D&D 5e - Classic Adventure - Interest Check

[tobisquestion]

The campaign I've written is set in an original (yet familiar in all the classic fantasy ways) world with all the regular D&D races and classes, plus any expansions you want to suggest. It sees a nation recovering from war and facing up to a renewed threat from a trio of necromancers from centuries past.

Character Builds and Submissions

What I want more than anything is for everyone to have a character they're going to enjoy playing. Therefore I'm happy for people to build their characters using dice roll or point-buy systems. It would be good to get a heads up from everyone as to what type of character you'd like to create so that we can make sure we end up with a reasonably well-rounded group and not four healers and a tank. (Or I dunno...maybe that arrangement works?)

Players are encouraged to use the points-buy system or a standard spread for the ability stats, but if you want to roll and trust it to luck, that's up to you!

If you want to submit a character, PM me. I won't ask you to have a fully rolled-up character right away, although you can if you want. I just really want to know race, class, background, weapons, what you intend to specialise in and a little bit of back story if you would be so kind.

All backstories will be read, considered and worked into the plot somehow!

Characters submitted so far:

Name	Race	Class	Background	Top abilities	Primary Weapon	Player
----------------------------	---------------------	-------------	----------------------------	-------------------	--------------------------	---------------
Mirish Penumbra	Half-orc	Monk	Guild Artisan (Brewer)	Dex/Con	Spear	Ampere
Nuala Oakstaff	Wood Elf	Druid	Acolyte/Hermit	Dex/Wis	Scimitar	Chulanowa
Torner	Human	Barbarian	Revenant	Str/Con	Greatsword	Cold Heritage
Rag Stoutbrew	Human Variant	Fighter	Guild Artisan (Tanner)	Dex/Con	Longbow	Brittlby
Therion	Half-elf	Warlock (Hexblade)	Urchin	Dex/Cha	Pact Weapon	Snake
Leigh MacLochlain	Human	Cleric (Tempest)	Sailor	Str/Wis	Warhammer	Cula

Starting Level

We'll go with a player consensus on what level to start with. I personally would be happy starting at level 1, but equally happy starting at level 5 which is where I think characters start to actually represent their class properly. My preference would be no higher than that - I don't want to have to start calling in demons and dragons to give you a challenge right away! But we'll see what everyone wants to do.

UPDATE: It's looking like most people have an appetite for starting at level 5.

Posting Rate
Whatever works, basically! Let's try to get into a natural flow, but I'm going to discourage 'daily' posts in the long term because there will undoubtedly be a few people who fall behind. That said, nothing kills an RP like a languishing pace so if we have four players who are champing at the bit to post every day and one player who can only do once a week, I don't want to hold the four back. More likely we'll settle on something in between.

Source Materials
I'm by no means a D&D veteran and there's probably source materials out there I'm not even aware of. I use a phone app for spells and character generations, and it seems to include most official sources like "Xanathar's Guide to Everything" and "Elemental Evil".

Pantheon
If your characters has a religious class or background, feel free to select from any pantheon. I will then, from that, work out what gods are worshipped in the locations you're going to be visiting, based on whether your characters are 'from' the place or abroad.

Tone and Content
I want this story to unfold organically so I'm not going to say anything is or isn't allow. Frankly, I put all my stories in the NC section because it covers most eventualities and it's not like we'll get told off if no NC actually happens (and I'm not expecting it to). There will be combat and high fantasy adventure, there will be light and dark but it will largely be player driven. Nobody will be told to sanitise their posts. You hit a squishy goblin with a battle-maul, there's going to be fore.

Regarding sex: This isn't intended to be a sexual RP but, like I said, I'm not limiting character interactions. If it kicks off between the sheets, I may either ask the players to put their posts in spoiler boxes or on a separate thread, but probably not even that.

House Rules:
I will probably add to this as we go, but the only one I'm putting here for sure it 'No Rules Lawyers'. I'm open to feedback, but if I get something wrong and everyone had fun, I see no problem. If you think your character was seriously disadvantaged because of a mistake I made, PM me. For me, narrative and imagination are the real ruleset behind D&D.

The World

Click the maps to expand.

