Since Our previous Community Chat hit the 1000 message mark, I'm building us a new one.  I will copy the last 4 posts in that thread and put them here, just for quick reference..

Have I ever mentioned that I have a serious thing for hot Aussies?  :p  *swoons while watching Keith Urban on t.v.*

Now the problem some Persons may have is the problem of having two characters in active games.  And an intrest in Kara-tur.  But Two or three players probably Won't require an assistant GM.

As it happens it looks like my rogue/ranger/duskblade half-drow scoundrel is looking for a new home. Kara-Tur maybe?

I haven't heard anything official, but I'd guess that if a PC has been approved for general play and needs a home, then they would easily be allowed in a new region.

That is generally true, yes.

Not for selfish reasons, though of course I'd be thrilled if it worked out, Thay has recently found itself without a DM.  There is a good group of PCs in that region that need a new home if you'd be willing to run a region in Thay instead of Kara-Tur, or some of those PCs could move into Kara-Tur if they wanted and you were willing to accept them.  I placed a list of those PCs in the available players thread here in the OOC if you'd like to look it over.

Aargh! RPoL was down all day yesterday. I had my posts written for another game, then it went down in a harp. And a completely unrelated computer crash lost what I had written. :(

Though with nothing else to do, it did force me to get through a lot of work I had to do. :|

I've deleted some duplicated posts from the previous OOC thread to get it under size.

Sorry about that, I knew we were getting close but forgot to look at the post number.

Greetings all, I’m the newest new guy, I think, and am still getting acclimated to all the interesting stuff that’s here.  I should probably warn everybody up front, I am working off the open source material and my knowledge of the realms is somewhat limited.  I have only played one campaign, and part of another, where I mostly filled in as NPCs for a friend.  Oh, yes, and this might be the deal breaker, I’m completely blind, so if you are a GM that loves maps and pictures, and I completely understand if you do, I won’t be affective in your games, if we happen to play together at any point.  I just wanted to get that out in the open so all the cards are face up on the table.  I look forward to an interesting time here. Thank,

Apoplexies.

PS, if this isn’t the OOC thread I’ll delete this message.

Nah, you're in the right forum! Welcome Apoplexies!

Though I might warn you the character creation threads have some pretty massive lists.

I feel like a kid let loose in a store, it’s a lot of information in one place, nicely consolidated.  There are a lot of options.  I like it a lot.

I think you are the first one to comment positively on that ;)

The fact that the open source material has been the only information I have had acces to for while, has probably  something to do with my perspective.  It’s a lot of information, but the fact that you all took the time to put it there says a lot.  I mean, it’s give your player base options, which they might not have otherwise.

I concur, that is one aspect - the other is giving DMs without the books a chance to lookup the material their players are using :)

Thank you, Apoplexies!  :)  A lot of DMs have worked really hard on all of that, and I'm very grateful to hear that you like it.  We do want to give our players good and varied options, and as DM Raven said, we also like to make sure our DMs aren't overwhelmed by having to locate each and every thing that all their players might select.  We hope the info is beneficial to all and as easy to access as possible.  :)

It shows, the hard work I mea.

I am fully prepared for the answer to this question be no, so I won’t have a fit, or send anyone multi page hate mails.  With that said, is it possible to Lirk in a game that I’m not in?

Oh, the first part is a bit of a joke, just in case stuff is unclear.

Hello everyone!  Another new person on the block ^.^

Welcome to ROA.

Check out the Character Creation threads for important information about creating a character here.  However, don't worry about making a character until you have found a game looking for people.

Most importantly, have fun.

Just a quick repost from OOC Take 3. This idea will make or break after Thanksgiving Holidays, so far we only had two folks express interest.  Thanks!

I and a friend are both interested, I would personally like to play a human and he a half orc servent of mine.  If that is doable.  Just letting you know our interests nothing more.

As I am always looking for a D&D game, and one shows up just after I join the biggest game of D&D on RPoL, I would be silly not to want to join.

The only problem is that Oriental Adventure is like, the one book I do not have.
_{Also I was making a halfling paladin, and I don't think either of them are in that realm >.>}

I would be interested in a Kara-Tur campaign, but I already have two characters in active campaigns and accordingly would not, at present, be able to join such a region if it were to open.

Before the Ork King was written a friend came up with the idea that barried in the north was a city of dwarves and Orks, who had learned to live to gether, but eventually the actions of the dark elves along with the godess of night overtook the city and enslaved it’s populis.  What follows is something he thought up one night when a member of our group, an elf bard by name challenged him to a contast of song and poems.  This is part of one that he came up with, based on the city previously mentioned.

It was a day like this many years ago, when the land was covered with snow, I tell you cause it was so.  It was a day like this can’t you see when the snow covered both land and tree, and the blood of many flowed free.  But what they say of what ruled the day, of the forces that clashed and the reason why, that they say is a lie, I’ll tell you by and by.   For the elves that know can’t tell you that it was so, cause their ken have sent their souls to the great beyond, so that can’t sing their counter song, and undo the wrong.  Even so their voices still scream on the flesh that comes from killing the tree, of what happened to the orks like me.  It was a day like this many years ago, when the land was covered with snow, I’ll tell you cause it was so.  The sky was dark and overcast, with elves their skin dark and souls of black came to attack those whose souls are clean.  Whose souls were clean worshipers supreme of the moon, who were   out to soon worshiping the sinking moon.  On they came moving quiet and fast, plans most fowl, to attack by an overcast day and take away many  elves.  Take them away to their wholes and they would see the woods and delves no more.  All for the great Drow hore, their spider queen.    Who rains supreme  a spider queenn sitting in hell, where no good thing dwells.  Who rains supreme  a spider queenn sitting in hell, where no good thing dwells.   So on they came in a rushm weaving   the dark wards as they must putting all to hush and blinding most
 To blind the prue ones to the terrible host.    Thus in surprise the pure ones could not cry and taken so could not fly and so not doing they would die and no one would hear their cries.   But fate would not have it so, because what no one knows is that Nargarthron, of whom I sing,  agreat Orkladin, might to behold had herd of the Drow’s supposed feast and offered them a great treat that was the mightiest jim of the orken  ken.  For   Nargarthron  ears were great and his  warriors moved in haste  to place themselves in the shadowed bans to surprised the dark skinned elf man and fill his heart with dread  and then to kill them dead.

It went on for a good bit more, but this all I have of it.

Thank you for the respones of interest!  After the weekend (American thanksgiving with familily and all is upon us) I'll contact the DMs and see about our "next steps" and possible options.


 I see no reason why that wouldn't be allowed.



I think we could find the necessary resources for you. And, true, halfling Paladins aren't very "Oriental" but perhaps once you look at the classes/races you'd find something to your liking. In truth, a sohei might serve your paladinic concept quite well. This could allow you to "save" your halfling paladin for an opening in a different campaign elsewhere in the Realms.




