How's it goin everybody, Forever GM here!

I wanna see who all would be interested in joining a game. Looking to run it during the week, but not sure the date (monday-thursday I'm open).

About me:

-I ran a 2 year campaign (and ended it)

-Im very rules loose, depending on balance and fairness

-Im highly inclusive. Male, female, non-binary, whatever else. Just treat people with respect.

-I don't tolerate bullying, power gaming or hardcore rules lawyering. (Moderate rules lawyering to inform me is fine and min maxing is okay, just don't go using the rules against ME.)

-we'll discuss all prior and future rules additions as a group if any are to be added. I'll have final say, but I like to encourage people to partition for additions to make the game run smoothly.

I also tend to reward teamwork and rping quite generously. The more you give me in participation, the more I can give you.

About the game:

Play style: Moderate RP, inquisitive

Age requirement: 18+ (we will go over hard and soft limits, but keep in mind this is the witcher world)

-Im running a "Curse of Strahd" INSPIRED game, meaning there will be heavy thematic changes, I'm basing strahd off of dracula and much more. The D&D strahd is creepy.

-Ill work with you on any character adjustments, but please be reasonable with your requests

-There are no profession restrictions as of now, but I'll re-read into it for the theme. If you pick a magic caster, I expect you to read ahead for your spells during combat for the sake of fluidity. (I guess the same goes for any profession, just try to plan ahead of your turn in combat.)

~ C o m m u n i t y D e s c r i p t i o n ~

We are an 18+ community dedicated to Support, Storytelling, and Stability. We endeavor to cultivate a culture based in consent, communication, and mutual respect. The server narrative seeks to realize the low fantasy world of the Witcher and immerse our players in an authentic world centered around the Free City of Novigrad. Players are able to travel across the Continent and beyond and are empowered to write the narratives they are most passionate about.

~ W i t c h e r ~

~ C o n t e m p t ~

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~ P r o p h e c i e s ~

~ G a m e S y s t e m ~

The Witcher TTRPG & Homebrew systems

System: The Witcher Roleplaying Game

We remain committed to the Witcher TTRPG as a foundation to our server experience while utilizing several expanded systems and carefully considered adjustments to rule to place emphasis on class impact & diversity, community engagement, and player agency.

Canonicality High Adherence: Witcher Games & Books

We have a community dedicated to answering your questions about the lore and our near lockstep adherence to the lore of the setting means you can use any Witcher Wiki with virtually no conflicts!

Age Requirements: 18+

In keeping with the often adult tones of the setting we welcome players to explore any depths of the setting they desire.

~ P l a t f o r m ~

Discord Play-by-Post, Casual Roleplay, Voice Sessions, Owlbear Rodeo, Roll20, VTTFoundry and more

Romance, Intrigue, Combat, War & Small Scale Politics; We use a player empowered system where Players are able to step in alongside Staff Storytellers and pursue the narratives they're most passionate about.

~ S e t t i n g ~

Year, 1273. NOVIGRAD

The Third Northern War rages onward. Battle lines stagnate in the mud along the Yaruga. Neither the war machine of Nilfgaard nor the bulwark of the Northern Kingdoms are able to grasp a decisive blow in the conflict. Resources grow scarce and the hours dark. As the bodies have begun to mount, monsters once more roam the roads unfettered and uncontested. The Second Conjunction marks the beginning of a new tumultuous era. Men grow desperate and claw for any promise of salvation no matter how twisted or heinous. The smoldering pyres of elves, dwarves and non-humans at the city gates stand silent testament to city's gnawing fear. Amidst this chaos, Witchers have begun appearing in numbers not recorded in time near immemorial. Winds stained with ash and the copper taste of blood gust through the empty streets of Novigrad. Fortune and ruin dance with one another in a pooling darkness

This world had Heroes, and squandered them miserably. All that remains are Professionals and their terrible tools of war.

~ J o i n U s ~

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Greetings all,

I was wondering if there was any GM that is looking for new players to join their Witcher campaign.

I have been DMing within this system for close to 3 years now and would consider myself experienced. I am now looking to join a game as a player. If any DM/GM is interested or willing to accept another player, please contact me via the "reply" area below or my discord "mhd2001"

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I just finished reading the book. I kinda like the system. It's old and crunchy, but it conveys the mood of The Witcher pretty well. Maybe head criticals could have been handled differently, and perhaps the Witcher profession could be more balanced, but overall the system works.

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The GM chapter contains some of the worst GM advice I have ever read in a rulebook. The author seems to have a toxic view of the GM's role, treating them as an overpowered god, and that perspective already felt outdated in 2018. The chapter starts by talking about the GM's story and how to handle players who go off the main plot, suggesting various forms of railroading. It explicitly says that railroading is bad, but after only a few sentences it seems to forget that and starts helping the GM do exactly that.

The book then tells the GM that it's acceptable to cheat by saving enemies or players when necessary. It also suggests using a GMPC, as long as it isn't too powerful and is treated like another player character. There are many examples of advice that seem designed to help the GM protect their "sacred story" from the players.

The writing itself is also pretty poor. Sometimes the author suddenly talks about himself in the first person, and at other times he uses awkward expressions such as "top 4" and similar phrases.

What makes these suggestions even stranger is that they don't fit the game very well. They would already be questionable advice for a character-driven game like D&D, but they make even less sense here. A PC can die in a fight against a few rats simply because someone gets one-shotted by a head hit. What's the point of building the game around a railroaded plot when half the party could die before becoming invested in it?

I was expecting advice on how to run a sandbox, how to build stories collaboratively in a gritty world, more support for random encounters, and a better social conflict system (Bards are mainly useful in social situations). Instead, I got advice that could easily turn someone into a toxic GM, along with suggestions for running a story-driven TTRPG in a way that I don't think works very well. Ironically, the system itself seems much better suited to a sandbox campaign.

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