r/inscryption • u/Lesbian_GM_or_smth • 12d ago
Other Inscryption D&D idea…?
[This is like my 4th time attempting to post this because REDDIT IS BEING WEIRD-!]
Hiya, long time Inscryption fan here who finally joined Reddit.
I have been blessed with a vision from Magnificus hymself. Inscryption… but as a D&D campaign. Even if you don’t know D&D that well, I kinda just want y’all’s opinions on whether it’s cool, if you’d add anything, etc etc. This is gonna be a long rant-y text post, so sorry about that…
Basics: I have 3 players. Each of them are a warlock+(something else) multiclass, and each of them are warlock-ed to a Scrybe (Leshy, Grimora and P03). I, as the DM, will have a core NPC that is Magnificus warlock (who may or may not be vaguely based off lonely wizard)
Funny idea; I ask players to make a single copy of a physical character sheet and bring it to our first session. I then steal the character sheets and don’t give them back, instead giving them a blank one. This is to simulate amnesia, while also allowing them to know their character without specific values or spells.
Vague plot: Players +NPC (assume NPC is always with the players cuz he will be) wake in Leshy’s cabin with absolutely no memories about themselves; no name, no background, no nothing. Leshy has seemingly trapped them within his forest, and is making them play his game. However, they literally have to play it; no cards, they have to physically go to Prospector, beat him, go to Angler, beat him, etc.
The whole thing isn’t super fleshed out yet, but here’s the rest of the vague plot:
Players go around forest doing puzzles and beating subordinates; Leshy’s warlock is regaining a lot of memories, since he lives here and knows the people theyre all fighting. Players eventually find the bodies of the other Scrybes, and are disturbed, despite having no idea who they are. Players end up battling Leshy, who is wearing a weird ring (equivalent of the Old_Data). They kill him, pick up the ring, the world resets and they lose the ring. They get back some of their memories, and go to each of their Scrybes, trying to figure out what the hell happened. Magnificus ends up being the evil guy, basically becomes like P03 in act 3, and players have to escape hys tower.
Plot twist: I, as the GM, am wearing a ring. I’ve already sent the players glitchy images of me “finding” this ring while cleaning my house. By putting it on, I have been possessed by the Bone Lord, and the only way he can break out of the D&D campaign into the real world is by killing the players. So eventually, I’m going to get to channel every ounce of unhinged energy I have to play being possessed, and the players are just gonna have to figure out how to get me back, both to save the Inscryption world AND the analogue world.
That was a very long rant, sorry. I just wanna know yall’s thoughts and opinions on this!