D&D 3.5 Long term game accepting all kinds

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vatovie

This is actually a story I have worked a lot on and I'm hoping to get enough people to run it stably. I'm looking for five or more players. I don't care about the genders as long as we are fairly well balanced. I do care about classes as I want a solid party. That means everyone has a role in the party and for the most part no two people have the exact same role. If two people do have similar roles then you might have to change your character a bit to be different from theirs. We can't have a party of all healers. This will start at level 5 and you pick skills through a 32 point buy. Your starting gold is simply what you get for starting gold from the table in the dungeons masters guide. Also some personal rules of mine as a DM are no gnomes. I just don't like them or how they are usually played by players. Also the addition of a belt fed repeating crossbow. This basically allows you to rapid fire it like a machine gun if you have rapid reload and many shot. You will however take the chance to hit minus same as any other weapon you many shot with. you can only shoot up to 10 individual shots per round and after that is simply a cone of 4 times your usual crossbow damage. The crossbow must be masterwork to be belt fed and you can not shoot more than one shot while moving. Another note is that no race in this campaign is inherently evil unless they were created for evil. So Orcs, goblins, Lizardfolk, ect. Are all just as good as humans. I'm willing to take any extar books you want to use and even home brew stuff after looking it over. I'm using the home brew book of the Tome of fiends. http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Tome_of_Fiends_%283.5e_Sourcebook%29 Now for story stuff.

The world was at peace. The two largest countries Brem, run by an alliance of elves dwarves and humans, and Yung, run by an alliance of orcs, goblins, and lizardfolk, Have been at peace for hundreds of years and would trade regularly with one another. That is until something strange happened. One day without reason both countries declared war on each other. it is rumored that it was even on the same day but no one who can confirm that will say. Now the citizens didn't want to fight as many on either side had friends in both countries. However they were quickly shown they had little choice. Both sides started to draft anyone able to fight by force. They fought each other each side committing terrible atrocities. Stories of young men who helped the needy before the war become monsters who rape families were not uncommon. It seemed anyone who donned the military armor of either side wasn't themselves anymore. Civilians notice but say nothing as everyone starts to be drafted even those to weak to fight well. Both countries seem in a frenzy as they spiral into madness. Your characters are mercenaries. the one group not drafted as many are not citizens of any nation. You will be hired though and all of you can only hope you can avoid wearing the armor and maybe figure out what is going on.

Hope people join. Hope you stay to the end. If you have any questions just ask me. :)

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vatovie

Cool cool. We have this and the demon arm that I helped Harukajunko make.

kongming

Count me in, I like 3.5 and I'm a big fan of the Tome of Fiends as well as the other stuff by its creators (Races of War, Tome of Necromancy, Dungeonomicon). If you're fine with those other works, I'd like to play a Human Monk (Dungeonomicon), who had avoided being drafted into the militia thanks to studying her art in a remote location, and only now has returned with a view to bring peace to the countries.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

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vatovie

Sounds good.  Type it up and I'll look it over. :)

kongming

Name: Kyra Shrove
Race: Human
Class: Monk 5
Sex: Female
Age: 25
Alignment: Neutral Good

Strength 14 +2
Dexterity 12 +1
Constitution 14 +2
Intelligence 12 +1
Wisdom 17 +3 (19 +4)
Charisma10 +0

HP: 36/36
Initiative +1
Speed 30' (60' with Enlightened Hummingbird Stance active)

Fort +7 Ref +9 Will +9

AC: 24 (+7 "Armour", +2 Dodge, +4 Wis, +1 Deflection), (28 with Drunken Ox Style active)
-Flat Footed 20
-Touch Attacks 24

BAB/Grab +5/+7
-Slam Attack +10 (1d8+5)

Feats:
Insightful Strike (Wisdom replaces Strength for attack rolls, have the Edge on opponent if they have lower Wis and Dex than my Wis)
Elusive Target (Dodge Bonus to AC, opponents get no high-ground or flanking bonuses)
Combat School: Shining Hand (bonus to attack and damage rolls with unarmed attacks)

