Links and other handy information:
My Email: darkmeer the dark >at< hotmail >dot< com (no spaces, obviously, trying to prevent spam here).
IC thread for Darkmeer's Expedition to the Demonweb Pits (and possibly more)is HERE.
OOC thread for Darkmeer's Expedition to the Demonweb Pits (and possibly more) HERE Recruiter Thread Invisible Castle Dice Roller
General campaign rules (cut 'n' paste of the original rules, so that if I need to recruit or refer back to this later):
Rules are simple:
Start at level 9
PFRPG 25-point buy,
2 free traits (this represents the myriad of regional feats)
Fast XP Chart
Good or Neutral with good tendencies for the alignments (no EVIL alignments)
Hero Points:
You gain a number "lucky" dice that allow you to do some special things. (essentially ripped right out of FantasyCraft here)
You can do the following:
Boost any d20 die roll by the amount you roll
Boost any damage roll
Boost your armor class by +2 (considered a dodge bonus/luck bonus, stacks with everything)
Heal your character of a small amount of damage (the die roll)
Obtain a Hint at where you are to go next (although I can spend a hero point to deny this request, but usually will not, unless it spoils the tension).
Characters obtain these during each of the "phases" of the adventure, and I'll also be handing these out. Remember, I get to have these as well (I gain them differently than you, but suffice to say I start at the next step higher than your characters).
Each character starts with 4d6 worth of hero points (a.k.a. 4 hero points) at level 9 and 10, and this amount will increase to 5d8 at levels 11-15, increasing to the final amount of 6d10 at levels 16-20.
A couple of feats related to this:
Spoiler:
The following feats are adapted from FantasyCraft (in order, Black Cat is B's Blessing, Fortune favors the bold becomes Lucky Hero, Lucky Break becomes Tymora's Luck. These have been tweaked from their original versions, and the rules are similar, but not exactly the same.
Beshaba's Blessing
You may spend one hero point to raise an opponent's fumble range on a weapon by the amount you roll for the remainder of your current combat. (no, this does not allow a save).
Note: You may not possess this feat and Tymora's Luck.
Lucky Hero (not the regional feat)
When you spend a hero point to boost a die roll, the roll you make is increased by the number of remaining hero points you have +1 (obviously, minimum +1).
Tymora's Luck
When an attack hits you and succeeds by hitting your exact AC or your AC+1, you may spend a hero point immediately to negate the damage.
Note: You may not possess this feat and Beshaba's Blessing.
The world will be the Forgotten Realms.
I'll allow the following extra races: 1/2 Drow (swapping low-light vision for 60 feet of darkvision, otherwise the same as a half-elf), any Genasi, Aasimar, or Tiefling as they are written, but I'll be lowering all of their ECL's by 1, making them ECL 0. No subraces further than that (as in all dwarves, regardless of subrace, are just pathfinder vanilla dwarves, there aren't 50 different species of elf, etc. This is to accelerate the character generation, not hinder creativity, as I'm personally fond of the extra subraces, but want to make this easy on everyone (especially ME). You can call yourself whatever kind of elf, dwarf, or gnome you want, but it's all the same to me.
Please create an alias to place your character into. I'll be using an alias (DM_Darkmeer) to post all of the campaign information.
Dice will be rolled using Invisible Castle (I like that dice roller, and it's in the top of this alias).
The year will be 1371 (meaning that neither the Shades nor Bane have returned). If there is interest past the Expedition, I will run the City of the Spider Queen at the end, as an add on to the campaign (I find level 12 to be MUCH more appropriate for the start of CotSQ).
As to posting (and posting etiquette). I will be posting for sure every Sunday night and Thursday evening/Friday Morning (Central United States time). I hope this allows everyone a chance to post between those days, and will not allow the game to lag. If something comes up in a spoiler, I will try to reply to it within a day.
If you do not post for two consecutive posts of mine, I will take temporary control of the character to not allow lag. This will be done quicker if there is a combat involved.
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