Game On!

Ok the holiday season is officially over and that means all my Play by Post games are moving forward again. Some of you play in these two games but many more just enjoy reading them.

DarkMoon Vale is my D&D 3.5 campaign that takes place in an obscure location in the Pathfinder setting by Pazio Publishing. The heroes have volunteered to plunge into the dark foreboding woods to rescue local lumberjacks that have been ensnared by a Harpy. After a frustrating battle two of the three victims are saved when the Harpy loses her head. The heroes decide not to brave a return trip to town in the middle of the night with two wounded men.

During the night a motley band of goblinoids arrive to slay the already dead Harpy. By the time the monsters realize the Harpy is no more the battle between them and the heroes is already raging. The orcs in this encounter provoke a bit of a twist. The orcs inform the heroes that they are in fact slaves. And if the heroes swear to help the orcs liberate their people, they will turn upon their Goblin and Hobgoblin companions. With the help of the orcs the heroes win the battle even after unexpected Bugbear taskmasters enter the fray.

We have just ended another climatic cinematic battle and the heroes are now faced with what to do with the rescued but injured lumberjacks and the party’s new orc allies.

Justifiers is my sci-fi adventure which we use the D20 Modern (and its expansion D20 Future) game engine for breathe new life into this famous cult classic setting. “Justifiers” is a set in a gritty future where the heroes are space explorers that have to survey uncharted new worlds for possible colonization. At this point the party has landed on a beautiful planet perfect for colonization but they soon learn that the planet has mechanized residents that don’t take kindly to strangers.

The party has split into three teams, two away teams and one group has remained behind in base camp. The first team traveled several hundred miles by helicopter only to crash and barely survives. The second team has been attacked by large multi-armed gorillia-like creatures that have obviously suffered from some nuclear fallout. Last, the team left behind to “hold down the fort” has encountered their first sentient alien and it mysteriously knows of the Justifiers and says it has come to help them.

If you are playing then the wait is over! If you would like to read the PBP games you can find the D&D thread here http://rpgbomb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=133&t=761 and the Justifiers thread here http://rpgbomb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=121&t=604

Enjoy and tell me what you think of the stories so far!