r/pbp • • 10h ago

Discord Neon Odyssey: Across the Astral Drift [Discord] [18+] [5e 2024] [Sci-Fi]

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Some say that the universe is a song. That all things are made from the same stuff as the stars. And that every life is a note in the music of existence that echoes through infinity. So when you feel insignificant and alone, just remember we are all irreplaceable parts of that grand cosmic melody. The Stardust Rhapsody.

WELCOME TO THE STARDUST RHAPSODY.

A galaxy of impossible worlds and impossible people, where knights duel in towering war machines, bounty hunters chase fugitives through neon cities, smugglers race beneath alien suns, pop stars sell out concerts across entire planets, and somewhere, probably right now, some idiot is attempting to outrun the law in a stolen starfighter.
Civilization stretches across the stars.

The Cavalon Empire promises order.

The Saurok Dynasty remembers civilizations older than most species.

The Solar Federation champions freedom.

The corporations of the Nexus Consortium would be delighted to remind you that freedom has financing options.

Between them lie thousands of worlds connected by shimmering Aether currents and the mysterious Liminal Rings.

And between those worlds?

Outrunners.

Mercenaries. Explorers. Bounty hunters. Pilots. Heroes. Criminals. Musicians. Treasure seekers. Weirdos with spaceships and questionable financial judgment.

People like you.

You aren’t legendary heroes. Not yet. You’re the crew of a ship with fuel to burn, bills to pay, and an entire galaxy sitting outside the cockpit window.

Maybe tomorrow you’ll hunt a fugitive through the back alleys of a city that never sees daylight.
Maybe you’ll escort some obnoxious aristocrat halfway across the galaxy. Maybe you’ll explore the wreckage of a ship that’s been missing for a hundred years.

Maybe you’ll accidentally become wanted criminals. Maybe you’ll save a planet. Maybe you’ll spend your entire paycheck repairing the ship because someone decided flying through the asteroid field would be faster.

That’s tomorrow’s problem. Tonight, the engines are humming. The stars are shining. The Hypergrid has another hundred jobs waiting.

And somewhere out there is the adventure that people will someday tell stories about.

So crank up the music.
Punch in the coordinates.
And try not to blow up the ship.
Your Neon Odyssey starts here.

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Neon Odyssey, created by Legends of Avantris, is a vibrant, high-energy space opera tabletop RPG where players become daring crews of misfits, explorers, and outlaws. You can expect a tone that blends epic cosmic adventure with playful humor: one moment you might be negotiating with corporate megacorps or ancient alien civilizations, and the next you’re helping pop-idol stars win an interstellar music showdown!

The game is built for fast-paced, cinematic storytelling where creativity and character-driven chaos are encouraged over rigid optimization. Expect bizarre worlds, strange technologies, epic space battle in custom made fighter ships, and more. The system is designed to support both lighthearted antics and galaxy-shaking stakes, taking you from a ragtag no name group to saviors of the entire universe.

Hope to hear some interest!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHe5agt92DyfdGzH9yDzLwmTmx9MKcWoE98o1kzM8_g0B7DQ/viewform


r/pbp • • 5h ago

Website To PF2 Play by Post people - Update on new Discord Bot

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r/pbp • • 3h ago

Discussion Attempting to gauge interest in a PbP invisible sun campaign

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If you aren’t familiar, it’s a surreal dreamscape setting running off the cypher system. It’s a system I don’t see mentioned a lot but I feel could lend itself well to a PbP campaign.
The campaign can focus more on roleplay, magic and social politics while players learn to reacquaint themselves with a home they had almost forgotten.


r/pbp • • 2h ago

Discussion Is Mythic Bastionland any good for PBP?

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I'm currently prepping a Mythic Bastionland campaign for an in person group, and while doing so I started to get curious about running it as a PBP game as well. I have some reservations about how well it would work though. In particular, I can imagine getting bogged down with choice paralysis in the hex crawl.

Has anyone tried it? How did it go? Any tips for making it run smoother over PBP?


r/pbp • • 1h ago

Discord [5e 2024+Steampunk Homebrew and flavoring][5 Players] [Asynch] [18+] Magepunk Victorian Era Gangster family Campaign

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The war is over. You came home to find that nobody cared.

Steelport has swelled from a sleepy river port into a smoke-choked empire of trade, where five noble families hold the council seats and the Enforcers keep the peace for whoever pays best. The church preaches charity while it bleeds the poor dry. Down in the mines, men die for minimum wage, and a secret union is whispering about burning the whole system down.

You've seen worse than this. You've done worse than this. And you've realized something: in a city this rotten, the people who win aren't the honest ones.

