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[tagartist]

FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Chloe Price
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Tabletop Gaming is totally a thing people wanna do in a fantasy world (right?????)
WHEN: After people are feeling better and shiz
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: Some swearing but other than that, she cool this time

How do you -- Am I doing this right? Is it recording or whatever it's supposed to be doing?

Oh - cool - uh - Hear ye, hear ye or whatever people around here say to get people's attention en masse. A lot of you don't know me, like most of you, actually, but - my name's Chloe and I've got two questions for the lot of you.

First - does anyone know the place I could get some clay? Or, like, maybe some small stones would work too if I had something I could sand them down nice and smooth with. Preferably for cheap, because - y'know - not made of money here or anything.

Secondly, and more importantly I guess, there's this. Thing. I do back home. They're called Tabletop Role Playing Games and they're kinda cool. I had fun with them, anyway. A lot of fun. It's probably pretty pointless around here because you guys practically live the plots I used to play out with people, but --

Fuck, okay, the point of the game was that a group of people all make up characters for themselves using different races and classes, all of which came with varying degrees of points in certain areas like charisma, strength, intelligence, et cetera - and you chose like. Imaginary weapons and gear and then you went on adventures, led by your Game Master, who would help to guide you through the ... whatever land you were in, I guess. Along the way you'd battle these monsters - kinda like the shit I saw when I came through the rift thing? Less cool in person, by the way - and you would gather experience points and make your character stronger as you went.

The point is, it's fun, and I was thinking --

I mean, if anyone wants to play with me - maybe - I could... Make that a thing. I can make all the stuff we'd need to get a good game going, it won't take me too long. A week or so, probably.

So if you're interested, let me know. It'd be ... nice. To have something from home in this place.

... Whatever. Peace.

Comments

private, crystal;

[wheretheferngrows]

[giggling a bit,] It sounds a bit like my adventure games I'd play when I was little. But I never played them on a... table top?

[tagartist]

Yeah, they're - I mean, it's similar. A little more structure and less running around, though.

[wheretheferngrows]

Do we get to wear costumes?

[:D]

[nadasharillen]

[I heard someone say building materials]

What's it for? Would wood do?

[tagartist]

Dice. Multi-sided dice. Like... numbers 4 through 20? But multiples of those. Wood might work, I'm just not really good at carving.

[nadasharillen]

[Warmly]

Unless you're absolutely bonded to making them yourself, I'd be happy to take that on. Equal sides, I assume?

[Girlfriend loves a weird project.]

[thunderproof]

So... a game of pretend, that involves numbers and experience? You used to play this on your home plane, even when you were grown?

❰ a short pause as adalia thinks. ❱

Sounds weird. I want to try it.

[tagartist]

Most people don't even get into it until they're grown. Little kids don't like to follow rules or sit still while playing pretend, usually.

Sweet. That makes -- ... two. Maybe three? That's not so bad for a campaign.

[thunderproof]

A campaign? I'm not sure what that means in this context. Is this another thing that I'll have to make a glossary for?

❰ she sounds... probably more excited by the prospect than any non-librarian would. ❱

[justice_is_blond]

So you can pretend to be someone else and fight monsters without possibly being set on fire or eaten? That sounds like it could be fun.

Though I may not be able to join until the current... mage affliction has been ended.

[tagartist]

All the glory, none of the potential actual death. Your character might get fucked, but you can always make a new one.

I'm burying my head in the sand about anymore afflictions. I'll save you a spot in the table that's open whenever you're Not Busy.

[justice_is_blond]

[He almost cracks a joke before remembering she's super young. Instead it turns into a cough.]

Thank you. Is there anything to be done before it starts? Can we think up what we'd want to play?

[crowncitizen]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaah! Table top! Never got a chance to play it back home, so count me in!

[tagartist]

Gosh, Prompto, don't sound so put out by the idea, you'll hurt my feelings. [ translation: HOW DO YOU HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY. ]

I've never been a GM before so I can't guarantee this will be the best of all experiences.

[crowncitizen]

[It's a mystery for the ages.]

Hey, I can totally show more enthusiasm if it helps. [Please say no, Chloe.] Don't worry too much about it. I mean, I don't think anyone's ever played it here so no one's gonna notice if you flub.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You wanna play D&D in a world that's D&D but for real. [Despite what he says, there's a smirk in his tone.] Nerrrrd.

[tagartist]

Fuck you, dude, it's gonna be hilarious. Explaining a barbarian elf or watching a dwarf mage or whatever create a Goliath Fighter so he can destroy all the shit -- I'm gonna take a tally. What fantasy characters do fantasy characters wish they were?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Please. I wanna see who ends up being a dragonborn. And how many people think a tiefling warlock is like the worst and most offensive thing.

[youwonscience]

Oh my god, I'm totally in. I was more of a board game person back home, but I'll totally give tabletop a try.

...also, hi, I'm Cosima Niehaus.

[tagartist]

Killer first name, dude. I'm a little jealous.

We're gonna have one helluva party for our first campaign it looks like. I'll have to make a lot of character sheets. This would be way easier with a computer. Or even a typewriter. Hopefully everyone can read my handwriting alright.

[youwonscience]

Thanks.

If you need a smaller group to start, I don't mind rotating in whenever you have a space free. Let some non-earth people enjoy the brave new world of polyhedral dice. Or whatever you substitute for the, I'm guessing there aren't a lot of d20s hanging around, though you could probably get some made.

[faithlikeaseed]

[...Okay if three of his rifter nerd friends are in...]

So it's make-believe with rules and numbers added in?

[tagartist]

You got it, my friend. I'll obviously go over it all a little more in detail when I have shit I can use for demonstration, but that's the gist.

[purered]

I'm somewhat familiar with these sorts of games, I think. My butler and two co-workers like to play a digital variant - Monster Fighter I believe?

I had no idea there were kinds you play on a board - is it anything like chess?

[tagartist]

If this place had the ability to let me play video game RPGs, it would improve the atmosphere by at least 20%.

It's... I mean, I guess theoretically since they're both games that have rules and require strategy, but that's about where the comparisons die.