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Player(s) Needed by GM [Online][5E 2024][LGBTQ+ Welcome][Saturday's 6pm-10pm][EST][21+ ONLY][NSFW Themes]Seldom: A Twisted Tale, a story of souls brought together by unlikely circumstances. NSFW
Its an odd thing seeing magic flood into the realm of gods, a place where not many claim to have been. Within Seldom it is even rarer to find the gods themselves wondering the halls of this realm, ancient and old, dusted with the tick of time. The dull thudding of his great bell, Time sits and watches as the clock ticks and ticks and ticks, the same ticking he has listened to for decades and decades. Sitting and watching and waiting for someone new to appear in his great realm. Death visited from time to time, yet he was never one to stay and chat. Always busy, always...
Lady Luck decided to stop by once, it was a rather fun time when she did, but she too had left him alone with his clocks. Time had grown bored, you'd think watching the beginning and end and the rise and fall the ebb and flow of wind as it flooded the world, you'd believe it a grand joke. A endless laughter that would cause him to curl over and laugh the day away, but no, Time had no laughs, no jokes, no japes...
Here he sat, again and again and again in his empty hall of gods. So bored with reality that he decided something, a sudden spark of inspiration, it filled him with fervor, one that would not leave his mind. He was enamored with the idea and wanted to try something. Something he had never tried before.
Time would stand from his throne, the soft dragging steps of his sandal covered feet rushed through the dust covered floors, leaving streaks of foot falls through small mountains of dust, creating valleys and chasms that he would not bother looking back over as he rushed to his library. Taking a moment, he admired the endless halls of his grand horde of books. It rivaled even Greed himself, but Time did not have time to marvel.
Fervently searching the many shelves, picking up book after book after book, Time felt his eagerness grow, his want to see what would happen, to play with the strings of his sisters' tapestry and to see what may happen to the resulting fabric! It was going to be such an interesting time.
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Seldom
It is currently the 789th Year of Sallen, currently it is the 18th day of Harvests Rest, on the Continent of Elshire, home to many different people from across Seldom, but still rife with its own issues and dilemma, the current ruling power? The Principality of Marngal, ruled by Prince Hendart Felnazzi Marngal the Fifth. He is not a kind ruler but he is fair, somewhat, his rulings are just if a little one sided, and he allows for basic Religion within the territory, if it is matching to that of The Crown Kingdom he hails from. But over all, Prince Marngal is still the ruling power. However, there is a growing group known as The Federation of Free Nations, they have been slowly gaining more and more ground within the western reaches of Elshire.
On the far southern edge of the Principality of Marngal is the small Port Town of Durn, a 'tiny' place, one where someone can find a hot meal or a place to rest but also a place rife with troubles. From the local Versati* to the rare but not uncommon Nerai* attacks, the people of Durn do their best when it comes to making their lives last long and healthy. Run by a rather old Durokhal* by the name of Girn Stonewrought, Girn has governed the town as a 'mayor' of sorts. While he does not hold the actual title of 'Mayor' he is treated like one, many people know him as he frequents the docks and usually can be found wondering town most days, others he spends his time at the local tavern, The Saltlick.
It is at The Saltlick Tavern our story begins, strangely enough this story was never meant to truly happen, the individuals inside were never meant to meet one another, but somehow, some way, they find themselves inexplicably tied together, be it Fate, or the strange desire of a god they know nothing of, wanting to possibly change the flow of time to see just what might happen.
Only Time, will Tell.
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Dungeon Master's Note\)
Versati - The Clan name for a local group of Goblins that live outside of Durn in the Velin Woodlands.
Nerai - A Regional name for Merfolk that live within the reef just outside of Durn's Port that attack ships as they pass over head.
Durokhal - The racial name for Dwarves within the setting of Seldom.
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And that is it! The introduction for Seldom: A Twisted Tale, allow me to step back from the dm screen and introduce myself a little, my name is Octavius A. or Otto or Eight for Short! I am a 25 going on 26 year old Cis Male DM of about ~10 years, I have been doing this back since 2015-2016 when I first got into D&D because of Critical role! And as of about.. 4-ish years ago depending on the timeframe of when I first started work on it created my own 'Forever Setting' a world where the dm continues to run campaigns in, one that does not change, but can be edited and rewritten dozens upon dozens of times but its still the same place!
I have run a few games in this setting already but am right now wanting to run another! This time I bring you Seldom: A Twisted Tale! Now I am sure you may be asking 'What is this story about?' Well my dear interested player I am gonna share with you what it is!
So Seldom: A Twisted Tale, is going to be about 5-6 players who, through the shenanigans of Time, somehow become tied together and travel after discovering a secret plot to possibly unravel Fate's Great Tapestry all because of a single entities actions to 'spice things up' a little.
I know it isn't much but I really think this will be a fun idea that I wanna work with you to play through and develop! Now let me tell you a little about my DM-ing style!
I am a generally Fair Dungeon Master. I try to work with my players to help them develop a character they will really enjoy playing and that they feel like has some real connections in the setting because I want my players to feel like their characters actually have a place in the world! Whatever that may be! I dm using Foundry, a fun Virtual Table Top that allows for the players to create their own sheets, roll virtual dice and see just how the maps are laid out, however I also add in a mix of Theatre of the Mind because not every single scene is going to have a map and not every single map is going to be used for a scene! Some might be scene dressing, others might just be battle maps that I leave on for you guys to look at or explore while I am rambling about stonework and the philosophy of bugs and such.
But other than that I also really enjoy player incentivized roleplaying out of campaign time! I offer a lot of downtime because you aren't just going to be going back and forth up and down all the time! So I offer downtime things like roleplay or journal entry! I love when I see players taking notes as their characters and really encourage it because it gets the player into the mindset of their character!
But for now I think this is all I can really say about my setting without getting REALLY into it and I want to really save a lot of it for the interview's / players who get into the game! So before I really go, this is where I warn you, I do take these applications seriously! I want my players to all have a fun time so when you do apply I will be looking everything over with a fine tooth comb and if you did not give me the correct information like your age or discord then know that I will not be trying to reach out to you because I won't know anything about you. I also do not like liars and anyone caught lying in their application will just be immediately ignored and blocked. So please, take your time and decide if this campaign is one you'd like to join! Otherwise, I can't wait to hear from you! I hope you all have an amazing Wednesday and I will see you then! This is a repost to hopefully spark interest of anyone new looking! This post will be up for about 6 more hours!