Hello all.  I will be your Dwarven fighter as it seems the party was a bit light on the fighting end.

Just in case anyone wants it, here is a very nice map of Flanaess

https://easyzoom.com/image/136005
This message was last edited by the player at 19:35, Fri 26 Apr 2019.

Hey there. Nice to see your rolls are perfectly average as well. I have to admit that the totality of it all actually makes these some of the worst rolls I've seen. I think the biggest total was a 67, which is still in the average region (mathematical average for 3d6 is 10.5 which rounds to 11 for practical purposes, and we got 7 rolls and dropped the worst) while there was at least one really bad result.

Luckily AD&D isn't as dependant on stats as some other games.

im trying to see what we've got so far:

cleric
specialty priest
bard
magic user/thief
dwarf fighter
and one other player

this look right?

*edit that map is awesome!
This message was last edited by the player at 22:21, Fri 26 Apr 2019.

Helethorn is a F/MU

okay here we go:

cleric
specialty priest
bard
elf magic user/thief
dwarf fighter
fighter/magic-user

Do we have a character sheet?

Edit: what I like about that map ( other than it is gorgeous) is that it has most, if not all of the locations marked form all of the modules.  Towns mentioned in modules, ect.  I have not found the Tomb of Horrors yet so I need to dig out my version to see where it might be. :-)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:10, Sat 27 Apr 2019.

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Name  : ?                    Size  : ?               THAC0 : ?
Player: ?                    Height: ?'?"            No Att: ?
Race  : ?                    Weight: ??? lbs         Damage: ?
Class : ?                    Age   : ??              AC    : ? (Type)
Kit   : ?                    Hair  : ?               HD    : ?
Sex   : ?                    Eyes  : ?               HP Max: ?
Level : 1st                  Hand  : ?               HP Cur: ?
Align : ?                    Move  : ?"              XP    : 0/?
Home  : ?                    Title : ?               Other : ?
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STR   : ??       HT: ?    DM: ?    WT: ??lbs       MP: ??? lbs OD: ?  BB: ?%
DEX   : ??       RA: ?    MA: ?    DA: ?
CON   : ??       HP: ?    SS: ??%  RS: ??% PO: ?   RG: ?
INT   : ??       AL: ?    SL: ?    LS: ??% MS: ?   AP:? IM: ?
WIS   : ??       MD: ?    SF: ??%  BS: ?   IM: ?
CHA   : ??       MH: ?    LB: ?    RA: ?
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Para/Pois      : ??
Rod/Staff/Wand : ??
Petrf/Poly     : ??
Breath         : ??
Spell          : ??
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RACIAL/CLASS/SPECIAL ABILITIES:
 - Race Name: Special Ability
 - Race Name: Special Ability
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 - Class/Kit Ability:
 - Class/Kit Ability:
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 - Psionics:
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 - Special Hindrances:
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LANGUAGES: Common,
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PROFICIENCIES (-3 to THACO using Non-Proficient Weapons)
 - Class W.P:
 - Class N.W.P: Name (? Slots, Ability, Bonus)
 - Intelligence Bonus N.W.P: Name (? Slot, Ability, Bonus)
 - Kit Bonus N.W.P: Name (? Slot, Ability, Bonus)
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THIEVING ABILITIES
   Name            Base  Skill  Race  Dex  Kit  Armor  Total
 - Ability         .                                   ??%
 - Ability         .                                   ??%
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 - Name           .               .   .   .    ?d?   ?d?       .
 - Name           .               .   .   .    ?d?   ?d?       .
 - Name           .               .   .   .    ?d?   ?d?       .
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MONEY        PP:         GP:          EP:         SP:         CP:
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EQUIPMENT
 - Name (Cost) (Weight)
 - Name (Cost) (Weight)
 - Name (Cost) (Weight)
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was B2 Keep on the Borderlands part of the whole hommlet/temple of elemental evil/etc, or was that back in basic dnd. wow I don't remember, its been so long.
too bad play-by-post games like rpol takes such a long time to play, it would be really fun to go through the whole series, against the giants and the kuo toa, lolth, all of it :)

A sequel was released in 1999, Return to the Keep on the Borderlands for 2nd edition AD&D. The original B2 publication was generic in terms of setting, while the 1999 Return module placed the Keep in Yeomanry, making it a canonical location in the World of Greyhawk. The placement of the Keep in Greyhawk did not match many details in the sequel, such as several non-Greyhawk deities, nations, and peoples. At least two of the non-player character descriptions refer to details from the Mystara setting rather than Greyhawk.

In reply to Vandilo (msg # 76):

Wow serves me for not being able to log in for a but, welcome all one and al.

I look forward to gaming with you all.

oh that's right, thx for the update. was there ever a B1..?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Unknown

yes

now I remember the artwork, my older brother had it with his box of basic dnd. memories :)

Ok, checklist

I think I have answered all of your questions (but could be wrong, be sure to remind me if that is the case)

Tell me when your character sheet is ready.

Have you decided on a starting city, goal and route?

looks like we need to discuss our group plans. i'm good with starting anywhere and heading anywhere. should we go along the coast and head towards greyhawk? or are we headed towards the village of hommlet? I can also start with anyone as well. hommlet sounds cool to me, I actually never went through that adventure, maybe we can find it and start the temple of elemental evil..?

I am perfectly fine with Village of Hommlet to start.  I would not care if we bounced around between modules.

So my vote is Hommlet.  Otherwise I would base out of Greyhawk.

I can see Vandilo being in Hommlet, or in Greyhawk, but for the sake of voting, I choose Hommlet! so it gets a +2

I did find the tomb of horrors on the map.  The original module gave 5-6 possible locations for the tomb.  One of them is the Vast Swamp and that is where it is ( one the map)

In reply to Grimbold (msg # 85):

Just point me in the direction of the adventure and off we go.  Hommlet is fine especially since I know of or actually remember very little of Greyhawk or modules - age and home brewed campaigns do that over time.

Dirk character sheet shold be good to go.



Dirk points to the sun, it is setting soon, whomever is our ranger type, blaze a path out there somewhere, adventure awaits for us.  Lets' be off, my bags are packed and my god yarns for a tall tail of adventure from us, so off we go.



Um, guys, why are we still standing here.



Hello, the little guy down here wants to know why the shadows are moving faster then the group   lol
This message was last edited by the player at 01:33, Tue 30 Apr 2019.

Oh yeah, Vandilo's sheet is complete.

I think my sheet is complete

Just realized Helethorn still needs equipment (won't be much; sword, bedroll, waterskin and rations, but you wanna be complete). But otherwise he's been done.

is anyone strong enough to carry rope? I can't afford silk rope and cant carry 20 lbs of hemp rope. I can carry a couple of spikes :)
This message was lightly edited by the player at 16:38, Wed 01 May 2019.

STR - 11 (40lbs)

Weight Allowance is the weight (in pounds) a character can carry without being encumbered (encumbrance measures how a character's possessions hamper his movement--see Glossary). These weights are expressed in pounds. A character carrying up to the listed weight can move his full movement rate.

I'm weak!

In reply to Raphim (msg # 90):

Rega has you covered.  She has rope (but no spikes).