DDA: Digital Odyssey

GAME TIME/DATE:
- 1:30 PM to 5 PM UTC-6/US Central time. Plug into a converter if you aren't sure what this is.
- Tuesdays, weekly

General requirements:
- You must speak English
- You need to have a microphone and be able to use voice chat
- You need to be available from 1:30 PM US Central Time/UTC-6 until 5 PM US Central Time/UTC-6 or later on Tuesdays.
- You must be able to reliably attend. Unless it's an emergency like you or someone close to you is in the ER or so sick you can't get to the computer, I expect you to be there. This is non-negotiable and if you don't think you can adhere to this do not apply.
- You need to be able to be polite and not try to talk over others. This is a more lax rule but having manners in general is a requirement.
- You need some sort of avatar that is entirely SFW. Not suggestive, not almost SFW, SFW. I'm not getting my Twitch and Youtube banned over this. I need these to identify the players so we don't have to use webcams as I don't own one. Same goes for usernames.
- You need to follow TTRPG etiquette. This means no rolling unless you ask and get approval from the GM (me) first, don't randomly get up (take care of any business you have to such as food or the restroom beforehand) and wander off, and if there's background noise in your home use push to talk.
- Do not have off-topic discussions just because nothing is happening. Instead, focus on having in-character dialogue.
- GM has the final say. Don't argue with the GM. You're free to ask to do something, but you've no guarantee I will say yes; the more reasonable it is, the more likely I will at least try to work with your idea.
- No one person is the "main character". As a result, don't be a spotlight hog - if I'm clearly focusing on someone else, don't butt in and try to steal their thunder. Wait your turn.
- We will be rolling open - which means you should make wise use of Inspiration because if you don't it can lead to bad things happening to your characters. Humans might not die - but digimon can.
- Keep it PG-13. I'm not going to get on you for the occasional vulgar language like swears or whatever, but keep sexual content out of the game as well as anything that would be banned by Twitch's Terms of Service or other rules.
- If you have social media you want tied to your name in game, let me know - Twitter, Youtube, Twitch, that sort of thing.
- Keep real-world politics out of the game, even Out of character discussion, especially while the stream is rolling.
- Be able to handle somewhat edgy humor, but mind the PG-13 rating. I don't need people yelling racial slurs or breaking the politics rule by talking about/joking about/making commentary on any real-world political groups (or those claiming to be affiliated with political movements).


Game-Specific Rules:
- We will be using DDA 1.4 RAW.
- You must run your Digimon choices by me first. Millenniumon and similarly world-ending threats are not allowed. Anything else is a gray area, so again speak to me about it first.
- We will *not* be using Twin Partner rules, Armor Evolution, Jogress Evolution, or Hybrid Evolution. Slide Evolution will be allowed RAW however regarding going to lower stages.
- We *will* be using the Skills Expansion.
- I expect your Character Sheets to be completed within two days of acceptance. The sooner the better.
- Dark Evolution will be included - but it will happen due to roleplaying and character reasons, at GM discretion. Failed Torment Checks of 0 or less during Combat will always result in a Dark Evolution - but do NOT use this as an excuse to force torments where they don't belong.
- Game is using the ENHANCED Tier of play.
- Your human can be anywhere from age 12 to age 18. As with gender/sex, do not play an age you cannot roleplay comfortably.
- The Human Stat/Skill split will be a maximum of 18/22; you can go as low as 20/20 if you like, but you cannot have less than 20 points or more than 22 points in Stats or Skills unless it is because you have allocated a point or two to Torment Boxes at Chargen.
- You will begin with 52 XP and 26 Bonus DP. Spend this AFTER your Base DP and CP. Spend Bonus DP on your Digimon's BASE STAGE.
- Your Base Stage can be Champion/Adult if you wish, as the group has met the requirements for it.
- We WILL be using the Variant Rule for Inspiration alongside normal Inspiration rules. In the event nobody has received Inspiration from me, the GM, during a session, the players will then take the Variant inspiration rules into their hands after.
- Evolution is tied to character development, roleplaying, and the narrative we're telling together. That said, when you meet the RAW requirements you CAN keep a digimon at a higher stage. As for evolution after unlocking it, if you evolve mid-fight and then get knocked down due to damage, you cannot evolve again during that fight.
- You can, however, evolve backwards and forwards as often as you like so long as you do so at-will and are not forced to regress due to damage - just know that if you devolve and then evolve again after evolving once during combat, you treat it as Slide Evolution. That means that rather than healing Wound Boxes, you transfer the Current WOund Boxes to the stage you're evolving to as long as its Total Wound Boxes are higher. For example, if ExVeemon had 10/14 Wound Boxes and Veemon had a maximum of 11 Wound Boxes, if ExVeemon reverted to Veemon he would have 10/11 Wound Boxes. Upon re-evolving into ExVeemon, he would have 10/14 Wound Boxes Again provided Veemon took no damage in between turns.

