Is anyone interested in having some fun with a highly hacked Tiny Dungeon based game set in the a highly hacked Nentir Vale setting?
Background:
I have been going back and forth between Searchers of the Unknown and Tiny Dungeon for the past month or so trying to distill a rules light, easy to run on a forum, rpg. SotU has a hack made for that, but dang it I really want to try out TD.
So, I thought "Let's hack on TD first and see how it plays pbp. If it works on a single Adventure, and everyone has fun, maybe we can make it multiple adventures.
Here's my hack which I called Searchers for Adventure.
Now, where to set it? Well, Nentir Vale was 4th edition's setting and most people haven't played there, I've already done some hacking there, so that area might be fun to explore.
The Nentir Vale is a Points of Light setting where there was once a civilization but now has declined to nothing. Today there are 3 or 4 towns and a few villages scattered over quite large area with the rest wilderness teaming with monsters, ruins and forgotten points of interest. It is hemmed in on the north by a large lake, the south by a large swamp, and to the east and west by mountain ranges. Outside of narrow corridors, along rivers and roads, connecting the few towns it is basically unknown territory....ready to be explored! So, the game will be set in my version of Nentir Vale.
Setup:
So, I thought "Let's hack on TD first and see how it plays pbp. If it works on a single Adventure, and everyone has fun, maybe we can make it multiple adventures.
Here's my hack which I called Searchers for Adventure.
Now, where to set it? Well, Nentir Vale was 4th edition's setting and most people haven't played there, I've already done some hacking there, so that area might be fun to explore.
The Nentir Vale is a Points of Light setting where there was once a civilization but now has declined to nothing. Today there are 3 or 4 towns and a few villages scattered over quite large area with the rest wilderness teaming with monsters, ruins and forgotten points of interest. It is hemmed in on the north by a large lake, the south by a large swamp, and to the east and west by mountain ranges. Outside of narrow corridors, along rivers and roads, connecting the few towns it is basically unknown territory....ready to be explored! So, the game will be set in my version of Nentir Vale.
You'll start in Fallcrest, but immediately be hired for a mission to take place a couple of days north to deal with some pesky Goblins that are threatening a village, and more importantly river traffic between Fallcrest and Lakeside. The PC's are basically 1st level (although there aren't really levels in TD) but have worked together on a minor mission already in Fallcrest...so they know each other.
Your mission is to go up the Dragon river to the village of Old Bridge and evict the Goblins from the ruins there. A troop of soldiers will arrive in a month's time to occupy the ruins, but the Merchant's Guild want the Goblins gone much sooner than that so they have hired your party to deal with it! Run off the Goblins and earn a 20 gold piece reward...each! Succeed and Survive and the Merchant's Guild will have other tasks for your party or maybe you'll want to go off exploring on your own. You are Adventurers after all!
Appeal:
Your mission is to go up the Dragon river to the village of Old Bridge and evict the Goblins from the ruins there. A troop of soldiers will arrive in a month's time to occupy the ruins, but the Merchant's Guild want the Goblins gone much sooner than that so they have hired your party to deal with it! Run off the Goblins and earn a 20 gold piece reward...each! Succeed and Survive and the Merchant's Guild will have other tasks for your party or maybe you'll want to go off exploring on your own. You are Adventurers after all!
I'll accept as many as 8 players if that many are interested. Posts will be 4 or 5 times a week, sometimes more. I would expect everyone to check in, at least, daily. The action will be mostly Theater of the Mind. I trust players to roll their own dice, although using Unseen Servant's Dice Roller is convenient. I suspect the first adventure will take 3 to 4 months (real time) to finish. If the system works and the adventure is fun we can continue past the first adventure, but I'm not looking for a longer commitment than one adventure.
If I get 2 or 3 players to commit for this one adventure I'll request a forum and we can start a game.
If I get 2 or 3 players to commit for this one adventure I'll request a forum and we can start a game.
Any questions? Any takers?
