May 30, 2025 10:58 pm
Looking for someone to swear some iron vows with me and adventure across the Ironlands!
System: Ironsworn. Digital edition available for fee at DriveThruRPG. Ironsworn website also has resources.
We'll be using mechanics from the core rules only. I'll personally use flavor/lore from Delve, the add-on, but not mechanics.
Character Creation: Standard. 3/2/2/1/1 for stats. You can skip the bonds part if you want, and develop them as you adventure.
This world is human-centric, so our characters will reflect that. Non-human PCs will be discussed on a case-by-case basic. No mechanical benefits will be given to non-human PCs.
Party Size: This will be a one-on-one co-op game. So two, just to be clear. 😎
Vibe/Aesthetic/Lore: Default vibe as explained in the books. We can decide on the World Truths together, or roll to randomly generate.
You can create some lore if you want. Points of interest, historical figures, legendary artifacts, etc. Keep it manageable; 5 or less entries to begin with.
Duration: I plan to play Ironsworn long-term, but you aren't obligated to stick around forever. If you want to play one mission and then leave, cool. If you want to play for months and try to fulfill your background vow, also cool.
Activity Requirement: I'm looking for roughly 5 posts a week. If real-life (ugh) comes up, lemme know and we'll work something out. But if your posting rate dwindles long-term, or if you're generally uncommunicative, I'll find a replacement.
Specialized Software and Resources: None. Played entirely on Gamersplane.
Player Experience Requirements: Veterans preferred. Not necessarily of the Ironsworn system, but of PbP in general. Since this is co-op, and we're both technically players and GMs, I'm looking for someone who's ready to jump in and RP up a storm.
Content Warning: For my part, stuff like torture, rape, slavery, and infanticide may be mentioned. No graphic descriptions of these, however.
Foul language may be used.
No erotic roleplay. Fade to black for any sexy stuff.
AI: I use AI stuff.
Now some more detailed stuff about what I'm looking for RP-wise:
Share the spotlight Create interesting situations, respond to them, advance the narrative...but then let me do the same.
Be flexible. Quests shouldn't have pre-planned outcomes. If I zig where you wanted to zag, roll with it.
Accept failure. Just rolled a miss? Make your PC suffer. Facing death? If you die, you die.
Go for it. Feel free to discuss RP options if it's something wacky or narratively important, but I don't want to get bogged down with "should we go right or left" type discussions. As above, forge ahead for a bit, but then stop and give me a "turn."
Don't spam moves. If you fail to Compel, don't keep rolling Compel to try and browbeat someone. Accept the outcome and try a different approach.
And now some "no's": No power-gamers, murderhobos, memesters, or contrarians.
A bit about my RP style: I tend to write meatier posts, and get into the character growth/psychological aspect of things just as much as the "whack foe with weapon" parts.
If it's my "turn" to advance the story, I'm probably going to cook up something dangerous and cool that demands a response. PbP being what it is, I find this necessary to keep the story from dragging.
For character sheets, the Public Repository has some Ironsworn custom sheets. You can also copy and edit this sheet to make your character.
You can also check out the Ironsworn Playtest of Doom to see me in action.
I haven't created the game forum for this co-op yet. I'll post here when I do.
If interested, reply with the following:
1.) Your RP/PbP experience, including if you're familiar with Ironsworn.
2.) Your favorite pizza.
3.) A character concept. You don't have to fill out an entire character sheet at this point. An overview along with your background vow will suffice.
System: Ironsworn. Digital edition available for fee at DriveThruRPG. Ironsworn website also has resources.
We'll be using mechanics from the core rules only. I'll personally use flavor/lore from Delve, the add-on, but not mechanics.
Character Creation: Standard. 3/2/2/1/1 for stats. You can skip the bonds part if you want, and develop them as you adventure.
This world is human-centric, so our characters will reflect that. Non-human PCs will be discussed on a case-by-case basic. No mechanical benefits will be given to non-human PCs.
Party Size: This will be a one-on-one co-op game. So two, just to be clear. 😎
Vibe/Aesthetic/Lore: Default vibe as explained in the books. We can decide on the World Truths together, or roll to randomly generate.
You can create some lore if you want. Points of interest, historical figures, legendary artifacts, etc. Keep it manageable; 5 or less entries to begin with.
Duration: I plan to play Ironsworn long-term, but you aren't obligated to stick around forever. If you want to play one mission and then leave, cool. If you want to play for months and try to fulfill your background vow, also cool.
Activity Requirement: I'm looking for roughly 5 posts a week. If real-life (ugh) comes up, lemme know and we'll work something out. But if your posting rate dwindles long-term, or if you're generally uncommunicative, I'll find a replacement.
Specialized Software and Resources: None. Played entirely on Gamersplane.
Player Experience Requirements: Veterans preferred. Not necessarily of the Ironsworn system, but of PbP in general. Since this is co-op, and we're both technically players and GMs, I'm looking for someone who's ready to jump in and RP up a storm.
Content Warning: For my part, stuff like torture, rape, slavery, and infanticide may be mentioned. No graphic descriptions of these, however.
Foul language may be used.
No erotic roleplay. Fade to black for any sexy stuff.
AI: I use AI stuff.
Now some more detailed stuff about what I'm looking for RP-wise:
Share the spotlight Create interesting situations, respond to them, advance the narrative...but then let me do the same.
Be flexible. Quests shouldn't have pre-planned outcomes. If I zig where you wanted to zag, roll with it.
Accept failure. Just rolled a miss? Make your PC suffer. Facing death? If you die, you die.
Go for it. Feel free to discuss RP options if it's something wacky or narratively important, but I don't want to get bogged down with "should we go right or left" type discussions. As above, forge ahead for a bit, but then stop and give me a "turn."
Don't spam moves. If you fail to Compel, don't keep rolling Compel to try and browbeat someone. Accept the outcome and try a different approach.
And now some "no's": No power-gamers, murderhobos, memesters, or contrarians.
A bit about my RP style: I tend to write meatier posts, and get into the character growth/psychological aspect of things just as much as the "whack foe with weapon" parts.
If it's my "turn" to advance the story, I'm probably going to cook up something dangerous and cool that demands a response. PbP being what it is, I find this necessary to keep the story from dragging.
For character sheets, the Public Repository has some Ironsworn custom sheets. You can also copy and edit this sheet to make your character.
You can also check out the Ironsworn Playtest of Doom to see me in action.
I haven't created the game forum for this co-op yet. I'll post here when I do.
If interested, reply with the following:
1.) Your RP/PbP experience, including if you're familiar with Ironsworn.
2.) Your favorite pizza.
3.) A character concept. You don't have to fill out an entire character sheet at this point. An overview along with your background vow will suffice.
Last edited May 30, 2025 11:01 pm