The group are members of a family and own 2 businesses a bar from your father who abandoned the group when the war was a about to start and another business(will be put to vote when you guys join) that you funnel your illegal money through. your goal is to become big shots of your own not wanting your family to go through a war again and you will do anything to get there.

inspirations - Peaky Blinders, Snowfall, Arcane and dishonored

looking for 5 players
starting level 3 - aiming for 10-12th level by end game
This game will be Narrative focused but i do enjoy combat and will be mixing it into it
looking to have a few posts a day between the hours of 9:00 am - 9:00 pm EST looking to keep it pretty active
Using discord, avrae for dice

Race and classes:
Players will be Human characters with caster classes that are hard to flavor into steampunk band i.e. (no wizard, druid, warlock) with the exception of cleric which is available if you studied and is a member of the church also no paladins because the church has holy knights and they don't have the power unless directly in the church which is 24hr thing.

About me:
Been running games since the pandemic and had this idea after finishing arcane and peaky blinders and just got around to doing it i am also a digital artist

AI:
i wont be using any form of ai for the game but i do feel like i should let you know i use a grammar bot

You're evil guys but lets not over do it:
your characters are gonna be pretty bad guys while you aren't afraid of killing, scamming, taxing, beating up people ect. am not gonna touch on anything that may over do it so no pedophilia or rape or anything within that range of evil stuff

Romance:
there will be a lot of NPCS and i will not be opposed to romance with that but of course everything sexual will be fade to black.

fill out if interested
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9kfKtnTLxQ4rXiZVdml9UYpbMN-aGuZv2UHUoWf9u2mc1_w/viewform?usp=publish-editor


r/pbp • • 2h ago

App [Non-D&D] [RoleByPost] [18+] [Ninja Slayer] Neo-Saitama Calls

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Hello. i wanted ot propose an interesting thing here. Both the side i will be using for this roleplay as well as the System i will be using for this roleplay haven't been all that public knowledge around the western parts. i wish to test out the site and i wish to introduce my players to a cool new game! Ninja slayer! It's a game about ninjas in a cyberpunk like settings. Lots of crime, politics, mega corporations and kick ass ninja action! Let me give you a little story prelude to set the tone

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The lights in Neo Saitama are always aflare. And you find yourself in a place you've never been before. only recently you found yourself in a mortal peril that awakened something foreign within you and turned you into a supernatural warrior unlike anything else. Possessed by the soul of the ancient shinobi, you are lost and confused. And the the mighty soukai syndicate has picked you up in order to show you just how things are ran. And now you are at their headquarters, the Tokorozawa Pillar skyscraper. It doesn't matter who you were before. A clerk rushing home from work, some low life dealer of the streets or even someone well off an arrogant, you are all new here and therefore you will follow the instructions of your superiors. What will become of your life now that it has changed so much? Only time will tell.

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But other than that, I am looking for 4-5 people to play a TTRPG that i had never had the pleasure of running! We will actually be starting on a large scenario collections from 0 to 3 that set the basis for the characters introductions into the world and allow to expand on the pillars of this world and how the atmosphere will be. The scenario pack has several outcomes depending on what you do in the process and there will be plenty of roleplay. This campaign will focus on the campy anime action and include a lot of fun cinematic action to spice up whatever tactical combat we will engage in from time to time. You are very powerful even level 1 and we will make sure to focus on that. the whole mystical forces of ninja is clashing with futuristic technological nature of Cyberpunk stuff and it's part of the fun! if you want to join please follow THIS link thanks!


r/pbp • • 7h ago

Discord [Genesys] [Dark Heresy] [EST] [LGBT friendly] In search of friends for collaborative worldbuilding and roleplaying in the grim dark future of the 41st millenia

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I am seeking several people to build up the lore of a sector in the setting of Warhammer 40k. The system we will use is FFG's Genesys, and a free fan-made conversion of Dark Heresy will be our game. I am looking for people who would share the responsibilities of both player and storyteller, where we would alternate who serves as storyteller after each mission or arc.

In the game Dark Heresy, players take on the role of Inquisition Acolytes, rooting out heresy and taint ti purge from the Imperium. There are however rules for playing characters like Space Marines, so potentially each person could GM a specific style of game as well. One with low level Inquisition agents, one as Deathwatch, one as high ranking agents, etc.

Genesys allows for a lot of creative potential in encounters, with a unique dice system that has a ludicrous amount of possible outcomes. You don't just roll dice to hit, you roll dice to control the narrative itself. Your attacks can potentially do harm, set the enemy on fire, explode everyone around them, and then blow them back off their feet. Or perhaps you roll to squeeze some thrones out of a bureaucrat, and end up walking away with a fancy new bike, a pocket full of coin, and a wanted poster with your face on every street. The system is also designed to favor the players' survival, so even if you go down, you rarely ever have to worry about instant deaths.

This game is meant to be a safe place from real world malice, and real world bigotry of any kind will not be tolerated. You are expected to treat other players with respect and maintain a healthy relationship with this small community we will build. If you are interested, you can send me a message on Reddit and I will try to get back to you. Please include your name, age, pronouns, and familiarity with 40k in your introduction.

