The Paladin King slumped into his knees in the mud, his Holy Avenger dipping in his slack hand, almost forgotten in his grief. Around him his knights in silver battled across the muddy fields outside the monk's pyramid, the fresh rain and hundreds of churning feet turning the normally green hills into a muddy massacre of earth and split blood.
He lifted his head to witness his court mage Vanderghast engulf his daughters pearl armored warriors in flames atop the monastic pyramid of the Celestial Way.
"How could this have happened?" The Paladin King murmured aloud. His own daughter, the Princess Sarifel, had betrayed him, their country, and the paladin code, and for what? Had one of the dark artifacts the monks kept sealed from the world of light called to her? Corrupted her mind? How had she turned the entirety of the Order of the Pearl Chalice?
His golden armor rent, bleeding from a dozen serious wounds King Luther Brightmantle's eyes lowered to see the skull masked assassin standing causally before him, lazily preparing to finish him. He knew who she was; the Princess' deadly adopted bodyguard.
"Why have you done this? Why has she done this?" The King implored, his heart broken.
The assassin approached him and placed her deadly blade lightly against his throat.
"The Princess has desires that cannot be fulfilled by the likes of this peaceable kingdom." She leaned in close, her skull mask inches from the King's glazed eyes. "And certainly not under the yoke of her hidebound father."
She drew the blade gently across his throat, slitting it and spilling his life's blood across the ground.
There was a terrible impact in the sky as the King's ancient gold dragon ally was rammed by a great wyrm red and tumbled down to crash mightily against the Pyramids side.
The assassin stood calmly and cleaned her blade.
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Princess Sarifel read the scroll with eyes wide with hunger and wonder, her eyes devouring every last forbidden word and impossible insight. The dank cells of the monastic pyramid's underbelly bothered her not at all, though dark wonders and horrors alike were buried within.
She had come for the scroll and only the scroll, her full lips curling in a smile as she gathered insights unknown for thousands of years. She tossed her long blonde hair out of her clear blue eyes one last time as she finished, then held the ancient scroll in a torch's flame, determined that only she would learn the power of the scroll in this modern age.
As the last bit of the scroll disintegrated and it's latent power vanished forever the Princess's heavily armored Half Orc companion shot her a questioning look.
"Yes." The Princess informed him, brushing a blonde lock playfully out of her face. "Now the fun begins!"
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Hello all, long time lurker Gaeva here, inviting you to join me for a short, hopefully sweet, romp through a wild adventure.
Character Creation:
System D&D 3.5 core rules set
Characters A level 15 core race character with 200,000 gp worth of magic items and treasure, chosen by you.
The following stat array, placed where you see fit: 18,15,14,13,12,10
HP Max at first level, low average after.
The world is a generic fantasy world with the core D&D cosmology and gods + the forgotten realms gods, any type of roleplay and fantasy backstory welcome and can be made to fit if they are cool.
Sounds pretty great, I've been wanting to revisit 3.5 core. Going to get something together but it might take a bit (since 15th and its been a while). Do you have a deadline in mind?
Rogue for sure.
I was just gonna wait till if and when we have enough players then launch, probably by the end of the week we will know if there is enough interest.
This sounds really interesting.
Does Core Rules include multi-class and the core rules prestige classes? (assassin, etc.)
Following on the first question, could I make an assassin (which would require an evil alignment character?)
This sounds really interesting.
Does Core Rules include multi-class and the core rules prestige classes? (assassin, etc.)
Following on the first question, could I make an assassin (which would require an evil alignment character?)
Yes, they do and yes you can. Evil characters are allowed with the small caveat that you should find roleplay reasons to work well with your fellow PCs.
I'd be a lawful evil assassin in that case -- do you have any more info about this setting?
I'd be a lawful evil assassin in that case -- do you have any more info about this setting?
It's based in a lawful good kingdom with a high fantasy feel, everything else I'm doing lazy GM style, adding stuff from forgotten realms, greyhawk, eberron etc. based on my players interests. You can wholesale create a character with any backstory as long as it has at least a bit of a fantasy D&D feel, you can add organizations and countries you belong to too and I will incorporate them.
I say the game will be short, but really it will just run till we are ready to end it. If things stay fun we might break into epic levels eventually.
Or too put it another way I have mountains of material I can add but what I do add depends alot on what the players want and what direction the game is going.
For more clarity on the players expectation side the game will essentially be a strong core story with a lot of player autonomy and choice and I'm fully ready to add material and improvise if characters want to pursue their own goals as well, with the overall emphasis being on having fun.
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Well if Sebe is really wanting to go assassin I could do something else. Wizards are always super fun in that edition.
I'd actually prefer a short game of a year or less. I've come to agree with the feeling that the 5e AL scenarios are about the perfect length for pbp. Those are slightly longer than PFS scenarios. Maybe 6-9 months real time. I also prefer dungeon crawls to sandbox style for pbp...Waiting on indecision can take weeks and sometimes a track is really needed. Anyways, just some thoughts as a player and DM.
Darksun is probably my favorite setting at the moment but I love FR also. I'll likely make a character from Chult.
Doesn't look like there is enough interest for the basic five players, perhaps I will return later with a better pitch=)
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I thought the pitch was great, my guess would be the system. Hard to get games other than 5e or PF going. But no worries will stay tuned.
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I think it would help if there was a clearer setting and campaign arc in the pitch. Elements like some campaign maps, a basic outline of the proposed plot, and similar such things. I've only ever DM'd on these boards, and I find it a lot easier to both sell recruitments and keep games going if you have more structure and/or detail.
Thank you both for your advice, I will take it for my next attempt!
Ok, looking around more I get it, I will work hard so my next pitch is a more modern system and fully detailed!
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For what its worth I was really wanting to play 3.5 core. ;) Just probably difficult to find 5 players that do.
For what its worth I was really wanting to play 3.5 core. ;) Just probably difficult to find 5 players that do.
Yeah I like that system, but I think I'll work to convert my adventure to 5th ed, might take awhile but I will probably have more interested players.