Hello fellow southwestern MI gamers! I am looking to roll some dice together with friends in person once again. I am willing to travel(Kalamazoo/Holland/Muskegon/Big Rapids/Lansing is kind of my willingness to travel grid) or host(I live in Grand Rapids). I am free after 5 PM Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday and anytime on the weekends. I am open to either 1E or 2E and can GM if needed, though it would be nice if we could rotate those duties so I got a chance to play.
A little about me:
I am 37 years old and am recently divorced and looking to restart my social life after taking a year to restart my life and focus on myself. I have recently undergone weight loss surgery and have lost over 130 pounds total from my highest weight so while I won't frown upon beer and pizza being at my gaming table please respect my decision to not partake.
I have been playing role playing games for over two decades and have dabbled in many different systems(D&D, BESM, Arduin, Final fantasy table top rpg, etc) before becoming pathfinder exclusive about 10 years ago. I have run several campaigns before including but not limited to: Rise of the Runelords, Carrion Crown, GiantSlayer, Serpents Skull, and KingMaker.
If your interested in joining please feel free to reply here or send me a PM.
All in the small village of Trunau have gathered in the Commons, a large amphitheater
in the center of town, to celebrate the birthday of Ruby, the youngest daughter of the town’s leader, Chief Defender Halgra of the Blackened Blades. It is not just
any birthday for Ruby, though—it is her twelfth birthday, which means she has come of age and will receive her very own hopeknife. An early autumn breeze blows through the gathered crowd, bring a slight chill to the air.
There is a buzz of excitement working its way through those gathered and a very short figure is seen trying to make her way through the crowd. A closer inspection reviles a halfling carrying a tray of drinks. "Excuse me...pardon me..." she says as does her best to make her way through the throng of people and not spill any of her drinks. She makes her way to a group of gruff-looking half-orcs, one of which has a tattoo on his face around his eye and a clean-shaven head. The smell of wolves hangs thick on his clothing. "Your drinks," She says to the man and offers up the tray of drinks. He grunts his thanks and flips her a copper piece and takes the drinks off the tray, handing them out to the other orcs around him. "Excuse me...your tab is mo..." Her words are drowned out by the thunderous crack of a thunderstone. A hush quickly falls over the gathered crowd.
A weathered and war-tested woman who, despite her clear many battles, manages to beam with pride makes her way to the stage, followed in toe to a very nervous looking little girl wearing a simple tunic a pair of sandals. She looks down at her feet as she followed her mother up the stairs and onto the stage. Once there the older woman turns to address the crowd.
“Thank you all for joining us this night. I take immense pride in my responsibility as Chief Defender, especially when it comes to the honor of the hopeknife ceremony. It is always a great privilege to bequeath Trunauan youths their hopeknives as they
come of age.” Halgra stops speaking long enough to open an ornamental case and retrieve a slender, ornately decorated dagger hanging from a silver chain. “But tonight is a special occasion, for the recipient of this hopeknife is none other than
my youngest daughter.” Once again, Halgra pauses, but this time she turns to talk to the child beside her. “Ruby, by the traditions of our town, you have come of age. This hopeknife represents your responsibilities as an adult and defender of Trunau.
You must be willing to use it on yourself, your fellow Trunauans, and your family—even me, should it come to that. It will be a far quicker death than that which the orcs will offer, and providing it is your duty. Do you swear to guard Trunau from all comers, and to use your hopeknife only for its intended purpose?” Ruby—dusky skinned, black haired, and painfully shy—nods her head in response to her mother’s question. “If the orcs come, and there is no other option, this is where you cut—here, here, and here.” Halgra demonstrates which arteries to sever while Ruby watches. When she is finished, Halgra sheathes the hopeknife and places the necklace around Ruby’s neck before turning back to address the crowd. “Tonight, Ruby becomes a full member of our community! Let us welcome her, and celebrate her passage into adulthood! Trunau forever!” The crowd echoes Halgra’s last words in unison, signaling the end of the ceremony.