I've heard there are exceptions for more than 2 PCs if the third is in a Bubble Region, but I think a Player has to be quite established here in the Realms for that exception to be granted. I will have to find out if it's even possible


If anyone else is interested, just give a shout. Thanks!
This message was last edited by the player at 07:04, Thu 25 Nov 2010.

I currently have two orphaned characters: Gwendol Twinbeard, a dwarf warrior priest, and Quinlan Fairfellow, a scoundrel.

Neither are particularly at home in an oriental setting, but still fun to be around!
I also have a hobgoblin monk slated for retirement, who might fit the oriental theme better.

hmmm, hobgoblin monk sounds interesting!

He's about to fight Ayesha in the Arena (drunken master wannabie), if you want to check him out. Hobgoblins make for great monks, even with the LA +1.

I have no idea where to ask...
But other than the horses, dogs or donkeys in the PHB, what mounts are allowed(specifically for Halflings)?  I know those crazy Eberron things ride dino's, but that doesn't seem right in the Realms...

... unless you're a druid in Chult ;)

Afaik we do not allow Eberron material but I remember somebody riding a camel, other than that you may want to consult the DM of your region and ask for more choices :)

>.>
Something with a climb speed.  I need one of those Drow lizards.

Actually, I should have asked in the same post, this one most likely needing a Sage;
Paladins- If I already own a mount, then summon my special one...  Is there any variant, like instead of now having two animals, my existing one gets a divine boost and gains the Paladin Special Mount abilities?
Or do I get to play with 2 mounts XD


Also, I need a region before I can ask my regional DM >XD

I doubt a mount with a climbing speed will be available, or at least for an insane amount of gold ;) But as I said: Ask you region's DM, I'm sure you'll be able to work something out.

Technically you would get a second mount, but as I see it, there is nothing wrong with having a divine event turning your steed into a celestial charger (the paladin's summoned mount). The DM could make it a big roleplay event, like the steed sacrificing himself for his master then returning from the heavens. Something along those lines. Again, you should approach your local DM with ideas and suggestions as this is fully within the realm of each individual DMs discretion :)

Thank you very much Raven.  Since you are being oh so helpful, would you like to make room for a halfling paladin in one of your realms while you're at it? ;-)

I'm afraid both regions are full, Sword Coast North with six players and a cohort, the North with seven players. I'd be most happy to accomodate you, but I don't think I can handle more, my appologies. Why don't you contact DM Solo for gaming in his Cormyr region, afaik he's looking for players :)

So I see, and it's a near perfect fit.  I see he's looking for a Paladin, and I was hoping to come from the Western Heartlands(which I believe Comyr is part of?)

You're welcome. Actually I'm a player in Solo's region so we might meet there. I'm not sure if he updated the player's wanted ad, recently somebody has taken over the (apparently) abandoned paladin in our group, though I don't think having two paladins is too much of a good thing ;)

Zadcap,

Take a look at the climbdog from the Arms & Equipment Guide (p. 76).  Small-sized, but with an extra 1-2 HD it is sized Medium (and paladin mounts do gain HD).  Not terribly expensive, either - about 150 gp.  The description says that they are often trained by primitive halflings - presumably as guards, not mounts, but with the extra HD it might be plausible to have one serve as a variant riding dog.

Oh, and as the name would suggest, this creature has a climb speed.

  Sigh, unless someone is playing a prank I may have a free character.

Yeah, me too...

same here...I am bad luck when it comes to my guy.

Playing a prank??

Where do I find the stats for all of the regional feats?

I found some of them in here;
http://issuu.com/misantropia/d...--d-d3.5---champions

The rest here;
http://issuu.com/misantropia/d...d-d3e---campaign-s/1
start on page 35.

Or you check out this thread in RoA:OOC link to a message in this game

You'll find the full list of regional feats/languages and equipment here: link to a message in this game

:)

Thank you both kindly.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you that celebrate :)

Merry Christmas!

Have a Merry Merry Christmas!

Hello all my name is Gypsylady, and I thought Id take the time to say hi. I am looking forward to playing (Hopefully DMing) here on the realms. You guys seem to have a really nice setup here, and I am looking forward to meeting you all and hopefully becoming fast friends.  CHEERS!

Hi Gypsylady, and welcome!  Looking forward to meeting you out on the (campaign) trails...

Welcome Gypsylady! RoA is a pretty cool roleplaying environment. Hope you enjoy.

Nice pun Ionari :)

I hope everyone had a good Christmas or other, and is having good holidays.

I should probably try to be more active here in the OOC and such, keeping you all informed and entertained. Let's call it a New Year's Resolution, and thus likely doomed to failure. ;)

And yes, PC Gypsylady is now DM Gypsy, who will be restarting the Dalelands. And we have DM NorthernOkie who will be restarting the exotic far-east of Kara-Tur. In other news, DM Kilric has adopted Sword Coast South (which I recently retired from).

Now, entertainment... Hmm.

Where do you consider your home in the Realms, or home away from home? Be it where you first began playing or DMing, or that place you like or love and keeping come back to?

For me, it's the city of Procampur in the Vast. This is where I first began DMing, adopting the Vast here on RoA coming up on 5 years now. I didn't pick the place, that honour goes to DM Fido who ran the Vast before me, but I read all I could about it. I love its ancient proud history, its shining knights and pompous nobility, its bustling marketplaces, its colour-coded roofs for every district. I've had two PCs from there, and I imagine my others have passed through at some point.

Hmmm... Home in the Realms... Thats a tough one.  I'm torn between The Spine of the World and Waterdeep.

After all if I were to have been born into the Realms I certainly would be a Dwarf.  I have played many a Dwarf (only one here on RoA) and love backsmithing, so most of my Dwarven characters have some of that in their background.  So The Spine of the World being the home of many a Dwarf and smithy seems to be a favorite spot.

On the other hand, I have now been running the Waterdeep region for a little more than a year.  It has been good to me. Lots of good players and some good player interactions.  Some have gotten pretty intense.  So it's been a lot of fun.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:37, Wed 29 Dec 2010.

I'd say Baldur's Gate and the sword coast, due to the Bioware game of the same name.

Hmm... the Bloodstone Lands. Though I started with Tethyr and migrated to the North and Sword Coast North I think my heart is still with the Cold Lands - even if both regions are in the frosty northern parts of Faerûn.

My favourite character of the Realms would probably be Aerin, a Rashemi half-dragon-warrior-witch, and her gang in the Vast :)

My Home in the realms? Most definitely Waterdeep. I remember the firat campaign I played in was set around and in Waterdeep, played out of the boxed set that came out years and years ago. I eventually found Faerun through that boxed set, and have loved it ever since. I remember the map of waterdeep out of that boxed set was like 8 panels that could be set up to show you a map of the entire city.

