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Early that morning the ground shook violently in the city of Westheim. A great tear was rent through the square; animals brayed and cayed and howled; pottery and the glass windows of the finer houses were shattered, tinkling down to the cobblestone streets. After the heaving stopped people ventured out to survey the damage. A portion of the great wall had fallen inwards, destroying a neighborhood and blocking the well on the east side of the city. One of the great towers had collapsed as if smashed by a giant. Smoke rose to the south where an untended fire had set blaze to some of the houses in the poor sections of the city, where wood was more common than stone. The townspeople gathered at the grand hall, demanding answers. Some wanting to know why the land roiled so, others certain they already knew. "'Tis the halls of the mountain king I tell you! The old legends are true, and his spirit comes again to our world. The evil seed stirs beneath the earth northwards, and mother earth seeks to dispel the noxious seed from her body. Soon the end will come!" *** Welcome to Disquietude. I have a delve that I have always wanted to run (not PF, but I will be doing on the fly conversions). For now it will remain with just this code name, because it is somewhat known. I am looking for a party of up to six to travel northwards and seek the source of the disturbance in nature. Because a balanced party is important there will be some different requirements than normal. Crunch:
We will be starting with 25 point buy level 1 characters. Race - Core + Aasimar + Fetchling + Teifling. If you want another Featured Race ask and I will look and see. Other race categories are out though. 1 alternate racial trait per build is allowed. Class - All Core, Base, Alternate, or Hybrid with the exception of Gunslinger (sorry). Also Summoner must be unchained...unchained available but not required for Rogue, Barb, and Monk. Stacking Archetypes is fine so long as they do not replace the same class skills. Special Caveat - Class Type
When submitting your character please indicate which category you would like to be considered for. During recruitment I will try to update regularly who has completed submissions sorted by these categories. The 6th party member is a wild card, I will select it from the whole pool of candidates. Wealth - Roll for it. Everyone starts with a kit appropriate for their class. All paizo resources are available for feats, equipment, spells, etc. This will be a dungeon delve, so resources after you start will be limited, and we will be using encumberance rules, which some GMs use less than others. Keep all this in mind. Traits - Select 3 traits and a draw back. This is for mechanics and fluff, so see below.
Fluff:
Select 3 traits and a drawback - use this not only to effect the mechanics of your character, but to begin fleshing out his/her personality and quirks. We will do more as we go, but this will be the foundation. No traits that alter starting wealth or start you with a piece of equipment worth more than 150 gp.
I am sure I have missed quite a bit in this initial posting, so please ask questions. I hope to close recruitment on February 3rd and select party members by the end of that weekend.
You awaken in a dark room. You can hear the sound of running water somewhere nearby. The hairs on the back of your neck stand as you get the feeling you are being watched.
Greetings and welcome. Please dot in so I know you are here. More to come.
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Greetings. By the time you are reading this your fate is already sealed. You have been judged and found guilty of your crimes. Sentenced to life or death. You of course know about the Prison of Athkbar. Well you will now come to know it more personally, as it will be your abode for the rest of your days, however long or short that may be.
DM's Dungeon Creation Rules:
Welcome to the Dungeon Prison of Athkbar. No one has ever found an escape of the dungeon, and the architects are long dead. You have no previous knowledge of it's construction, although whispers and rumors claim that it is a sprawling facility not entirely on the same plane of existence as your actual home. Each new level of the dungeon will be created at random using the tools found at this site. Let's see how long you survive, or maybe even if you can find an exit!
Character Creation Rules Starting Level 3! Because Level 1 is boring. We will be using the Automatic Bonus Progression alternate rules set, so starting wealth is WBL under those rules, everyone starts with 1500 gold and +1 Resistance. Race:
You will be a race selected at random from the available races in Core, Featured, Uncommon, and Other that have RP less than or equal to 15.
Roll 1d28 and use this list.
