You are normal everyday people, you have been kidnapped and enslaved. You are forced into an arena and trained to be adventurers. But your training is stunted. You are trained in what they want you trained in. Wizards are taught only the spells that they want them to cast. The rogue isn't taught to pickpocket or be stealthy. They have taken away the greatest tools you have for escape and put you in a dungeon they've built inside an arena. How will you and your comrades in arms escape when they've taught you everything you know, but not everything they know?
Dot. Always up for some Naked Doom or gladiatorial arena escapes. Outside of the arena, what is the campaign setting like?
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Interested. Would we pick the classes and then you pregene them or just be handed random classes?
I’m interested in hearing more. Character creation details?
Right now that's all I got. I do like Jagael's idea of me creating the characters. Or at least building the classes. The outside world I'm not sure. I was thinking it might be a short adventure before seeing what would happen.
Right now that's all I got. I do like Jagael's idea of me creating the characters. Or at least building the classes.
I'm ok with that.
The outside world I'm not sure. I was thinking it might be a short adventure before seeing what would happen.
Fair enough, sounds sensible.
I'm a big fan of arena games
I am considering using NPC classes, but that seems like a bad long term solution if the game continues past the arena.
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Pwny NPCs to start? Get me a red shirt!!! :)
Yes, I like Choon's idea of bolting on actual classes or class features once we have won some fights or made our way out of the arena.
One thing I will say is that a game that starts in the arena needs to have a fairly compelling world and plothooks to survive outside the arena. The first arena game I played in had a lot of potential feats for intrigue and behind the scenes jockeying for favours and powerbrokers between bouts. So we had a lot to do in terms of RP and then the bouts were fun also. The second arena game dissipated before it started. I just feel that "enslaved adventurers game" loses its lustre if we escape too quickly and then it becomes "previously enslaved adventures explore an open world with no defined direction". Sandboxes are fine, and fun, but arenas are fun too, for many reasons.
Well the initial thought is for the game to be escaping the arena. That may be the penultimate plot.
Okay well I'm not going to make this harder on myself by trying to hack the system.
So here's what I propose. Several easy fights with NPC levels to see who's worthy of becoming part of the main game. Each player can make two npc leveled characters. as I fully intend to murder at least one of them. The one of yours that survives (provided it isn't a tpk will get trained. If both of your characters survive you choose which one and the other succumbed to his wounds or died during training.
Yup. Interested.
Like the party the opponents will be slaves or captured beasts. No age limits or gender restrictions, just who survives and who doesn't.
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Are we to use any npc class? What level, 1 (assume?) And how are we doing our ability scores? PB, NPC array?
I have several ideas from a dwarf miner, a human noble sold into slavery to pay off his father's debt, to a drow runaway and more.
Would you allow a drow? (Note, NOT the noble drow, the more appropriate rp values one)
Dot
Ok, well I'll wait for an actual recruitment thread with character creation guidelines. Was also thinking of siblings - nothing says "well deserved angst and drive to survive" like "you killed my brother/sister".
Kind of like the idea of two half orc sisters and seeing which one lives or dies. Later they take on not only there name but there sisters!
If you do that I'd like them to be different instead of carbon copies. Maybe one is your classic warrior type while the other prefers more subtle (rogue like) attacks.
Are we to use any npc class? What level, 1 (assume?) And how are we doing our ability scores? PB, NPC array?
I have several ideas from a dwarf miner, a human noble sold into slavery to pay off his father's debt, to a drow runaway and more.
Would you allow a drow? (Note, NOT the noble drow, the more appropriate rp values one)
Nothing is set in stone but this is definitely the kind of game where a drow can shine as party member. I will need to actually at one first.
Ok, well I'll wait for an actual recruitment thread with character creation guidelines. Was also thinking of siblings - nothing says "well deserved angst and drive to survive" like "you killed my brother/sister".
As with the orc sisters I would prefer they are noticeably different characters.
Well, I'd say the interest check is a success at this point.I'll start thinking up character creation guidelines.
Understood. There is enough variability in feats, traits and skills even before the five NPC classes - I probably would avoid Aristocrat for either sibling, and casters aren't really my bag, so Warrior/Expert/Commoner to draw from.
Whatever you care for
Alright. I'm gonna hold off on this until after christmas and then post something up.
Dot of interest. Looking forward to the recruitment thread.