If I got isekaid I'd go Connecticut Yankee on their ass. Yes, I am insufferable. No, I will not be changing. Your fantasy world will be industrialized. I am the evil wizard. I cast steam engine.
If I have a character of mine die, my favorite bit is to have my new character have some relation to the old character. Now, most would use this to replace a character with a stand-in. "What do you know, my character had a brother of the same stats and class!"
But I find that too boring. I prefer to go with an entirely new class when a character dies or otherwise must be replaced. My favorite bit is to have the new character be out for revenge against the old one. This has in the past resulted in a new character fighting a pitched battle with my old one.
Everybody wants to go on an adventure until they find out it means being cold and hungry, carrying everything you need on your back, and sleeping outside in the rain for days.
Presumably you'd be sleeping in a tent, so the "sleeping outside in the rain for days" bit isn't too bad. Carrying everything is a pain though, particularly if it's a cold season and you'd have to carry a bunch of furs to help maintain body heat while sleeping. Only real way to do it in that case is to have an extra horse for cargo, which of course further complicates logistics
Presumably youâd be sleeping in a tent, so the âsleeping outside in the rain for daysâ bit isnât too bad.
How many days have you spent living in a tent in the rain? because personally I think it's kind of fun for one night, assuming it's not a complete downpour, and then the novelty wears off and everything is damp and muddy. And that's assuming you have a reasonably good tent that you've prepped for wet conditions, and you set it up in a spot with good drainage that hasn't become a puddle. Campfires are a lot less fun in the rain too.
Carrying everything is a pain though, particularly if itâs a cold season and youâd have to carry a bunch of furs to help maintain body heat while sleeping.
Yeah, cold weather gear, or if you can't rely on water availability and you have to carry it with you. Being able to keep yourself alive while not getting overburdened with gear is pretty difficult.
Only real way to do it in that case is to have an extra horse for cargo, which of course further complicates logistics
It really does. There was this excellent video that was shared on lemmy a few weeks ago:
One of the things he covers (around 9 minutes) is the cost of keeping a horse while traveling (from historic records). Really great description of traveling considerations overall.
Or you could have a magical pouch that transports items to a storage closet in another dimension, and a magical servitor to set up and take down a luxury tent with all the comforts and essentials.
Unless you have the magic pouch and servitor though, yeah a pack animal is your best bet other than roughing it...
I played a one-shot where I was just a normal guy. No tragic backstory, good relationship with my parents, just an average townsperson. The only reason he went on the quest was to get a little combat experience so he could join the city guard.
Half the party died, he almost got killed by a horrible monster, and he noped right the fuck out back to town to be a florist.
I once did a session 0 for a campaign at my favorite bar. Best campaign I ever ran.
I've run two campaigns. It was the second I ran. The first was in middle school. This one was in my 30s. I learned a titch in between. But still. It was a lot of fun.
it was a biergarten? and we had a lot of fun. did the individual character setups and universe intro (i may have done a lot too much for my second campaign) beforehand and then we did the "tell everyone about your characters and let's figure out how they know each other" at the bar. then we played throw the bag of sand at the hole in the CORN HOLE IT'S CALLED CORN HOLE. i don't go out to bars much.
If everyone was born predestined for a certain career path, with the latent talents and interests that will lead them to and help them excel in that path, my destined profession was "adventurer/questing"
I feel pretty jipped [ripped off? shorted?] that it's not a real profession...
47 Comments
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 24d
So, there's this hobby called LARP, which is pretty much this.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 24d
Been there, done that, slept on a tavern floor wearing my best attempt at period appropriate costume đ
Cybersec@piefed.social · 9 pts · 24d
Maybe the first quest is to get to the tavern in the first place.
Hasherm0n@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
"... Go to Mum's. Kill Phil, grab Liz, go to The Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over."
joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 24d
Iâve seen enough Iseki to know that I need to die and be spotted by the right god/otherworldy-being.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 4 pts · 24d
Honestly, we would pretty much end up like Natsuki Subaru, unless you are really strong and/or know how to wield a sword
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 23d
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(Maryoku!)
(Magic!)
From The Eminence in Shadow
CW: blood, youtube
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 2 pts · 24d
If I got isekaid I'd go Connecticut Yankee on their ass. Yes, I am insufferable. No, I will not be changing. Your fantasy world will be industrialized. I am the evil wizard. I cast steam engine.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
Where is truck-kun these days anyways
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 23d
Right here
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 24d
Anyone looking for a down on his luck mercenary with a tragic past and an oddly suspicious aversion to the imperial family?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
I've got an Indiana Jones type who picked up an idol and whoopsie poopsie that elder god had things to do and tentacles for days.
Hasherm0n@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
I suddenly hanker for a campaign with the most cliche and over the top backstory for every character.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d
"So you're all secret royal heirs to this and the surrounding kingdoms, all secreted away at birth?"
