I've been running a story/writing-centric Ravenloft PbP game for a month-ish now on an external forum, with the aim of getting some of my buddies involved in D&D--none of them had played beforehand, but were curious to try it out. Unfortunately, this meant that a few of them didn't actually like it after said test run. 
The majority of us, however, are still totally gung-ho about it, and I've still got a heck of a story to tell, which means I am now looking for a pair of Spectacular Understudies! To wit: if anyone would like to play a Victorian-British undercover constable (sneaky Cleric) or a Late Edo Period Japanese academic researcher (Wizard), I would be absolutely delighted to have you. A few notes:
-These are *understudy* gigs, in that you'd be subbing in for someone else's dude. While the basic character concepts are already in place, however, it's extremely early in the game, so you'd be welcome/encouraged to muck with whatever you want in these guys' backstories. That is to say, if it's not explicitly stated in the couple paragraphs of text that the prior players have already posted, you get to come up with it yourself. In practice, this will give you a *lot* of leeway--for example, aside from the classes, the characters' builds will be totally up to you game-mechanic-wise.
-This is the kicker: ideally, I'd like any candidates to be *mostly* unfamiliar with the Ravenloft setting, or at least the secrets behind it. If you're a curious newcomer to the setting (and this site, presumably), so much the better; if you've played around with it a little in the past, that's probably cool too--basically, I'm looking for a lack of DM knowledge. While I have tweaked some of the details within the gameworld, this campaign is ultimately intended to be a "best-of" for people who want to get more involved in the setting, and it doesn't help my attempts at storytelling if you know all of the plot twists in advance.
Anyways, if you're unsure about how qualified you'd be on this score, just ask.Other than that, you can look forward to an excellent, low-key adventure yarn, with a bunch of friendly co-players to back you up. If you're interested or want to know more, shoot me a PM and we can talk about it. Thanks for listening!
