#DungeonWorld

[prettyswellaus]

Dungeonworld AU

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy

Also Known As: RPG AU

Inspirations: Dungeons and Dragons

Synopsis

Join Edd and his merry band of friends (and Eduardo's too) as they go on all sorts of escapades in the pursuit of gold, glory, and the thrill of adventure!

This AU takes a couple from Dungeons and Dragons (classes, races, the six character stats, etc) but mostly has original elements or elements inspired by other RPGs.

Information Posts

Edd's Crew

Edd (Human Fighter)

Tom (Dragonborn Barbarian)

Matt (Half-Elf Bard)

Tord (Tiefling Artificer)

Blaze (OC) (Fire Genasi Warlock)

Dusk (OC) (Fairy Cleric)

Eduardo's Crew

Eduardo (Half-Orc Barbarian)

Jon (Shade Cleric)

Mark (Vedalken Wizard)

Jordan (Aasimar Druid)

Blade (OC) (Yuan-ti Pureblood Monk)

Dawn (OC) (Changeling Rogue)

Antagonists

To be added later

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[markerslinger]

THE DECK OF MONSTERS 2

Hello hello brave travelers!

I reach out to you from the ether to announce that the project I am doing illustration for has officially launched! The Deck of Monsters 2!

It's a deck of 53 new and original monsters compatible with Monster of the Week!

Stop me if you've heard this one. An independent career focused woman gets lured to a small town that's way too into Christmas. She meets a generic, yet handsome, man who shows her the meaning of the season and they end up falling in love. She quits her job, divorces her fiancee, and lives the rest of her life in this happy Christmas town. This is propaganda and these innocent women are his marks. These monsters feast on stolen ambition before forever trapping their victims in a holiday hellscape they can never hope to escape from.

Creatures that are literally spineless, Yesmen inhabit the highest echelons of capitalist society. They have always infiltrated human power structures to push for, and enable, greater and greater atrocities that cause greater and greater human suffering. It just so happens that in the modern world they choose to be corporate vice presidents to have easier access to morally compromised mortals. They're just so easy to direct towards enacting harm on their fellow humans,  after all. Nothing to read into about that. The system works.

We got a bunch more monsters in this deck that are illustrated by a team of sure shot artists and yours truly!

You can also peruse through the myriad horrors and use them for other tables tops and scenarios! The Kickstarter is live today and at it's top tier YOU can play as horrific creator and work with us to create a monster that is included into the deck!

So what are you waiting for hunters?

Let's go to the Kickstarter and Hunt!

-M

[highintlowwispod]

Podcast Launch!

Hi-lo everyone! We're super excited to announce our launch!

High INT Low WIS is an actual-play Dungeon World adventure, where the smartest people you know are also the dumbest people you’ve ever met. Join us as we make terrible choices that definitely don’t have consequences. You can find us on all your favorite podcast platforms, and at the link in our bio.

[just-a-kitchen-utensil]

Here’s Cassandra from the podcast Queer Dungeoneers! She’s super fun, and I haven’t seen any art for her in the night court yet :>

[feathery-thing]

I love my Pen and Paper group so much. We did secret Santa and I got an owl plushie and then we played Gartic Phone because we live far away from each other and God we are so unhinged

[xirna-art]

Our protagonist boldly facing what is likely an eldritch being. I won't say more to avoid spoilers, but this was fun to make.

She is originally based on my character in a Dungeon World campaign I'm in. More to come soon!

Art (c) Xirna

[fionnazone]

MORGAN RATH

Designed my character for @fallentofable’s dungeonworld game! I’ll be playing a wizard who seeks to discover something about a magical mystery, woah.

[kobolds-in-space]

And to think I wrote for these folks, back in the day. Never again.

[fiercestpurpose]

Friends at the Table season breakdown

Friends at the Table is an actual-play podcast focused on critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between friends.

But this post is for anyone who's ever thought, "What is Friends at the Table actually about?" Well, it's about a lot of different things, depending on the season.

Seasons of Hieron -- Autumn in Hieron (S1), Winter in Hieron (S3), Spring in Hieron (S5)

Using DungeonWorld as its main system, this is closest to DND style high fantasy with adventurers of different races who come together to go on quests

What starts as a series of fetch quests escalates until the dead don’t stay dead, the nature of existence is brought into question, and the world itself is in danger of dying.

