Hello there, all. I'm a relatively new face here on the forums, but don't let that discourage you. I've been playing DnD--as well as a number of other tabletop games--for about ten years now, so I know my way around a set of dice. While not on here, I've also ran and played in a number of PbP games. That said, I'm looking to run a public game here on the forums, and I'm interested in what people would like to see.
1. Adventure Path-- There are a number of adventure paths I'm interested in running, and I'd be happy to run any number of the ones I'll list below. If one you'd like to play isn't on the list, feel free to ask about it. I'm also willing to run an adaption of a number of these, if you have ideas. APs with a twist are certainly fun, and if I were to run one that is substantially changed, I'd be more open to having those who have run them be involved as players.
Adventure Paths I'd Like To Run:
Curse of the Crimson Throne
Council of Thieves
Carrion Crown
Wrath of the Righteous
Giant Slayer
Hell's Rebels (If you would all like to wait)
2. Homebrew Pathfinder-- I've had an idea for a homebrew Pathfinder game set in Absalom. Expect a fair mix of political intrigue and combat, with a splash of dungeon-crawling on occasion. The game will focus around a new religious and political figure in Absalom that's drawing a lot of attention. If chosen, I will devise a number of campaign traits, much like a standard AP, of which you will need to choose one. The game will at times feature some horror elements, so if you're squeamish, you've been warned. You will likely start at first level. Expect to go to 20th, assuming the game hold together that long.
PS: As this game would require more of my time, expect it to move a bit slower than an AP might. In a structured AP, I could most likely post 2-3 times a day. This would likely be scaled back to once a day, or an average of 4-5 times a week.
3 Player's Choice-- Is there something you're dying to play? Pitch it to me, see if it sticks. This also does not have to be PF. I'm familiar with DnD 3.5/PF, DnD 5E, Shadowrun 4E, World of Darkness, Scion, Star Wars Saga Edition, and Savage Worlds. Keep in mind, anything you pitch is obviously approved at my discretion.
If you have any questions for me, feel free to ask. I'll be checking this thread pretty regularly, so I'll do my best to answer questions as they pop up. Regardless of what is chosen, I will be using a number of variant rules from PF Unchained (assuming it is in fact a PF game). The list includes:
Background Skills
Disease/Poison Tracks
Removing Iterative Attacks
Wound Thresholds
If there are others you'd like to try out, again, just pitch it to me. I may or may not be willing to remove items from that list as well, given a good reason. That's all from me for now.
--Jon
You've got a strong list of APs, and I think any of them would drum up enough interest. APs are basically a certain go around here. I would probably submit an application for any of those.
Homebrew on the other hand is often hit or miss here, but that's to be expected as it is unproven, unlike the APs. I'd honestly suggest if it is your first time DMing PbP here to go with an AP so the learning curve is easier. But since you mention doing PbP elsewhere it's really up to you then! Your homebrew idea does sound interesting though. I like horror elements a lot.
Yeah, as I mentioned, I'm only really new to PbP here on the Paizo boards. Up until about two years ago, I mostly played 3.5, and I hadn't looked much into Pathfinder. I played and ran a few games on RPoL a few years back, although I'm not really part of that community anymore. About 2 1/2 years ago a friend of mine introduced me to PF, but since then I haven't done a lot of PbP, instead running and playing in a couple of home games.
Wrath of the Righteous always fills fast in my experience. Though honestly most APs fill quickly enough.
As a recommendation, I suggest using the main recruitment thread as it has a large number of players already set just waiting for a wonderful DM to sweep them off their PC feet
Do any of those paths you are interested in running really stick out to you above the others?
@Lokiel: Are you referring to the AP Recruitment thread? I would, but I'm not sure which I would like to run, so I'm looking into seeing what people would like to play. That, and I have a few house-rules that make things easier for me and the players both, so they'd have to do some rebuilding anyway. That said, if an AP is chosen by popular consensus, I may look through that thread and see if any of them fit well into the group that ends up forming.
@The Pale King: Sort of. Council of Thieves has always been interesting to me, so that's high on my personal list. Hell's Rebels is very similar to a game my home group played in that died out due to too many new players, so that's also up there. CoTCT is always popular, and I may snag an idea I've seen here on the forums to spice it up a little more. Those are my TOP choices, although I'd be willing to run all of them. If a number of people were very interested in one I've not listed, it's possible I could be persuaded to run it, provided I'm not playing in it/running it already.
I'd also rather love to run my homebrew, and seeing as my home group helped me develop the idea for the story, I can't exactly run it with them. It's very much steeped in Golarion lore, and I've got a lot of it planned out in a basic sense, so it'd likely run for the players at least somewhat like an adventure path. That said, I'd like to try and go with the group consensus. If you all want an AP, I'll run it. If you decide you want to try the homebrew, I'll run that. Hence why I did not open a normal recruitment thread.
@Diego Rossi: Glad to hear it. Ideally I could be able to post more frequently in my homebrew game as well, but I figure I should let people know it may be the slower option. If players were to choose that option, I'd likely begin to build the first leg of the campaign in-depth during the recruitment phase, so as to attempt to have things move as quickly as possible. However, I only have so much time in a day, so the speed of that game has a much wider range than, say, an adventure path would.
Having never played it, but hearing fun things about it, I would love to see Council of Thieves.
Matter of fact, I'mma go make a PC for it right now.
Council of Thieves and COTCT would both be great. I am still a bit uncertain on Hell's Rebels, but I have high hopes for it.
If you would be interested in running more than one game perhaps doing the homebrew and an AP might be the best choice?
