This is the second OOC Thread for the game room.

Thank you for all your well wishes for my upcoming surgery. This is my last post to the game room until I return from surgery. I will update my games Saturday evening, depending on how I feel when I return home. If I'm still groggy, I'll try to update Sunday. Since it's my shoulder that's being done, I will be down to typing with one hand for a good while, but other than slowing my typing down, I should be able to get right back at it.

Be back soon!

Thank you for being considerate.

Greetings!

Everything went well with my surgery, and I'm back home now. A bit tired, but I will get my games updated sometime today. I'm on some meds (the good stuff) for the next 2 weeks that make me sleepy and slow the mind, so if I screw something up, be kind.

Again, thanks for the support and well wishes.

Chronicler

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 4):

Good to here all went well. Make sure you take time to recover.

Lots of time....your health is important.

It's been a while since I said this, but Applicant 1 [aka Surshane], that is a spectacular picture and I still haven't figured out who it is yet. Lindsey Vonn? Anyone know?

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 4):

Welcome back Chronicler. I said a prayer for you in regards to your medical procedure. Glad to see you are on the mend.. Uhm....... slip me one of the "Good Stuff" when you can. ;)

We were forced to postpone our camping trip until March 15th due to there going to be 4 days of rain with over 4 inches of rain expected along with some other foul weather.

Be a little light posting over the next few days. We have received over 9 inches of rain, and our basement, which has never taken water, is flooding. It's a living space with living room, 2nd kitchen, and many other rooms, so we are desperate to save our furnishings and possession. Helitech, a dry basement specialist, is so busy they can get to us till Monday.

To make matters worse, we are expecting more rain and t-storms for 3 more days. Good thing we postponed our camping trip, huh?

Thanks for understanding.

UPDATE: We got it dried out, but Helitech called and cancelled until next Thursday... Sigh...

I am down to 2 games with the possibility of one of them ending this week. It's not that I don't want to run multiple games like I have done in the past, but it is that I am about to end running 3.5 games. I'm going to start running Pathfinder and Pathfinder Society games.

Don't worry, the gameroom will continue to host 3.5 games, and GM's that run 3.5 games.


Gameroom Changes:

The name of the gameroom will change. We are going to change the name to something that makes the gameroom available to all campaigns for both 3.5 and Pathfinder. I'm accepting suggestions for the new name. If you have an idea for one, please post it here.

Once I change over the gameroom to this format, I will advertise for GM's. I believe I will be more successful recruiting GM's with the new format.

Once the changeover happens, I will be starting up some Pathfinder Adventures, and some Pathfinder Society scenarios.

Thank you for your patience during this transition.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:47, Wed 06 Apr 2016.

This message was deleted by the player at 21:32, Wed 06 Apr 2016.

Having stress/depression based issues over mum being very ill so not on as often as usual.

The new name of the gameroom is "A Pathfinder and 3.5 Gaming Community". I didn't get any suggestions on the name, so I went with that unless someone has something better to suggest. I'm still working on my Pathfinder ideas, and should be getting something going real soon. I'm being coached by a GM in one of my Society games at Dragon Hoard Gaming, a live game I play in, so I'll keep you posted.

Three players just lost our GM. Anyone running a game we can move our characters into? They are based on 3.5

My games are all full, and I cannot find a GM at the moment. When I do, I'll let you know. Meanwhile, I will move you to the Applicant status. Sorry for the inconvenience.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 17):

Thank you.

I have a busy weekend on the road and attending the KY State Convention of the Knights of Columbus, so posting will be short and sweet, but I will try to keep up. Thanks.

Anyone else going to GenCon, or am I the only one? These are the games I'm playing in...

Caravan Escort Part 1 Thu at 8:00 AM

Caravan Escort Part 2 Thu at 2:00 PM

Darkwater Fri at 4:00 PM

Old City, Older Problems Fri at 8:00 PM

The Grande Temple of Jing - For Plunder or Peril (part 2 of 4) Sat at 2:00 PM

The Grande Temple of Jing - For Plunder or Peril (part 3 of 4) Sat at 4:00 PM

The Grande Temple of Jing - For Plunder or Peril (part 4 of 4) Sat at 6:00 PM

Yeah, somehow I missed out on The Grande Temple of Jing - For Plunder or Peril (part 1 of 4)but I'm trying to get in...

Let me know if you're going, and we can meet up!

Any games starting yet?
This message was last edited by the player at 12:24, Fri 20 May 2016.

In reply to Applicant 7 (msg # 21):

Still can't find anyone that wants to GM, but I'm diligently looking. In fact, I just put in a new request this morning in the Wanted - GM's thread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:53, Fri 20 May 2016.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 22):

If I was in the right frame of mind, I'd GM.

I am talking to a potential 3.5 GM, and if all goes well, I will give him access to this thread to pitch his game ideas to our Applicants. If there is enough interest after he pitches his game idea, I will set him up as a GM, and we will move this conversation to the Players Seeking Party or Solo Game Thread. Thanks for your patience.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:01, Wed 25 May 2016.

Greetings and Great-ings.

I have three game proposals.

1. this first game is a series of story arcs that took a table top group over 10 years to complete less than 80% of.
   
2. this second story is a new game I am writing by the seat of my pants based upon interactions between the players and the worlds.
   
3. this third option is to begin a blank campaign and let player sidequests and personal interests be the primary focus of the campaign.

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I offer the following warning to players

• I run higher power to level ratios and characters that step into my stories may not be accepted intact (or at all) outside of my stories.
• a great many of my stories incorporate catastrophic events.
  some of those events include but are not limited to...
  • drow waging a war of genocide on all surface elves and sympathizers
  • ancient force having been unleashed that eats all magic.
  • the elemental planes are beginning to merge. chaos and destruction on a cosmology scale.
  • ...god war...
  • the gods have lost thier memory and are wandering the planes ignorant of the destruction in thier wake.
• I am not steeped in Forgotten Realms lore and will likely use setting neutral terms, interspersed with likely inaccurate names, dates, and places.
• i like psionics, and they do exist in my stories characters that have acquired items and abilities as a result of incharacter meetings will find them nonfunctional or absent upon exiting my stories.

my campaigns move in three phases
lvl 5-lvl 10 (discover why it is happening)
lvl 10-lvl 15 (discover how to stop it/fix it/stay out of its way/prepare to survive it)
lvl 15-lvl 20...lvl 30 (putting plan into action)

point of interest. every great threat i present has a proverbial "achilles heal" and can be defeated at any point.

... Sure, I'll bite ;P

Questions for the Potential GM:

1.  What special rules do you use, that might render characters in your stories unable to step outside them?  In particular, do you use core/near-core materials generously (high ability arrays, gestalt, bonus feats, willingness to entertain requests for custom items), do you use a lot of non-core/homebrew material (dragon magazine...), and/or do you encourage "exploits" (DMM Persist shenanigans, dark chaos shuffle and various pun-punisms)?

(To put my cards on the table:  I'm totally game for high-octane use of official sources, a little hesitant regarding dragon magazine and homebrew, and not interested in exploits.)

2.  How richly detailed are your stories, and how important to you is the maintaining of a consistent narrative?  Part of the reason I ask is that creating a new game and campaign setting by the seat of one's pants seems like it would be difficult to do in any depth.  So maybe this is a point in favor of your game proposal #1 which already has a fleshed out story arc and setting; or maybe you'll tell us that you actually find it quite practicable to generate highly-detailed stories and worlds on the fly based on a bunch of stock materials you've accumulated.  Would appreciate your perspective on this.

In reply to Applicant 3 (msg # 26):

• high arrays is a up to interpretation, but my rolling system does allow for some unusual arrays.
  • all abilities start at 8
  • roll 8d8 and put anywhere you want (even if it is all on one ability)
• gestalt yes
• bonus feats...sometimes
• custom items...yes
• books...anything published by WOTC
• i don't own many of the dragon or dungeon magazine so they will rarely if at all included
• I encourage thinking of exquisitely convoluted solutions to things...I am not a fan of exploits
• like anyone else i don't enjoy the overuse exploits.(the first time may be funny and may be rewarded. but the second and follow on uses will be penalized)
• pun pun...I have no less than 3 builds that can kill and or neutralize any PunPun build...but as long as you can convince me that it is a balanced and a team player...i can be convinced to allow it on a short period of time.
• rich detailed worlds...my descriptions of the world gets in more detail as my stories progress. I find that i am not the best at walls of descriptive text on a regular basis. but I will at all times endeavour to describe as the story moves.
• my creativity flows well by the seat of my pants, each campaign proposal has its benefits.

This message was last edited by the player at 12:20, Thu 26 May 2016.

Very interesting Sir, you seem to Gm a lot like I do in my home games, sans the ability generation of course

I also forgot to mention i do xp differently.

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due to the fact that crafting is a xp consuming activity.

while you can not craft your self into the level below, you can craft away so much xp that you need more xp then you needed to level the last time.

think of it like a rope and your level is where you are anchored to the stone wall. the point is to climb to the top of the wall, but you can climb down as far as you want to finish an item. it is not recommended but it is allowed.

also if a client of an item being made chooses to, they can pay the xp cost of crafting.

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arguing for xp
if you did something that you believe is noteworthy/extraordinary don't be afraid to argue for you cause when it comes time to gain xp.

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buying xp to accelerate leveling
there are some classes that require constant training. to replicate this these classes have optional fees and dues paid to persons or establishments that are masters in those respective field.
5 gp for 1 xp

In reply to Potential GM (msg # 25):

Dear Potential GM

I and a few others have spend a while creating characters (4th or 5th level) and have had games end all too quickly, partly due to lack of leads from GM or player numbers dissipating too fast to be replenished.

1) Can you accommodate (with amendments), existing characters?
2) If a player can demonstrate a knowledge of an area through their character (due to being born close by if in Forgotten Realms etc) as you say you are not fully conversant with the setting, are you willing to utilise that knowledge if it fits the flow of the game?
3) What books if any would be excluded?

I'm sure you would put these in your thread but I would like to understand your stance first.

Thank you.

After reading your post and the style of game you intent to GM I see that you have it all sort out, which mean you game will most likely be interesting and there's a fair chance you will be dedicated.


I am however, unsure if I can commit at this moment. Summer is coming and posting rate for me is usually 2-3 per week, sometime more sometime less. I ould like to see what is your view on this posting rate.

One more thing, I personally prefer core-related stuff rather than a power level thats high or even encouraged.

These are the two main obstacle I see for myself. Until I am sure I can live with these two, I would prefer not to commit. Because once I commit I stay in a game, I am very reliable.

Not sure about the other guys here, but my preference would certainly option 3. This give more freedom and a less rigid type of game and those are generally more appealing for me. Even in those type of non linear games, you can always send us the plots or section of game you used in the past or planned to use, just that they may be in a different place in time and level than it would have been in a more linear game.

As Applicant 5 said, I would prefer option 3 but with something thrown in we can grab based on own backgrounds maybe.

I tend to check posts every day or there abouts unless I'm away and then still try to access (I know, sad).

What is your expected/hope for posting rate?

I wil endevor to be available to post M-T-W-Th-F from 09:00 untill 23:00 mountain standard time.

From players I expect min one post per week

Ok thanks for the details.


