Reviving Netherfall (Inactive)

Game Master Herkymr the Silly

I am going to run a pbp.

I am not an inexperienced DM. I have DM'd for many years now with many systems from shadow run to earthdawn to D&D 3.) & 3.5 and now pathfinder.I am flexible and work with my players to achieve what they and I want in a satisfying gameplay situation. I also am a writer and an avid reader myself thus have a understanding of story elements and story telling.
I also have played for years and am currentl playing 2 play by posts under the alias' Tamimay M'oskyto and Tobiaal Ald Kheled'Askech. I would encourage you to look at my playing as well.

I will post minimum of 1 a week sometimes more than that. I will require that those chosen to play commit to posting once a week.
Looking for between 4 and 8 players with 6 optimal.
I will be creating maps using Dundjnni program (just for your info)

Recruitment will be open until Sept 7th Pacific time. I will have those playing posted by Sept 14th

I do have a new kid coming in the end of Sept so expect a brief break (probably 1 week) during that adjustment period.

DO NOT CREATE YOUR CHARACTER BEFORE POSTING A BASIC CONCEPT:

Is it me, or is the "World Facts"-Spoiler maybe empty? I am not able to open it.

Nevertheless your guidelines sound reasonable and one post a week seems pretty easy to handle.

If you tell something of the world, I´d like to create a basic character concept for it. Maybe a bard or a ranger. Would a paladin also be okay?

Well, I can open it. Here is what is listed:

And for that matter, I am interested...

Here is Ghorum Kraak, a dwarf ranger (guide). He is a bit older, approaching middle age, drifting from region to region. He will typically hire himself out as a guide once he gets to know a region well enough. A skilled fighter, his prized possession is his clans Waraxe, aptly named Barathaz Burk, which translates to "Bloody Axe".

Having seen plenty of bloodshed in his years, he has become somewhat jaded to violence, even to the point that he does not fear his own death. Not suicidal by any means, he may still charge in to battle, though it depends on if he had enough sleep the night before.

Could you explain what you mean by "all dice will be done online"?

I'd be interested in a PbP campaign. I can post frequently on weekdays but will be less available on weekends depending on internet access. I've never done a PbP, and haven't even played that much Pathfinder, but I have a good feel for most of the rules.

I'd like to submit a whip-master half-elf fighter for consideration. I'll stat him up & backstory him if I get the green light.

I haven't done an online campaign but I'd post frequently. Since it looks like everyone is leaning fighter I think I'd go cleric. Been a while since I've played a cleric.

Also excited to see a whip-master in action, one of those things I've always glanced at but have never tried.

So far it looks like a good group.

all dice will be done online meaning we will use the dice roller that is in the posts here.

whip fighter sounds fun -- I just built one to see what it would be like. I dual classed him as barbarian and fighter

cleric is cool --what aspect of the God?

Paladins are fine. You may even do a lawful neutral if you have a strong code of ethics.

BTW I can't open my own world facts but when i edit it, its all there :)

One more point of interest
A natural 20 doesn't mean automatic success neither does a natural one mean immediate failure. They mean that you get to add 10 or subtract 10 from the total. This allows for skill training to actually mean something instead of just luck.
However with that said...a natural 1 does mean something not expected and usually detrimental to the team happens. IE: i get to have fun and be mischievous!!!!

I will reward skill points,extra traits, and or an item or feat based on background. IE the dwarf talked about having the clan war axe so that might be an item he would receive free. and other things like that for the different characters according to the story background.

A side note...I have a somewhat selfish reason as well for running this...I am collectively picking your brains for my personal story writing.

I will have more up on the world later. I have already had the basics of this one written up and designed for quiet some time.

I have a few things in mind for the aspect of a god I worship. I'm going to toss a few out there and see what sticks. Let me know if they work with the world or not.

