#recruitment campaign

[shirtandties]

Smart Airforce cadet

[finartin]

After 15 years of jealously watching more talented folks than me participate in fun ARPGs, I've finally woken up and realized that hey- I can do that too! So yeah here's my starter character Tolui for Bepotelkh, I love him and I hope others can too ^v^/

If you're seeing this before November btw, know that right now they've got a big ol' recruitment event going on!! 👀 If you join by the end of this month you can submit a claim to earn a reward box with some spiffy in-game items!

Check the group out here [and maybe mention me in your claim if you join? pretty please?]: https://www.bepotelkh.com/

[undead-knick-knack]

Rip bozo, you'll be missed apparently

[shirtandties]

ATTENTION - smart Korean lady officer

[animoogus]

For a long time I had no idea you could recruit Minthara, I really thought she was just a minor character to kill with an unreasonably amazing voice/mocap performance.

The way she speaks is kind of bizarre and also has this incredible balance of absolute authority, unhinged overzealous creep, utter control, nasty little freak... I am enchanted. I am obsessed. I must have her (in my party).

[jibril-thelibraryangel]

Imagine the goddess of death personally takes the time to groom you into her religion and make you her champion at the cost of your own future

And then when you actually die and get there to serve her for eternity she’s like

“Actually Vax I think we are the baddies and I’m very tired, we shouldn’t be doing this 🥺”

[the-knight-of-destiny]

On Fantasy High, Redemption, and Agency (General Spoilers for Junior Year, sort of?) Also this post about FHJY is long as fuck, as all of mine are getting. In short it's my understanding of how Brennan Lee Mulligan sets up the teenage villains of Fantasy High.

Fair warning, this is LOOOONG below the cut.

Y'know when I said I wasn't going to talk about Ratgrinder discourse? I lied.

So Brennan as a DM has a very specific narrative language for how a villain is 'redeemable' and it primarily has to do with the level of agency a villain has in their actions. This isn't particularly hard to notice when you look at our very own (and fan favorite) reformed villain squad.

Starting with Ragh, while he was in his right mind for most of his villainy in Freshman Year, he really didn't do too much other than beat people up and be a bully? While he worked with Daybreak on some level, he wasn't anything more than muscle and not very in on most of the plans. There was also some implication of grooming and manipulation from Daybreak to Ragh.

Zayn as an example also helps build this thesis, while he also hasn't done a TON evil he's generally a bit more discerning than Ragh. However he builds the understanding of how Fantasy High looks at it's redeemed teenage villains, when Zayn is found as a ghost he explicitly calls out Daybreak as being the only reason he's still housed, were he not to go along with the Freshman Year scheme he'd have been sent back to his abusive parents, the foster system, or homeless as like, a fifteen year old boy.

But the actual silver bullet to understanding this is Aelwyn, to preface. Aelwyn fucking sucks in freshman year, way worse than Ragh or Zayn. She's also responsible for way worse than any other teenage villain in the series. She's arguably committed worse than Dayne Blayde or Penelope Everpetal, but there's an important component to her redemption in Sophmore Year, something Brennan has her stay conscious despite making death saves to explain.

In tears Aelwyn notes that Kalina was actively threatening to kill her had she not complied with the Kalvaxus plan.

So there's a running theme here, Ragh didn't seem to have much of an idea of what the wider plan even was and was just muscle, Zayn was under significant threat to his personal safety (and unbeknownst to him, also under threat of death, a threat that actually gets carried out), and Aelwyn was literally convinced she'd be murdered for not complying.

This tracks with the teen villains who DON'T get redeemed by the way, Dayne had no qualms about casually murdering his classmates with a great sword, Penelope didn't seem to mind the idea of throwing her best friend Kalvaxus for a power play. They both get killed because they don't seem to really care what happened, were fully complicit, and had no form of remorse at all.

This leaves us with our code to cracking if Brennan sees the Ratgrinders as possibly worthy of redemption (IMO, signs point to yes, but it's complicated.) We know the Ratgrinders are being manipulated heavily by Porter (I have so many more thoughts about Jace's place in this but that's for a whole other post,) however they don't have Ragh's excuse of being mostly in the dark.

Kipperlilly and Oisin for sure know exactly what's going on, and the rest (sans Buddy) probably do too. The actual question is how much does Ankarna rage affect one's reasoning, and the thing that's interesting about how the Ratgrinders have been set up is that question is sincerely ambiguous.

Signs point to the corruption needing some sort of genuine anger or frustration to latch onto, but this is my first hot take here. This isn't really that damning? Pre-Rage Kipperlilly said some concerning things, in private confidential counseling. She (at the time) understood her fixation on Riz was a problem and perhaps not fair. Oisin probably was mildly frustrated or saddened a girl he had a crush on didn't notice him, but to cast Pre-Rage Oisin as a full on Biz Glitterdew incel is, in my opinion, unlikely. Ruben was already seeking attention but wasn't anything worse than a mildly annoying teenage boy, etc.

These aren't exactly 'good' feelings but they are pretty normal for 14-15 year olds. Pre-Rage Ratgrinders really aren't that much worse than Pre-Character Development Bad Kids, let's not forget that they too definitely act out in really mean, unfair ways at around the same time as Pre-Rage Ratgrinders (Fig and Fabian, most notably.)