Wow, does that age me.

Probably not any more than most of the rest of us DMs.  And I now have digital copies of the very maps of which you speak.

Really? Wow, I would much like to see them again. Where did you find them?

I pulled them from a PDF version of the Waterdeep book, as well as one I found online that was already "put together."  That's a big file.

I had them hosted on a site I had built, and maintained, but the site basically died and I lost the host.  So I'm going to have to find somewhere else to host them for the Waterdeep Region.

Water Deep, my favorite city.

OK, dumb question time,  well my thinking cap is out of lemons, is the PC availability thread for characters that had a game and the game died, or can anybody post a PC there?

PC Status & Availability is greatly in need of a clean up and update, but it's for existing RoA characters from games that lost their DMs and need another, and want to advertise that fact.

>.>
My home in the realms may not even be in the Realms.  It's a race, but I may have a birthplace in the Far East ;-)

In reply to DM BadCatMan (msg #53):

Honestly my home in the realms is wherever my first character rolled up here is. I've gotten the opportunity to play with some outstanding roleplayers while playing Orophear the Duskblade.

Just when people think the UnderKingdoms wouldn't be realistically possible:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_...lar-caves-in-vietnam

Anyone seen Windwalker?

I've spoken to Windwalker, she's down with sickness and family issues again.

And we now have DM North who'll be taking over Thesk.

There's some pretty awesome caves around, and things that would be weird in the Underdark. Here's some gigantic crystals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Crystals

People who live underground:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...edy,_South_Australia

We visited the Dan-yr-Ogof caves in Wales when I was a kid. Huge caves, dinosaurs, prehistoric reconstructions, all of it awesome!
http://www.showcaves.co.uk/danyrogof.html

Who else can I send a charcter to for approval?

Send it too me, I'll fill in for her.

The intrepid band of adventurers in Cormyr are gearing up for the final(?) confrontation with the BBEG. A few more souls for the reaping to brave the cold of the Thunder peaks are welcome at this stage. Please see the notice in the available spaces thread for details and PM me.

I did... Last year :-P

I'll buy me some more equipment and continue waiting :-P

The discussion on barding reminded me...

You can get armour for any kind of animal!
http://jeffdeboer.com/Gallerie...abid/77/Default.aspx

And on a completely unrelated note to everything, happy 5k ^.^


Ironically, all of these Barding questions are for the sole purpose of armor for my future Cat.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:27, Sat 08 Jan 2011.

Please welcome DM Trust in the Lord, who will be taking over Thay.

We've had four new DMs to begin this year, and what's more, only four games now need a DM, and each has only one PC in them. This is possibly the absolutely best state RoA has been in since I joined. :D

_{Let's hope it stays that way...}

Welcome!

Hey all,

To those interested, I will be starting up an ECL 3-4 Thesk game. I will put up proper announcements once I have solidified some things and started the appropriate threads.  So keep an eye out if you are interested.

-DM North

Welcome to all the new DMs, and I am also glad to see that the Dalelands are back in operation. That is where I first started playing, and it is where I return to time and again for fun. I guess that is where my home in the realms is, Daggerdale in particular.

Hi. I have a question. With some feats and skills, or other abilities not decided upon as accepted or denied, how does one go about looking to see if that can be used to build a PC character for an adventure.

For example, I was looking at from Libris Mortis, tomb tainted soul is not an accepted feat. How does one go about getting that accepted, or find out if not acceptable?

If it's not marked as either allowed or banned, then it's currently undecided. To ask for consideration, a PC can request it in the 'Players, Have A Request?' thread, while DMs can go straight to 'Player Requests' in the DM's Lounge. As a DM, you can do that.

Ok, doing some magic item shopping. Does anyone have a PDF version of the Magic Item Compendium or know where I can find it online somewhere?

FYI: The Kara-Tur Bubble Region is now looking for players.

There have been a number of new players added to the board, so I wanted to take a moment to say welcome.

Please be sur to check out the threads in this game, as RTJ information, as well as other important information for character generation, is contained here.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM any of the DM's, or ask here.  We are all here to have fun, and are ready to answer any questions.

Greetings Everyone!

      I'm one of the newbloods spoken of by DM Kilric.  Luckily I have a
plethora of Faerun books and don't have to really worry too much in this
reguard . . . (ie. Waterdeep; Players Guide to Faerun;
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide; Champions of Ruin; Lost
Empires of Faerun; Underdark; Shadowdale; Faiths and Pantheons; and Cormyr.

      I hope to be campaigning in the very near future!

Welcome to all new players!

BTW, this is our requested procedure:
1) Look at advertised games
2) Think of a character concept
3) PM the DM of an advertising game to discuss that concept
4) If accepted, make the character and submit it for approval
5) If approved, then your DM will give you a link to where the game is hosted
6) Play!

Welcome all!

One more thing: every new PC is limited to only one (1) character per player. You can request a second if you've been around a few months, behaved and there's space for it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:26, Mon 24 Jan 2011.

>.>

Do Bubble regions count?

Yes.

Just a note to all the recent applicants,

There's been quite a lot of applications flying around lately, and your DM hasn't forgotten you. They may be busy sheet checking, processing other applications, setting up their games, or waiting on an applicant to make a decision. If you are an applicant, please be sure to respond promptly to your DM so they can get things sorted out quickly.

Primarily this is for everyone who may be waiting on me. ;)

Also, here we're getting into a very hot and very humid heatwave, in which my brain not work so good. D: (I'm in Australia.)

And it looks like I'm going to have a lot of work to do, which is already past the deadline in getting to me. :(
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:16, Thu 27 Jan 2011.

I'm one of the Kara Tur applicants. I've been wrapped up in school and work and have just a little bit of sheet tweaking to do. I'll have it in later tonight, East Coast US time.

On top of that, we're getting a tropical cyclone warning. Wish me luck!

     Sorry for the delay in getting a character honed down. Was truly hoping to take over a character priest for Badcatman. Am currently building a wizard for the Dalelands game if that is even an option. Wondering, would an elven necro vermin enfatuated wizard, or a human Tuigan female horse wizard work better?

Necro is generally frowned upon in RoA.  If not outright not allowed, I don't remember of the top of my head, though I'm sure I could find the actual rulings.  Check the PC genreation thread, or I'm sure BCM will confirm it availablility to PC's.

Likely your second option would fit better into the comunity.

If you want to know whether a realm has room, PM the DM of teh region you are interested in.  DM Gypsy runs the region.

Thank you.

 Morning all, hope this is allowed to ask. Has me nervous.

Ok, hope this is ok, since iam a computer klutz, i will bring this before those whose knowledge most likely exceed mine.
 Yesterday for some reason the display on my online went to 800x640 when it had been at 1028x768(i think thats the setting) i checked my display and it says its still at the 1028x768 display. The start up table is showing at the 1028 etc so only when i go online to do my games does it show the 800 x etc.

