"But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity."
-de Vigny
Welcome to the landing page for Eternity's End!
Here you will discover a wealth of information about RPGCrossing, How to be a great player and game master, as well as how to join the massive role playing game known as Eternity's End!
Let’s start you off with some fundamentals...
Basic Guides
These Guides are intended to facilitate the journey here at rpgcrossing.com and are not game system specific. Please note: they are only ''GUIDES''. At rpgcrossing.com, there is no one right way to participate. The materials here, though, can help anyone set themselves up for success.
While the guides are most beneficial to beginners during early articles, as the guides progress even experienced players and game masters alike will discover a plethora of advanced techniques and tools to help them perform at their best, and get the most out of their Play by Post (PBP) experience.
Please post all Questions, Comments and Suggestions about the guides HERE
Volume 1: The New Member Guide
This guide is essential for all users intending to take part in the rpgcrossing.com community. It introduces rudimentary concepts and also teaches fundamental techniques to help you participate on a basic level in the community. Even if you've been at DnDOG for a while, you likely will still benefit from this guide.
Volume 2: The PBP Player's Guide
Perhaps getting over the hump to get selected for that first successful game is proving challenging, or maybe you're a veteran player just wanting to polish your existing skills. This guide covers the basic and advanced skill sets and responsibilities of being a player, and specifically covers many of the intricacies of PbP gaming.
Volume 3: The PBP Game Master's Guide
Have an idea for your own game but never GMed before? Struggling to get over the obstacles of GMing PbP? Maybe you're a veteran GM that knows the advantages of learning from others. This guide is an excellent tool to help avoid many of the major pitfalls inherent in PbP GMing and includes advanced tips, tricks, tools, and training that will make your gaming experience better. This guide is for both beginning and advanced GM's but also contains a wealth of information useful to players.
What is Eternity's End?
What is Eternity's End?
Eternity's End is both a place and a nonplace, existing in multiple planes simultaneously and nowhere at all. It is a gathering place for dead races, unborn gods, forgotten heroes, restless ghosts, and the engineers of worlds as yet uncreated. Almost all the inhabitants of the Inn are travelers, either by design or by chance. Many have simply stopped here during journeys to other places, while others came to the Inn accidentally, then realized they could not get home...
Eternity's End is a new kind of game on RPGCrossing that is powered by the Pathfinder Gaming System. It has a persistent static setting of an Inn that exists where players meet and obtain quests and travel through dimensional doors that take them to literally any kind of world or adventure that a GM can come up with, in any kind of setting they would like to run! The possibilities are literally limitless! Characters can thus literally jump into game worlds with random parties and go to new kinds of worlds all the time!
Once in a game world you will play out adventures of any kind imaginable with very minimal restrictions to the GM (Players and GMs that are familiar with Pathfinder Society will find this system very familiar, but also offering many more opportunities). An entire team of GMs run various adventures of any kind they wish and players are free to play in any of the games they qualify for (based on level and sometimes other restrictions depending on the adventure design).
All kinds of adventures await you and it's worth mentioning our GMs go through a rigorous qualification process so you don't need to worry (as much) about poor posting rates or game drops. The game is also friendly to new players and system experts alike. Further, we have player and GM incentives that reward participants for a variety of things.
Here at Eternity's End you can also expect to have other great players to play with and a whole staff of experienced GMs preparing unique and exciting adventures!
Who are we looking for?
Experienced PBP GMs who enjoy Pathfinder
A Player who is creative and fun to play with
Someone with good posting habits
Someone who will likely enjoy this game
...and that's it! Have some crazy concept for your character or adventure? Worry not, you are given creative liberties (though not mechanical liberties) unlike that which you will find in pretty much any other game you're likely to come across. We have characters from token campaign settings, future worlds, homebrews, mysterious backgrounds... it's all welcome! (Though we do encourage you to be creative and have fun with the wide array of options available).
It is worth noting, however, that accessibility to certain sources are restricted to qualifying members which is discussed later in the Eternity's End Players Manual.
Reasons to want to Play:
Don't you hate when you play a great game with a character you love and the adventure is over and you don't get to play your character anymore?
Ever have trouble getting your favorite character concept to fit into a game world and have to modify the background so much it doesn't even feel like the same character anymore?
Are you new to DnDOG and having trouble finding a game?
Ever wish you could play with lots of different people to learn from them and experience what it's like to not be with the same players all the time?
Ever want to join a game where you had the potential to one day apprentice and move up to be a GM?
Ever want to try out some new and interesting setting ideas but didn't want to commit to a whole campaign that could take months to prepare and years to play out?
Eternity's End may just be exactly what you're looking for!
Where to begin?
Take the Tour!
Familiarize yourself by taking the tour that all new players experience. This will help you understand the setting your character is walking into. Do this now...
Now that you know about what's up... Let’s find out if Eternity's End is right for you, shall we?
Eternity's End Players Manual: This manual will teach everything you need to know about playing at Eternity's End. Character creation rules are kept to a minimum to allow maximum access for new players. Out of necessity, all source material is restricted to freely available sources. Note, Tier restrictions apply, make sure you understand what Tier you qualify for before attempting to make your character.
Eternity's End Faction Manual: Factions are a new way to further add flavor to your character and bring further to life the living campaign setting of Eternity's End. Players will find factions potentially arising as part of their adventures at randomized intervals and are free to excluding NPC factions and Mr. Gone specificallyincorporate factions as part of their story telling for their character.
Eternity's End Game Master Manual: Eternity's End wouldn't exist if not for the wonderfully talented GMs it attracts. If you are a player wanting to become an apprentice GM or a skilled GM wanting to run a game, this is the manual for you. We encourage all players of this game to eventually become GMs, especially since the in game incentives are greater. It is also recommended that players review this manual even if they don't intend to GM, so as to have a better understanding of their rights as a player and how the game works behind the scenes.
To apply, simply complete read through the materials and complete the open book quiz at the end of the EE GM Manual.
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Feel free to ask questions if you are still confused in the HELP area.
Just as a heads up, this is a BIG project that caters to an entire community of players. It may take a while for you to get familiar with it, and that's OK. Any help you might require is plentiful and given freely for the asking.
Feb 23rd, 2012, 06:05 AM
