The City on the Gyre of Dreams.

The Planescape Setting, re-imagined, using the simple, readily available Dungeon World rules.  If you don't know them, don't worry!  Pretty basic stuff!

(Rebooted!)

 Twenty three days ago, the world ended.  If not the whole world, at least our part of it, destroyed by a monster that consumed entire civilizations.  But we’re alive, and our town, the hillside haven of the arts called Rainbow Falls, remains.. well... more or less.  We’re alive because in the face of that terrible, unstoppable and all-consuming enemy, our wizard somehow transported the entire city into another realm of existence, something called the Astral Plane.

A sky without end, without horizon, no sun, moons, clouds, nothing of home.  A pale shimmer from above bathing us in light, a deep indigo emptiness far below, and our town, floating like a boat in a waveless sea, on a broken plate of land.  We are the last of everything we knew.  Out of a mighty civilization, millions of people, rich and poor, pomp and circumstance, we are all that remains.  We alone survived the end of the world.

Now we have to survive this.  Our town is alone and adrift, in a distant half-forgotten, lonely reach of the Astral Plane.   According to the one visitor we've had, we are well off the "beaten path" even by Astral standards.  It attracts runaways, exiles, and the debris of fate.  The power of the dreams exerts a power over the plane itself, and so everything is in motion, slowly drifting around the portals that glow like little suns.  We were told that this region has mystic connections to the subconscious thoughts of beings on other planes, including our own, and it is called the Gyre of Dreams.


Update- a small group of intrepid people, the Explorer's Guild, may be the hope of the town.  They have successfully gotten off the floating town and returned, scouting out new places, finding new friends and enemies.  The city has begun to harvest the resources of the mysterious "floating forest" suspended in the void, nearby.   Now, the Explorers are preparing for their third expedition.


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Still open.

Let's give this one more try. Our 3 active players could use some help.

The Bump.

In reply to Eur512 (msg # 9):

Sounds curious, but as for the whole city - what would they do there, other than quickly dying out?
Even besides githyanki, it's not like there's food and water floating around.

Moving ahead with the third expedition- and a bump.

Bumped.

Rebooting this with Dungeon World rather than The Window.  Let's see how it goes.

We still have room for a few more who want to explore strange old worlds.

In reply to Eur512 (msg # 1):

I'd be interested in joining. I've never used this forum before but I am very familiar with D&D. The setting seems pretty interesting! How many people are currently in the campaign right now? Also, I want to play a Homebrew-ish Wizard class called a Spiral Mage. He focuses mainly on casting orb spells and can maintain them to orbit him.  He can also roll Wisdom checks to block incoming attacks with his orbs. Here's what I got so far, would this be okay? If not, it's fine.



SPIRAL MAGE
Dream energy has forever altered the way adventurers function, granting them endless possibilities of party roles and combat styles. The Spiral Mage is a peculiar strand of spell caster that uses the energy to command and surround themselves with casted orbs to use as agile protection and deadly projectiles.

GAME RULE INFORMATION
Abilities: Intelligence is the Spiral Mage’s key ability, as it determines how many orbs they can maintain at one time. A high Wisdom score lets Spiral Mages use their orbs as shields against incoming attacks, and as with any spell casting class, it’s always nice to have reasonable Dexterity and Constitution scores.

Alignment: Any

Hit Die: d4

Class Skills: Concentration (Con), Decipher Script (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge Arcana (Int), Profession (Wis), Scry (Int), Spellcraft (Int), Use Magic Device (Cha)
Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 x Int Modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Next Levels: 4 + Int Modifier

CLASS FEATURES
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Spiral Mage is proficient with a club, dagger, crossbow, and quarterstaff. They are not proficient with any armor or shield. Armor impedes effective movements and orb revolutions. Besides, who needs armor when you can block attacks with magical orbs?

Spells: A Spiral Mage can learn arcane spells by inscribing and studying them in his spell book. He can learn any spell he wants, but benefits most from Orbs and Rays. Spiral Mages have the unique ability to rewrite a spell as an Orb or Ray spell. If choosing to specialize in a school of magic, the Spiral Mage can only select Abjuration, Enchantment, or Evocation.