The War of Dragonfires Homebrew (Inactive)

Game Master Choon

Welcome to the graveyard. Here the souls of the dearly departed look on and comment on the struggle below.

Gameplay is open for dots.

Ker-dot!

Reporting for exicuti... I mean, duty, sir!

So you mentioned appropriate materials in the recruitment forum; what level should characters be?

Glad to be onboard.

Level 1 for starting. 20 pt buy. 1 trait, campaign traits are allowed. I won't make you be NPC classes, but it did cross my mind. :P

Know that your XP will partially carry over to newer characters you make as your old ones die to represent the collective experience that the whole Regiment is collecting. Thus, you may be making 2nd or 3rd level characters in the future and have to write up the horrors they have faced on the line to justify their battle experience.

What's the tech-level like? I could have fun with a gunslinger, I think.

Gunslinger is allowed, but rare guns. They are an emergent technology and haven't yet proven themselves as effective military hardware.

So we're actually at PC power level with our characters. Cool, I was expecting like, 10 point buy with NPC classes only or something. That give us a lot more options.

I'm going to approach this like Dark Souls. Go melee first and after I do 80 times maybe switch to some other stuff.

It sounds like guns are simply a no go for now considering how expensive they are.

How much money do we get to spend?

Actually, I'm just now seeing that DSP is allowed. I've been wanting to create a Vitalist for Ages. Do you guys mind if I go for that?

Your Regiment quartermaster will provide you with gear upon arrival. You may special request one item (usually a preferred weapon).

Gameplay is open for dots. You do not need to have a specific alias for this phase of the adventure, but if you wish to do so, you may. If you choose not to, make sure to include some kind of identifier early in each of your posts so we can keep everyone straight.

I'm interested. Count me in!

Ok, Nearly Nameless has been redone as a paladin. I pretty much just copied from one of my old characters. My one special request would be a tower shield.

One generic alias might be a good way to go, which specific character you are playing at the moment could be marked as subtext, such as being listed in the race or class fields, so it appears directly under your generic alias.

Trux, Were you a poster in the Recruitment thread? I'll be pulling people from there if more slots other than the six I have filled open up.

Do remember that while after 10 posts you cannot change the name of your alias, you can always change the avatar. That's how I intend to generally represent what my character looks like, while all of my posts will look like this.

Viktor the Human Paladin

Viktor walked into the barracks, casting about for the captain. He grabbed the shoulder of a nearby soldier. "Have you seen Captain Roderick?" With a nod and a grunt, he went in the direction the soldier indicated.

Either way works. As long as we have some way to ID you other than your Alias name

Agh, I just saw it now, and when everything was open, I assumed you were taking all comers. I'll go back there and wait at the end of the line like a champ.

Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers!

Have a flowing monk ready in waiting.

No feathers ruffled, just confused me a little. :)

Feel free to spectate and comment though. I don't mind a peanut gallery for this one.

I'm going through so many character concepts so fast, it's kind of embarrassing. I belive I've settled now, though. Would you mind if I took a page out of PFS' book and substituted Spell Focus for my Scribe Scroll bonus feat?

That's fine, dragon. I'm kinda playing fast and loose with this one as sticking by a strict RAW is only going to end poorly.

For those who are ready, feel free to check in with a bit of intro RP. Initial post is now up in gameplay. :)

What are the limits for the one item you bring? Specifically, how much can it cost? My munchkin half tells me that if we can bring any armor I should just bring full plate, but I assume that's an unreasonable request.

Think of yourself as the average man who has just joined the army. If your family has a set of full plate, it would probably be an heirloom and something too valuable to the family to take into actual combat. Let's say you have about 200 gold, which represents your family's best efforts to supply you for the front.

Gotcha, thanks. I'll stick with my tower shield in that case.

As a side note, I'm not usually this active, but I do manage a couple posts per day most of the time.

Ya, most games have a "honeymoon phase" at the beginning.

Alrighty, checking in myself. Probably going to do something out of occult, probably another kineticist. I really like that class. Probably just cycle through the various ones.

Me'mori here..

PCGEN, save my fingers!