I already have a character, a conjurer that I would like to keep (modified as required).

My only obstacle left is the power level and fairness between characters. I could send you a snapshot of my character before changes so you get an idea. The only major changes would be stats.

I do not intent on participating in a gestalt game. Like I said I prefer core related material and option 3. If you think you can have other players, using the same mindset as me and applicant 7, I would be glad to join the game. We could discuss more privately as needed on details, but thats the most important factors for me.

I want to add that the only reasons I am telling this is that you are aware of the typpe of game I like to play in, I think its better to clarify before we start so theres no surprise.

I also do not want you to see this as an obstacle (my requests/style of plays) to GM a game the way you want. I just want to make sure we will both be happy with the way it will be handled.

Thanks for your time!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:08, Fri 27 May 2016.

In reply to Potential GM (msg # 34):

Sounds OK to me.

The character I have ready already knows Applicant 5's character from previous games, hopefully this will help.  We in no way keep separate but try to interact with others. This is said as I hope to be in a game with this persons character again, pending GM's decisions.

Character details can be sent in a message once/if it is decided you will run a game.

Thank you

If everyone else is like me, we are busy with family this weekend in the US. So, I don't expect much posting. I hope everyone who has this holiday has a Happy Memorial Day weekend.


_

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 37):

Enjoy your day/weekend. A worthy excuse/reason for a holiday, supporting and recognising those who served, just as 11/11 each year.

Back from running 4 12 hour sessions at miscon 30

Concerning the comments about gestalt, I am more then willing to runn with out it.

I have been called up for training for my job I will be away untill the 20th.

My family and I are going to try and go on vacation again, since our last attempt was a bust. This time we may be going to an area that doesn't have wifi nor even a phone connection, I am told. If this is the case, then I will be off the grid for 2 weeks starting June 6th unless there is a chance that my phone will work.

Back to Internet acces early

When the head gm returns and opens the threads for me,  will begin setting up my game thet will take place in the planer nexus campaign setting.

In reply to Potential GM (msg # 43):

"Planer Nexus", never heard of it.
Link please.

No link available

Put simply

There is a planer nexus that opens up ebberon/forgotten realms/core/etc allowing them to interact with each other.

Greetings Peeps!

I enjoyed a most wonderful vacation with my family that was totally off the grid. This is amazing as I almost cannot remember the last time I had ever not had some form of electronic device in front of my face. After several days of withdrawals, I finally cleansed myself, and moved on to enjoy the great outdoors like I use to do before there were any such devices and addictions.

I'm back now, and ready to get back to another favorite hobby of mine. GAMING!

Welcome back. Glad you enjoyed yourself

Name change

Same person

Working off-line on a history thread for my game world.

world going up in group four.

link to a message in this game

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pre-appocolypse world.
party is tasked with selecting who and what will make it to the new world. and ensuring there are enough supplies to do so. while at the same time neutralizing threats that will accelerate the arrival of the appocolypse.

In reply to Planer Guide (msg # 50):

I'd like to read more before requesting to join. Link sends me to a blank page.

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This message was last edited by the GM at 07:00, Sat 02 July 2016.

planer nexus...
questions; general interest??????

Hi,

I would be interested but sadly I don't think I can commit enough, therefore I must decline for now.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:35, Tue 05 July 2016.

Hi

I looking for a game with normal rules, not with any tech or stuff I can't just look up for myself.  Sorry.

An interesting concept but not one I think I'm up to participating in, sorry Planar

The nexus connects all things so the starting point can be as vanilla as you all need.

Plot hook
A farmer had his entire field collapse exposing a set of tunnels made by a large creature.
The farmer wants the king to send someone to investigate the tunnels and seeks assistance getting throught to the next growing season.

The king has dispatched you (the party) to deliver the aid to the farmer, and then to explor the tunnels.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:41, Mon 11 July 2016.

It is with heavy thoughts that I must leave this game room. Life is all but going haywire on my end, and I must leave to take care of these important matters. I have had this room going for a long time, and do not desire to see it shut down. If it remains running, I will return to GM as soon as matters are under control again.

Until then, it is my desire to see if GM Planar Guide will take over the game room, and my games. If so then I will simply transfer the game room over to Planar Guide. If Planar Guide doesn't desire to do this, I am willing to consider anyone else who would like to take the helm to keep this game room alive.

Thanks.
This message was last updated by the GM at 11:59, Sun 17 July 2016.

I thought I may as well leave the group too as I've not hadagame I'm interested in for some time now since the last collapsed.

Thank you for having me here.
This message was last updated by the GM at 11:59, Sun 17 July 2016.

Let me start by saying thank you for trusting me to care for your baby.

I will endevor to keep your baby allive untill your return.

I will NOT take your name off the game, it is your creation, and to take your name off of it seems disrespectfull to me.

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Whom takes over the chroniclers threads is up the players. If one of the players wants to step forward, please do so.

If I do take them over the following changes will be made

• the aesthetic shape of the planer cosmology will change to the (planet/solar system/galaxy) paradigm.
• new variants of equipment will become available.
•   it is possible to exceed the individual wealth per level, but you become a prime target for thieves and pickpockets.
• there will be changes to the stories path to the final destination, not because of maliciousness or spite; but simply because I am not as familiar with the RP histories and lore of the threads and characters with in them.
• the "big bads" will likely be revealed to be the lieutenants and lesser henchmen to a "much bigger much badder"
• alignments will be tested with exquisitely convoluted moral predicaments.
• you will hear about more threats than you can deal with. Proiritize and pick you battles.
• all threads will exist in the same world, you might not ever meet. But the legends of your deeds may be heard in far off lands.
• though you may never find and open the path there, all things are connected by the nexus of planes.

 The change in the shape of the individual planes will help to better explain interactions as they orbit near and past each other.

If you have no interest in the variant equipment, just don't buy it at the shops. If you find it in treasure, simply sell it, some of them are quite valuable.

Wealth per level, if a individual or party decides to build a tavern as a means to tap into the great rumour mill, and they become very successful. It is possible that your profits from that establishment can make you VERY wealthy.
Or
If you succeed in stealing some tyrants tax shipment...

what I will endeavor not to change is the forward movement of the game
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:59, Sun 17 July 2016.

I will leave it to your capable hands then. When all is well on my end, I will return. Thanks for everything, and thanks to all those who shared the game "table" with me.
This message was last updated by the GM at 11:58, Sun 17 July 2016.

Just to be clearer on my situation, since many of you have been with me a long time, and I feel I owe you that, I have suddenly become a care-giver to my mother. My mother is 80, and I have to care for her as she is unable to take care of herself anymore. It is a big responsibility that needs no further explanation. I do plan to return to run my games as soon as I have her settled in, so if you can bear with me, I'm hoping to get things under control in a month or so. Thanks for understanding.

BTW / FYI - I will be around watching the threads and posting updates to my situation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:00, Sun 17 July 2016.

FOr what it's worth, I've been in a similar situation twice before so I totally sympathize.  Take all the time you need to do what needs to be done, then recover yourself and your creative energies.  :-)

A hard time; a lucky mother.

Take your time....family.y comes first. I for one will still be here.

Well said. Thanks.

so what are the thoughts of the players?


moving forward this is the options i see

1. put all the chronicler's threads on pause and wait for his return
   
2. option 1 & snapshot characters current progress
   • move duplicated characters to new adventure path
   • preserve the current characters/adventure for the return of the chronicler's return
   
   
3. continue with current characters in current story line using <insert name> as GM.
   
4. new characters in new adventure path
   • use a published adventure to work out character dynamic and feel out my GM style.

I'm currently not active in anything, but I don't mind waiting.

Zar has been of the opinion that Rappan Attuck (spelling) is too tough for level 5s and that the party should get experience.

However, Zar is a monk; I decided to give the class one last try. Someday I may request a Monk/Wizard but never a Monk again.

BTW, I understand Bard is the worst class.

In my opinion, I would agree that it is one of the hardest to play, but worst is a strong word.

A bard whom uses bardic knowledge well can break any one of my games very easily, but that is not a problem. because it just gives the PC's more time to plan ahead of time. i am not going to change any of my games to make it "harder" for a bard, they are built to be able to do that.

a well played bard in my opinion can out buff a cleric or wizard

Never had a bard in any of my games, so am just going by net chat. In all the  RPOL 3.5 games I've been in, excluding exotics, there have always been clerics, fighters, rogues, and either sorcerers or wizards or both. Often there are paladins. I don't recall any rangers or monks. Bards and barbarians, never.

Bard aren't the worst class they just have the worst learning curve. Build your bard right and they can do anything

On another note, for Noctine, if the rest of the Red-hand agree I'd like to snap-shot our current quest and do a different adventure

From what I've seen, bards have great potential to be very effective at what they do.  I'm just not a fan of the aesthetics.

I'd like to mothball Isigar in the existing Silverhand campaign, pending DM Chronicler's return.  (Recognizing that this is a group decision; I speak only for myself.)  I'm open to the idea of dropping a duplicate Isigar into another adventure path, but I'm also fine waiting out the interim.

I'm with Noctine, I think a new adventure is the way to go. We had someone leave right before Chronicler departed so we probably could use a new adventure path.

Re: Bards - The class can have a steep learning curve but like rogues, it's how you build and play your character.

Also, if we do end up doing a new adventure, would you consider the Pathfinder system at all? It's very interchangeable with 3.5 so could blend with most/all 3.5 settings or modules.

well... i already use a version of the pathfinder skill ranks, with the exception that perception is not a single skill. have 5 senses not one so the skills reflect that

see = spot
hear = listen
smell = survival (requires track skill)
touch = search
taste = varies upon reason for use

Sounds interesting, especially splitting the five senses like that.

My question was more about pathfinders rules/changes on classes and races, given that there's a touch more customization available. But that can get worked out once the rest of the red-hand make their choice.

i like the specialization of the classes

so that is a yes.

I might be interested in a new adventure path, although I usually play bards as well.  I don't want to steal anyone's thunder if they've already got that angle...

I have no Pathfinder materials, But I think the Internet has some.

Awesomeness.

And Zar the internet has everything you need. There's an SRD page and I think one other that has just the official stuff. The SRD has 3rd party stuff but it's labeld so there shouldn't be an issue.

i am looking for a published adventure to be the launching point.

Sounds good. I don't have any recommendations as yet but I do know there's plenty out there.

I have decided upon the location and the only clue i will give at this time is that i will be using the frostburn environment book.

so bring your winter gear.

Frostburn? We're going to Skyrim!

Mother*yay*ing Icewind Dale?!!

Heck yes, um will I have to remake Noctine as a pathfinder char?
and what exactly would doing that entail?

I still played the computer game version of Icewind Dale up and until I discovered Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) a few months ago. Now my wife and I have gone to playing DDO exclusively when we can get a chance.

13 DAYS till Gencon!

no one has to convert to pathfinder. from what i am reading the only tweak that need to be done to allow 3.5 & 3.75 to work together is the pathfinder offensive/defensive movements. which just seems to remove some unnecessary rolling of dice, but due to my unfamiliarity i have not adopted yet.

as to the icewind dale and skyrim comments. those are a reasonable facsimile of the lands that will be in the area. but remember that endure elements only protects down to -50 below freezing. make preparations for the possibility that at the higher elevations it may be colder then that.

