[Question] Play by post D&D 5e on Halforums?

[Bubble181]

If you're starting over and need a player I could be persuaded. 5e is a ridiculously long time ago though.

 

[MindDetective]

If you're starting over and need a player I could be persuaded. 5e is a ridiculously long time ago though.

5e is easy to pick up, thankfully.

 

[HCGLNS]

I'm listening.

 

[MindDetective]

Okay...my initial thought is a short campaign that utterly shatters the 4th wall. The characters know from the beginning that they are characters in a game (this will give them some unique abilities) and are setting out to free themselves from the control of their players. For extra silliness, races would include Muppetborn, Toonkind, Toys, a variety of sentient animals, and maybe Clowns, some Pokemon, and perhaps some odd D&D races, like flumphs and mimics. I'd be making this up as I go, so expect lots of unpredictability, pop culture references, and assorted nonsense.

Too silly or let's do it?

 

[phil]

Silly is nice!

Maybe a muppetborn who, due to his nature is always compelled to turn everything into a teaching moment.

"How many goblins are there? Let's count! Ooooooooone goblin! Twoooooooooo goblins! Threeeeeeeee goblins!"

 

[HCGLNS]

Return to Fraggle Rock!

 

[jwhouk]

The DM: "As the large swamp beasts attack, you have a sudden urge to pull out a banjo and sing 'Rainbow Connection' as loud as you can."

KERMIT: "Dammit, I knew playing a Muppetborn would have its drawbacks..."

 

[phil]

Basically Drizzt but if Drizzt was a claymation Santa's elf.

"I shall venture out into the world and bring back dentistry to the underdark"

 

[MindDetective]

Okay, so who is in on this wacky adventure? I will set something up on dndbeyond.com, including all homebrew races. I'l for sure whip of the muppetborn. Does anyone want something else or will it be all muppets?

 

[phil]

If everyone else wants muppetborn I'll be down. I'm still knocking a few ideas around in my head.

Maybe a kobold monk who trains at Kobold Kai and is a classic 80s bully?

 

[Dirona]

I wonder if I could create She-ra...

 

[MindDetective]

Here are some homebrew races to consider. Roll up a character (let's roll 4d6, drop the lowest, reroll 1s) and if we reach a critical mass (4 players, at least) then I will create a campaign on dndbeyond.

Here is a number of homebrew: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Alphabetical_5e_Races

Notably for our wacky campaign concept:

Clowns

House-elf

Jynx

Kerbal

Khajit

Mimic

Pac-man

Porcelain doll

Scarecrow

Snorlax

Terminator

And a few others (including an attached PDF):

 

[Dirona]

She-Ra is totally a ridiculous Toonkind Eldritch Knight! I'll roll up a sheet in the next couple of days

 

[HCGLNS]

A moogle sorcerer...?

 

[phil]

Oh man I'm so torn. Pirate flomph? Paladin tonkin who talks in word bubbles? Or in a world of wacky whatever's I'm just a plain normal human?

 

[phil]

The correct answer was staring me in the face the whole time.

 

[PatrThom]

NO KILL I
I KILL YOU

--Patrick

 

[HCGLNS]

<<moogle sorcerer casts Ray of Frost>>