Hello Ryushi, Lazarus, Zephyr, Malik, and Zanthra and welcome to my Fist of the Ruby Pheonix campaign. Please take a moment and get to know your fellow players and work out any details that you all want to work out before gameplay starts. Being that this campaign is starting at 11th level I think I'm going to give you guys a few days to get details sorted before we jump in fully into game.
Here are a few things I want to point out before we begin:
-Those of you who are not familiar with how this tournament works, you will be competing as a team against other teams of combatants.
-The tournament will not fully start until book 2 of the adventure path. This first book is designed to be qualifying rounds for the tournament. It is possible for our team of players to be eliminated before you even start the tournament officially.
-It's up to you if you've adventured with each other before or if you are all strangers or have heard of each other but never worked together before. Take some time and talk about how familiar you want to be with each other.
-I am only requiring 2 posts per week from my players, though more will not be frowned upon if you wish to do so. I work very long hours and do not have time to be on the boards constantly responding to posts(hence selections being late) and I don't think it would be fair to hold my players to different standards.
-I have been thinking about using a VTT for combat as I find play-by-post combat, especially with my limited posting schedule, to be really clunky. What are your thoughts on the matter and if we do go in that direction do you have a VTT you prefer?
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask and I look forward to playing with everyone here.
Gameplay will commence once everyone lets me know they are ready to get started and all starting details and character details are sorted out. I don't have a deadline on this so take as much time as you need.
Hello Grabradon, Clover Cynosure, Varys, Thorfinn Aelfson, and Asher and welcome to my Giantslayer campaign. Please take a moment and get to know your fellow players and work out any details that you all want to work out before gameplay starts. I will be throwing up the game play thread sometime tomorrow while I'm at work.
Here are a few things I want to point out before we begin:
-Your characters will all start out in the town of Trunau.
-I am only requiring 2 posts per week from my players, though more will not be frowned upon if you wish to do so. I work very long hours and do not have time to be on the boards constantly responding to posts(hence selections being late) and I don't think it would be fair to hold my players to different standards.
-I have been thinking about using a VTT for combat as I find play-by-post combat, especially with my limited posting schedule, to be really clunky. What are your thoughts on the matter and if we do go in that direction do you have a VTT you prefer?
-If you are a fan of the glass cannon podcast and have listened to their flagship show please avoid metagaming and if you have not I suggest you do not start listening to their original podcast(called the glass cannon podcast) since it will horrendously spoil things for you!
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask and I look forward to playing with everyone here.
So I'm new here but figured I'd run a couple of games here. This thread is for Giant Slayer. This was an adventure path that was written for pathfinder 1st edition and I will be funning it as written(will NOT be converting it) so please keep that in mind when submitting characters.
About the GM:
I have been gaming for about 20 years now and have experience in many systems but by far my favorite system is Pathfinder! I have been a player since the beta of first edition and mainly spent time playing with my wife and kids before covid decided to end my marriage. I have had the itch to start playing again and figured that now is a good a time as any.
I do have a full-time job so my posting will be limited to late afternoons/evenings on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturdays. Otherwise, I'll be able to post frequently though with it being football season again I will be unavailable most Sundays for 3 hours.
Character Creation:
Attributes: 25 point buy
Races/Ancestries: All pathfinder first edition races are welcome.
Classes: No 3PP - sorry. Summoners and Rogues must be unchained. No occult classes but every other pathfinder first ed class is welcome.
Starting Level: 1st
[b]Hit Points: Max at every level, you will be fighting giants after all and will need the extra hitpoint.
Wealth: Max for your class
Skills: I do not use the Background Skills variant rule from Unchained.
Traits: Two traits, one of which must be a campaign trait that can be found in the player's guide or online here.
Formatting for character sheets: Please ensure that your stats are easily available to me. If I cannot find something, I’ll let you know, but if I do, I’d like you to change it so that I can more easily find it - that is, don’t just point it out to me.
Backstory: I would like to know who your character is with hooks that I can work into the plot. I am not looking for a novel, though I won't frown if you want to provide one, but a few paragraphs will be helpful to give me something to sink my plot hooks into.
