The Anomaly: an ongoing sci-fi play-by-post RPG campaign
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 1:49 pm
Hello, uniform stealing enthusiasts.
I proudly present to you my most ambitious writing project yet. It is called The Anomaly, and it follows the story of two highly dangerous fugitives, hunted by their former masters in a sci-fi world where humanity escaped their home galaxy after a cataclysm.
It is counting up to 170 000 words already and it is still ongoing. For now I'd say there is enough content for 1.5 seasons worth of sci fi goodness including subterfuge, exploration and action packed storylines. It is sexy, mature and emotional. Volume I is finished, and the Volume II is being written as you read this.
The unique thing about it is that it's written in cooperation with another writing partner in the form of play-by-post RPG campaign done on Discord. I play as one of the protagonists, while my partner plays another and we write back and forth and create the story together, assisted by elaborate game mechanics.
The game system is Starforged, created by amazing designer Shawn Tomkin. It allows for solo, co-op and traditional guided gameplay. We are doing it in co-op.
You can find the free rules summary here
https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforged
The text im going to share is exported from the game's story channels, edited for readability. It includes the mechanics of the game, action rolls, oracle rolls (basically random idea generators for appropriate situations) and other bits that have to be there for context. Not everything's is included, like our internal discussions, setting info, some deep mechanics etc, but the main body of story is there. It is not proofread much so there are typos and errors, please keep that in mind.
Now you might wonder why I'm sharing this here.
Well, as a female clothes stealing enthusiast I have always dreamt about including this passion of mine into my works. And so I did, and you will find three elaborate multi page uniform stealing sequences in this story.
If you are interested only in them, I will list them below, but I would appreciate if you could spend some time reading the intro pages (with characters backstory and stats) prologue and some of chapter 1 to get the feel for the characters and setting and see if you are interested. Also it's best to at least read several pages before the uniform stealing scene to get the context for it.
Link to the Google docs document. It is readable in smartphones as well. I recommend using a Google docs app for the best experience.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFd ... psIm83Ie4/
Scene number 1
Non-lethal.
Hotel security staff.
Chapter 4: Cloak and Fist
Scene number 2
Non-lethal.
Mercenary soldier.
Chapter 7: The Ashen Grip
Scene number 3
Lethal.
Cult leader
Chapter 10: The Sacred Spire
In addition I included some custom graphical images in these scenes for more oomph.
Please let me know your thoughts or questions. Appreciate any feedback. And thank you for reading.
I proudly present to you my most ambitious writing project yet. It is called The Anomaly, and it follows the story of two highly dangerous fugitives, hunted by their former masters in a sci-fi world where humanity escaped their home galaxy after a cataclysm.
It is counting up to 170 000 words already and it is still ongoing. For now I'd say there is enough content for 1.5 seasons worth of sci fi goodness including subterfuge, exploration and action packed storylines. It is sexy, mature and emotional. Volume I is finished, and the Volume II is being written as you read this.
The unique thing about it is that it's written in cooperation with another writing partner in the form of play-by-post RPG campaign done on Discord. I play as one of the protagonists, while my partner plays another and we write back and forth and create the story together, assisted by elaborate game mechanics.
The game system is Starforged, created by amazing designer Shawn Tomkin. It allows for solo, co-op and traditional guided gameplay. We are doing it in co-op.
You can find the free rules summary here
https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforged
The text im going to share is exported from the game's story channels, edited for readability. It includes the mechanics of the game, action rolls, oracle rolls (basically random idea generators for appropriate situations) and other bits that have to be there for context. Not everything's is included, like our internal discussions, setting info, some deep mechanics etc, but the main body of story is there. It is not proofread much so there are typos and errors, please keep that in mind.
Now you might wonder why I'm sharing this here.
Well, as a female clothes stealing enthusiast I have always dreamt about including this passion of mine into my works. And so I did, and you will find three elaborate multi page uniform stealing sequences in this story.
If you are interested only in them, I will list them below, but I would appreciate if you could spend some time reading the intro pages (with characters backstory and stats) prologue and some of chapter 1 to get the feel for the characters and setting and see if you are interested. Also it's best to at least read several pages before the uniform stealing scene to get the context for it.
Link to the Google docs document. It is readable in smartphones as well. I recommend using a Google docs app for the best experience.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFd ... psIm83Ie4/
Scene number 1
Non-lethal.
Hotel security staff.
Chapter 4: Cloak and Fist
Scene number 2
Non-lethal.
Mercenary soldier.
Chapter 7: The Ashen Grip
Scene number 3
Lethal.
Cult leader
Chapter 10: The Sacred Spire
In addition I included some custom graphical images in these scenes for more oomph.
Please let me know your thoughts or questions. Appreciate any feedback. And thank you for reading.