Attributes:
You get the better of 1d12+6 rolled 6 times or 10 point buy. If your stats are better than 10 point buy you must keep them, even if they are not distributed as you would like. If you take the dice rolls you may organize them however you like (you do not have to take them in order). Class:
All classes are available, but yours will be selected at random (big surprise right? Roll 1d39 and select from this list. If you get a unchainable race roll 1d2. Chained on a 1, Unchained on a 2. For additional levels you can automatically progress in any level you already have or roll on this table again to gain a new class. Roll again if you get a class that conflicts with your alignment (see below) 1. Barbarian
Alignment - Roll 1d9 and select from this table. You may roll again if you get an alignment that conflicts with your Lv1 class.
Traits: Select Any 2, 3 if you also select 1 drawback. These do not have to be random. HP: HP is always based on the dice roll. No max HP at first level! Starting HP will be 3dHD + 3xCon + Favored Class Bonuses. Mulligan: If you do not like what your roll on your creation the first time through you are allowed 1 Mulligan at no penalty. A second mulligan might be available if I look at your results and feel that it is unsurvivable. If you take the mulligan you must accept your second results unless you get approval from me. Background/Personality: We won't be playing in your home world in cities or countries that your character is familiar with, so you can skip the standard 10 minute unless you really want to. Answer a couple of questions in character though:
I think that just about covers it. I look forward to the submissions. I plan on closing recruitment next Friday, 7/8, at 11:59 PM CST (-6 UCT). If I missed anything please ask. Edit 1: Archetypes and Alternate Racial Traits may be selected by the player. They do not need to be randomized.
Here we will discuss all details of the great championship
You stand in darkness, there is no wind, there is no sound, there is no sensation. Are you standing? Now that you think about it you aren't sure. It is almost more like floating. A voice penetrates the emptiness. You do not hear it so much as feel it. Welcome champion. I have brought you here to entertain me, and my friends. You will fight. If you win I will grant you a great boon. If you lose, you will lose everything. If you anger me then the loss of everything will seem a pittance in comparison to my rage. The darkness around you shimmers, or ebbs, or...something. It resolves itself into a grand arena. Hard packed clay bakes in the sun, and in front of you four pillars stand in a square, reaching about 10 feet into the air. Across the field from you, about 60 ft away, you make eye contact with your opponent, trapped in an enclosure, just like you. There is no fear in those eyes. That person is going to kill you if you don't kill them first. The strange energy in the front of your enclosure vanishes...and suddenly the battle begins!
You stand in darkness, there is no wind, there is no sound, there is no sensation. Are you standing? Now that you think about it you aren't sure. It is almost more like floating. A voice penetrates the emptiness. You do not hear it so much as feel it. Welcome champion. I have brought you here to entertain me, and my friends. You will fight. If you win I will grant you a great boon. If you lose, you will lose everything. If you anger me then the loss of everything will seem a pittance in comparison to my rage. The darkness around you shimmers, or ebbs, or...something. It resolves itself into a grand arena. Hard packed clay bakes in the sun, and in front of you four pillars stand in a square, reaching about 10 feet into the air. Across the field from you, about 60 ft away, you make eye contact with your opponent, trapped in an enclosure, just like you. There is no fear in those eyes. That person is going to kill you if you don't kill them first. The strange energy in the front of your enclosure vanishes...and suddenly the battle begins!
You stand in darkness, there is no wind, there is no sound, there is no sensation. Are you standing? Now that you think about it you aren't sure. It is almost more like floating. A voice penetrates the emptiness. You do not hear it so much as feel it. Welcome champion. I have brought you here to entertain me, and my friends. You will fight. If you win I will grant you a great boon. If you lose, you will lose everything. If you anger me then the loss of everything will seem a pittance in comparison to my rage. The darkness around you shimmers, or ebbs, or...something. It resolves itself into a grand arena. Hard packed clay bakes in the sun, and in front of you four pillars stand in a square, reaching about 10 feet into the air. Across the field from you, about 60 ft away, you make eye contact with your opponent, trapped in an enclosure, just like you. There is no fear in those eyes. That person is going to kill you if you don't kill them first. The strange energy in the front of your enclosure vanishes...and suddenly the battle begins!
