Hi, I’ve been running a PbP campaign for about a month now, but sadly, we’ve had a couple of players leave the campaign due to being too busy (or they just ghosted us).
Looking to recruit an extra player, preferably a rogue, since we currently have a monk, a druid, a cleric, and a paladin.
We are playing the ‘Frozen Sick’ adventure, set in and around the Greying Wildlands and the Eiselcross archipelago on the continent of Wildemount in the Critical Role world of Examdria.
Having watched/listened to Critical Role campaign 2 is not a prerequisite for joining this campaign, but it would make the campaign setting specific elements of the game more meaningful and familiar to you.
If you would like to join, please submit a post of a level 2 character, preferably a rogue. Also take into account that the characters will soon be going through extreme cold and across thin ice, so it might be good to make a character who is light and/or has resistance to cold damage.
It will be first in best dressed, so whoever submits a character first will have the highest chance of being chosen. I will favour a rogue (or something similar, eg. bard, ranger…).
When submitting your character, please use the following format:
Name:
D&D Beyond Character Sheet:
Race:
Class (Subclass (if any)):
Background:
Alignment:
Backstory:
—————————————————————————
We also have content sharing, so if there any character options from books you haven’t paid for, e.g. PHB, DMG, TCoE, XGtE, SCAG, EGtW, MP:MotM, T’DCSR.
Once I have chosen the person, I will PM them the campaign and forum links, and add them to the OOC PM chat.
Background: Beleg, once a humble hunter of the woods, found his life irrevocably altered when his village was ravaged by a horde of marauding orcs. In the chaos, he fought valiantly to protect his home, but the battle left him scarred both physically and emotionally. With his village in ruins and his loved ones lost, Beleg vowed to hone his skills and seek vengeance against the creatures that destroyed his world. Over the years, Beleg wandered the wilderness, sharpening his survival instincts and mastering the art of archery. His encounters with various beasts and monsters only served to strengthen his resolve and his prowess as a ranger. Despite the weight of his past, Beleg remained steadfast, his spirit unbroken and his determination unwavering. Now, older and weathered by his experiences, Beleg roams the land as a solitary guardian, a beacon of strength and resilience in a world plagued by darkness. His scars tell the tale of battles fought and enemies vanquished, yet beneath the surface lies a heart still filled with compassion and a soul still driven by the hope of redemption.
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"The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan." - Prussian General Karl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege, 1832
Background: Beleg, once a humble hunter of the woods, found his life irrevocably altered when his village was ravaged by a horde of marauding orcs. In the chaos, he fought valiantly to protect his home, but the battle left him scarred both physically and emotionally. With his village in ruins and his loved ones lost, Beleg vowed to hone his skills and seek vengeance against the creatures that destroyed his world. Over the years, Beleg wandered the wilderness, sharpening his survival instincts and mastering the art of archery. His encounters with various beasts and monsters only served to strengthen his resolve and his prowess as a ranger. Despite the weight of his past, Beleg remained steadfast, his spirit unbroken and his determination unwavering. Now, older and weathered by his experiences, Beleg roams the land as a solitary guardian, a beacon of strength and resilience in a world plagued by darkness. His scars tell the tale of battles fought and enemies vanquished, yet beneath the surface lies a heart still filled with compassion and a soul still driven by the hope of redemption.
Congratulations Teufelshunden, you get to be a part and f the campaign! I’ll PM you the details, and tomorrow, when I have my laptop, I’ll set this thread to ‘CLOSED’.
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Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
Hello everyone, Teufelshunden joined the campaign and then immediately dipped, so I am reopening this recruitment poll! anyone who has a level two rogue can join - but be quick, pretty much whoever gets in first gets the spot.
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Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
Backstory: Charos was taught by his mother of the River Styx, and how it flows through Stygia, the Fifth Layer of the Hells. She would also scare him with stories of great beasts tearing the souls from the bodies of those that broke the laws of Levistus. She was loyal to her fiendish heritage, while Charos only wanted to live like those around him on Exandria. He would sneak out and rebel, only to be met later with cold cruelty. And on a night reveling in his limited freedom, the village was attacked by a creature that made Charos' blood run cold. He could swear it ate the souls of those it killed. And ever since he hid away from the beast, he can feel it in the shadows of the snowfall while a whisper echoes through his mind to accept what it offers. But he hasn't. Instead he builds a life where he can, for as long as he can, until he moves on again.
