D&D 5!

[justaburd]

I want to do continue the D&D a few more sessions before I go. Is everyone okay for mondays or fridays? Let's say around ~0100 GMT?



I've been thinking about this for a while now and I want to see about starting a D&D campaign here on the forums.

Campaign link (https://app.roll20.net/join/493940/6sJqgQ)
All campaign-related notes are in the journal tab. Everyone should be able to see all the relevant information.

The campaign will be in 5! The Player Handbook PDF will be on google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MqIixEnMlNYTZveDZHdDBwS0pkZlVtNXhoeHJGMWdPVlp3/edit?usp=sharing Do make sure to read through it.

For the character builder, sorry, you'll have to actually read the book and build a character. No builder out as far as I know.

Start your character at level 5.
Ability scores will be point buy (30, starting stat 8 )

Score you want	Point cost to achieve
8	0
9	1
10	2
11	3
12	4
13	5
14	7
15	9
16	12

Languages will be standard unless you have a reason why you should get the uncommon ones.
Starting gold will be whatever's on the level 1 starting table x5

There will be house rules (of course)
Running into walls hurt. (I'm serious.)
You may choose feats instead of the stat advancements at level 4, 8, 12, 16, and 19.
Don't remember what else, so if it comes up, it comes up and I'll let people know.

Don't worry about trinkets. If you have a story and you want to get a trinket for it, we can work something out.

We'll continue the game as is from before. I'll probably ask that we all meet using google hangout or something for our sessions as well as allowing like a forum "session" where you can do town stuff or do short combat sessions or something. Hangout is not a requirement, but would be encouraged. I'm not sure how to do a forum session, so we'll hold off on that.

(From a later post)
Roll20 tested, works pretty well.

I would like the people who are interested in this to think of some things for me:

• Backstory. Where do you come from? What did you use to do? Is there something that reminds you of the past? Is there something in your past that might come back into your life, for good or bad? Whatever comes to mind.
• Primary goal (or quest.) What is your purpose in life? See question 6 above for examples.
• Short-term goals. What are you trying to do right now? Again, see question 6 above.
• Town stuff. There are some small shops and a tavern/inn for travellers like yourselves. If you have something you might want (and can possibly afford), now would be a good time to acquire it. You may or may not end up acquiring possessions legally, but remember that actions will always have a reaction, even if the reaction's not necessarily equal and opposite.

D&D is primarily about your character's story, not about combat. (Again, why I don't really like combat being so long in 4e.) I will try my best not to force people into doing specific jobs or whatnot, though I can and will do it if it's necessary/important. (We'll probably come to a point where it'll be important)

The devil is in the details. More the merrier. You may tell me you are actually a sylph in disguise. OR you may tell me you're a sylph in disguise who wishes to take revenge on the humans who cut down her sacred grove whose locale used to be of the Dromar mountains in the north of the human kingdom.

Also a note on names: feel free to make your own. I'll simply use what you give me (leaving something of a legacy, I suppose) or I'll otherwise end up making one up myself.

[justaburd]

I would like to ask a few questions and suggest a few stuff:

