So, there's this hobby called LARP, which is pretty much this.

I’ve seen enough Iseki to know that I need to die and be spotted by the right god/otherworldy-being.

Maybe the first quest is to get to the tavern in the first place.

Anyone looking for a down on his luck mercenary with a tragic past and an oddly suspicious aversion to the imperial family?

I guess the modern variant is going to the pub and planning a trek. But that sounds terribly dull

The temptation to just post the address of a certain bar and a time is nearly overwhelming

I once did a session 0 for a campaign at my favorite bar. Best campaign I ever ran.

I've run two campaigns. It was the second I ran. The first was in middle school. This one was in my 30s. I learned a titch in between. But still. It was a lot of fun.

Go to a bar/pub and talk to people, you'll get into some thing

Magical adventures can be dangerous. Don't worry, I've got your back.

I mean, over in the UK, we still have taverns everywhere, Pubs!

I do this all the time. The quest is "the gang pays their bills" but the big bad is almost always unexpected expenses.

If everyone was born predestined for a certain career path, with the latent talents and interests that will lead them to and help them excel in that path, my destined profession was "adventurer/questing"

I feel pretty jipped [ripped off? shorted?] that it's not a real profession...