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“The Fall of the House of Richards” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch
"The Richards family have worked the land in this valley since Haywood Richards walked away from the sea with an oar on his shoulder. They've survived 200 years of history in their stately home where a time capsule has waited for November 22, 1918. What waits in the box for the remaining scions of the line and will it explain any of the strange things that have happened on the farmstead over the centuries?
Play as members of a family as they deal with the legacy of their house and face the darkness they've been quietly ignoring for generations. "
This game will be great if you like Southern Gothic Fiction, Creeping Dread, Dark Family Secrets.
The game runner will provide characters.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Isolation, guilt, possession
Check out the Rules: https://fate-srd.com/
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“The Fall of the House of Richards” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch
"The Richards family have worked the land in this valley since Haywood Richards walked away from the sea with an oar on his shoulder. They've survived 200 years of history in their stately home where a time capsule has waited for November 22, 1918. What waits in the box for the remaining scions of the line and will it explain any of the strange things that have happened on the farmstead over the centuries?
Play as members of a family as they deal with the legacy of their house and face the darkness they've been quietly ignoring for generations. "
This game will be great if you like Southern Gothic Fiction, Creeping Dread, Dark Family Secrets.
The game runner will provide characters.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Isolation, guilt, possession
Check out the Rules: https://fate-srd.com/
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Sails and Legends” a standard one shot in the Sails and Legends system. Led by Ansel Burch
"You are epic pirate captains in a loose confederation. Your mission is to explore the archipelago, deal with supernatural complications, and defend your gold against other pirates. The Admiral, Rakefelon Bones McBones, Slayer of the Hidden Sea has been cursed by the gods of the sea to walk only on soil, leaving you to fend for yourselves while he climbs the tallest mountain he can reach to meet with the sky gods for help.
This leaves you as the remaining captains in charge of the fleet’s home port of Deepwash Anchorage for the time being. You must work together with your crews behind you to deal with whatever threats appear. Fail and Rakefelon Bones McBones will have you nailed to the deck for sure."
This game will be good if you like silly pirate stories, over the top nonsense, one page games We will build characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: none
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Check out the Rules-https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/sails-and-legends
“A Dark Corner of the Firehouse” a Just-For-Fun Homebrew One Shot in the Pawgone System a Homebrew Rules-Lite Future FMB. Led by Gary R. Hallert
No copy of the rules, but character creation is simple: pick an animal that's been uplifted, pick a human society they've copied badly, split 5 points between Faith and Truth. Truth grants secrets of the setting and minor extra rules. Faith works as a pool of points you spend to influence NPCs. You'll roll percentage dice and take consequences after the roll to reach target numbers. There's a GM.
A diverse group of mutant talking animals who live in Humanity-worshipping high-tech domes meet each other when they uncover the heretical secret maintenance tunnels that connect the vastly different societies to one another. What will they do when they discover the true danger that threatens this entire futuristic zoo?
This game will be great ig you like light-hearted takes on dystopian futures, characters from different "Hollywood History" societies bumping heads, exploring futuristic ruins, unlocking dystopian secrets, rules-lite games, minor hidden rules, and succeeding at a cost.
We will build characters in the session.
This game is for beginners, rules will be taught
We're going to use my discord channel, it has a dice roller bot, and that's all you need
This session will be especially good for new players.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in another Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Talking Dogs, Armadillos, Sloths, and other exotic animals may experience violence, psychological manipulation, or the threat of disaster. No vivid details will be discussed, but bad things may happen depending on Lines and Veils.
“The Rainslick Murders: Episode 3” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing left worth betting on.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“The Rainslick Murders: Rebooted” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing left worth betting on.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Associated Spectres” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch
Being dead leaves a person with a lot of free time. Spending an eternity without good conversation and diverting company would be a terrible pity. I am the Herbert Wells and I've been fortunate to collect some true luminaries into my little supper club. It's not all dinner jackets and spectral cigars though. Lately, we've been getting into adventures! Care to join us?
This game will be great if you like historical figures, silly problems, and taking liberties with the truth.
The game runner will provide characters.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Historical inaccuracy, boo-boos.
“Strange Tales of Songling” a Standard One Shot, Multishot in the Strange Tales of Songling. Led by Liberty the referee
Have you ever been to Hell?
