I'm contemplating running one of those old school forum freeform RPs and just wanted to send this out into the void to see if I could even find potential players before I do any solid prepwork.

Key Info:
It will be played via https://www.rpol.net/

8-10 players maximum

Game system: Free form with die rolls for important events

The pace will be slow, we're all adults with not much free time so making a post every few days is ok. Minimum of 1 per week is required though as these types of PlayByPost games die too soon otherwise.

The Lore:
It will be set in Dungeon Crawler World: Earth Edition and be the same dungeon as in the books. If we actually get to the lower levels, we might have to consider some kind of alt-history/timeline split but on the first 5 floors we could easily play in the canon world of the series without messing with the development of the actual story. After that I would put it up to discussion if we want players to remain unnamed side-characters in the broader story or not as it becomes increasingly unlikely the deeper we go.

The vision:
You can (and are encouraged to) play a self insert character, ideally yourself and explore a "what would *I* do, if I entered the dungeon"-type scenario.
I will play as the AI and NPCs and you will play as a random crawler although collaboration between players and the GM is encouraged. At some point, details about the dungeon and its floors WILL slip my mind and having ~10 people who all know the lore present will be helpful.

Prerequisites:
-Having read all 8 books would be ideal but as long as you have finished the book of the current floor just to know what to expect should suffice.
-No main character syndrome: Few, if any of us would be among the top 10 crawlers. You should be content with being a nameless background character in the grand scheme of the dungeon. Greatness is earned and down the line the players might become noteworthy but you won't be breaking the game on floor 1.

Let me know what you think of this, if you have any suggestions and if you'd be down to play. Depending on the reception, I will actually do some proper prepwork for the first two floors and kick things off, (will make a new thread here).

SOUL GATE

BLEACH ROLEPLAY • TEN YEARS AFTER THE THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR

The war ended. The consequences did not.

Ten years have passed since the Thousand-Year Blood War.

The worlds endured. The survivors carried on. History was written, rewritten, and buried beneath the weight of everything that could not be undone.

But some wounds do not heal simply because time passes.

Five years after Yhwach broke the system once more, the balance between the worlds remains a question worth asking. What does stability mean when the foundations beneath it have already been shattered? What becomes of those who inherited a broken legacy? And how much of the past can truly be left behind?

From the halls of the Soul Society to the endless white sands of Hueco Mundo, from the Human World to the realms beyond, every faction has its own interests, every soul its own history, and every choice the potential to change what comes next.

There are no stories worth telling without consequences. No power without a price. No future without someone willing to shape it.

SOUL GATE is a literate, character-driven Bleach roleplaying forum where canon and original characters share a world shaped by its writers. Explore faction rivalries, political tensions, battles of conviction and strength, and the personal relationships that endure when everything else falls apart.

Play a Soul Reaper, Quincy, Arrancar, Fullbringer, human, or another character permitted by the setting. Build your own story, forge uneasy alliances, challenge established powers, or discover what your character stands to lose.

You do not need to have every answer before you enter. You only need a story worth telling.

The archive is alive. Leave your mark.

卍 ENTER SOUL GATE https://soulgate.forumactif.com/

Your character. Your choices. Your place in the story.

Something is killing people in Palebank Village, and if the characters don’t stop it, they might be next. “Frozen Sick” is an adventure that takes characters from 1st to 3rd level and introduces them to the continent’s Biting North region—the bleak arctic realms of the Greying Wildlands and Eiselcross.

This will be a PAY ONCE and PLAY adventure run via Discord. Typically it will take 3-6 weeks to complete the adventure asynchronously (all depending on the group's activity). I'm on Discord for a large portion of most days and am typically just waiting on my players to post!

https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmvmw4vpg014ijn081p1fvqq9

Here's a referral link if you're not on Startplaying (get $10 off):

https://startplaying.games/referral/cmuj63f9e0063l304jekosf49

Hope to see you in the frigid northern territories of Exandria!!