Languages Spoken:
Common
Celestial

Skills:
Hide +9
Listen +12
Move Silently +9
Sense Motive +12
Spot +12
Tumble +9

Class Features:
Armoured in Life
Fatal Strike
Willow Step
Rain of Flowers
Abundant Leap
Diamond Soul (SR 10)
Fighting Style: Drunken Ox Style
(+4 Dodge Bonus to Armour Class, Slam ignores Hardness and DR)
Fighting Style: Enlightened Hummingbird Dance
(+30' Movement Speed, Concealment)

Equipment:
Periapt of Wisdom +2 (4,000)
Cloak of Resistance +1 (1,000)
Ring of Protection +1 (2,000)
Clothing +1 (1,000)
10x potion of Cure Light Wounds (500)
Remaining: 2 pound ball of platinum (500GP)

Background:
Some might argue that living in the mountain ranges is a dull existence, one to be regretted. Those people would be wrong: danger is ever-present, and the only way to survive is to be tough to begin with, or learn very quickly. Having decided to pursue the life of a scholar and scribe, Kyra attended the monastery of the Shining Hand in her teen years, willing to learn their lore. It didn't take long to realise her mistake: that they did not teach great knowledge and wisdom so much as teaching how to punch frost giants in the face. Having made the journey, and having little to her name at this point, she decided to go with it, and discovered she was a natural.

It's altogether possible that there is a real path to enlightenment that can be followed through their teachings, however one of the important lessons was that all knowledge comes through experience, that contemplation and meditation are not as important as effort and action. As such, only a few years later she left, returning to "society". It did not take long to learn that things had changed, that the countries were at war. This was troubling, but she did not have enough knowledge of how to solve it, and so she thought on the important advice: learn through immersion and adversity. As such, determined to bring peace - by beating it into people's heads if need be - Kyra has joined anyone who would accept her aid, out to learn more about what is causing this warfare and how to stop it.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

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vatovie

Sounds good. Just point me in the direction of where you got those feats.

Harukajunko


kongming

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

Ons/Offs:
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9536.msg338515

Snake

I'm interested I'll try and produce a char soon

eternaldarkness

I'd give my left arm if I could play a Warblade (from Tome of Battle). I love the class, but rarely ever get a chance to actually play it.

vatovie

I'll look into it but I'd say make the character.

Countdown0

Can I throw my hat into this? I'm thinking I'd like to play a Druid if there's a spot open.
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Ceralilly

I am a complete newb, and if you wouldn't mind helping me walk through it I am VERY VERY VERY interested. Otherwise, I will check back when I have a bit more experience. I COMPLETELY understand how taxing it is to play AND help a new person so if this isn't something you (or anyone reading this) can do, I will have zero bad feelings.


Thank you for your consideration, and feel free to check out my game postings, shorts, or O&Os to make sure you think I fit the game.

Have a lovely evening!

Cera
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kckolbe

I'm always happy to help people learn new systems.  If you want I can help you make a char for this.
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Videospirit

Let's see... things I've wanted to try in 3.5. A malconvoker(Preferably wizard base), An Arcane Heirophant, a Paladin if it's E6, A shifter Vow of poverty druid, or a beguiler/rainbow servant.

With a monk and a warblade so far, the arcane heirophant or the beguiler are likely better choices.

Beguiler even has an excuse for avoiding the draft of "I got lost and stumbled across the hidden jungle temples of the couatls before the war."

Ceralilly

Quote from: kckolbe on March 22, 2015, 09:44:37 PM
I'm always happy to help people learn new systems.  If you want I can help you make a char for this.

I REALLY appreciate you offering. Thank you!
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vatovie

Or I'll help you because that guy isn't part of the game yet and hasn't mentioned making a character. Or we will both help you. Either way I'm looking for the character roles of Healer, Skillbot, mage, and ranged focus. So the druid or the mage are likely and looking at the warblade class it's not likely unless I really like your concept.

kckolbe

Fair enough.  I am just a big fan of system games and like teaching people about them.  Is there a max size you are looking for?

I'm a fan of playing skillbots as well as ranged types.
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Almondus

I'd love to get some experience with being apart of a d&d game here on the boards.  It's been some time since I've played, but I can try and run through and make a character for a wizard role in the group if there's still room.

vatovie

Yeah there is room but it's getting to the point where not all characters who are submitted will be accepted.