The Order of the Tower: Tower clerics believe that the mage wars were a sign of an even greater devastation, magic representing a mortal arrogance that will inevitably be punished. They believe that some day God will unleash a holy cleansing upon the world and only righteous will be spared. Priests of the Tower channel elements of this cleansing by means of the Destruction domain, imparting a small bit of what is to come upon the unholy. They also make use of the Protection domain, representing the tower where the worthy will be spared. Other domains include Law, Fire perhaps.

The idea that 'God' is everywhere: Instead of a personification of God, this cleric would go under the assumption that everything has a divine spark. There may be a larger divine spark that acts as a God, but every living creature has the potential channel their own divine energy, and thus are responsible for the reformation of society on an injured earth. This is view is unpopular at best and heresy at it's worst. Clerics of this notion tend to have their own word for it, and are usually chaotic. Domains that come to mind are Liberation, Chaos, Luck, perhaps others.

Church Mode: I wouldn't mind playing a pretty standard goodly priest either. With all the options of cleric I don't see a lot of "God is good and so am I" clerics running around. Clerics like this could strive for an ideal, maybe take the Law and Good domains and roll with it.

Also how would you like to do my deitys weapon? Base it off of the order?

Ghorum, I hope you don't mind but I pretty much stole your formatting to make my character easier to read alongside yours. And because it was very thorough. Etc.

For Herkymr, I present to you Jim Seeker, treasure hunter. I included a prelude to my intent to multiclass into a gunslinger as well. Have a looksy, and if you should deem his story worthy of a bonus feat/trait/item, here is my wish list:
Weapon Focus (whip) OR Whip Mastery (making my whipping much more viable)
Arcane talent (seems suitable for a half-elf who roams mysterious haunted jungle ruins)
Quick Draw (seems appropriate for an adventurer used to having trouble pop out of nowhere)
Dodge, or any traits with bonuses to initiative, reflex saves, acrobatics, or even dodge-based AC would also seem appropriate.

Im in sounds fun

I like what I am seeing. And GM get a concept together...I have actually been following some of your "the drow" it has been well done. I think the intrigue elements will appear in some degree in our game. I am excited to have you if your story works out

Jim looks good so far.

Cockroach :) I think any of them will work wonderfully. You may need a bit of tailoring to the specific world but that is easy to do with the concepts you have proposed. I like them for a cleric/

I will try ....try.....to get more up on the wold today. I need to dig out some of my old writings.

Been looking for a pbp this sounds interesting. Have been playing rpgs for about 36 years. Have not done pbp.

My concept is a Dhampir rogue who will dual class with sorcerer. Will probably go into a prestige class. Is CN due to discrimination. Tends to be somewhat a loner even in a group. Tends to look at teamwork in how it benefits him.

I hope you can get my basic concept. Any questions or clarification please ask.

I think of a strix rogue with the bandit archetype.

His name would be Avelin. He was a quite successful highwayman and ambushed human caravans. One unlucky day, he and his flock got betrayed and all of them except for Avelin died.

Now he is looking for the one responsible for the betrayal. He is a no-nonsense type of guy and thinks, that any disadvantage in pure power can be evened with cunning, ruthlessness and some dirty tricks. Nevertheless, he knows, who his friends are and would go to great lengths to protect them. (Alignment True Neutral).

If that is approved in general, I´ll start working on the crunch and more details.

they both sound interesting could both be assets to the party...but need more give some yummies you might include in background so I have a bit more to consider.

also unfortunately it will probably be tomorrow or late pacific time Thursday before I get more campaign details up.

world map basics this is the basic of the world map

That appears to be a facebook link to which access permissions are not public.

Netherfall details
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Here are some more specifics to this world.

I will be writing in this world and so ask permission to base characters in my writing on your characters in the game.

Also if you want to name specific towns etc according to the areas you grew up, please let me know I should be able to accommodate.

A few details about the world of Netherfall.

• Societies tend towards Neutral alignments.