As for agency though, they clearly have a bit more of it than previous teenage villains, and are a bit more aware of their actions. They're not under direct threat of violence like Aelwyn or Zayn (though the way Porter and Jace act around them may make that threat implicit.) and they don't have Ragh's excuse of being seemingly largely in the dark.

The Ratgrinders I feel are an intentional test for the Bad Kids (and the Intrepid Heroes as players) because they're significantly more antagonistic than previous teenage villains. Heck, even ones that turned out totally evil. Dayne's kinda chill to the Bad Kids initially, Penelope is a bit backhanded but she isn't outright mean. If you count him, even Johnny Spells humors Riz and is relatively lax to him. Ragh's honestly way more harsh for most of the first half of Freshman Year, Zayn's initially more rude and confrontational to them too.

That said they're both being influenced by a much worse adult (Like everyone in the Reformed Villain Squad) and have a rage god clouding their judgement to an unknown degree. If we follow previously established patterns, they're salvageable by the story's own logic.

The test is for the party, it's easy to forgive Zayn when he openly cries and apologizes immediately when finally confronted about his place in the villain plot, it's easier to forgive Aelwyn when she openly puts herself in harm's way and almost dies to save Adaine.

It's going to be harder, emotionally, for both the player characters and the players themselves to forgive the Ratgrinders and recognize they're also victims in some sense when the Ratgrinders have been actively fucking with the Bad Kids for the whole season, and taking an obvious amount of satisfaction in it.

The challenge Brennan has set up for the party, I feel, is a test of their character. Fighting a possibly ascended god Porter is gonna be a lot easier without a whole other party of enemies in the fight (and even much easier if you can convince some to fight alongside you as a part of heroes.)

[myfairkatiecat]

If I had a nickel for every time I converted someone to a kotlc fan, I’d have 15 dollars.

Which isn’t a ton……..but I’ve converted approximately 300 ppl

[outalongtheedges]

I’m like 90% certain that mav and ice listened to In The Navy by the Village People once, only heard “Where can you find pleasure” and said okay bet

Masterlist

[what-a-messek]

Can't believe my most beloved boys Dorian and Essek have both returned to me over the course of two episodes I've never won this hard in my life!!

[plangentia]

why am i the person in the office that everyone is asking questions to

[lichensings]

oc tober day 2: new oc

this one is scratchier <3 they're both ttrpg characters I played with this summer; John Doe is a dnd 5e necromancer wizard on the run from the law with just as many aliases as undead minions. thomas is from a fate game where we were stuck in the faewild and had to find out way home - he is from the trenches in wwi from the french army! everyone else was from roughly modern day, so it was a funny mix lmao

thomas is really careful, and tries to be polite and considerate. john doe is wanted for unlicensed wizardry and body snatching. they would not get along <3

[corsair-news-alliance]

(OOC: Closed now)

Deuces here. BOSUN? BOSUN you recording this? Alright good. Make sure to cut this part. Yes... Yes this exchange make sure to cut it. Good NHP.

Alrighty due to recent losses of several Lancer teams as well as the sudden loss of solo Lancers the CORSAIR Mercenary Company is starting a recruitment drive.

My job is to sort through those of you who are interested in signing up for the company. Simple as.

(OOC: yes I'm hosting a lancer game homebrew campaign but in the cannon universe)

Applicants are expected to be of licence level one. Other than that it's down to the psych evaluation by our doctors to make sure you won't kill us in the field. (OOC: Yes y'all will start at licence level one and I'll need a quick interview in dms of a rough character concept and general getting to know you as I set the team up)

The applications are open until we're satisfied with the team composition. That's all. BOSUN cut the line. BOSUN.... BOSUN... Damned NHP acting up. I'll get someone to cycle you.

(OOC: A few more things to note. The game will be run Sundays 12:30 EDT weekly. It's mostly first come first serve but I'll still leave some wiggle room. Most of the questions are just going to be basics. Beginners are welcome and so are people who have never played the system. Hope to see y'all interested)

[the-princeps]

ttrpg tutorials #10 recruiting

So recruiting players might well be the most stressful thing about organizing campaigns. It's a lot of work to create a campaign ad, spread it and hope people react and there's never a guarantee it goes right. (Though having a slightly established group to recruit from helps).

When making a campaign ad I would reccomend you to focus on the following

ready info, what system, what time, etc should all be readily readable.

elevator pitch, have the elevator pitch of your system somewhere in there.

Catchy title, I know it's difficult, but it helps.

There are many channels through which to send your campaign ad or recruitment, but here are three I personally like.

bugging people you know to ask if they want to know (a classic).

Sending your invite into large (discord)groups or on reddit, where you hope a lot of people will see it.

Note it down in your status, on whatever social media you use.

There's sadly not much more I can say on this, though I ask anyone who has something to add to please do so. In addition always clearly state when you're playtesting. PS: You can occasionally also just tac it onto already existing posts and such, like I'm doing right now, message me!

[janitorjuliann]

THEY ARE NOT GONNA PLAY TWO SETS OF CHARACTERS AT ONCE

OBSESSED!!!!!!!!

[luxolin]

so anyway where's my tlt nonary game au