VSMP is a Forge 1.20.1 survival server built around Compound V. Depending on what you end up with, the way you play shifts considerably. The rest of the pack is built around making that interesting long-term.

I'm based in Australia, but the server's on the east coast of the US, and we've got admins available most times of the day. Everyone's welcome* - we're a quiet server at the moment, so you can join, chill, and play any mod you can think of.
^(*The only people) ^(not) ^(welcome are those who would seek to make it unwelcoming for others.)

COMPOUND V

The centrepiece. Inject the serum, get powers - different injections shape how you approach the rest of the pack. Gone Viral adds a spread mechanic that gets interesting once enough people are on.

CREATE

Base Create plus a deep addon stack - trains, reactors and generators for power, jetpacks and ender transmission for getting around, and a long list of production and decoration addons on top. Enough to build something genuinely impressive, or weaponize it entirely.

WORLD & COMBAT

World generation is properly overhauled with mods like Oh The Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, Alex's Caves, and The Outer End - worth actually exploring. Combat has weight too, with Ars Nouveau magic, Cataclysm bosses, and Artifacts-driven loot progression layered over your Compound V powers.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Decent food and storage options, plus the usual QoL suite - waystones, TPA, voice chat, vein mining, gravestones, and more.

If you're interested, let me know and I'll link you to the discord!

I mentioned not long ago about a ttrpg im working on around hatchetfield and ive decided to do a one shot first to introduce people to it. So the one shot takes place in like standard era 2020 hatchetfield, and then the mainline campaign will be a small time jump
key details that i want to mention about that - after graduating, max went on to become the coach of the hatchetfield nighthawks and is now aggressively supportive (same douchebag/super-jock energy but now directed at kindness), hannah is a junior at hatchetfield high and is key to the plot ofc, and miss holloway is still miss holloway as this isnt the killer track timeline - completley unique for me to pick and choose

ANYWAY i could go on for pages because i literally do in my notes.

What i would like help with is the one shot. a small group of kids will get chased into the waylon place by max on halloween and face 5 challenges based off a lord in black to "open" the house, resulting in them being taken into the black and white and acting as a catalyst for the main campaign.

im just trying to come up with some ideas. so far:

• wiggly - maybe they have to sign a contract that will effect the main campaign in a negative aspect
• pokey - i repeat the words their characters speak, and slowly change how they say it until its echoing back with what pokey wants, and the characters now believe thats what they said initially
• tinky - they have to answer 3 questions to get a key. sorry no, wrong 3 questions, try these ones. oops, sorry i dont think the questions work... how about you tell me something interesting and i might give it to you. etc. etc. until they stop trying to play and then tinky gives it to them
• nibbly - some kind of monster/slasher in the woods (like, one of the rooms is just the witchwood)
• blinky - the toughest one. still dont know what to do

It’s three horror/comedy musicals (The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, Black Friday, Nerdy Prudes Must Die) plus the quick Nightmare Time mini-musicals, all tied together by recurring characters, eldritch gods from a an interdimensional plain, and unexplained resets that practically demand a theory.

Between the 3 mainline musicals which establish the ground work for the multiverse/timeline, the 7 nightmare time episodes which range from funny scenarios to see characters in (Watcher World) to world shattering revelations about the world (Witch in the web), there’s enough mystery and connective tissue to make a video that’s equal parts deep dive and fun watch.
Stack on top of that the livestreams where writers and producers do interesting what ifs and lore drops and there's a ton of material to sort through.

I'm working on a sandbox campaign of kids on bikes centred around the tiny town of hatchetfield.

I'm planning the overarching story to be a timeline convergence where other branches bleed into this one and the kids (players) have to stop it - probably through the black book.

Miss retro's will be a home base situation and holloway will slowly help them figure out the mystery. PEIP is also gonna show up and there's a bunch of things im working on

I just wanted to ask yall what you think and if there are any suggestions or ideas for me :D

VSMP is a Forge 1.20.1 survival server built around Compound V. Depending on what you end up with, the way you play shifts considerably. The rest of the pack is built around making that interesting long-term.

