AD&D Greyhawk Adventures: The Temple of Elemental Evil

Game Master Anselth

Seeing as there are a few dropping due to bad rolls: If a character has either two stats under 8 or less than two stats at 14 before racial they may reroll mind you if they used rerolls before they do not get those back.

The name alone Temple of Elemental Evil-- should say it all. COOL

Okay, I admit that I'm an old grognard who started with OD&D. We always loved rolling randomly for stats but there's a big difference between rerolling at a table with friends who all agree your rolls suck and your character would stink versus on a forum where I could post 20 sets of rolls and take the best. That seemed unfair to other submitters which is why I bowed out. But with Wareagle's post I'll take another gander at it.

I have no rerolls.

4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 6) = 16 15
4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 5) = 13 11
4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 2, 6) = 14 12
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 1, 2) = 8 7
4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 4, 6) = 16 15
4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 5) = 16 15

I believe I'll go with a Dwarven Cleric/Fighter.

STR: 15
DEX: 11
CON: 16 (15+1)
INT: 12
WIS: 15
CHR: 6 (7-1)

HP: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12 6
1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 4
Total HP: 10 (Paizo's website doesn't seem to allow for division in its die rolling)

I'll get an alias and full character sheet set up with a more in depth background by tomorrow.

Really Short Story: His family was cursed by a goblin shaman. Whether this curse was effective or not, his parents took his deformity as a sign of being touched by dark powers and he was abandoned into human lands. He was raised, fairly but sternly, among the faithful of St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel. His true name, if he ever knew it, is long forgotten and has steadfastly refused to take a "proper" name. He answers only to "Hunchback the Dwarf".

Well lets see how us old timers do. I seem to remember the Temple was Elemental and the Temple was Evil and the Village was quaint. That is about it. I will have to get over my disappointment to not be a paladin == I guess being born a gnome was the first clue it wouldn't happen (at least old school they never heard of gnomish paladins riding war dogs).

starting money

2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

Poor guy... 30 gp.

I think Podo Brambleroot is ready to go except for backstory.

As War Eagle is the king of background. How is this?

Some great submissions going on. Chainmail Gnobby sounds like a lot of fun. I don't envy War Eagle making his submissions lol.

Some great submissions going on. Chainmail Gnobby sounds like a lot of fun. I don't envy War Eagle making his submissions lol.

Here I was advocating a goody goody group and I make a seedy carny.

So far I've got characters stated up from:

scranford
Chainmail
imimrtl
dathom
Spazmodeus
Sir Jolt

If your all still interested and get your backgrounds and alias up (I recognize some of you have.) Then your in But nonetheless we still 1 more person.

Gnobby sounds like some good fun :) and sorry to those I may have forgot to mention.

Sweet! Let me know if there is anything more you need.

@Narghat and all: One thing the king of backgrounds would like to see is more background I love backgrounds they give the DM (moi.) Interesting ways to blackma... I mean plot your character.

Road into Hommlet

Can and will do. Probably wont be tonight but I'll have something more substantial by the end of the week. I use a fairly extensive character survey for my backgrounds so I hope that will be ok.

I'll come up with something Juicy over the weekend.

I'll flesh out my background as well over the next couple of days.... looking forward to this, guys !

I got held up trying to figure out which box my old Greyhawk stuff was stored in and now trying to get my brain back into a 1E mindset of who these races and people are and what they're like.

Wareagle if you need one more I would be interested. Anything missing in the group that would help out? (Cleric of St Cuthbert?)

We have:

Fighter
Fighter/Cleric
Cleric
Illusionist
Thief
Ranger

So another cleric not really necessary but I'm fine with anything.

updated with character survey which I hope helps with the king of backgrounds lol

I live (not completely done yet)

Very good Narghat that should help me out.

I'm down! Keep in touch.

OK Wareagle,

I've reworked my background . Hope you like it.

I'll also throw in a character. I've not played 1st Edition before (nor OSRIC), but I'm a huge Greyhawk fan. I'd love to run through ToEE!

