The Keep on the Borderlands - 33

A rules light game, where Sword & Sorcery and D&D collide.

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What to Expect: A simple but deadly game, open to all, character creation and rules are explained at the beginning of each session, the rules are extremely simple, to enable new players to join, basically the players entrust the gamemaster to make a fair decision based on their dice roll.

When you join the game you should select or suggest a Lead, the Lead with the most votes I will prepare as the adventure for that session.

During the game you will collect leads to propose for any following session.

An Open Sandbox styled adventure. Where every session hopefully will have new players drawing on the knowledge and wisdom from players from an previous session and so collectively build a world.

New players are welcome, rules are minimal, the setting a generic low fantasy, human-centric one.

Generic knowledge and Leads of the Setting which any (new) Character would know.

• The Red Keep run by Lady Sariël will be the starting point of our Game, around the Keep there is a small village.

• To the North there are Jungle covered Hills where beasts dwell.

• To the South a Trade-route from the West that runs next to the River

• To the East an Valley, littered with caves an old Dwarven Stronghold which of late is inhabited by Monstrous humanoid beings.

• Lady Sariël offers a Bounty of 10 GP for each Right hand of Such a Monster

• The village of Hand is having trouble with the indigenous people, they are either outright attacking the laborers or abducting them at night, Lady Sariël offers a bounty of 10 GP for each right hand of said natives

• Neevok offers a reward for any brave band to capture a band of brigands in the jungle he has beef with.

• A Caravan of Traders has been attacked, the Merchant Guild offers a reward for the retrieval of their stolen wares

• Pirates operate near the River, Lady Sariël offers a bounty for any pirate captured or any confiscated narcotics.

• The Guild of Trappers will pay for any Furs

• The Lumber Guild has offered a reward any hunters capturing two roaming Raptor that were stalking an lumberjack camp in the East.

• The Alchemists from the keep will pay for a rare mineral called Wyrdstone.

• A Bounty has been offered for any one of the four escaped prisoners.

• The Blacksmith brothers Kothar & Tubal, are willing to pay anyone for pieces of star-metal, retrieved from the meteor swarm which crashed in the Northeastern Mountains.

Basic Rules : Whenever you try to achieve a task you roll a Twenty sided Die add relevant bonus/penalty, and that will be your result against a certain target number I decide. If you result is equal or higher it’s a Success anything lower a Failure, after which we narrate the result. There are only 3 relevant abilities which will grant your Bonus or Penalty, any roll you make you must decide which ability is relevant. Whenever a situation arises where a penalty or bonus is relevant the Gamemaster decides what the penalty or bonus is.

Content Warning: violence, racism, possible body horror.

We will play with the X-card and open door policy, to keep things inclusive and safe for everyone, as usual. Should you have any questions or concerns, please reach me in the comments or via message.

No idea what this is all about? Don't worry, neither do I !

Whether you are a total beginner or a seasoned RPG veteran, you're welcome to come and play. This is not about knowing all the rules and telling the best story even heard, it's about have fun telling a story together. Also feel free to contact any meetup member who has played a session of this.

If you sign up for the game, do get in touch the latest one day before the event to confirm, please.