free of sin

Premise

“I have summoned the group of you because you must do something for me that I cannot. You see, I cannot leave the Library, and neither can my assistants, wherever they’ve gone off to… I’ll introduce you later.

“You will form a party with one another, and you will travel to various worlds that connect to the Library, and you will retrieve something in those worlds for me. But—I digress, for we have to make sure you lot can work together first. Sooo\~ooo, let’s do some ice-breakers.”

Welcome to the Library at the End of the Universe! You and several others got really lucky, having been selected by a mysterious man named the “Librarian” in order to do his bidding… Er, I meant, complete some tasks for him and save the entire universe!

The grand and sprawling nexus that is the “Library at the End of the Universe” preserves the histories, present times, and futures of all known and yet unknown worlds. However, a villainous group named the Company of Seers intends to upset the natural balance of the universe—they seek items called the “Eyes of Providence,” which will grant them great power. Their Leader intends to use them for nefarious purposes, of course. It’s up to you random fellows to go and grab these ancient artefacts, carefully hidden away in each world long, long ago, before the opposing ne’er-do-wells get them instead.

Unable to return to your home worlds—or “Books,” one should say—without completing these tasks, the unlikely heroes are forced to band together… but is there more to this “Story” than meets the “Eye”?

On the Back Cover

You can call me Byleth (he/him, 31). I've only got 2-3 years in TTRPGs, but I love it, and found I love GMing, and I love the story I’ve crafted. I yearn to collaboratively tell this story. Please help me. I’m a member of the LGBTQ+ community, but I like making friends with anyone, provided you also like making friends with everyone (i.e., no bigots of any kind!). My favorite game series is Drakenier, though I also love other JRPGs a lot too.

Expectations & Explanations

The setting of the “Library” is very flexible: It is essentially a story reliant on the multiverse. Here are some things that you should know, that will be talked about either beforehand or explained by the Librarian himself in the first session:

You have been summoned by a mysterious being named the Librarian. He wants you to go and find some things before the world is destroyed by some bad guys.

The Library is connected to every conceivable universe via their “Books.” Yes, even your character’s.

No, you cannot go home just yet.

Unbeknownst to the characters themselves, there is one of those things you have to retrieve located in their home worlds.

The party will go to their home worlds, after some unaffiliated worlds as warm-up, in order to retrieve it, possibly changing the fate of their world or solving a large-scale conflict they’d never dreamed of doing before.

Because of the nature of this setting, your character’s own world, history, goals, family, background, friends, culture, religion, everything can be anything.

No, you will not be required to write thousands of words of worldbuilding. You can give me only a few paragraphs of backstory and I can do that for you. (Though you should read about the Knife Theory to give me a head start.)

There will be side-quests to do in between “Books”.

Roleplaying, having fun, and crafting a great story are the PRIME goals, and everything else will be in service of this. But, of course, there will be lots of puzzles, mysteries, and combat encounters that will help aid us in this endeavor.

This is a really lore heavy game. Players that are observant, take notes, engage with the world, etc will be rewarded greatly!

I am here to tell a story—but tell a story with you. I do not adhere to “Player vs. GM” at all. The story isn’t even fully set in stone. Your actions, or lack thereof, will affect the outcomes of a lot of things! You will be asked to fill in lore, describe NPCs, and so on, even not in the "Book" your character is from!

I have been trying to get this particular game running for some time, so I’ve set some expectations found below. You should keep the following in mind when you fill out the application:

This campaign will last at minimum one (1) year. Please only join if you can be sure you can commit at least two years to playing regularly.

FoundryVTT will be the VTT of choice. It’s okay if you’ve never used it. It is NOT mobile friendly.

There is a mandatory Trial One-shot, the exact date of which will be selected once all slots are filled; this is to make sure we all work and play well together. You will use characters that you intend to play in the campaign to do this. Character creation can be done on any platform if you are not available at a time where you can enter it into Foundry (I will enter it manually for you).

After the one-shot, we will have a real Session 0, where we’ll go over campaign expectations, playing styles, things to watch out for, and so on. This could possibly take place at the end of the one-shot or via text in Discord.

If you decide you didn’t like the character you chose for the one-shot and don’t want to play them in the campaign, you can change them any time between end of the one-shot and proper Session 1. Let me know ahead of time if you want to do this!

You have to be at least 21 at the time we start playing. Not that there will be anything particularly dark, but for the sake of my own comfort! Sorry; hope all the youngin’s can find their forever DM. You should also put your favorite beverage in the "Other thoughts..." question in the form to ensure you've read this all.

Regarding punctuality and absences: Please be either on time or a little earlier (~10 min) to each session. If you can’t make a session, please try and give ample notice in advance (preferably a week or earlier). Many missed sessions will result in removal from the game, and I don’t want to do that. :(

Please be respectful. No bigotry, no pent-up aggression, no taking out bad days on other people. We are here to play with dolls and do math. This includes being respectful of other people’s time. Please communicate clearly with others if you have a problem; failing that, my doors are always open to try and solve something.

Relatedly, we are strictly LGBT friendly. If you dislike LGBT people in any way, you need not apply please. We are also POC-friendly! Same rule applies.

New players ARE welcome. However, you will have to at least know the basics of play. Please read up on the rules of combat, social encounters, character sheets, duality dice, etc! I am happy to teach, but you should also be putting in the effort to learn!

Slots are NOT first come first serve.

Any official class or ancestry is allowed, even those from the Void playtests (which you can find here for free.)

Re AI: No AI will be used during this campaign. Feel free to answer the question regarding your usage honestly.

Thank you for your consideration!

If all of this sounds both appealing and agreeable to you, please feel free to complete the application linked below:

Apply here!

Looking forward to hearing from you all! Let me know if you have any questions, either in the comments or via DM.