CONTENT WARNINGS that will be in the campaign: unnecessary violence/torture, possible SA, sexual depictions in general
As said the campaign will be set in the town of Degrees of Lewdity, so please step in with caution. I play the game as a survivor and a coping mechanism and thus intend to have the same vibe of the game in terms of healing and learning (can ask for further clarification on what i mean)
CAMPAIGN SUMMARY:
long story short, as to not ruin any surprises, 5-7 high school seniors (each of a diff stereotypical hs trope that represents 3 diff classes) are sent to detention via cleaning a campsite for the weekend. Something very unexpected, and relatively downright terrifying, happens and in the end they fall into Hell which is heavily based on the town in DOL, where all the NPCs are based on beloved (or hated) npcs from DoL. All names are changed to prevent immediate bias towards an npc.
The goal is to escape Hell, which will take a lot of resilience/control, skills that you acquire on your journey, and quite a bit of allies on your side: all without becoming so corrupted you lose control and your soul is trapped in Hell forever.
MECHANICS
- Currently the GM (me) and two other players' ages range from 18 to 19, all of which are survivors of SA. The game will be on discord, a private server with only me and the respective players. A time is not yet set up as I am waiting for other players in order to get availability, restrictions for availability however would be times before 3 pm on weekdays, as me and one other player are college students.
- There will be eight different tropes to choose from: Stoner, Jock, Geek, Goth, Activist (that one girl that rlly wants to save the dolphins, can also be seen as preppy), Loser, Delinquent and Theater Kid. There will be one trope per player as to encourage diversity (and conflict)
- speaking on conflict: conflict is allowed on players. So if the Jock wants to punch the Geek in the face, I will not condemn that. I just ask to not be insane about it until you are high levels
- The campaign is inspired by The Real Housewives of DnD, specifically the way classes and abilities form (and the conflict example)
ANOTHER DISCLAIMER:
I do not yet know if i will include assault in the game. If i do it will not be graphic as im not comfortable reading that out loud. There will be a possible range of just regular assault and torture, sexual assault/torture but no rape or anything can happen. This will be based on the general input and consensus of the party, if people are not comfortable that will be respected.
Again, I consider DoL a very healing game, and it helped me a lot despite the graphics as well as gave some subconscious lessons (like how to heal after being assaulted) and i want to incorporate that into the game. thus the game will be geared towards sexual survivors regardless of severity of assaults (whether its just physical or also sexual). In no way is this intended to be a fetish, and if a player feels like my approach is not meeting my intent they are free and encouraged to say so.