Mae

Dungeon Builder Monster Extraordinaire

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Genre: Fantasy, Monster, Sandbox, Humour
Tone: Moustache-twirling B Movie Villainy, dark with a touch of humour. Mature themes may be mentioned but only in passing.
Tech Level: Definitely-A-Bad-Idea Steampunk meets medieval wizardry.
Scale: 2 - 4 Players, one boss character each. (players will have minions down the line)
Mechanics: Dungeon Building, Raiding, Objective Based, Aspects of Communal Planning.
System: Wicked Ones, a D6 system. No previous experience required.

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P R E M I S E

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Be a Monster, build a Dungeon, kill Adventurers, grow your Hoard.

You are a Monster who survived a calamity brought by the Light. You have banded together with the last dredges of your previous home and traipsed across this weary landscape to a faraway land, burrowing deep into the earth there and biding your time in the dark. A Dungeon sprouts around you, but it is new and vulnerable and easy pickings. You will provide it's nutrition. You will mould and tend it's growth. You are a ~ DUNGEON LORD ~

It sounds great in your head. In reality, however, you are mostly-incompetent beast driven by a dark impulse. It compels you, compels you away from your goals and towards satiating your monstrous urges like finding something really shiny. You are prone to flights of fancy and throwing caution to the wind. Together with your peers and minions, you might just manage to throw together a ramshackled dungeon of mad design, and possibly die not-so-gloriously in it's defence. Failing that, you could always just take over the world I guess.

N O T E S

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This is an RPG where instead of being an adventurer killing monsters in a dungeon and looting them, you are the monster building a dungeon killing adventurers and looting them. It is possible your character will die, but your dungeon will live on, ready to spawn more creatures. Unless you do a very bad job of protecting it.

During the course of the game characters have access to things like potion making, trapbuilding, magical item crafting, faustian pactmaking, minionry and dungeon building. This roleplay is an opportunity to have characters that make terrible decisions, throw themselves into terrific circumstance, and develop a world-devouring cozy home.

If you're interested, please state your initial concept for monster race and what kind of class you're leaning to.
There's also some info on Dungeon Types and Dark Impulses if you're so inclined to get an idea of what that's about.

Class aka Callings are briefly outlined below, and monster race you have alot of freedom with.

Callings:

Brute - Conniver - Crafter - Hunter - Marauder - Shadow - Shaman - Warlock - Zealot

Race Examples

Choice of race has little mechanical effect. You can play a hench kobold or a teeny tiny orc. You can play a giant magically awakened evil squirrel or a sentient ooze or shy mushroom weeaboo man. I have a list that comes by default of race examples, but if you're hankering to play something a little more unusual, we can balance it in OOC or over PM.

Some simple straightforward examples include:

Bugbear, Goblin, Kobold, Orc, Snakefolk, Frogmen, Deugar, Siren, Troll, Earth Elemental.

The following are banned as they drastically alter or dominate the style of play. These are the following:
Braineater - Think Mindflayers
Doomseekers - Think Beholders
Facestealers - Think Changelings or Shapeshifters
Goldmonger - Think Dragons

Class Overview aka Callings

Brute: Powerful and intimidating fighters. Gain Rage, which grants them incredible feats of strength. Their progression involves options like fury, living weapon and menace.

Conniver: Manipulating and controlling masterminds. Gain Strings, which causes allys to reroll failures. Gain bonuses from this. Their progression involves options like weaving the web, wordplay and masterful liar.

Crafter: Clever and curious tinkerers. Gain Ingenuity, which allows them feats of creation e.g. powerful concoctions, temporary contraptions, ignore volatility in monster science attempts. Their progression involves options like brewmaster, creative frenzy and signature elixer.

Hunter: Ruthless and tenacious trackers. Gain Thrill of the Hunt, allowing them to exploit a weakness in your prey. Gain bonuses from this. Their progression involves options like scavenger, scout and hunting pet.

Marauder: Cunning and honed warriors. Gain Battlemaster, which grants them incredible feats of athletics. Their progression involves options like tactician, commander and joy of battle.

Shadow: Sneaky and elusive rogues. Gain Prowler, which grants them incredible feats of agility. Their progression involves options like poisoner, stalker and unseen hand.

Shaman: Terrifying and vengeful witches. Gain access to the Witchcraft school of magic. Witchcraft breaks down into the following trees: Bloodreading - the pulse of life, soothsaying - the timeless eye, stormstrike - the storm's fury, spiritcalling - the world beyond and wildheart - the brutality of nature. Their progression involves options like beastform, terror and spirit whispers.

Warlock: Daring and amibitious mages. Gets access to the Sorcery school of magic. Sorcery breaks down into the following trees: enchantment, evocation, force master, illusion, necromancy and pyromancy. Their progression involves options like reaper, overload and artificer.

Zealot: Gets access to Channeling Magic. Devote yourself to a Dark God or fiend, channeling your worship to gain a slice of it's power. Their progression involves options like inquisitor, unholy rituals and rebuke.

Dark Impulse

Each character has one dark impulse. You can follow your dark impulse into trouble to gain extra dice called a Dark Heart, so it's not all bad - just an oppurtunity to roleplay something monster appropriate. If your character ever breaks from too much stress, they go feral, immediately doing something that satisfies their Dark Impulse.