4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 3, 4) = 10

4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 4) = 10

4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 5) = 16

4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 1) = 18

4d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5, 1) = 13

4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 6, 2) = 17

Not too bad, 7, 7, 14, 17, 12, 15. Do we get to place these wherever we want? Or are they slotted into the stats in the usual order?

Place stats in whatever fits then pick class race etc.

OK, since I'm really close to making the cut as a paladin, I'm going to reroll both sevens.

4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 1) = 12
4d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 5, 4) = 12

Sevens into elevens. I can dig that.

Str: 14
Dex: 11
Con: 12
Int: 11
Wis: 15
Cha: 17

HP: 1d10 ⇒ 5
Money: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 4, 4, 4) = 15

Good on money, let's use the final two rolls for hit points.

1d10 ⇒ 5
1d10 ⇒ 6

Alright, 6 hp it is. Is the cash 5d4x10? Or is it simply 5d4? (The latter seems rather paltry...) I also refreshed my memory on all the Greyhawk deities. I'm sort of attracted to the idea of playing a paladin of Al'Akbar, questing for the Cup and Talisman, though an inflexible crusader of Pholtus or a zealous worshipper of St. Cuthbert are also possibilities.

Just found the bit in OSRIC that states how much money each class gets. Pallys get (3d6+2)x10, meaning I rolled the wrong amount of dice. Still, a final result of 15 means I would have rolled a 13, which is just a bit above average on 3d6+2. I'll leave it up to you, Wareagle - would you like me to reroll the correct starting funds, or are you OK with my initial roll?

Just keep your initial roll.

Andre Girard, holy warrior of St. Cuthbert, is finished.

Finished and approved character submissions:

Narghat Smythe Half Orc Fighter
Andre Girard Human Palaidn
Tarmin Elinissa Elf Ranger
Gnobby the Gnome Gnome Illusionist/Rogue
Podo Bumbleroot Halfling Rogue

These are the finished characters I have so far and all are approved by me still need two more finished characters with alias up and am awaiting Sir Jolts dwarven fighter/cleric.

For those of you i have approved (Other than Tarmin as you have already done such.) could you please add into your backstory how you came to Verbobonc and how you came to join the party the Viscount has put together.

Wareagle if you need one more I would be interested. Anything missing in the group that would help out? (Cleric of St Cuthbert?)

Not seeing an approved cleric yet, maybe we get this cleric of St Cuthbert.

Haven't forgotten...been crazy at work. Should be able to get background done tomorrow.

Wow. Going way, way back. I haven't touched even AD&D in years. I'm thinking I might have to jump in on this. I've never done pbp before, but can post at least once daily, assuming you still need another player.

I'm going to have to brush up on the rules and Greyhawk, but should be able to have a level 1 character with backstory up in a few hours. I'm tempted to play a Human magic user.

Chose Magic Missile, and Read Magic is a given. Rolling randomly for two more spells:

1d28 ⇒ 7 - Enlarge
1d28 ⇒ 3 - Charm Person

Rest of the profile is up under this name.

Hooray, a MU! And the dice gods gave you some good spells to work with...

I know, I was surprised, given my normal luck with these things - history says I should have ended up with Write and Find Familiar. Nice thing about the dice mechanic here, no need to cobble together a way to hit 28 possibilities with multiple standard dice.

It's been quite a while since I've touched a MU. Assuming I get selected, this will be interesting, to say the least.

Pettry Velten

is approved still awaiting word from Sir Jolts dwarven fighter/cleric. If he does not respond within the next few days I will look for someone else a cleric that is.

Wareagle, are you still trying to get this off the ground? Or is the interest just not there?

We don't need no stinkin clerics.

I am eager to start and so I suppose we can do with just you six.

Narghat Smythe Half Orc Fighter
Andre Girard Human Palaidn
Tarmin Elinissa Elf Ranger
Gnobby the Gnome Gnome Illusionist/Rogue
Podo Bumbleroot Halfling Rogue
Pettry Velten Human Magic User

These are the six who make there way to the hamlet of Hommlet and perhaps save the world so if these brave warriors are ready to begin their quest please make way to the discussion thread...single file please ;)

TOEE Discussion

Party still needs a Cleric Just to let everyone know first to express interest is in.

