Chargen:
-All Core rulebooks are allowed.  No homebrew or setting specific books.
-Characters start the adventure at 3rd level
-Use 27 point buy to make your character
-All characters receive a free bonus feat at level 1
-All races are technically permitted.  However, monster races will likely have lower priority on getting accepted
-Characters began play with the starting equipment for their class/background, an additional 500 gp, and an uncommon magic item from this list:

• Shield (+1)
• Ring of Jumping Ring
• Ring of Swimming
• Ring of Water Walking
• Immovable Rod
• Rod of the Pact Keeper (+1)
• Wand of Magic Detection
• Wand of Magic Missile
• Wand of the War Mage (+1)
• Wand of Web
• Moon Sickle (+1)
• Weapon (+1)
• All-Purpose Tool (+1)
• Amulet of the Devout (+1)
• Arcane Grimoire (+1)
• Bag of Holding
• Bloodwell Vial (+1)
• Boots of Elvenkind
• Boots of Striding and Springing
• Boots of the Winterlands
• Bracers of Archery
• Cap of Water Breathing
• Cloak of Elvenkind
• Cloak of Protection
• Decanter of Endless Water
• Eyes of the Eagle
• Figurine of Wondrous Power (Silver Raven)
• Gloves of Missile Snaring
• Gloves of Swimming and Climbing
• Gloves of Thievery
• Goggles of Night
• Hat of Disguise
• Insignia of Claws
• Keoghtom's Ointment
• Lantern of Revealing
• Pearl of Power
• Periapt of Health
• Robe of Useful Items
• Slippers of Spider Climbing
• Stone of Good Luck (Luckstone)

House Rules:
I have house rules for combat only to make sure that the games flows quicker and doesn't get bogged down in a pbp setting.  That said, there will be two different types of combat: Standard Combat and Quick Combat.

Standard Combat:
Standard Combat is roughly the same as normal 5e combat, but with a few exceptions.  There is no initiative.  Instead, all the players will go, posting in general terms what their character is doing or wants to do, and makes any associated rolls.  After all players have posted, I will make a large summary post accounting for all the results.  In that same post, the enemies will take all of their turns.  After that post, all the players can go again, in any order.  The only exception would be in an ambush, in which case the opponents will go first.

To keep things going quickly, each round will last only 24 hours.  I will be the round summary post usually between 12:00am-1:00am EST every day.  If a player can't make a post, they will be assumed to be continuing what they were previously doing or do very simple actions (fighter just attacks, wizard uses cantrip, etc.).  This should hopefully let us get battles over in just a few days


Quick Combat:
In DnD there can be a LOT of fighting.  So even with my previous house rules, the game can bog down.  However, many of those combats aren't even a challenge, but just a method to drain resources.  That's where Quick Combat comes into play.  If I declare a combat is a Quick Combat- you've already won.  You just get to tell me how.  I will set the stage, then you all get to explain how the battle was won. First roll a single, unmodified d20.  Rolled a 1?  Well, you still won but it was a bit of struggle for you personally.  Maybe you got hit by an unlucky crit, or all of your spells got resisted, and you needed to rely on the party to carry you this time.  Rolled a 20?  Well you are king of this combat, and get to tell all how you badassed your way through it.  Rolled a 10?  You handled them professionally, served your role, and suffered only basic resource loss.  After everyone posts, I will give another cleanup / accounting post to make sure everyone knows where they are at in terms of HP, Spell Slots, and other resource expenditure.

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If this game continues onwards, eventually I will be incorporating certain rules from Strongholds & Followers.  They will be added on here.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:58, Mon 01 Feb 2021.