Bacon is fluffy

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

I wanted to ask before we get started, but what kind of adventure do you all enjoy? I think the one thing holding me back is what kind of theme do I need to craft for the quests. Are we looking for...

Survival quests where everything is difficult?
Political quests, where walking the fine line between elf and orc territory to help that ent would be part of the conflict in the rp?
Are we looking for a power fantasy, ala isekai big bois?

because I can definitely just do a little of each depending on the quest, but I wanted to check what everyone is interested in. I've had issues in the past because I spent too much time making a dangerous dungeon and my players just wanted to plow through it like gods lol

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

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Well I meant more of the backstory stuff than mechanic things in the character sheet. Again, I do enjoy surprises and reveals of what a character, PCs or NPCs, can do. But know our each other's backstory could be helpful as perhaps it could help probably build some prior connection a two or more characters before or when they started working with the guild.

Officially released 5e books and Unearthed Arcana (beta testing stuff as mentioned) sources are cool with me.

@Expolar

Sounds good, as long as you guys are comfortable with character building I'll just have the backstories be mandatory. That way we can have a little suspense about the party. xD

@Idea Haha you're the first one to like idea 1, no pun intended lol.

I personally like exp, especially with the way im going to modify most monsters. But if you guys like milestones, we can level after each quest. Since each quest will take a minute on a forum pbp rp.

Yes, I can easily set up a shop npc and would be delighted if you wanted to actually do that lol.(buying and selling items)

I wasn't aware of ravnica, but as long as I can get the information on what they added, anyone can use that content. I'm more concerned with everyone having fun more than being a purist. That being said, I won't be like " it's okay to be ninja guys"! But if you're a paladin who can use a fireball spell, I wont mind.

@Borosev Yes, it depends on the character. I'm flexible so it should be okay. What did you have in mind for a homebrew?

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Still thinking of other character ideas:

One that have not done yet and would like to try is elf who grew up in a wealthy family. But he would find the lifestyle and expectations of following the family business to be very uninteresting, especially if he has to do it most of his life. This life of his spanning longer than most people who are not elves and wanting to find something else to do with it than business is probably what brought him to the guild to discover what that may be. For the class he would play as, probably fighter or wizard as I want to have a bit of a battle mage feel.

The other being a inquisitive rogue tiefling who is simply trying to save money to help his younger brother and sister with finances as their working parents are missing. During this time he tries to find out what happened to their parents who mysteriously vanished.

@Expolar

I like the way you think explorar. personally I find either great. One wants to grow without his parents help and the other is trying to save his family as the new head of the household. I personally enjoy both routes as they have entirely different energies. :3

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

@rush99999 I just wanted to say yes you can.

I will be back later to address the previous posts.

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

@Expolar I actually didn't know that character sheets being kept a secret was a thing in dnd. I still ran my past games like a forum rp where we posted sheets. oops. xD

but no i meant stuff like. Do we limit character creation to the base 5e book? Or is everyone fine with unearthed arcana, which if i recall correctly is beta testing stuff essentially.

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

@IdeaUnless there's a lot of people who don't want to see unearthed arcana, I'd say it's all fair game. And yes I'll take ya for sure as long as youre okay with a noob being the gm lol.

@Marki Then I guess we are going with idea 3!

@ImmortalJaskier@Expolar If you guys are still interested I just wanted to let cha know that I'll probably have this up in a week or two. It will be a lot easier to set this up than idea 2 due to the fact that I don't need to make a mage labyrinth lol. but I wanted to tag everyone that seems to want to play to also ask if everyone doesn't mind seeing any material used for character building.

It CAN get weirder!

I am offended

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

@ExpolarI didny think of it that way but i felt similarly. Start small and build from there if thats what my group wanted. I'll probably move forward with 3 because it seems like the responses on discord and here like it(and 2).

Also yay an inkarnate fan. I hope i dont disappoint.

[@Guard] play by post because i felt like itd be easier scheduling wise. With my work i can only play by session on mondays and tuesdays

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

Hi, I haven't really played dnd/tabletop games before, but all three ideas sound really interesting so, if you don't mind me kind of being a noob, I'm interested.

@ImmortalJaskier

That is not a problem. I'll do my best to teach ya.

Looking to start a DnD 5e campaign

Hello everyone, I'm new to rpguild but not to rp's in general. I don't necessarily love deep lore unless I'm consuming it myself, but the rp's I try to run are heavy story based. Albeit the depth I try to bring depends on what my players are interested in, first and foremost. Then mainly context. When you embark on a quest or journey I run, the depth will hopefully come from the character's I craft and the choices you have in terms of solving a problem. I also really love combat, so if you want to flex god himself at the end of a campaign, then you've come to the right rp.

That being said, I've never finished a campaign in person. So I'm rather inexperienced but make up for it with enthusiasm and the desire to see what you all do. Because that's my fun. Is setting up a scenario and reading how my players solve issues and how their ic relationships change. And hopefully make a few friends along the way.

I'm looking for 3-5 members. I'm not a super fast poster, but I can crank out 3 in a week.

I tend to battlemaps to help set the stage and in important encounters, actual gridded maps that I make in inkarnate. But if I get a party together and no one like them, I can scrap em. These are my ideas. I hope you like em and that we can have fun guys and gals.

First idea: Play as kids escaping the country side as it's ravaged by a dragon who controls the kobolds. And due to the proximity of the nest and the grander conflict with the demon king, which the pcs can't help anyways. The smaller towns in the south are left to fend for themselves during a time of crisis.

Setting would be medieval-renaissance towns in chaos due to the impending doom encroaching upon them. In this cutthroat environment the bonds of community are gone and every family is out for themselves. So you have to lie, cheat, and steal to level up and escape the monsters who get through the town guard's patrols.

Second idea: Escaping a mega dungeon created by a wizard who has lived for so long, that even lich would think he was old. In his old age he has lost the plot and has began lose his grip on time itself. I wouldn't portray him as a villain, but rather, as a researcher who amassed ccenturies of progress to himself then lost control of it. The pcs would be tasked with finding him and seeing if they can reverse the degradation before it hurts the surrounding land. Perhaps a magic meltdown? Something akin to letting out demons that were long lost for centuries in his prison?

Third idea: Basically a quest driven rp. Start in a guild hall and reveal the world as the players explore the town and surrounding area to complete missions. This way I can guide people and not overwhelm them. It would be a calmer rp that is meant to just explore simple to complex problems in a setting with magic, but nothing overbearing.

An example: A goblin problem that has wiped out two villages. Or taming a supernatural creature like an out of control ent that is harming others, but this is due to its delirium rather than malice.

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@Lyly Hey hey thank you very much.

@Hyde Yep we did talk on discord, thanks for the help.

@Naw@Vampiretwilight greetings to you as well. :3