Almondus

Ahhh.. well I'll leave it to the more experience players till things settle down a bit.  It does take a bit of extra time to set up a char for a system game when you don't know the system and writing one up and finding out later that there wasn't room for it would suck lol. 

Good luck with things.

vatovie

Fair enough. Have a nice day.

As for you kckolbe the max size I'm looking for is 6 unless I get enough to have two parties going. At which point one group may play the anti party with heavily monitored characters as far as creation. Or they would both be parties with the same goal who don't meet until the very end.

Countdown0

Quick question. How do you want health done? Rolls? Take the average?
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vatovie

Either way but if you roll then show me the rolls if they are more than the average.

Videospirit

#25
Name: Garnet Sunday
Race: Gray Elf
Class: Druid 3 / Elven Martial Domain Wizard 2
Sex: Female
Age: 131
Alignment: Neutral Good

Strength 6 -2
Dexterity 10 +3
Constitution 12 +1
Intelligence 20(22) +6
Wisdom 17 +3
Charisma 8 -1

HP: 32/32
Initiative +0
Speed 30'

Fort +4 Ref +1 Will +9

AC: 10 (+0 dex)
-Flat Footed 10
-Touch Attacks 13

BAB +3
Grapple +1
Light Crossbow +4 1d8

Feats:
1: Practiced Spellcaster(Wizard)
3: Knowledge Devotion(Complete Champion)
W1: Improved Toughness

Languages Spoken:
Common
Elven
Druidic
Goblin
Orc
Draconic
Sylvan
Gnoll

Skills:
+9 Concentration 8
+6 Decipher Script 1
+4 Heal 1
+14 Knowledge(Nature) 8
+12 Knowledge(Arcana) 6
+10 Knowledge(Local) 4
+10 Knowledge(Dungeoneering) 4
+10 Knowledge(The Planes) 4
+12 Knowledge(Religion) 6
+13 Listen 8
+14 Spellcraft 8
+8 Spot 3
+13 Search 5
+5 Survival 2

Class Features:
Animal Companion: Druid  + 1/2 Wizard Levels for abilities
Transmutation Domain. 1 Wizard domain slot per spell level
Generalist Wizard: Learn an extra spell at every wizard level. Extra slot of highest level spell.
Nature Sense
Wild Empathy
Woodland Stride
Trackless Step

Racial Traits:
-2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence.
Medium: As Medium creatures, elves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Elf base land speed is 30 feet.
Immunity to magic sleep effects, and a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells or effects.
Low-Light Vision: An elf can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. She retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
Weapon Proficiency: Elves receive the Martial Weapon Proficiency feats for the longsword, rapier, longbow (including composite longbow), and shortbow (including composite shortbow) as bonus feats.
+2 racial bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks. An elf who merely passes within 5 feet of a secret or concealed door is entitled to a Search check to notice it as if she were actively looking for it.
Automatic Languages: Common and Elven. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Gnoll, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, and Sylvan.
Favored Class: Wizard. A multiclass elf’s wizard class does not count when determining whether she takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing.

Equipment:
Spellbook: 2 extra first level spells 250gp
Artificer's Monocle 1500
Headband of Intelligence +2 4000
Wand of lesser vigour 50 charges 750
Darkwood MW light Crossbow 375
20 bolts 2
Spell component pouch 5
Healer's Kit 50
Holly and Mistletoe
Heward's Handy Haversack 2000
Scroll of Grease
gold 43

Druid Spells:
0: Cure minor wounds, Cure minor wounds, Cure minor wounds, Cure minor wounds
1: Aspect of the wolf, Entangle, Aspect of the wolf
2: Creeping cold, Mass Snake's Swiftness

Wizard Spells:
0: Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Detect Magic, Detect Magic, Light
1: Expedious Retreat, Enlarge Person, Backbiter, Mage Armour, Wall of Smoke, Charm Person

Spellbook:
0: Mage Hand, all others
1: Expedious retreat, Enlarge Person, Nerveskitter, True Casting, Protection from Evil, Karmic Aura, Shield, Mage Armour, Backbiter, Ray of Enfeeblement, Tenser's Floating Disk, Charm Person, Wall of Smoke, Summon Monster I, Feather falling

