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I started frequenting the Paizo site around October last year, when I started feeling the withdrawal symptoms due to the lack of Paizo material with the scrapping of the print editions of Dragon and Dungeon. Since then, I've joined quite a number of PBPs and gmed several here. All throughout, I noticed that all of the PBPs are low-level (1st to 6th). This made me wonder if there is a market for a high level PBP (11th level up).
Mine leveled in a month...
I'll get there. ;)
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Right on...I don't 100% consider every "secret" in there as "fact."
My thinking is....it gives me a town resource that a lot of people HAVE, which is useful, and even if I do make a secret "fact," they won't know for sure. OR, I could make the cannibal cultist from area 11 into a kindly lawful good schoolmarm. I'm cuh-raaaaazy. ;)
Yeah, it's a port.
DK what I'll do with Dajobas. I'm waiting until June when that megaventure comes out...that might have some possibilities.
I do have some behind-the-scenes forces of wickedness figured out that I've figured out how to graft onto the "U" series modules from 1e.
I've purposely avoided nailing it all down 100% yet since I think I'm more inclined to run a reactive world than a fleshed out AP, but I have the framework sketched out; it just needs meat.
I originally planned to start at 4th level, and considered starting at 6th. I changed my plans when the Alpha came out.
I'm taking part in an 11th level PbP on another site, and started playing in a 15th level one. The 11th level one is ok; people have lots of abilities and power but not enough to be daunting. The 15th level one was already getting crazy before I joined, but then a bunch of people dropped out, and it never got going again. The options available to spellcasters especially means that things get complicated for the DM. Top up with splatbooks and it can be a bit of an undertaking.
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I'm taking part in an 11th level PbP on another site, and started playing in a 15th level one. The 11th level one is ok; people have lots of abilities and power but not enough to be daunting. The 15th level one was already getting crazy before I joined, but then a bunch of people dropped out, and it never got going again. The options available to spellcasters especially means that things get complicated for the DM. Top up with splatbooks and it can be a bit of an undertaking.
What's the main focus of these PBPs you mentioned, combat, investigation, etc?
Well, the 11th level one has had role-play, investigation and combat; a lot of it has been based on the choices we've made (i.e. we get into fights if we go out of our way to provoke them). This one has gone very smoothly, as the characters are mostly melee types and quite focused.
The 15th Level one did have quite a massive set-piece combats alongside a lot of role-play. The combats were epic - 15th level wild mage/sorcerer obliterating a flock of vrocks sort of thing.
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Well, the 11th level one has had role-play, investigation and combat; a lot of it has been based on the choices we've made (i.e. we get into fights if we go out of our way to provoke them). This one has gone very smoothly, as the characters are mostly melee types and quite focused.
The 15th Level one did have quite a massive set-piece combats alongside a lot of role-play. The combats were epic - 15th level wild mage/sorcerer obliterating a flock of vrocks sort of thing.
The 15th level PBP is the level of epic combat that I like.
The PbP format did make turns very lengthy though; it could take weeks to resolve.
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I have actually been wondering this myself too, Rad. It sure seems like all the Pbp are 1-10 level and few if any are above that. It would be nice to see a good high level pbp. I have been debating running a Maure Castle pbp for sometime not sure if anyone is even interested in the slaughterfest that is Maure Castle :)
I'm just repeating advice from my betters here Lord Thasmudyan: I've heard that hardcore delves have a tendency to bog down in a pbp.
That's not to say you couldn't pull it off.
Nor do I necessarily agree - personally I'm still figuring out how to keep things rolling without straight railroading.
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I have actually been wondering this myself too, Rad. It sure seems like all the Pbp are 1-10 level and few if any are above that. It would be nice to see a good high level pbp. I have been debating running a Maure Castle pbp for sometime not sure if anyone is even interested in the slaughterfest that is Maure Castle :)
VERY INTERESTED!!! Count me in, please :D
EDIT: Am preparing a near-epic (20th level) adventure, which I plan to run as a PBP.