Recr: Mork Borg: The Dead Girls of Sarkash Forest

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CONTENT WARNING
Mörk Borg is quite a dark RPG system. This game is set to embrace it and is designed for a very Dark Fantasy RP in a world that is in its final apocalyptic time. It is a world at its worst, so expect the worst. Common Mörk Borg themes can include: Horror, Gore, Violence, Death, Torture, Suicide, Occultism, Cannibalism and other dark topics. Adult themes are possible.

The Dead Girls of Sarkash Forest is a module that is designed to discover a character’s backstory as we play by recovering memories that are mostly up to the player to add to their character. This will cover her tragic murder.

The game forum will be private for content reasons.

Player Characters can quite easily die in Mörk Borg.

The world
The world is at its end. The Nameless Scripture, as prophesized by one of HIS heads, Verhu, is running out. The last day is imminent. Can the apocalypse be stopped?

One of seven prophecies leading to the end of the world has come to pass:

Psalm 3:1 of The Calendar of Nechrubel:
At Graven-Tosk the soil shall grow warm and those who rest be made to walk.


The module and the characters
The forest of Sarkash grows unnaturally. The trees here display weird vitality, the forest spreads unnaturally fast. Paths twist upon themselves, navigation is a fickle thing. It is a place of mist, moss and things that lurk in the damp shadows beneath the boughs. Within, the vast cemetery of Graven-Tosk, where the dead rest uneasily. It is from here that our protagonists - all girls who died tragically young - begin their journey.

You awaken at the Graven-Tosk cemetery. You remember your name, you remember a little of your former life and you remember that you’ve died a horrible dead (although the details of why, how and who is responsible, are vague). You are in the Graven-Tosk cemetery, but this is no place for you. Can you, and the other girls, find a way out of the (randomly generated) forest, back to civilization?
Can you recover your memories and become a full person again, even regain life itself? Or will you end up as another mindless zombie in the forest?

The module is designed to let backstories progress dynamically as we play. At points you will relive a moment of your past life. A memory coming back to you. It can be cheerful and happy, or sad and painful. Maybe something about how and why you’ve died. It is also possible to lose such memories.

The core mechanic of this module is how characters will gain or lose part of their background, and let you roleplay various states between alive or zombie.

The players
If you are still reading after the content warning, I assume you are interested in a Dark Fantasy RP game. Regardless of who you are, where you live, or how you identify yourself, you are welcome to join if you understand the content warning and are at least 18 years of age.
The game has room for 4-5 players.

The game
We will be playing Mörk Borg. You don’t need to know the rules. They are simple enough and I will explain them.
Omens and character death are handled differently in the module, making the module maybe a bit easier than normal Mörk Borg content. I will also make a few adjustments to suit PBP better (like abandoning initiative between player characters).

What you need
The game will run only on Gamers Plane, you’ll need nothing else.
Having the Mörk Borg rulebook or have Mörk Borg experience is not required.

Posting and duration
Posting once a day should be the guideline. If you can’t post for a while, please let me know.
At the end of the module another adventure will be merged in to actually restore the players to full life (if they succeed). At that point the story has ended. We can continue if we like at which point omens and death will be according to the Mörk Borg core rules.


May 14, 2022 12:23 pm
CONTENT WARNING
Mörk Borg is quite a dark RPG system. This game is set to embrace it and is designed for a very Dark Fantasy RP in a world that is in its final apocalyptic time. It is a world at its worst, so expect the worst. Common Mörk Borg themes can include: Horror, Gore, Violence, Death, Torture, Suicide, Occultism, Cannibalism and other dark topics. Adult themes are possible.

The Dead Girls of Sarkash Forest is a module that is designed to discover a character’s backstory as we play by recovering memories that are mostly up to the player to add to their character. This will cover her tragic murder.

The game forum will be private for content reasons.

Player Characters can quite easily die in Mörk Borg.

The world
The world is at its end. The Nameless Scripture, as prophesized by one of HIS heads, Verhu, is running out. The last day is imminent. Can the apocalypse be stopped?

One of seven prophecies leading to the end of the world has come to pass:

Psalm 3:1 of The Calendar of Nechrubel:
At Graven-Tosk the soil shall grow warm and those who rest be made to walk.


The module and the characters
The forest of Sarkash grows unnaturally. The trees here display weird vitality, the forest spreads unnaturally fast. Paths twist upon themselves, navigation is a fickle thing. It is a place of mist, moss and things that lurk in the damp shadows beneath the boughs. Within, the vast cemetery of Graven-Tosk, where the dead rest uneasily. It is from here that our protagonists - all girls who died tragically young - begin their journey.

You awaken at the Graven-Tosk cemetery. You remember your name, you remember a little of your former life and you remember that you’ve died a horrible dead (although the details of why, how and who is responsible, are vague). You are in the Graven-Tosk cemetery, but this is no place for you. Can you, and the other girls, find a way out of the (randomly generated) forest, back to civilization?
Can you recover your memories and become a full person again, even regain life itself? Or will you end up as another mindless zombie in the forest?

The module is designed to let backstories progress dynamically as we play. At points you will relive a moment of your past life. A memory coming back to you. It can be cheerful and happy, or sad and painful. Maybe something about how and why you’ve died. It is also possible to lose such memories.

