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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e.

Posted by BadgerHoneycutt
BadgerHoneycutt
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Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 04:28
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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

We've all seen it, some of us might regret the behavior, some of might suppress the urge for it. But what if we embraced it? The party meets in the cliche tavern trope, but then after the bar tender tells the king is looking for adventurers to rid some nasty big bad from the land it goes into a full one mass robbery to get money for supplies!

It would be far from a serious game, but with consequences... And quite a viscous cycle. I'm new to this site but I'd love to be part of something like that.
OutlawJT
member, 267 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 04:30
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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

So basically, a party of sociopaths with a sense (real or false) of impunity?
BadgerHoneycutt
member, 8 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 04:34
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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

Yup! I personally don't like murder hobos, but if it's established that it's the goal then it could actually be slightly interesting and entertaining.
aguy777
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Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 04:55
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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

This sounds very interesting. I'm in.
Hendell
member, 118 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 05:28
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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

Sounds like you might be better off with an assassin's guild, or even less than polite rogues guild, kind of setting rather than trying to fit it into a tavern and a legitimate government of some kind.  Also probably more interesting at mid levels rather than being stuck only killing little things all day.
BadgerHoneycutt
member, 10 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 05:39
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IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

Alot of the inspiration from the mood that I have in mind is from Munchkin, the various bandits in skyrim, or even Trevor from gta v. The murderhobo spirit cannot be contained by a guild...
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OutlawJT
member, 268 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 12:27
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Re: IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

Hendell:
Sounds like you might be better off with an assassin's guild, or even less than polite rogues guild, kind of setting rather than trying to fit it into a tavern and a legitimate government of some kind.  Also probably more interesting at mid levels rather than being stuck only killing little things all day.


If it was meant to be a serious game I would agree with this. If it's meant to be a satirical and darkly humorous game as suggested then it's right on message from the OP.
LonePaladin
member, 747 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 14:54
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Re: IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

I remember reading an online post somewhere, in which the writer suggested that murderhobo adventurers are actually the result of corrupted dragon eggs. They hatch from these eggs, fully formed adults with character classes and a bare hint of a background (false, obviously) in memory. Their first instinct, upon hatching, is to grab some equipment from the dragon's hoard -- or just a handful of gold to buy some elsewhere -- then head for the nearest settlement, gather in a tavern, and eagerly leap on the first thing that sounds like an adventure.

These hatchlings have all the personality traits of dragons -- extreme narcissism, incurable greed, and a total disdain for any other living beings. They wander around the countryside, stealing anything that isn't nailed down, murdering anyone who hinders them, and generally causing mayhem and chaos.

Eventually, they will have accumulated massive quantities of magic items, coin, and other valuables. At this point, they feel instinctively drawn to take on an elder dragon, and follow local folk tales to the most dangerous dragon lair they can find. This happens to be the lair of the dragon that spawned them in the first place.

Within that lair, they fall to the dragon, who adds their accumulated treasure to its hoard. It then starts the process of corrupting a new clutch of eggs, and the process stars anew.
BadgerHoneycutt
member, 11 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 17:48
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Re: IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

In reply to LonePaladin (msg # 8):

I believe that inspired me enough to run my first rpol game. I'll use the hoard of the Dragon queen and possibly rise of Tiamat if i dont have to burn the plot on the first half. I've got a busy day ahead. I only have access to touch screen devices so it may take some time for me to post it in the Players Wanted section.
LonePaladin
member, 748 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 18:10
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Re: IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

Sure. I'm game.

I'd like to clarify something on the 'murderhobo = dragonkin' concept. It's not composed of a group of all dragonborn; rather, all races are possible and have all the usual traits of their kind. For all intents, they are a member of their chosen race and have nothing that would identify them as otherwise (barring, maybe, high-level divination). These beings are unaware of their true nature themselves, until the Final Reveal when they're facing their parent dragon.

It's something you could spring on an unsuspecting group, or be up-front about it and rely on the players to 'play dumb' about it. Either way, it actively encourages all the behavior that most DMs dread, building up to an epic showdown -- one that assumes the final encounter is going to be all sorts of unfair, because it's a truly dedicated attempt to kill off an overpowered party.

It's supposed to kill them off, to work the way it 'always' has. But if the PCs manage to win somehow, they now have the choice of overcoming their true nature -- and maybe working toward finding others of their kind.
BadgerHoneycutt
member, 12 posts
Wed 15 Aug 2018
at 21:17
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Re: IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

I smelt what you were cooking ;p even have a plan in case people are wanting to play clerics or paladins.
BadgerHoneycutt
member, 13 posts
Thu 16 Aug 2018
at 01:22
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Re: IC: Satircal murder hobo campaign 5e

link to another game

I'm still uncertain whether or not that this should be an adult game. But I do prefer fade to black in sexual situations.
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