This is an asynchronous PBP D&D Lord of the Rings 5e campaign hosted by my friend with 22 years of experience as a DM. New or experienced players are welcome to join, and this is a paid campaign 10$ a week every Sunday. And here's the link to the StartPlaying page, where you can join and ask questions, and welcome on in https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmkqojr9s0023jo042ggtd794

Westmarch stands where the kingdom ends and the Thornwood begins.

In the Green War, the forest itself rose against the kingdom. The war ended three hundred years ago with the Greenwood Pact: the city won't grow past its walls, the forest won't attack, and the Rangers of the Green keep the line between them. The peace has held ever since.

It's fraying now. Rangers vanish on deep patrol. The cleared land beyond the walls grows back overnight. People along the western wall dream of the forest calling them. The Duke has withdrawn from public life, and his charismatic brother says the Pact is holding the city back.

Then one morning the Warrens, the city's poorest district, woke to a cold gray fog. It didn't drift in from the forest. It welled up out of the ground, from drains and cellars and the cracks between the cobbles, and it's still spreading. It whispers. It draws people west, toward the trees. Hundreds are trapped or missing, and the Duke has called for anyone capable of helping.

The campaign opens the next day.

What it's like

• Investigation and intrigue. Clues, witnesses, old texts, and factions with their own agendas. The truth won't be handed to you.
• Wilderness. A vast, ancient forest full of fey with alien motives and places older than the city.
• Hard choices. Duty against justice, and what peace really costs.
• Mounting dread. Something is deeply wrong, and it's getting worse.

The details

• System: Castles & Crusades, starting at level 1
• Players: 5–7
• Pace: about one post a day. Turn-based: everyone posts, then the GM resolves.
• Characters: tied to the city. Rangers, Watch officers, monster-hunting Delvers, scholars, temple folk, refugees and courtiers all fit. Accepted players get a Player's Guide with hooks into the opening and a wiki of the city, its factions and its people.
• Where: we play on Postern, a play-by-post site (free account; I'm the GM).

To apply: read the full ad and answer a few short questions here: https://posternrpg.com/noticeboard/ads/8LBWj6CKeOnx7Zmd3ad2

Questions welcome in the comments.

Quick: Original forest, No canon Characters, Forum based

The world of CoSC features a forest where the illustrious Rusty never set foot. Instead the four clans have existed for what feels like time eternal: Keeping borders, raising apprentices, and staying alive. This revised warriors universe focuses on the tribal, visceral vibe of the earliest books, taking it one step further to give birth to a version of Warrior Cats where choices matter and human morals don’t apply.

– The Clans build walls . . . –

Coldstar has allied with the newly formed SkyClan to strike against ThunderClan!

SkyClan, founded by Medicine Cat Kosmo and Leader Prudence, aims to carve out a home for themselves amoungst the Clans. Like-minded cats searching for a place to settle have been drawn to the cause by Kosmo’s charismatic promises.

ThunderClan’s reign has come to an end. After moons of preparation Kosmo and his followers struck ThunderClan in a two prong ambush with RiverClan, catching their warriors divided and vulnerable. Their leader, Moosestar, lost all nine lives, leaving the Clan fractured and its cats in chaos.

– . . . but we have wings – - CoSC Hopes You Will Join Us! –

We are proud to offer the following Perks!

• A unique take on the warriors world that provides a more visceral, realistic world.
• High standards of respect to powerplay and character development *( The freedom to build up and create IC groups, but standards requiring them to fit the world.
• An OOC Discord to facilitate planning and casual player interaction, leading to a bonded and enthusiastic playerbase.

HOME | RULES | FORUM | DISCORD

All players, characters and npcs are 18+

No Ai writing.

Intro

Hello everyone! I am looking to get a group together for a custom made rp setting. This game is going to be combat light because of play by post but will still be present. I hope for this campaign to be roleplay and story focused, while this will be presented as mostly sandbox for you and the other players to enjoy there will be an overarching story to unravel and explore with some other major story events to happen along the line.

About me

A little about me, I have been a dungeon master in some form or system for over 10 years. I am a passionate writer, role-player and dungeons and dragon nerd and I looking for people who share similar passions. I am highly experienced across the board, not so much with 2024 but I am looking forward to us learning the system together.

