Co-GMed by Valkyrie

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You enter a dark corridor aged by the centuries of inactivity, evident as the pungent smell of mildew and stale air is wafted into everyone’s nostrils. At the end of the corridor there are three levers on the left wall and a bar gate halting your advance. It appears you must choose a lever to activate the gate, but there being three and no other object around to be activated as a device it would suggest that two of them are a trap, or at least false.

With no one in your party being professional trap disablers or detectors, you decide to pull one of the levers at random. You choose poorly, the floor beneath you gives way as your party plummets into a small reservoir of water, unharmed but certainly wet.

You see another corridor leading out of the reservoir room, and although at first dark, up ahead you can see a dim light illuminating the rest of the way. As you approach, the light seems brighter and by its end you find yourselves in room the size of at least two houses put together, and inside is exactly what you journeyed here for: mountains of gold and precious gems enough to buy a palace and stuff it with food for a life time.

But alas, before you could even begin to try and formulate a way of transporting your fortune, your party hears an awful and less than human moan reverberate within the room. It is only now that you notice a casket within the treasure’s epicenter, and with an explosive display its lid soars to the ceiling, before returning to earth with a snapping thud that would make most check their ears. Emerging from the casket is what appears to be an emaciated figure, which on second glance you easily notice that his flesh is sickeningly thin and obviously rotting.

The animate corpse is garbed in tattered yet ornate robe supposedly for ceremony, and given the circumstances it is rather safe to assume that this is his burial tomb that you have disturbed. His body ascends into the air hovering over the casket by a power you know not of, and in a chilling and authoritative voice he bellows, “INFIDELS! YOU WOULD PERVERT MY SLUMBER WITH YOUR PRESENCE? NOW YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!”

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Hello and welcome to Beyond the Realms! I hope you enjoyed that little demonstration, cliché and incredibly cheesy as it was, but that was to show you the sorts of things you can expect from this RP. Although you’re probably wanting a better clarification on what that actually means.

What it boils down to is good old fashioned, fair and balanced roleplaying.

It will take place in a persistent world largely based on the settings of Dungeons and Dragons, and in fact most of the races and archetypes in the world are based on the well known RPG, but here’s the kicker:

You don’t have to play as any of them.

That’s right, you can either create a character from the already established world, make one purely from scratch, or even a character based on a fandom, as long as they are original. You cannot however take on characters that already exist, or make carbon copies of them to where the only difference is the name and a slight tweak of maybe their personality or abilities. Certain fandoms will not be allowed due to potential OP characters, the last thing we need is a goddamn Super Saiyan or kryptonian running around, so make sure their grounded ok? Also, given that they won’t be natives we will have to invent a way for them to end up in the persistent world.

This RP will be part narrated, part sandbox. Your characters will start off in the setting and will have options on how to interact with the world. Depending on what you choose I may create a flexible quest line based on the characters’ personalities, histories, and abilities. There is no specific “end game” yet, as in there is no one goal all characters have to meet, like killing that evil wizard in the tower and that’s it. Your character’s story ends when you want it to end, or if they die, whichever comes first.

Quest lines are open to change and evolve as they go on, and they can range from retrieving objects in dungeons, to political missions or even exploring character pasts. This allows for a real, organic and in-depth way of storytelling wrapped around the characters and constantly testing them to see how they change and react.

I will be your GM , and unlike most RPs I will NOT be joining as a player myself, rather I will be taking the traditional route of creating settings, acting out all NPCs, and refereeing the game. Though at times I can be critical, know that I am not “out to get anyone”, and will conduct the game with fairness.

Currently there are 10 character slots. Notice I said character slots instead of player slots. Each player is allowed a maximum of two characters at once, meaning we could have 5 people playing all with 2 characters, 10 people playing 1 character each, or any variation in-between. Depending on how far along we get and observing how comfortable people are with the amount of players, in the future I may add or subtract slots.

KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU TAKE ON 2 CHARACTERS, THAT TAKES A POTENTIAL SPOT FROM SOMEONE ELSE.

Apps will be taken in first come first serve, however if an app is denied and someone else posts theirs that is satisfactory, then it is they who will get the spot. Think of it as a job application, the person with most well written and appealing one is the most likely to get the job.

THIS IS A HIGH STAKES RP, MEANING YOUR CHARACTER CAN DIE. But don’t whine about it, you can make another if you would like, however it must ABSOLUTELY have very little common with the deceased one, no avenging relatives with the same powers or any of that crap, completely from scratch.

Or else.

You should also know that because this is a persistent world that you are in, there are CONSEQUENSES to your actions and even inactions. You can’t go around slapping babies with a ladle without the NPCs coming after your ass, and if you do something really stupid it could get your character killed.

ADVICE: Make sure your character isn’t very alike to any others people have here. If we already have a stoic swordsman with a dark past we most certainly won’t need another, and I may deny your app upon that premise. You need to be both original and separate from everyone else.

You must first submit an app in the form of a PM to me, NOT in Character Application. After you’ve submitted your app I will go over it, essentially “grading” it. I will then make a PM you back saying whether or not it is accepted, if it isn’t quite up to snuff I will point out whatever needs tweaking or improvement, at which time you can go back and edit the needed areas.

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Character Progression

The characters that you submit and are accepted are not set, not in the least. They are subject to change as the RP goes on depending on their experiences, what they acquire and what they encounter on their journeys. Say if they were cursed by an affliction that changed the nature or added to their powers with a negative aspect, the character sheet would be updated. The same goes for any items you acquire, likely they will be added to your Possessions section.

Loot

You can’t have a good RPG without some kind of reward for all of your troubles right? Lucky for you your character will have plenty of chances to either score some gold, maybe a potion, weapons and items. You might even get some magical shit if you’re lucky. However you’r not going to receive epic level equipment right away, you need to earn by RPing well, and the longer your character stays in the better stuff you’r going to get. And it isn’t limited to things you can carry, you can win mounts, following NPCs, and even land. Work hard and long enough and you may be rewarded for it.

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