 Is there a seperate display for the online viewing?.

Just surfing the web, or for an online game?  Most games that play in full-screen mode have their own, adjustable resolution.

 Right now from the msn table to any online table is at the 800 view, when its suppose to be at the 1028 view. Machine is several years old but it has been steady. hmm

Necromancy, in spells and classes, hasn't been explicitly banned in RoA, but it's generally so unpopular that it might as well be. It skirts quite close to Evil activity, and is likely to cause negative reactions to PCs and NPCs, so few DMs are willing to risk it. Not impossible, but it would have to be something from a long-term trusted quality player with a very good concept.

'Vermin-infatuated'...? I'm not sure I want to know... :S

So, probably not.


PC rgr, what do you mean by 'table'? If you're talking about your internet browser (eh. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome...), check your view settings. Sometimes mine change if I bump the wrong buttons.

I will buy a large bag of holding, put people in it, turn into a bird and fly them across the country.
The invention of the first D&D airplane!

You'd better make sure they don't suffocate. There's only a few cubic feet of air in there.

Not to mention most bag's of holding have a weight limit... for example the Handy Haversack can only hold 80 pounds in the main pouch.  Unless you are carrying a starving underage elf in there, they are going to be to big to fit.

Also, Bags of Holding weigh between 15 and 60 pounds, from the perspective of someone outside the bag. No real-world bird could fly with a 15 pound weight over a great distance. It's not even a matter of where he grips it; it's a simple matter of weight ratios!

Actually, you might be surprised.  The Harpy Eagle, which is one of the largest raptors in the world, can weigh up to 20 lbs and carry half its body weight for quite a distance.  Probably not an entire country...but still.  And the Phillipine Raptor has been known to carry off small deer.

Just a random little bit of trivia about my favorite raptor ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 05:19, Thu 03 Feb 2011.

I looked into it, and the heaviest flying animal is the 35-pound Great Bustard. It's not a raptor and probably not adapted to carrying things, but its name is delightful.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...Beijing_solo_026.JPG

The larger Raptors can be amazingly strong.  Frighteningly so...


But the point was to put them in the bag and THEN transform.  It melds into your new form, like all your armor and equipment, becoming a weightless part of you.  As long as you an lift it off the bag off the ground before shifting, magic handles the rest.
Even the smallest bag of holding will carry 250lbs, and has 30cubic ft of space.  Might have to start with single seater flights, but charge enough and you can upgrade fast.


Darn, now you  have me actually thinking about it.  There's a Bottle of Air, so they can always breath, and if the flight takes too long, a Decanter of Endless Water and Murlynd’s Spoon provide in-flight food and drink.

Unless your DM rules that Bottles of Air count as extradimensional spaces and you accidentally annihilate your passengers.

Also, where are they going to heed nature's call? You can't put a Portable Hole in there for obvious reasons, and a bucket would jostle and juke during flight.

Again, why would it jostle?  It's a magic, extra-dimensional space, in a container that no longer exists physically.

Bottle of Air is closer to a contained portal to the Plane of Air than another space.

If you really want me to find it, there is Magic Armor that contains some magic system that lets you 'do your business' in it, destroying the stuff and leaving you clean.  Honestly.
It's in GUCK.  If you don't know the book, you are a good person XD

I just want to make sure people who are looking to get characters approved are aware.  There is a list of DM's that can officially approve your sheet.
They are: DM Windwalker, DM Puma, DM Raven and DM Kilric

If you sent your sheet to one person or possibly a few and have not received a response, it is likely because you sent it to the wrong person(s) or not all of us.

With recent weather in the States, one of our checkers may be without power.  Likewise other reasons can come up where one or more of us can not get to a sheet.

Also with the recent rush of activity, PM lists for the DM's gets long, and anything not specifically addressed to us often gets dropped off our lists.  If you ahve not heard from a DM at all on your sheet, please resubmit the sheet to the list of DM's above.

If you have been contacted, take care of the issues addressed and resubmit, or edit your existing post.  Also be patient, there are a lot of players asking for new characters, which is GREAT, but it means we need to go through a lot of sheets.

Thanks, and once again welcome to RoA.

     I have another 3.5 game going, and with all of the GMs on this site, I was wanting to see if anyone had a good or great combat grid that I could use to show positioning across area?

Thesk is still looking for new players. We had six interested, but three have dropped out. We need three to four new apps! I will take old player relocating from abandoned games, too.

PM me if interested.

Greetings GM North!!!

        I noticed your request for a grid map.  Heres a grid that was originally
just ten X ten;  I found it on one of the Main RPOL threads.  It took me quite a
while to expand it out.  Indeed, it was indeed a boring and tedious task.  I hope
that you can make use of it.  Let me know if this grid meets your expectations.

              Bye,
                         igrock2 (Reikaim)

                                                                 Grid Map


This message was last edited by the player at 03:05, Tue 22 Feb 2011.

     Thank you, I was looking for something very much like this. Now if I can just figure out how this works.

I am guessing it was DM NorthernOkie who was looking for the grid map?

In any case, thanks for sharing.

-North

         chajedsdad . . . if you'll notice the little icon that I left on the
grid C10 (I did this on purpose), just look up that locale within the program
and it will give you an idea as to how to insert what you want.  I've designed
the outlines of streets and buildings with this particular grid map.  The only
thing is that it does take a bit of time to set it up.  I've even used color;
however using too many icons in one grid square can throw off the whole map.
After looking at it for a short while I'm sure that you'll figure it out . . .
its not that complex.  I managed to figure out the configuration and expand
the map out to what it is now;  the only thing is that it took me a very long
time to accomplish this task.  As I mentioned before, the map was originally
ten X ten. Let me know if you need any additional help after you've checked
out grid C10.  You can make the icon in color by doing what we do on our
posts to make the icon in color . . . \ etc.  If you want
a map set up with streets, I've got one already set up in a campaign that
I'm currently running.  Egads it took me a while to accomplish this
task . . .

Thanks for the support, I think i have the hang of it, and yes, it will take a bit of time, but that is mostly because I have established a fairly complicated environment for the fight that is coming up in my game. Working out the details should be fun.

Greetings Again!

       Just let me know if you'd like a grid thats been set up with a town
block, as it would save a lot of time in the future if you need it.  It
must have taken me a few hours just or more to set it up.  If you have a
town block already done, it makes things a lot easier.

             Bye,

                       igrock2 (Reikaim the Dwarf)
This message was last edited by the player at 22:36, Tue 22 Feb 2011.

     I would certainly take it, and offering it here, I think, allows others the chance to use it as well.

Greetings chajesdad!