• Races are not inherently evil. Meaning all people are a product of their society whether for the good or the bad.
• Half breeds are common
• Elves are extremely rare and few survived the Ashfell era.
• Dwarves are uncommon and majority of them reside in the Mithril Mountains.
• Mithril Mountains are the only place where Mithril is available thus all Mithril Items cost 3x listed prices.
• Clerics represent causes not Gods. Example : Cleric of Chaos, Cleric of Fire, Cleric of Nature
• No racial enmities ie: no elves hating orcs and vice versa. Racial hatred racial abilities can be replaced using a +1 to any 2 skills or a +2 on any one skill or the acquisition of an additional trait
• Magic is still generally misunderstood and not trusted by the general populace.
• Fire arms are just emerging and thus very rare. Costs are 2 x listed price
• No kingdoms have been formed although many city states are common much like ancient Greece.
• If you chose to be from the Rune fated Forests or the spires, we will need to talk individually due to some special considerations in these regions.
• All creatures learned to eat or be eaten during the Ashfall.
• Photosynthetic plants began to emerge once again in the Year of Ashfall X. They have rapidly spread in the rich ash loam of the "new" world.
• Black "dots" are major/main cities or towns in this world.

I drop my interest I don't see how these extensive back stories bring anything to role playing. Sorry I wasted your time.

So with that in mind...please design backgrounds around this.

The more specifics you can give me that allow me to play in and fill in the back story some the more fun it will be for all of us.

This is the same world that I currently run a RL campaign in so you and they might run into each other :)

Tell me if you see something I missed or if something is unclear or even if you have ideas or hints on how to help flesh the back history.

I am always open to feedback but am also always open to accepting it or not depending upon the logic of it to the preconcieved basics of this world.

srry about the link I will post it another way

So, guns went from "common but not advanced" to "very rare"?
I admit, I thought the environment was more interesting with the spread of technology (firearms) and the fall of magic.

I'll update Jim's backstory (elf heritage), but his settlement bordered a ruin-filled jungle... is there a place for that?

EDIT: Any words on adamantine? Or just mithral?

For those of you wanting to see where and what I am meaning and going with a background I wll post one from a previous player here so all may see it. It is just an example...I by no means want to stimmy anyone's creativity. Thus anything goes if it can logically and realistically make sense with in the world. Just ask we will work something out to make it work.

BTW Michael Falcon: you never waste time to ask questions. the backgorund can be as long or short as you want just basics that I can use to tie your toon in if you want that connection makes it wasier on me as dm to make the world real for the characters.

Netherfall Map

there that should work for the map. Just had to tie it to another account.

D-Kal == Guns are common but not advanced. I forgot to change that and the cost in the world info. Thanks for catching that.

Ruins are common and so just find somewhere you think would be good and we can go with that. Only exceptions are the area with in the spires and rune-fated forests specifically.

mithril and adamantine are rare others metals are still normally available.(cold iron etc.)
just a clarification for everyone. Thanks for the catch of my error D-Kal

This shows my writing ability as well as gives a very loose idea of a possible means to a background. I love detailed so I did it to the extreme. However from a DM point of view your character now "is living" I have plenty of info to tie you into the world with and so forth.

I will note This character was for another campaign

Hope this helps. I left enough of the stats and stuff on the character so that his abilities and his story can be compared to show why he is and has what he does in skills and so forth.

I should have a more detailed background up in a few days. Since dwarves seem a bit isolationist, I'll have to come up with a reason that Ghorum left the confines of the Mithril Mtns. Maybe just some wanderlust...

Ghorum, I hope you don't mind but I pretty much stole your formatting to make my character easier to read alongside yours. And because it was very thorough. Etc.

No worries! I took it a while back from another PbP (fizzled out), but liked the format so much I copy-pasted it to a word document on my desktop for future use. It organizes things very nicely!

No 3ed party book, shame would love to have had a Mindmage, psion, egoist

Its not so much magic as mind over matter, and He would hind his powers as a matter of course.