Have the monsters ever been upon you?
Strange Tales of Songling is a fantasy horror role-playing game inspired by Chinese Ghost stories.
You play as traveling scholars, wandering warriors, demon hunters, and magicians striving against monsters and the powers of darkness. It is a game of investigation, survival, kung-fu, and terror.
It is set in a mysterious dream-Hell (not Western Hell, but Chinese Hell) where brave souls fight and investigate to save themselves from damnation.
In this dream-realm, you are tasked either as the groom to Lung Min, Daugher to the Lung family, or as constables to Sheriff Yu in Waterfall Bay.
However, horrible murders by decapitation have been happening in Waterfall Bay, and people have said they have seen dragons eating the dead people's heads. What's worse is that bodies are disappearing from the constables' house before they can be properly examined.
Will you be able to get to the bottom of these mysteries and crimes?
Will you be able to stop the murders?
Will you be able to survive the monsters?
To find out join Strange Tales of Songling . . . if you dare!
This game will be great if you like The idea of Bruce Lee and Doctor Who teaming up to fight supernatural monsters. Strange Tales from A Chinese Studio. Zhiguai: Glitches in the Matrix. The Shadow Book of Ji Yun. Chinese Ghost and Folk tales. A Chinese Ghost Story. The Boxer's Omen. Human Lanterns. vintage Doctor Who. vintage crazy kung fu movies from the 70's The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
Think outside the box
Be a team player
Be Flexible
Think on your fee
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Violence, gore, body horror, prostitution
Check Out Liberty the Referee’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/liberty-the-referee
Check Out the Rules: https://baulderstone.craft.me/xz4a3janJGvMf1
“The Rainslick Murders: Rebooted” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing left worth betting on.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Strange Tales of Songling” a Standard One Shot, Multishot in the Strange Tales of Songling. Led by Liberty the referee
Have you ever been to Hell?
Have the monsters ever been upon you?
Strange Tales of Songling is a fantasy horror role-playing game inspired by Chinese Ghost stories.
You play as traveling scholars, wandering warriors, demon hunters, and magicians striving against monsters and the powers of darkness. It is a game of investigation, survival, kung-fu, and terror.
It is set in a mysterious dream-Hell (not Western Hell, but Chinese Hell) where brave souls fight and investigate to save themselves from damnation.
In this dream-realm, you are tasked either as the groom to Lung Min, Daugher to the Lung family, or as constables to Sheriff Yu in Waterfall Bay.
However, horrible murders by decapitation have been happening in Waterfall Bay, and people have said they have seen dragons eating the dead people's heads. What's worse is that bodies are disappearing from the constables' house before they can be properly examined.
Will you be able to get to the bottom of these mysteries and crimes?
Will you be able to stop the murders?
Will you be able to survive the monsters?
To find out join Strange Tales of Songling . . . if you dare!
This game will be great if you like The idea of Bruce Lee and Doctor Who teaming up to fight supernatural monsters. Strange Tales from A Chinese Studio. Zhiguai: Glitches in the Matrix. The Shadow Book of Ji Yun. Chinese Ghost and Folk tales. A Chinese Ghost Story. The Boxer's Omen. Human Lanterns. vintage Doctor Who. vintage crazy kung fu movies from the 70's The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
Think outside the box
Be a team player
Be Flexible
Think on your fee
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Violence, gore, body horror, prostitution
“Associated Spectres” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch
“Associated Spectres” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch
Being dead leaves a person with a lot of free time. Spending an eternity without good conversation and diverting company would be a terrible pity. I am the Herbert Wells and I've been fortunate to collect some true luminaries into my little supper club. It's not all dinner jackets and spectral cigars though. Lately, we've been getting into adventures! Care to join us?
This game will be great if you like historical figures, silly problems, and taking liberties with the truth.
The game runner will provide characters.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Historical inaccuracy, boo-boos.
