I am looking for two players to join me and three of my friends for a Fate Core campaign. We’re very open to new players, as long as you show up to the game ready to play. Fate thrives with proactive, competent characters. It’s roleplay heavy, benefits far more from the players’ creativity than the GM’s, is really easy to learn and play with, and offers players more control over their fate than a lot of other systems. Even if you’re new to roleplaying in general, we’re happy to have you - but we are regular group, and if you’re just looking for one or two sessions, this is not the game for you. I’m hoping for at least 6 games before this story runs itself out, if not more. We use Skype for voice only, and Roll20. We play from 7 EDT for four hours, with a ten to fifteen minute break after two hours. I’m pretty good at not running over time. To be as brief as possible, the game is focused on the life of soldiers - you are legionaries who have been recruited, perhaps against your will, into the army. Think Roman legions. In fact, a lot of this game is just pulling heavily from Roman legions. You are in a small empire. It used to be a large empire. It has decided to use its legions to make itself into a large empire once again. That, plus what is in this primer , is literally the extent of the world building I have done. I have a large world map that is labelled, but not by me, and I have thought very little about what is what. I think this makes for a more fun game. Fate Core, as a system, really blurs the line between GM and player. I am playing to find out what happens, not to run a module like in some D&D games. I do not have a plan. I do not know what is over the horizon. But together, you and I are going to tell that story, and it’s going to be awesome. I also am not really into military stories for the fighting or the brutality of it. I think a military story makes for an incredibly interesting backdrop to character interactions, and trying to develop and grow a character. If you create a one-dimensional character who is all about killing, you will not have fun in my games. I like story. And story is not battles, it’s characters responding to and then thriving in or succumbing to an environment that is hostile, at times futile, is infinitely larger than they are, and is well outside their ability to control. This game will have violence in it. It may have an excessive amount of violence in it, in fact. But it’s not violence for violence’s sake. It’s for the sake of really working some characters over to see what kind of personalities we get at the other end - so again, I cannot stress enough, if you’re not the kind of person who falls in love with your character and focuses the game on that character’s growth or exploration, this isn’t the game for you. So… do you want to play this game? I think it’s going to be a hell of a lot of fun. Send me a private message and tell me about yourself. How old are you? If you couldn’t meet me at a bar for drinks, this game is not for you. What is it about this game that draws you to it? Do you prefer gritty realism, or comic book awesomeness? How much action do you prefer in each session, as opposed to roleplaying character interactions? Do you have a decent mic? Get one if not. Do you have any questions for me? Send them in your message.
