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Blades in the Dark.

Posted by Puckohue
Puckohue
member, 72 posts
Sun 27 Sep 2020
at 17:55
  • msg #1

Blades in the Dark

Blades in the Dark is a game about a group of daring scoundrels building a criminal enterprise on the haunted streets of an industrial-fantasy city. There are heists, chases, escapes, dangerous bargains, bloody skirmishes, deceptions, betrayals, victories, and deaths.

We play to find out if the fledgling crew can thrive amidst the teeming threats  of rival gangs, powerful noble families, vengeful ghosts, the Bluecoats of the City Watch, and the siren song of the scoundrels’ own vices.

THE SETTING
The game takes place in the cold, foggy city of Doskvol (aka Duskwall or “the Dusk”). It’s industrial in its development. Imagine a world like ours during the second industrial revolution of the 1870s—there are trains, steam-boats, printing presses, simple electrical technology, carriages, and the black smog of chimney smoke everywhere. Doskvol is something like a mashup of Venice, London, and Prague. It’s crowded with row-houses, twisting streets, and criss-crossed with hundreds of little waterways and bridges.

The city is also a fantasy. The world is in perpetual darkness and haunted by ghosts—a result of the cataclysm that shattered the sun and broke the Gates of Death a thousand years ago. The cities of the empire are each encircled by crackling lightning towers to keep out the vengeful spirits and twisted horrors of the deathlands. To power these massive barriers, the titanic metal ships of the leviathan hunters are sent out from Doskvol to extract electroplasmic blood from massive demonic terrors upon the ink-dark Void Sea.

You’re in a haunted Victorian-era city trapped inside a wall of lightning powered by demon blood.




I'm an experienced GM but new at Blades in the Dark. This game is for learning.

Participation requires at least three posts a week and a notice in the OOC thread if you expect to be away for a week or longer.

This game is rated adult but no explicit sexual content will be allowed.
Puckohue
member, 73 posts
Mon 12 Oct 2020
at 09:21
  • msg #2

Blades in the Dark

I wouldn't mind another player who is able and willing to post at least three times a week.
Nazim
member, 1 post
Wed 14 Oct 2020
at 22:19
  • msg #3

Blades in the Dark

In reply to Puckohue (msg # 2):

I could post almost every weekday. I haven't played BitD, but know the rules pretty well. Otherwise, I'm relatively experienced with RPGs (almost every version of D&D, GURPS, Ars Magica, Fate, Traveller, Call of Cthulhu, etc.).

I'm interested in the long-term character development, and am particularly drawn to the downtime mechanics in BitD. I don't like "evil" characters, "on screen" torture or rape, or open PvP conflict, but I do like characters with different goals and morally ambiguous decisions.

I used to play a lot of D&D 4e on this site, many years ago. That was a fun, arena-style game.

EDIT: apparently I have to be human approved as an adult before I can request to join. Whenever that happens, I'll make the formal request to join the game, assuming you're still looking for players.
This message was last edited by the user at 22:56, Wed 14 Oct 2020.
Puckohue
member, 74 posts
Wed 21 Oct 2020
at 04:53
  • msg #4

Blades in the Dark

Looking for players that can and will post in character at least three times a week.

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