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mistrlittlejeans
12-18-2011, 10:52 AM
I'm looking for 3 players for a PbP/PbEM game of Burning Wheel. I have a couple of ideas for a game that I am interested in, but nothing is set in stone. Let me know if you would be interested in playing a character in something like this"

1) Homeland - Your race (stock) is returning to its long lost motherland after millenia as outcasts. Ages ago your hated enemies the orcs nearly annihilated your race, and the survivors fled across a vast ocean. Now your people have recovered and the king has decided it is time to reclaim what was once yours.

The game would focus on exploration, discovering lost secrets, new races, intrigue within your race and possibly others, and probably a decent amount of combat. I could tailor to the player's tastes. I originally DMed a Dnd campaign based on this theme with the lost race being the elves, but I'm not necessarily married to that idea. I think dwarves or humans could work just fine.

2) The Witcher(s) - The game would be loosely based on the books/videogame(s) of the same name. You (and your group) would be professional monster hunters, or at least one of you would be. The others could potentially be supporting cast (with everyone having their own spotlight). Plenty of intrigue as you get to know villages and cities. Plenty of monsters to chop up. I'd probably leave out the sex though. I'll leave that to your own imagination :)

Just a couple of ideas. I'm open to others as well.

Citizen Mane
12-27-2011, 10:42 AM
I'm interested, if you're still looking for players. Either idea sounds fine to me, though I have to admit that my familiarity with the source material for the second idea is limited to the first ten hours of the first video game.

obernardo
12-29-2011, 06:32 AM
I would like to join too, although I prefer the first idea. In fact, I prefer something with less combats because (meaningless/massive) monster killing in RPGs has no juice for me... What kind of PbP tools/scheme are we looking at?

mistrlittlejeans
12-30-2011, 11:20 AM
I started a new thread in the PbP forum. We currently have 4 players, which is the maximum I want to work with. All four were most interested in the second idea. However, if someone drops out I'll keep you in mind if you are interested. Also, I wasn't planning on making the game a bloodbath of monster killing. It would involve more intrigue, investigation, and mystery leading to the eventual monster slaying, or slaying of the characters ;)

obernardo
12-31-2011, 09:12 AM
Sweet! I didn't realize I was so late :D Thanks anyways, and I hope the game goes smoothly!