MWHAHAHAHA <evil GM laugh>

reference page 9 and 10 of frostburn to decide how to prepare your gear for the weather

those without access to the resource pm me and i will relay the relevant info

I'll have to dig up my sourcebooks.

And while we won't have to convert to Pathfinder, are we able to if we would like to? I can stick to 3.5 material if you would like, but I would definitly like to make some character changes.

Noctine, I don't know if I can post the link here, but if you search for pathfinder SRD or Pathfinder conversion guide you'll find what you need. Converting a character from 3.5 to 3.75 is pretty easy and takes maybe a few minutes depending on the level.

Also PG would you be allowing PF race rules as well as class rules or no?

example...

Off the top of my head? Tieflings/Aasimar no longer have level adjustment +1 so they're essentially on the same playing field as the core races, humans get a +2 bonus to the stat of their choice at character creation, essentially all the core races got a bonus or a buff here and there. A little more than what they had in 3.5, so gotta make sure these things are okay.

AS in Vostok Station, Antarctica?

I glanced at the Pathfinder Monk, who seems stronger than the 3.5 Monk.

Wikipedia:
In addition to the extremely cold temperatures, other factors make Vostok one of the most difficult places on Earth for human habitation:

    An almost complete lack of moisture in the air.
    An average windspeed of 5 metres per second (11 mph; 18 km/h), sometimes rising to as high as 27 metres per second (60 mph; 97 km/h).
    A lack of oxygen because of its high elevation at 3,488 meters (11,444 ft).
    A higher ionization of the air.
    A polar night that lasts approximately 130 days, from late April to late August, including 85 continuous days of civil polar night (i.e. too dark to read, during which the Sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon.)[20]

Acclimatization to such conditions can take from a week to two months and is accompanied by headaches, eye twitches, ear pains, nose bleeds, perceived suffocation, sudden rises in blood pressure, loss of sleep, reduced appetite, vomiting, joint and muscle pain, arthritis, and weight loss of 3–5 kg (7–11 lb) (sometimes as high as 12 kg (26 lb)).[

denali national park AK in jan

 Temperatures as low as −75.5 °F (−59.7 °C) and wind chills as low as −118.1 °F (−83.4 °C)

including mountains

South Buttress, 15,885 feet (4,842 m); mean prominence: 335 feet (102 m)
East Buttress high point, 14,730 feet (4,490 m); mean prominence: 380 feet (120 m)
East Buttress, most topographically prominent point, 14,650 feet (4,470 m); mean prominence: 600 feet (180 m)
Browne Tower, 14,530 feet (4,430 m); mean prominence: 75 feet (23 m)

Ideally PCs will not stay at altitude long enough to get altitude sickness.

You have been called to investigate rumours of a cult that is responsible for ritualistic murders that are happening in public places during the night.

Just Frostburn, right? We don't need any extra sourcebooks? Speaking of, if things stay more 3.5 than PF, what sourcebooks are off limits?

No book published by WOTC is off limits, but if you use it I will too.

The base books I plan on using for the adventure.

• players hand book 1&2
• dungeon masters guide 1&2
• monster manual 1,2,3,4,&5
• unearthed arcana (flaws, variant classes/class features,feats)
• complete ######## (entire series)
• frostburn

Note

While all pantheons of gods exist I tend to stick to the core pantheon in my stories (baccob, we Jas, etc)

Know that enemies are intelegence too, they have acces to the same resources as you do, they may even have a stockpile of them.

Well Noctine uses a small amount of content from the Players guide to Faerun, mainl
background bits.

Also can someone tell me which book Familiar pocket is in, I'd rather not have my little Heras freeze to death.

Edit: Noticed that all I had from that background is bonus language and a free longsword that broke any way so we probably don't need that book unless others are using it
This message was last edited by the player at 02:55, Thu 21 July 2016.

Time to go digging into the sourcebooks looks like, but it'll be fun. Unearthed Arcana will be interesting, most people don't allow it, so that's already got my attention.

tome of blood

http://alcyius.com/dndtools/sp...ket--3429/index.html
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:48, Thu 21 July 2016.

according to your link it also appears in Complete arcane and the spell compendium. Though none of those help a Hexblade like me. Why do I get a familiar, and augment familiar, but not familiar pocket?!

i have no issue adding that to your spell list as a 2nd level spell

but alternative when you find the money complete arcane pg. 147

If I'm wanted in the game, I prefer Zar, if he's to remain a monk, to be a Pathfinder monk. Looks like there enough online material for me to work with the character. Zar is fifth level.

Hmm, it's late this evening the clock reads 01:48am, I can't help but think, It's been a good year. Thank you, all of you for putting up with me, and my sporadic posting.

This is not any anniversary of my joining this gaming room, I don't even know what date that wold be, rather it's my second birthday since said joining. Happy birthday to me.

Chances are I'll not be posting again before around 3 hours ago but today, obvious reasons. This is here rather than in the absentee thread because the only game I'm in that's not on hold hasn't really begun yet.

To those that feel like that are, or actually are in limbo.

If you have the following things done, you are ready to move forward by my records

• updated and readable character sheet ( in what ever format published in the correct place)
• have purchased the gear you feel you need to deal with tempatures of 60 below, with occasional magically colder areas.
• you feel you are ready to go

If you don't have those things done...you are likely waiting on an answer to a question I seem to have missed. So please ask it again.

In reply to Planer Guide (msg # 104):

Actually I am/was withholding from moving on to see who is joining us, rather than waiting on a answer, though I will be posting in about 30-45 minutes regardless

I posted a character sheet draft in the Zar Twin Miscellaneous PM thread.

It looks like everything is starting to get settled here on my end, and I think I can get back to my regular game updates if everyone who was in my Silverhand and or Redhand games would like to pick up where we left off. If you would rather not, we can officially end either of those games and I will start new ones. Regardless, I plan on starting a new and complete campaign (1st level thru 20th) which will be run using the 3.5 system.

The campaign modules we will be using were converted by me, and will be run in this order...

1) The Doom of Daggerdale (1-3)
2) The Sword of the Dales (1-4)
3) The Secret of Spiderhaunt (1-4)
4) The Return of Randal Morn (2-4)
5) Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave (4-8) DR 1374
6) The Dungeon of Death (7-9)
7) Four from Cormyr (9-12)
8) Into the Dragons Lair (10)
9) Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land (8-13) DR 1374
10) Anauroch: The Empire of Shade (13-17) DR 1374
11) City of the Spider Queen (10-18)
12) Bastion of Broken Souls (18)


The campaign "Adventures in Faerun" will start in the month of Ches, DR 1373. All relevant Forgotten Realms Official Accessories, and the CORE books will be accepted. 1st level CORE characters only. I will be accepting RTJ's starting today. To play, I require every player to have a Roll20.net account. I use Roll20.net for maps and miniature movement.


Other late breaking news - Gencon was a blast! I needed that short break from reality.

Thanks to everyone who waited patiently for me to get RL in order.

Chronicler
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:58, Fri 19 Aug 2016.

So.......what's the story with the 'twin' characters? A brother-and-sister act?
This message was last updated by the GM at 14:44, Fri 19 Aug 2016.

In reply to Rokk (msg # 108):

Magical cloning, coincidental naming, other explanations as to why I'm practically the same as my Redhand counter-part. Either way unless you/we/Planer want to leave/end it, I see no reason why we cant continue it.

The naming was place holders to differentiate those characters that were imported from the games of the chronicler.

Not sure if I'm tempted yet.  But I will keep checking and reading as things update.

Applications are no longer being accepted for the Adventures in Faerûn. We have reached the maximum participants.

I am not sure if it is a superstition thing of what but some players and GMs I play with swear on the fact that if you roll single dice with out attached bonuses.

That in doing so, on average you wil get higher rolls


For example

If you are rolling an attack roll a straight d20, then add the modifiers your self.

Alternately if you have a penalty to a roll make the dice roller do that

I did a experement where I rolled a grid of 10x10 (100d100s) rolling seperatly, as sets of five, with bonuses, with penalties.

The ending totals showed that the dice with out modifiers (manually stripped modifiers off those that had them)

The grid with penalties totaled 20 points higher on average
The grid of un modified dice(and groups of five) can in middle of the road
The dice with bonuses came in 15 points lower on average

I will point out that I have had friends do the same experement on a larger scale and get very different results. But in my experiance my results are always better if I roll un modified dice.

In reply to Planer Guide (msg # 113):

Kewl, thats good to know. My monsters need all the help they can get. J/K lol :)

Question how many players are w/o a current game?
 I will soon be starting 2 campaigns.
The first a slower pace game with the community rule of posting every 4 days.
 The second will be a faster pace small groups or solo campaigns that will require daily posting on weekdays, and optional weekends.
Please private message me if interested so I can judge the # of player characters I am dealing with.
Thanks.

Sorry to do this again, but the Pathfinder game wasn't taking off, and I really wasn't into the new name for our community anyway. So, I have changed the name to something I think represents the community better, and doesn't try to pin it into certain categories. So, as of today, the new official name for our gaming community is "A Dungeons & Dragons Gaming Community".

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:41, Fri 26 Aug 2016.

I didn't see a Pathfinder opening, I would have definitely RTJ'd there as well. I prefer it slightly to 3.5...

In reply to Phaedrus (msg # 117):

I'm in the learning stages of running a Pathfinder game at Rpol called Realm Lords. This game was doing ok, prior to my unexpected departure for a month. I put out word that we could resume but only one player so far has responded back though all said they would be there when I returned. I may transfer this game over to here, and whoever comes back from the original group. If this happens, I will enlist new players for those I need to replace. I need to give it at least a week more though to see who responds back. If your interested, I will let you know what they, and I decide to do with the game.

If you want to look over the info on it, it is here: link to another game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:43, Fri 26 Aug 2016.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 118):

Well I'd like to state my interest early, if that's okay. Always up for some pathfinder.

In reply to Brianna (msg # 119):

I will definitely keep you informed.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 120):

I couldn't agree with Brianna more!

In reply to Phaedrus (msg # 121):

I will definitely keep you informed, as well.

I'd likely be interested as well.  I play in Pathfinder Society organized play fairly regularly these days (tabletop). It's a blast!

Pathfinder, aye!

In reply to Eliah Barachel (msg # 123):

I started playing with the Paducah Pathfinder Society in April.

https://www.facebook.com/group..._id=1472240966099157

Ok, ok I get the message, lol.

By popular request I will start up a Realm Lords campaign here in our gameroom using the Pathfinder game system. Remember, I'm learning as fast as I can about running a Pathfinder game and ask that you have patience with me.

I have sent the players from the other game an invite to come and play in this game, and I told them that I will reserve a couple of spots for them.

So, the following is for the 4 of you who expressed an interest in this game. Here are the details.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

This game is going to use the Roll20 Virtual Tabletop mapping system at http://www.roll20.net with the Rpol PbP venue. So, the first requirement to play is that you will have to have an account at http://www.roll20.net so you can access the maps and move your token.

This game is a Pathfinder game that will use adventure paths 1-6 of the Kingmaker series as well as the Kingdom building rules of Ultimate Campaign and the Book of the River Nations. Note that I have used a few 3.5 rules when I don't like the way Paizo handles something. This isn't often, and I won't go into detail here. This game is rated as a mature game and is open to all audiences.