Check Out Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Check out the Game Rules: https://fate-srd.com/fate-condensed
“The Rainslick Murders” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing they'd wager the only thing they've got left to get.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“The Rainslick Murders” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing they'd wager the only thing they've got left to get.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Portside Prison Break” a Standard One Shot in the Honor + Intrigue system. Led by Collin R
Collin R.’s Game Runner Profile- www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/collinr
After years of plaguing the Spanish crown, The Siren's Storm and its pirate crew have been captured by Captain Alonso Calvo of the Spanish Navy. Their daring captain, Marina Perez, is sentenced for a prompt show trial and execution within the week. The rest of the crew lies awaiting their fate, split up across a large and damp dungeon, facing potential sentences ranging from a few years' servitude to death. Unless... what if there was a way out? Surely if they put their minds and swords together, they could escape, rescue their captain, and steal back their ship!
This game will be great if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Three Musketeers, and/or The Princess Bride.
Players should build starting characters ahead.
Quickstart and Chargen rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yGmCw3ber8aumuB74QHYaCm7vMVveo_KwqwN1ZcxnPM/edit?usp=sharing
Character Sheets: Available as a form-fillable PDF, will be posted when games are announced.
Players are also welcome (and encouraged) to message the GM via Discord, Warhorn, or email about any questions/concerns.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Mentions of piracy/privateering, capital punishment, general imperialism/oppression
“Time Enough for Time Travel” a Playtest in the Fiasco system. Led by Ansel Burch
Check Out the Game Rules- https://youtu.be/-g0EIql8wW0
Ansel's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Fiasco is a hilarious game of high stakes and poor choices. In this session, we will be playing in an original time travel playset. Anything can happen but we will definitely be traveling through time, building relationships, and trying to maintain a handle on increasingly challenging goals.
This game will be great if you like telling stories together, time travel, and plays with too many doors in them.
We will build characters in the session.
We will be playing together in this session. So the game runner will be playing along with you and just facilitating
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Being lost in time, character death outside of gameplay
“Time Enough for Time Travel” a Playtest in the Fiasco system. Led by Ansel Burch
Check Out the Game Rules- https://youtu.be/-g0EIql8wW0
Ansel's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Fiasco is a hilarious game of high stakes and poor choices. In this session, we will be playing in an original time travel playset. Anything can happen but we will definitely be traveling through time, building relationships, and trying to maintain a handle on increasingly challenging goals.
This game will be great if you like telling stories together, time travel, and plays with too many doors in them.
We will build characters in the session.
We will be playing together in this session. So the game runner will be playing along with you and just facilitating
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Being lost in time, character death outside of gameplay
“Midnight at the Manor” a Standard One Shot in the DnD 5E system. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Rayne's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
"Well past the outside of town, at the edge of a still lake and the foot of the Obsidian Mountains, lies the manor of Count Võn Dragȗül. Your small town has long dwelt in the shadow of this mysterious nobleman, but little is known about him. So it was all the more shocking to find his wanted ad pinned to the door of the tavern this morning:
“Seeking to hire an enterprising group of mercenaries to rid my ancestral home of a malicious ghostly presence. Payment will be made in land or gold, as you desire. Please report to the front door of my home just after sunset. Those of religious affiliation need not apply.
-- Alabastrȃān Vladȇmǒrn Võn Dragȗül Count of the Obsidian Pass”
This game will be great if you like Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mummy, What We Do In the Shadows
Players should build level 5 characters ahead.
D&D 5E | Level 5
Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. EXCEPT: clerics and paladins. The “turn undead” spell or spell-like abilities will also not be allowed.
Assume that as adventures you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.
For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen.
You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items
Your character, for reasons of your own, has decided to take this job from The Count.
If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use http://shmeppy.com/ for visual aids. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Death and the undead, mild body horror
“Midnight at the Manor” a Standard One Shot in the DnD 5E system. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Rayne's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
"Well past the outside of town, at the edge of a still lake and the foot of the Obsidian Mountains, lies the manor of Count Võn Dragȗül. Your small town has long dwelt in the shadow of this mysterious nobleman, but little is known about him. So it was all the more shocking to find his wanted ad pinned to the door of the tavern this morning:
“Seeking to hire an enterprising group of mercenaries to rid my ancestral home of a malicious ghostly presence. Payment will be made in land or gold, as you desire. Please report to the front door of my home just after sunset. Those of religious affiliation need not apply.
-- Alabastrȃān Vladȇmǒrn Võn Dragȗül Count of the Obsidian Pass”
This game will be great if you like Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mummy, What We Do In the Shadows
Players should build level 5 characters ahead.
