Aug 23, 2023 8:31 pm
On the world of Kesperex, the Gods have forbidden their direct involvement in the affairs of the world, agreeing to act only through their agents- priests, paladins, druids, chosen, champions, and catspaws. And interfere they do- a tangled web of siblings, lovers, and foes make up the pantheon of the major deities of Kesperex, and among these battles the Gods of Law, born to the Father and the Mystic Mother stand against the forces of chaos and neutrality.
Of these Gods, the eldest brother Hapi guards the doors of life and death. The God of Death, or some would say The God of Natural Death teaches that all men (and women, and orcs, and dragons, and goblins, and everything) must die, and should do so at its natural time. The use of magic to circumvent this - extending one's lifespan, aging in reverse, resurrection, and using necromancy to raise the undead are all strictly forbidden.
Well, strictly forbidden unless one makes use of a loophole, of course, and the most common loophole is also the simplest- an indulgance can be had for anything from a few years extra, to resurrections, to an army of zombies- if the price is right, and the Church of Hapi has made a good business dealing in these indulgences.
No tax willing tithe to the coffers of an appreciative god would be complete, however, without its enforcers, and that is where you come in. The Reapers are feared throughout all Kesperex. Armed with their signature scythes the Reapers collect and enforce the indulgance system- taxing those willing to pay and ending those unable or unwilling to do so- reaping they call it.
In the city of Narport, for well over a hundred years High Reaper Dominity ruled with an iron fist- and without much in the way of input from those above him in the Church or the Reapers. In fact, he'd made Narport effectively a sanctuary, a private fiefdom within the Church that all others staid out of, that is until his recent death. Even the favored of the God of Death must die. His passing has left a blank spot for the Reapers- a city where tithe payment once had regularly flowed outward and upward where now even information is sparse at best.
You've been assembled into an elite squad of junior Reapers and given a simple task- go into Narport, take control of the situation, man such churches as exist, make sense of Reaper Dominity's paperwork, get the indulgance payments flowing again, and deal with anyone not in compliance with the laws of the Church and nature.
System this will be in Pathfinder 1st edition
Adult content the game will deal with the concept of death a fair amount, including undead and light horror elements, and it will have typical DND/Pathfinder combat/violence. Sexual themes will be dealt with in a primarily off screen fashion- if you want to pick up someone at the local tavern feel free, but then proceed to the rooms upstairs and leave out descriptions of what happens behind closed doors- PG-13 rules- you cut away after the first kiss and we understand what happened for the story but don't need to describe/see it happening in detail.
Character Restrictions 1st level characters to start using standard 20 points buy; all characters must be members of the Reaper's organization, and therefore must be followers of the Lawful Neutral God of Death Hapi, but need not be divine spell casters (the Reaper's will take a devout fighter as gladly as a cleric, druid, or Paladin). In accordance with this requirement, all characters MUST be within one step of Lawful Neutral (Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Lawful Evil, or True Neutral). Due to this there are some classes that are restricted (barbarians, for instance because of the requirement to be chaotic), but otherwise classes from all sources will be considered for acceptance. See below about races.Races This game takes place on my homebrew world of Kesperex, and as such it has a different set of races that are available for play- the races available will be humans, halflings, quarterlings, cloud dwarves, fire dwarves, hill dwarves, plains elves, river (tower) elves, southron elves, kobolds (blue, green, bronze, gold, or silver heritage).
These races are all custom races and will be added in a document detailing them shortly.
Who Can Apply Anyone can apply- I won't be discriminating for or against anyone regardless of your race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or level of player experience with either Pathfinder, Play by Post, or Role playing in general- newbies and grognards both welcomed.
How to Apply I'm looking for 4-6 characters that will fill out a "typical" DND/PF party- a good mixed of casters/warriors and ranged/melee with at slight focus on extra divine casters). Submit a one paragraph character concept, and an outline of your character's build plans for the first 10 levels (class/classes and key feats for your build- don't need to nail down every feat, but the ones that are integral to your concept.)
Posting Timeline: I aim for once a day updates but I understand we are all busy, myself included so I will say that expectation is to post every other day at least and within 24 hours for your turn in combat. *(That said, if you miss your turn in combat for one reason or another and I move on I still allow you to post an action for it within reason, but it does not retcon things- if your Round 2 attacks kills a bandit who has rolled a crit in round 3, you still get to take the action but it doesn't erase the posted action- the bandit would end up dead, but the crit still happens)
Feel free to fire off any questions you have- I will get races and world information up in a reference document shortly.
