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HEXAMORE is an RP set a low magic, dark fantasy, eldritch horror-filled, and steampunk-leaning world. Hundreds of years after a catastrophe that led the arcane to be banned and the users hunted, society has finally begun to achieve some sense of normalcy. So much so, that there is a yearly festival and pilgrimage to the Spine of the World to remember all that has been lost and found again. Across treacherous wilderness filled with abominations and loomed over by the stone titans that once terrorized Hexamore, your story begins... But first, maybe we should find out why you're here, to begin with.
THIS ROLEPLAY will be run using DnD character sheets and the DnD Beyond website. Don't worry if you don't have access to it, I'll make a campaign in the builder for you to make a character. I find that DnD is a great system to keep things balanced, diverse, and occasionally let Lady Luck turn the tide. Things don't always go as planned, and I enjoy the dice rolls reflection in that. So, without further ado, let's get to applying.
THIS ROLEPLAY will be run using DnD character sheets and the DnD Beyond website. Don't worry if you don't have access to it, I'll make a campaign in the builder for you to make a character. I find that DnD is a great system to keep things balanced, diverse, and occasionally let Lady Luck turn the tide. Things don't always go as planned, and I enjoy the dice rolls reflection in that. So, without further ado, let's get to applying.
- Make to read at least the red section in the lore thread. I also recommend the orange section.
- Any questions you have, please float my direction via either PM or within the interest check thread.
- Since we are making characters in DnD Beyond, I don't want a hard-tac character sheet. Instead, this one will be set up as an interview made by Magister Jila Goldsong on your qualifications for escorting the macguffin.
- You don't have to be entirely set in stone on the class or exact character beats, but I at least want to see the broad strokes of your character.
- This is basically to get to know if your writing style fits the tone of the RP.
- Character portraits should be art, but more realistic looking. Look at the various graphics I used. Things along those lines. I'll also take photography but it has to be fantasy/medieval. If you need help, let me know.
- There's no hard deadline for submissions, considering it's the holidays, but I will give some notice as to when we're ready to go.
- If I get too many submissions, I may be choosey. So, if you're on the fence about a few things, make sure to annotate the various things you'd be willing to fill.
- Yes, you can post WIPS here, just let me know when they're no longer WIPS.
- You can format this any way you like, just make sure I can view it on mobile. And also make sure to keep my written text, but you can format it any way you want.
- Answer where you're prompted in red as your character, and you totally can format the red out, (and I recommend it) I just wanted it to stand out. And if you want to say something in OOC, put it in a spoiler. For instance, your character is an arcane user, but they don't mention that at all. Slap that in a spoiler at the end of your IC character response.
- I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!
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FAELKROFT was a bustling port city and only made more so by the Pilgrimage having left town a few days ago. Slowly the banners were being removed, and the streets were being swept. Still, an occasional drunkard idled on by, face painted with mismatched markings. The night the Pilgrimage left had been quite the celebration.
Write about what your character did. It can be anything. They were there. They just got into town. They barred themselves up in their house. Etc. It doesn't have to be long.
That was a sharp contrast to now, though. Magister Jila Goldsong sat at the end of a long wooden table. It was covered in scrolls, ledgers, books, and numerous letters both opened and unopened. The woman was tall but slight. Short blonde hair pushed back by a circlet inlaid with numerous gems. She currently spoke in hushed whispers to a small mechanical songbird on her shoulder which beeped back at her with growing cadence. The magister had summoned many adventurers to her estate in Upper Faelkrot, and this one was just another face.
If you'd like to note your reaction to the house, being summoned, or even say how you were summoned, go ahead. The biggest thing to note is why you think you were summoned. A good time to talk about the possible renowned, affiliations, or maybe you just know someone.
The magister finally perked up and glanced over you. "Right, right. I was expecting you." She narrowed her eyes. "I was expecting you, right? Um... what's your name? And what do you like to be called?"
Feel free to respond in any way you want.