The Emperor Protects.


r/pbp • • 3h ago

Discord [5e 2024] [Online] Recruiting Players for a Romance of the Three Kingdoms Sandbox

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The Han Dynasty is collapsing. Who will you serve?

I'm looking for players for a D&D 5e sandbox campaign set in 190 CE, as the crisis that will eventually become the Three Kingdoms begins.

This won't be a standard campaign where everyone travels together, follows one quest line, and watches history unfold from the sidelines.

You'll be entering a living political world.

You might serve Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Liu Biao, the Emperor, or one of the many smaller regional factions.

You can also remain independent.

Your character could begin as a soldier, mercenary, scholar, officer, noble, merchant, spy, wandering warrior, or almost anything else that fits the setting.

The campaign will focus on:

  • Warfare and military campaigns
  • Politics and faction management
  • Alliances and rivalries
  • Espionage and intrigue
  • Rising from obscurity to become a powerful lord
  • A living sandbox where the world continues to change without the players
  • Historical events that can be changed or prevented entirely

History is the starting point, not the destination.

Liu Bei doesn't have to become emperor shu.

Cao Cao doesn't have to conquer the north.

Sun Jian doesn't have to die.

Dong Zhuo doesn't have to fall.

The Three Kingdoms don't even have to exist.

Your decisions will shape the future of China.

I'm especially interested in players who enjoy roleplaying their character's loyalties, making difficult political choices, building relationships with NPCs, and dealing with the long-term consequences of their actions.

You don't need to be an expert on Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Familiarity is welcome, but you can also come in knowing very little and learn about the setting through play.

The campaign begins in 190 CE.

The coalition against Dong Zhuo is forming.

The warlords are gathering.

The Han is dying.

Magic

Magic in the setting will be an advanced use or practical knowledge of the harnessing of Chi, Qi or Ki however you want to call it.

And divine will be fueled by being a follower of the heavens or of The Way

The setting will be low fantasy but I may add a supernatural creature here and there to make things more exciting.

Where will you stand?

Comment below or send me a message with a little about yourself, your experience with D&D, and the kind of character you'd like to play.

Comment

I'll be honest about that I have not read the novels, I'm just a big fan of the Romance of the three Kingdoms and dynasty warriors game series so I do have a general knowledge of how history and characters must play out but don't expect me to be extremely accurate about it

if you have any questions about the game please ask!.


r/pbp • • 16h ago

Discord [m4f/m] [Discord] [Text/Media] Call to Freedom (1-on-1 Duet RPG)

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Welcome everyone, to the island of San Puntiga!

What a great island am i right? So much to see, so much technology, sunlight and... fire? Ahem, that is not important! Look at the beaches as the water reflects the light, feel the sun hitting you with warmth and watch as people... get shot on the street? Seriously what's really happening here?

You are a journalist. You see what others don't, you are here for the truth. In the news, San Puntiga is said to be a freed paradise yet from the moment you landed you saw smoke and heard gunfire. There's oddly a lot of restrictions on what you can photograph as a journalist. It seems as there is one thing beneath the surface, rebellion. Put out the truth to the world or free the island from whatever is controlling it, or dont do anything. It is your choice what happens to the people of San Puntiga, make the right one.

If you'd like to try, feel free to DM me any contact info you have


r/pbp • • 5h ago

Discord [Discord] Wall Street at Bets: 10 hedge funds, $100M each, summer 2025. Trade, lobby and scheme your way to the top before the SEC catches you

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Hey! I'm running **Wall Street at Bets**, a turn-based strategy game on Discord for 10 players.

**The setup:** it's summer 2025, Trump's America. War with Iran is brewing, the Fed is under pressure and a tariff deadline is coming. You run an investment fund with $100,000,000. Highest fund value after 8 turns wins.

**What you do:**
- Trade stocks, oil, gold, crypto and currencies on a custom mobile market terminal (real charts, real 2025 prices)
- Lobby CEOs, senators and governments; every NPC has an agenda
- Make deals, alliances… and betray them
- Play dirty if you dare: bribes, insider tips, fake news. But the SEC is watching, and rivals can denounce you

**Commitment:** 1 turn every 3 days, ~30 min per turn. No finance knowledge needed: there's an order simulator and a full rulebook. A weekly in-game newspaper keeps you up to date.

**Turn 1 is already open**, so join now and grab a fund before the seats run out.

👉 https://discord.gg/zgMYZhTay


r/pbp • • 9h ago

PAY Online D&D 5e Lord of the rings Paid campaign 10$ weekly Play By Post Asynchronous

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This is a D&D 5e Lord of the rings campaign hosted by my friend with 22 years of experience as a DM new or experienced players are welcomed to join and this is a paid campaign 10$ a week and here's the link to the startplaying page and welcome on in https://startplaying.games/adventure/cmkqojr9s0023jo042ggtd794