      Here's the Grid Maps with the streets and buildings layouts; I hope
that they can help.  I sure hope that you can use them.

                  Bye,
                         igrock2 (Reikaim/Robert)




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Yellow = Edge of road
Blue   = Buildings
   #    =  Sewer Grill

                          Grid Map






    Each grid is approximately 5feet x 5 feet


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Yellow = Edge of road
Blue   = Buildings
   #  =  Sewer Grill

                          Grid Map 2 - East of Previous Grid Map







    Each grid is approximately 5feet x 5 feet

So, I had a friend point me in the Direction of Rifts.  I'm sure there are at least a number of people out there who play MMOs.  I played DDO when it first came out, and I found it lacking.  With rifts being similar in structure to DnD, I figured I would give it a try.  The amount of classes you can play really does have my attention.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7163/souls.jpg

DM BadCatMan says: I changed this to a link due to size.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:28, Fri 25 Feb 2011.

I lost my complete divine.

Could someone tell me what following Domain ability is.
1) Summoning.

2) Force.
Also what first two spells for force are:-

Greetings!

      I managed to find what you were looking for . . .

Force:
Spells
    1st Mage Armor:  Give subject +4 armor bonus
    2nd Magic Missle: 1d4 +1 damage; +1  missle per two
           levels above 1st (Max 5)

Summoner Domain:

    Core Dieties: None
    Other Diieties:  Trithereon

Granted Power:  Add +2 to your caster level for all
    Conjuration (summoning) or Conjuration (calling) spells.

Spells:
    1st Summon Monster I:  Calls outsider to fight for you.
    2nd Summon Monster II: Calls outsider to fight for you.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:50, Tue 08 Mar 2011.

It has been such a lovely week here, even today is awesome, the sky is blue, not one cloud in the sky.  There is a light breeze, and the temperature outside is 74F/23C.

Would someone be kind to post basic detail of following spells from Playermanual II as don't have access to the book.

Kelgore's Fire Bolt:
Blade of Blood:

Thanks

Thanks for the domain details - VEry helpful :)

For those who like to read web comics.

http://www.goblinscomic.com/
I enjoy this one as it looks at a group of goblins whom declare them selves PCs and start gaining levels.  I would have to say MinMax is one of my favorite characters only because of how ridiculous the guy is minmaxed.

http://www.lfgcomic.com/
This one... well because Richard has such a great personality :P

Over the last couple of months it's become increasingly clear that there some small but vital problems that need to be taken of around RoA. Since around 2006, 2007, Wizards Of The Coast has provided increasingly less and less support for 3.5 Edition, and finally stopping altogether before 4th Edition, leaving a number of questions unanswered, and many problems unfixed.

After recent rules adjudication issues and debates that haven't provided any clear answers, I've come to the decision that something needs to be done, that we need to fix these problems ourselves. I've carried out extensive research and testing on various systems, both WotC and third-party, determining what works and what does, and most importantly, what works for the Forgotten Realms and especially RoA. And I've made my choice.

To that end we will be rolling out a series of updates to the 3.5 rules, until we find a path to a smoother, simpler and more balanced system. This should hearken back to the classic days of easy and fun gaming, shifting the emphasis away from crunch and back to role-play. We will be moving to AD&D, or 2nd Edition.

So over the coming weeks, expect to see updates and articles addressing these changes, of such things as an extensive explanation of THAC0, an understanding of reverse AC, an analysis of the differences between guisarme-glaives and glaive-guisarmes for example. Then one-by-one all PCs will be rebuilt according to the new system, of races, classes (of all kinds, including clerics and specialty priests), kits, regional variants and so on. Characters no longer permissible in the new system, such as Dwarven Wizards and Elven Paladins, will be invited to play new and more sensible characters. We also plan to wind the setting back to the year 1365 DR, when such rules were in effect.

Thank you for you time. I just know you will soon come to understand and appreciate these changes, and grow to love them as I have.

AD&D?! This is outrageous! I thought we had finally settled on the only sensible solution which is to implement the D&D (or 1st ed) rules across the board!
Streamlining the classes, removing the need to choose a class for other races than humans, the uniaxial alignment system, just to mention a few obvious advantages.

That's it: If I can't play a Dwarf (period) I quit!

Fine Solo, Quit.

Though persoanlly I think we need to go back to the First edition rules.  You can still play your Dwarf Solo, but this whole multiclassing thing isn't really much benefit and makes character sheets too hard to read and check.  Sure 1st edition can have multiclasses, but the number of classes is limited, and you can forget the PrC's.

Let's get back to basics, and have fun with our Elves, humans and dwarves, with Magic users.  No more Wizards, sorcerers and extra malarkey.

Until we revert to 1st edition, I refuse to move forward as a DM.

And here I was looking forward to shifting to the Munchkin Ruleset - the rich plethora of variants and expansions alone should have made this option an easy pick. Colour me disappointed BCM, very. disappointed.

We have been Debating this for weeks in the DM thread Solo.  We all gave our reasons for why we wanted to stream line rules and even talked about changing what edition we played.

Kilrik, since you wont move your region forward I'll take your region.

I'm going to go cry T_T
This message was last edited by the player at 08:17, Sat 02 Apr 2011.

Just in case it HAS to be said, This was part of April fools...

Last time we did this, several people actually thought we were really doing what we claimed.

And rage-quit...

Yea, I had a half page post typed out about how angry the idea made me...

I even posted it.  About half a second later, I remembered the date.  The tears up there are at myself for falling for it >.<

Last year BCM posted on Mar 31, pretty sure it was around 6pm according to the timestamp on the post.  (Ok, found the post.  It was posted 4/1 at 00:03: Message 883: link to a message in this game)

The site hadn't changed yet, and it was the night of the 31st so I figured he meant it.  Though that one was a little bit more interesting, something about a crazy game(Star Trek parody) idea he would be running.  I wasn't the only one to think that either.  Though I supposed looking back at the post I should have guessed.

He later made a PM post saying it was an April Fools joke.

:D

Two years ago, I announced we were moving to 4th Edition and post-Spellplague Forgotten Realms, and several people were moved to rage and thoughts of leaving in disgust, no matter how ridiculous I made it sound (banning gnomes, introducing warforged).

Last year, it was opening a Spelljammer game all done up as Star Trek, and it got a few applicants. Actually, that idea does have a lot of merit. :)

I was bit stumped for ideas this time, so it came rather late. I didn't even realise it was April Fool's until it was nearly over. Fortunately, international time zones help.

I considered an update to Pathfinder ("a series of updates to the 3.5 rules, until we find a path...") but it seemed much too plausible and too disappointing to some players when they find out it's a joke. ;)

I thought I'd failed this year, but I'm glad I got one. :D

You got me quite good...