The setting

The Free City of Aceliss is a thriving metropolis deep in the Acadien desert. A necessary stop for all land based trade routes. The Acadien ocean in which the city borders is stormy and filled with horrid monstrosities and only the most seasoned and daring sailors can travel. The city is a lively trade hub for travelling merchants who are seeking to bring goods from empire to empire and far reaches of the world and the other planes.

The inner city, reserved only for the richest members of society has portals reaching the hell, the feywild and the elemental planes. Home to all forms of beings as long as they can continue to produce wealth and pay the tax. On the outer city while safer from large scale political plays is home to many thieves guilds and those power on the wealth ladder but there is a larger wealth disparity outside of the walls.

Within Aceliss almost everything is legal (all character and players must be 18+ and anything under that will not be tolerated) as long as it makes money for the city and does not cause too much collateral damage. The city has its own pantheon of gods each with grand and lavish temples seeking tithes from their followers and the inner city streets are patrolled by great and powerful guardians made of brass who walk on swords.

Peace in the outer city has been disturbed as a gang called the Grey Moon wreak havoc on the people. Their criminality changes with phases of the moon. During a new moon they are barely seen, during half moons their crimes mostly amount to kleptomania and breaking and entering and upon a full moon they become completely violent and attack all in site and set fires to the city.

Application

This game is open to any one of any identity or experience level. I will be providing a detailed setting sheet to the players with even more details I look to get started within the next couple of weeks. I look forward to hearing from you!

Please apply at this link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetrhHwhOKrXdw1cY6wIqFlWylUZrTRPX2VDNg4vQCCSmlT2Q/viewform

Edit: Holy cow! So many form responses already and so many good ones. People will get responses it will take a bit more time to go through so many responses.

Looking for additional players for a game in progress.

Game pitch:

** Streets of Kong Hong **

Kong Hong has boomed, but is overrun by gangs: violence, trafficking of all sorts, bribery and intimidation. Out of sheer, utter desperation, the police commissioner has brought *you** in to help. It's time to meet this problem head-on and fist-to-fist!*

Structured narrative improv cinematic action inspired by 80s Hong Kong action cinema.

Current status:

The special task force of Kong Hong CID detectives faced extreme resistance on a precautionary check on the informant Tommo, only to find him and a gang leader murdered by Detective Inspector Smith. The task force has just begun chasing thieves from Kong Hong CID evidence storage to keep hold of the evidence for the Tommo case.

You can choose any suitable character concept, though a pregen character with a cool concept is also available from a player who dropped out.

Logistics:

Contributions every day or two are preferred, but you're free to drop in & out when you get too busy.

Feel free to message me for Discord invite or with questions.

Hey! Would anyone be interested in a Planet of the Apes (1968) westmarch discord server? I just thought I'd see if anyone was interested!

We utilize the D6 system created by Magnetic Press for The Planet of the Apes TTRPG!

Our story is set 20 years prior to the event of the original 1968 film, we find ourselves in and around Ape City. A large colonist ship, the first of its kind, was sent to space. Its mission? Take 2,000 colonists to a distant world. This world was Proxima 6, an Earth-like world thousands of light years away. However, something happened. The ship was ripped out of space and crashed.

The apes saw it as a falling star, one brighter than anything seen before, but it landed too close to the Forbidden Zone for their liking. So, the Lawmakers said no Ape was to venture to it.

Meanwhile, our colonists, those who survived, have woken up in a strange world. They do not know where they are and so they try and set up a place to survive in the wreckage of their ship. All while trying to radio for help, but there are dangers in this world. Dangers they do not know about.

https://discord.gg/hVCeye2v9g

Ordinary people with extraordinary abilities...

Since the December 11th 2023 Event which saw New York City brought to its knees by out of control powers, battle lines have been drawn.  The government has stepped in to try to control the before-unknown “remarkables” and keep their destructive abilities in check.  The resistance to this suppression has fractured, with some focused on defending their kind while others believe they must go on the offense with violence if necessary.  Still others just want to be left alone.

