take the tram. If any of you happen to think of anymore questions, you can ask me them as we walk, now follow me."
Celsa turns and exits the room, waving for you to follow.
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
Heaseth got up from his chair and walked after Celsa, he turned around and waved for others to follow
"Come on y'all we got a job to do after all right? So let's not sit around and get on with it"
Shoving through the crowd, the party makes its way to the packed tram station. After 15 minutes of trains taking the crowd away, you make it to the front of the group and board the train. Every seat is taken. People eye you and your group with suspicion, with most of the attention being on Celsa. Some even stand up and head to the other side of the car, which has become nearly silent.
Everyone, roll perception.
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
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OOC I have no idea if this is gonna work at all btw
it worked let’s go (incase editing resets it, it was a 13)
As the mass of people head for the back of the train, you notice two people struggling against the crowd, coming your way. One is wearing a garish purple vest and the other, a black cloak. Both are looking at the floor.
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
Ivan starts to write something about watching the two in purple and black, looking away to do so
As you turn your back, the two strike.
The man in purple draws a length of pipe from his vest and swings it at Ivan.
Atk: 14 Dmg: 7
As he strikes, his hooded counterpart hurls her cloak off as she makes a flying dive for Celsa, Grappling her to the floor.
Grapple: 7
Celsa Grapple check: 4
Life is very busy unfortunately, gone from most Pbp's indefinitely.
If you'd like to contact me, I am on Discord at GreatAxeblade#7595, always happy to chat :)
Homebrew races: ~Otterfolk! Play as a otter!~ Playable Dryad! (Literally just the monster sheet ported to player race)
Sauce Archpriest!- Join the Supreme Court of Sauces! Join the Cult of Cults! EXTENDED SIGNATURE Tooltips
The attack missed barely (AC:15) and I want to attack the women grappling Celsa with my thunder gauntlets
To Hit 17 Dmg 13
If the attack hits, the target has disadvantage in attacking anyone but me until my next turn