The core mechanic of this module is how characters will gain or lose part of their background, and let you roleplay various states between alive or zombie.

The players
If you are still reading after the content warning, I assume you are interested in a Dark Fantasy RP game. Regardless of who you are, where you live, or how you identify yourself, you are welcome to join if you understand the content warning and are at least 18 years of age.
If you are interested, please let me know. The game has room for 4-5 players.

The game
We will be playing Mörk Borg. You don’t need to know the rules. They are simple enough and I will explain them.
Omens and character death are handled differently in the module, making the module maybe a bit easier than normal Mörk Borg content. I will also make a few adjustments to suit PBP better (like abandoning initiative between player characters).
The module comes with 6 classes designed to replace the normal Mörk Borg classes. You can pick one of these 6 classes (it would be most interesting if all player pick a different class):

The Exsanguinated Doll, The Sacrificial Waif, The Pyre-Borne Witch, The Doomed Romantic, The Assassinated Princes and The Silenced Wretch.
If your character dies you can chose to reroll as a class from the module, or a traditional Mörk Borg character (who will act more like a "helping hand").

What you need
The game will run only on Gamers Plane, you’ll need nothing else.
Having the Mörk Borg rulebook or have Mörk Borg experience is not required.

Posting and duration
Posting once a day should be the guideline. If you can’t post for a while, please let me know.
At the end of the module another adventure will be merged in to actually restore the players to full life (if they succeed). At that point the story has ended. We can continue if we like at which point omens and death will be according to the Mörk Borg core rules.
May 14, 2022 1:43 pm
I am very interested. Bought the book ages ago and have quite a few of the fan made supplements as well.

The assassinated princess sounds like something I'd like to play.
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May 14, 2022 2:18 pm
I am potentially interested. I bought Mörk Borg a while ago and was wanting to give it a trial. But I'm in a lot of games so I don't know if I should commit to this. If you don't find enough players, I might take a seat, but otherwise, definitely give others priority. From the names alone, the exsanguinated doll or sacrificial waif sound the most interesting to me
May 14, 2022 2:50 pm
I’m gonna throw my hat (or decapitated head) in the ring. I’ve never played (even heard of) Mork Borg, but your post made it clear that was unnecessary. I’m new to PbP (since November), but not new to rpg. I’m intrigued. Been trying to play with someone other than my friend who brought me in. I’m consistent in posting, creative with characters, and willing to learn a new system.
I’m just gonna add that I only have one other game and this is the first time I’ve been able to even apply for a spot since the recruiting happens so fast here.
Last edited May 14, 2022 7:59 pm
May 14, 2022 3:11 pm
Aha, the Mork Borg fans are gathering! I'd be down to play but May is currently terrible for me. I'm looking forward to offer to run Cy-Borg in June and onwards.
May 14, 2022 4:22 pm
Oh man, I've been wanting to try Mörk Borg but I think I'm already at my games limit. You folks have fun!
May 14, 2022 4:54 pm
Please add me to list. I have the Mörk Borg book and promise to play the recommended soundtrack whilst posting to get me in the right frame of mind. :-)
May 14, 2022 5:01 pm
I'd like to join in as well. I have the core book and couple expansions. I have played briefly. Most interested in seeing these new classes for this module.TBH, some of the content for the original ones I found contrary to my idea of the tone and concept of the game. (IE: Poo-flinging monkeys).

The Doomed Romantic or The Exsanguinated Doll are the most interesting to me.
Last edited May 15, 2022 6:02 am
May 14, 2022 7:14 pm
I'm right around my limit for games, but I'd love to throw my hat in the ring for the Pyre-Borne Witch. The dark nature of the game and simple rules are definitely highlights to me, as well as the idea of exploring a backstory through gaming. It sounds a little like Planescape: Torment, which is a plus. However, I'm more than happy to let someone with fewer games go ahead of me.
May 14, 2022 8:34 pm
I'm very interested as well if there ends up being room due to attrition.
May 14, 2022 10:05 pm
I wish I could play, but probably better not. Even though the DCC game I'm in is nearly at an end...
May 15, 2022 11:03 am
Since I declared myself too busy to start, and with the queue of interest, lemme step aside first. Enjoy!
May 15, 2022 12:34 pm
Thanks for the interest everyone! I haven't really expected so much interest :)
Looking at all your posts, I'll send invites to

@Windyridge
@Darkstar8
@therecusant
@Equinox
@cowleyc
@dominion451

@BedzoneII , @bowlofspinach : I will keep you in mind should your schedule free up a bit and should there be room in the game.

Closing for now.
May 15, 2022 3:40 pm
Looks like a great crew!
Trying to choose a class. I see the following claimed so far:
@Windyridge-Assasinated Princess
@Darkstar8-I’ll play the Silenced Wretch
@therecusant
@Equinox-Doomed Romantic or Exsanguinated Doll
@cowleyc-Pyre-Borne Witch
@dominion451
May 16, 2022 3:21 am
Sorry for being late to the party - been traveling. @Equinox, please choose your class and I'll play the other one! Let me know

Very excited to play with you all, and thanks for the invite GM!
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