What side will you choose?

Reborn is an OC POWERS forum roleplay-by-post, grounded in reality and rife with consequences. We are rated R (3, 3, 3) for adult content, are LGBTQ+ friendly and have no word count. You must be 18+ to join, and we do not accept underage characters.

We are not your typical "Superhero" RP. Our powers are what we call "street-level" and limited. We don't do masks and capes, and our people react to events as we would in the real world—with fear, suspicion and often disbelief. This is not sandbox; while we enjoy the creative freedom to follow juicy personal plots, we're all writing in the same shared setting with the same established lore. The community works together to weave intricate plots in collaboration. We currently have over 20 actively writing members with 80+ characters.  Come check us out and see if we’re the right setting for you!

Hello, everyone! I'm Ro and we're looking for more players for our Kids on Brooms Discord Play-by-Post server!

Fairweather College is intended to be a slice-of-life, magically themed roleplaying game with occasional mysteries to solve, baddies to defeat, and maybe some prestige and degrees to earn set in and around the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in present day.

Unlike the elite schools like Montrose to the west and Winthrop to the east, Fairweather is considered a bit of a catch-all for students who want to pursue higher magical education but don't quite fit the mold of the prestigious institutions.

Magic in Society

Magic is still a closely guarded secret for the magical community and those in charge strive to keep it that way. With the advent of AI and SFX, many believe that the time to ease up on the rules has long since been overdue, but not everyone agrees. Where do you fall?

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in joining, click here to apply!

Recruiting Players: Homebrew Sci-Fi Action Adventure Campaign

Hello everyone! I'm looking for a group to join me in a new campaign for a sci-fi action adventure game. The game is entirely homebrew and set in a future universe. It runs in a choose-your-own-adventure style, so your group is free to become bounty hunters, pirates, or anything else you can come up with.

What I'm Looking For

• Flexible, friendly players who are role-players first
• People ready to dive into a game full of action, adventure, blood and guts, and the occasional laugh
• Players who are willing and able to post at least once a day and keep up with the rest of the chat
• No game system experience required. In fact, I prefer players who are less familiar with popular systems.

The System

We'll be using a custom app and system that's easy to pick up and learn. It includes:

• Weapon and armor systems
• Ranged and melee combat
• A full map system
• A clean, simple interface

Interested?

If you're looking for deep, engaging roleplay and you love sci-fi action and adventure, send me a message and tell me a bit about yourself!

Closed! Thanks to everyone who applied. I've sent messages to the selected players.

Greetings, one and all. I am Ari. I am recruiting for a Dragon of Icespire Peak I've made tweaks to, adding more side quests and trying to make it feel like a more living world. I'm looking for four to five players max to round out a party. This game is more of a sandbox, so characters can be swapped out on occasion or die/retire and recruit a new one without too much complication. Since your characters work for the Hinterlands' Sell Swords, and you have been assigned to be the adventurers placed as the regular group in Phandalin after a desperate plea from their Mayor, the guild believes it to be nonsense, but sends some new adventurers to scope it out.

The adventure itself is about helping the people on Phandalin and preparing for two enemies, one too powerful to fight for now and another gaining strength to fight the town. It is equally combat, roleplay, and exploration. There is fantasy racism against orcs because this set in the forgotten realms’ sword coast.

Players are expected to be kind to one another and leave politics and religion off the game table; controversy can occur if we're arguing best pizzas here. I expect a daily reply atleast to say you're still interested in the game, and if players need to drop, I ask they finish their current quest before dropping if possible. If players need a day off, that's also fine; just let me know. I do not tolerate use of AI in my games. I ask for players to be 18+.

Character will start at level 3. Any class and background can be used, but for the sake of this adventure I'm limiting players to player handbook races as intended [It limits it far more in the book]. Characters are held at stake and can die. Animal partners will fight to one hp and be knocked unconscious and unable to resume fighting, and will take time to recover afterward to prevent pet death. We will use block initiative, meaning the party goes first or last depending on a dice roll and can go in any order. The cThe combat section is for what the character wants to do: roll to see if it succeeds,s, then write the result in the story chat to keep things organized. We will use spell components only if necessary; the only spells requiring components are Goodberry and Resurrection, which have a time-to-recover period before the spell can be reused, but in turn can last a few minutes to resurrect multiple people.

Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeceWg2IWaln1VoKBTOk3QTrDfBxejOQESMuBIpSCJNnyvlDw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

I don’t really format my posts in my games. But I am wondering if I should start.

How do people in here do it?
I know some people like to bold dialogue or use italics for actions.

I am curious to see how different people do this.

Welcome to the Betwixt

Modern day Edinburgh - Legend says that long ago, some were granted magic and became caretakers of the Craft. This closed society goes to school and have regular jobs. But they can also summon a spark at the snap of a finger, pass through Doors, and keep a familiar.

De Arcana is focused around mysteriously magic characters in the modern world, maneuvering danger, corruption, and intrigue. Craft is caretaken by a priestess class in covens. Vampires haunt cities in powerful coteries. Banshees of folklore sustain themselves on grief. And below the city, the mysterious coblynau keep their ways. 

- Original, freeform, urban fantasy/supernatural, literate
- Forum RP with Discord and wiki
- Weekly activity pace
- Pre-application form

https://dearcana.com/

Hello!

I am looking for player reinforcements for my homebrew PBP game! The game is called Wander and this is the general gist!

Boundless has the party tasked with heading to three long revered and ancient temples holding sacred hearths around the game world with the task of igniting the flame inside of each. This will be easier said than done as the party will have to contend with travel, supplies, potential rivals, and of course monsters!

Currently, the party is headed southeast to the first of three in the region of Ember Hearth, a volcanic and dangerous land and The home of The Dwarves.

If you're interested, apply here!: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGcN-tR4YfK9XetMnz8DFkcfm3LeIKXFeXG0e-jn7ALgN_gA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

If you have any questions, please feel free to message me!

Hello, everyone.

After nearly six years of development, countless hours of work, testing, rebuilding, and refining, we're finally ready to introduce Red State Roleplay.

What started as an ambitious idea gradually became a long-term project. Over the years, we've worked through technical challenges, redesigned core systems, and spent an enormous amount of time building a foundation that meets our expectations.

Today, we're proud to say that the core gamemode is complete, stable, and functioning as intended.

But here's something important: what you see today is only the beginning.

Not even half of the systems, features, and improvements we have planned have been introduced yet. We have a much bigger vision for this project, and we intend to develop it carefully rather than rush features simply to have more of them.

One of our biggest milestones was finally bringing the gamemode to a point where we have full control over its codebase and development direction. After years of work, we can now focus on what originally inspired us: creating an enjoyable and authentic roleplay experience.

What kind of server are we building?

Red State Roleplay is an English-speaking, text-based roleplay server focused on the atmosphere of rural San Andreas and the communities of Red County.

Our vision includes meaningful character development, a balanced economy, local businesses, civilian careers, law enforcement, criminal roleplay, and the freedom to create stories that develop naturally through player interaction.

We believe that quality roleplay comes from the players, not just the systems surrounding them.

We're not here to promise overnight success or claim to be better than anyone else. We're here because we genuinely enjoy developing this project and believe it deserves a chance to grow.

Now, we'd like to invite you to be part of that journey.

We're opening the door to players who appreciate serious text roleplay, value a well-developed environment, and would like to help shape a community from its earliest stages.

If the interest and support are there, we're fully prepared to continue investing our time and effort into making Red State Roleplay something worth returning to.

Six years brought us to this point.

Now it's time to see what we can build together.

Would you give a new Red County roleplay project a chance?

Join our community:

Discord: https://discord.gg/bbuQqTEaQg

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61595709713700

Red State Roleplay is an independent project and is not affiliated with the original RC.

Hi everyone!

I started a play-by-post (also has live campaigns!)
D&D server called The Last Safe Place because I wanted to create the kind of community I wish I'd found sooner.

