So I'm at the point of diminishing returns as far as time spent working on this and being ready to go with this... so here's an update as far as my campaign goes, and what I'm doing/looking for/whatever.
Spoilered so you don't have to read it of you don't want to. lol.
I'm still leaning towards August for the start time for this. Although I'd rather start right than start rushed. That I know of currently only one August weekend I won't be around, and I'm still shooting for the maptools portion to be Sunday evening, EST. The dummy maps I've been dabbling with have been on maptools 1.3b__ (don't have the laptop atm). This will be my first time DMing online... but I've been spending some downtime getting the hang of the tool and setting up. You don't have to be an expert in using it to play this game. I want to balance between PBP and Maptool anyway.
The site for the campaign is live, sort of. My coding skills and writing are average at best and I have no editor... but anyway... If you're interested in playing/when the game goes active a lot of the meta-data and other stuff pertaining to the campaign will be found there, and within reason it can be assumed that something mentioned on the page would be something the character knows or would have a vague idea of. Try to avoid being the warrior-type who spends his all his time when not in combat practicing his blade swinging yet somehow knowing inane-but-important random trivia fact #10341. Just saying, anyhoo Here's the link. I'd have made a wiki but in an ironic case of laziness, I don't feel like learning wiki syntax... at all.
Since I'm working on it actively, going there may risk spoilers, if you really care. it also may look funky in places. Anyway, here's a list of the folks that have expressed interest already, and their proposed char. In theory if more people come along I'd try to put together a party that seemed like it would work both in character personality, class makeup, etc. Since it's not first-come first serve, don't roll the scores yet. Just shoot me an idea. If you want to use the alternate point buy, contact me when we get to rolling scores and such.
Ref the initial detailed post for more info. The site will have a more expounded upon version of that post, and this post will be edited to reflect that fact when it does. I simply didn't get around to doing it today and I don't know if I'll get a chance to push it out when I get home... I don't think I'll deviate much from that post, [strike]and may just copypasta it onto the site[/strike]. =P
Anyhoo, a listing of interested parties and their slot/ other ideas so far. The meta-roles will also allow for hot-swapping players with minimal retcon/how the hell did he get here-isms, along with better seeding, heh.
Bok Choi - ?? / ?? / ?? / ??
Lardalish - Lowborne Refugee / Warlord (Leader) or Fighter (Defender) / Dwarf
Jebu - ?? / Cleric (Leader) / ??
DE?AD - Lowerclass Highborne (Conscript) / Rogue (Striker) / Bugbear (Read the 'Races of Zephyr' meta article'. Though it doesn't vary much if at all from what I said in the PM).
Cosmic Sombrero - ?? / ?? / ?? / ??
I imagine if enough interest is given I'll throw up the OOC sooner. If you have an idea or a question or whatever, PM me.
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My campaign could use 1 or 2 more players. OOC link here. The IC thread is somewhat barren.
Short info: We play Friday evening 21.00 CET (summertime)/ 20.00 BST / 15.00 US EDT for roughly 3-4 hours. Right now, the rogue, paladin and ranger are regulars, the warlord is there on occasion. I'd like to fill this to 4-6 players. We use maptools version 1.3b31 at least until next session (I'll test out the newer versions soon, but I heard about some problems that I'd not like).
A session normally consists of 1 encounter, sometimes 2, and RP / storyline. I award xp for both, in order to move through the levels at 1 level / 4 sessions or so.
Open classes: I'd like to have everyone play a different class. That means open are Wizard, Warlock, Cleric, Warrior and perhaps Artificer / Swordmage (at your own risk, with only the first 3 levels known until next month). Starting characters start with 400xp, 200 gold and a single +1 weapon, to keep in line with the idea that all players should be within a level of each other or so, and in line with loot.
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Goose!That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered Userregular
edited July 2008
I've got two slots open for a Tuesday night (7pm EST) maptool game.
And ask him about subbing or whether or not he wants to drop out. But remember its 8am EST.
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AegeriTiny wee bacteriumsPlateau of LengRegistered Userregular
edited August 2008
I am going to run an online Forgotten Realms campaign, using maptools and probably a heavily retooled Keep on the Shadowfell (eg, don't expect it to be similar to the published adventure at all) with a heavy planescape influence in the later part of the paragon/early epic tier in September (after the players handbook is released). I will be looking for up to five players and we will play once a week. I am using published adventures for this because I can't make two campaigns (I have a IRL one as well) at once that easily :P
If you're interested either send me a PM or just wait for the official thread when the campaign guide for FR comes out next month.