Is this game on? I'm in w a Cleric.

Chainmail wrote:

Barbarians hadn't even been invented yet! Also, a stat didn't give any real bonus till 15.

Well since the DM is planning on using The Temple of Elemental Evil (which came out in 1985, which is the same year Unearthed Arcana came out) the Barbarian, Cavalier and Thief-Acrobat had been invented (granted the barbarian was ridiculously over-powered and needed 6,001 XP to reach 2nd level). ;)

TOEE was started in 1979 with T1 - Village of Hommeltt. Just as 2e came out. FYI...

4d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 5) = 19 = 17
4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 4) = 18 = 14
4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 6, 6) = 19 = 17
4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 5) = 16 = 15
4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 4, 3) = 18 = 15
4d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 4, 2) = 9 = 8

one re-roll
4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 6, 5) = 19 = 16

Should play a monk with these stats but if you need a cleric I will build one now. Should be finished this evening UK time.

I can post daily, am returning to the boards after a short (1 year) break and I hope scranford can vouch for me - since I have DM'ed him. Oh yes I love Greyhawk and was bowled over by that map of Hommlet of yours.

If you choose Aretas since he posted before me please consider me as a future replacement. Now off to learn Osric.

cheers

EDIT: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 3) = 12 x10 = 120gp

Looks like he will be a human cleric of Heironeous. All fire and brimstone to cleanse the ungodly evil from the wilderness.

Str 17
Int 15
Wis 17
Con 15
Dex 16
Cha 14

hp 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

reroll hp 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

reroll hp 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

reroll hp 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Phew!

Here is the beginning character. I'll carry on while waiting to hear from you, Wareagle

Hey French Wolf....From the Discussion Thread : Wareagle decided on max hp at first level, then one reroll allowed on the subsequent levels. You might have a couple extra re-rolls there :)

Talomyr wrote:

Chainmail wrote:

Barbarians hadn't even been invented yet! Also, a stat didn't give any real bonus till 15.

Well since the DM is planning on using The Temple of Elemental Evil (which came out in 1985, which is the same year Unearthed Arcana came out) the Barbarian, Cavalier and Thief-Acrobat had been invented (granted the barbarian was ridiculously over-powered and needed 6,001 XP to reach 2nd level). ;)

TOEE was started in 1979 with T1 - Village of Hommeltt. Just as 2e came out. FYI...

The ToEE compilation (128-page booklet incorporating Modules T1-T4) came out in 1985. But the notes to the DM at the start of the modules and in the introduction to T3 explicitly refer to the AD&D first edition books (Player's handbook, DM's guide, Fiend Folio, etc.). In particular they refer to the Monster Manual (1e terminology), rather than the Monstrous Manual (2e terminology). There are several places within the modules that refer to the 1e books, complete with page numbers.

The hardback AD&D 2e books didn't come out until 1989.

Hey French Wolf....From the Discussion Thread : Wareagle decided on max hp at first level, then one reroll allowed on the subsequent levels. You might have a couple extra re-rolls there :)

Great. That means I have three re-rolls left again. Hmm it seems churlish to improve my low stat of 14! How about one of you? Can I give you one of my rerolls?

Seriously I don't think I need anymore unless I try to increase my wealth a little.

3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 6) = 10

3d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 6) = 17 x 10 = 170!

And I have one spare. Okay lets try to improve my low stat.

4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 5, 6) = 20 = 17 OMG!

Cheers Tarmin

Tarmin Elinissa wrote:

Hey French Wolf....From the Discussion Thread : Wareagle decided on max hp at first level, then one reroll allowed on the subsequent levels. You might have a couple extra re-rolls there :)

Great. That means I have three re-rolls left again. Hmm it seems churlish to improve my low stat of 14! How about one of you? Can I give you one of my rerolls?

Seriously I don't think I need anymore unless I try to increase my wealth a little.

3d6

3d6 x 10 = 170!

And I have one spare. Okay lets try to improve my low stat.

4d6 = 17 OMG!

Cheers Tarmin

Wow FW! You must have built up a log of good Karma on your time away from the boards. Welcome back by the way...and yes I can vouch for FW's reliability, and skill. :-)