GlassRainGerman
Pesterchum: GlassRainGerman (GR)
Let me address your questions
1. Are each of us supposed to be individuals seeking this treasure for personal reasons? Or are we all joining a group/crew?
That is up to you, if you and another player or two want to play as having previous alliances es the characters in a guild and are treating this as a group-bonding activity that is fine.
If you want to play as a disgruntled treasure hunter who’s only cooperativing with these buffons because your boss told you to play nice thats also fine
2. If we're all part of a crew, what kind?
If you’re all in a crew it’ll most likely be drawn from a guild setting. As to who hired you? It’s Captain Javier Jadira the Psionic’s great-great-great-great grandson Janus Jadira
3. And do we start with a ship? If so, what kind of ship? Big? Small? Are we the crew, or is it crewed by NPCs and we're the "away team"?
Depending on what kind of characters you make will determine whether you have a ship or not and the size. If there’s a inventor character for example then yes there probably will a ship at your disposal. As too whether you or NPCs man it that also depends on characters made. If there’s a wizard for example who can summon familars to man the ship then NPCs man the ship. Otherwise the ship would be manned by the PCs.
4. Do the hardships come purely from the journey itself, or are we in a race against other groups?
Just from the journey itself unless a PC invites in trouble
5. Sandseas and Sand Serpents makes me think we're treating sand like water at times, depending on context. Being able to walk on or sail through it(ala Monster Hunter)? Or is it just the monsters, such as serpents or worms, that are able to(ala Tremors)? Just to confirm. Or is Sandseas just a name?
The Sandseas as a complete environment is essentially a gianormous crater like the size of the contient of Australia thats filled with sand and such. Back in the times of Captain Javier Jadira the Psionic the edges of the crater had a force field that formed a bubble. At that time all the lands outside the bubble was all neigh-inhabitable from death, diease, and destruction. The intelligent sentient beings of the world had either fleed to the sky and build floating cities or burrowed underground to create massive subterran utopias. But within the bubble was the salvation of the planet: the prized Book of Unfinished Stories protected by the bubble and a magical water lock. Capt. JJ broke the water lock which caused the bubbles to dry out as the water spread to refill and revive the dying planet. After that the place that the bubble once protected became known as the Sandseas due to its strange, magical qualities.
But to the nitty-gritty, parts of the sand are solid, parts of it is like liquid, parts of it are only solid when people are moving on it and if they stop it becomes liquidy and they will sink. So most likely you’ll have to be doing a mix of walking/swimming or be riding a flying ship.
6. Would you prefer all characters be at least loosely based on D&D races and classes, or will you be accepting whatever as long as it isn't an obvious godmode mary sue?
Preferably based on D&D races and classes but if you can adaquently explain your OC then i’ll accept it.
7 How about tech level? Is it steampunk/clockwork/semi-victorian? Is it just medieval with magic airships, and the automatons are scary unknowns? Do characters often have clockwork prosthetics? Monster Hunter tech? Steam tanks? Parachutes? Grappling hooks, harpoon guns, or steam-based jump-packs?
Tech level is magical steampunk but varies between human and nonhuman. There’s just as much reality in an airship as there is in a dragon. Full human PCs and NPCs cannot perform magic thats why technology has advanced to where it is in the world so they can safely co-exist with beings like elves and dwarves and such. Automatons just another form of golems except instead of being made of the traditional stone or brick are made of gears and cogs.. Clockwork prosthetics do exist but are not overly common due to the fact they interfere with magic (the person with the limb cant do magic but there’s no effect on magic used around or on them). No to Monster Hunter or steam tanks. Yes parachutes, harpoon guns, and grappling hooks. No jetpacks.
8 This usually leads to questions about firearms. Classic Pirate Single-shot muskets and cannons? Cowboy-level revolvers, repeaters, and early gatling guns? No classic guns, but fantastical weaponized steam/glue/elemental guns? No guns at all, but a handful a weird gadgets?
Classic pirate era pistols and cannons. Most magic beings dont use firearms as their magic reacts negatively to it. Taser guns and harpoons are the most abundant gun types and yes many weird gadgets.
9 Magic level? Is everything powered by it? Does it not exist? Is it fading from use? Hated/Feared? Seen as an equal alternative to tech power? Do science and magic war on each other or coexist and create magitech?
Human civilization is not powered by magic since humans cant use it. Mixed folk (part human part other race) tend to view magic and tech as being equal just different ways to do things. So they coexist and often mix to make magitech.
10 Are you using your own character or just acting as a DM?
That will depend, i’m gonna try to just DM but i might jump in if needed
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