1)Chat (real-time) I'm thinking about letting people do stuff in town via the thread or they could do a quick session with me or something.
2)I'm allowing everything from the 4th edition (erratta'd of course. I'd rather not see a pun pun.) I already talked a little about the house rules that I'll use. I'm sure I've forgotten some so I'll apologize for not saying them earlier. If there's something in your build that's completely breaking the game I'll talk to the player about it. I'm not going to be shy about it.
3)I'm looking into roll20. I think I like it. I have to look a bit further though. The main concern is that I'm probably not going to have particularly guaranteed map sets since I'd like to run a sandboxxy campaign and I won't be particularly prepared and will be building things quickly.
4)I have run sessions where there is no such thing as a proper party and I can manage to scale difficulty to a level which is appropriately challenging. Therefore, if someone's not available, they just happen to "not be there" and it's not a big deal. They just won't get anything for that session. That's a primary reason for why I don't really assign exp for stuff. I'm more likely to give out interesting items for being in more sessions than anything else. Item power management is something I'm conscious of, however and I'll do my best to try to make sure everyone is on the same rough level for whatever they do.
5)While I have my own set of dice, I actually just use random.org. I let players use random.org, chat dice, or their own. This game will be honor code. As for math, I will assume everyone can add and subtract.
6)As I said earlier, I want to do more sandboxxy, but I'd preferrably like to get an idea of where people wish to go beforehand so I have some leads on where and how to set stuff up. For example, I would really like to know what everyone's character wishes to do as his or her long-term goal (as well as short term goals.) I already know what joey's is. Perhaps you wish to see (and possibly use) a legendary scroll of magic. Perhaps you want to become the prophet of your god. Perhaps, like my character in one of my campaigns, you wish to be a true dragon. Again, short-term goals: maybe help the wife of a kindly villager who once helped you a few years ago. Maybe you saw the duke's scepter and want it for yourself. Possibly you simply seek the approval of your god. It all depends on the players, but again, I'd like some direction.
That said, I'm okay with a limited sandbox campaign. I will almost always try to give players free reign of whatever town or village they're in, but of course their actions will have wider repercussions. One of my prepared sessions for my RL group allowed the players the choice of stealing gold from a dragon. It wouldn't necessarily have been the wisest decision, but obviously the tempation is there (10 bags!) and I want to encourage people to play their character how they would like to.
7)Minions are an interesting idea, though personally I don't like using them. It's nice for the aoe players, but not so much for the 1v1 players. As I said above, I'm investigating how to cut down on round time. The biggest problem is honestly not the monster hp. It's player inexperience. If you know your character and you know what you're doing. You declare an attack, you roll, you declare a move and minor. You're done. 30 seconds. Tops. I'm not blaming the players. But it's the way things are. Killing minions doesn't give the level of satisfaction that you get from a normal-elite enemy. That said, I do use minions. No worries

More questions are welcome.

[justaburd]

These things may be important, after all.

[Drake_XIV]

Interested in taking part in campaigns.

[dragonsdemesne]

I'd be interested in trying this.  I'm old school, so I'm not very familiar at all with 4th edition.  I started playing back before Hasbro/WotC bought TSR and... well... changed the direction of their marketing strategies :p  I did mostly 2nd edition back in the day, but I've done 1st and 3rd and the original D&D before it became AD&D.

edit: oh, and dibs on...

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MONK

[MyNameIsJoey]

Interested in trying

[Torriku]

I'd be a noob, but I would love to play. I've always wanted to play D&D but I know no one who will! 

I would like to be a Ninja, or at least a  Rogue, Ranger, or Sorcerer

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[Naesala]

4th edition is chunky salsa.


If I have time and you're fine with helping newbies with the rules (me), I'd be more than happy to sign up. Dibs on support class

[Rutarete]

Expressing interest, but not to take someone else's slot who hasn't played before.

[ddevans96]

I would strongly consider joining this. Also, I can help greatly with mapping.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Interested, though not quite familiar with the rules. If someone could give me a general rundown of D&D 4e and the DM (which I assume to be burd) isn't too hard on mistakes/lack of knowledge with the setting (Likely to happen when getting used to a different ruleset) I'd be interested in trying.

EDIT: May have some trouble with my schedule, so me joining might not be as likely. Would it be possible to join in late? (Or assuming campaigns are short enough, in between campaigns?) If you've got a rough idea for when you plan to start, burd, that might also help.

EDIT 2 : If I do join, considering a Ranger/Sorcerer Multiclass, friendly heads up. (I'd go Ranger/Sorcerer/Rogue if I wanted to be 100% accurate to my character, but if you need to shave off  a class I'd be okay with just getting Rogue-ish skills over the campaign. Pretty sure Sorc's the one that doesn't have to prepare spells/have limited uses.)

[Espithel]

D&D is something I've always wanted to play, but can never find even a shred of clues as to how to find it.

So, uhm...
Are you happy with a complete newb with no idea how the game works?
My understanding of D&D is currently "You roleplay and throw dice and stuff." I want that to change so badly. ;-;

Edit: Dibs on warlock. I don't know. I just like warlocks.