Sticking with my gender alternating, This one will be:

Me'mori: Looks good. :)

Ok, so here is my terrakineticist. I figure except for the armor, its probably something straight out of the Avatar: Last Airbender series.

Looks good, but you may want to make your name more generic. As I said, these character will more than likely bite it here soon.

Okay, This might work out much better. Since we have a bullseye on our chest anyway, and such. :P

I like it. :)

Question: Do you have any major religions outlined for this country we are fighting for, or shall we just pick whichever appeals to us?

Gorum, obviously, being the best for merciless battle...

Major Dieties are allowed.

What is the racial make up of the 42nd?

And by extension in game terms, any atypical race restrictions? One assumes Core races are all fine, and Featured races from ARG are usually kosher with most GM's these days, but each calls their own shots, of course. And what about Uncommon Races (other than the strange and mysterious habit cheesy combinations have of getting targeted first by our enemy...)

The entire world is a majority human, but the others are all ok. Featured and uncommon are fine. The impact of this war on their populations is, in fact, a reason for their extreme rarity in the world after this war.

Eh, kind of a moot point anyway; think I'm going to end up going human for this piece of walking landfill...

You can always try another race on your second go-around, yeah?

I'll be altering by situation. Male on the second go-round, and probably not human. Hmm.. Half-elf Blackblade Magus? *ponder* Half-orc Sorceror? :3

Gaspard the Grey

N Medium Humanoid (Human), Admixture Evoker Wizard 1
Init +8 Senses Perception+0
DEFENSE
AC 12, T 12, FF 10
Hp 8
Fort+1, Ref+2, Will+2
OFFENSE
Speed 30ft
Melee:
Ranged: Light Crossbow +2, 1d8
Spells Prepared (CL 1)
0 - Light
0 - Daze
0 - Resistance
1E - Burning Hands (+2DC, +3cl)
1 - Burning Hands
1 - Burning Hands
1 - Mage Armor
STATISTICS
Str8, Dex14, Con12, Int20, Wis10, Cha8
BaB+0, CMB-1, CMD 11
Feats: Additional Traits, Spell Focus (Evocation), Spell Specialization (Burning Hands)
Traits: Reactionary, Magical Lineage (Fireball), Outlander(Lore Seeker: Fireball, Burning Hands, Burning Arc)
Skills: Appraise +8, Bluff +0, Linguistics +8, Knowledge Arcana +9, Proffession (Shopkeeper)+1, Sense Motive+1, Spellcraft +8, Stealth+3

Special Abilities: Intense Spells+1, Versatile Evocation 8/d, Greensting Scorpion Familiar.

Gear: Spellbook (All 0th-Necromancery, Illusion, Burning Hands, Mage Armor, Expeditious Retreat, Charm Person, Identify, Obscuring Mist, Comprehend Languages)
Light Crossbow, 20 bolts

Backstory: He got drafted, although he tried to forge a document vouching that he was exempt. A bit of a sleazy fellow, he ran a pawn shop before this. Figured magic was a good way for him to defend himslf without getting his hands dirty, so he paid to learn it. Good with numbers.

Merry christmas, fellow europeans! I understand it doesn't really count untill tomorrow in America, yes?

expect a steady stream of human fodder from me

:)

will have something ready soonish i hope merry christmas to all

I'm unsure of what our current objective is.

I believe it to be "Hide n this trench 'till the bastard is out of fireballs" but that's just me.

"Hold the Line" is the order of the day. I'm giving everyone a chance to respond over Christmas, then the... fun... starts.

ok I found the discussion and think that the first average joe will enter the arena or maybe not enter it so much...

Hey have you seen that recruit who was drafted with our unit the other day? Nope, me neither... (stealth)

What oh yea I got new orders I have to go shovel latrines back at the officers tents, yeah real rough duty and all... (bluff)

what on no these are my papers of transfer to the rear component hospital for the wounded... yep... (sleight of hand to get said papers and bluff and linguistics to forge)

lol

lol. The instant you roll poorly is the instant we have our first character execution for dereliction of duty.

hey GM got a few questions on posting as this is my first pbp. How do I do rolls and get the highlighting for conversation?