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[writingonjorvik]

So excited to have the new print of ROJ in. This is a copy just for me, I can’t sell prints of ROJ. But the book’s so goddamn gorgeous, of course I’m gonna show it off.

[writingonjorvik]

Riders of Jorvik

So I realize I've not been terribly active on here lately, but as I was tagged in the recent SSOblr D&D post and I noticed in the tags someone mentioning ROJ, I figured I'd make a post real quick filling in about ROJ. There will be a reblog very shortly of this post with a list of relevant links to ROJ so it doesn't die in the tags.

For those of you who don't know, I've been working on a project called Riders of Jorvik. You may have seen some of the Circle sigils and faction symbols I've made for this project on here already. Riders of Jorvik (ROJ) is a TTRPG inspired by SSO. The shorthand is to say that it's D&D for SSO, though more technical in TTRPGs ROJ is its own system. It would be like saying that D&D and ROJ are both board games, but they both have their own rules, one isn't an expansion for the other. That said, my aim is also to make ROJ easier to pick up than D&D, and I'm getting very close to rereleasing the guidebook with its 1.1 update with a lot of feedback from the community, which will likely coincide with some limited physical editions in giveaways.

I've been mostly active on Insta as I've been working on ROJ for almost two years now, and while I appreciate all the support the SSOblr community has shown WOJ and my projects in the past, my work with JC proved something I already knew, that the Insta community is the largest of SSO's communities at the moment that doesn't require recording, and I wanted to get ROJ in front of as many people as I could to find playtesters. That said, I have promoted the ROJ Discord in the past here and would recommend it again if you have any interest in playing ROJ, news about ROJ, or TTRPGs in general.

I have, before ROJ, run SSO in D&D before on an old podcast that is now deleted. That said, I still have all the resources for it and if there is anyone with an interest in the supplements I built to get that setting to work, they're available on the Discord, or you can DM me for the link. All of the ROJ files are available for public download on the ROJ website as well if you want to pick it up, but don't want to join the Discord. Even though it's not done, I would recommend the 1.1 beta file for the added TTRPG glossary and resources, particularly for new players picking up the hobby. I'm also happy to help beginners pick up their first games on the server and learn the ropes, of ROJ or D&D.

If you're interested in playing ROJ but don't have a current table, I run open games on the ROJ Discord. You don't need any play experience with any TTRPG to join, please just bring a completed character sheet. And if you don't know how to do that, on alternating weeks to my one shots, I hold open character creation workshops on call and am always available on the server to answer questions. The next one of these workshops is this Sunday actually (Sept 11 at 4pm EST)! These one shots will be going on hiatus soon so I can finish 1.1 for release, so please come join while I'm running them.

If y'all have any other questions, my asks are open, anon should be on, and y'all can poke me on that Discord. Like I said, I'll be reblogging this shortly with links.

[writingonjorvik]

Check out the Faewere National Park community on Discord - hang out with 6 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Here, if you like my work on ROJ (or just in general), considering supporting my new TTRPG project, Faewere. It's a TTRPG setting and supplement about being a magical park ranger in a fantasy world and I'm running it currently for playtesting in four different systems (Faewere, 5e, GURPS, and ROJ). Games aren't starting just yet, so now is a great time to join and take a look around.

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Time to start a countdown. Riders of Jorvik 1.1 will be releasing November 15th, 2022.

I know I haven't talked a lot about ROJ on here, but figured I'd share it now in case I forget to post things here later. But consider joining the ROJ Discord or following the ROJ Instagram because I'll be giving away at least a couple physical prints of ROJ that are otherwise unavailable (I cannot normally just give away $30 USD print books and I can't sell them, so).

Also, since I brought it up recently, there is only one more open one shot I'll be running of ROJ before 1.1 comes out so I can focus on editing and launch and then those events on the ROJ Discord will be gone until sometime in 2023 (no set return). If you're interested in joining a game, last chance is Oct 1st for a good while. I'll still be available to teach people how to play, I just won't be running games myself.

[writingonjorvik]

A little late but ROJ 1.1 is out! You can download it for free from the ROJ website (link in reblog).

[writingonjorvik]

With the ROJ 1.1 release just around the corner, I wanted to commemorate the launch with a giveaway. You are welcome to do this challenge just for fun, but with just a couple tags, you can enter for a chance to win a physical of ROJ, which will only be available in giveaways.

This is an open art tag, but all entries will be a ticket in a raffle for a physical of ROJ. To enter, make some kind of content (art, edits, writing, etc) detailing what your SSO OC would look like if they woke up in a D&D world. Entries need to include the following so that I can find them:

- Your original creation (I will be image searching to verify) - Your character's D&D race & class

- #ROJAdventurer in the tags and/or description

- Tag either ROJ's socials or my main socials (you can find them all in the credits of ROJ). I'm on a couple of platforms so this is not exclusive to Instagram to enter.

To start, there is only 1 copy I will be giving away. However, if ROJ's Instagram hits 500 followers by the end of the giveaway period, I will give away 3 copies. If it reaches 1k followers, I will give away 5 copies. Winners will be drawn and announced Nov 1st and will have 48 hours to respond or I will redraw a winner. ARC readers will not be entered into this raffle for fairness reasons.

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Sharing these here as well for anyone who might be interested. You can also get pngs of these on the ROJ Discord.

In order, we have the Free Witches, Hwynair's Court, Rymd Federation Ambassadors (original ROJ creations), Wild Wardens, Keepers of Aideen (canon SSO good guys, not canon symbols), GED (canon symbol), and Sixth Hammer (canon SSO bad guy, not canon symbol). You can read more about all of these on the ROJ Instagram as well and their lore relative to ROJ.

[writingonjorvik]

I haven't made my own post here in a while and figured it was about time to fix that (particularly considering y'all have almost gotten me to 500 followers? Thank you!).

There is too much ROJ news to share. I've been doing an ongoing lore series for planes and now Circles, for which I've been making some sigils for Circles I've named or made up entirely for ROJ. I figured I'd share these sigils with y'all. Also, the Dark Rider symbols, since I couldn't find any existing assets for these like I could find for the Soul Rider Circles.

In order, we have the Wild Circle (magic horses but people magic & gay), Nature Circle (Life Warden magic), Whisper Circle (Wild Whispering), Shattered Circle (what happened to Rhiannon), Katja's symbol, Jay's symbol, Sabine's symbol, Chiyo's symbol, and an alternate version of the ROJ logo (debating switching to this one over the current one). I found all of the Dark Rider symbols off an old Advent calendar in like 2018, so don't think these still count as spoilers.

(These might work better on light mode? I'm not sure, I'm drafting this on desktop and it's giving everything a white backdrop.)

Ok, bye!