Darkest Dungeon Cooperative Citybuilder RP Recruitment Thread

[noric]

This thread is now obsolete- I've moved the concept and morphed it a bit into an online Discord community: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=327022.0

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The Pitch
NC: Exotic-Freeform Small Group roleplay in a Darkest Dungeon setting, heavy lean towards adventure & city builder (ala Blades in the Dark without the mechanics).  Play out your own character actions or permissed NPCs only, unless with the explicit permission of others. Open to all sexualities, inclinations, etc; doesn't matter to me.

Let's keep it tastefully grimdark, horrific, violent, smutty, (all as per OOC consent), with strong group cooperation for narrative progression guided by a yes-person/GM/co-GM. There will be episodic 'arcs' out of town initially led by noric but that any approved and experienced player will eventually be able to GM. In 'town' plots need prior approval from noric.

Story drives the game, smut is secondary. Players are welcome to 'offscreen' or privatize their intimate moments.

New players are limited to one adventuring character or in town NPC, and will earn NPC slots and additional character slots through play. To get started, post 4-5 sentences ICly here to pitch who your character is, their 'class' if they're combat-oriented (based on the game mechanics, may include workshop classes if not overpowered), and why they're venturing to this twisted, horror-riddled Estate. NPCs in town are also welcome (i.e. stablehand, scullery maid, etc).


FAQ
Q: What do you want for a character pitch?
A: Allow me to quote an excellent example:

A dark relic sings to her from the depths - it's melody a siren's anthem constricting her heart with chords bitter sweet.

Even her dreams are wholly possessed. There is no relief in the dark. She turns in her bed. The call tore her from a safe, servile life of study. Trinkets stolen from her masters paid her passage. She is small, her sword arm feeble, but she sees what others cannot, and bears knowledge under which lesser mind would break.

She wants not for power or renown. She is an Antiquarian, and she will not rest until sinister truths are unearthed and exposed to cleansing sun.

Q: Vicerella: I do have to ask, roughly how much of it is erp/story?
A: Noric: It's just revving up, so I don't have an answer for you other than: it will depend on the players, but my personal preference will always be story first, erp when applicable.

Q: What happens after I've pitched and been accepted?
A: Once you've got an A-OK from me and have had any OOC questions of your asked and answered, your character will start at The Threshhold to Insanity.

Q: Is there an OOC thread?
A: Of course. It's a collab storytelling game. Darkest Dungeon - Collabbox and Reference Guide [OOC]

[lore]

A dark relic sings to her from the depths - it's melody a siren's anthem constricting her heart with chords bitter sweet.

Even her dreams are wholly possessed. There is no relief in the dark. She turns in her bed. The call tore her from a safe, servile life of study. Trinkets stolen from her masters paid her passage. She is small, her sword arm feeble, but she sees what others cannot, and bears knowledge under which lesser mind would break.

She wants not for power or renown. She is an Antiquarian, and she will not rest until sinister truths are unearthed and exposed to cleansing sun.

[noric]

"Be not weak of will or wellness 'less you seek a nameless grave," so the scholastic woman would be warned at the carriage's boarding. With spikes and shutters and armored steeds, it looked more casket than transport.

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Excellent. A++.

Should you wish, I can create a thread to ICly start departure/arrival to the Estate RP to attract players by doing (I can run some NPCs~), or we can discuss the hows of things here before jumping in. Your preference.

[lore]

Noice I was only about... 20% sure I was picking up what you were putting down.

I can only hope that someone will roll in with an abomination or highwayman ooomph (consider that an official request, folks)

I am glad to get things started without rushing too far ahead before others board. I love this setting. I can hear the narrator purring in my ear!

I also have no regrets if our efforts fizzle - it's worth the try to hustle up some interest!

[noric]

You and I are in accord; that 20% sure paid off.

Here's the IC starting point thread for us to play around in! https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=323008.0

Please communicate all concerns, questions, inclinations, anything at all, to me. This is to be collab, and one cannot overcommunicate.

[godfang]

I'd love to give this a try. My big concern is that big group games tend to get tricky, especially with my timezone, but hopefully we can work things out. I'm interested in playing a highwayman, of sorts (at least in terms of combat style).

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He believes himself beyond fear, and so far he had not been wrong.

A blade, a gun, and a smile, that was all he needed in this world, so he left behind a life of comfort to find something else. Once a man of noble bearing, now a man of the highways.

He prays that he did not leave his life behind for nothing.

[noric]

Very nice, Godfang! Please join us over in the starting thread at your leisure: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=323008.0

I hope to spread out pacing so that folks of like frequency and timeframes can run their own plotlines within the same setting, as to speak, and interweave stories, but we'll see where this leads us.

Keep me posted on what works for you, what doesn't, and what you're looking for. We're all winging this together!

[Ryven]

At what point does sanity meet reality?  Horrific dreams can be as real as the warm glow of sunlight on your flesh.

His skin crawled with the realization that thoughts manifest into steel, wood, fire, and even flesh.  All it took was a little blood and a healthy dose of madness.

Armed with a dagger and eldritch power, he will use the darkness against itself though it may consume him in the end.

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Looking at an occultist.

[noric]

Excellent, welcome Ryven! Feel free to join us over in https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=323008.0 .

[Arkaik]

Time is an unkind thing, a millstone to grind the strongest man to dust.

He knew that better than most. Gnarled fingers clutched the shattered half-greatsword and dragged it along behind him, parting the soft mud. Ailing flesh covered with what rags and steel he could come by, crafted into a living tomb. And until steel gave to rust and skin sloughed from bone the leper would trudge on, the millstone of time weighing heavy upon his shoulders.

[noric]

Delighted to have you on board! Head on over to the OOC thread and let's chat about your debut into the story. <3 https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=323009.0

[noric]

This thread is now obsolete- I've moved the concept and morphed it a bit into an online Discord community: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=327022.0