Response Time: Aim to respond within the agreed timeframe. If you’ll be unavailable, let the group know in advance.

OOC (Out of Character) Communication: Use a separate thread or designated format (like brackets or spoiler tags) for any questions or comments outside the game narrative.

Flexibility and Patience: PbP games move more slowly than in-person games, so expect a slower pace. Be patient with others, especially if life events delay responses.

Posting Frequency: Set a clear posting schedule—like once a day, every few days, or weekly. This keeps everyone on the same page and helps prevent delays.

Play-by-Post (PbP): A TTRPG format where players write out actions and dialogue over text, often in forums or chat apps, letting the game unfold slowly.

Play-by-Mail (PbM) was a method where players sent their game actions through postal mail, often in wargames or RPGs. Turns took days or weeks as players waited for letters, creating a slower but suspenseful game flow that allowed for deep strategy and storytelling.

I quickly grab a sandwich and shove in under my cloak, a quick heel turn and I begin to whistle a jolly tune as I walk out. I take a quick bite when no one is looking.

“Yum...”

“Hi”

For players

Haven’t played/DM 5E in years so this will be semi-new again for me - Feel free to ask away as it will help everyone here as well ✌️

A campaign:

Update - We have Kinopio Sheets!

Method 1: Kinopio Character sheets (Recommended)

When the ancient wizard Tyndareus develops a craving for a special treat from his childhood, he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the best apple pie in the whole world. He hires a group of adventurers to seek out the bakery that once produced the wonderful dessert – unfortunately for them, the bakery has long since been overrun by goblins. But all is not as it seems at Grammy’s Bakery, and Tyndareus isn’t the only one who’d do anything for those pies.

This one has darker tones, but flexible dependin on the group tone. It will be a very Gothic themed game - think Berserk (Manga) or Dracula movies. More super naturals + gloom in this adventure

One-shot:

Spellcasting [Testing Code]

Before casting a spell, you  
must have it prepared in  
your mind or accessible  
through a magic item, like  
a Spell Scroll. Your features  
determine your spell access,  
any always-prepared spells,  
and if you can change your  
prepared list.

### Preparing Spells  
**p235**  
If you have level 1+ spells  
to prepare, your spellcasting  
feature specifies when and  
how many spells you can  
change. See **Spell Preparation  
by Class**:

| Class     | Change When     | Spells |  
|-----------|------------------|--------|  
| Bard      | Gain a level     | One    |  
| Cleric    | Long Rest        | Any    |  
| Druid     | Long Rest        | Any    |  
| Paladin   | Long Rest        | One    |  
| Ranger    | Long Rest        | One    |  
| Sorcerer  | Gain a level     | One    |  
| Warlock   | Gain a level     | One    |  
| Wizard    | Long Rest        | Any    |  

Most spellcasting monsters  
don’t change their spells,  
but the DM can.

### Always-Prepared Spells  
**p235**  
Certain features provide  
always-prepared spells,  
which don’t count against  
your prepared spell list.

### Casting in Armor  
**p235**  
You need armor proficiency  
to cast spells in armor;  
otherwise, it hinders you.

### Casting Spells  
**p235**  
Each spell description  
contains details on casting  
requirements, explained in  
sections following each  
spell’s name.

Magic Missile

Mage Armor

Ray of Frost

Feather Fall

Detect Magic

Mage Hand

Light

Last bit! we’ll fill in the rest. Passive Perception = 10 + Wisdom (Perception) check modifier Which for me is 10+2 = 12 Hit points (HP) 6 + Con. modifier. Which is 6+1 = 7 Initiative. Dexterity modifier - 0 for me Armor Class - Since I’m a wizard I have no armor, making it 10 + Dex mod = 10 , else for those that have amour refer to your item info. Weapon bonus Melee is STR mod + Proficiency Bonus Daggers = -1+2 = +1 Quarterstaff = Same, +1 Spell save DC = 8 + spellcasting ability modifier + Proficiency Bonus Mine is 13 Spell attack modifier = spellcasting ability modifier + Proficiency Bonus And 5

A creature’s alignment broadly describes its ethical attitudes and ideals. Alignment is a combination of two factors: one identifies morality (good, evil, or neutral), and the other describes attitudes toward order (lawful, chaotic, or neutral).

Now we determine the modifier bonus against our score with this table and add the results to our sheet.

| Score | Modifier |
|-------|----------|
| 3     | -4       |
| 4–5   | -3       |
| 6–7   | -2       |
| 8–9   | -1       |
| 10–11 | +0       |
| 12–13 | +1       |
| 14–15 | +2       |
| 16–17 | +3       |
| 18–19 | +4       |
| 20    | +5       |

Skill Proficiencies:

Pick ability scores - I’ll use standard array: 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8. As wizard I’ll make Int and Wisdom my top ranging, then fill the rest as I see fit. Since I got bonuses; I’ll add on top of my Array. (+1 int,con,wis)

Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom (I’m doing a 1 per Ability spread) You get three Abilities score bonuses for a background. Increase one by 2 and another one by 1, or increase all three by 1. Note: None of these increases can raise a score above 20. Maybe that’s why the game doesn’t allow a 3 stack.

Creature Type: Humanoid Size: Medium (about 4-7 feet tall) or Small (about 2-4 feet tall), chosen when you select this species 5ft Speed: 30 feet Resourceful. You gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest. Skillful. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. Picked Survival Versatile. You gain an Origin feat of your choice. Then Alert

Background: As I’m learning towards a magic type, I’ll pick something along that archetype - Sage. You can pick any, whatever suits your character. If your stumped, think about a fictional character and build close to that.

It does help a lot if Players understand the rules. But what helps from my experience is, knowing your character. How to use spells, the actions. Given that its Play-by-post - there is not really that time pressure. Which is great. We’ll just need to work out the formatting

Something that would be fun to do, which is the character building side of D&D. Then we can go into rules a bit later - as it is quite intense for new folks; and for me tbh lol Having said that, rules is a littler easier for players though ... as technically you just need to know the basics. The rules adjudicating usually falls onto the Dungeon master. Unless you also want to help. Which then you’ll be assisting the DM in “Rules lawyering or Rule Court” - Which... depending on the group, is a good thing, or bog down unhappy times.

I don’t expect everyone to write and respond to any standards - so write how you’d like or find natural, and I will prompt further if I need anything clarified. The only thing I ask would be formatting the responses so it can be read in a consistent manner See link to back to the style guide

You don’t need to know all the rules, as you’ll begin to learn the flow as you play. Plus we’re playing Asynchronously, which we can look up (If you’re got a copy of the Players handbook 2024), or ask me.

Not impossible to do to work things in, just need upfront scaffolding - which is the perk of TTRPGs. Anything can work, as long as we all have an agreed buy-in and set the “Truth of the world”

Classic example is a fantasy based world with magic, but then we also have creatures that have guns, laser guns, walking ghost races. This will then lead to questions on what kind of power the player has over people that don’t and how the world used that technology. And how do civilians react to walking ghosts races. Is this common or a non-phased scenario? This will then impact how death works in the game etc etc.

We’ll work together on what kind of game we want. From my experience, limiting races and classes hones in on a particular world tone. I’ve had games where I opened all races - this included intergalactic races + homebrew (Things created outside of the official rules // Think modding in the video game space) This is great but can easily break immersions if you’re trying to fact check the reasoning.

Technical note: Once a space gets heavy with cards, we’ll branch into a new space to keep things speedy and optimised