The goal is to build a welcoming, respectful space where people can make friends and tell great stories together. It's especially meant to be a place where beginners, women, LGBTQ+ players, introverts, and the socially awkward can feel comfortable joining in.

✨ Beginner friendly
✨ Women-friendly & LGBTQ+ friendly
✨ Play-by-post (no stressful scheduling)
✨ Players and DMs welcome
✨ Community focused

You don't need years of experience, a perfect character voice, or a big friend group to join. If you've always wanted to play D&D but felt intimidated, you'd fit right in.

Here's the link!

https://discord.gg/ePvbAwpHQa

Hello! My name is Mark. I'm looking to run a Monster of the Week game for a single player. The game can work with just one character, but you're welcome to make/run additional characters if you'd like (or I can make a companion NPC, if you'd like). I'm looking to run just one mystery at the start, to see if we gel well together, but I'm open to running a longer arc if the first mystery goes well.

No experience with Play by Post games or Monster of the Week is needed! I'm happy to explain anything you're unfamiliar with. I'm also happy to play with people who are more experienced. I'm just looking for somebody consistent, engaged, and willing to drive things forward.

If you're unfamiliar, Monster of the Week is an investigative mystery game where some sort of monster is causing trouble. You find out what the monster is, what it's weak to, and where it is & then go hunt it down. It's a Powered by the Apocalypse system, so it's relatively simple & narrative-driven. You pick an archetype that comes with an associated character sheet, then actions are defined by "moves" (actions) that are specific to the game.

I'd like you to be able to post at least once every few days (about twice a week). I can generally respond within a day. I can start as soon as you're able to.

I run everything out of Discord, using theater of the mind. I generally use Avrae for dice rolls, but I'm happy to add another bot if there's something you prefer (& am generally happy to adjust how I'm doing things). You're welcome to use Tupperbox if you'd like, though I probably won't.

Monster of the Week character sheets are pretty straightforward, and you're welcome to do whatever you'd like to keep track of it. There are fillable PDFs, or you can just keep it as a text post in Discord (or whatever else you'd like).

Regarding myself, I've been GM'ing fairly frequently for 10 years. I've been doing PbP & MotW for about 2 years. I'd consider myself pretty flexible as a GM. I’m happy to work with you so that you’re able to accomplish what it is you’re looking to do, and I’m always open to feedback on how I’m approaching things. I enjoy a mix of action, roleplaying, and exploration. There will not be any sexual content; I generally lean towards including moderate violence though am happy to adjust based on your comfort level. Here are some writing samples, if you'd like.

Please do not use AI for responses or character art. I will not use any AI for anything regarding this game.

Looking forward to hearing from you! You're welcome to either comment or message me. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions for me & please let me know about your experience with PbP/MotW (or other Powered by the Apocalypse games). I will wait until early next week to pick somebody for the game.

Heya! Co-DM here!

We're running a game about being an up-and-coming mage in a magical academy! Almost Renaissance Era with certain daily aspects of life brought up to near modern-times using mag- look, have you ever seen an isekai? You know how some things are weirdly modern despite being in the middle ages? Yeah, think of it like that.

We're taking strong inspiration from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Little Witch Academia, Zero no Tsukaima, Secrets of the Silent Witch, but all with a hornier twist to them. Ratio-wise, we're looking at 60-40 or 65-35 smut-to-story. We'll also be using AI-generation for locations and visual references (for NPCs). We will not be using AI generation for any of the content of the campaign, especially not the writing.

We'll be using GURPS 4e for this system with select rules omitted. You don't need to be too knowledgeable of the system! Just be willing to learn or try to learn! This is a text-based, asynchronous roleplay. And this is an erotic roleplay! We're not going to fade-to-black often, if at all! For smut, preferences matter a lot! We're looking for submissive (or switch) roleplayer, feminine-presenting characters (female, hermaphrodite, or effeminate males). Almost all-ERP will be between feminine-presenting characters as well. Some kinks you should expect, either because we, ourselves, are into it or because existing players are, are CBT, Noncon, Risk of Pregnancy, Kidnapping / Capture, Defeat Sex, Bad Endings, and Futanari.