The world is divided up into four 'culture' zones:
Yellow - Hanosti (like ancient Greece)
Light Green - Wivensi (familiar Western)
Brown - Juanpa (Nordic)
Dark Green - Zalamic (Middle-eastern)

Any race can come from any nation or culture. If you want your character to be from somewhere else, fine! Just write it into your backstory. If you want to be from one of these countries, just make up a town or city name and I will add it to the map. (I have the full world map in vector so there will be more detailed zooms as we go along.)



Our story will be starting in the port city of Tollmouth, in Wivensbrent. Tollmouth is a port town on the estuary of the river Toll, which grew out from an older town called Alresbay. It is a diverse market hub with many races and languages. It has a temple, a market and many other things. About ten years ago it was pivotal in repelling attacks from a large pirate force from the south.

There used to be a halfling village half a mile out of Tollmouth, but during the pirate war they were all either wiped out or taken captive. That village has sat abandoned for almost a decade. The pirates are thought to be long gone, but a garrison is kept just to be safe and ships are generally advised to come and go only by day.

The main Tavern is called "The Whiskered Squid". Its a pretty lawful place...then again, it is a port and you do get the usual trouble that comes with a high population density.



Tollensport Key:

1) A popular tavern called "The Whiskered Squid", which is on the edge of the marketplace. An obvious place to start if you didn't have anything else in mind!

2) The Temple of Calm, across the river from the market, which is dedicated to a plethora of gods.

3) The North Docks, which also double as a seafront market selling exotic wares from across the water.

4) The Governor's manor in the "Administration" district, although he's not in the habit of receiving visitors

5) The "gate" districts are regular living quarters. Generally speaking, the closer to the wall you go, the more squalid conditions become. A good place to lay low and observe.

6) The stables - horses for sale and hire, a good place for gossip about people coming and going by land

7) The South Docks, outside of the city walls. More functional than the North Docks. Home to the Wivensbrent navy quartermaster. Some military ships are moored here.

8) Every type of craftsmen you can imagine has a shop in Tollmouth. There is not, however, much in the way of magic. The closest thing is "Mediocrates' Emporium of the Arcane.

9) Aemogen's farm - Livestock and milk

10) Reford's Farm - The small brown complex in the very north-east of the map. Most agriculture and grain.

11) Merchanthouse - Next to the market, the Merchant Maestor is in charge of the import and export of large quantities of goods. Here's the place to go to organise large-scale transactions or get a sense of what's on the market.

12) Market Plaza - Fresh produce and everyday items

13) Wivensi Library - pretty famous as a depository for books, tomes and scrolls on the world's history and lore

[Phaia]

:)

I have been hoping for a decent 'classic' 5e story. Of course it does not mean my character won't be sultry. I do hope a point buy not the arranged attributes. I am not a fan of having sub par abilities [like an 8 in some dump stat].

Phaia

[Ampere]

Could be fun to try a standard adventure - please consider my flag of interest planted.

[SilkenVenom]

I could certainly get behind this. I'd love to see it be a high-level campaign (as in above level 15) so I could get the chance to play my original 5th ed character again. Also because low-level campaigns are so common it would be fun to do something different for a change.

[Chulanowa]

I am absolutely on board for a "Classic-feeling" D&D game.


...Maybe that's a little more "classic' than you're going for, but still!

I have a Wood Elf druid I've been keeping warm for a 5e Game. Though she leans a little more on the lighthearted side; how "serious' are you thinking? Also, in terms of level? I wouldn't much like going above 10, if even that high; I don't find a lot of appeal in wandering around looking for a tarresque to fight  ;D

[tobisquestion]

Rather than answer everyone individually, I've updated the top post to hopefully answer all questions in one hit!

That's a good amount of initial interest. I hope nobody is put off by the fact that I haven't made this thread beautiful with pages of maps and lore and background. I'm an author in real life so I subscribe to the 'show don't tell' philosophy of writing, and a huge up-front information dump is a major literary no-no. That said, I will give plenty of background as we get close to starting the game. I have maps, dungeons, monsters, NPCs...even a soundtrack (because I eventually hope to run this campaign with a live group also) made up. There will be plenty to sink your teeth into.

Chulanowa, haha! Hey, if you wanna go full on legacy classic then that's fine with me! I want everyone to have a character they can be enthusiastic about. As for tone, I don't mind if it gets lighthearted at all! The only thing I want to be careful about is making sure we have a good variety of the characters. If we have five class-clowns, it could get just as tedious as if we have five "strong and silent" types.