An update to Pathfinder I would actually enjoy.  A Monk worth playing straight through to 20?  Sign me up!
Also, I would love adding Warforged.  Coolest player race ever.  I love trying to roleplay the mindset of a character who does not need to concern themselves with the typical needs of food and shelter.

A VoP character, at level 5 or 6 has no need of food or shelter.  You first get the ability to withstand environmental conditions.  At either 5 or 6, you gain the lack of need for food.

Though you loose the ability to use any real equipment or magical items.  So it limits it to the Monk class, for the most part anyway.

I have one in Rashamen, though I'm really not happy with the character concept at the moment.

While I cannot officially confirm or deny anything at this point in time, though a full-scale update seems (unfortunately) unlikely, we may see some development on this front come August/September. . .


*writes down zadcap's name on the list of people to be spared when the Paizonian revolution seizes this former bastion of WotC*  >:-D

I remember when I ran a 3.5 dungeon run at a convention. I brought my own character sheets for the PCs, but one player had read about it in advance on a forum and brought a warforged warlock with an arm cannon like Mega Man. I was too dumbstruck not to let him play it.

Whoa, what happened?  I checked my RPOL this evening and found that either my access or the entirety of Group 3 is gone?  Anyone else had this problem?

No, I just checked. It's still there, and so are you. Maybe the little x got clicked by mistake?

Here, have a link:
link to another game

If any of you PCs have been considering making the leap to DM here in RoA, there's a good region available so you can get your feet wet.  The PCs in the region are all current or former DMs of RoA, and the group gets along great.  It's a fun and creative group with fantastic writing if you don't count my character.  :p  DMing for RoA is a lot of fun, plus there are benefits besides the satisfaction of DMing (like Pizza and Toga Parties in the DM's Lounge :p).  PM me, DM BadCatMan and DM Annihilator for more details or to ask any questions you might have.

_{Yes, this is shameless plugging so I can get this region up and running again as one of my very favorite characters of all time is in it.  :p}

Hi new here;) just thought I would say hi to everyone ;)

Well hello there!

Anyone have the link to RoA 3?

There you go:

link to another game

Thanks :)

WOOHOO! ROA 1 reached 26000 post. I'd like to thank my mom, my beautiful wife and most of all the almighty DOG!

:)

I'd like to congratulate DM Solo on achieving the 26000th post.

Hmm, I saw it at 25999, thought we were nearly 26000, and didn't think to go poach it. Oh well.

It should be higher, but some problem a few years back deleted over 2 years of our oldest material in RoAs 1 - 3. :(

Well that's a bummer. I think all ROA1 players should be awarded 10,000 XP's each :)

Disregard the fact I have 3 characters in that particular realm :P

Sure, you can add 10,000xp to all your Characters in ROA 1 QuickJ, or at least the one in Waterdeep.  Just note that my next encounter will likely have an additional 30kxp to spend if you do (likely, cause I may add more  *wink*).  Think Skeletal Dragon with Magic flight.  *evil DM grin*

Woot!

I was over at Paizo.com, when I noticed that they had posted an interview with gaming legend Ed Greenwood - cool, I thought, reading through it without pausing to look at the title.  When I later did, it got a good chuckle out of me:
Realms of Adventure: An Interview with Ed Greenwood

Nice touch indeed!

Oh, if only we could have Ed of the Green Wood come by here. :) I think he'd like what we've done with the place.

Some of the Elder DMs have played with him. In fact, DM Mike has an FR sourcebook dedicated to him (Volo's Guide To The Sword Coast).

That's pretty damn impressive!

Please note that Kara-Tur is once more soliciting interest from prospective players. See the available space for PC thread.

I once met Ed on a convention here in Germany (Hannover) where he signed the freshly released 'Making of a Mage' for me. Unfortunately literature in English was not on many people's list (in Germany) and so I ended up talking with him for about an hour without interruption :D

UM, that's super awesome!

Wow, I just realized I've been here for about 6 years now. I guess I should think about joining the ranks of the DM's :)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:46, Thu 28 Apr 2011.

For those that are impressed with it, here is the dedication from the book (A 2nd Edition FR source book)

Dedication
To Mike and Roxy
In hopes that your little one will join you in befriending Elminster
and exploring corners of the Realms thus far hidden from us all.


Seems that, perhaps, DM Mike made his own little corner of the Realms.

DM MIke is an Awesome DM. Always had fun in his games.

That is so cool!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

OK, I found an entry for tobacco, (Arms and Equipment Guide, pg. 31),
 but does anyone know where or how much a smoking pipe would cost?

As with so many things I'd guess there's no limit to the price, though I should think the simplest -decent- version would be available for 5 silvers. I think I've seen some made from corn-cobs, but that may have been fiction in a comic. Perhaps you could even craft one yourself??? Or, if your DM isn't concerned with prices for 'roleplay items', he might say it was handed to you by your father or tutor or somebody of significance to the character. - That's what I'd do in my region.

You could always find Regis the halfling and buy one of his hand carved skrimshaw pipes :)

Or ask Elminster.  His pike doesn't even need Tobacco, it smokes itself forever.

Hi there every one, just going to bring up a character sheet post here.  It looks as if most people are confused with what they are supposed to include int eh character update section.  Sure, you are supposed to put the date that you last updated the character next to the colon but underneath it you need to include gifts awarded that directly effect stats or skills.  This will also include where you put your 1 point of ability bump at level 4 8 and 12.  If this information is not included on it when a DM does audit of sheets, they can say that you never got those perks and to fix your sheet.  I just got done auditing and it was a recurring theme.


EXAMPLE

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PC Name:                                Gender:              HD:
RoA Player Name:                        Height:
Race:                                   Weight:              HP:   /
Class:                                  Age:                 Current/Normal
Level:                                  Hair:
Align:                                  Eyes:                XP:
Deity:                                  Speed:               Needed for
Size:                                                        Next Level:
Current DM:
Current Region:
Home Region:                            Day Units:
Bubble Character?:

Sheet Checked By:

SHEET UPDATED: May 19, 2011
+1 to STR at level 4 - March 20, 2010
+1 to STR ROA gift given by BadCatMan - December 1, 2010
+5 skill points into craft weapon given by DM Puma - February 15, 2011
+1 to STR at level 8 - May 19, 2011
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:55, Fri 20 May 2011.

Does this include items, magic ones specifically?

Good question, those are supposed to be listed in your equipment section.  That way when DM's calculate your characters worth, those gifts are kept exempt.

Actually, I report all significant changes to the sheet in my PMs with the DM. It is a decent archive. From personal experience I'd say it clutters the sheet way too much if you list every single change on it. However, important things - like RoA gifts, I list in the top section, ie. the changes to abilities directly under the stat-section.

Like: "Ability bonuses assigned to STR+INT" if it's an 8th level character.

Just my two cents.

