Rafe’s Blog

On Mastodon, I’m running a poll-based role-playing game but it’s quickly becoming difficult to keep track of the posts, so I’m going to start putting the posts here, in order, with links.

Post 1: Pick your ancestry.

❌ 14% — Dwarf ❌ 14% — Elf ❌ 29% — Halfling ✅ 43% — Human

Post 2: A banging on your passenger cabin door jars you from restless slumber. “If y’aint dead, git up an’ off my ship!” a gruff voice shouts, their voice muffled through the thick wood. “If ye are, I got dibs on yer shite.” As his heavy footsteps recede, you sit up and light the small oil lamp next to your bunk. More than ready to say goodbye to the dingy, smelly, cramped quarters that have been your home for the past two weeks, you reach for your gear, which includes… (Pick your class.)

✅ 50% — Robes and a spellbook. (Mage) ❌ 0% — Fine garb and a lute. (Minstrel) ✅ 50% — Leather armor and a bow. (Scout) ❌ 0% — Chainmail and a sword. (Warrior)

Post 3: Making your way up to the deck, you spend a moment at the top of the gangplank to take in your surroundings. Inhaling the cool, salty air, you watch as bustling dock workers unload the ship’s cargo while the town of Gilport awaits you, its weathered stone buildings seeming to stand in defiance of time and the elements. Beyond the town and rocky shore is the dense Titanswood and rugged Mirian Mountains, their towering peaks hidden by the gray clouds overhead. Why are you here?

❌ 24% — I needed a new start, far away. ❌ 18% — My cousin sent a letter asking for help. ✅ 53% — (Mage) Searching for a lost artifact. ❌ 6% — (Scout) I’m hunting a dangerous creature.

Post 4: A short time later, after settling in to your rustic room at the Dropped Anchor, securing your chest of personal effects and research materials from the ship, and – having lived off little more than hardtack and water for a week – indulging yourself in a hearty mid-morning meal, you decide to…?

❌ 33% — Ask the proprietor, Len, about the town. ✅ 50% — Find the nearest bathhouse for a long-overdue bath ❌ 0% — (Mage) Review your notes on the artifact. ❌ 17% — (Scout) Set out and explore the town.