The World of Death & Taxes

Year 5 Day 27

Created by

Aaron Bothne

In the land of Death & Taxes, only 2 things are certain…

Death & Taxes is a TTRPG system and world completely designed for online, community play in Roll20. The Death & Taxes system takes the clunkiness out of the typical open world campaign within D&D/Pathfinder.   In Death & Taxes, games need not be planned before hand. The world is there and exists, ready for the players to discover, so players and DMs can hop in game any time and progress the setting a few days. The game is designed to present you with choices and challenges and you as the player decide what you want to pursue as opposed to the DM deciding your goals each day. Though the world is rich in history, nothing is spoon fed and it is up to players to discover and record that history. If you find yourself faced with more danger than you can handle alone, grab some friends and head out on your quest. If you just want to be a loner in the wilderness, wandering back to town when you need to trade, you can do that!

What can you do in Death & Taxes?   There are few regular NPCS in Death & Taxes, so there is no one sitting in town to tell you what to do next. Random events throughout your day will provide you with new challenges and exciting information to uncover. You could find some ancient knowledge or wake up in the middle of the night in a sink hole. The randomness of the world will decide your fate and it is up to the Adventurer to use the skills and special abilities he has acquired to fight against it. Danger is prevalent but combat is by far not the only thing that occurs in Death & Taxes. If a player wishes to be a simple merchant in town, he can level up doing just that; He can buy and sell goods, build the town up and even give out experience rewards to other players for completing requested tasks.

In Death & Taxes an Adventurer can do and be whatever he wants. His choices are not limited by race or class selection, only his abilities and the time in each day; and even the abilities can be changed. Do you want to find knowledge, or power, or gold? Well you better venture out into the world and find it. On your way you will build up your physical and mental abilities by using the skills you learn. Want more STR? Go cut down some trees. Want more INT? Sit back and read a nice book.   More information Available on the D&T Forums: http://deathntaxes.freeforums.net/