Follow a team of morally ambiguous adventurers as they fuck around only to find out!

Starring: an evil woman with an eviler sword, an orc who shows us why true neutral is in fact the evilest possible alignment, a snake oil salesman, a paladin who accidentally serves three different gods, and more!

Counter/Weight (S2)

Giant robot season #1

Cyberpunk/space opera/mecha anime

It’s the Cold War in space. Two long time enemies, Liberal Democracy Land and Corporation Land, recently banded together to stop the Empire of Fish Aliens.

Now, our story is set in space Berlin, on a planet divided between the two reluctant allies

Follow a parking robot, an exiled fish alien, a hacker, and a former pop idol as they try to survive as mercenaries and fight off giant robots with their own giant robots.

Marielda (S2.5?)

Steampunk heist season

A mini-season, set in the ancient past of Hieron, but it works as a standalone.

A group of criminals rob God. This sets them off on a dangerous path that will determine the fate of all of Hieron.

A story about the power of information and the power of access to information. Featuring trains, azaleas, ghosts, divorce, and clarinets.

Twilight Mirage (S4)

Giant robot season #2!

(The giant robot seasons are set in the same universe but several thousand years apart. They're loosely connected but can be enjoyed separately.)

The contemplative, wondering nature of Studio Ghibli films meets the teeming space opera of Star Wars

The Divine Fleet is a great utopia that has lasted thousands of years, powered by their machine gods. But one-by-one, these machines are dying off. Can two teams of specialized government agents save their gods and their way of life? And if they can't, how will all the people of the Divine Fleet find a new way forward?

Featuring the greatest Friends at the Table character of all time: fat, purple-furred, bisexual catgirl in sexy lingerie who rides a motorbike, runs a speakeasy, and can alter reality with her mind

Partizan (S6) (And Palisade, its sequel, is S8)

Giant robot season #3

Twilight Mirage is set explicitly in a utopia. Partizan is set explicitly in the middle of an exploitative empire. The guiding question here is: How do you even begin to imagine the possibility that such an empire could fall?

At the center of a galactic empire made up of rival states, we follow two groups: a mercenary squad that specializes in theft and sabotage, and a group of criminals under the control of a young and spoilt noble. But everyone has their own agenda, and as the empire hurtles towards civil war, who will get what they so desperately want? And who will lose it all?

Also, of course, they are in giant robots

Sangfielle (S7)

Horror fantasy

Sangfielle is a land of sprawling plains crisscrossed by semi-sentient malevolent trains. Strange things from the past or future come out of the mines, old and new gods alike appear in unexpected places, and you are always at risk of losing your life, your freedom, or simply your self

Nature vs. technology horror where both nature and technology can be equally horrifying!!

Characters include: a grotesque eyeball that possesses people but only consensually, a giant goat person whose life's purpose is to kill trains, and a junk mage who keeps taking things he shouldn't

Bluff City (Bonus season)

What if Atlantic City was Even Weirder

A series of one or two shots that are loosely linked by their location and come together to tell the story of the city. Each story uses a different system and so each one has a slightly different feel.

The paranormal, the surreal, the gritty, the desperate, and the outrageous rub shoulders in Bluff City, in stories featuring superheroes, ghost hunters, murder mysteries, and a priceless one-of-a-kind bird.

Things that the show is always about, no matter the season:

Religion — Always. From DND-style gods to robot gods to Catholic God to weird old gods you dig up from the mines, there are lots of gods and lots of people worshipping gods in different ways.

Labor issues and political issues surrounding control, propaganda, surveillance.

Weird body stuff/weird identity stuff — clones, consciousness transferred into different bodies, robots that influence your thoughts, robots that bond to your body, being seven thousand bees in a trench coat, etc

Having fun with different ttrpg systems! They use a lot of different systems on the podcast

Aesthetics, just like generally, and especially fashion. Action stops for twenty minutes while everyone goes around and describes what their character is wearing in exact detail. It’s fantastic.

Fun, silly, or unique names, ranging from "Lazer Ted" to "they marked scars of light in pitch; born in fiercest purpose, and beheld as the signet sealed upon our pact"

Critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between friends!