You stand in darkness, there is no wind, there is no sound, there is no sensation. Are you standing? Now that you think about it you aren't sure. It is almost more like floating. A voice penetrates the emptiness. You do not hear it so much as feel it. Welcome champion. I have brought you here to entertain me, and my friends. You will fight. If you win I will grant you a great boon. If you lose, you will lose everything. If you anger me then the loss of everything will seem a pittance in comparison to my rage. The darkness around you shimmers, or ebbs, or...something. It resolves itself into a grand arena. Hard packed clay bakes in the sun, and in front of you four pillars stand in a square, reaching about 10 feet into the air. Across the field from you, about 60 ft away, you make eye contact with your opponent, trapped in an enclosure, just like you. There is no fear in those eyes. That person is going to kill you if you don't kill them first. The strange energy in the front of your enclosure vanishes...and suddenly the battle begins!
Anyone else having an issue with the PFSRD? I rely on it to help with my PbPing when I am away from books and stuff, and I can't seem to get to it today.
Been wanting to bash some heads in? Looking for a way to get out your 'Roll'-playing insticts so you can actually Roleplay? Well look know further than the Great Championship. A 1v1 double elimination tournament where the last man/woman/child standing is named the champion, and all the internet fame that goes along with it (so, nothing else). Character Build & Battle Details:
Anything Goes! Well, anything Paizo goes. And we will be trying to keep it somewhat power balanced, at least on the surface. Races - Any Paizo printed race of with 20 RPs or less (this is our nod towards power balancing...No gargoyles. Sorry.) Attributes - 25 Point Buy - 18 is the pre-racially adjusted ceiling. 7 is the pre-racially adjusted floor. Classes - Any Paizo printed class. Gunslingers? Occultists? Sure! Good luck during the first few levels! Crafting - There won't be any time for custom crafting when you have battles on, so you will be getting your equipment at market price as you advance. Advancement - Everyone will be starting at level 1. Win a battle - go up a level. Lose a battle - stay at the same level. Lose two battles, you are done. There will be a 3 day pause between each set of battles for characters to level up as necessary. You will be stating up and equipping to an appropriate wealth level of your new level. Each new battle will start with your character fully healed and rested, at the start of a new day. Any limited use abilities will be fully restored. Battle maps - Battle maps will be chosen at random by the GM (Me!). The same battle map will be used in every match up, and a new one will be selected each round. They will be selected from what is available on the internet through a google search. Like this one. Some battle maps may benefit some builds over others...that's just luck of the draw. If there is a giant crevase in the middle of the map then I hope you have ranged options available. Match ups - The first round of match ups will be random selection. From there matchups will be determined by the bracket, using a free bracket generator. The final winner of the winners bracket will face off against the final winner of the losers bracket (who will be at a 1 level penalty) to determine the grand champion. Battle rooms - We will have Gameplay threads devoted to each battle. At the beginning of a battle each player will be given the thread URL they are to report to for that battle round, to meet their combatant.
So whose interested? Let's get some discussion started and depending on how the recruitment goes I will put a end date for recruitment out there in the next few days. EDIT: A few other notes I did not think of - Firearms Early - Advanced firearms are allowed, but at the price listed for them on the PFSRD. Modern Firearms are out, since they do not follow the same pricing structure. Wealth - Max wealth for character at level one. No traits that increase starting wealth. Traits - Standard 2 traits per character, no weaknesses. As mentioned before, no traits that increase starting wealth. If I am missing anything else let me know. EDIT2: Running out of time for edits! Unchained - Unchained is fair game. Alternate multiclassing is fine (although it does not matter until level 3)...so the point is moot for now.
Are there any formatting options that are not provided in the spoiler at the bottom of the posting box? I ask because as a DM for a PbP it would be nice if I had options beyond bold, italics, and bold-italics for dialogue. If I have multiple NPCs talking in the same post it can get confusing. Different font faces or colors would be super helpful.