Game Advice (Not Rules):
- Don't play a character(s) of the opposite sex/gender unless you are comfortable doing so. If you do so, do NOT do the "high pitched/squealy" voice for a female as a male or anything similar (throwing your voice down as low as you can) for a male character as a female. Focus on your tone, and look up guides on Youtube if you've got the chops to do this.
- There will be a lot of travel in this game. Expect Survival rolls from time to time, and expect to deal with Random Encounters.
- This will be a slightly open sandbox; that is, while your characters have goals larger than their personal goals (and alongside them; these large goals are not replacements for personal missions after all) you will have flexibility in how you finish them and in what order. Still, it's best to keep in mind that you can't gain greater power without being put to the test...
- Try to keep Torments to the minimum required (2 Minor or 1 Major); loading a character with torments is a bad idea. Don't make an Atsuya.
- Nobody is the sole "main" character. You'll get your chance to shine, let other people have theirs.
- Don't skew your mechanical builds too hard - I will take advantage of your weaknesses.
- It's nice to see characters whose mechanics line up with their personality. I might not give you mechanical benefit but brownie points with the GM is never a bad thing and it gives you more chances to earn inspiration.
- If someone else has the same digimon idea as you, I expect you to talk it out like adults. If you can't come to an agreement, you can then both come to me and I'll see if I can't help people sort their stuff. Maybe together we can come up with an alternative so everyone is happy.

DIGIMON BANLIST
Banned
- Any of the Banchous
- Algomon (all)
- Arcadiamon (all)
- Millenniummon (All)
- Jupitermon, Junomon, Venusmon, and Ceresmon/Medium
Limited, speak to the GM
- Other Olympos XII/Olympos 12 and related Digimon (see Wikimon page, effectively any digimon in the boxes on that page)
- Crack Team
- D-Brigade
- Three Musketeers

NOTE: JUST BECAUSE YOU DM ME DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL BE IN THE GAME.
I will be thoroughly vetting players. You will have to enter a voice chat with me and answer a handful of questions. This is to not only confirm microphone use and quality, which are important, but also to ensure you're a fit for the game at hand. I would rather avoid people being uncomfortable.

HOOK
Your humans were visited by a man dressed in robes resembling those used in ancient Rome or Greece. The exact specifics of the encounter might vary, but this man asked of your aid against a mighty army of machines due to a quality pertaining to your human, and they accepted. They were brought to a strange new world and before a pair of beings in shining gold armor; one resembling a knight of some manner and another resembling a human woman as well as strange creatures - one for each human.

Your digimon were recruited by the Olympos XII to serve as guides to the humans and a means to temper their worse qualities or encourage the growth of their better qualities. This summons is considered a high honor, as it is rare the Olympos ask normal digimon to do any task for them. They were told that the 5 members of BAN-TYO were going to test the humans and help them become true heroes by teaching them virtues to make them the best they can be, and the digimon partners are to assist in that endeavor. Which Olympian contacted your partner digimon depends on what they are; speak to the GM to determine which that would be.