New Frontiers: A High Fantasy RTD

[Dark Cloud]

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^{A HIGH FANTASY RTD}
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^{RTD Basics:}

Unlike most other TTRPG's you will not be bogged down by dice rolls instead the GM or Co-GM roll the dice, declaring an action by bold text and/or underline so that the GM or Co-GM will have a declared action to respond to. An RTD (or Roll To Dodge) is a system governed by the all-powerful d6 which determine how successful an action really is, each result is as follows:

1 = Catastrophic Failure | 2 = Failure | 3 = Mixed Failure/Success | 4 = Mixed Success | 5 = Success | 6 = Overshot Success

Depending on the results of your actions, the choices you make and the path you decide to take; your actions will have benefits and consequences to both you as the character and the world you inhabit even at such a minute scale. Be wary about doing things, but do not worry too much about character death because you won't get killed for no apparent reason. I want this to be a fun experience for everyone so I will be fair in regards to offing characters, but beware if you make your own stupid decisions without taking the risks into account you will have to accept the consequences.

^{Character Creation}

^{(Post Character Applications OOC/Int Check Please)}

CS Template

Name: Your given name (if you have one), surname, moniker, alias and/or nickname.
Race/Gender: Your characters race, and which member of the sex they belong to.
Appearance: A written description of your character, and/or a picture of your character.
Background (Optional): The story of your character before they set out to discover what the open road could offer, it cah be as brief or as long as you wish.
Personality (Optional): A short summary of your characters personality, what they like or dislike and the little eccentricities they exhibit.
Inventory: You start with the basics, adventuring gear and a set amount of rations. You may have one weapon and piece of protective equipment, or two weapons and no protective equipment. You begin with whatever clothing and accessories you wish.

^{World Setting}

<sup>A land of unimaginable opportunity as well as unknowable fate, whispers of wealth beyond comprehension lays in the uncharted lands of the Frontiers. Folk speak in hushed voices of the beasts that lurk in the land of opportunity awaiting any fool who dares to wander in the sprawling hills and dales of the Frontier.

Adventurers from all walks of life have gone forth unto these vast untamed reaches in search of their fortune, now so do you; lead by a lone wagon driven by a hooded coachman in the rain on route to the land where fortune favors the bold and the meek perish. This is the New Frontier, go forth, claim your fate and never look back.</sup>

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^Guidelines

<sup>Simply put, follow the rules lined by the Guild itself. No NSFW content, although be as explicit as you wish if it comes to mature themes such as violence, swearing and use of drugs/alcohol just fade to black or take it elsewhere if it's about sex. Capiche?

Posting a full page essay isn't necessary, although I encourage you to write at least a few paragraph. Less if it isn't all that necessary, more if creativity strikes. Everyone should post once, to keep the pace of the game to a speed everyone (including myself as GM) can keep with. I will periodically post updates, and mention the various things that happen to the characters or even the world.

This is in the end, a journey into the unknown and the story that unfolds is in your hands. If this catches your glance, please stop by and give me a shout maybe pitch a character idea or something? I'm open to discuss things below or to review sheets.</sup>

[RBYDark]

You have my attention. I just need to actually pick a character. When you say 'race', does that mean any D&D race or are we looking at something more specific? Also, is magic a thing in this setting or nah? (Or nah, not for PCs anyways?)

[Dark Cloud]

@RBYDark Elves, dwarves, small people who steal shit. The typical fantasy troupe of races, nothing too out there mind you. As for magic, I'd say I'd allow one spell. Nothing too strong, the typical apprentice skill level magic like parlour tricks or at minimum a weak elemental spell (fire, lightning, ice and earth.) that deals a small amount of damage. Stuff that can become better with both story and character progression.

[Dark Cloud]

To outline the basics of it, the characters come by a wagon. Preferably together or arrive with it by happenstance, but it is largely everyones choice wether they group up or go it alone. I will say though. There is strength in numbers, especially in harsh land as the Frontier. Just to nip that question in the bud.