The only thing any of my characters has now that he didn't when I first crafted them is a +1 set of armor.  It's that and HP, all I've changed in my months XD

Ah, your cool then ZadCap.  I was trying to get the unexplained stuff out of the way.  Tracking down where those ability points came from or phantom skill points are the real issue.

Sony unveiled the PSP Vita at the E3 fair. Man, that thing is packing some serious hardware! It's definitely on the wish list this year!

Just wishing a Happy Father's Day to all my fellow dads :)

Just a note to let everyone know that the Dalelands are now accepting player applications. The game has two players and is currently stalled. Please send me a PM.

Work has finally settled down enough for me to start playing again.  If I can't get into either of my previous spots I was trying to get into before work went all crazy on me, then I would very much like one of those spots in the Dalelands.

Or wherever else someone needed a Warmage.  =)

Just a reminder for all PCs. RoA has an Arena!

link to another game

RTJ over there with your character, a DM will let you in, then find a battle in the Challenge Thread. Your character has to be one who already play in RoA (so equipped for play, not specifically for arena combat).

We also welcome people making arena maps for us to use.

So, the new Conan movie; hit or miss?

I'm a little late to this conversation but you are suppose to keep a running total throughout the life of your character? If so then let me apologize to all of my DM's up front because I delete the old addition and add the latest update. Oops :/

Don't worry about it. I tend to forget everything apart from level-ups. But yeah, keeping some kind of historical record is the idea.


Conan: Is it good? Going by the trailer I saw, it seemed a lot closer and truer to the original REH stories than the (still very good and worthy) first Conan movie with Schwarzenegger. And Jason Momoa seems to make a very good Conan.

My impression as well. Having read practically all Conan stories I hope it will deliver. Now, if only someone can put together a decent script based on Fritz Leiber's work (Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser)... Joy!

Never read the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser books but My first DND experience was wiuth a module that was absaed on that work. It was 2nd edition DnD I think. It seemed pretty cool.

I recommend you do: they're great!

...I wanted to say that I hope none of our complement of Norwegians has been personally touched (themselves or through family or friends) by Friday's attacks.

But writing that, I realized that cannot be so; that all of Norway is touched, that all of Norway is family on such an occasion.

So I can only offer my sincere sympathy...

I've seen DM Annihilator and DM Wolf around online, so they are safe, at least. I haven't had a chance to talk to them yet though. (And their Facebook posts are in Norwegian.)

Those attacks were shocking and cruel, unbelievable anywhere and especially in modern Norway. Very tragic.

Indeed. Sweden goes quiet at noon today together with our brothers and sisters in Norway.

Luckily most of my family that lives in Oslo are spending their vacation up north close to my grandmother. It's strange in Norway now. Today the entire nation stopped up at 12 o'clock. In the Town i live in around 200-400 people meet at the town square and just stood still for 10 minuets most shoppes closed. A few children talked. I think that what best describes the situation best in Norway now is Shock. This is the worst thing that has happened to us since the invasion at WW2. Many are wondering what will happen. What will become of us as a nation. We have experienced a great loss. We have seen a moment in time that our children and grandchildren will ask about. Why did that man do all those terrible thing. I wonder what we will answer them, but I do hope we can give them an answer.

To quote one of our great writers Nordalh Grieg in his poem written not long before the outbreak of the second world war. Also the words that he spoke the 17 of May 1940. "We are so few in this country, every fallen a brother or a friend"

Til Ungdomme(To the youth)

Surrounded by enemies,
go into your time!
Under a bloody storm -
devote yourself to fight!

Maybe you ask in fear,
uncovered, open:
with what shall I fight
what is my weapon?

Here is your defense against violence
here is your sword:
the belief in our life,
the worth of mankind.

For all our future's sake,
seek it and cultivate it,
die if you must - but:
increase it and strengthen it!

Silently goes the grenades'
conveyor belts
Stop their drift towards death
Stop them with spirit!

War is contempt for life.
Peace is to create.
Throw your strength into it:
Death shall lose!

Love and enrich with dreams
all that was great!
Go towards the unknown
wring answers out of it.

Unbuilt power plants,
unknown stars.
Create them, with spared lives'
bold brains!

Noble is mankind,
the earth is rich!
If there is need and hunger
it is by deceit.

Crush it! In the name of life
injustice shall fall.
Sunshine and bread and mind
is possessed by all.

Then the weapons sink
powerless to the ground!
We create human worth
we create peace.

Those who in the right arm
carry a burden,
precious and inalienable,
can not murder.

This is our promise
from brother to brother:
We will be good to
humanity's earth.

We will take care of
the beauty, the warmth
as if we carried a child
carefully in our arms!

Ok all, it's shameless promotion time. A friend of mine and I are starting up a web comic strip and I wanted to invite you all to check us out on Facebook. "LIKE" us if you dig it :)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pag...udio/225393980829563

In reply to PC quickj (msg #193):

Have you got a non-facebook link?  I deleted my facebook account.

Hmmm,not yet man.But you can check out my non comic stuff at http://gatorgraffix.deviantart.com/

Sorry quickj, I wont touch facebook with even with a 50 foot pole.

Me neither... sorry. :(

No problem. If we ever set up a site off FB I'll spread the word. Feel free to check out my Deviant Art site which I posted the link for in my last post :)

Glad to know I'm not the only one who hates FaceBook.

I'm sorry I mentioned it :P

Nice art. :)

Though "Major Victory"'s been taken, several times:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Victory
Though I was only thinking of the awesome Major Victory from Who Wants To Be A Superhero?

I'm sure it has but we're more poking fun so it may change. Thanks for stopping by:)

Had my first gaming session with my kids yesterday: 6 & (close to) 4

Made it simple by using 1ed D&D and the kids chose "Thief" and "Halfling" as classes. Rolled up all stats and got them going. It went surprisingly well and we managed to finish the first level of a small keep. Needless to say they were *very* enthusiastic about the roleplaying: getting up and acting out how they hit the goblins, freed the prisoners, etc. Great way to pass a rainy day!

Very nice Solo! I had wanted to do the same thing with my oldest when she was nine, but it didn't go over very well at all.

Now I just have to wait til my three youngest are a few more years older.  :)

The nice thing about 1st ed is that it is actually possible to do this. They can count well, and thus are quick to figure out how high they need to roll or how much damage they did (or how much loot they're hauling back), yet the system is extremely simple and the class descriptions so basic they aren't confused by the infinity of choices that is the bloated 3.5 D&D.

That is so cool Solo.My wife has expressly forbade me from introducing my son to gaming. I guess he's just suppose to find it on his own :)

So, anyone playing Heroes of Neverwinter on Facebook?

In reply to PC quickj (msg #206):

Let me at him, he'll be a gamer in a week.  And you only get i trouble for making him talk to strangers instead!

Solo:
I never go on facebook.  It's an evil, evil place.