Welcome to "Of Beginnings". We will be starting in the town of Wellspring, characters getting to know eachother and gearing up for the journey to Kivud's pass. From there, who knows where well go. :D
You are summoned to the home of a wealthy merchant of the city of Wellspring for dinner. Ushered into the home you are brought to a beautiful dining hall where you and the rest of your party gather around the table across from Beauregard Gransby. Over the course of the evening he tells you of his various business interests and dealings across the continent. When dessert is served along with various mixed drinks, he comes down to the point of why he asked you here. I hear you are in look of work. I would like for you to undertake a task for me. I would send some of my own people, but I am spread a little thin of late with the harvest coming in and the demand for spices out East, and lumber to the South. My son, Stephan, took part of his inheritance last year and traveled to a mining town about a week's journey from here. He was planning on financing his own digging venture up into the mountains. Everything seemed to be going fine, and he even wrote of discovering some silver and mithril deposits, but then all communication ceased. I haven't heard from him in a month and I am starting to get worried. Could you travel to Kivud's pass and head into the mountains beyond and find him? I want to make sure he is alright. I can offer you 300 gold now to outfit yourself for the journey, and an additional 700 when you return with my son or news of his progress in the venture. I think a tidy sum like that would catch your interest yes?
Hi all. I want to try my hand at GMing a PbP, so here is the recruitment thread. I will be running a single shot adventure module meant for 4 - 6 lvl 1 players. Here are some details: Details:
You are a freshly minted mercenary group, on the lookout for your first job when you are summoned to the home of a wealthy merchant of the city of Wellspring for dinner. Ushered into the home you are brought to a beautiful dining hall where you and the rest of your party gather around the table across from Beauregard Gransby. Over the course of the evening he tells you of his various business interests and dealings across the continent. When dessert is served along with various mixed drinks, he comes down to the point of why he asked you here.
I hear you are in look of work. I would like for you to undertake a task for me. I would send some of my own people, but I am spread a little thin of late with the harvest coming in and the demand for spices out East, and lumber to the South. My son, Stephan, took part of his inheritance last year and traveled to a mining town about a week's journey from here. He was planning on financing his own digging venture up into the mountains. Everything seemed to be going fine, and he even wrote of discovering some silver and mithril deposits, but then all communication ceased. I haven't heard from him in a month and I am starting to get worried. Could you travel to Kivud's pass and head into the mountains beyond and find him? I want to make sure he is alright. I can offer you 300 gold now to outfit yourself for the journey, and an additional 700 when you return with my son or news of his progress in the venture. I think a tidy sum like that would catch your interest yes? So there is the hook. If you are interested I would like to see a lv 1 character sheet for a proposal. Here are the character creation guidelines: Character Rules:
Paizo rules only, no 3pp Stats: Your preference of 20 point buy or 2d6+6 taken in order (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Chr) Races: Any Core race - open to others upon my approval Classes: Any Paizo class (Core, Base, Alternate, or Hybrid) with the exception of Gunslinger and Occult classes. Think high fantasy, mostly core classes minus monk kind of stuff. If you have a good story for why your character has chosen that path in this world I am willing to listen. Skills: I am a fan of the background skills system, however you cannot select a background skill that is a key skill for your class. For example: No craft for alchemists, perform for bards, animal handling for Rangers or Druids...you get the idea. If the skills drives to a key class feature or is adjacent to it make it an adventuring skill for you. Finally, I really like what DM Mathpro does for character development at the outset. I think it is an excellent way to prevent the character from just being hack and slash. Since we are starting with a small adventure module, we may not get into all of this background info in game - but we should get to some of it, and if we continue past the initial adventure (which I hope we do) it will come in handy in writing more of the story. So, when you are creating the background for your character please consider and answer the following prompts: Background details:
1) I'd like 5+ points that capture the concept and story of the character. More are welcome, but no less than five. 2) Two goals that you'd like the character to accomplish in-game. 3) Two secrets, one the PC keeps to himself, and one kept from the PC. I'll come up with a third that both the character and player aren't aware of, in hopes of shocking surprises within the storytelling. 4) 3-5 people that are tied to your PC by blood, love, rivalry, honor, etc. I'd like at least one enemy in a set of three or four, with no more than two for a set of five. 5) Three key memories that define your character as the person they are at the time of submission. All that is to help you and me tell a compelling story not only you, but any who read our adventure, will enjoy. If this is asking too much, let me know.
I think that just about covers it...so if you are interested please submit your characters for review. I would like to have recruitment open until May 6th, and then gauge the response at that point. I look forward to hearing your stories. |