fullupwithfire | Who wants to play?

So: I want to do more tabletop RPGs. This has been a consistent thing for me for years. Even at the last time I was doing tabletop, I was still kind of wanting more, and that was a while ago. I really love TTRPG, I've been playing sporadically since around 12, and it's something I regularly get sad about not doing.

My main problem with trying to do it is, honestly, I'm really awkward about jumping into it with a bunch of strangers, and my knowledge is so random (I've done a handful of indie games at cons, and other than that it's mostly been second edition AD&D, with my mother, who throws about half the nitpickier rules out the window) I'm never sure where to start. I tried once to get together a group so I could run it, I think I started from way too vague a point, and at a time when too much was going on, and it never went anywhere.

It came up again a couple of days ago, and honestly, I'd really like to try again. And while I'd happily take links to relative-newbie-friendly games you know of online -- no, seriously, if you have anything shove it my way -- I also figure this would be more likely to work out for me, so here's a suggestion, and a poll.

I would be up for running a campaign for a small number of players -- maybe somewhere between 3 and 6, is my first thought -- but only on one of two games, both of which I'm sort of familiar with and think I could come up with a story for.

Part-Time Gods is urban fantasy deities -- people become gods (are given their powers, their natural powers awaken, it varies), and have to balance their mundane, mortal life with their life as a member of a pantheon. There's a new version slightly different from the one I played, but it seems to mostly run on D10s. It has less of a plot built into the story, but I'm pretty sure I could find one, because GODS. Landing page with somewhat more info here.

AMP is modern superheroes -- similarly, people's powers develop and they have to figure out what to do from there with their day-to-day life. It starts in a place where AMPs are hidden and a recent development, and the guidebooks have an overarching story for the world that a campaign can be built along (or ignore entirely, if it goes that way). It runs largely on D20s. Landing page with somewhat more info here.

Both are more modern, both are built around a sense of balancing your mundane life and your supernatural life but that part could be ignored, both have people with powers dividing into groups with different outlooks for what the powered people should be doing with themselves. (They're from the same company and people, they're similar in some ways; this is part of why I feel like I could do either.) My personal preference is for an RP-heavy campaign, and they both could likely support that, I feel.

If somebody wants to step up and offer to run something else, I'm also up for that and willing to help get a group that might work well together going. Or to start two groups! I just really want tabletop, guys. I want it so badly.

If any of this sounds of interest to you, feel free to fill out the poll below, and hopefully a group can be gathered? :D

Poll #21916 Play with August?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 4

What game(s) would you be interested in?

Only Part Time Gods
0 (0.0%)

Only AMP
0 (0.0%)

Either PTG or AMP
4 (100.0%)

Only something else entirely, but I'm either willing to run it or know someone who would
0 (0.0%)

Are you a tabletop newbie?

Yes
0 (0.0%)

No, but I have very little experience
1 (25.0%)

No, but all my experience is with one or two systems
1 (25.0%)

No, I've done a lot of it
2 (50.0%)

I would rather play...

...once a month
1 (25.0%)

...every two weeks
3 (75.0%)

...whenever, I'm not picky
0 (0.0%)

I would be interested in a game that took place over:

Text chat
4 (100.0%)

Audio chat
3 (75.0%)

Video chat
4 (100.0%)

I would be interested in a game that took place on:

Discord
4 (100.0%)

Roll20
3 (75.0%)

Another site I can recommend
0 (0.0%)

A game whose theme/style/story involved the following things would be of very high interest to me:

Characters beginning as a tight group
4 (100.0%)

Characters beginning as strangers
2 (50.0%)

Many NPCs the PCs are attached to
1 (25.0%)

Characters on the run
3 (75.0%)

PCs being part of organizations with the same/similar goals
3 (75.0%)

PCs being part of organizations with conflicting goals
3 (75.0%)

Personal character arcs which include the possibility of one-on-one scenes
3 (75.0%)

Characters balancing their mundane and supernatural lives
2 (50.0%)

Characters having to give up their mundane life for supernatural reasons
2 (50.0%)

Characters dealing with developing/just developed supernatural abilities
3 (75.0%)

Characters whose supernatural abilities have existed for a while
2 (50.0%)

A game whose theme/style/story involved the following things would not be something I'd want to/be willing to play in:

Characters beginning as a tight group
0 (0.0%)

Characters beginning as strangers
1 (50.0%)

Many NPCs the PCs are attached to
0 (0.0%)

Characters on the run
0 (0.0%)

PCs being part of organizations with the same/similar goals
0 (0.0%)

PCs being part of organizations with conflicting goals
0 (0.0%)

Personal character arcs which include the possibility of one-on-one scenes
0 (0.0%)

Characters balancing their mundane and supernatural lives
0 (0.0%)

Characters having to give up their mundane life for supernatural reasons
1 (50.0%)

Characters dealing with developing/just developed supernatural abilities
0 (0.0%)

Characters whose supernatural abilities have existed for a while
0 (0.0%)

Anything you can think of that would turn a game into an absolute no for you? (Feel free to PM if this isn't enough space.)

Any questions, or anything else to say?

♥ to you all, and if you have any other questions or anything, feel free to either comment or PM me or whatever.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Aaaah, thank you, that's awesome! As someone with no art skill whatsoever, having places to go to look for stuff is always helpful. XD

because i'm putting some links together and self-promo never hurt anyone, here's a link to my gallery:
https://www.deviantart.com/aimofdestiny/gallery/?catpath=/

dA is pretty good for gaming assets in general. here's a few links to groups that might be relevant to your interests:
https://www.deviantart.com/fantasy-npc/gallery/
https://www.deviantart.com/r0l3pl4y3rs/gallery/
https://www.deviantart.com/das-schwarze-auge/gallery/

most of those should be fine to use noncommercially. if you're not sure about any one piece, they should have licenses listed. many are creative commons and can be used in any game you happen to run so long as you're not charging money.

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