[Cold Heritage]

I hope it's not too late to put in some interest! I'd like to play a classic adventure where our characters are out to acquire filthy lucre, save princes and princesses in distress, defeat orc chieftains, and kill evil wizards!

I'd have to look it up, but there's a subset of the barbarian that gets their rage from religious fervor. I made up a character along those lines before for a game that sadly never made it very far that I'd like to revisit. I'd probably lean a bit more towards the strong and silent archetype, but also with elements of a boisterous bruiser who cannot resist the siren song of adventure!

I'd prefer to be level 3 to 5-ish, so we get some of the stuff that'll make our characters distinct and have the stuff that makes classes a class. Also because I like having power. I'm not a char-op maester, though.

[tobisquestion]

You're certainly not too late. Your interest makes five potential players so if everyone who's posted here so far decides they're like to steam on in and make a character, that would probably make this the smoothest, most efficient D&D recruitment thread I've ever seen!

[RedPhoenix]

Potentially interested, if we use point buy or standard array. Rolling for stats in 5e just leads to imbalance between characters which isn't fun for me.

Some questions

- Expected rate of posting?
- How would you rate your intended feel of the game on a scale of Cinematic to Gritty?
- Same question but Heroic to Grimdark?
- What source materials are allowed?
- For religious types is there a pantheon you're using?
- What board would this go in? You said no planned smut so I'm also assuming no planned Non-Con or anything like that?
- Any house rules we should be aware of?

And I honestly like playing just about any type of 5e character, so if I would see what other people want and pick something that complements it if we get there. :)

[Snake]

A good,  old fashioned game would be great!

[Phaia]

Yea!! I can go with point buy and level 5 sounds great. I so want to get past the level 1 characters that always seem to crop up here.
As for a class. I am leaning toward a blade-singer Half elf from the 'Sword Coast Guide' or a Rogue. Either works for me!

Phaia

[Snake]

I'd like to try a half elf warlock/hexblade. I'd prefer to try a roll but point buy is probably more reliable

[greenknight]

Planting interest. And I'll go for broke and roll.

[Phaia]

Planting interest. And I'll go for broke and roll.

I will give that a Try as well. At least then it is my luck if I roll bad!!

At 2018-08-07 00:15:38, Phaia (uid: 3337) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 12
At 2018-08-07 00:15:46, Phaia (uid: 3337) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 18  :o :o
At 2018-08-07 00:15:54, Phaia (uid: 3337) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 11
At 2018-08-07 00:15:58, Phaia (uid: 3337) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13
At 2018-08-07 00:16:02, Phaia (uid: 3337) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 12
At 2018-08-07 00:16:08, Phaia (uid: 3337) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 9

18,13,12,12,11,9  Not bad at all!!

Phaia

[Snake]

If I got that without the 18, I'd Re-roll the whole set of I could

[tobisquestion]

I've updated the opening post again, hopefully answering most of the new questions and finally demonstrating that I am capable of producing something pretty for you guys to look at. :P

[Phaia]

I think I am going to go for a rogue

Phaia

[greenknight]

Whats the character/reputation of Tollmouth? Anything goes, rough and tumble, police state, prudish theocracy, thieve's paradise, some combination of traits?

Also: 8, 18, 14, 9, 13, 13

At 2018-08-07 10:31:37, greenknight (uid: 46150) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 8
At 2018-08-07 10:31:31, greenknight (uid: 46150) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 18
At 2018-08-07 10:31:26, greenknight (uid: 46150) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 14
At 2018-08-07 10:31:21, greenknight (uid: 46150) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 9
At 2018-08-07 10:31:15, greenknight (uid: 46150) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13
At 2018-08-07 10:31:07, greenknight (uid: 46150) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13

[tobisquestion]

I'll reply to that properly later, but here's a quick summary while I'm on my phone so as not to keep you hanging :

Tollmouth is a port town on the estuary of the river Toll, which grew out from an older town called Alresbay. It is a diverse market hub with many races and languages. It has a temple, a market and many other things. About ten year ago it was pivotal in repelling attacks from a large pirate force from the south. The pirates are thought to be long gone, but a garrison is kept just to be safe and ships are generally advised to come and go only by day . The main Tavern is called "The Whiskered Squid". Its a pretty lawful place... Then again, it is a port and you do get the usual trouble that comes with a high population density.