You can download the Kingmaker Players Guide for free at http://paizo.com/products/btpy...gmaker-Players-Guide.

Players will start with 1st level characters using the same guidelines I use for my 3.5 games.

If the four of you are still interested in playing, send me a PM stating so, then start preparing your character concepts.

This game is considered full, so no other RTJ's will be accepted at this time. If any of the 4 players above decide not to play, and none of the others from the other gameroom come over, I will put out a call for more RTJ's.

Thanks
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This message was last edited by the GM at 22:53, Fri 26 Aug 2016.

YaaaaY!!! Finally, my wife and I were able to complete Part 1 of the Temple of Elemental Evil in Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO). Took us 4 freakin' hours but we did it. Just us (her 11th level Fire/Air Sorceress & my 12th Level Necro Wizard), 2 cleric hirelings (11th & 12th Level), and my skeletal knight. What a RUSH!

What server do y'all play on? I've got PCs on Sarlona and Khyber. Would be happy to run with you some time.

In reply to Eliah Barachel (msg # 129):

Khyber. The character I game with the wife is a 12th Level Wiz/Rog named Megaforce. When she's busy I play a newly made and bumped to 4th Level Paladin/Rog who is actually just finishing Korthos Island by the name of Riftrider Stormbringer. My wife plays an 11th level Sorcerer by the name of Dyozza. Our guild is Raven Nation.

I think the highest level char I have on Khyber is either 7th or 8th.  I was particularly pleased by the attention to detail that they gave the ToEE. My only wish was for the surrounding environs of Hommlet and Nulb too, but meh ... a guy can't get everything he wants. :)

In reply to Eliah Barachel (msg # 131):

I agree, I was looking forward to those places too, and was severely disappointed that they made the decision (without my permission, mind you) not to develop those two places.

This is to those folks who had expressed an interest in the Pathfinder game. I am already accepting players for Realm Lords. We have two players already, and my max will be 4 more. Since so many showed an interest in this, I will be taking players on a first come basis. Again, now is the time to respond and get started making your characters. Thanks.

In reply to Eliah Barachel (msg # 131):

I just made 5th level with Riftrider Stormbringer, and should be about the level of your Khyber character in a week or so. I do everything with this character on elite mode, so it shouldn't take long. If your interested in gaming with me, you're welcome to join up with me, and that goes for anyone else that's playing DDO. I always play where I enter dungeons with group mode selected, and sometimes players join me, and other times I'm on my own. I also have yet to have any of my guild join, but that's prolly because they are mostly high level. Let me know if you're interested.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 134):

This game sounds interesting, Does it cost money?

This is a worry as I am hopelessly unemployed

In reply to Noctine (msg # 135):

It's DDO - Dungeons & Dragons online. https://signup.ddo.com/ddo.php...;abrs=100_1472816857 There's a lot of free to play content, however to get a lot of the premium dungeons (well worth the cost), there is a subscription. I'm a VIP member subscription, and I hate paying subscriptions to games. My wife and I played the free content for some time, and got so hooked, we tried a  one month subscription. We're so hooked now we just pay by the year (good discount).

BTW, my wife and I did TOEE Part 2 and made it to the end boss. We died gloriously to say the least. Best character death I ever suffered! (I think we were expected to die)
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:54, Fri 02 Sept 2016.

It's tough. Those 4 areas where he spawns the elementals are misleading - you cannot kill the relevant elemental in the section it was spawned in (ie. can't kill the fire elemental in the fire-spawning area). Once they're out of their own area, they're free game and you can damage them normally.

Until that darn caster gets into the fight.

Died to him several times myself. I feel your pain. :)

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 136):

I'll look into it then, see you's in there maybe

In reply to Eliah Barachel (msg # 137):

We gave Zuggtmoy a hell-uv-a-fight but man that's one mean boss. Loved all the dragon fights throughout the levels, that was really kewl. But, as I said, it was the best death I ever suffered. My wife wasn't very happy about doing nearly 3 hours of dungeon delving to only die. I will keep what you said in mind when we give it a whirl again.

In reply to Noctine (msg # 138):

Sure, just send me a friend request.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 16:13, Fri 02 Sept 2016.

the frostfell investigation could still use a few more PCs

i have
a healer
a secondary arcanist (really big weapon) [10.5 ft tall 15 ft long hammer]
a secondary arcanist (small weapon)

Archetypes i need

a tank (high ac/ dr/ fast heal)
the sneak (well ... the sneaky type)
a primary caster (wizard/ sorcerer/ ...)
the natural (druid/ ranger/ ...)

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 140):

Finally got DDO to let me in this morning, Initial patches are a nightmare.

I sent you friend a request, my Char is a sorcerer named Arvilar Malthanthir

In reply to Noctine (msg # 142):

Yes, especially if your using a laptop. I added you to my friend list for my Paladin, Riftrider Stormbringer.

I'm just here to say hello :)

In reply to Applicant 5 (msg # 144):

Greeting random applicant

I'm Noctine our resident social train wreck

Greeting Noctine! I'm that one guy from that one place who was doing that one thing.

In reply to Applicant 5 (msg # 146):

Eyyyy, You did that one thing too? Noice

Well I'ma sleep, it's been nice talking to you newbie, but here in Australia it's 10 past midnight

Hello all! Just a new guy looking for a possible game? I'm hoping to find a solo game, Pathfinder or 3.5 which is a sandbox kingdom builder.

Greetings,

I have tried to locate Realms Guide, but I have heard nothing back from this GM since he applied to be a GM and started accepting players for a game over a week ago. Unfortunately, that leaves me no choice but to remove him, and the game he never got started. The good news is that we have another GM who is coming aboard.

If you feel like waiting to see what the new GM will be running, please let me know. If not, I will remove you as an Applicant.

Those who had been changed to represent a character will have their player name changed back to an Applicant's number. Again, if you wish to be removed altogether, I will oblige. If you want to RTJ one of the other GM's then you will be able to do so as an applicant.

Thanks!

That is bad news. I will wait and stick around to see what is offered.

I'd like everyone to welcome GM Frost! GM Frost is wanting to run...

Adventure Title: Raiders of the Dales

Game Starting level: 1

Game RTJ: The rules are pretty simple. This will be a 3.5  Forgotten Reals game based in the Dalelands. you can use 4d6 for stats re roll ones, if you get another 1 you keep it. Please try to keep the Characters to Campaign Guide and Player's guide to Faerun. you can use regional feats and equipment.

Game Description: Bandits have been raiding in the town of Ashebenford area lately, and they are getting bolder by the day. A prized horse is stolen and the groom kidnapped in the middle of the night, as well as livestock and personal belongings. But no one can seem to figure out where they are hiding. Are you up to trying to solve the Mystery of the disappearing Bandits?

So, if your interested in applying for this game, please send out an RTJ to GM Frost.

Thanks, GM Chronicler.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 19:59, Sun 11 Sept 2016.

I am going in for a procedure at the hospital tomorrow Sept 13th, in which I should return home by tomorrow afternoon. The hospital is quite a distance from my home so I will be staying overnight in a hotel. I have updated as much as I can this morning, and will try to do some more from my hotel room tonight. It will be late afternoon tomorrow before I will return home, so there will be no postings by me until then.

Friday, the 16th. I will again be returning to this hospital for another procedure. I will post the evening of the 15th, and will not be able to post again until I return home the evening of the 15th. Thanks!
_

Hospital visits are never fun. Hope both visits go smoothly.

In reply to Brianna (msg # 153):

Thanks!

Everything went well today and I am back home resting. I'll get to my updates in a little while. Thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes.

I will do this all over again Friday, and will be back home that evening. I'll let you know how that one goes as well.

Glad to hear today went well, and best wishes for Friday too!

One better, I hope, and one to go.

This message was deleted by the player at 17:28, Wed 14 Sept 2016.

Post in accordance to the need for posting frequency. :)

Well, I'm off for the second surgery. I will catch up on my posting this evening if everything goes as planned. Have a great day!

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 160):

Be Well!

Wishing you an easy surgery (I suppose that means wishing your doctors an easy surgery), and a speedy recovery.

I'm back and should be able to catch up my games in the morning. This one went well, but I'm a bit tired. Back to back surgeries have drained me a little. However, I'll be up and running again in the morning. Thanks to all who wished me well!

Wow that was quick, just about to wish you well and then Boom, you were back and everything's good, so good to hear it want fine and quick!

Glad to hear they both went well! Rest and recuperate - best thing you can do for your body after surgeries.

Yup. Time for R&R indeed.

Well fall is here, and soon winter will bring business to the game room as well as our 3rd anniversary in January. What I mean by this is that the trend is for the game room to take on lots of players over the winter months. We surged from 18 players over the summer last year to almost a record-breaking 50 by spring. Of course, as soon as the nice weather arrived we lost nearly 30 of them, but I've come to expect that.

To get to the point, (eeee gads will this story never end!), I am going to phase in some new adventures this winter. I do mean adventures and not campaigns. I want to try something new and instead of trying to run a lengthy campaign, I want to run about 4 or 5 short adventures that can end in a few months thus freeing up players quicker.

It seems we can't keep many players for long periods of time, so my hope is that I can offer short fast games that allows a player to play and move on if they need to.

Last, I want to mention the posting rate. If you are unable to post in 3-4 days, please have the respect for your fellow gamers to tell us why in the "DM & PLAYER -  AFK or Vacation Requests". We are in the process of sending out letters to those who haven't posted in at least a week, so feel assured that we have noticed. To those waiting in the wings for an opening in one of my games, I haven't forgotten you, and if any of the non-posting players decide to leave one of my games, I will be getting in touch with you.

****Remember, there is one more option available to players in my games if you need a short break. If you just need a week or so to catch up RL, I'd be more than happy to play your character for the short term. Then, when all is back in balance, all you'd need to do is a little reading to catch up, and go right back to playing.

Thanks, and Happy Fall!

Chronicler
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:44, Thu 06 Oct 2016.

I will be starting two 3.5 D&D adventures this week. These adventures should be quick and hopefully run no more than a couple to 3 months. I will be running these games at a faster pace. I won't discourage roleplay, just move the storyline at a faster pace. The adventures will need 4 players each. The starting level is 1st level and the character creation process will go as stated in my GM Chronicler's Game Rules under the Character Creation Checklist.

The first game is called The Tainted Grove and the other will be The Cursed Manor. I am only going to accept players who aren't already playing a game in this game room. So, if your an applicant, here are two more game choices for you to consider. I have also turned on the seeking players beacon in the Players Wanted section of Rpol.

In a couple of weeks, if these two start off good, I will consider starting 2 more short adventures.

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:09, Fri 07 Oct 2016.

This message was deleted by the player at 17:44, Thu 06 Oct 2016.

This is just a FYI for all applicants, and maybe a refresher reminder to current players.

This link link to a message in this game lists the current games, and the GM who is sponsoring the game along with some other information. If a game is accepting players, PM the GM for details.

Thanks!

Pardon my ignorance - what does "tournament style" mean?

In reply to Applicant 8 (msg # 171):

That was a poor choice of words, and not the correct style I wanted to portray at all. The statement has been revised to say...