Backstory: If it wasn't for the voices in her head, Vaarra would still be a loyal tribeswoman among her native Goliaths. But self-imposed exile seemed to her like the best way to protect the tribe she loves from the dark whispers and violent urges that haunt her clever, but chaotic, mind. And so as soon as she was old enough, she left her wild mountain home behind, condemning herself to a life of rootless wandering that she feels is what she truly deserves, given the monster she fears lies deep within her. Sneaking through strange cities, stealing what is left unwatched, killing if necessary to survive, Vaarra feels as if she has nothing left to live for but the next score, the next swipe, the next chance for survival. She is resigned to an outcast's life of crime and bloodshed, always trying to stay alive, but never sure if it's worth the effort. It is mainly her hopeless curiosity that keeps her going, forever wondering whether the next adventure will be her last.
Sorry if this is already closed, I thought it would be by now but the tag wasn't changed yet so I figured I'd take a chance. I know you're looking for a single class Rogue but I thought, in the unlikely event you get this far down the recruitment list, you might be willing to consider a multi-class character with a custom background.
Name: Kit (Lady Kitiara, First Daughter of the House of Skye)
Backstory: A quarter hour older and a boy. It doesn't seem like much. But to the [appropriate Uthodurn title] and [female version of same] of House Skye, it meant everything. Lord Arik of Skye, Heir Apparent, was doted upon by his parents, provided with the best tutors, and given every opportunity to flourish.
In cold comparison, Kitiara of Skye had one purpose and one purpose alone, an arranged marriage to cement a political alliance and produce scions that would secure her family and her brother's position long after her parents were gone.
Burdened by the pressure of his position, Arik took to the life of an entitled rake in a futile attempt to lower his parents' expectations, while his sister became the rebellious gamine in a desperate bid for attention. Neither tack worked.
It wasn't until they were older, when an increasingly recalcitrant Kitiara started forcing her way into Arik's lessons, started besting him at his studies, that Arik finally started receiving the disapproval that he long thought he desired.
It broke their relationship.
Without even her brother to lean on, Kitiara felt more isolated and desperate than she ever had before. And so, the night before her wedding, Lady Kitiara of Skye packed a bag and fled Uthodurn and the House of Skye... never to be seen again.
Sorry if this is already closed, I thought it would be by now but the tag wasn't changed yet so I figured I'd take a chance. I know you're looking for a single class Rogue but I thought, in the unlikely event you get this far down the recruitment list, you might be willing to consider a multi-class character with a custom background.
Name: Kit (Lady Kitiara, First Daughter of the House of Skye)
Backstory: A quarter hour older and a boy. It doesn't seem like much. But to the [appropriate Uthodurn title] and [female version of same] of House Skye, it meant everything. Lord Arik of Skye, Heir Apparent, was doted upon by his parents, provided with the best tutors, and given every opportunity to flourish.
In cold comparison, Kitiara of Skye had one purpose and one purpose alone, an arranged marriage to cement a political alliance and produce scions that would secure her family and her brother's position long after her parents were gone.
Burdened by the pressure of his position, Arik took to the life of an entitled rake in a futile attempt to lower his parents' expectations, while his sister became the rebellious gamine in a desperate bid for attention. Neither tack worked.
It wasn't until they were older, when an increasingly recalcitrant Kitiara started forcing her way into Arik's lessons, started besting him at his studies, that Arik finally started receiving the disapproval that he long thought he desired.
It broke their relationship.
Without even her brother to lean on, Kitiara felt more isolated and desperate than she ever had before. And so, the night before her wedding, Lady Kitiara of Skye packed a bag and fled Uthodurn and the House of Skye... never to be seen again.
I thought you said you wouldn't be able to join?
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Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
I wasn't. Then my work situation got sorted out much faster than expected (days instead of weeks). I hope I can still reapply but I think it's only fair for me to hop to the end of the queue since you've already reopened recruitment.
I also completely understand if it's a hard pass because I already declined. Plus I know you would prefer a second level Rogue and I'm not very familiar with the Exandria setting.
Backstory: Ezrer wants to destroy the disease that has taken over the world. This icy disease that leaves you frozen. His bones are still slightly frosted over from when he had this disease. All he remembers is his name, but he knows this is how he died. He also doesn't mind treasure, it's useful to the living, but more so to the dead. He will probably continue to adventure until it kills him because he has no want to live in a world of the living.
