Interest Check: Roleplay-centric Curse of the Crimson Throne E6, Roll20.


Recruitment


I'm gonna throw this out there, but I'd like to point out that it's a very tentative idea right now, because work has been picking up and I just don't have time to do the mapwork I used to.

That said, I do want to see what kind of interest there might be for this type of game.

Curse of the Crimson Throne is one of my favorite adventures, but I have not yet gotten to finish it. This last time I played it, I spent a while putting together what I thought would be a group that worked together really well, but when it came time to game, they just fell apart.

CoCT is an urban-centric adventure with large portions of political intrigue and other themes. It's a great adventure for the right kind of player, that kind of player being one that can really get invested in the city of Korvosa.

On the other hand, the one thing I really don't like about Pathfinder is power scaling. I'm a fan of challenge that really feels like an accomplishment, not the superpowered rocket-tag that most games turn into. A game where a player can be strong and do great things, but still feel like a person rather than a walking god. That's where Eternal 6 comes in. Eternal 6 is a game style where the level cap is 6. You stop leveling there, and while you still "level up" and gain more feats and learn new skills as normal, you're stats don't go past level 6.

The kind of player I'd be looking for to form this group would be one who is interested in the roleplay side of the game, not necessarily to the detriment of combat and other aspects, but more to bolster the immersion in the world and make the accomplishments through combat feel more rewarding. I'm interested in the players who are happy for a game that runs slowly rather than quickly, allowing time for the events and character interactions to breather. If it gives any context, my Rise of the Runelords game is currently at 26 sessions played and only 2 sessions into the second book.

I've done some very extensive rewrites of CoCTs introduction chapter to make it much, much more immersive and rewarding, and I'd love to have some players who can enjoy this campaign as much as I do.

Some specifics: This is not the kind of game where showing up with a character sheet plays, it's very much about building a character that is involved with Korvosa and developing the connections to it that make playing through it more natural. I always spend time working one-on-one with my players to make sure they have a backstory and character that let them engage with the world in meaningful ways. This game would be core races only (though honestly I'd prefer it be a human-only campaign, I won't mandate that).

There's probably some more details I could discuss, but I'd rather not get into them now unless people have specific questions.

The game would be played via Skype and Roll20, likely on Mondays as that's really the only night I have free at the moment.

So yeah. If there's interest around, please let me know.


if you are will to have it be a play by post I would like to try my hand in this game. ive only been playing on this site via PBP for a few mounts and ive seen that PBP players tend to role play a lot more than roll play. I can post multiple times a day for a pbp game, hell if you do decide to run this as that then you could make it a requirement that you will only take players that will post daily or more.

just a thought ^+^


I'm very interested in CotCT. Do you plan on using Skype for IRL-style gaming, or do you intend for characters to be played via the chat on Roll20 and Skype to be the OOC stuff?

You're currently thinking Mondays, what time? What's your timezone? I'd be very interested, but it's important that I'm available at the right time.


Unfortunately, I just don't run text games. They're just not something I have fun doing. This is just like any traditional tabletop game, the only difference being that people aren't sitting at the same table.

So, voice communication for everything in-game(Skype is my default).

My timezone is EST, the actual session time is pretty flexible within there.


Bumping, just once.


As someone who doesn't have time for skype, I'd be interested in the E6 throne game if you extended this to pbp, as well as many other people.


I'm still interested in the possibility of a Skype game. I'd be looking at a play time window starting about 8 PM EST.

Do you have other people interested, or is this your main outlet for recruitment?

What sort of characters are you interested in having? How do you feel about Diabolists? Acadamae students/graduates?


I do have some interest, though not much from this direction, as I guess Paizo forums don't seem to be incredibly keen on non-PbP games. Which is fine and all, I have problem with them, they're just not something I'm interested in.

So my main recruiting is happening elsewhere.

Generally I encourage people to not sell themselves on a build or character concept until they've become familiar with the setting material, and I try to do character designing as a group so that I don't have people showing up with conflicting characters or stepping on someone else's toes.

Also, I strongly suggest against any class that relies on summoning. Only because nothing good ever came from making combat take longer than it already does.


In that case, I'll avoid marrying any concepts. There's plenty of flavor in Korvosa to go around. I'd like to mention that I'm not unfamiliar with the setting material; I had a Skull & Shackles character that hailed from Korvosa.

You don't seem to be looking for character concepts from us at this time. Is there anything you require from me at this moment? I'm very interested in the setting, I've heard great things about CotCT, and I prefer narrative roleplay more than anything else in an RPG.


At the moment, I'm just in the phase of getting the general interest together so I can spend time talking to people and putting together the right group, so no one has to experience what happened with the last group I put together for this adventure.

People who are interested should get in touch, preferably in private (via PM, Skype, email), with a general explanation of:

-Your overall gaming experience, and familiarity with the Pathfinder Golarion setting
-What specifically interests within this campaign, and what you're looking for in a campaign.
-Specific play style or other details that are important to you.

so we can talk a little bit about it and I can get an idea of where potential players are coming from and what they're looking for in a game.

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