[theklaapologist]

I think I blasphemed during a dungeonworld session accidentally jshsjshskshs do I ask for forgiveness or is it me being paranoid

[insectsys]

Get to know 9 people ask game

Tagged by: @teddytoroa (Thank you!)

Last song listened to: Hot Faced - Margaux (Now I'm thinking about it... Eli if you're reading this, this is sort of a Sybelle song)

Currently watching: Killing Eve (I've seen all the other shows with toxic gays so it's time to complete the lineup. Liking it so far but I don't watch TV very often so it's taking me a long time)

Currently reading: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson. Fourth in a series with some outstanding worldbuilding. I'm also reading a bunch of essays on different iterations of the Faust myth and portrayals of the Devil in Victorian literature for my Masters dissertation.

Sweet/spicy/savory: Teddy wrote "why are we pitting three bad bitches against each other though theyre girlfriends and kissing" and he was so right for that. But gun to my head I'd have to say savoury

Current obsession: The Vampire Chronicles. I literally think about these insane little bisexuals constantly. Also I'm going through a bit of a Christian theology hyperfixation and I'm also thinking constantly about my party of OCs in my girlfriend's homebrew Dungeonworld game and the insane story we've got going on. It's the best campaign I've ever been in hands down and my sweet son Lariat is probably my favourite OC I've ever made

Relationship status: In a happy open relationship with my partner of 7 years!

Last thing I googled: Priscilla (2023). I saw a clip from it floating around and wanted to find out when it was in my local cinema. It looks very triggering/intense but I'm glad it's coming out especially with the overwhelmingly positive response to that romanticised Elvis biopic last year

Currently working on: The Master's dissertation I mentioned earlier. The title is Faust in the Victorian Imagination. I'm also working on several PhD applications!

Gonna tag: @autisticstannis @complicitsacrilege @eeriedeer @ldpdlesbian anyone else who sees this and thinks 'hey I wanna do that!' just pretend I tagged u. Also no pressure to the people I did tag!

[piesa2]

digging up the coffeeshop au for our dungeonworld characters with @socoolalright ^^

[stevviefox]

Cool!!

The full Mind Mine Adventure Seed is up! You guys can download the full PDF for FREE here at my Gumroad, or here at my Patreon!

Special thanks to all of my patrons that made this all possible!

-M

[libraryofcirclaria]

The Arturian Realm: A Map and Brief History on the World Created by the Third Level Society

Library of Circlaria

 The Beginning

From an unknown origin emerged Five Deities: the Goddess Maersa, the Goddess Vera, the God Sterran, the God Tersan, and the Goddess Mathena. Together they formed the Divine Foundation and created Planet Arturia in their design and image. With this, they set out to achieve a holy vision which they came to name: the Divine Arturian Mandate.

The Mandate consisted of Two Principles. The First Principle was to set out and explore more of the Universe and to do so through the progress of an ever-evolving human race. The Second Principle was for the Five Deities to cast reflections of themselves known as Antedeities, who would create within the interior of Planet Arturia in a void removed from the reality of Arturia an equivalent of the known cosmos known as the Antecosmos (now referred to as the Underworld). These Antedeities would do so through a similar ever-evolving human race inhabiting a world underground known as the Dungeonworld.

And so in establishing their world, their Foundation, and their Mandate, the Five Deities established each for themselves a Kingdom, with Maersa ruling over the Crescan Kingdom, Vera over the Galacian Kingdom, Sterran over the Parradin Kingdom, Tersan over the Marlen Kingdom, and Mathena over the Prestian Kingdom.

Expansion and Revolution

The Divine Foundation also established in their time a calendar beginning with Year 1. By Year 5000, the Five Kingdoms prospered equally and peacefully. And their race of humans was so evolved that by that time in history, they had long been building and operating vessels capable of transcending the Cosmos. Consorts from the Five Kingdoms had firmly established settlements across numerous planets with one regional center of government on a particular planet for each of the Five Kingdoms.

