Apr 1, 2025 8:59 pm
Oh that's weird. I'll shoot you an invite then
[PCs/DMs Wanted] D&D 5.0 West Marches-style game
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Apr 3, 2025 7:41 am
I'm interested in playing and potentially DMing down the line, but I have never played a PbP game before. I have a few years of over-the-table experience, though. Would it be possible to play to try things out before offering services as a DM?
Apr 5, 2025 1:25 pm
A mysterious lilac-colored portal has opened in the Market District of the capitol city of Calindor. High King Ashen Quartermaine's guard have been keeping a close eye on it for months, waiting to see if anything comes out.
Nothing has.
High King Quartermaine's mage, Eristor Elmar, has convinced his liege to allow expeditions to the other side of the portal. Anyone that can bring back any maps or information about the other side will be paid handsomely. However, once you go through, you can't seem to remember why you are here in the first place. The portal opens into the courtyard of a large fortified keep. The keep appears to be old but people have been rebuilding it and continuing to grow it as more and more people seem to keep coming through the portal. But now, the portal won't return you home.
Welcome to Beyond the Lilac Veil: an expansive multi-GM West Marches style game.Post interest here or apply in the Game Details
Nothing has.
High King Quartermaine's mage, Eristor Elmar, has convinced his liege to allow expeditions to the other side of the portal. Anyone that can bring back any maps or information about the other side will be paid handsomely. However, once you go through, you can't seem to remember why you are here in the first place. The portal opens into the courtyard of a large fortified keep. The keep appears to be old but people have been rebuilding it and continuing to grow it as more and more people seem to keep coming through the portal. But now, the portal won't return you home.
Welcome to Beyond the Lilac Veil: an expansive multi-GM West Marches style game.
[ +- ] What is a West Marches Game?
For those who don't know, a West Marches style game is one built on exploration, collaboration, cooperation, and the knowledge that creatures you face may be far too powerful for you right now and may need to be faced another day. Or perhaps a certain door or puzzle cant be completed until you get something from a different location and have to return.
Now when I say collaboration, that is because West Marches games tend to have multiple people running the game: multiple adventures happening at the same time in the same world. Through talking to other PC's you can learn more about the world and what structures and locations are about. Perhaps you all collaborate to start building a map of where you are.
Posting frequency will be based on whatever the DM sets in their posts on the Notice Board.
DM's are allowed to apply as well. Just send a custom sheet with the label DM.
Now when I say collaboration, that is because West Marches games tend to have multiple people running the game: multiple adventures happening at the same time in the same world. Through talking to other PC's you can learn more about the world and what structures and locations are about. Perhaps you all collaborate to start building a map of where you are.
Posting frequency will be based on whatever the DM sets in their posts on the Notice Board.
DM's are allowed to apply as well. Just send a custom sheet with the label DM.
[ +- ] For DMs
For the most part, I'd be giving you free reign of your adventure. This is a collaborative game so I'd allow you to have some say on how the world works and what wheeling and dealing is going on in the shadows. I'd have the final say on those things just in case. The same would go for any magic items. I don't want some uber powerful item being used by player-friend and it starts an inter-player war.
Last edited April 5, 2025 1:37 pm
Apr 18, 2025 4:53 am
Oh I super want in :D Have Dm'd 5E for almost a decade and am now slowly sliding into the OSR. Played PbP vaguely a few years ago but really want to get into it and super interested in west march style.
I would be excited to DM further down the line. going to set up my own space game soon to learn GP ropes. But would love to jump in and play for a bit please.
I would be excited to DM further down the line. going to set up my own space game soon to learn GP ropes. But would love to jump in and play for a bit please.