The Black Sword of Hot Springs Island [ EDIT ]
This game has been retired! That means it's no longer being run.
What starts as a shipwreck and washing ashore a mysterious island will turn into a great adventure and exploration. You are not alone, and you should be afraid. Are you strong enough to survive Hot Springs Island?!
🗺️ Explore a heavily themed hexcrawl packed to the gills with features, factions, and fights!
🐉 Test your strength and cunning against ancient and primordial creatures with bizarre and alien goals.
🗡️ Create an enthralling tale with your fellow adventurers as you shift from surviving to conquering this volcanic island.
Prepare to embark on a quest the likes of which few have experienced! You have washed ashore on an island that exists on no maps with little to your name but your weapons and some meager supplies. Be you a barbarian, a civilized man, or a being of decadence, it makes no difference on the black shores of this land. For you will quickly find that only steel and dark pacts will serve you well against the cruel elemental beings that have enslaved the island.
Using the Black Sword Hack ruleset, we will focus on player creativity over character builds. I encourage players to take a step back from their sheets and truly be engaged at the table! With this rules-lite system, we shall weave a story along the lines of Conan, Elric, or Corum!
In this adventure you will experience:
⚜️ An award winning module, praised for its creativity and thoroughness.
⚖️ 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 adventure! Here's what other players have said about me:
🎙️ "What really stood out about him as a gamemaster was his ability and willingness to allow player character actions and decisions to matter."
🎙️ "Charles runs flavor rich games that are always full of surprises. He pivots fantastically between different tones, and he understands the rules of each system without handcuffing the game to them."
🎙️ "Charles is a FUN, patient, and supportive GM who invests time and effort into new players without letting the table become a classroom."
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Character creation is as easy as ABC! Or, rather, SOB!
Stats
To determine your stats, simply roll 2d6 down the line! I will provide a chart against which you will compare your results, which brings your final stats within the 8-13 range, rather than 2-12.
Origin
You will choose to have a Barbarian, Civilized, or Decadent origin! These will affect your starting weapons (purely aesthetic) and to some extent your Background rolls. Each origin also comes with a random table of specific prompts, though this is optional.
Background
Each character will select two background options from their own origin list, and another from any list. Some options are restricted by origin. We will not be including the Inventor or Changeling backgrounds, as the two are types of "magic" that will not be used in this game.
And with that done, you roll for weapons and begin play!
Stats
To determine your stats, simply roll 2d6 down the line! I will provide a chart against which you will compare your results, which brings your final stats within the 8-13 range, rather than 2-12.
Origin
You will choose to have a Barbarian, Civilized, or Decadent origin! These will affect your starting weapons (purely aesthetic) and to some extent your Background rolls. Each origin also comes with a random table of specific prompts, though this is optional.
Background
Each character will select two background options from their own origin list, and another from any list. Some options are restricted by origin. We will not be including the Inventor or Changeling backgrounds, as the two are types of "magic" that will not be used in this game.
And with that done, you roll for weapons and begin play!
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