Of these Gods, the eldest brother Hapi guards the doors of life and death. The God of Death, or some would say The God of Natural Death teaches that all men (and women, and orcs, and dragons, and goblins, and everything) must die, and should do so at its natural time. The use of magic to circumvent this - extending one's lifespan, aging in reverse, resurrection, and using necromancy to raise the undead are all strictly forbidden.
Well, strictly forbidden unless one makes use of a loophole, of course, and the most common loophole is also the simplest- an indulgance can be had for anything from a few years extra, to resurrections, to an army of zombies- if the price is right, and the Church of Hapi has made a good business dealing in these indulgences.
No tax willing tithe to the coffers of an appreciative god would be complete, however, without its enforcers, and that is where you come in. The Reapers are feared throughout all Kesperex. Armed with their signature scythes the Reapers collect and enforce the indulgance system- taxing those willing to pay and ending those unable or unwilling to do so- reaping they call it.
In the city of Narport, for well over a hundred years High Reaper Dominity ruled with an iron fist- and without much in the way of input from those above him in the Church or the Reapers. In fact, he'd made Narport effectively a sanctuary, a private fiefdom within the Church that all others staid out of, that is until his recent death. Even the favored of the God of Death must die. His passing has left a blank spot for the Reapers- a city where tithe payment once had regularly flowed outward and upward where now even information is sparse at best.
You've been assembled into an elite squad of junior Reapers and given a simple task- go into Narport, take control of the situation, man such churches as exist, make sense of Reaper Dominity's paperwork, get the indulgance payments flowing again, and deal with anyone not in compliance with the laws of the Church and nature.
System this will be in Pathfinder 1st edition
Adult content the game will deal with the concept of death a fair amount, including undead and light horror elements, and it will have typical DND/Pathfinder combat/violence. Sexual themes will be dealt with in a primarily off screen fashion- if you want to pick up someone at the local tavern feel free, but then proceed to the rooms upstairs and leave out descriptions of what happens behind closed doors- PG-13 rules- you cut away after the first kiss and we understand what happened for the story but don't need to describe/see it happening in detail.
Character Restrictions 1st level characters to start using standard 20 points buy; all characters must be members of the Reaper's organization, and therefore must be followers of the Lawful Neutral God of Death Hapi, but need not be divine spell casters (the Reaper's will take a devout fighter as gladly as a cleric, druid, or Paladin). In accordance with this requirement, all characters MUST be within one step of Lawful Neutral (Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Lawful Evil, or True Neutral). Due to this there are some classes that are restricted (barbarians, for instance because of the requirement to be chaotic), but otherwise classes from all sources will be considered for acceptance. See below about races.
[ +- ] An Aside About Power Gaming/DPS Olympics Style Builds
Additionally- I'm going to ask that you try to build characters that are unique- I don't want to see optimized forum board builds or things that you would find in DPS olympics-- we all know that there are ways to abuse the PF1 system, but rather than use a system with fewer options I am just going to ask that options NOT be abused. I reserve the right to nerf or ban feats or options that I expect to be problematic- the only one I know right away that will be disallowed is Clustered Shots, but work with me to make characters rather than damage optimization spreadsheets- I want to see cool builds that do interesting things even if they aren't super powerful.
These races are all custom races and will be added in a document detailing them shortly.
Who Can Apply Anyone can apply- I won't be discriminating for or against anyone regardless of your race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or level of player experience with either Pathfinder, Play by Post, or Role playing in general- newbies and grognards both welcomed.
How to Apply I'm looking for 4-6 characters that will fill out a "typical" DND/PF party- a good mixed of casters/warriors and ranged/melee with at slight focus on extra divine casters). Submit a one paragraph character concept, and an outline of your character's build plans for the first 10 levels (class/classes and key feats for your build- don't need to nail down every feat, but the ones that are integral to your concept.)
Posting Timeline: I aim for once a day updates but I understand we are all busy, myself included so I will say that expectation is to post every other day at least and within 24 hours for your turn in combat. *(That said, if you miss your turn in combat for one reason or another and I move on I still allow you to post an action for it within reason, but it does not retcon things- if your Round 2 attacks kills a bandit who has rolled a crit in round 3, you still get to take the action but it doesn't erase the posted action- the bandit would end up dead, but the crit still happens)
Feel free to fire off any questions you have- I will get races and world information up in a reference document shortly.