Big Mouth: You can't hold your tongue, whether that means being obnoxiously rude, a horrendous braggart, a compulsive liar, or can't help letting slip the truth. You delight in people hearing you speak, whether it hurts you, them, or allies. You brag you can jump the chasm, blurt out where you're hiding the noble's daughter or tell the dragon it better watch how it speaks to you.

Cruel: You enjoy the pain and misery of others, killing is just not quite good enough. You might let the eyeless prince live knowing he will never be king, or twist the knife a little more to hear your victim scream.

Deranged: You find joy in the most bizarre, disturbing things. You're completely unpredictable, with as tendency to try unusual things just to see what happens. You might drink a label-less potion or kick a minion down a hole just to see what happens.

Fickle: You're easily distracted and can't stay on task. Once something grabs your attention, you HAVE to check it out. You might change your mind halfway through a plan before even taking the first step. Bored of listening, you might let your pet wolf devour the prisoner, or you decide not to bother paying the goblins you hired.

Obsessed: You're prone to fixation. Once something is on your mind, you can't let go. You might have an overwhelming desire to procure shiny things, or you're determined to feast with Lavisha in the afterlife. You will do anything to make the valley elves suffer.

Paranoid: You always feel like yourself, your belongings, your goals are under threat. You never feel safe and find the slightest reason to fear for the worst, knowing something terrible will happen. You might have an irrational fear of something mundane or an incredibly averse fear of something somewhat dangerous. You might refuse to cross the river, terrified of hidden knife-wielding crabs. You might always think your minions are holding back some loot, or that your close ally is backstabbing you.

Reckless: The last thing you think about is consequences. You're impatient, rash and short-sighted. You take the quickest route to your goals, no matter what's in the way. You care little for your own safety, or those around you. You might grow tired of listening to the witch and snatch the idol from her gnarled fingers, or never miss an opportunity to test out your questionable inventions.

Vengeful: You never forget when someone has crossed you, and let no small slight go unpunished. Whether the injury was real or perceived matters not - you know they are responsible and they will pay for what they've done. You may send the orcs who badmouthed you right into a trap even though you needed them, or you run off into the forest, giving chase to kill the horse that kicked you.

Dungeon Types

Each of these Dungeon Types has it's own set of rooms assosciated with it. If we get enough people to play we'll put it to the vote which dungeon we run. Feel free to state your preference now if you already have a hankering for one of these.

Enclave: An Enclave is infused with magic. Arcane energy lingers in the air, and the surrounding land around the Dungeon is warped because of it.

Forge: A Forge is a place of ingenuity and blatant disregard for safety. Factories, steamworks, alchemical crucibles and mad inventions are all halmarks of a forge. A source of power fuels your dungeon, such as a volcano, steamworks or great dam.

Hideout: A place to lay low and escape detection, yet your influence stretches far. You live under the radar, but as agents of chaos, you meddle in the affairs with others and deflect the blame at the same time.

Stronghold: A seat of power for a great warband. Your physical force is unmatched.

Temple: An unholy monument to a dark god, venerating their domains and pushing their dark schemes. You may beseech them for access to great divine power.

Dungeons n Dragons

I love AD&D and got into OSR in 2020. I think 4e was pretty ick but the monster building stuff was chef kiss for DMs. 5e is a real nice all rounder, but it's my pipe dream for my players to one day accept 5 Torches Deep into their lives to bring some of that AD&D goodness back.

Game: [META]

@POOHEAD189 You talk to your friends and generate some ideas together.

@spiral origin The offering is a great success. The legion to Ruk'tazaal lays waste to an entire sector. There is no stopping them. This will definitely, definitely not have any long term consequences, right...?

@BrobyDDark you reckon you could lure slaves make a great deal of friends through making Off-Topic Posts.

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Off-Topic Post [2 familiarity, 5 ideas, 3 energy]
>[ ] Make a Group Chat [3 familiarity, 4 ideas, 4 energy ]

Resources:

2 / 3 Friends Slaves

5 / 25 Energy
2 / 25 Ideas
3 / 25 Familiarity
2 / 15 Curiosity

Game: [META]

@spiral origin Your friends are now slaves. They have not been informed of this.

@BrobyDDark you power up like goku, if goku's power level was equivalent to the caffeine in one cup of coffee.

@Moth You drink some coffee, the classy way of powering up like goku.

Error: Cannot do two things at once, unbelievably. My immersion is ruined.
Error: Not enough resources to start an off-topic post, so you post into the void of one of the dead threads instead. Nothing comes of this, but it is cathartic.

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Off-Topic Post [2 familiarity, 5 ideas, 3 energy]
>[ ] Make a Group Chat [3 familiarity, 4 ideas, 4 energy ]

Resources:

2 / 3 Friends Slaves

8 / 25 Energy
1 / 25 Ideas
2 / 25 Familiarity
2 / 15 Curiosity

Game: [META]

@BrobyDDark You have no energy to look for slaves.

