Far from Home

This is the landing page for Far from Home, a 5e DnD adventure on the rpg.net forums.

PCs

Active

• Anik Vamar
• Catherine
• Elaine
• Jonquil Scrivener
• Orianna of Istria
• Nikola

Inactive

• Constantin Stanwyk
• Fin

Expectations and Procedures

Consider this the official "rules" section of the wiki. I will try to update this as we go. When in doubt, these rules supersede whatever is in the books. When in further doubt, the DM's feckless whimsy supersedes whatever is in here.

Posting

I hope to put up an official "moving the game along" post three times a week (though I may post responses and whatnot more frequently), and I expect players to post at roughly the same rate. I also encourage players to post more frequently when engaging in dialogue with one another. My expectations for weekend posting are very low. I would like to keep regularly scheduled DM posts to a Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday schedule, meaning that you will always have at least one full weekday to respond before I post again.

Rolling

Please use Orokos for all rolls, along with the tag "Far from Home." Make sure to label each roll appropriately. I'm not going to be obsessively checking everybody's history, but I will look occasionally. Please do not cheat during make-believe funtimes.

If you're in a situation where you want to say, "Hey Cale, could/should I make a roll here?" then you should go ahead and make the roll rather than waiting for the back-and-forth confirmation process. Note that I'm not saying that you should interpret the results yourself (that's my bag, baby), but there's no need to wait on me to give you the nod before rolling. I'll either adjudicate the result or tell you that the roll isn't needed/that the action isn't possible.

Combat

We will streamline combat as much as possible, including using a party initiative rather than individual ones. During combat scenes, I will post as soon as all players have taken their actions rather than waiting on the DM post schedule. I will still make sure that players have at least one full weekday to post, however.

During combat, I will post all relevant stats for the creatures you are fighting so that you can write complete posts rather than simply saying "I attempt to swing my sword." This should keep things moving relatively quickly. Hiccups should be expected at the beginning, but we'll iron them out as we go.

Background

For all of recorded history, The Wall has existed. Smooth and always slightly warm to the touch, it rises so high that one cannot even see the top on cloudy days. It curves around all The Land - around its idyllic farms, its lazily wending rivers, its lush valleys. The Land is a peaceful place, free from predators and natural disasters. The wizened sages say that The Wall protects them from all such things, and it's difficult to disagree when the worst thing to happen in a living memory was a small granary fire three villages over.

Nobody knows who built The Wall, and nobody knows exactly what horror befell the rest of the world that its protection was required in the first place.

A strange and potentially upsetting tradition has arisen over the last few centuries. During each of The Land's mild winters, men and women have built ladders and platforms up against The Wall in an attempt to reach the top. There are many who scoff at the idea and many more who fear the builders invite chaos and destruction, but The Land is an egalitarian kingdom and no citizen tells another what he or she cannot do.

Last winter, the scaffolding very nearly reached the top. Consensus has been reached. Lots will be drawn at the Spring Festival, held each year at The Land's largest town. The chosen will ascend the last few feet and look over the edge. What a time to be alive!