I mean, over in the UK, we still have taverns everywhere, Pubs!
I do this all the time. The quest is “the gang pays their bills” but the big bad is almost always unexpected expenses.
So, there’s this hobby called LARP, which is pretty much this.
Been there, done that, slept on a tavern floor wearing my best attempt at period appropriate costume 😁
Anyone looking for a down on his luck mercenary with a tragic past and an oddly suspicious aversion to the imperial family?
If I have a character of mine die, my favorite bit is to have my new character have some relation to the old character. Now, most would use this to replace a character with a stand-in. “What do you know, my character had a brother of the same stats and class!”
But I find that too boring. I prefer to go with an entirely new class when a character dies or otherwise must be replaced. My favorite bit is to have the new character be out for revenge against the old one. This has in the past resulted in a new character fighting a pitched battle with my old one.
I’ve got an Indiana Jones type who picked up an idol and whoopsie poopsie that elder god had things to do and tentacles for days.
I suddenly hanker for a campaign with the most cliche and over the top backstory for every character.
“So you’re all secret royal heirs to this and the surrounding kingdoms, all secreted away at birth?”
“Yes.”
“All FIVE of you?”
“Yes. We play bowling together.”
The temptation to just post the address of a certain bar and a time is nearly overwhelming
I once did a session 0 for a campaign at my favorite bar. Best campaign I ever ran.
I’ve run two campaigns. It was the second I ran. The first was in middle school. This one was in my 30s. I learned a titch in between. But still. It was a lot of fun.
I for one, would like to hear more.
it was a biergarten? and we had a lot of fun. did the individual character setups and universe intro (i may have done a lot too much for my second campaign) beforehand and then we did the “tell everyone about your characters and let’s figure out how they know each other” at the bar. then we played throw the bag of sand at the hole in the CORN HOLE IT’S CALLED CORN HOLE. i don’t go out to bars much.
Magical adventures can be dangerous. Don’t worry, I’ve got your back.
How are you not on the list‽‽
The list of trustworthy bathroom buddies? I know. I should be. I’m a friendly jellybean.
Not that list, and I know just how “friendly” King Jellybean was.
Someone should design a TTRPG around the intricate social interactions at the tavern, and the dungeon delve is handled with a single die roll.