Apologies!

I have a lot going on this month as we are going camping next week October 10 - 17, and we are going to a camping Halloween party the 27 - 29. Of course with a little girl primed for Halloween, I will not be posting that evening as we have a family event going on. I'm not saying I won't be posting because I do have a wifi hotspot as well as my phone to post by (if it works) on the first week of camping, but it is primitive camping, and getting a signal can be tricky. The Halloween party camping trip will have wifi, so no worries there. This is just a heads up in case I vanish for a day or two.

(Shrieked to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")

A-camping we will go
with monster friends in tow-
Hi ho the scary-O
we dare you to say no

We'll gather 'round the pit
We'll growl, snort, and spit
Hi ho the scary-O
now grab a log and sit

We'll sing a song or two
We'll belch and barbeque
Hi ho the scary-O
here, try the witches brew

We'll rip your tent and sneer
We'll fill your nights with fear
Hi ho the scary-O
we're glad you made it here!
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This message was last edited by the GM at 13:54, Fri 07 Oct 2016.

I'm new here.  What games are currently seeking new players?

This link to a message in this game lists the current games, and the GM who is sponsoring the game along with some other information. If a game is accepting players, PM the GM for details.

*Apologies. I fixed it and added the link.*
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:46, Sat 08 Oct 2016.

Just a heads up, lol, that the name is all I'm giving out in regards to the two new adventures. I'm like that as a GM, I don't want players picking characters based on a description. I want players to play characters that they want to play. So, the name is the best you're gonna get as far as what the adventure is going to be about.

In reply to Applicant 13 (msg # 174):

See message 175, please.

We've had to make a slight change to our camping trip. We now don't plan to go till next week October 11 or 12 - 17th. Something came up, and we had to move the date forward a day or two. Thanks!

GM Frost has been removed from our game room. This GM will not be allowed back in the game room as this is the second time he has started as a GM and vanished leaving players hanging and his game unstarted. He did this as DM Watchman about a year ago, but I gave him a second chance.

It only takes one bad apple to disrupt a game room, but I assure you this bad apple will not be back.

Again, my apologies.

The Chronicler

Ok, I'm trying to find anyone else that was ignored during their attempt to RTJ the Raiders of the Dales campaign. If you are interested in this game, please let me know as I have taken over this game. Send me a PM that will tell me what kind of character you're planning to play, and if you know the name of the character, I can get your name changed, set you up a place for your character sheet, and give you access to the game threads.

Again, my apologies to anyone who was ignored during their RTJ process for this game. I look forward to being your GM. Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:51, Mon 10 Oct 2016.

My mobile Hotspot is functioning, but its at a dial-up rate, lol. So, be patient as I try to keep everything updated while on this camping trip.

I'm back, I'm really, truly back, huzah!

_{This is also from Saevel, I've just been Noctine longer so I post here as him}

In reply to Noctine (msg # 182):

Welcome back!

Just want to tell you what a wonderful couple of days it's been on the lake. Wow, the wife's BBQ chicken, and ribs rocked. We caught a bunch of fish, and well, the weather is perfect.

We've caught several channel catfish for the freezer, some hand sized bluegill, and my wife's favorite, red ears. Throw in a couple large mouth bass, and the fish fry is going to be awesome!

Now, for the fun. I've chased my daughter around playing tag, your it, and hide and seek. That never gets old, but the shedding of a few pounds doing so is good for me too. lol

Well, I've got to get making smores, and finding some sticks for the mandatory marshmallow burning...
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Tis the season for good camping and cooking on open fires. Sounds like you had a great time.

In reply to Blaive Hammerstone (msg # 185):

and... Still am!

Hello everyone, I'm pretty new to d&d and the likes so i'm looking for a GM who can help me build my character and get me started with a beginner adventure.

Thanks for letting me in :)

Finished moving yesterday, but don't have proper internet yet so will be stuck using my phone for a couple of days. Don't think I've missed anything, but if I have just give my butt a kick and I'll get back to posting.

Ok, for some reason my games aren't being flagged when people are posting. My bad for not noticing, but I post everyday unless I post to say I can't. In some games I've lost a whole week because I didn't know that people had posted. Rpol sometimes does this, I know, but I've been super busy with festivals, camping, and etc. So, what I guess I'm saying is that if you post and I don't respond within the next day, I probably didn't get the notification. Please send a quick PM to me to let me know you posted if this happens and I didn't answer in a timely manner. PM's always work.

Again, apologies, and thanks.

Hey everyone. I'm an experienced player (about 20 years now) and am willing to fill a groups needed niche usually. That said, one thing I'd love to play that I never see anyone giving a chance is the Battle Dancer from Dragon Compendium. If there's a group or DM willing to take on that mix between a Monk and a Bard please let me know.

Thanks

I am open to accepting you, so if you can (backstory) explain why you are in the deep arctic welcome aboard.

Easy enough. Like Capoeira, the Battle Dancer has roots in slavery and keeping martial arts practice disguised. So it can boil down to 'it wasn't their choice'. I can PM something more in depth later this weekend if you wish.

Still needing players (x3) for The Tainted Grove, and (x2) for The Cursed Manor. Let GM Chronicler know if you're interested in joining one of these games.

I need a reason why you are meeting up with the caravan in the middle of the arctic in the middle of gods forsaken nowhere.

Key words
arctic
Uninhabited
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:24, Thu 27 Oct 2016.

Hope everyone who participates in Halloween had a great time. I know we did, and my little girl made out like a bandit with about 5 pounds of teeth destroying candy. It's ok, though, since she gets a new set of teeth in a couple years anyway.

I updated the AFK and Vacation list which has nobody now on the list. If I erred in removing you, please repost.

I'm still looking for players for The Tainted Grove, and for the The Cursed Manor adventures.

Thanks!

I am seeking 1 more player for the Raiders of the Dale adventure.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:01, Fri 04 Nov 2016.

Whats the plug for Raiders?

In reply to Reginald of Veedaroot (msg # 197):

Apologies, but we only are accepting new players who don't have a game. If we go too long without someone wanting to join this game, I will consider you, and let you know what is going on.

We need one more player for The Cursed Manor and The Tainted Grove. If your interested, please let me know so I can put you in contact with the adventuring party so you can talk with them.

Just letting those from other countries who play here that the Thanksgiving Holiday celebration in the United States takes place this Thursday the 24th. I wouldn't expect too much posting this day as I know that I will be having the entire family over for the day. So, just a heads up that I will disappear that day too. Thanks.

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I'm still looking for players for The Cursed Manor and The Tainted Grove. Both games are using Monty Cook's Arcana Evolved.

The Tainted Grove Intro:

The City of Cat Watch is so named for the Litorians who used to farm and hunt the lands before the Dramojh came and drove them off their pastures and built a horrendous city of bellowing smoke and metal using human slaves. For years the Litorians would watch the city from their mountain retreats and passes, and ambush Dramojh hunting parties. When the giants came to the continent and freed the humans and other races from their Dramojh masters, the Litorians were the first to lead an army into the city walls and bring the city down. The great destruction that followed allowed the Litorians to take back their land until the giants settled into the city and began to rebuild it.

The litorians feeling that the giants might drive them off their lands like the previous rulers were cautious, but the giants sent envoys to the various scattered tribes to make peace with the tribes, and told the great cat people they will not despoil their land. Many of the Litorian tribes accepted the offer and came from the hidden mountain passes and hideaways, while some did not were very suspicious of the giants and have remained there since then.
The giants felt that the Litorians were going to hold them to their pledge and they always felt that were watched wherever the giants trod. Many of the giants who settled in the Dramojh ruin always felt that a pair of eyes —catlike — were upon them, thus when the first council convened in the heart of the ruined palace, they named the city Cat Watch to remind them of their pledge and friendship to the Litorians.

Start of Game:

Having not found the treasure you had so hoped to find from the directions given on the old treasure map, your party has given up the search and deemed the map a fake. There is a local festival called the Great Passing taking place in Cat Watch that is five days of feasting, ceremonies, and celebrations. People come from all around the region to take part in the ceremonies, and knowing that it is only four days from now, you all decide to head back and at least have some fun.

Taking a shortcut that brings you along the border of Dryad's Grove, you stop in utter astonishment. What has always been the most beautiful stand of yew, oak, poplar, and maple trees in the region has taken on a sickly look. Your studying of the tainted grove's appearance and discussion amongst yourselves as to what might be causing it is interrupted by a distressed call for help.

"Oh help! Help me! I don't want to end up like my sisters, enslaved by the cruel Melisande. I cannot flee, I am bound here by the evil of the harpy Saliva. Won't you please help me and redeem my sisters at the same time? I will grant you my blessing in return. Please! Over here!"

If you are interested in joining this adventure, PM me.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 14:03, Wed 23 Nov 2016.

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The Cursed Manor Intro:


The first two paragraphs from the intro to The Tainted Grove are the same for this adventure.

Start of Game:

There is a local festival called the Great Passing that is five days of feasting, ceremonies, and celebrations. People come from all around the region to take part in the ceremonies. You all are interested in taking part in the ceremonies or feasting, but there is no room at any of the inns. You have heard that the City Watch may be able to put you up for free if you’re willing to work during part of the festival as extra guards and patrols. This seems a fair enough deal, so you're heading toward the Watch Barrack to make arrangements.

The pounding rain has finally stopped and you can look up to get your bearings while walking down the city streets of Cat Watch. The rain has only made the city of shady dealings, fast treachery, and an assassin’s blade all the gloomier and you think that it would be very preferable to be in a warm room with good ale right now. Your thoughts are interrupted as you slosh through the mud of the wide street surrounded by stone walls and dark looking military structures. You had hoped that the rain would at least carry away the stench of horse offal and other more vile airs, but it only feels even worse.

Suddenly a whistle to your left blows and looking in the direction you see the walled compound known as the Watch Barracks, apparently the home of the City Watch, the local militia, or maybe both. The outer gates open and out come some thirty troops toward you, each wearing the garb of the City Watch. One of them, a sibbecai dressed in light armor and bright colorful tunics points at all of you and barks, “All of you must stop in the name of the High Magistrate. Resist, and you’ll be placed under arrest!”

If you are interested in joining this adventure, PM me.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 14:04, Wed 23 Nov 2016.

I'm going to be gone all day tomorrow, and won't be able to post. I'll be back in the game Monday. Have a great weekend.

Any of you who were following my progress on writing the first adventure module, entitled "The Crypt", in the Usurping Destiny Campaign Settings is in for some good news. The module is finished! A sample copy is now up on my website. Information on how to look at the sample copy, and or obtain a copy is detailed at my website.

The website itself has gone under the knife as well, as I'm moving it from GODADDY to my design programs server at Serif. The old website address of http://www.d20rpgwizards.info will not be good any longer as of Feb 2017.

The new URL is http://d20rpgwizards.webplus.net/ . Both URL's are up and running, but the old one, as stated earlier, is gone in Feb 2017.

I know that many of you have accounts at my forum, but that too will go down in Feb 2017. I do have a new forum up, which is built right into my website, but I couldn't transfer any of my members over to it. You can join it again by re-registering. My apologies for that, but it couldn't be helped. The forum link is http://d20rpgwizards.webplus.net/forum.html.