Have been playing a few sessions IRL and need more of a fix than once a month or so.
Looking for any game really, maptools, PbP, whatever. Some time during the week Tuesday-Thursday after 5pm EST until Sept 9th when I can do Mon-Thurs 5pm EST. Play any class that is needed, have DMed a few sessions for my group and played a Warlord so far.
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Gir: I am government man, come from the government. The government has sent me.
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Kane Red RobeMaster of MagicArcanusRegistered Userregular
edited August 2008
I need two players for a maptool game on Tuesdays 630pm-9/10sish pm PST.
Check here for more info. All classes welcome.
Edit: Probably no game tonight, only have 1-2 guys showing up.
Looking for a game Sunday or Monday anytime after 11 am EST up until 1am EST. Might start something up myself (DM by Vent/maptools) if things look dire.
Ok, so we need, or rather, would like to have, one more person for our game.
Game Info:
Game: 4e Long term
Venue: Maptools and PA Vent
Time: Saturday Morning (usually starting at 8am and running till around 12pm) EST
Required System Knowledge: Little to None, if you have a PHB you can play
Players: 4 currently, (rogue, fighter, wizard, warlord)
Creation: Standard level 1
Now, we might be having a game this Wednesday at 11pm EST but this is a ONE TIME ONLY thing. Trying to make up for not having a game this past Saturday. We will be playing this coming Saturday at the normal time. So far we have only had one session so you wouldnt have missed much.
If you would like to play I guess post interest and send a PM to Goumindong.
If you understand that the night game is only a ONE TIME THING, and that the normal playing time will be Saturday MORNINGS at like 8AM then, yeah fire a PM off.
I wouldn't restate it except that we've gotten a couple people who thought we normally play at night.
O.K. so our defender figured out that he can't wake up in time to make the game. I need another player who is willing to make a level 2 defender[if possible, we have 2 strikers, 1 leader, and a controller] who is willing to play
1. One time, tuesday starting between 5 and 9pm EST[not sure when we are going to start, depends on what you need][if you want to play and have to miss this game, don't worry, the adventure is about to wind down and it will make it easier to add you into the game, alternately we can go the retcon route]
2. Saturdays at 8 AM EST there-after. Game will be long term. 100% attendance is not required nor expected, but good attendance is better for everyone involved.
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Goose!That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered Userregular
Hey there... Just looking for a RESERVE spot in case one of my guys is like, gone-gone. Given most of the spots have been taken already, the options for a character are somewhat limited. There's an IC/OOC post up already that you could look at with most of the information to look at. There is more information behind the spoiler below.
You must be able to post at least once a day, within reason of course. On average we do about 2 to 3 update cycles a day... so if you could do more than one a day, it would be rather nice. I understand RL comes first and stuff just happens, which is exactly why I'm just looking for a reserve player atm.
There's more details on the OOC thread here,
- You'd be starting @ level 2 (1001 XP) more info on the roll/etc on the thread.
- You would have to be a controller (Wizard).
- You'd be of the 'Highborne' origin and can fit either 'Upperclass (affluent, rich)' or 'Lowerclass (po')' meta-types. It's explained somewhat in the thread.
About the table.
As I've said above, since it's just a reserve spot I'm not going to wall-of-text this post with details, since there may not even be a need to do so. So, ooc thread for more info.
- As a general rule I don't care about your sources of items/etc, so long as it's within reason. I have no 3rd party product prejudice. However, Drow or Genasi (or other races) won't be allowed because the setting doesn't have anything to account for their existence, and I'm lazy. if you get something from Dragon be sure to quote it or something because once it goes pay I won't be subscribing.
- I don't run a "serious-business" table, and even my NPCs are aware of this. So if that would bother you... well. yea.
- My interpretation of the rules is fluid. So if that would bother you... well. yea.
- The core assumption that "Adventurers are exceptional" is not true either. You are not beautiful and unique snowflakes, sorry. Gods function differently too but it's not in the scope of this campaign.
So again, I'm looking for a RESERVE player... as in a on the side, wait and see person. not that there's a line or something rofl... but yea. I just don't know what's going on atm. just PM me if you are for some reason interested in my goofy DMness. ;p
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“I used to draw, hard to admit that I used to draw...”
hey, I had an idea. I'm not sure how the logistics of it would work out... but what if we played a game of Dwarf Fortress using 4e? We could start with a group of 7 dwarves who set out to build a fortress in the mountains. start as a caravan, find a site, start building/digging (with the occasional creature encounter, of course). Later on more people could join (maybe even elf or human?), and we could bring on some NPC's as well for tasks that nobody might want to fill.