Owners are me and a friend - based in Australia, servers in Europe. Everyone's welcome, and the server only launched recently, so it's a good time to get in early.

COMPOUND V

The centrepiece. Inject the serum, get powers - different injections shape how you approach the rest of the pack. Gone Viral adds a spread mechanic that gets interesting once enough people are on.

CREATE

Base Create plus a deep addon stack - trains, reactors and generators for power, jetpacks and ender transmission for getting around, and a long list of production and decoration addons on top. Enough to build something genuinely impressive, or weaponise it entirely.

WORLD & COMBAT

World gen is properly overhauled - Oh The Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, Alex's Caves, and The Outer End make it worth actually exploring. Combat has weight too: TACZ guns, Cataclysm bosses, and Artifacts-driven loot progression layered over your Compound V powers.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Decent food and storage, plus the usual QoL suite - waystones, TPA, voice chat, vein mining, gravestones, and more.

If you're interested, let me know!

quick thing - though the server is up, we're currently deciding where to host our new server, so join to be heard!

VSMP is a Forge 1.20.1 survival server built around Compound V. Depending on what you end up with, the way you play shifts considerably. The rest of the pack is built around making that interesting long-term.

Owners are me and a friend - based in Australia, servers in Europe. Everyone's welcome, and the server only launched recently, so it's a good time to get in early.

COMPOUND V

The centrepiece. Inject the serum, get powers - different injections shape how you approach the rest of the pack. Gone Viral adds a spread mechanic that gets interesting once enough people are on.

CREATE

Base Create plus a deep addon stack - trains, reactors and generators for power, jetpacks and ender transmission for getting around, and a long list of production and decoration addons on top. Enough to build something genuinely impressive, or weaponise it entirely.

WORLD & COMBAT

World gen is properly overhauled - Oh The Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, Alex's Caves, and The Outer End make it worth actually exploring. Combat has weight too: TACZ guns, Cataclysm bosses, and Artifacts-driven loot progression layered over your Compound V powers.

EVERYTHING ELSE

Decent food and storage, plus the usual QoL suite - waystones, TPA, voice chat, vein mining, gravestones, and more.

If you're interested, let me know!

VSMP is a Forge 1.20.1 survival server built around Compound V - a mod based off the popular amazong tv show, le dudes. Depending on what they end up with, the way they play shifts considerably. The rest of the pack is built around making that interesting long-term.

The owners are based in Australia but our servers are in Europe. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Our server is early and actively looking for players, so it's a good time to get in at the ground level. In fact, the server JUST OPENED AN HOUR AGO!!

COMPOUND V

The centrepiece. Players inject the serum and gain powers - different injections give different abilities, and that variability shapes how everyone approaches the rest of the pack. Compound V: Gone Viral is also installed, which adds a spread mechanic that changes the dynamic considerably once there are enough players on the server. If you're familiar with what that mod does, you already know what that means.

CREATE

• Base Create plus a large ecosystem of addons covering most of what you'd want:
• Trains - Create: New Age, Steam 'n' Rails, Trains on Trains
• Power - Create: Nuclear, Diesel Generators, Ethium
• Movement - Create: Jetpack, Ender Transmission
• Production - Create: Factory, Ultimate Factory, Crushing addons, Ore Excavation, Sifter, Slice and Dice
• Decoration and QoL - Create Deco, Create Goggles, Create Casing, CreateBB, and more

There's enough here to build something genuinely impressive, or to weaponize it entirely, depending on your priorities.

WORLD GEN

Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, Continents, Alex's Caves, Alex's Mobs, Outer End, and Molten Vents. The world is actually worth exploring, and there's enough variety that it holds up over time.

COMBAT

CGM for guns, Nuke Bay for when guns aren't enough, Immersive Aircraft for aerial combat, and Artifacts for loot-based progression on top of the power system. Oh, and compound V, of course. Combat has weight to it.

FOOD

Farmer's Delight with a solid spread of addons - Brewin' and Chewin', Gourmet, Create: Food, Create: Café, Create: Central Kitchen, Fungal Delight, Garnished, Large Meals. More fleshed out than most packs bother with.

STORAGE

Sophisticated Backpacks, Sophisticated Storage, Storage Drawers, Tom's Storage. You won't be drowning in items.

