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Dark Fantasy Isekai

Hm, I'm curious. Any plans for the power scaling? Asking cause imo, starting out OP or being able to easily level up etc. usually makes things boring.

@SilverPaw

Character progression is so important, so I agree. I’d probably have the PCs start off with the basics and slowly develop their abilities as they recall memories from their previous life.

Dark Fantasy Isekai

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𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌂𐌉𐌃𐌄

The Dust Remembers

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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭—𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝—𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐍𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬, 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

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Short Summarization

Isekai plots are probably aplenty on platforms like this, but here I am, freshly throwing my hat into the ring with one inspired by dark fantasy with a sliver of sci-fi mixed into the recipe.

The player characters will take on the roles of spirits from alternate worlds; villains, heroes, nobodies, whatever fits your character fantasy the best, that have reincarnated into a world on the brink of ruin. The memories they carry from their previous lives are broken into bits and pieces; lovers, mentors, lifelong companions, all have their faces clouded and names all but forgotten. One fervently remains is a burning desire that flickered on even as the embers of your life sputtered away in those final moments. That dying wish is what brought you to this world, and even though the characters may not remember the greater details of their previous lives, the skills and abilities they acquired from the past remain.

My intention is to leave the finer details of the world a mystery to the players and slowly reveal them as they interact with it. They won’t know the name of the forest in the distance or what threats lurk within it, maps found through the narrative would be more useful as they would actually give the players more information about where they are and asking NPCs for directions would be incentivized.

But the first step in any group-based storytelling venture is finding people who want to sit at the table.

New To The Forum — Not RP

Hey folks, just stumbled across this forum in the search of text-based roleplay. I’ve been on the discord RP grind for a few years, but I’m also a tabletop vet, specifically having experience with 5th Edition and Pathfinder.

Obligatory introductory post before the inevitable interest check goes up!