We would have to homebrew up the 4e system a bit to deal with things like crafting skills and to play around with some other things like a lack of magic, and adding/removing various creatures/species.
I guess there wouldn't really be classes either... more just skill based.
The more I think about this the more I think we might want to use something other than DnD rules... maybe make up our own ruleset or use GURPS or something.
or maybe I'm just totally insane and this is an awful idea.
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INeedNoSaltwith blood on my teethRegistered Userregular
hey, I had an idea. I'm not sure how the logistics of it would work out... but what if we played a game of Dwarf Fortress using 4e? We could start with a group of 7 dwarves who set out to build a fortress in the mountains. start as a caravan, find a site, start building/digging (with the occasional creature encounter, of course). Later on more people could join (maybe even elf or human?), and we could bring on some NPC's as well for tasks that nobody might want to fill.
We would have to homebrew up the 4e system a bit to deal with things like crafting skills and to play around with some other things like a lack of magic, and adding/removing various creatures/species.
I guess there wouldn't really be classes either... more just skill based.
The more I think about this the more I think we might want to use something other than DnD rules... maybe make up our own ruleset or use GURPS or something.
or maybe I'm just totally insane and this is an awful idea.
The whole dungeon-building thing (well I guess fortress building in this case) is an awesome idea but 4e is probably not the ruleset to use.
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Spoilered so you don't have to read it of you don't want to. lol.
The site for the campaign is live, sort of. My coding skills and writing are average at best and I have no editor... but anyway... If you're interested in playing/when the game goes active a lot of the meta-data and other stuff pertaining to the campaign will be found there, and within reason it can be assumed that something mentioned on the page would be something the character knows or would have a vague idea of. Try to avoid being the warrior-type who spends his all his time when not in combat practicing his blade swinging yet somehow knowing inane-but-important random trivia fact #10341. Just saying, anyhoo Here's the link. I'd have made a wiki but in an ironic case of laziness, I don't feel like learning wiki syntax... at all.
Since I'm working on it actively, going there may risk spoilers, if you really care. it also may look funky in places. Anyway, here's a list of the folks that have expressed interest already, and their proposed char. In theory if more people come along I'd try to put together a party that seemed like it would work both in character personality, class makeup, etc. Since it's not first-come first serve, don't roll the scores yet. Just shoot me an idea. If you want to use the alternate point buy, contact me when we get to rolling scores and such.
Ref the initial detailed post for more info. The site will have a more expounded upon version of that post, and this post will be edited to reflect that fact when it does. I simply didn't get around to doing it today and I don't know if I'll get a chance to push it out when I get home... I don't think I'll deviate much from that post, [strike]and may just copypasta it onto the site[/strike]. =P
Anyhoo, a listing of interested parties and their slot/ other ideas so far. The meta-roles will also allow for hot-swapping players with minimal retcon/how the hell did he get here-isms, along with better seeding, heh.
Bok Choi - ?? / ?? / ?? / ??
Lardalish - Lowborne Refugee / Warlord (Leader) or Fighter (Defender) / Dwarf
Jebu - ?? / Cleric (Leader) / ??
DE?AD - Lowerclass Highborne (Conscript) / Rogue (Striker) / Bugbear (Read the 'Races of Zephyr' meta article'. Though it doesn't vary much if at all from what I said in the PM).
Cosmic Sombrero - ?? / ?? / ?? / ??
I imagine if enough interest is given I'll throw up the OOC sooner. If you have an idea or a question or whatever, PM me.
Short info: We play Friday evening 21.00 CET (summertime)/ 20.00 BST / 15.00 US EDT for roughly 3-4 hours. Right now, the rogue, paladin and ranger are regulars, the warlord is there on occasion. I'd like to fill this to 4-6 players. We use maptools version 1.3b31 at least until next session (I'll test out the newer versions soon, but I heard about some problems that I'd not like).
A session normally consists of 1 encounter, sometimes 2, and RP / storyline. I award xp for both, in order to move through the levels at 1 level / 4 sessions or so.
Open classes: I'd like to have everyone play a different class. That means open are Wizard, Warlock, Cleric, Warrior and perhaps Artificer / Swordmage (at your own risk, with only the first 3 levels known until next month). Starting characters start with 400xp, 200 gold and a single +1 weapon, to keep in line with the idea that all players should be within a level of each other or so, and in line with loot.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=6535310#post6535310
I will update as soon as I can so very sorry.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=6588636&postcount=42
And ask him about subbing or whether or not he wants to drop out. But remember its 8am EST.