EVERYTHING ELSE

A range of mods rounding out the experience: Alex's Mobs and Caves for creatures and biomes, Immersive Aircraft for flight beyond what V gives you, Domestication Innovation for tameable mobs, Waystones and TPA for travel, Jade and JEI for information, Simple Voice Chat, Veinmining, Gravestones, and a full suite of QoL and decoration mods. The pack is designed to play well, not just look good on a feature list.

If you're interested, let me know!

VSMP is a Forge 1.20.1 survival server built around Compound V - a mod based off the popular amazon tv show, le dudes. Depending on what they end up with, the way they play shifts considerably. The rest of the pack is built around making that interesting long-term.

The owners are based in Australia but our servers are in Europe. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Our server is early and actively looking for players, so it's a good time to get in at the ground level. In fact, the server is opening tomorrow! 8am AEST! That's 3pm PDT!

COMPOUND V

The centrepiece. Players inject the serum and gain powers - different injections give different abilities, and that variability shapes how everyone approaches the rest of the pack. Compound V: Gone Viral is also installed, which adds a spread mechanic that changes the dynamic considerably once there are enough players on the server. If you're familiar with what that mod does, you already know what that means.

CREATE

Base Create plus a large ecosystem of addons covering most of what you'd want:

- Trains - Create: New Age, Steam 'n' Rails, Trains on Trains
- Power - Create: Nuclear, Diesel Generators, Ethium
- Movement - Create: Jetpack, Ender Transmission
- Production - Create: Factory, Ultimate Factory, Crushing addons, Ore Excavation, Sifter, Slice and Dice
- Decoration and QoL - Create Deco, Create Goggles, Create Casing, CreateBB, and more

There's enough here to build something genuinely impressive, or to weaponise it entirely, depending on your priorities.

WORLD GEN

Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, Continents, Alex's Caves, Alex's Mobs, Outer End, and Molten Vents. The world is actually worth exploring, and there's enough variety that it holds up over time.

COMBAT

CGM for guns, Nuke Bay for when guns aren't enough, Immersive Aircraft for aerial combat, and Artifacts for loot-based progression on top of the power system. Oh, and compound V, of course. Combat has weight to it.

FOOD

Farmer's Delight with a solid spread of addons - Brewin' and Chewin', Gourmet, Create: Food, Create: Café, Create: Central Kitchen, Fungal Delight, Garnished, Large Meals. More fleshed out than most packs bother with.

STORAGE

Sophisticated Backpacks, Sophisticated Storage, Storage Drawers, Tom's Storage. You won't be drowning in items.

EVERYTHING ELSE

A range of mods rounding out the experience: Alex's Mobs and Caves for creatures and biomes, Immersive Aircraft for flight beyond what V gives you, Domestication Innovation for tameable mobs, Waystones and TPA for travel, Jade and JEI for information, Simple Voice Chat, Veinmining, Gravestones, and a full suite of QoL and decoration mods. The pack is designed to play well, not just look good on a feature list.

If you're interested, let me know!

VSMP is a Forge 1.20.1 survival server built around Compound V - a mod based off the popular amazon tv show, le dudes. Depending on what they end up with, the way they play shifts considerably. The rest of the pack is built around making that interesting long-term.

The owners are based in Australia but our servers are in Europe. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Our server is early and actively looking for players, so it's a good time to get in at the ground level. In fact, the server is opening on the 13th!

COMPOUND V

The centrepiece. Players inject the serum and gain powers - different injections give different abilities, and that variability shapes how everyone approaches the rest of the pack. Compound V: Gone Viral is also installed, which adds a spread mechanic that changes the dynamic considerably once there are enough players on the server. If you're familiar with what that mod does, you already know what that means.

CREATE

Base Create plus a large ecosystem of addons covering most of what you'd want:

- Trains - Create: New Age, Steam 'n' Rails, Trains on Trains
- Power - Create: Nuclear, Diesel Generators, Ethium
- Movement - Create: Jetpack, Ender Transmission
- Production - Create: Factory, Ultimate Factory, Crushing addons, Ore Excavation, Sifter, Slice and Dice
- Decoration and QoL - Create Deco, Create Goggles, Create Casing, CreateBB, and more

There's enough here to build something genuinely impressive, or to weaponise it entirely, depending on your priorities.

