(cross posted on RPG.net)
I figured I'd post this here as we are using the Beta Pathfinder rules, all PCs and NPCs are built with PF (no prestige classes from 3.x products). Somebody let me know if this is not the right place for an actual play log.
Game Concept:
I haven't DM'ed a game of D&D since about 1996 but recently decided to get a new group together consisting mostly of mini's players who have grown jaded with the plastic crack. This past Gencon had wet my appetite for RPG'ing a little bit and considering my DDM collection now exceeds 2,000 miniatures I needed to find something to do with them.
I am an old school D&D advocate. I like Greyhawk, I like the absurdity of Gygaxian adventures, and I generally use RPG as an excercise in sketch comedy. So naturally I chose the Mona Lisa of Gygaxian epics, the Temple of Elemental Evil as the adventure of choice.
Game Version:
I chose to run the game using Paizo's Pathfinder rules. There a few reasons.
* In my opinion 4E is lame
* 1 or 2E is a little too abstract and clumsy for my tactical mini oriented play group
* 3.5 Players Handbook isn't free and Paizo is.
* The base classes in Pathfinder are legitimately competitive, and reward you for staying with them for a few levels without reaching out to a source book to multiclass.
The Players:
For the first session, really just a rules primer, we had three players. Their real names will not be used to protect the futures of their children.
C.C., playing the legendary LG Human Monk - Chopper Toughstick. Chopper is a devout follower of St. Cuthbert and believes in justice, vengeance and laying good wood on bad guys.
J.D., playing the notorious CG Elf Rogue - Han Wanabe. Han follows no deity and believes in taking from those who deserve to be stolen from and doing the right thing (if it pays well).
S.P., playing Ifersh the dirty rotten CN Half-Orc Druid. Ifersh is in it just to watch the sparks fly, and because sitting in his grove sorting moss and lichens got boring.
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