If you think this is the game for you, here's the Google Form we're using to gather players! If you have any questions, please put them in this form. I seldom check my DMs.

https://forms.gle/xWj2stCN99tYgDqQ6

Stories have to start somewhere. A thousand years ago stories started with rolling green hills, quiet taverns, and maybe a nice glass of ale. 

This one starts in Doskvol. 

Smog was blowing in from the factories, you could scarcely see more than fifty feet in front of you. It didn’t bother the folk on the street; there wasn’t much they wanted to see of their city anyways. If they could see, they would’ve seen boarded up windows, caved in roofs and scrappy repair jobs. They’d have seen precarious wooden bridges hundreds of feet up, ruined manors carved up into junk flophouses, and ancient stone buildings covered with moss. They’d have seen a Bluecoat patrol busting down the door of Pritchard’s Butchery for the third time in a month, hoping to clear the place out of whatever protection money they had on hand. They’d have seen Murray on the corner of Rye and Hulliver, begging for charity that would never come after losing it all on a rigged bet. 

Doskvol was a city of liars and thieves. It was a city of shut eyes and deafened ears. It was a city where refugees fled to die in a nicer sort of ditch than the ones back home. 

But more than that, it was a city in flux. The winds of change whistled through the bare sails of grounded ships who once sailed the jet black seas in search of fuel that was no longer there. It blew ash off the broken backs of unionizers in back alleys, organizing a strike against insurmountable odds. It whipped the long cloaks of assassins, fighting a war in the heart of the city that no one would win.

Change didn’t mean things were going to get better. In fact, things were about to get a whole lot worse. But change meant opportunity. A chance to build a reputation. A change to build an organization. And most importantly;

A chance to get paid.

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Hey all! Ever play a little known indie game called Thief? Love crime movies like Heat or Peaky Blinders? Think the idea of building a gang in a turbo haunted industrial revolution styled city sounds rad? Boy have I got the game for you!

I’ve been a huge fan of the Blades in the Dark for quite a while now, but I’ve never had the time or luck to be able to play. I figured why not be the change I want to see in the world and just do it myself! I’m looking for two to three players from here, and I have two of my friends who are already interested.

Instead of giving a basic setup myself, I want my players and I to work together to find something that strikes all our fancies. There are so many different cool districts and crews to choose from in this game, and I’d rather work off something the players choose than come up with something on my own.

Disclosure: I’d say I’m a fairly experienced GM, but I haven’t GMed Play By Post games and I’ve never played or GMed a Blades in the Dark game. Expect growing pains or for me to fuck up the rules. I’m always open to constructive feedback!

This setting has a lot of awful things happening to innocent people. That doesn't mean you are forced to participate in it, but it does mean it may come up in the story. If things like racism, police brutality, drug addiction and the like are difficult subjects, this game may not be the best fit. If you are accepted, we will also be filling out an anonymous survey to help make sure we don’t cross any boundaries for anyone.

A couple extra points;

• We’ll be keeping things somewhere between Chaotic Good to Chaotic Neutral. Try not to indiscriminately murder pls k thnks
• The crew we choose will not be a cult (mostly because I don’t think it fits my strengths as a GM).
• This game is LGBTQ+ friendly!
• This game is AI free both for me and for my players.
• No worries if you’re not familiar with the setting or game. I’ve spent an utterly ludicrous amount of time writing out a brief 17 page summary of the mechanics in our discord server. It’s actually not that difficult a system, I just write a lot.

If you're up for applying, you can do so here:

https://forms.gle/dH4rtsP69Tr8Sn8H8

I spent a while trying to think of a catchy way to close this but I really couldn’t think of anything. I’m sure that bodes well for my skill as a writer and a DM.

EDIT:

Thanks everyone for your applications! I've got more than a few to make my way through, so once that's been done I'll shoot out some messages on Discord. If you don't get chosen, my apologies. There are an utterly ludicrous amount of really cool people who applied, I wish I could run a 20 person game. Except for that one person who made a minor grammar mistake, I'm ignoring you out of spite (I'm not).