Sentence of the Sinlord Interest Check (Pathfinder)

[indarkestknight]

So it's been rattling around in my head for a while now that while I've seen lewd takes on adventures here and E, I've never seen anyone do anything with the Runelord of Lust herself here, and there happens to be a 3pp adventure from before the inception of Pathfinder Infinite that would absolutely have been set on Golarion if it was published after Pathfinder Infinite was launched.

Sentence of the Sinlord was originally one writer's take on an epilogue for Return of the Runelords if Sorshen, the Runelord of Lust, had not turned over a new leaf and instead took over Korvosa. More details below, but first!

I'll be upfront with you – I've never successfully DMed a pbp campaign from start to finish, and my posting on this site has been spotty in recent years. Given a track record like mine, to call this ambitious is an understatement, but I do want to give this a shot, so I feel the best policy here is to be upfront with interested parties. For whatever it may be worth, in his own words, my "stellar kinky super freak boyfriend would help with the erotica", so at least I'm not going to be handling it all on my own.

Which brings me to what I would appreciate from interested parties!

Survey for Interested Parties

• 1) System or Freeform
  Given Sentence of the Sinlord was designed for high level play and building high level characters in PF1e is very complicated, I am entertaining the possibility of running this freeform, with characters operating generally within the rules of the world, but without full statblocks or dice, but only if the majority of interested parties would prefer freeform over system.
• 2) Dungeon Crawl & Alternatives
  The original Sentence of the Sinlord is a dungeon crawl through the castle of a mythic Runelord of Lust, but it is still a dungeon crawl at its heart. I am very much open to deviating from Sentence of the Sinlord and using it as inspiration rather than running it "out of the box". If people would prefer I run a Korvosa sandbox under the deviant influence of Sorshen, or something more in the vein of where low-level characters build their way up to challenging Sorshen more in the vein of Curse of the Crimson Throne and Hell's Rebels, those are on the table as options.
• 3) Character Level/Mythic Tier
  Only really relevant if the majority of interested parties want to play system. As Sentence of the Sinlord was originally an epilogue to Return of the Runelords, it is intended for level 20 PCs, potentially with mythic tiers, per the snippet below.
  
  
  
  
  
  Would you prefer non-mythic or mythic? If you prefer mythic, what tier would you like to start at?
  
  Alternatively, if this is a Korvosa sandbox or something more in the vein of Hell's Rebels or Curse of the Crimson Throne, what would your preferred starting level be?
• 4) Smut Level
  On a scale of "high fantasy with some adult content" to "tentacle monsters and magical womb tattoos and sexy curses" or somewhere in between, what sort of experience are you looking for?
• 5) Variant Rules, Houserules, and 3pp
  Are there any Variant Rules, Houserules, or 3pp you'd like to propose for consideration? Alternatively, is there anything that would be a dealbreaker for you if it WAS included?

Survey

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[li][b][u]System or Freeform[/u][/b][/li]
[li][b][u]Dungeon Crawl & Alternatives[/u][/b][/li]
[li][b][u]Character Level/Mythic Tier[/u][/b][/li]
[li][b][u]Smut Level[/u][/b][/li]
[li][b][u]Variant Rules, Houserules, or 3pp[/u][/b][/li]
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If you don't have time to answer the survey questions right away or would like to give it a think before doing the full survey, just dropping a post indicating your interest is very much welcome!

Questions and comments welcome!

[Sarah Morgan]

Potentially interested. Will check out the survey shortly.

[Vergil Tanner]

Fuck it, I'm interested!

1: System or Freeform
As much as I love PF1e, ANY system in a PBP game is gonna slow to a crawl, and I've NEVER seen one get that far. So I think for Elliquiy specifically, as a PBP? We'd be safer going with "Freeform but within the spirit of the Pathfinder rules."

2: Dungeon Crawl or Alternatives?
It depends on how it's run, but I think a bit of "Sandbox with Dungeon Crawling In It" has more longevity, personally?

3: Non Mythic or Mythic?
I am adaptable!

4: LEWD or just lewd?
I am adaptable, but personally, we're playing with Lust Magic here. Let's get freaky, eh? Not full on "Porn with some plot" but definitely leaning on the smuttier end of things. 

5: Homebrew / 3pp?
Once again, I am adaptable. If we end up doing system, there's that "Sexy D&D" sourcebook thing that I would be interested in trying to jerryrig for Pathfinder xD

[CurvyKitten]

I am planting a tentative flag of interest. :)

• System or Freeform - I am game for either. I'm fine with systems. I just hate when rolls fail at something your character is supposed to be good at! LOL But such is the way of the dice gods.
• Dungeon Crawl & Alternatives Alternatives sound fun. Have a bigger world to play in. And I like the idea of character evolution
• Character Level/Mythic TierI have never played a character that high a level. So I am game for any level. Honestly as long as it stays balanced I'm happy.
• Smut LevelSmutt can be fun, magical Smutt even better. I don't want it to the only thing happening. But when it seems to fit the moment. Bring on the sexy times.
• Variant Rules, Houserules, or 3ppI only know the Pathfinder rule so much. But that leaves room for adapting to new ones. As long as I have help making sure I understand what is going on. I'm good. I am all for Houserules. I have several in the game of D&D I run.

[Bowen]

I'm interested in this.

1) System or Freeform
My preference would be freeform for PBP games. I like the structure rules bring just fine, but it slows roleplay down a lot.

2) Dungeon Crawl & Alternatives
The idea of alternatives sounds good. Dungeon crawls are fun but with a more open concept people can take little breaks for some downtime in town, do some side adventures, etc. I'm all in for mini dungeon crawls too.