[RBYDark]

I'm just trying to decide between the following:

• Driskoll, changeling with an affinity for magic and less affinity for fine motor movement. Obsessed with revenge on the man he thinks is his father but knows he has to be stronger or have loyal followers/'friends'/acquaintances to exact such revenge.
• Morgan, human who treats everything as a performance including day-to-day life. Is trying to get a better understanding of things like 'empathy' and 'morality' by traveling with others, but has at least internalized that you don't let companions get enslaved or killed.
• Nora, elf who was raised with the belief that she was to fulfill a great prophecy. Then some other adventurer who probably wasn't even aware of the prophecy fulfilled it, leaving her village with the awkward question of what to do with her. She eventually got fed up with them and left.
• Jay, human or birdfolk who staggered back from the Frontier a while ago with only the clothes on his back, a book written in cipher, and no memory of what happened to him. Now that he's recovered, he wants to know what happened to him and what makes this book so important to him.

All of these are just shorthand (and Jay's backstory, I'm willing to PM just to prove I DO have an actual backstory there), and probably contingent on who else joins, but if any of these are hard no's, then obviously I won't use them. (And if all of them are hard no's, I'll just need to go through my archives and keep trying.)

[Dark Cloud]

@RBYDark I'm a littttle iffy on the changeling, seems to have motives that aren't exactly reasons I'd see they would end up travelling to Frontier. Morgan, well..It made me laugh, at how truly funny someones lack of sensibilities can be. Now the last two...

Nora is likely my second favorite of the list, a jaded woman trying to find purpose after her own destiny was filled by another. It's an interesting perspective to take and I'd definitely put some hooks for her in the future. However, Jay is possibly the one that really gets my gears spinning. I like the idea of a human, and there is at least one known settlement in Frontier but it is small and almost abandoned (a detail to be explored IC ;D) so the idea he once lived here isn't that far fetched. The fact he has a goal and a motive definitely puts him up there as a character.

[Dark Cloud]

Oh and for anyone who is trepidatious about this, nobody but myself will worry about dice rolls. You needn't put a bolded action in every post either. So be at ease, the rp isn't going to be bogged down by die-casting fests. Lol

[Dark Cloud]

@RBYDark feel free to PM me Jay's background I'm genuinely interested in hearing more. As well I posted this in General Int, to hopefully get the attention of people. I'm hoping to start with at least three people, but I'll say the max for this will be 5 or 6 people.

[Dark Cloud]

Might be preemptive but I think I'll throw together the OOC. I need somewhere to work rn.

[Dark Cloud]

@RBYDark Here is the OOC, feel free to ask me anything there, here or via PM.

[Bastian]

Interested, though I don't have a super distinct character idea in mind at the moment. I'm thinking maybe a human or elf sentenced to exile in the Frontiers after committing some sort of heinous crime in more "civilized" country.

[Dark Cloud]

@Bastian sounds good, so like a criminal of some kind?

[VeyrinDay]

hi, count me in maybe, with my typical character

CS in-general

Name: Kitra
Race/Gender: female human
Appearance: shoulder-length black hair, fair skin, tall and slim figure, attractive enough to fit beauty standard of some human culture
Background: a songstress and dancer (cha + dex as main stats in dnd term) traveling to look for ideas in working on her opus, to explore strange new places, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before (cue the fanfare)
Personality: contemplative, sympathetic, sometimes rather out-of-the-box --imagine Luna Lovegood
Inventory: Basic adventuring gear and rations, weapons: fanblade and throwing knive(s), clothing: loose long-sleeved shirt and long pleated skirt with pair of traveling boots, accessories: tambourine and whatever she'd like to put on her when she performs her dancing in taverns

acceptable?

[Dark Cloud]

@VeyrinDay I'm thinking maybe a songstress while she might fit, I'd say the reasons should be a little different. Give her a better reason to be out in the middle of nowhere or I'd say make a completely new character. And don't worry, there are no talking doors and certainly no Dragon Ball to collect.

[Dark Cloud]

Well with you three I'd say that'll be enough to get started. Once you have a sheet, drop it in the OOC for review.

[Bastian]

@Bastian sounds good, so like a criminal of some kind?

@Dark Cloud

Yeah. Not an edgy criminal, though. More like someone that made a singular, very bad choice and is now living in perpetual guilt and remorse, perhaps trying to find their own small way to make amends in this new environment.

Still brainstorming. I'll try to work on a sheet either tonight or tomorrow!

[Dark Cloud]

@Bastian I like the sound of it. Looking forward to seeing the sheet. Just be sure to post in in the OOC right here. Please and thank you.

[Dark Cloud]

@POOHEAD189 I SAW YOU. YOU CAN'T FOOL ME I SEE ALL I KN-whoops caps lock. xD

[Dark Cloud]

Bump

[Clever Hans]

Is this RP still a thing, and are you still looking for players?