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Following the disbanding of the League of Silver Marches the region of Luruar has stood divided for near a decade now. While the great cities hold steadfast against the dangers of the far north the various smaller settlements and hamlets of the frontier must often fend for themselves. Such is the fate of the town of Deadsnows sitting at the feet of the foreboding Nether Mountains. Threatened by orcs, goblins, dragons, and other menaces the folk of Deadsnows are always vigilant and never stray far from their walls. The roads are just as dangerous, only the bravest travelers walk “the Fork”. You are one such traveler daring the far reaches of Faerûn. Weary from your journey and seeking shelter from the cold you have arrived in Deadsnows.

You find that the people are without welcoming words and kind smiles, a grim aura resonating in the air. Facing food shortage and constant attacks across the countryside morale is low and the town watch are pressed to retain order, the Seneschal having naught to offer locked away in his manor. A sinister shadow presides over Deadsnows misfortune, the eyes of tyrants have come to rest on what they see as theirs to be dominated. Willing or not you will find yourself swept up in the coming events. Will you seek to help the people, muster riches for yourself, or merely survive?









This RP is set in the D&D Forgotten Realms universe - or “The Realms” as it is also known. Our tale takes us to the town of Deadsnows, an isolated settlement in Old Delzoun, a region on the far northern frontier of Faerûn. Players will start off in Deadsnows and from there can journey about the region visiting locations such as The Fork, the Nether Mountains, the ruins of Ascore, and so on. Deadsnows itself currently has a range of problems from a lack of leadership to a food shortage which has lead to unrest among the people. Not to mention the usual attacks by aggressive beasts and bands of goblins and orcs. As suggested above this series of occurrences is not coincidental but the work of malevolence, the machinations of those who would seek to subjugate Deadsnows and it’s people. You and those like you must choose to merely survive and tend to your own affairs or take up the mantle and help the people from the coming storm.

Further detail will be provided via query as well as when the official thread/OP is posted. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have! Below is a listing of rules and guidelines as well as some “resources” (wikis) for those who wish to familiarize themselves with Deadsnows, The Silver Marches, and the rest of the surrounding area. These are after all locations that will be visited in the RP. The official thread/OP will have further details as well as other features, for now I am focused on gathering those interested and providing any requested clarity. I will also add that any helpful suggestions are welcome!







• General guild rules and expectations apply.
While not tabletop, this RP is set in the current edition timeline. (5E, Current Year 1495 DR)
• Players begin with a single character. An additional character may be created later. Players will have a maximum of two characters allowed.
• Players are expected to notify OP of any extensive absence so that we may work something feasible out. If players wish to drop out I consider it a courtesy to let me know.
• Godmodding, flaming, metagaming, bullying, and general harassment and poor conduct will not be tolerated.
• Typical post length expectation will range from three to six paragraphs - five to eight sentences - although I do realize that certain circumstances will mandate less content than others. That said, one liners and low effort posts will not be acceptable.
• Graphic violence is permitted though I would prefer we not go full Michael Bay, please.
• Character intimacy/relationships are permitted but any sexual content must fade to black. NSFW content and graphic sexual descriptions will not be tolerated.







For those who want to further familiarize themselves with the region. This will be further expanded later. Ask me any questions you may have!

Deadsnows

Old Delzoun

The Silver Marches/Luruar

Nether Mountains

The Fork

Ascore

Arn Forest

Vordrorn Forest

Rauvin Mountains

Map TBA.
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I might join.

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I know we're not making statted out characters, but do you have a rough idea of what 'level' you think characters should be?
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I know we're not making statted out characters, but do you have a rough idea of what 'level' you think characters should be?


I would say in the range of level’s 6-8, regarding scope of abilities.
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I am very interested, and have several DnD characters of mine that can easily be adapted for this
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I will go ahead and post a character sheet template here tonight at some point. Look for the OP on Thursday (though if more time is needed/preferred let me know), we should be able to rope our fifth person by then. 🙏
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@ShuCan I ask you how the roleplay will work? Will someone function as a DM of sorts? (It's been a long time since I've been a part of RPGuild so I'm not sure if that's how things operate here still)

How combat focused do our characters need to be? Would a utility caster/support role be helpful or just still useless here?

Is there an official wizards of the coast handbook of any kind I could go find and read? They tend to be more detailed than anything the forgotten realms wiki has
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@ShuCan I ask you how the roleplay will work? Will someone function as a DM of sorts? (It's been a long time since I've been a part of RPGuild so I'm not sure if that's how things operate here still)

How combat focused do our characters need to be? Would a utility caster/support role be helpful or just still useless here?

Is there an official wizards of the coast handbook of any kind I could go find and read? They tend to be more detailed than anything the forgotten realms wiki has


Good questions,

I will be GM/DM as I will control NPC characters and regulate events and story background. My roles will be limited to such as we won’t have any tabletop mechanics, I’ll basically just guide the story along and present players with choices to be made. I also have a “tavern” feature where I will post “rumors” and whatnot in the OOC for players to look act and if a particularly rumor/arc I’ve posted interested them they can pursue it.

While there will be parts of heavy combat I don’t see utility magic as totally useless in this setting. It could help in combat situations and if your character might know a couple of other spells - such as some evocation ones - those could be of assistance. A pure utility caster even could be of relevance as well, but I suppose that comes down to how you play the character really.

As for a handbook… @POOHEAD189 may have something. He is also big on Realms lore and could help fill in holes with his knowledge. I don’t know as much as him but I would be willing to help you out with what I know as well.
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I guess I should clarify

Utility in this case means how in DnD 5e there are spells like 'stone shape' 'speak languages' 'detect magic'

I asked about any book related to this area we're in so I could look up a PDF to read up on or ask a friend of mine who has a lot of 5E stuff if he has it
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The wiki is the most up-to-date reference, but this PDF should map out the region very well, and this PDF of Storm King's Thunder is probably the most up-to-date sourcebook on the silver marches.
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The wiki is the most up-to-date reference, but this PDF should map out the region very well, and this PDF of Storm King's Thunder is probably the most up-to-date sourcebook on the silver marches.
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I probably don't need that much information do I? I just won't worry about it
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I probably don't need that much information do I? I just won't worry about it


You probably don't. Just thought I'd help out with links just in case.
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I guess I should clarify

Utility in this case means how in DnD 5e there are spells like 'stone shape' 'speak languages' 'detect magic'

I asked about any book related to this area we're in so I could look up a PDF to read up on or ask a friend of mine who has a lot of 5E stuff if he has it


I’m familiar with utility spells, no worries. Again, a utility caster build wouldn’t be out of place in the RP.

I do feel the need to add that this particularly area isn’t like super explored. For example the lore on Deadsnows provided in the wiki is… about it really as I’ve looked about online (though I won’t deny I might have missed something here or maybe there) . The same goes for example with the Vordrorn and Arn Forests. This is a frontier region that really doesn’t have a lot of heavy lore development or.

EDIT: Thanks Poo.

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@ShuYea sorry didn't mean to talk to you like you didn't know or anything, was just making sure we're on the same page D: My bad
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@ShuYea sorry didn't mean to talk to you like you didn't know or anything, was just making sure we're on the same page D: My bad


No worries! You were just clarifying. ^-^

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NOTE: The reason for the template to be so “skeletal” is to allow for players to get creative with CS design from color coding to alignment and indentation. This allows a personalized aesthetic design in CS appearance. (This has always been an approach of mine.)


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Excellent, I'll get to work immediately

I have numerous characters that work very well for this, what is everyone thinking of playing? I tend to like to fill in the gaps
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