Council of Thieves or Curse of the Crimson Throne would certainly interest me if you did decide to run either :)
I'm tempted to do exactly that, although that may end up just being too much of a commitment for me, time-wise. That said, if a number of people are interested in both, I very well may do that. I'd rather just not end up with too much on my plate and have to dump something, you know? I'll have to plan ahead and make sure it'll fit into my schedule.
Also, just going to go ahead and keep a tally for myself, to make it easier in the long run.
Council of Thieves-4
Curse of the Crimson Throne-2
Carrion Crown-0
Giantslayer-1
Hell's Rebels-1(?)
Wrath of the Righteous-1
Homebrew-2
Council of Thieves-3
Curse of the Crimson Throne-2
Carrion Crown-0
Giantslayer-1
Hell's Rebels-1(?)
Wrath of the Righteous-1Homebrew-2
Please add my vote to Council of Thieves. Never played it but heard it is good.
Done and done.
Jon, out of interest, how do you handle combat - will you be using maps and something like Maptools or Roll20?
Combat will likely be handled in Roll20 for maps, yes. I may use some other software but that's currently what I'm most familiar with. My Kingmaker group is toying around with a number of different ways to handle combat, but Roll20 is at the top of the list for now. I'll have made a final decision by the time recruitment officially rolls around.
When do you plan to try and have a recruitment thread?
Really depends on the number of responses I get/how varied in opinion people are. At the moment, Council of Thieves has a pretty solid lead over other options, but that could change. At the latest, I'd probably have recruitment up by the 18th? Likely a few days before that, but that's the latest it'd be going up.
I would be interested in a homebrew game primarily, but Giantslayer would be a close second, otherwise I'd still be down to roll up a character for CoT. My posting time is around 11am Pacific, if that's relevant. It's good to see some new faces around here.
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Really depends on the number of responses I get/how varied in opinion people are. At the moment, Council of Thieves has a pretty solid lead over other options, but that could change. At the latest, I'd probably have recruitment up by the 18th? Likely a few days before that, but that's the latest it'd be going up.
I am interested in Council of Thieves or your homebrew.
As for the interest check, you'll find it explodes in the first 24 hours here. You could have your decision made by the morning.
Assuming such a thing happens, I'll have a recruitment thread up much quicker. It really depends on the reactions I get. I'm seeing a lot of interest for Council of Thieves and my own homebrew game, but I'll see if I get any additional interest in anything else before I make my final decision.
Council of Thieves-5
Curse of the Crimson Throne-2
Carrion Crown-0
Giantslayer-2
Hell's Rebels-1(?)
Wrath of the Righteous-1
Homebrew-4
Council of Thieves would be really cool so I am glad it is getting lots of votes.
Well, I'm the solo vote here, and I know you didn't name it, but serpent's skull had always appealed to me.
Hey Jon! Checking in here to cast my vote for Council of Thieves, as well. It's the AP that interests me the most out of those you've listed, although Giantslayer also sounds like a neat one. I'd do any of the APs, though as one of the friends who was there for the basic planning of the Absalom homebrew, I probably wouldn't throw my hat in for that--although I'd definitely keep an eye on it to see how it plays out!
I'd be down for a Council of Thieves campaign.
@Loup Blanc: Good to see you. And so continues the overwhelming support for a Council of Thieves game. I don't know how much you remember from the planning of the Absalom homebrew, although if you felt confident that you could avoid meta-gaming I wouldn't mind if you applied. It's also evolved quite a bit past what we originally talked about, so it's really up to you. I'd be glad to have you along for the ride.
@Dragoncat: Unless there's a significant upstart here in an hour or two, I'm calling it for Council of Thieves. I'll like taking The Pale King's suggestion and run both it and my homebrew, so anyone interested in both is free to apply! If we get more interest, I'll post in again to finalize it, but at the moment expect a recruitment thread up before tomorrow, given the results.
What sort of CharGen rules are you thinking of for these campaigns?
Rules for recruitment won't be set in stone until I put up the recruitment threads, but at the moment I'm think either 15 or 20 point-buy, on a point-for-point basis. Council of Thieves will likely get 15, so as to keep the power level a little lower at character creation, giving me a little less work to do. I may bump it to 20, not sure yet. All currently published Paizo material is fair-game, and third-party content is approved on a case-by-case basis. That said, I will want a more extensive backstory for why your Grippli bard is in town as opposed to, say, a half-elf.
I also have some house rules that I always play with, and those will go up in the recruitment thread. They're pretty nice for players though, as Loup Blanc can attest to, having benefited from them first hand. That should be enough to get you all started on whichever games catch your fancy!
Point-for-point, eh? Alrighty then.
I'd be in for a giantslayer campaign or council of thieves. I've got great plans for both i'd love to set into motion. I also admit to no prior experience with PbP pathfinder gaming.
Nice! Excited to see the recruiment threads.
The concept behind the Homebrew sounds really intriguing, and more importantly is something you are passionate about, so that gets my vote. I have always had the most success as a GM when I am into the game I am running, so that may breed the most excitement for you and in turn fuel your desire to run the game.
I am very interested to see how some of the Unchained rules play out.
Recruitment for Council of Thieves is up! I'll have a recruitment thread for my homebrew game up as soon as possible. It'll have custom traits for the campaign as well. Expect it tomorrow, since I have to finish making the campaign traits for it. I'll post a link to it here once I have it up.
Hey Jon, any update on the possibility of the Homebrew game launching? Really excited to submit a potential character.
That thread will be up today or tomorrow. I'm currently embroiled in something of a power struggle between myself and my boss, and that's been occupying me the past few days. I'm slowly churning through the campaign traits for the game. Once I get those up, we'll be good to go.
Homebrew recruitment thread is up. Any of you that are interested, head on over!