Pywain was once "an up and comer" among the Court set. A Courtly Courier you might say. He knew all the ones rising and falling on any given day. He attended all the fanciest of parties and balls. After an unfortunate 'incident' with a woman who happened to be married to a rather influential faction, Pywain decided it would be best if he made himself 'one with the shadows' and fled... er... travelled in style... to the lands of the lower races... er... the wider world and it's inhabitants.
To make ends meet and keep himself in the fashion he was used to, Pywain turned to a life of rogue-ish endeavors. So began the adventures of 'Puck'... rogue, pickpocket, showoff and... well... those other titles should not be mentioned in mixed company. Being able to rob from the rich to make himself richer was child's play for the wiley elf. Just to be on the safe side though, he wore a full mask and hood so none could readily put elf + rogue together with the fashionable and sometimes flambouyant elf that rents a room above one of the better taverns of the city.
As tends to be the whim with the elvish races, Pywain was getting tired of climbing on wet and slippery rooftops and stealing from fat merchants and leaving white roses on the breasts of their mistresses as they intertwined. Pywain needed something 'new' to keep him from curling up in a ball and trance-ing out.
And so, 'Puck' enters the picture, hearing of an adventure 'in the North'. Walking out of the local merchants' shop looking like a cat that ate the canary, 'Puck' was ready for a new experience.
I think it may still be open, they don't appear to have added a new player on the campaign thread yet. I'd say go ahead and post an application, what's the worst that could happen?
Name: Frydan Ezlwit, but is known as Goggles. Race: Rock Gnome Class: Rogue Background: Sage Backstory: Frydan grew up in small community of Rock Gnomes where everyone knew everybody, and quickly grew a reputation as an expert tinker. From an extremely young age he was always found in the village workshop or communal library researching more feats of engineering, and quickly earnt the nickname Goggles, as he was never seen without his trusty pair strapped to his head. What's more, he was especially talented at sneaking about. He'd often scrounge parts from vehicles or even peoples homes to clobber together his inventions, and although this did irritate some members of the town, people could rarely stay mad at him for long. He became an adventurer at a young age to stretch his skills and see what he can discover in the wider world. Reason why I should be picked: I don't really have a reason why I should be chosen for this campaign but I'm quite active and usually will respond in easily under a day, and always will say before hand if I'm going to be offline for a while.
[The original post mentioned that content sharing was active so I might adjust parts of my character slightly if I get chosen, but definitely not much at all, it'll probably just be my background :) ]
I think it may still be open, they don't appear to have added a new player on the campaign thread yet. I'd say go ahead and post an application, what's the worst that could happen?
Hi, I’ve been running a PbP campaign for about a month now, but sadly, we’ve had a couple of players leave the campaign due to being too busy (or they just ghosted us).
Looking to recruit an extra player, preferably a rogue, since we currently have a monk, a druid, a cleric, and a paladin.
We are playing the ‘Frozen Sick’ adventure, set in and around the Greying Wildlands and the Eiselcross archipelago on the continent of Wildemount in the Critical Role world of Examdria.
Having watched/listened to Critical Role campaign 2 is not a prerequisite for joining this campaign, but it would make the campaign setting specific elements of the game more meaningful and familiar to you.
If you would like to join, please submit a post of a level 2 character, preferably a rogue. Also take into account that the characters will soon be going through extreme cold and across thin ice, so it might be good to make a character who is light and/or has resistance to cold damage.
It will be first in best dressed, so whoever submits a character first will have the highest chance of being chosen. I will favour a rogue (or something similar, eg. bard, ranger…).
When submitting your character, please use the following format:
Name:
D&D Beyond Character Sheet:
Race:
Class (Subclass (if any)):
Background:
Alignment:
Backstory:
—————————————————————————
We also have content sharing, so if there any character options from books you haven’t paid for, e.g. PHB, DMG, TCoE, XGtE, SCAG, EGtW, MP:MotM, T’DCSR.
Once I have chosen the person, I will PM them the campaign and forum links, and add them to the OOC PM chat.
Okay, I hope this gets some submissions!
Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
Hey there! I’m super interested joining your campaign! Here’s my info!