O will so, to races, and classes, I am thinking of a

Race wise thinking, some thing like a Tiefling Summoner not tried this before or a kitsune Humm having a think.

Kitsune would be fun. So would tieflings. You are allowed to use the alternative racial traits.

@Roach- with no magic items, we could really use a positive energy cleric. Otherwise we'll have to rely on pricey CLW pots all day long. Also, the magic support would be invaluable. And of course we could use your scimitar on the front lines from time to time.

Tiefling Summoner it is then,

1d100 ⇒ 84 You are immune to magic sleep and paralysis effects.
1d100 ⇒ 83 Once per day, exposure to fire heals you 1d6 hit points of damage. This ability does not negate fire damage.
1d100 ⇒ 18 You gain DR 2/bludgeoning.

O fire heals nice and so's You gain DR 2/bludgeoning. humm have to have a think.

Looking into making an alchemist is this a no go for this world (dont think of them as magical just sciency)

I withdraw my submission. I wish all of you lots of fun playing.

Due to the scarcity of non-human races, as well as magic users, I am curious about monsters and magical creatures. Would you say these would be as prevalent in this world, or that most foes would be human in nature?

The world has been under the earth away from the ashfall for several centuries to survive.As it has reemerged, everything has had to become a predator or extinct.

As for what you encounter will in part depend upon where and what Us as gamers want and say as we tell our stories.

Thanks for the interest Tim.

Alchemy is fine and alchemical items are used alot in this world to compensate in part for the lack of open arcane magic. I see them as magical but not mainly magical as much as the scientist...always mixing and matching.

So go for it as long as you can tie it in to why and who your character is.

@Ghorum- How is your character creation coming?

@Herkymr- Since it's not listed, do we not select any of our own traits?

Would a half-orc ranger work well in the world? I'll have to give some thought to a suitable background.

@Herkmyr I have a background on profile. If you think it would work for this world ill finish out the crunch

@kirsteen a half orc would work. I am better with more about your possible background to help with the decision. The profile can come later if you are picked.
Also before you buy gear...look at the starting gold and the change in potion costs.

All

• Standard 2 traits
• No two from the same category
• regional are ok and so are campaign for any of the published Pathfinder stuff.you do not have to match the region or campaign due to this being homebrew...as long as it fits your background in flavor and "bonus"
• Half-breeds can pick traits from any of their parental races without complication
• If i have questions I will ask for more information as to how it ties in with background. We will come to an agreement or I will request a trait change.

@Ghorum- How is your character creation coming?

@Herkymr- Since it's not listed, do we not select any of our own traits?

Its coming. I'm working 3 overnight shifts in a row, and so I don't get much computer time since I'm trying to catch up on sleep. I have one more shift tonite, so I'll be working on him tomorrow.

no worries I understand overnights. Take care of your RL first rest will come

Still have just over a week before I decide for sure but so far it loks like
d-kal and you are going to be in.
concepts seem to work well and are interesting and you are compatible with each other and show consistency

Herkymr, get a chance to check out Tess's profile?
If you approve, that would put us at:
2 Rangers
1 Fighter
1 Summoner (assuming Fuglet is still in)
1 Alchemist
At least for those who have shown interest.

A right fine party, but for lack of a healer (unless Roach shows back up maybe).

Yep here

GM Spuglyfuglet
Will be using this alt I think, Dropped Tiefling done that to death but never played a kitsune, so gone with that.

Ok all done Miya is ready

miya looks like fun - summoner

Tesse leblanc - alchemist looks fun

Looks like we are getting a good group together.

I am excited for this. I think we will all have fun and enjoy it.

I too am excited! Looks like a good group.

Miya - it looks like your stats were purchased as a 25 point buy...it should be 20 points

Yep thats from the last game tyid to get into with her. well spotted, will fix

I am in like Flint! I am thinking I will do rune fated druid, dark side!, not sure on the race just yet.

If you don't already know, Spencer, it's Matt. Kharn is my alias.