These jurisdictions were initially loyal to their respective Kingdoms on Planet Arturia, the Planet of Origin. But in Year 5001, revolution and mutiny deposed the regional government in the central exoplanetary settlement under the Galacian Kingdom. That year, they subsequently gained independence, forming the Republic of Galacia. With enough technology and resources in their power, were able to overcome the forces from the Galacian Kingdom ruled from Planet Arturia attempting to take them back after a sixteen-year battle. In 5017, the Goddess Vera conceded and officially recognized the Republic.

Revolution and Establishment

Year 5021 saw the breakaway of the exoplanetary jurisdictions under the Prestian and Marlen Kingdoms, with such breakaways forming the Republics of Prestia and Marlen. And Year 5032 saw the successful breakaway of the planetary settlements under the remaining two Kingdoms as well as the formation of the Republics of Parradin and Cresca. In 5041, the five Republics united and formed the Secular Confederation of Arturia. The Confederation in 5047 launched a conjoined military agenda to invade Planet Arturia and sweep the Five Deities of the Divine Foundation from power.

The agenda lasted four years with stiff resistance from the Foundation. But in 5051, the Confederation succeeded in sweeping the Divine from power, destroying their Divine Beings in the Divineworld over the Arturian Terraworld and forcing their Divine souls to each go to one of Five Netherworlds in the Underworld and re-merge with their Antedeity counterparts. Representatives from each of the five Republics under the Confederation met in the Holy City of Maersa on the Isle of the Summit to formally establish a Constitution for government and to establish an order of their own, consisting of humans powerful enough to govern as "deity-equivalents."

Overthrow and Struggle

In 5054, proceedings of this Great Council were interrupted when Maurius, a very powerful spellcrafter, deposed the Council with the onslaught of fire and armies of daemons, which included scores of companies of serpents. The City and Isle were laid to waste as Maruius attempted to establish his own regime. The remaining Confederation forces were able to subdue him and keep his regime at bay within the perimeter of the Isle. But alas, the Isle and City were forever corrupted and are to this day. And the said City was renamed Antemaersa by the Confederation.

All troubles seemed over, but unfortunately the Great Council never met again. The Crisis of Maurius sparked a conflict of mutual blame and discord. A coalition of militant fighters and spellcrafters deposed of the government the Republic of Marlen in 5056, re-establishing it as the Divine Kingdom of Marlen. The remaining forces of the Confederation attempted to put down this breakaway movement, but their efforts were hindered by a similar breakaway movement in 5061, which led to the establishment of the Divine Kingdom of Prestia. Together, the Kingdoms of Marlen and Prestia banded together and began a conjoined war on the remaining three states of the Confederation. In 5067, the Republic of Cresca, increasingly opposed to the factional war between the Divine Kingdoms and the Confederation, sought neutrality and, itself, broke away from the Confederation. In 5071, new leadership was elected to the Confederation, now consisting of two remaining States: Parradin and Galacia. Such leadership sought an overreaching military agenda against the renegade Republic and two Divine Kingdoms in order to restore the Confederation. However, the Republic of Parradin was opposed to this and subsequently broke away that year, leaving only the Republic of Galacia the sole State of which the old Confederation consisted.

And in 5072, the Galacian government was overthrown and replaced with the Reformed Confederation of Galacia. Although democratic on paper, the Reformed Confederation of Galacia is, in practical terms, an authoritarian one-party state.

Nevertheless, it was the Triumverate leadership of Galacia that called the cease-fire and ordered cooperating military forces to construct the city of Novapax. When that was completed in 5084, a Council of Peace was held here, with such Council succeeding in signing a fragile Peace Treaty which only called for an indefinite extension of the cease-fire. The Treaty also called for the construction of other stateless cities of neutrality similar to Novapax. These cities were Mareglaciei, Novatrivis, and Tremur.

So the violence was ended in Year 5084, but tensions still remain between the Five Nations. And tensions have, since 5084, been emerging within each Nation.

-> Third Level Society: First Version ->

[mystic-imaginations]

Typically Jason

So this was a joke the dm made when they found this sound and yeah they are correct Jason will do this when needed

Jason my dnd/dungeonworld character against gorus for more like this come to my tiktok : mysticimaginations or my youtube channel

sound : tangled the series

[jonathanrector]

Man I love making these character sheets. Sucks they die a lot, but man, it's fun anyways haha! #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dungeonworld #Ironsworn #oldschoolessentials