If you're interested either send me a PM or just wait for the official thread when the campaign guide for FR comes out next month.
You need to be ready by 11 PM EST Monday Night.
You also need to be able to play in a Saturday game at 8 AM ->1 PM Est or thereabouts (with the exception of the 30th.)
I might be able to do this. What level?
Numero uno, sorry, you wont be able to get your high level cravings sated here. At least, not for a good long while.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
What are the pre-gens, I could run one of them.
and
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=73947
Post on page 4 from me for more info.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=65743&page=4
And since Goose likes the Fighter I got no problems taking the Tiefling Warlord.
Have been playing a few sessions IRL and need more of a fix than once a month or so.
Looking for any game really, maptools, PbP, whatever. Some time during the week Tuesday-Thursday after 5pm EST until Sept 9th when I can do Mon-Thurs 5pm EST. Play any class that is needed, have DMed a few sessions for my group and played a Warlord so far.
Gir: I am government man, come from the government. The government has sent me.
Check here for more info. All classes welcome.
Edit: Probably no game tonight, only have 1-2 guys showing up.
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Game Info:
Game: 4e Long term
Venue: Maptools and PA Vent
Time: Saturday Morning (usually starting at 8am and running till around 12pm) EST
Required System Knowledge: Little to None, if you have a PHB you can play
Players: 4 currently, (rogue, fighter, wizard, warlord)
Creation: Standard level 1
Now, we might be having a game this Wednesday at 11pm EST but this is a ONE TIME ONLY thing. Trying to make up for not having a game this past Saturday. We will be playing this coming Saturday at the normal time. So far we have only had one session so you wouldnt have missed much.
If you would like to play I guess post interest and send a PM to Goumindong.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
If you understand that the night game is only a ONE TIME THING, and that the normal playing time will be Saturday MORNINGS at like 8AM then, yeah fire a PM off.
I wouldn't restate it except that we've gotten a couple people who thought we normally play at night.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
Finishing the character now. I'll have it up in a bit for everyone's perusal.
Jordan of Elienor, Human Shaman
1. One time, tuesday starting between 5 and 9pm EST[not sure when we are going to start, depends on what you need][if you want to play and have to miss this game, don't worry, the adventure is about to wind down and it will make it easier to add you into the game, alternately we can go the retcon route]
2. Saturdays at 8 AM EST there-after. Game will be long term. 100% attendance is not required nor expected, but good attendance is better for everyone involved.
There's more details on the OOC thread here,
- You'd be starting @ level 2 (1001 XP) more info on the roll/etc on the thread.
- You would have to be a controller (Wizard).
- You'd be of the 'Highborne' origin and can fit either 'Upperclass (affluent, rich)' or 'Lowerclass (po')' meta-types. It's explained somewhat in the thread.
About the table.
As I've said above, since it's just a reserve spot I'm not going to wall-of-text this post with details, since there may not even be a need to do so. So, ooc thread for more info.
- As a general rule I don't care about your sources of items/etc, so long as it's within reason. I have no 3rd party product prejudice. However, Drow or Genasi (or other races) won't be allowed because the setting doesn't have anything to account for their existence, and I'm lazy. if you get something from Dragon be sure to quote it or something because once it goes pay I won't be subscribing.
- I don't run a "serious-business" table, and even my NPCs are aware of this. So if that would bother you... well. yea.
- My interpretation of the rules is fluid. So if that would bother you... well. yea.
- The core assumption that "Adventurers are exceptional" is not true either. You are not beautiful and unique snowflakes, sorry. Gods function differently too but it's not in the scope of this campaign.
So again, I'm looking for a RESERVE player... as in a on the side, wait and see person. not that there's a line or something rofl... but yea. I just don't know what's going on atm. just PM me if you are for some reason interested in my goofy DMness. ;p
We would have to homebrew up the 4e system a bit to deal with things like crafting skills and to play around with some other things like a lack of magic, and adding/removing various creatures/species.
I guess there wouldn't really be classes either... more just skill based.
The more I think about this the more I think we might want to use something other than DnD rules... maybe make up our own ruleset or use GURPS or something.
or maybe I'm just totally insane and this is an awful idea.
The whole dungeon-building thing (well I guess fortress building in this case) is an awesome idea but 4e is probably not the ruleset to use.