[Snake]

Can we get a standing 18 for a stat since fow people have rolled them so far? Hehe

[greenknight]

Can we get a standing 18 for a stat since fow people have rolled them so far? Hehe

Only if you'll take 16 points to buy the rest of your stats! :P

[Snake]

That's why I dislike point buy in comparison to rolled stats. But if that's how it is. it's how it is. Point buy is basically forcing you to eat lower stats for growth while rolled is like "yeah I'm actually good at this *primary focus*" XD\\

Anyway; rolled stats here:

At 2018-08-07 13:27:15, Snake (uid: 27981) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13
At 2018-08-07 13:27:07, Snake (uid: 27981) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 17
At 2018-08-07 13:26:59, Snake (uid: 27981) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 10
At 2018-08-07 13:26:50, Snake (uid: 27981) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 11
At 2018-08-07 13:26:21, Snake (uid: 27981) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 16
At 2018-08-07 13:25:54, Snake (uid: 27981) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13



I can't decide between male or female character; Half-elf; but they've got a background of Urchin and are from Tollmouth and at some point made a deal with a power from the shadowfell for warlock powers and went full blown hexblade.

[Phaia]

Wow Snake!! Nice set of rolls there. I'll trade ya.  O:) O:)

Phaia

[Ampere]

I don't trust my luck - so I'm just going to go with the standard spread for a half-orc, monk.

[Snake]

No. Bad Phaia *swats with rolled up newspaper, playfully* :P

[Phaia]

When I am good I am very good but when I am bad I am even better!!  O:) >:)

[tobisquestion]

Three characters submitted so far, all seem pretty good. I've done a small update to the top post to outline what we've got already. That shouldn't put people off submitting the character they want to play, but it might be useful in case anyone's looking for an empty niche to fill!

Edit: Apologies for being quiet tonight, I was out late with a friend. I'll catch up on all of this properly tomorrow, but which time hopefully we'll have some more characters submitted.

[Brittlby]

I’ll get the finalized sheet to you tonight!

[Cold Heritage]

Since all the cool kids are rolling, I'm going to roll too!

At 2018-08-07 23:07:15, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 16
At 2018-08-07 23:07:13, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13
At 2018-08-07 23:06:58, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 16
At 2018-08-07 23:06:56, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 11
At 2018-08-07 23:06:52, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 15
At 2018-08-07 23:06:32, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 14

At 2018-08-08 00:02:05, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 1d100 Result: 52 <- Trinket roll
At 2018-08-08 00:25:17, Cold Heritage (uid: 6343) rolls: 2d4 Result: 3 <- starting gold

Looks like I didn't do too bad, assuming that I did it all correctly!

I sent tobisquestion a character submission for a human barbarian picking the path of the zealot with the dead background who uses a greatsword and I guess that's what he'll specialize in. He is on a MISSION from GOD to RIP and TEAR.

[Snake]

Give him green plate armor and call him Doomguy

[Cold Heritage]

Oh shoot! I sort of went ahead assuming that we would be largely Good-leaning do'wells who go around doing Good deeds. I don't remember seeing anyone say that they were going to be Evil, but did anyone conceive of themselves being Evil? Despite my glib declaration of ripping and tearing above, I'm more of the mind to try and be a Good guy.

I mean I'm not married to it if everyone else wants to be lower case 'b' blackguards, but what's the general consensus?

[Snake]

No, no. You misunderstood, Doomguy from doom 2016 gives demons PTSD.  heh

[Cold Heritage]

Right.

But I had in my mind we're all Good leaning folks, so my pitch to tobisquestion has this part where I say my character follows this code: “Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil.”

It doesn't work if everyone else decides to be murderhobos who'd kill someone for a slice of cheese when they're all lactose intolerant and don't even like cheese.

[Brittlby]

My girl spends most of her free time and money on orphans! We should be good!

[Snake]

Odd. My char was an orphan cuz events

[Chulanowa]

My Druid's of an almost saccharine sort of goodness, and isn't an orphan per se... isn't abandoned per se, either... More like rumspringa, as seen through the eyes of a tribal society full of people who live multiple centuries.

[tobisquestion]

A D&D Doomguy...that'd be something to behold!

It's true I haven't specified what sort of alignments the characters ought to be, but the story will make a hella lot more sense if the majority of you are mostly good or neutral leaning. The overall plot involves a threat to the entire world which would be reason enough for even an evil character to want to get along and help, but it'll be a little bit down the way that all comes to light. It needs to make sense that all of you would jump on board up to that point!