D&D 5E | Level 5
Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. EXCEPT: clerics and paladins. The “turn undead” spell or spell-like abilities will also not be allowed.
Assume that as adventures you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.
For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen.
You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items
Your character, for reasons of your own, has decided to take this job from The Count.
If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use http://shmeppy.com/ for visual aids. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Death and the undead, mild body horror
“Wherewolves?” A Standard One Shot and Playtest using the Dialect rules. Led by Ansel Burch
"The loup garou have always kept to themselves, on the edges of the community, forming camps and packs of their own in hopes to save the uninfected from the ravages of their condition and its spread. The discovery of asymptomatic carriers though, came with a whole new challenge.
How will we make a new community for ourselves in the primeval forests and how will it change us and the way we use language? "
This game will be great if you like linguistics, werewolves, and stories of community.
We will be telling a story of a community together and will not build individual characters
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hoisted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Pandemic, quarantine, isolation.
“Wherewolves?” A Standard One Shot and Playtest using the Dialect rules. Led by Ansel Burch
"The loup garou have always kept to themselves, on the edges of the community, forming camps and packs of their own in hopes to save the uninfected from the ravages of their condition and its spread. The discovery of asymptomatic carriers though, came with a whole new challenge.
How will we make a new community for ourselves in the primeval forests and how will it change us and the way we use language? "
This game will be great if you like linguistics, werewolves, and stories of community.
We will be telling a story of a community together and will not build individual characters
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hoisted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Pandemic, quarantine, isolation.
“A Simply Dreadful Birthday Party” a Standard One Shot in the Bedlam Hall PbtA system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn
“A Simply Dreadful Birthday Party” a Standard One Shot in the Bedlam Hall PbtA system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn
It is Mathilda's birthday again. The youngest and wondrously horrible daughter of the Blackwoods. You and the other servants of Blackwood Manor have been instructed to make sure the birthday goes off without a hitch and that all the guests' needs are attended to. It is sure to be a dreadful event, as most events tend to be. And of course, your fellow staff members are always trying to make you look bad. But no time to think about that, it appears the Lord's crocodile Fluffy has gotten out again...and it is your turn to retrieve it...
This game will be great if you like Downton Abbey (with dreadful undertones), Edgar Gorey books, Gloom the Card Game.
We will build beginners characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server
CW: Dark Imagery, Spiders, the occult
“The Siege of Tsuin no Yama Mura” a Standard One Shot in the L5R 4th Edition system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn.
The small village of Tsuin no Yama Mura (Twin Mountain Village) is a quiet village nestled between a pair of beautiful mountains. The nearby river makes Tsuin no Yama good for fishing and for growing rice and it also has a few buckwheat farms in the mountains. While resting their tired feet in town, a small group of samurai must put aside their differences and come together to protect the village from a bandit raid that threatens a major crop supplier of the empire.
This game will be great if you like Feudal Samurai Action, Drama and Magic!
The game runner will provide Rank 1 and 2 characters.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server
CW: Violence, Blood, Gore
“For All The Tea” a Standard One Shot/ Playtest in the Thirsty Sword Lesbians system. Led by Ansel Burch.
Sure, you were already a crew of badasses in your home dimension but when a portal to another world sucks your crew from the comfy confines of your teahouse into a frozen wasteland controlled by a pointy-bearded lord in an ostentatious cape. The people of this world are powerless to stop him but you, well you're Thirsty Sword Lesbians. You're never powerless.
This game will be great if you like stories that focus on the emotional connections between characters, fights you can resolve with kissing, and isekai.
We will build characters and talk about safety in session but it would be helpful for you to already have filled out the Thirsty Sword Lesbians Palette from page 3 of the quick start so that we can be sure to honor each other's lines and veils.
This session will be especially good for new players.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome. The game runner will be using a Google Jamboard for tokens and safety materials.
CW: Romance, potential non-explicit sexual content.
“For All The Tea” a Standard One Shot/ Playtest in the Thirsty Sword Lesbians system. Led by Ansel Burch.
Sure, you were already a crew of badasses in your home dimension but when a portal to another world sucks your crew from the comfy confines of your teahouse into a frozen wasteland controlled by a pointy-bearded lord in an ostentatious cape. The people of this world are powerless to stop him but you, well you're Thirsty Sword Lesbians. You're never powerless.