Background: Garnet approaches the world with an inquiring mind. She wants to understand how everything works, and this has caused her to spend a great deal of time studying nature and magic and little bits of nearly everything. Sadly, most of this knowledge is purely theory, and she often lacks the practical skills to back it up, especially when it comes to social interactions. The way she overcomes her awkwardness is by observing others and trying to learn from them, and one area of particular interest to her is romance. Still, she finds the natural processes of romance terribly slow an inefficient and often tries to... urge the process along by playing matchmaker. She's gained almost an obsession with it, and wandered off into Yung to see if romance was any different among the lizardfolk, goblins, and Orcs than among the races of her native Brem. Sadly the war broke out before she could learn as much as she'd like and she found herself a lone elf amongst hostile races.

Luckily she kept her wits about her, and managed to make her way to relative safety by distancing herself from her own country and offering her services as a mercenary long enough to make it back to the border. Still... with the war going on, and the stories she's been hearing, it sounds as if the only fate awaiting her if she tried to return home is the draft.

vatovie


Miroque

Question: Is this recruit post for the ongoing game or? (I meen we have been waitting GM input on the War of Mystery game for QUITE some time now...)

vatovie

No it's a new game.  I waited on a post for almost a month on the old game with no news and not wanting to break site rules by poking anyone for a post. If you can revive the old game be my guest and I will thank you but if not feel free to join this with a guaranteed spot.

Miroque

then, mark me intrested on this one (and I think Blinkin wants to hop in aswell.)

vatovie

Okay. Both of you should have spots but I'd like it if the old game could be revived.  I can run two games but getting the three people I was waiting on to post seems unlikely. 

kckolbe

Looks like you are full up, going to withdraw.
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Videospirit

Everything but the background done now. I'd like to know a little more about the rest of the party and how we came together before I set anything in stone for that though.

vatovie

Fair enough. Just look at the character sheets that have happened so far and talk to the other players about their characters. Also kckolbe you don't have to drop out I am ready and willing to run two separate parties. Starting to plan on it actually.

Videospirit

Is there anything you've decided about the mercenary group we belong to, or are we basically all freelancers?

vatovie

You are all freelancers who by chance are in the same bar near a military training camp. They can know each other though.

Videospirit


Snake

Is this still open? I'd like to get in on it

vatovie

Yep.  Waiting on characters from some people though.  Either we will have enough for two parties and everyone so far is accepted or we don't and I have to pick and choose from the remaining people.

Snake

I see. if you can hold off for one more day or so I can cook up a character for it too (I don't have the books necessary at hand but I do on my HD at home)

Videospirit

Of the roles vatovie requested, we have no ranged focus or skillmonkeys yet, unless the two players from your previous campaign are reusing characters they haven't posted here.

vatovie

They might be reusing them in which case we would have a skill monkey.  Not a ranged focused yet though. I'm waiting on quite a few sheets though and the old players may make new sheets.

Snake

I can make an archer rogue if you need one (or another ranged version such as a sorc or wizard)

vatovie

Fair enough.  I'm gonna point out my one strange rule of the a belt fed repeating crossbow. Pointing it out because a Rouge is less of what we need.  Also a wizard is less needed. The best fit right now is probably a ranger.

Then again if the old players join then we are full. So you could make any character for the second party which would be basically empty as of right now.

Snake

Can do. I've also never heard of the belt felt repeater. 

as for ranger, that's easy. any suggestions fo rfavored enemies?

vatovie

It basically allows you to with rapid reload and many shot just fire up to ten shots per round.  You take a minus to hit to each shot and after ten shots you just do a powerful cone of attack. thanks to the minus to hit it turns out to not really be overpowered.  So I allow it.

Favored enemy.  A good choice is human or orc. Those two races make up the majority of the races. 

Snake


Videospirit


vatovie

Just the two old players to say if they want to make new people or use their old ones.


vatovie


Videospirit


vatovie

I think they do and either way they are playing their old character.  I'll have a IC thread up soon.  And an OOC.

vatovie

OOC:https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=226584.0

IC: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=226583.0

The accepted players are:
Harukajunko
Blinkin
Miroque
TheHangedMan
kongming
Videospirit

The possible secondary party is:
eternaldarkness
Snake
Ceralilly
Almondus
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