I have started writing the second module in the Usurping Destiny Campaign, and it is due to be out by Feb or March of 2017. You can follow its progress by checking the forum, or website as I develop it. I am still looking for play-testers for "The Crypt", and I will be wanting to run a beta test on the second adventure as I'm writing it. I will most likely host the games here, so if your interested in being a guinea pig for one of these two adventures, let me know.

Thank you for your patience as the website and forum transfers to its new home.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 19:26, Wed 14 Dec 2016.

Sorry about that and corrected. The new websites URL doesn't have the www. before the website name like in the old days, instead the URL is http://d20rpgwizards.webplus.net/ . Thanks to those who let me know.

As always with this time of year, we have much to do with the holidays fast approaching. I understand this, and don't expect to see a lot of posting going on. So, until January 3rd, 2017 of the New Year, the posting policy for all my games is suspended. After Jan. 3rd however, I will expect to see the posting rates resume.

I will continue to post daily if anyone else posts, for I'm done with all my holiday shopping. I do have quite a few activities to attend, as well as family functions, but I can always slip in the posting when things slow down.

I do want to wish everyone a joyous Holiday Season, and in case I forget, Happy New Year!
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:51, Fri 16 Dec 2016.

Is the Raiders of the Dales going to resume soon? I believe we all said we're traveling to the Roost?

Actually we said that the game didn't seem to be going at all, and several members pulled out of the game.

In reply to Desiree Dreamscape (msg # 207):

This question is being addressed within the games OOC thread, and not in this public forum.

In reply to Applicant 16 (msg # 208):

That is no longer the case as this game is definitely underway. As far as I know, we are posting quite regularly as I am playing a character in this game.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:58, Fri 16 Dec 2016.

In reply to Able Nimblefingers (msg # 210):

Well good! I'm glad the game is going :)

Wanted to briefly check in, since my jobs are killing me. Holiday season is great.

And speaking of the holidays, since my job/s won't slow down until at least next week at the earliest, Chronicler, do you want a notice in the AFK section or will this be okay since you're letting the posting rate slide until the new year?

In reply to Brianna (msg # 212):

This is fine Brianna. Enjoy the holiday.

I will not be posting tomorrow Dec. 25th, 2016. I will be traveling and spending the day with family. Hope everyone that celebrates it has a wonderful holiday. See ya Monday!

Does Disrupt Undead require Line-of-sight?

In reply to Rokk (msg # 215):

The spell is a ray, and the spell says so I would say yes.

Merry Christmas! everyone

If anyone celebrates something else um, Happy Whatever You Celebrate!

In reply to Noctine (msg # 217):

To you too Noctine!

Maybe I am missing it, but the OOC thread for character options that are solo is closed.  Does that mean there are no more solo adventures running, or that it is just in another group now.  I have a character that I could make work in a Forgotten Realms setting that is level 1, but I am having an issue I already addressed to the DMs about seeing the stuff for the open game slots.

If anyone else is interested, I would like to try my hand at a low level paladin of Oghma.  The character believes in experiencing EVERYTHING in order to gain a proper knowledge of it, and thus, truly represent the god of knowledge.  At first glance she doesn't appear to be anything like your typical paladin in shining armor being all Miss Righteous.  But the real truth is that the character knows there is evil and darkness in the world, and some knowledge is better left out of the hands of the public, while other knowledge is best put to good use.

Thoughts?

I welcome feedback!

Thank you in advance!

:D

Let's see if I get any hits...

Game Name: A Spy For a Spy
Game Synopsis: A noble in Zhentil Keep hosting a party needed some last minute assistance and took what he could get (this is where the party fits in).  Late in the party, there is a kitchen fire, and in the chaos, one of the sealed chambers is broken into an looted.  Important documents are stolen, and the party must find the thief, find the spy who helped them, and then decide on how to resolve the situation.  This is intended to be a fairly short (definitely by RPOL standards) adventure that puts PCs together and allows them to springboard into a deeper adventure.

It is intended for 3-5 characters of 3rd level and non-good alignments.  It is based in the Forgotten Realms and Zhentil Keep. The information is located here ---> link to a message in this game  I am now taking applications.  The party leader is not first come first served.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:08, Tue 27 Dec 2016.

Everyone say hello and give a big A Dungeons & Dragons Gaming Community welcome to our newest DM, DM Mr Nuke. I hope to be able to get some of you nesters out of the Applicant hall and into a game. HAhaha.

Hello.
WELCOME!

I've got a new game room opening up at Roll20 for anyone who is looking for a live game, or even a PbP in a new venue using the Roll20 interface for mapping and dice rolling:

https://app.roll20.net/lfg/lis...ving-city-adventures

General Information

Baldur's Gate - Living City Adventures is a game room for anyone who wants to play in a live group game on designated days and times or by forum posting (PbP), using the Roll20 interface only for the mapping and dice rolling. Adventurers will start adventures from the Forgotten Realms city of Baldur’s Gate, essentially using the city as their base of operations. This game room is setting up and will begin running games on January 07, 2017. However, you are welcome to join the game room and begin getting to know one another in our Discord game server at https://discord.gg/FeUtcKP. We use text for the actual gaming, but we can use voice for OOC, and even video if you prefer.


Tentative Game Schedule looks like this...
 
Live games sessions with DM Chronicler will be starting on Saturday, January 07, 2017. The sessions on each of these days will play weekly. The group size will be limited to a minimum of 4 players.
  

DM Chroniclers Time Slot Availability
 
Saturdays       8 PM – 11 PM CST    AVAILABLE
Sundays         8 PM – 11 PM CST    AVAILABLE
Tuesdays        5 AM – 8 AM CST     AVAILABLE
Thursdays      5 AM – 8 AM CST     AVAILABLE
 
So, if your interested, use the game link above to find out more.
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I am (mostly) complete!  Yay.  I just need to finish doing the weights and costs of my inventory (pppfffft).  And I need to completely finish my character description.  But there is enough of it there to give lookers an idea!

Hope I fit in somewhere.  :D

It had dawned on me.  Nobody who wasn't already in group 4 could actually see the details to my game.  :/

Well, I've updated the information in the Available Space thread.  I am looking at applications and people who want to play.

Happy new year Guys

Happy New Year everyone! I hope it finds you in good cheer, and proves to be the best one ever.

Well...I have hopes as far as RPOL is concerned.

We could sure use a tank in our Cursed Manor and Raiders of the Dales 3.5 D&D games. I need another player in our Realm Lords Pathfinder game. Anyone interested? I will accept even players who are in other games that want to play in multiple games.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:24, Tue 03 Jan 2017.

I failed to find the relevant thread. The link appears to have general information.

In reply to Shari Trevorn (msg # 230):

What are you referring to? Is it the game I'm trying to find a player for? BTW, if it is re-read the thread because I added 2 more games to it. So, there are 2 3.5 games and a Pathfinder game seeking players. I think Mr Nuke's A Spy for A Spy game is also seeking players. Now that I look, even Planar's game An Ark Without an Apocalypse is accepting players.

I'd be lying if I said i wasn't considering Cursed Manor in some capacity, but it's really better someone waiting for a game gets it. That being said, if no-one bites after about a week, would you mind if I pitched a character?

In reply to Brianna (msg # 232):

Of course.

Cursed Manor

Nobody wants to give my game a shot?  Pfffft.  Fine.  Be that way.  I didn't want you to play anyway!

:D

Maybe we're all goody-two-shoes.

My character will just wring his evil hands in some imaginary hyperspace, plotting tortures and inquisitions (NOONE will expect!), until the other bad guys show up.


In the meantime, I'll see what other games are looking, I guess.

 Accepting applicants for:
 The Western Heartlands Game

 There is trouble in the Western Heartlands....

 The Mountain dwarves of the Thunder Peaks have lost their ancestral home to an army of hill giants lead by a god-like giant who lives in the clouds. Not only have they slaughtered or exiled many dwarves in the region, causing a major wave of Dwarven refugees streaming into the Dales and into Cormyr, it has cut off trade lines between Cormyr and Sembia.

 King Azoun the IV has gone missing and the royal wizard has quit and left the realm to fend for itself without a king. The various noble house bicker over who will rule why Cormyr's enemies try and seize the opportunity to strike while they're down...

 There has been talk of strange folk and drow sightings in the Dalelands. Tensions are high as the Annual Shieldmeet is about to begin in Battledale....

 ... and dark and foul things have been reported coming out of the fabled ruined city of Myth Drannor, threatening the neighboring communities and they are roaming further then usual...

 Characters may start at level 3.

 Roll 4d6 six times re-rolling the lowest each time and keep the best three. If your TOTAL ability modifiers equal 6 or less, you may re roll your stats until you get higher then 6 total ability modifiers.

 Starting gold is standard times 30. Starting XP is just enough for 3rd level. You may start with one magic item off with one medium magic item, run by me, or two minor items. May be armor or weapons. Magic is fairly common and over powered on Faerun so coming by it is fairly easy. You may purchase medium or minor items with you starting gold.

 Roll for your starting HP. Monsters don't get full, so neither should you! Ha!

 Characters should start as a basic class from the PhP please.
(Fighter, Priest, Bard, Druid, wizard, sorcerer, rogue, barbarian, ranger, monk are all acceptable as long as the prerequisites are met. Prestige classes can be taken as you level and as long as you receive any training required. You can't generally just figure out how to do shadowdancing, someone usually has to show you unless you have an insanely high wisdom and intelligence or something.

 A note on bards: Bards in forgotten realms are powerful. I am allowing you to learn one spell per level of any level you can cast that is based off your intelligence and can be learned from any source a wizard could learn spells from. And it may be any spell on the Wiz/sorc spell list. That's right. Peter the bard can blow a fireball out of his flute!

 Anyways I can do drow or some cleverly played monstrous races, but nothing too powerful that would unbalance the game. Drow are ok but are treated as CR2. No werewolves or vampires, cambions, stuff like that.

 You may use the Book of Exulted Deeds. If you do, I shall use the Book of Vile Darkness to counter. Be forewarned. ;)

 This will be a heavy roleplaying game with some descriptive hack n slash elements, dungeon crawls, and dealing with some supreme evil.

 Special Note: I am allowing the use of 2nd edition psionics to represent an extremely rare, unstable type of power a character may possess. If you make a psionic character though, you will eventually be confronted by some strong mental opponents also with the abilities. I personally love those old rules and really would like to use them. And the cool thing about them is they do not affect or are effected by the magic weave of faerun at all. So SR can't prevent psionics and they can't be dispelled Mind shielding spells and elven natural bonuses would still protect against mental attacks. Pro Vs Evil would still prevent an evil psionicist from dominating or even contacting your mind.

 Some notable family names in the area:

 Cormyr:

 House
Rosemont: Headed by a powerful and wealthy Purple Dragon lord who is a retired knight turned merchant. He has three sons and a daughter. His sons are all members of the purple dragon knights of various ranks. Their house is known for their steel and hides, and they provide 80% of supplies for the royal army.