This game will be great if you like stories that focus on the emotional connections between characters, fights you can resolve with kissing, and isekai.
We will build characters and talk about safety in session but it would be helpful for you to already have filled out the Thirsty Sword Lesbians Palette from page 3 of the quick start so that we can be sure to honor each other's lines and veils.
This session will be especially good for new players.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome. The game runner will be using a Google Jamboard for tokens and safety materials.
CW: Romance, potential non-explicit sexual content.
“Iron Coral” a Standard One Shot in the Into the Odd system. Led by Lise Mych.
A new structure, jagged and metallic, has been spotted off the coast of the industrial city of Bastion. The Iron Coral is a recent addition to these waters and a new entrance to a network of caves, tunnels, vaults, and catacombs lying below Bastion, known as The Underground. Who knows what kind of treasure, mysterious powers, lurking horrors, or possibly even rare and sought-after Arcana may be hidden within?
This game will be great fi you like HP Lovecraft, Peaky Blinders, and dungeon crawling.
We will build novice characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord using. Spectators are welcome.
CW: monster/creature horror, confined spaces
Raptor Peak: Swimming Contest a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D5e system. Led by Ansel P Burch
Raptor Peak: Swimming Contest a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D5e system. Led by Ansel P Burch
Raptor Peak breathes a sigh of relief, and as spring approaches, the tourists and locals alike take to the lakeside. So, why is it that some of the other locals are freaking out about it?
Join a small group of heroes quietly removing a terrifying danger from the lake under cover of night before the locals host a picnic and swimming competition.
This game will be great if you like Hot Fuzz, Scooby Doo, and Stranger Things.
Players should build level 13 characters ahead.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the con’s discord channel and spectators are welcome.
CW:-
Raptor Peak: Swimming Contest a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D5e system. Led by Ansel P Burch
Raptor Peak: Swimming Contest a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D5e system. Led by Ansel P Burch
Raptor Peak breathes a sigh of relief, and as spring approaches, the tourists and locals alike take to the lakeside. So, why is it that some of the other locals are freaking out about it?
Join a small group of heroes quietly removing a terrifying danger from the lake under cover of night before the locals host a picnic and swimming competition.
This game will be great if you like Hot Fuzz, Scooby Doo, and Stranger Things.
Players should build level 13 characters ahead.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con’s discord channel and spectators are welcome.
CW:-
Mission: Save Raptor Peak
A West Marches (Roughly Connected) style game in the D&D 5e system. Led by Ansel Burch
Raptor Peak has been overtaken by The Occlusion an enemy of their protector god. People in the town have lost the ability to form long term memories and their history is being erased around them while they are powerless to stop it from inside. After sending waves of adventurers out into the world, finally enough heroes have gathered in the nearby city of Harvan's Keep to make an attempt on driving The Occlusion out and saving Raptor Peak.
Players should build level 12 characters ahead. "You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have), and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest).
Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one ""common"", two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items
Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.
New Players are welcome.
The Game Runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.
CW: Memory loss, violence
Mission: Save Raptor Peak
A West Marches (Roughly Connected) style game in the D&D 5e system. Led by Ansel Burch
Raptor Peak has been overtaken by The Occlusion an enemy of their protector god. People in the town have lost the ability to form long term memories and their history is being erased around them while they are powerless to stop it from inside. After sending waves of adventurers out into the world, finally enough heroes have gathered in the nearby city of Harvan's Keep to make an attempt on driving The Occlusion out and saving Raptor Peak.
Players should build level 12 characters ahead. "You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have), and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest).
Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one ""common"", two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items
Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.
New Players are welcome.
The Game Runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.
CW: Memory loss, violence
Mission: Save Raptor Peak
A West Marches (Roughly Connected) style game in the D&D 5e system. Led by Ansel Burch
Raptor Peak has been overtaken by The Occlusion an enemy of their protector god. People in the town have lost the ability to form long term memories and their history is being erased around them while they are powerless to stop it from inside. After sending waves of adventurers out into the world, finally enough heroes have gathered in the nearby city of Harvan's Keep to make an attempt on driving The Occlusion out and saving Raptor Peak.
Players should build level 12 characters ahead. "You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have), and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest).
Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one ""common"", two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items
Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.
New Players are welcome.
The Game Runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.
CW: Memory loss, violence