😭 Uncaged: The Weeping Woman

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La Llorona

Adam

Mar 23, 2022 8:29 am
Uncaged is an anthology of DnD 5e adventures that subvert tropes around female mythological creatures and monsters. The adventures are unashamedly written from a feminist perspective (so a middle-aged white bloke makes a perfect DM for this, right? But I'll try my best).

I've run parts of Uncaged before, but the story of The Weeping Woman is my favourite. It's based on La Llorona from Mexican folklore.

Content warnings: Domestic violence, suicide, infanticide, gaslighting

As you might expect, it's not a hack-n-slash and I'll try to treat the topics with sensitivity.
This is a short one-shot. The last time I ran this on Gamers' Plane, it took four weeks to complete.

I'm looking for four players. Level 2, point-buy, using free basic rules, PHB, XGtE, and TCoE.

If you've never played-by-post before or are new to DnD 5e (and PHB, XGtE, TCoE looks like gibberish) then I'll be happy to guide you.

It's not first-come-first-served. If oversubscribed, people with few active games will take priority.

Because of the topics, this won't be a public game.

La Llorona
Mar 23, 2022 8:31 am
Fascinating, never heard of this but I'm definitely interested.
Mar 23, 2022 8:33 am
I was a player in Adam's first run of Unchaged. It was an awesome experience.

You are in for a treat :)
Mar 23, 2022 9:02 am
This seems like a nice treat. I still want to play with adam eventually and this seems as close to our game interests aligning as is ever going to happen πŸ˜† Plus, it's a short game and I prefer shorter games.

But, I am in a ton of games so I'm happy to let someone else take priority. If there's anyone on the site who's interested in 5e. Not sure I've ever seen that particular system mentioned
Mar 23, 2022 9:09 am
I've had my eye on Uncaged for a while (mostly my eyes were drawn to the gorgeous cover art)
As a fellow middle-aged white man I'd like to apply to join!

I love local folklore - At some point I'd like to compile a few stories from my own country and write a set of modules
Mar 23, 2022 10:44 am
It’s my first time hearing this also. I’d like to join. What is the basic premise of the story, though, may I ask? How will the party start the adventure, for example?
Mar 23, 2022 10:48 am
ireneofunyes says:
It’s my first time hearing this also. I’d like to join. What is the basic premise of the story, though, may I ask? How will the party start the adventure, for example?
Dougan's Hole (yes, another Icewind Dale adventure) is the most remote and insular of the Ten Towns. Speaker Duvessa Shane of Bryn Shander has asked the party to check on the community.
Mar 23, 2022 10:55 am
Adam says:
ireneofunyes says:
It’s my first time hearing this also. I’d like to join. What is the basic premise of the story, though, may I ask? How will the party start the adventure, for example?
Dougan's Hole (yes, another Icewind Dale adventure) is the most remote and insular of the Ten Towns. Speaker Duvessa Shane of Bryn Shander has asked the party to check on the community.
Great! Hope I can get in. I’ve been DM’ing DnD5 for some time, I missed to be a player.
Mar 23, 2022 12:12 pm
Sounds great.
Quite interested in what sort of adentures there are in this series. Would be interested to join.
Mar 23, 2022 1:58 pm
I had a huge blast playing in one of Adam's one-shots! I'd apply if I wasn't already in a bunch of games.
Mar 23, 2022 7:02 pm
I'd be down for this game! A short game with folklore and depressing themes? Right up my alley.
Mar 24, 2022 9:02 am
Thank you for your interest. Based solely on the number of active games I've invited: WarDomo, Boop, NatOne and cowleyc.
Apr 4, 2022 4:59 pm
Dang, how did I miss this?!
Apr 14, 2022 5:49 am
DarK_RaideR says:
Dang, how did I miss this?!
@DarK_RaideR For what it's worth, you didn't miss anything! I couldn't get the game to work and it crashed.
Apr 14, 2022 5:55 am
Are you going to give it another shot at some point?
Apr 14, 2022 5:56 am
Well it makes me feel like I didn't miss out, but it's a shame you couldn't get it off the ground because it should have been great for you all.
Apr 14, 2022 5:56 am
bowlofspinach says:
Are you going to give it another shot at some point?
Dunno. I doubt it. I think maybe the first one was fluke.
Apr 26, 2022 8:04 pm
Well, I'm a woman who has wept, and known fear and came out stronger for it. Adam, if you get another game going or something similar, message me.
Apr 27, 2022 9:33 am
Gypsy says:
Adam, if you get another game going or something similar, message me.
Will do.
Apr 27, 2022 11:57 am
Adam says:
Gypsy says:
Adam, if you get another game going or something similar, message me.
Will do.
same, sounds fun, and the short runtime sounds great too

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