3) Character Level/Mythic Tier
Never really played Pathfinder, friends were D&D loyalists. So no idea about playing at 20th level. I would prefer to make it to high levels and see how that works out before adding new options.

4) Smut Level
I'm happy to incorporate smut to high magic adventures. I just like it to be organic and not the main goal.

5) Variant Rules, Houserules, and 3pp
Never played Pathfinder, but as long as the variant rules are fun and add cool options (not looking for crazy powerful, more flavour for what is right for every character)

[Callie Del Noire]

1. system or DpFreeform. I’m game either way.

2 Dungeon Crawl or Alternatives I’m good either way.

3 Charcter Level/Mythic Tier. I’m very game for high level and Mythic Tiers. I played a rune lord of Lust in Pathfinder Society. Got her to 12 th level.

4. Smut Level. I’m open for most any level of smut.

5. Variant Rules and 3pp. I played a LOT of 1st edition. I have all the 1e books in pdf. I’m good with them.

[TheGlyphstone]

1. I'm the weirdo who actually likes playing around with builds and mechanics, but I also know that PbPs are incredibly prone to spontaneous existence failure even without the drastic pace slow-down that comes with resolving everything via dice. So I'd be happiest with something that sits between the two extremes - a system-framed character sheet to determine what can happen, freeform or very occasional dice rolls at highly dramatic moments to determine what does happen.

2. If we lean into the free-form resolution, I'd prefer a little dungeon crawling interspersed with more intrigue and alternative challenges in the outside world. Dungeons dont usually lend themselves to a lot of RP potential by their nature.

3. My greatest frustration with most games is the rarity of high-level opportunities to really feel like the epic heroes you are meant to be, so I am all for high-level and Mythic.

4. High fantasy with a heavy dose of smut, but not to the point of reframing the whole setting around the adult elements.

5. PF1E has so much homebrew and 3PP material, such as this adventure, that eliminating it entirely seems like a missed opportunity. And if we are resolving things free-form anyways, concerns of balance or power equity are irrelevant anyways.

[indarkestknight]

Thank you for the interest and the survey responses everyone! While I would like to leave up the Interest Check a little longer before launching a proper recruitment page, if you have any questions for me or would like to discuss anything amongst yourselves, please, feel welcome to do so!

[yutohase]

Room for one more on the interest train? This definitely seems right up my alley!

1. System or Freeform: It genuinely doesn't matter to me too much. Though I tend to have an easier time staying on top of the RP schedule when it's freeform. I think something in the middle, or a little bit of both could work.

2. Dungeon Crawl & Alternatives: For me, I would think that just having a dungeon crawl would bore me out quicker than anything, so I'd say having some sort of sandbox world would work! I'm fine with delving into dungeons every once in a while, but what I really love about games like DnD and Pathfinder is the chance to explore and interact with amazing worlds, places and people!

3. Character Level/Mythic Tier: Sounds enticing! I've never experimented with the high levels of Pathfinder before, and Mythic sounds like great fun! As long as someone's available to show me the ropes of becoming a powerful Mythic guy, I'd love to try and pull it off! As for the specific Mythic tier, I don't mind being up for a little bit of a challenge, but if we have the chance to gain even more Mythic levels over the course of the RP that would be fun too!

4. Smut Level: I mean, this is the Runelord of Lust we're talking about! Bring it on!  But I agree with everyone else in saying that it shouldn't be the complete focus of the game.

5. Variant Rules, Houserules & 3pp: I'm more familiar with DnD than I am with PF, so I'm quite unfamiliar with those sorts of variant rules. Whatever you decide upon will be perfectly fine with me.

[Faeli]

I will plant my interest flag!  I tend to love games like this and am a bit of a CNC Brat, though I don't insist all my kinks be catered too ^_^

1) System or Freeform

Either Freeform or Hybrid I'd say.  Getting too crunchy with System Stuffs absolutely kills the pacing of PbP games from what I've seen.  That said, I wouldn't mind crunching together a sheet but then using that as a baseline for the freeform, so we don't have to go in turn order or link dice, but you -can- use the stats to help you determine what does or doesn't work.

2) Dungeon Crawl & Alternatives

I would say Alternatives.  I know I just said I was a CNC-brat, but if literally the only content is trying to survive while terrible creatures try to satiate themselves with us it will get a bit repetitive, I'd rather have varied adventures with social objectives sometimes, rather than just ALL combat.

3) Character Level/Mythic Tier

No preference from me here, I wouldn't want to go above Mythic 3-5 though.  I want to struggle legitimately not be overpowered.  But if we start lower level instead of Mythic, that's perfectly yay.

4) Smut Level

This is the Runelord of Lust.  Yes, I am here for smut.  Obviously, I don't want it to be "Porn with plot afterthought" but I am definately here for a lot of letcherous or suggestive activities that my (our) characters participate in or are made to participate in.

5) Variant Rules, Houserules, and 3pp

All my houserules I use in Pathfinder come from my literal house, and I don't think "Spank the DM to do bonus damage" is as viable via PBP as it is in my living room

[shereena12345]

Interested!

1: Freeform, though using a system is not a huge issue for me.  D&D or PF1E preferred, PF2E breaks my brain.

2: I am find with dungeons or alternatives - both provide options for sexy fun

3: I prefer things more difficult, makes it easier for the baddies to have their way.  I will happily go with whatever the group decides though.

4: " tentacle monsters and magical womb tattoos and sexy curses" - I love me monsters, ritual sex, impregnation, oviposition, etc.

5: no opinion one way or the other.  In fact, I have no idea what 3pp is, this is the first time I have seen that term.