I avoid Facebook like the black plague.  Sorry Solo.

Isn't that a 4th Edition game? Post-Spellplague Forgotten Realms? Blech, no!

I'm on Facebook, but I stay away from games, mainly to save time or play better games. :)

By the way, RoA is also on Facebook, albeit completely defunct: find the "RoA - Realms Of Adventure" group. Mainly it was intended for contacting each other if RPoL ever went down.

I finally got my hands on Pathfinder.  Now THAT'S what 4th ed should have been.

In reply to PC zadcap (msg #211):

Yep.  Though the thing about 4e that I like are the racial feats.  I always like shifter and warforged feats, and would've liked to have seen some similar options for the core races in 3.5.

But there are!  Races of Stone(Dwarves and Gnomes), Races of the Wild(Elves and Halflings, and Races of Destiny(Humans and Half-Orcs), all introduce racial feats.  Half Elves get to take anything Human or Elf however they wish.

Facebook or not, it is a game involving D&D no matter what edition. I'm not too fond of 3d ed (still think AD&D is the ultimate, with 1st ed in second place).

So, no-one has tried it yet?

Oh I found a wonderful sound that some people have adapted to an Eilistraee song.
After a bit of tweaking of the lyrics (song and original lyrics by Helen Trevillion)
Here is Eilistraee's song
   ...set to the music of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSACJXzQcZs


    Softly, softly
    Fingers seeking
    Songs within a shifting sea
    Somewhere they may hope to find me
    Secret wrote in ebony

    And I am drifting, ever-moving
    Inside, outside, in between
    Beauty found where no one's listening
    I am cursed so they may see

    Here where I am loved
    Here where I am needed
    Here where I am beautiful

    And I am every sound and silence
    Secret born in ebony
    Somewhere they may hope to find me
    Cast below so they may see

    Here where I am loved
    Here where I am needed
    Here where I am beautiful

    I am stillness forged in motion
    Courage carved in ebony

I know I read them somewhere, but what are the rules on changing a character?  Once every five years or so?  The idea of Roylyon was fun, but in practice he's actually not very good at anything.

It looked like you had a run of bad dice rolls, which isn't quite the same as not being good at anything.

I don't recall if we've written any rules down or settled on anything yet, but here's the key parts:

A player should have made a good long effort to play their character - a full adventure should be a long enough. It should be done between adventures, to minimise disruption to the campaign. It shouldn't be done too often either.

Discuss it with your DM, state your reasons for wanting to switch, what you'd like to switch to, consider how it will affect the campaign (i.e., roles filled, character introduction time).

A character may be retired and entirely rebuilt as a different character with the same XP and treasure value. Alternatively, a character may be altered with new levels, variants or feats, a little more than the PHB2 Retraining rules, but they should stick to the existing theme or how they turned out in play.

Haha, the more I play him, the more I see the concept was actually bad.  Trying to be good at too many things at once, but ended up only being moderate at one, and not very good when it's not doable.
A mounted archer is only good when he is mounted and able to use a bow, and only better than a regular archer when mobility is an issue, when one shot from a good location counts for more than multiple shots from anywhere else.

Of course, the string of endlessly bad rolls may have caused a faster loss of interests in making it work than would have happened otherwise >.>

That sounds like more of a build problem than an RP problem.

A dual-role build tends to only become good or effective at higher level when you can have everything you need to be good at both roles. A Human Fighter might pull it off. A Halfling Paladin, not so much. :p

Try dropping one or two aspects to focus on what is really core to Rolylon Illikep. What's a Halfling Paladin most suited for?

Agreed. I don't see any RP issues with the character, but I agree that it must have been frustrating not to be able to do what you had planned to. Take the time to figure out what you would like him to be able to do and we'll take it from there.

>.>

First off, never let me get off my mount again.  That was a case where a good idea for RP turned out to be a TERRIBLE idea in practice.
Next, I need a few feats that actually make archery work.
And most importantly, I need to learn to roll higher than a 3.

That's why I was thinking spellcaster.  I can stop rolling to hit and just start blasting area's, therefor negating my inability to hit things.  I was thinking Druid this time.  I always like the friends of nature characters ^.^

Also, he's back, and now there's TWO crazy halflings with doggy companions in this party, and that's just not safe for anyone.

Um.... He does have a point there.

In reply to PC zadcap (msg #221):

Aw. Can we keep Royl though? Team mascot? Have him perpetually roll 1's and 2's but manage to survive against all odds?

Really love the character.

lol, it looks like no one wants me to get rid of Roy, so I shall have to keep him.  I'm going to have to learn how to fight without ever hitting anything though...  Like dropping trees on people and causing avalanches to do my fighting for me!

In reply to PC zadcap (msg #224):

Haha. Well. If it isn't fun then you should definitely try something new. I think he could totally easily transition into a Druid though.

And Sweden is playing in the euro cup next year! And what a way to go!!!!!

So, I finally managed to get the "Heroes of Neverwinter" facebook game to work. I have one character currently, a level 1 human cleric named "solo". The game itself is a simple turn-based dungeon-romp, pitting you and three others against monsters. I pick friends' characters and go to town.
Please look me up if you want to and add me to your party (or have me add you).

PM if you can't find my character on the server.

I've finally submitted my thesis!

Woot!  :)

Congratulations!

That's really good news! I'm very happy for you as it is a great personal achievement! Do you have a date set for your defence?

Yay! - I'll keep my fingers crossed all goes well from here :D

It seems I don't have to do a defense or anything, as it's only a Masters. I began as a PhD, but had to downgrade when all my research was a flop. But the thesis may just be good enough to be marked as PhD again. Here's hoping.

My Acknowledgments thank the following:
"...Realms of Adventure... for something to do while waiting for my tediously long codes to run, when something broke down, and for general procrastination, which kept me reasonably sane."

Now, to begin catching up on everything here. I'll have much more time now, depending on how much work I can get.

Congrats BCM!

Anyone know of anyways/rules for spellcasters without limbs? Other than waiting till 3rd level to be able to cast 1st level spells (still spell)

Choices choices. :)

Chose spells without somatic components, they don't require limbs.
Possibly also chose spells without material components, or take Eschew Materials, since you probably won't be able to get at your goods anyway.

Then you just need to look at someone and speak magics into existence.  Fun fun.

Play Truenamer?

Happy Birthday to me!

Happy birthday to you then :)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

A very merry Christmas!

Being said other halfling. I like the fact we can't do much. We're halflings so no one expects much, and playing a stupid character can sometimes be fun. But if you're not having fun, then time to change.

Still...

What's to stop Roylon falling off the dog and banging his head, forgetting his paladinness and waking as a druid! :) We're halflings, rules were meant to be broken!

(off to go and legalise my character again)

No, no they're not. That's why they're called 'rules'. :p