[OPEN] End Days of the Latter Earth (WWN)

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OpenWorlds Without NumberPrivate5 / weekcowleyc
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Black cults and twisted forms hide from the dying sun, and only you can slay them!

🏔️ Explore a nation full of bloodthirsty warlords, blood-letting cults, and blood-curdling beasts
👾 Test your strength against the hoard to the south, the mountain-sects to the west, or even alien-blasted landscapes far too near
🚀 Experience science-fantasy at its greatest with entities like genius loci, automatons, hybrid monsters, and cosmic outsiders

Beneath the bloated, dying sun, you've found like-minded adventurers to seek gold and glory before the end of days. Each day brings new challenges and mysteries; forgotten depths from which your ancestors once crawled, bones of ancient structures, and strange enchantments left ages past. And as you travel to seek your fame, factions work against you and the homes you left behind.

In a sandbox-style hexcrawl, the entirety of the Latter Earth is yours to explore. The nation of Lliagis in the Gyre is ripe with adventure, all of which will be generated specifically for this game. Picaresque adventurers seeking gold and fame in the last days of the known universe are welcome to apply.

In this adventure you will experience:

🚅 Innovative ruleset inspired by OSR and D&D 3e, along with the writings of Jack Vance.
⚖️ A balance between role-play, combat, and exploration.
👨‍⚖️ Neutral referee who prefers intuitive rulings to strict rules.
🌎 Living world with random encounters and vivid environments.
🐉 Evocative combats with life-or-death stakes!

Come and join me on this once-in-a-lifetime Science-Fantasy adventure! Here's what other players have said about me:

🎙️ "He pivots fantastically between different tones, and he understands the rules of each system without handcuffing the game to them."
🎙️ "What really stood out about him as a gamemaster was his ability and willingness to allow player character actions and decisions to matter."
🎙️ "Charles is a flexible GM that has suffered my nonsense many times to create characters and moments in games that live rent free in my mind."


Dec 19, 2024 3:18 am
The Pitch
In what is most likely Colombia in a billion years, the Gyre is a small nation with several factions all vying for control in a carefully balanced system. You will be adventurers in this sandbox experience, choosing paths that are most interesting to you. To this end, I will be using dungeon, faction, and wilderness creation charts to give you a completely unique narrative.

Trigger Warnings and Themes
This game will include triggers related to violence, swearing, character death, and slavery; the latter is to be condemned. The world of the Latter Earth is one where the end of the world is nigh, and so some darker themes may be present.

This game WILL NOT include the following triggers: sexual assault, violence against children, suicide. This is an incomplete list, and will include other triggers as decided by the group.

To survive, you must work together! For this reason, your character must have a willingness to work together even with those who might be diametrically opposed.

Game Duration and Pacing
This game expects players to post once a day, five times a week. I do not expect the game to move on weekends, as I am usually busy myself. As for the duration, this is an open-ended game that will continue until we have reached a natural conclusion (or perhaps a TPK).

This game will use a private Discord server to encourage speed and ease of play. WWN has some rules that are benefited by a quicker communication, such as combat options; the server will help with this.

Who May Apply
This game is open to any who are interested in this chaotic experience. The table is intentionally accepting, and will not tolerate any racism, sexism, or any other ism. Safety is paramount. I reserve the right to prevent any from joining should I feel they are not a good fit, and to remove any players who show the same.

How to Apply
Simply reply here, or reach out on the GamersPlane Discord. If you are interested, please use a quote from your favorite Sword and Sorcery show/book/movie/game/musical in bold. If you have questions, I am more than happy to answer before you make a decision. I will utilize an arbitrary method of choosing who joins, which may be the product of the Lords of Chaos. I will select six players, or six if the mood strikes me. Selections will be made around the New Year, so don't be worried if you aren't the first to apply.
Dec 19, 2024 4:37 am
I have no experience with WWN, but I am interested in trying. I am new to the site though. As for the quote "Conan what's best in life? To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women."
Last edited December 19, 2024 5:33 am
Dec 19, 2024 3:05 pm
No worries, you can read about it in the free rules, which is basically just the entire rulebook sans the setting specific classes and a couple optional random tables.

I'd describe it as an OSR-adjacent game that has combat options, TRUE VANCIAN MAGIC (the way Jack Vance would have wanted it), and cool "feats" that let you be unique in more than just the color of your tabard.

WWN Free Rules
Dec 20, 2024 2:29 am
I'm full up on games right now, but if you're new to GP, I can recommend cowley. Great GM who will totally kill you in heroic ways. ;-)
Dec 20, 2024 9:20 pm
I've been perusing the rules it's a cool setting and I am sucker for the expert style classes :D.

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