Current RTJ Status: Closed (reviewing applications)

Current Party:

1. Ratling Gunslinger/Slayer
2. Human Bloodrager

Before we begin, I'll let you in on a little secret.  Presentation matters.  If you give me a nicely completed RTJ and use proper formatting and dress it up with a little effort, it'll go a long way toward keeping your RTJ from being summarily discarded.  Bothering to read the other threads will also help greatly.

A Bit About Me: I'm a long term player and GM that's been involved, to some degree or another, with RPGs since about six years old.  Now, many, many years later, I've had long runs as a bad GM, a bad player, and shorter runs as good versions of those.  I certainly have my flaws, but I've been working hard on them in the last few years and I've achieved some pretty decent results.  I'm running a couple of other APs and a couple of Starfinder games right now.  I also have a GURPS game limping along and will eventually get back to restarting my Eclipse Phase and Red Markets games.  I'm a little all-over-the-map with my interests, but find it easiest to stick with games that set a good pace.

I work in compliance (which is horribly boring) and have to deal with a handful of audits per year along with various legal matters.  I have a couple of kids (twins) that are almost real people now (they're turning 12 in January).  I have also spent the last several months suffering with a back issue due to an auto accident back in May.  My family loves vacations in Disney World, but next year we're going to take a cruise from Vancouver up to Alaska.

The Situation: My success rate with playing in games on RPOL that promise "from 1 to 20" or "the entire AP" has been precisely 0%.  It's just too ambitious a goal and the attrition I've found in Pathfinder games has been abysmal.  Even with that being the truth, I'm departing from my normal RTJ practices with a longer form.  I know it's an investment from you, the prospective player, with no promise of reward.  You have my sympathies.  On the other hand, I'm looking for people that want to make something happen and are willing to put some effort into it.  Maybe that will give me better results?

The Objective: Despite what I just said, my goal is to start a game that will make it through the entire Iron Gods adventure path.  That's level 1 through 17.  I've put into place some house rules on nuisance combats and the like that should speed things up.  I've also set the expected posting rate high enough to speed up progress.  It's going to come down to execution.  At a minimum, I'd like to finish the first book of the AP and then go from there.

The RTJ: Below is the RTJ form.  I highly, highly suggest you go read the other thread and get a feel for what I'm looking for with this game before you apply.  I also encourage you to get a feel for the parameters on character creation and make your submission fit into that box.  If you can't handle the rules for nuisance battle resolution or the character creation restrictions, just don't apply.  You'll be wasting everyone's time.  Also, please don't ask me about character roles or for what everyone else is playing.  Submit the character you want to play and write for.  I may offer some limited ability to tweak things once I've selected the most promising characters, but those characters must still remain true to what I was offered.

1. Tell me a bit about yourself, as a person or as a player.

2. Tell me about the best moment you ever had as a player in a tabletop RPG.

3. What's the most successful game you've been in on RPOL (or another PBP site)?  What makes you call it successful?

4. What are you looking for in this game?  Iron Gods is a little different, so what about it appeals to you?

5. Give me a short summary of your character.  Obviously, you should include a name, but also tell me about your choice of race, class, archetype, etc.  What are the major characteristics of this character?  How do they fit into the world?

6. Keeping in mind your character concept, tell me about the worst thing that character has ever done.  What is their darkest secret?  Their greatest skeleton?  Do they regret it?
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:58, Tue 09 Apr 2019.