 House Tomlyn: House Tomlyn is a house of fierce and skilled warriors, some of the best in the land and best weaponsmiths. They have the best weaponsmith in Cormyr Rolf Tomlyn, who is a permanent fixture in the market Square of Suzail. )

 Wesmorlyn: Hails out of Marshember and controls a baronry granted to them by King Azoun IV for service to the crown rebuilding the town after the devastating dragon raid 15 years prior. (Hundreds of dragons. ). The heads of the family financed and produced the reconstruction of the marsh town and now lay claim to it as lord's. They have unofficially produced a few good aligned rogues. It is lead by Jameth Wosmorlyn and his wife Lauramae of Eveningstar. The integrity of the Wesmorlyns have been in question before, but time and again they prove to be an invaluable asset to the crown by providing valuable information from the borderlands of hill giant movements, and the some Intel on neighbouring Sembia. Jameth has proven to be component and effective leader.

 House Kinsely: Are known for their skilled horsemanship and fierce loyalty to the crown and their good looks. They are like the Kennedys of Cormyr. Their family is always fair of hair and have ancestral links to the royal family of Obyrskkr. They are excellent horse breeders and breed most of the horses for the king's army. They are based out of Immersea and have property on the promenade in Suzail and in Arabel.

House Wyvrenspurr: Is a fairly reclusive house who boasts a few hero's of their own.

 Dwarves of the Thunder Peaks.

 Ironfeld: Tough warriors
 Gemflek: Expert craftsmen and gem cutters

 Durnin: (gondsmen/priests) or Hek (warrior/drunks)

 Neidar are hill dwarves who still hold some land from the hill giants to the south. Some clan names are Hadarr, Mirroden, Holek and Karn.

 Elves: a few elf clans have remained on the mainland after the fall of Myth Drannor and some are even talking about one day reclaiming the ancient ruined city as their own. This would involve closing or destroying the many gates that exist through out the ruins to other dimensions of the abbeys.

 The elves live independently throughout the Dales. One family of note is the Starym family who are the lord's of THE CITY STATE OF Highmoon in Deepingdale. Their family are openly against unifying the Dales as a nation and has been a big reason for that never happening to date. They feel that no human will hold a position of power in the elven court of Cromanthor again.

 Elven infiltrators who seek to recover lost or stolen elven treasure and heirlooms are welcome. Sorcs of fey or dragonblood are welcome, as well as wizard's and eventually Bladesingers. Drow are allowed but are heavily ridiculed and feared through out the Dales.

 Gnomes: There are clans of forest gnomes scattered through out the King's Forest. It is legend that trolls were created by an evil wizard who performed a foul experiment on a forest gnome. Forest gnomes are neutral and fey-like by nature. They enjoy good natured pranks with their innate illusion abilities. They keep their villages spread out and hidden with communal illusion spells. Each gnome was responsible for protecting their own family.

 Tinker gnomes live mostly in and about the Dalelands scattered here and there. Their clans were disbanded long ago by giants and dragons whole stole their homes and tried to enslave them. The rock gnomes as their known as, are a bit of a brooding and displaced people. They do however have a knack for engineering and mechanical things. Some families live in Highmoon, Mistledale, Ashabensford, and Shadowdale. Perhaps the most well known Tinker gnome is Garlond Fesk who is a skilled gem cutter who operates out of Shadowdale.

 Half elves are welcome but will be generally looked down upon or pitied by their gold elf kin, but more accepted by their high elf kin. Half orcs are mostly accepted in Sembia and Daggerdale where daggerford is actually ruled by a Half orc barbarian. In Sembia they are commonly taken as slaves and their numbers plenty due to the continuing conflict between clans of orcs from the north and the Human nations of Sembia and Cormyr.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:27, Sun 15 Jan 2017.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REMOVE

I'm about to do a cleaning up of the game room. I have over 25 Applicants taking up space, and with there being 6 available games to play, I believe I'm about to remove some of them. If I remove you by mistake, please submit another RTJ. I'm removing all Applicants who haven't logged into the game room in the last week.

Thanks,

The Management

Thanks for the heads up bro

I copied my character sheet so if I'm accidentally removed I can simply paste it and it'll be good as new
This message was last edited by the player at 23:37, Tue 17 Jan 2017.

In reply to Animus Cruciari (msg # 240):

You're not an Applicant, lol, :)

The house is clean! Now it's so much easier to find players.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 241):

Aah risk is only for applicants? Sweet!

 Hey guys. Need some players for this game:

 Unending Depths of Darkness. Doesn't it sound fun?! Lol.

In reply to Headgames (msg # 244):

That does sound very interesting lol

The Mountain dwarves of the Thunder Peaks have lost their ancestral home to an army of hill giants lead by a god-like giant who lives in the clouds. Not only have they slaughtered or exiled many dwarves in the region, causing a major wave of Dwarven refugees streaming into the Dales and into Cormyr, it has cut off trade lines between Cormyr and Sembia.

 King Azoun the IV has gone missing and the royal wizard has quit and left the realm to fend for itself without a king. The various noble house bicker over who will rule why Cormyr's enemies try and seize the opportunity to strike while they're down...

 There has been talk of strange folk and drow sightings in the Dalelands. Tensions are high as the Annual Shieldmeet is about to begin in Battledale....

 ... and dark and foul things have been reported coming out of the fabled ruined city of Myth Drannor, threatening the neighboring communities and they are roaming further then usual...

 Characters may start at level 3.

 Roll 4d6 six times re-rolling the lowest each time and keep the best three. If your TOTAL ability modifiers equal 6 or less, you may re roll your stats until you get higher then 6 total ability modifiers.

 Starting gold is standard times 30. Starting XP is just enough for 3rd level. You may start with one magic item off with one medium magic item, run by me, or two minor items. May be armor or weapons. Magic is fairly common and over powered on Faerun so coming by it is fairly easy. You may purchase medium or minor items with you starting gold.

 Roll for your starting HP. Monsters don't get full, so neither should you! Ha!

 Characters should start as a basic class from the PhP please.
(Fighter, Priest, Bard, Druid, wizard, sorcerer, rogue, barbarian, ranger, monk are all acceptable as long as the prerequisites are met. Prestige classes can be taken as you level and as long as you receive any training required. You can't generally just figure out how to do shadowdancing, someone usually has to show you unless you have an insanely high wisdom and intelligence or something.

 Anyways I can do drow or some cleverly played monstrous races, but nothing too powerful that would unbalance the game. Drow are ok but are treated as CR2. No werewolves or vampires, cambions, stuff like that.

 You may use the Book of Exulted Deeds. If you do, I shall use the Book of Vile Darkness to counter. Be forewarned. ;)

 This will be a heavy roleplaying game with some descriptive hack n slash elements, dungeon crawls, and dealing with some supreme evil.

 So far we have a Shield Dwarf divine bard, like a Skald, and an npc neidar (hilldwarf) cave subterranean ranger. Both of who has lost their home to giants.

 Apply to my game! Before you get REMOVED! Lol

Headgames....are you still looking for players?

If they don't jump in, I'm seriously thinking on throwing in my own RTJ Headgames !!!

I am curious, can you play different characters in different games or are we stuck to just one.  I am liking Headgames's dwarven adventure.

I'm playing Animus Cruciarus in the Living City adventure but I'm playing Iskandar Caranus in the dwarf adventure

You can play different characters in different games. In fact, it's encouraged as long as you're maintaining good posting rates in all of them. :)

It is kinda annoying that the system has you manually choose which character you wish to post as even if there's only one option. Example, I'm both Animus and Iskandar, Animus is the only character available here, yet I must manually specify I'm posting as him. Iskandar is the only character available to post as on the unending darkness game, yet I must manually select him as my avatar.

There's a preference option to have it auto-select the highest character on the list, so you only need to worry when you have more than one option

10'000th post

In reply to Lisinder (msg # 256):

I saw that, though I don't worry about how many the game room has as long as they are good posts. I started this game room two years ago this month when I was in the Philippines, so it's a pleasure to see it's been going on this long.

I will be having shoulder surgery on Friday February 17th, 2017 so I won't be posting or updating my games that day. I image I'll be able to post one handed the following day, so we'll see.

Reminder that today is the day I have surgery. Will update my games when I return and am able to. Thanks.

Good luck Chronicler!

Yes. Here, you are the Sun.

Thanks for the well wishes. The surgery went off without a hitch, but I'm taking the do-over one a bit harder than the last. They went in at the same place as before so I'll only have one scar, but they warned me it would be more painful than had they gone in in and made a new incision. Well they were right, and I'm not feeling up to snuff today, it hurts pretty bad despite the pain meds, and I've lost my voice for some reason. Probably because of the intubation tube. I'm in good spirits despite all that, and look forward to what I hope will be a speedy recovery.

Glad to hear it all went well though, and take as much time as you need. We're not going anywhere.

What Brianna said is absolutely right. I hope the pain of surgery gets less and less over the next few days.

Hey
New guy bumming around. Hope you all the best. Sorry to hear of your challenging recovery chronicler.

It is with great sadness that I must end some of the gaming I've been doing. My health has been going down hill over the last couple of months, and over the last few days I've have become very ill and nearly completely incapacitated. I won't elaborate further but only to say, I'm unable to continue running games until I get better. I am happy to continue hosting the game room or turn the game room over to one of the other GM's. I'm currently discussing this with them.

As far as my games, if either of the GM's would be able to take them over, then that would be great, however if not, I'll announce the ending of the games I run in a couple days.

I cannot predict how long my departure will be, as I hope I will get better and be able to resume gaming soon.

Once I hear from the other GM's, I will let you know what games they might want to take over, if any, or if all my games will be ending.

Thank you for all the time we have spent together gaming, and thank you for understanding real life sometimes kicks you where it hurts most.

Chronicler
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 14:04, Wed 22 Feb 2017.

Sorry to hear about your health bro, I hope you recover.
Thanks for running the lobby and being a cool DM!

So sad!

Be strong.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 266):

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that. I've really enjoyed your games and the fresh perspective you bring to them, but you have to take care of yourself in real life first.

I do hope you start to see recovery and can reverse the decline, though I'm sure that may seem very difficult right now.

Damn. I hope you feel better. Try just playing a little. Relaxes you a little more, I think.

Take care of yourself, and thanks.

Hey don't worry about us Chron. Take all the time you need, we'll be here waiting for you.

Best wishes for your recovery

I wish you the best and hope your health recovers.  It has been enjoyable playing and having you as a DM.

I hope you get better, I had a lot of fun in your game.

Good luck Chron! Here's to a full and thorough recovery, and a thankyou for running a great collection of games.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 266):

Hope you recover and feel better! Gaming will always be here - focus on your healing and well-being!

See you when you get back! ;)

Be well!

 Where are you guys at in the Realms exactly? So many good characters gonna become lost in exile. And what levels are you?

All level 1. No xp had been handed out yet, except for the 500 bonus.

We just had our first fight with bandits after leaving Olegs.

In reply to Reginald of Veedaroot (msg # 279):

We'd have been close to finishing the bandit camp raid, so we might have been on the cusp of leveling up, but yeah, we're level 1

EDIT: What Nico said.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:23, Fri 24 Feb 2017.

1st level (500xp) in a graveyard just outside of Baldur's gate.

I was tempted to volunteer myself as GM for the Realms game if anyone had any interest?