Name: Beleg
DNDB Sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sheet-pdfs/jx882sx7y5_123917789.pdf
Race: Custom Lineage
Class: Ranger (Gloom Stalker next level)
Background: Investigator
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Background: Beleg, once a humble hunter of the woods, found his life irrevocably altered when his village was ravaged by a horde of marauding orcs. In the chaos, he fought valiantly to protect his home, but the battle left him scarred both physically and emotionally. With his village in ruins and his loved ones lost, Beleg vowed to hone his skills and seek vengeance against the creatures that destroyed his world. Over the years, Beleg wandered the wilderness, sharpening his survival instincts and mastering the art of archery. His encounters with various beasts and monsters only served to strengthen his resolve and his prowess as a ranger. Despite the weight of his past, Beleg remained steadfast, his spirit unbroken and his determination unwavering. Now, older and weathered by his experiences, Beleg roams the land as a solitary guardian, a beacon of strength and resilience in a world plagued by darkness. His scars tell the tale of battles fought and enemies vanquished, yet beneath the surface lies a heart still filled with compassion and a soul still driven by the hope of redemption.
"The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan." - Prussian General Karl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege, 1832
Congratulations Teufelshunden, you get to be a part and f the campaign! I’ll PM you the details, and tomorrow, when I have my laptop, I’ll set this thread to ‘CLOSED’.
Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
Congratulations Teufelshunden! Have a great campaign!
Just a quick reminder to remove the recruiting tag
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Yeah sorry
Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
Hello everyone, Teufelshunden joined the campaign and then immediately dipped, so I am reopening this recruitment poll! anyone who has a level two rogue can join - but be quick, pretty much whoever gets in first gets the spot.
Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
Name: Charos
D&D Beyond Character Sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/115784091/YWvL5j
Race: Tiefling (Custom Lineage)
Class (Subclass (if any)): Rogue
Background: Haunted One
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Backstory: Charos was taught by his mother of the River Styx, and how it flows through Stygia, the Fifth Layer of the Hells. She would also scare him with stories of great beasts tearing the souls from the bodies of those that broke the laws of Levistus. She was loyal to her fiendish heritage, while Charos only wanted to live like those around him on Exandria. He would sneak out and rebel, only to be met later with cold cruelty. And on a night reveling in his limited freedom, the village was attacked by a creature that made Charos' blood run cold. He could swear it ate the souls of those it killed. And ever since he hid away from the beast, he can feel it in the shadows of the snowfall while a whisper echoes through his mind to accept what it offers. But he hasn't. Instead he builds a life where he can, for as long as he can, until he moves on again.
Name: Cane
D&D Beyond Character Sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/60352590/s24DSJ
Race: Air Genasi
Class (Subclass (if any)): Rogue (Soul Knife at Lv3)
Background: Charlatan
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Backstory: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWUd7CKhlzoDszzddg6zMM2lN9fhfMLdzvBJ1pUI1ho/edit?usp=sharing
Name: Vaarra Athunathala
D&D Beyond Character Sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/124633856
Race: Goliath
Class (Subclass (if any)): Rogue 2
Background: Haunted One
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Backstory: If it wasn't for the voices in her head, Vaarra would still be a loyal tribeswoman among her native Goliaths. But self-imposed exile seemed to her like the best way to protect the tribe she loves from the dark whispers and violent urges that haunt her clever, but chaotic, mind. And so as soon as she was old enough, she left her wild mountain home behind, condemning herself to a life of rootless wandering that she feels is what she truly deserves, given the monster she fears lies deep within her. Sneaking through strange cities, stealing what is left unwatched, killing if necessary to survive, Vaarra feels as if she has nothing left to live for but the next score, the next swipe, the next chance for survival. She is resigned to an outcast's life of crime and bloodshed, always trying to stay alive, but never sure if it's worth the effort. It is mainly her hopeless curiosity that keeps her going, forever wondering whether the next adventure will be her last.
Sorry if this is already closed, I thought it would be by now but the tag wasn't changed yet so I figured I'd take a chance. I know you're looking for a single class Rogue but I thought, in the unlikely event you get this far down the recruitment list, you might be willing to consider a multi-class character with a custom background.
Name: Kit (Lady Kitiara, First Daughter of the House of Skye)
D&D Beyond Character Sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/124736130
Race: Half-Elf
Class: Rogue/Bard
Background: Runagate (custom Charlton/Noble hybrid)
Alignment: Neutral Good
Backstory: A quarter hour older and a boy. It doesn't seem like much. But to the [appropriate Uthodurn title] and [female version of same] of House Skye, it meant everything. Lord Arik of Skye, Heir Apparent, was doted upon by his parents, provided with the best tutors, and given every opportunity to flourish.
In cold comparison, Kitiara of Skye had one purpose and one purpose alone, an arranged marriage to cement a political alliance and produce scions that would secure her family and her brother's position long after her parents were gone.