She tapped her brow in response to the reminder. "That's right, how silly of me." She scribbled on a parchment furiously. "What were your skill sets again? I want to make sure this group is well rounded. The new guide, Soren... um... what's his last name, sorely lacks what Liege Stormborn had. He's a good tracker and swordsman, but I worry with him being..." She trailed off. "Oh, and Liege Stormborm, if you could see them fight. You'd know why they were chosen." She paused. "Oh right, back to you."
This is where you might want to elude to what class(es) you want to play and where you might want to focus, skill-wise. If you straight-up lie, please put what you're thinking in a spoiler tag at the end. Also do so, if you're being vague.
"Oh. How very interesting. Right, Bubo?" she asked the mechanical sparrow which just squawked. Sighing, she turned back. "Occupation? Any squire-ing? Or tutelage? Or education you may have received?"
Whatever your character's background might be. Again, lying in a spoiler tag.
"That sounds far more interesting than my bureaucratic upbringing." The magister then leaned forward and grabbed a map of Hexamore. "Where are you from? Here in Faelkroft, or..."
Feel free to choose anywhere in Hexamore. You don't have to use the already named cities and towns. You can make your own. I just created a few to give people the idea of what commerce and citizenship is like.
"Bubo, could you mark that on the map?" She asked. The bird tapped a spot on it, and her eyes went wide. "Oh, how silly of me." The magister scribbled again in her notebook. "If this is too personal, you don't have to answer. What are you descended from? I, personally, am elf descended. I didn't get the pretty ears, but I did get a metabolism not to bat a lash at."
You can answer this any way. I'll take any classical fantasy race, elf, dwarf, orc, halfling, gnome, etc. If you want to get a little wild with this, you'll have to run it by me first. You can also be pure human. They are rare, but they do exist.
The magister nodded and grabbed a few more things off of the desk. She almost seemed to forget you were there before her dark blue eyes shot back up. "What else, what else," she trailed off. Bubo alighted with a trill. "Right, this may seem pedantic, but what are your strengths and weaknesses?"
Tell the truth or lie. But if you lie, again throw it in a spoiler box. Embellishing to sound better is fine. Who doesn't in an interview?
Bubo took that moment to fly off, the whirring of gears echoed through the vaulted, narrow room. The light from the outside came in through shuttered windows that were nearly eight-feet tall. "You know, the journey is treacherous. How do you protect yourself?"
Weapons, fighting style, etc. You can also mention any important equipment you have on you.
"I promise this is almost over. I just need one more thing. Our new guide, Soren Something, has been having a look at all the possible recruits. Bubo went to go get him. And..." she trailed off as the chittering of metal gears re-entered the room. Bubo landed on her shoulder and was followed by a fairly average man with the cut of a sell-sword and a few of said swords to boot. He pushed his brown hair fully out of his eye line to reveal copper orbs that were cradled by the Marks of Mourning. The man slouched, maybe not used to the decadence of the room or to look less intimidating. He looked Character Name up and down.
Give a brief description of your character and their mannerisms. Think about how they would feel in this moment. You're in a fancy government house, being interrogated by a flighty magister and now being scrupled by a curmudgeonly guide.
The man pulled out a hand-rolled cigarette, much to the cringe of the magister. "Why're you here? Money or...?" He didn't beat around the bush as the magister had.
Money is perfectly acceptable, but you can have any reason. Relative on the pilgrimage. Someone you're looking for. Maybe you didn't make it in time, and this is your chance to join.
Soren shrugged. "Works for me. I told you I only need warm bodies."
The magister frowned. "And it's my job to give you the warmest of bodies. Well... not too warm." She turned to you while Soren exited, puffling smoke. "That's actually the problem, Liege Stormborn has fallen ill and their group doesn't know what to do. So, you'll be escorting Soren to them, and then you're free to take your gold and leave. I worry that I might get duped, but..." She extended her arm. "You seem like good people. Welcome aboard." She bobbed her hand, inferring she wanted it shook.
Describe whatever you say or do next, and then you can end it.
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