WORLD GEN

Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, Continents, Alex's Caves, Alex's Mobs, Outer End, and Molten Vents. The world is actually worth exploring, and there's enough variety that it holds up over time.

COMBAT

CGM for guns, Nuke Bay for when guns aren't enough, Immersive Aircraft for aerial combat, and Artifacts for loot-based progression on top of the power system. Oh, and compound V, of course. Combat has weight to it.

FOOD

Farmer's Delight with a solid spread of addons - Brewin' and Chewin', Gourmet, Create: Food, Create: Café, Create: Central Kitchen, Fungal Delight, Garnished, Large Meals. More fleshed out than most packs bother with.

STORAGE

Sophisticated Backpacks, Sophisticated Storage, Storage Drawers, Tom's Storage. You won't be drowning in items.

EVERYTHING ELSE

A range of mods rounding out the experience: Alex's Mobs and Caves for creatures and biomes, Immersive Aircraft for flight beyond what V gives you, Domestication Innovation for tameable mobs, Waystones and TPA for travel, Jade and JEI for information, Simple Voice Chat, Veinmining, Gravestones, and a full suite of QoL and decoration mods. The pack is designed to play well, not just look good on a feature list.

If you're interested, let me know and I'll invite you to our discord!

So I'm planning a short campaign/one-shot based on The Belko Experiment: locked in an office building, 40 npcs doing things off screen, the whole thing. The tone is somewhere between survival thriller and corporate satire, less dungeon crawl and more "how can you use office supplies to brain your coworker?".

The players are all playing ordinary joe-shmo office workers. The whole point is that combat should feel messy and improvised, but encouraging players to be creative: just punching someone is technically an option, but hiding behind a cubicle and waiting for the right moment to cut off someone's head with a broken guillotine blade - that should probably be *mechanically* rewarded over just walking up and swinging. I want players to feel like being clever actually matters.

I've been running 5e for a little bit, so I'd rather not have to learn a whole new system from scratch and then teach it to my players on top of everything else. That said, "everyone rolls up a level 1 fighter with no equipment" feels a bit too rigid and boring for the vibe I'm going for. I want the mechanics to mostly stay out of the way and let the story breathe.

Roughly what I'm after:

- A d20-based resolution system, or heavy 5e houserules, that actually rewards creative and tactical approaches over brute force
- Something simple enough to explain to players in a few days (they're not the fastest learners)

Has anyone tried something like this? Did you strip 5e down to just ability checks and a played it chill? Go with a different d20 system entirely?

Right, so next year my school is putting on a starkid production - I do not know which.

I am auditioning no matter what, but there's one problem: I have no experience in singing and dancing. It terrified me. Ok not really but I couldn't resist the reference.

I like to think I'm an okay singer, but everyone thinks that, and then you get that drunk uncle who sings at every family function.

I'd say the songs I'm most comfortable are Dylan's lower pitch songs (baritone?) and cannot hit a high for the life of me - curse these barely legal vocal cords 😂.

SO! In the lead up to auditions, how should I practice? I cannot afford lessons, so should I just sing often, working on what I'm "good" at and slowly expand my range?

I don't think tickets have been on sale for a full week, and tickets to MUST (Monash University Student Theatre)'s production of Guy are FULLY SOLD OUT.

My friend just managed to snag a ticket to their saturday matinee - at midnight like 3 or 4 days after bookings opened. By time I saw his message they were ALL GONE.

I'm going either way, and just pray for standby seats. And hey, if you're going to the 30th of may showing at 1:30, maybe consider getting into an accident 🙃
No but for real, if you have a ticket, I will buy it off you for like double price.

So, max jagerman has just fallen to his death. You are standing in the old Waylon place, and Grace Chastity has just told you to hack him to bits, douse him with bleach and tape him up, then bury him.

Would you go along with it? What other solutions would you come up with?

And to make this more interesting, other commenters should poke holes in the ideas (respectfully, of course).