@spiral origin you inject yourself with coffee. This should be a bad idea, and yet somehow isn't, due to innovations in the field of technology and medicine.

@POOHEAD189 You post your story, linking it in your introduction thread. A few people get chatting with you and really like your universe. After some DMs back and forth, you add them to your friends list. They're interested in RPing.

@Dark Cloud You make the superior choice with your coffee related condiments.

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Off-Topic Post [2 familiarity, 5 ideas, 3 energy]
>[ ] Make a Group Chat [3 familiarity, 4 ideas, 4 energy ]

Resources:

2 / 3 Friends Who Are Definitely Not Slaves

3 / 25 Energy
1 / 25 Ideas
2 / 25 Familiarity
2 / 15 Curiosity

Game: [META]

@BrobyDDark you get to work thinking up everything you need for a stellar audition. As soon as you find some potential slave recruits, you'll be all ready to go.

@Dark Cloud you think up some very cool ideas that will make you very popular.

@Moth Coffee makes the world go round. You're filled with dark roast energy.

@PooHead189 You put your skills to good use, writing some fantasy fiction. You're sure you'll be able to share this with people sooner or later, once you've made an introduction post.

@Chuuya You surf the forum, gaining some familiarity with it's layout. You also stumble upon a strange cyphered thread, and gain some curiousity about it...

@spiral origin@Shu Phew! You're entirely out of energy. Time to chug some coffee to get going.

Resources:

0 / 25 Energy = -7 + 3
4 / 25 Ideas
3 / 25 Familiarity
2 / 15 Curiosity

Do one thing:

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Introduction Post [COST: 1 familiarity, 3 ideas, 3 energy]

Game: [META]

@Dark Cloud You drink some coffee, hoping it will give you the energy you need to bite the bullet and make that introduction post. You think you're familiar enough with the forum now to know the right place to post.

@spiral origin You manage to think up some fun ideas for when you're ready to jump into roleplaying. You crawl through the wreckage of dead threads, unable to find active accounts. That's ok, because these dead users probably don't brush their teeth anyway. You bide your time.

@BrobyDDark Unwilling volunteers would be lucky to be a part of your Thunderdome project. Your Thunderdome is going to be the best Thunderdome there is. You wonder if you should hold auditions for the coveted position of slave labourer.

@Moth You drink some coffee, keeping your energy levels steady throughout the day. Can't crash if you keep up the caffeine, right?

@rebornfan320 You surf the forum, gaining some familiarity with the layout. There is no layout, it's a monolith of roleplay carcasses stacked on top of each other. But you do learn not to delve too deep when you stumble across Shovel's lurking spot.

In your delving you do stumble upon something unexpected and gain some curiosity about Endless Roleplay™.

@Shovel You lie in wait, crouched over your interest check and ready to pounce.

Resources:

3 / 25 Energy = -6 + 6
2 / 25 Ideas
2 / 25 Familiarity
1 / 15 Curiosity

Do one thing:

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Introduction Post [COST: 1 familiarity, 3 ideas, 3 energy]

Game: [META]

@Dark Cloud
You watch in morbid fascination as the last meme dies. Humour is immediately copyrighted and released as an official product.

@Moth
You surf the forum for a little while and become a bit more familiar with Endless Roleplay.

@POOHEAD189
You wait around, sure that sooner or later someone will emerge from the wreckage. Actually, where can you go to meet people here anyway?

@BrobyDDark
You put alot of thought into building a thunderdome. What is the optimal Dome size? Do you need slaves or just volunteers? Are snacks necessary?

@spiral origin

You drink some coffee and make small talk to Tyrannikos about the captive situation. He says that's kinda awkward because he thought Khuthas the Bonecrusher was bringing the captives and he was bringing the sacrifical daggers? But Khuthas always brings the worst captives anyway. You are reminded about Tyrannikos' terrible breath and wish you had more friends on Endless Roleplay™.

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Resources:

3 / 25 Energy
1 / 25 Ideas
1 / 25 Familiarity
0 / 15 Curiousity

Do one thing:

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Introduction Post [COST: 1 familiarity, 3 ideas, 3 energy]

Game: [META]

Looking to Jump in?

Here are some actions you can currently take, pick one:

>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee
>[ ] Make an Off-Topic Post [2 familiarity, 5 ideas, 3 energy]
>[ ] Make a Group Chat [3 familiarity, 4 ideas, 4 energy ]

Here are the resources currently available to you:

Resources:

2 / 3 Friends Slaves

8 / 25 Energy
1 / 25 Ideas
2 / 25 Familiarity
2 / 15 Curiosity

You're a new roleplayer who finally decided to make an account on Endless Roleplay™, the only roleplay site left in the internet. It's so old it's built on the carcasses of all the roleplay sites that came before it, compressed into labyrinthian passages of fossilised remains. You should be fine if you stick to the recent pages, though.

You have no idea what you're doing, but who cares? You'll pick it up soon enough.

Do one thing:
>[ ] Think up Ideas
>[ ] Surf the Forum
>[ ] Drink some Coffee

Greetings! Candy Cane Service!

That was unexpected.

Thankyou for sending such a meaningful message, it means alot actually! I hope we can play together more in the future one day.