So yeah, if you could at least not all be chaotic murderous psychopaths, that'd be great. :)

I could also, frankly, do without the type of magic user who gets bored with diplomatic discussions and decides to just burn the building to the ground. For some reason, I seem to attract those sorts of players..? Not only does it make for a rather dull story, it also denies the smarts-over-brawn type characters their time to shine.

But onto more positive things - I've had five characters submitted and they all look pretty good to me. Unless anyone needs to drop out suddenly, I'll probably close for submissions tonight.

I'll update the opening post now with the general archetypes I seem to have so you can all think a bit more about what role you want to take in the group.

[Snake]

Hopefully it won't be a total sausage party either.  :p my char is about 25 or so but I still haven't picked gender yet. But it's unimportant I suppose just flip a coin.

[tobisquestion]

So far we have 3 females and one male, plus whatever you choose as gender.

[Ampere]

My gal is neutral, probably erring toward the more goodlier side (honest)  O:)

[Chulanowa]

Hopefully it won't be a total sausage party either.  :p my char is about 25 or so but I still haven't picked gender yet. But it's unimportant I suppose just flip a coin.

Sausage parties, in E D&D games? Where HAVE you been playing?  XD

[tobisquestion]

All but one of you will have now had a bit of insider back story. I'm just waiting for an answer from one player before I provide something to them too.

Keep this back story to yourselves, and simply apply what you know if and when it becomes relevant to the story. Everything I've said DOES connect with something you'll encounter as we go along, but its importance and impact obviously depends on what path you choose as a group.

This adventure will be VERY open! Which is gonna be hard for me as I'm going to end up writing a lot of stuff which may never get used because you tricksy players find other ways of overcoming things.

I've had interest from one more player, would anyone have an issue with starting as a group of 6? I think 5 is an optimal number but it can't hurt to future-proof against the probable risk of someone having to drop out early on...

[SilkenVenom]

I'm going to have to withdraw my earlier stated interest. Sorry, all.  :-(

Good luck and much fun to everyone!

[greenknight]

Sorry, I seem to have missed the lede on PM'ing a character sheet. I'll have one tonight (CST+3).

[tobisquestion]

It seems like five is the usual number for a D&D group, and I already have that. I've had a sixth person interested and with greenknight that would make seven.

Im going to make a decision later whether to accept one or two more. A lot of it will depend on whether they are 'extreme' characters... Like I'd say our revenant barbarian is a fairly extreme character because... Well, he came back from the dead. Which is awesome, but five characters like that wouldn't make a realistic group.

Right now it's quite well balanced, so whether I allow another two will depend on whether they fit in to the group. Just letting you know before you spend too much time writing a character!

[Snake]

Then I'll go with a male character to balance stuff out

[tobisquestion]

OK guys, it seems to me we're pretty much ready to go. Gotta mention that Friday and Saturday night, I'm gonna be away (I got married last week and we're having the party for family this weekend) so I might not get on much.

I'm gonna give people the chance to submit more characters and see if it's practical for us to have more than five. If anyone's submitted a character and not heard from me, that's the reason.

I'm gonna throw up (when I get a chance) some more house rules and a few guides on how I'm going to work the mechanics for this game. But provided everyone checks in over the next few days and confirms they're ready to go, I'll be looking to kick off an IC thread on Sunday.

I've put a map of Tollensport in the first thread here so you can get a feel and start thinking about where your character will start out in the city and what they are likely to be doing.. I will eventually update this map with actual location markers. Very briefly, the main locations to explore there are:

1) A popular tavern called "The Whiskered Squid", which is on the edge of the marketplace. An obvious place to start if you didn't have anything else in mind!
2) The Temple of Calm, across the river from the market, which is dedicated to a plethora of gods.
3) The North Docks, which also double as a seafront market selling exotic wares from across the water.
4) The Governor's manor in the "Administration" district, although he's not in the habit of receiving visitors
5) The "gate" districts are regular living quarters. Generally speaking, the closer to the wall you go, the more squalid conditions become. A good place to lay low and observe.
6) The stables - horses for sale and hire, a good place for gossip about people coming and going by land
7) The South Docks, outside of the city walls. More functional than the North Docks. Home to the Wivensbrent navy quartermaster. Some military ships are moored here.
8) Every type of craftsmen you can imagine has a shop in Tollmouth. There is not, however, much in the way of magic. The closest thing is "Mediocrates' Emporium of the Arcane.
9) Aemogen's farm - Livestock and milk
10) Reford's Farm - The small brown complex in the very north-east of the map. Most agriculture and grain.
11) Merchanthouse - Next to the market, the Merchant Maestor is in charge of the import and export of large quantities of goods. Here's the place to go to organise large-scale transactions or get a sense of what's on the market.