"Yes."
"All FIVE of you?"
"Yes. We play bowling together."
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 23d
Is this from something or are you making it up? Because if it's from something I need to know what it is. It's brilliant.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
If I have a character of mine die, my favorite bit is to have my new character have some relation to the old character. Now, most would use this to replace a character with a stand-in. "What do you know, my character had a brother of the same stats and class!"
But I find that too boring. I prefer to go with an entirely new class when a character dies or otherwise must be replaced. My favorite bit is to have the new character be out for revenge against the old one. This has in the past resulted in a new character fighting a pitched battle with my old one.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 7 pts · 24d
I guess the modern variant is going to the pub and planning a trek. But that sounds terribly dull
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 9 pts · 24d
How about meeting at a pub and planning to destroy some Flock cameras?
...
Allegedly.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
Who needs to allegedly plan that quest? You just need enough alleged liquor
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 24d
ah, yes. In principle, absolutely. I would if there were any installed over here
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 2 pts · 24d
Ah, too bad. But if you don't have any pubs, you could meet somewhere else instead.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 24d
You mean some kind of a star trek?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
Nah dude. We're declaring a star war
sirblastalot@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 24d
The temptation to just post the address of a certain bar and a time is nearly overwhelming
Gladaed@feddit.org · 5 pts · 24d
Comes with a high chance of death.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 24d
Everybody wants to go on an adventure until they find out it means being cold and hungry, carrying everything you need on your back, and sleeping outside in the rain for days.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 24d
Presumably you'd be sleeping in a tent, so the "sleeping outside in the rain for days" bit isn't too bad. Carrying everything is a pain though, particularly if it's a cold season and you'd have to carry a bunch of furs to help maintain body heat while sleeping. Only real way to do it in that case is to have an extra horse for cargo, which of course further complicates logistics
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 24d
How many days have you spent living in a tent in the rain? because personally I think it's kind of fun for one night, assuming it's not a complete downpour, and then the novelty wears off and everything is damp and muddy. And that's assuming you have a reasonably good tent that you've prepped for wet conditions, and you set it up in a spot with good drainage that hasn't become a puddle. Campfires are a lot less fun in the rain too.
Yeah, cold weather gear, or if you can't rely on water availability and you have to carry it with you. Being able to keep yourself alive while not getting overburdened with gear is pretty difficult.
It really does. There was this excellent video that was shared on lemmy a few weeks ago:
What Medieval People Ate When Traveling
One of the things he covers (around 9 minutes) is the cost of keeping a horse while traveling (from historic records). Really great description of traveling considerations overall.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 23d
Or you could have a magical pouch that transports items to a storage closet in another dimension, and a magical servitor to set up and take down a luxury tent with all the comforts and essentials.
Unless you have the magic pouch and servitor though, yeah a pack animal is your best bet other than roughing it...
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 24d
That's why a lot of people heads to dungeons, no rain in dungeons.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 23d
All of that becomes tolerable the moment you remove the hairs from your ass crack.
If you know you know.
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 24d
Look, I was already interested, you don't have to keep selling me on it.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 24d
Slim chance of success?
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 24d
"What are we waiting for?"
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 24d
I played a one-shot where I was just a normal guy. No tragic backstory, good relationship with my parents, just an average townsperson. The only reason he went on the quest was to get a little combat experience so he could join the city guard.
Half the party died, he almost got killed by a horrible monster, and he noped right the fuck out back to town to be a florist.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d
I once did a session 0 for a campaign at my favorite bar. Best campaign I ever ran.
I've run two campaigns. It was the second I ran. The first was in middle school. This one was in my 30s. I learned a titch in between. But still. It was a lot of fun.
Hasherm0n@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d
I for one, would like to hear more.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 23d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
it was a biergarten? and we had a lot of fun. did the individual character setups and universe intro (i may have done a lot too much for my second campaign) beforehand and then we did the "tell everyone about your characters and let's figure out how they know each other" at the bar. then we played throw the bag of sand at the hole in the CORN HOLE IT'S CALLED CORN HOLE. i don't go out to bars much.
xylol@leminal.space · 3 pts · 24d
Go to a bar/pub and talk to people, you'll get into some thing
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
Magical adventures can be dangerous. Don't worry, I've got your back.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
How are you not on the listâ˝â˝
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
The list of trustworthy bathroom buddies? I know. I should be. I'm a friendly jellybean.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
Not that list, and I know just how "friendly" King Jellybean was.
Atlas48@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 20d
I mean, over in the UK, we still have taverns everywhere, Pubs!
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
I do this all the time. The quest is "the gang pays their bills" but the big bad is almost always unexpected expenses.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 23d
If everyone was born predestined for a certain career path, with the latent talents and interests that will lead them to and help them excel in that path, my destined profession was "adventurer/questing"
I feel pretty
jipped[ripped off? shorted?] that it's not a real profession...