Edit: Hope I'm not stepping on Chroniclers toes here, but I really like the premise of the game and I wish to see it continue!
This message was last edited by the player at 10:51, Sun 26 Feb 2017.

I would not mind

I would love to keep it going too! I am cool with you taking over.

In reply to Keia (msg # 283):

I have decided to keep the game room under my leadership but will act only in an advisory capacity, and I will help out our current DM's until I'm given a clear bill of health. When that happens, I will return to running games.

With that said, my first order of business is to address Keia's post. Keia, I would be very grateful if you'd take that game over. I would be happy to help you too by continuing to host the Roll20 game room and by posting the maps you need to run the game.

If anyone else would like to take over one of my games, please step right up, and bring it to our attention.

Thanks.

Ever the gentleman. Thank you Chronicler. We look forward to your healthy return!

I'll post something in the Realm Lords OOC thread later, just to hear what the group thinks.

I would like to be made GM of Realm Lords.

In reply to Keia (msg # 290):

I will set that up for you. What would you like to be called as a GM? I will make you GM Keia temporarily.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:32, Tue 28 Feb 2017.

I should like to be called The Keeper

In reply to GM Keia (msg # 292):

Ok, got you set up as you requested.

I have sent Headgames an rMail  to try and find out what has happened to them and their ability to continue the games they are running. Stand by as I wait for an answer.

Thanks Chronicler.

It is with regrets I have had to remove Headgames as a GM here at our gameroom. I failed to get a reply from this GM who hasn't posted since the 4th of this month nor sent me a reason for their absence. At this time Headgames has been returned to player status, and all of the games this GM was running have been suspended. Thank you for your patience.

I would like to petition for a new thread for me and my group, we are starting a different AP: Skull and Shakles, since Kingmaker wasn't working out.

In reply to The Keeper (msg # 297):

Sure, I'll set it right up.

Anyone who wasn't in a current game has been returned to Applicant status.

Those who were in the Realm Lords game now have access to the Skull and Shackles game. I accidentally deleted Keia, but I'm sure we'll hear from this player as soon as they realize what I did. The group for the Skull and Shackles game is A.

Please welcome a new GM who wants to run a 5th Edition game. If interested you can contact this GM when they reveal what they intend to run.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:28, Wed 29 Mar 2017.

Didn't Keia become The Keeper?

In reply to Applicant 5 (msg # 300):

LOL, yep! That's too funny.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 12:25, Wed 29 Mar 2017.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 299):

Correction. Listed as Group A.

In reply to Reginald of Veedaroot (msg # 302):

Yeah, I caught that and changed all the players to Group A. Thanks.

Greetings to all! I'm excited to be here among such dedicated storytellers!

I'm wrapping my head around how this will work here, this is my first shared GM'ing experience, but I've been running games for well over twenty years, about half of which were online back in the good old days when Yahoo Groups was cutting edge stuff. I'm looking to run a story-rich game with a darker setting. I have a couple in mind but I'm also open to suggestions. Something along the lines of Midnight (possibly with the new Middle-Earth 5e rules) and Farland are sort of what I'm thinking.

Anyway, good to be here and I hope to have a game put together soon!

Not sure what is going on with player characters being placed in the 0 and 1 groups and no other game group. Every player has access to group 0 and 1 as these two groups are game room open groups and not game specific groups. I assumed the players were Planar Guides players and moved them to Group B. Apologies to those who were getting these players updates in our general threads. Hopefully, this has been remedied. If group B wasn't the correct thread, then your GM has been notified to change the players to a game specific thread.

On another note, I am on vacation for two weeks, and may have limited cell and internet service, if any during this time.

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:09, Tue 04 Apr 2017.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 305):

Thank you and have a great vacation!

Hey can anyone recommend rulebooks and other books I should look into to learn about the D&D realms so I can try to make a campaign of my own? I want to be a DM but I've little idea where to start

There probably are DMGs in used bookstores and maybe published modules. You may find one that you've participated in as a player. Also, thee are. OI believe, online free modules. Let people know you're a newbie GM, insist on politeness, and maybe start with random, easy, low-level encounters so you get used to GMing and doing the mechanics.  Were I to start as a GM, I'd pick AD&D, simplest, with two additions: Magic Users get extra spells for Intelligence as Clerics do, and players get 1 stat point for every two or three levels. One thing that irritates me about D&D, AD&D, and 2e is no stat raising.

www.d20srd.org  has all the core information you need for 3.5 and there is a forgotten realms wiki that can help if you want a world to play in.  Good luck DMing and start out with just core everything.  Otherwise it gets out of hand quickly.  Some of the best adventures for me were always regular characters put in extraordinary situations.  Have fun playing and the story will begin to build itself as players show their interests.

It seems we have lost yet another GM, so I'm returning to carry on for the players who were in Planar Guides game. I'm going to run a 3.5 conversion of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks which is in the World of Greyhawk setting. I put out a request to find some more GM's, and I welcome any of you to run a game if you are so inclined.

I did a mass cleanup of Applicants and the making of new Applicants from players who haven't posted in a long time. If I changed your status to RTJ by mistake, please let me know, and I will correct it. Thanks.
This message was last updated by the GM at 14:20, Sun 04 June 2017.

It seems we have lost yet another GM, so I'm returning to carry on for the players who were in Planar Guides game. I'm going to run a 3.5 conversion of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks which is in the World of Greyhawk setting. I put out a request to find some more GM's, and I welcome any of you to run a game if you are so inclined.

I did a mass cleanup of Applicants and the making of new Applicants from players who haven't posted in a long time. If I changed your status to RTJ by mistake, please let me know, and I will correct it. Thanks.

Not sure what's going on with this thread, but I'm showing multiple posts of the same post with the message number also being the same (310). I tried deleting the two 310's but nothing happened.

Just in case my last post does remove, I wish to re-post the message.

Sometimes that stuff just happens. Thanks for letting us know about Planar Guide.

Many game suggestions have been placed here, but many of the Applicants have showed no interest in playing in them. In hopes of enticing the Applicants to start playing in something, I am considering running 2 more games.

One of the campaigns I'm contemplating running is considered to be some of the top modules in D&D history with most all of them placing in the top 30 modules of all time. I'm referring to the Queen of Spiders series starting with the Village of Hommlett which leads to the Temple of Elemental Evil and then on to the Queen of Spiders series. I've accumulated over the years 3.5 converted copies of these modules from different sources. Most of the conversions suggest that to try and keep it close to the original feel, to only allow core characters and races. This I will adhere to. Anyone who's played in my games knows I use Roll20 for battle-mapping, and I think this campaign will allow for some great battle map strategies. So, a Roll20 account is a must for those interested in playing.

The second campaign I wish to run is also as old school as it gets. I'm talking about running a D20 conversion of the original Blackmoor campaign by Dave Arneson. Not only will this campaign include the Temple of the Frog series, but I've also accumulated over 60 top ranked Episodes that can extend this campaign for years if it held together. Again, like the other idea, I'm wanting only core characters and races and Roll20 is a must for battle-mapping.

If anyone, especially the Applicants living in the background, are interested in either of these two massive campaign undertakings, let me know.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:15, Fri 07 July 2017.

All Hail Blackmoor!!!

Hi guys I'll be running a live 5e game using the "Harried in Hillsfar" module soon with roll20 and discord, feel free to message me to join

Chron if my advertising  my own upcoming games here is against some rule that I've forgotten, please delete this and tell me.

Thank you all for your time.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:37, Wed 12 July 2017.

In reply to Lisinder (msg # 315):

Not a problem at all.

Ok, message 313 has received absolutely no feedback from any of our applicants, so I will scratch that idea.

For lack of any notion as to what you are looking for, I want to know from our applicants what it is you are wanting to play.

Thanks.

Of course I would be interested but I'm limited right now and can't be certain of my time commitment so I didn't want to drive the conversation only wait and opportunistically join if possible.

I was also interested in your game but I didn't want to take a spot of any applicants who didn't have a home.

I'd be up for just about anything you'd be willing to run!

Hey everyone! New guy here waiting for... something to happen I guess? Lol

Ok, regardless if you are an applicant or not, does anyone else want me to run another module or series of modules to form a campaign? I'm open to suggestions.

Welcome applicant 7. You can share your thoughts on this as well.

My only stipulation will be that I will want the module or modules to be version 3.5, and it doesn't matter what the starting level is.

I've always wanted to try the World's Largest Dungeon, but I hear it's pretty hard, so maybe we should do gestalt? Or just really high point buy or something. If someone has another idea, I'm all ears. Not picky about anything really.

I'd love to run through a module with you! Your choice!

In reply to Applicant 7 (msg # 322):

I can and have tried to run WLD but as the first two commenters on amazon say,

https://www.amazon.com/Largest...amp;showViewpoints=1 ,

I tend to agree heavily with them. This dungeon has no plots, needs a reworking of monsters for two reasons, (1) too slow to level, so needs changing back to regular leveling instead of only allowing characters to progress 2 levels per map, and (2) redundancy. Who wants to fight the same monster over and over. Treasure is almost non-existent as well as a way to haul the oversized trinkets out. The list goes on and on. I don't want to take the tremendous amount of time to "fix" this oversized paperweight.

Last, one commenter made a good claim that there are much better dungeons that could be run without all the work. His comment went something like this.



Sorry for the long analysis.

Oh BTW - I had a feeling you were into gestalt when I read your RTJ. Unfortunately I've no experience running this type of game and these type of characters.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:00, Wed 19 July 2017.

I've never gotten very far, so I didn't realise how tedious it apparently was. Whatever dungeon you guys want to run will be fine then, as I'm not familiar with other modules.

Gestalt isn't too hard to understand, but the power level is increased, obviously. Not doubled, but it does need more of a challenge then normal.

With my experience running gestalt game(I've run three with my friends), I find that treating the party as thought they're 1.5 times stronger(rounded down) is about right, though I've seen others who treat them as a party La2 character do just fine as well

Mind you, I'm certainly not against learning something new. If there are enough folks interested in playing a game in this manner, I'm certainly open to the idea of learning; as long as there is someone to guide me and everyone is kind and patient.

Gestalt is fun. Characters feel more rounded and heroic. Count me in for this.

If you end up needing me I' more than willing

I love gestalt games. Count me in if this launches.

Well, I actually have just the campaign in mind, it is called Night Below.

It too is a highly rated campaign that is obscure and sometimes forgotten by GM's of the old school days. I have the conversions as well as a hard copy of the boxed set that is now worth a good bit to collectors. This campaign is certainly a good bet for gestalt characters.

Let me know what you think, and I'll start putting something together.

Like all my games, I will be using Roll20 for the battlemaps and player handouts. You'll be required to have an account, which is free.

I'll also be putting out an ad in the Players Wanted section of Rpol to find more players if it is decided that this campaign is suitable.

That sounds fine to me. Do you know what level we would start at, so I can at least get to planning my character?

The module starts at level one from what I read

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 331):

Perfect!

In reply to Lisinder (msg # 333):

Hey, what r u doing reading the module, lol.

But, yes, it starts at level 1.

So, I take it this campaign is a go...

Yep, it's a go! I'd love to go Pathfinder rules but understand completely if you'd rather do 3.5 :)

I will say that attribute points for Gestalt Characters are at a premium because characters end up very dependent on multiple attributes :)