[Brittlby]

Congratulations! Ready when you are! Don’t make your new spouse mad! Lol

[Cold Heritage]

Do we get more gold for starting higher than level 1? I'm not sure.

[Chulanowa]

Not really; 5E isn't like 3.5 or pathfinder, with character progression being heavily item-dependent. 5E worries more about what the character does than what htey have. THat said, a magical item or two handed out by hte generous DM is always appreciated  ;D

[Snake]

And 5e tends to favor scaling items so you get a main item that grows as you do instead of repeatedly getting new stuff

[Brittlby]

Can I get a magic bow?!? Does it have blu tooth?! Or one of those cloaks that billows dramatically on command?

[tobisquestion]

Alright, come sit on Santa's lap.

If I was to allow everyone a magical item, what would you all want?

I'm kinda 50/50 on it because starting at level 5 I think already gives everyone the better aspects of their class. But, it's also true that if we'd started at level 1, by level 5 you'd all have picked up a few cool things.

[Snake]

Studded Leather armor +1

[Chulanowa]

i just like having neat shit.  XD 1d100 on Table F in the DMG, reroll in case of something Nuala can't actually use?

[Ampere]

i just like having neat shit.  XD 1d100 on Table F in the DMG, reroll in case of something Nuala can't actually use?

This option sounds good to me too!

At 2018-08-09 07:38:01, Mirish (uid: 55658) rolls: 1d100 Result: 56

No idea how the monk came by a Trident of Fish Command or what she's going to do with it, but why not?

[Brittlby]

At 2018-08-09 07:10:01, Ragsy (uid: 870) rolls: 1d100 Result: 12

+1 Weapon. I was kidding, but I guess I DO get a magic bow. I was rooting for a cloak of elvenkind! Oh well! I’ll buy one eventually! Lol

[tobisquestion]

Ampere: Without giving too much away about the plot, I'd hang on to that Trident if I were you...

Snake: Sure thing, I'm going to say that your armour is not so much 'magical' as made from the tanned hides of the famous reptile creatures from the southern lands. But potayto potahto.

Chulanow: At 2018-08-09 11:51:48, tobisquestion (uid: 26997) rolls: 1d100 Result: 27

How's Boots of Striding and Springing suit you?

[Snake]

Ooo stylish crocodile hide armor? Cool. It helps a dps to be able to avoid being hit

[Brittlby]

Guess I can’t complain! I’ll have to give it my own flavor! There’s a whole heck of a lot more magical swords with backstories out there than bows! Lol

[tobisquestion]

Alright guys, well I'm not one to drag my heels. We have five character sheets. All the corresponding players still seem to be active here on this thread. Therefore, I say we're pretty much ready to go. I'll keep checking in here because there may be a couple more people interested in playing, and I've decided having a 6th player can't hurt and will protect us against potential early drop-outs.

So, can I direct your attention to the following:

The Rules & Character Thread
Doesn't look like much at the moment, but I'll be adding to it as we decide exactly how we want to play so as to best keep up the pace of the game. All of that will be up for discussion if you're not happy with the way things are being run. For now, can you all head on over there and put your characters up? I've seen fully statted out CSs from all of you, and you don't have to put those there. What would be helpful is if you could just put up the basics including equipment, armour class, HP and the six abilities with modifiers. If you want to include full CS, then feel free. I'm keeping a copy of your full CS in the D&D app on my phone anyway, so I'll know if you're fiddling about. *points threateningly at each player in turn*

The OOC
I see, you see, we all see the OOC. Would all accepted players please be so good as to switch over to here for ongoing discussion.

Tollmouth IC
Here's the opening post. As far as I'm concerned, you can all dive in. I've given various options for places and scenes for you to start of getting involved in. You don't all have to be in the same place. Party-splitting is absolutely allowed and may at times even be beneficial. Right now, the stage is yours.