Burdened by the pressure of his position, Arik took to the life of an entitled rake in a futile attempt to lower his parents' expectations, while his sister became the rebellious gamine in a desperate bid for attention. Neither tack worked.
It wasn't until they were older, when an increasingly recalcitrant Kitiara started forcing her way into Arik's lessons, started besting him at his studies, that Arik finally started receiving the disapproval that he long thought he desired.
It broke their relationship.
Without even her brother to lean on, Kitiara felt more isolated and desperate than she ever had before. And so, the night before her wedding, Lady Kitiara of Skye packed a bag and fled Uthodurn and the House of Skye... never to be seen again.
I thought you said you wouldn't be able to join?
Chicken Licken
Started playing the game in 2020; already a forever DM somehow.
I wasn't. Then my work situation got sorted out much faster than expected (days instead of weeks). I hope I can still reapply but I think it's only fair for me to hop to the end of the queue since you've already reopened recruitment.
I also completely understand if it's a hard pass because I already declined. Plus I know you would prefer a second level Rogue and I'm not very familiar with the Exandria setting.
Name: Ezrer Slaza
D&D Beyond Character Sheet: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/123398769
Race: Reborn (Elf)
Class (Subclass (if any)): Shadow Sorcerer 2
Background: Haunted One
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Backstory: Ezrer wants to destroy the disease that has taken over the world. This icy disease that leaves you frozen. His bones are still slightly frosted over from when he had this disease. All he remembers is his name, but he knows this is how he died. He also doesn't mind treasure, it's useful to the living, but more so to the dead. He will probably continue to adventure until it kills him because he has no want to live in a world of the living.
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Just because... this would be the second rogue I've ever tried...
Name: Pywain (Puck) Katho
Race: Wood Elf
Class: Rogue
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Pywain was once "an up and comer" among the Court set. A Courtly Courier you might say. He knew all the ones rising and falling on any given day. He attended all the fanciest of parties and balls. After an unfortunate 'incident' with a woman who happened to be married to a rather influential faction, Pywain decided it would be best if he made himself 'one with the shadows' and fled... er... travelled in style... to the lands of the lower races... er... the wider world and it's inhabitants.
To make ends meet and keep himself in the fashion he was used to, Pywain turned to a life of rogue-ish endeavors. So began the adventures of 'Puck'... rogue, pickpocket, showoff and... well... those other titles should not be mentioned in mixed company. Being able to rob from the rich to make himself richer was child's play for the wiley elf. Just to be on the safe side though, he wore a full mask and hood so none could readily put elf + rogue together with the fashionable and sometimes flambouyant elf that rents a room above one of the better taverns of the city.
As tends to be the whim with the elvish races, Pywain was getting tired of climbing on wet and slippery rooftops and stealing from fat merchants and leaving white roses on the breasts of their mistresses as they intertwined. Pywain needed something 'new' to keep him from curling up in a ball and trance-ing out.
And so, 'Puck' enters the picture, hearing of an adventure 'in the North'. Walking out of the local merchants' shop looking like a cat that ate the canary, 'Puck' was ready for a new experience.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/124697791
Hi, is this still open? It's been listed as Recruiting for a while now but seeing from the lack of replies and activity, I'm assuming it's closed?
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
I think it may still be open, they don't appear to have added a new player on the campaign thread yet. I'd say go ahead and post an application, what's the worst that could happen?
Alright, sounds good!
Name: Frydan Ezlwit, but is known as Goggles.
Race: Rock Gnome
Class: Rogue
Background: Sage
Backstory: Frydan grew up in small community of Rock Gnomes where everyone knew everybody, and quickly grew a reputation as an expert tinker. From an extremely young age he was always found in the village workshop or communal library researching more feats of engineering, and quickly earnt the nickname Goggles, as he was never seen without his trusty pair strapped to his head. What's more, he was especially talented at sneaking about. He'd often scrounge parts from vehicles or even peoples homes to clobber together his inventions, and although this did irritate some members of the town, people could rarely stay mad at him for long. He became an adventurer at a young age to stretch his skills and see what he can discover in the wider world.
Reason why I should be picked: I don't really have a reason why I should be chosen for this campaign but I'm quite active and usually will respond in easily under a day, and always will say before hand if I'm going to be offline for a while.
[The original post mentioned that content sharing was active so I might adjust parts of my character slightly if I get chosen, but definitely not much at all, it'll probably just be my background :) ]
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
Sebastian Crowe?
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