Barf Forth Apocalyptica
powered by the apocalypse => Dungeon World => Topic started by: Eormenric on April 24, 2013, 08:46:17 PM
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I'm going to run an open-attendance 'campaign' on G+, similar to what I've seen people do with OSR games: a 'job of the week' kind of freebooter campaign where every week whatever players are interested/available can join in and see what jobs their character can take on.
The hitch is this: Players may return or may not, so how do I handle bonds when there may be some returning characters, some characters that are gone for a while, then return, etc.
I suppose everyone could just have an archive of bonds, some will just be with players who are 'off camera.' It would be like real life-I have bonds with most of my coworkers, even though I'm not always doing a project with them all. Some bonds are used in some projects, some in others.
I was also going to offer players a list of 'tavern bonds' since this campaign will center around a tavern. Things like "_____ stole money from the barkeep and I can prove it," or "the rumor is that ________ is good to have on your side in a fight," and "_________ once blurted out a painful secret of mine when he was drunk."
Any other thoughts/clever ideas?
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Yes: use (or take inspiration from) the Planarch Codex!
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Sorry, I didn't mention that, even though it's a HUGE inspiration for all of this. I'm using a lot of the P.Codex, just with a more traditional setting.
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Bonds wipe at the end of the session. Always write bonds anew with the characters present at the beginning of each session. Any continuity is on the players to maintain.