Game Rules:
-Due to my aforementioned work schedule(see the GM info spoiler above) I will only be requiring 2 posts per week from my players. Obviously, if you want to/can post more feel free but I will only hound you if you don't meet the 1 per week post requirement.
-I tend to have a dark sense of humor and allow adult humor and themes at my tables so please only apply if you are not easily offended.
-I am considering using a VTT system for combat but haven't decided yet, this can be discussed with the players that are chosen at a later date.
Recruitment will close in one week on Thursday, September 10 at 2 PM EST. The plan right now is to select 4-6 players.
Feel free to ask any questions you have here or you can PM me. If I have forgotten any key details just let me know, as I said this is my first time running a game here.
So I'm new here but figured I'd run my first couple games here after reading through the books for Fists of the Ruby Phoenix. This was written for the second edition of Pathfinder and is the only adventure path that starts out at 11th level, yes you read that right, 11th level starting.
About the GM:
I have been gaming for about 20 years now and have experience in many systems but by far my favorite system is Pathfinder! I have been a player since the beta of first edition and mainly spent time playing with my wife and kids before covid decided to end my marriage. I have had the itch to start playing again and figured that now is a good a time as any.
I should warn you that my experience with the second edition is limited so your patience is requested and probably required until we work out the kinks.
I do have a full-time job so my posting will be limited to late afternoons/evenings on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturdays. Otherwise, I'll be able to post frequently though with it being football season again I will be unavailable most Sundays for 3 hours.
Character Creation:
Ancestries: All common and uncommon ancestries are welcome. Tengu, and kitsune in particular would fit well since this takes place in Tien Xia.
Classes: Any Paizo-published classes are fair game.
Starting Level:[/b] 11th level
Wealth: Following the wealth by level chart from the core rule book which can be found here Formatting for character sheets: Please ensure that your stats are easily available to me. If I cannot find something, I’ll let you know, but if I do, I’d like you to change it so that I can more easily find it - that is, don’t just point it out to me.
Backstory: I would like to know who your character is with hooks that I can work into the plot, specifically a rival that you've run into in your previous adventures. Being that we are starting at level 11 you are an experienced adventurer and would likely have many stories to tell of previous exploits so this is your time to tell them. I am not looking for a novel, though I won't frown if you want to provide one, but give me something to sink my plot hooks into.
Game Rules:
-Due to my aforementioned work schedule(see the GM info spoiler above) I will only be requiring 2 posts per week from my players. Obviously, if you want to/can post more feel free but I will only hound you if you don't meet the 1 per week post requirement.
-I tend to have a dark sense of humor and allow adult humor and themes at my tables so please only apply if you are not easily offended.
-I am considering using a VTT system for combat but haven't decided yet, this can be discussed with the players that are chosen at a later date.
Recruitment will close in one week on Thursday, September 10 at 2 PM EST. The plan right now is to select 4-6 players.
Feel free to ask any questions you have here or you can PM me. If I have forgotten any key details just let me know, as I said this is my first time running a game here.
Hello fellow Grand Rapids gamers! Now that the pandemic is mostly behind us and I have been fully vaccinated I am looking to roll some dice together with friends in person once again. Games will be held at my home on the Northeast side of Grand Rapids. I have a son that would be interested in joining and games will be played on either Saturday or Sunday (can be discussed and decided upon once we form up). I am open to either 1E or 2E and can GM if needed, though it would be nice if we could rotate those duties so I got a chance to play. I would prefer everyone be 21+ and fully vaccinated.
A little about me:
I am 35 years old and am recently divorced and looking to restart my social life after taking a year to restart my life and focus on myself. I have recently undergone weight loss surgery and have lost over 140 pounds total from my highest weight so while I won't frown upon beer and pizza being at my gaming table please respect my decision to not undertake.
I have been playing role playing games for over two decades and have dabbled in many different systems(D&D, BESM, Arduin, Final fantasy table top rpg, etc) before becoming pathfinder exclusive about 10 years ago. I have run several campaigns before including but not limited to: Rise of the Runelords, Carrion Crown, GiantSlayer, Serpents Skull, and KingMaker.
If your interested in joining please feel free to reply here or send me a PM.
