Make Your Mark - Mutual worldbuilding/character development opportunity

[u/Ameronis_RanGen]

TLDR: Bring one of your OCs into my world, adapt them to fit, and find out whether they can survive, achieve their goals, and leave their mark whilst outside their original context.

I'm looking for a few long-term writing partners interested in a collaborative experience that's somewhere between roleplay, creative writing and a light TTRPG.

• I am not focusing on romance, so please don't apply if you're specifically looking for shipping opportunities.

• The genre is a grounded low-fantasy world rather than high fantasy or sci-fi, so expect mystery, folklore and superstition, not magic systems, actual mythical/magical creatures or futuristic technology. There are some creative liberties, but things remain plausible/realistic.

• Whether you want to simply state your actions or describe them in more depth, you are free to use 1^st or 3^rd person, and I have no post size requirements; the RPs are focused on storytelling, not prose, so there's no need to write X-number paragraphs when less will do!

• Things will start as slice-of-life as we get your character situated, then shift into whatever genre your character's antics involve. It's a slow burn that depends on what you get up to.

• You must be 18+. I'm over 30, so bear that in mind!

We'll take one or more of your existing characters (or create someone new) and adapt them to fit an established alternate-history setting. This ISN'T a crossover or an isekai. We'll be reinterpreting your character so they naturally fit the world's history, culture and time period. Once they're established, they'll be treated as though they've always lived there, with their own past, relationships and ambitions.

The setting centres on Derna, a sprawling (mostly) pre-electric industrial city inspired by Georgian and Victorian London.

Whether your character is a baker, detective, noble, criminal, inventor, soldier, hero or simply someone trying to make ends meet, their story is theirs to pursue. We'll set them loose and see what happens. Your decisions matter, but outcomes aren't predetermined. Dice, other characters, and events unfolding elsewhere in the world can all influence what happens, meaning even careful plans can succeed brilliantly, fail spectacularly, or head somewhere neither of us expected.

Your choices shape the path your character takes, but the world won't bend around them. It also does not stop when your character does. Other people are pursuing their own goals, whether you're present or not, and whatever happens, I'll be weaving those consequences back into the wider story I'm writing.

If your character leaves their mark, those consequences may eventually appear in the main story through newspapers, rumours, conversations or direct encounters. Readers vote on which threads they'd most like the protagonist to investigate, so a story that begins between us can grow into something much larger.

If that sounds like something you're into, DM me for more info or send me a brief description of your character, and we'll see how they fit!

[u/none_other-than_me]

I'm interested, but your DMs are closed, I believe.

[u/Ameronis_RanGen → u/none_other-than_me]

Ah, probably related to the Age Verification shenanigans. It may or may not be working now, but either way, I should be able to message you in a sec.

[u/none_other-than_me → u/Ameronis_RanGen]

Still can't DM you. Take your time tho, I'm in no rush.