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Mar 11, 2009 3:58:42 GMT -5
Post by Reno on Mar 11, 2009 3:58:42 GMT -5
Given that we haven't played in any of the three D&D games we've had going since at least December, I think it's pretty safe to say they're all over and done with. Am I right?
I will miss my druid Cliff and his bison. I don't think I ever actually cast a spell in that campaign that wasn't a cure spell. I was looking forward to getting to a high enough level where I could actually wild shape, use spells in combat, and generally do the things one does when playing a druid.
I will also miss my Mindbender from Tony's game. I don't believe I ever shared his name with any of the other characters. He was fun to play, even if we rarely got to do very much because of that blasted NPC that always outshone everybody with game-breaking abilities.
I think I will miss Velaryon, my drow mystic theurge, most of all. Two campaigns I've tried to play him, and both fell through quite quickly. With the amount of work I've put into his spells, his gear, and his future plans (to say nothing of learning how magic item crafting works, every shortcut I could find to cut costs, XP, and time), I'm determined to eventually find a game where I can play Vel long-term.
But none of that is why I started this thread. I started it because I miss playing D&D. Even though I've got a good thing going with Terminator on Friday nights, and a... fairly good thing going alternating Sundays with Aberrant, it's not quite the same.
Am I the only one who feels this way? I think a huge, epic story arc spanning thirty or even twenty sessions is probably more than any of us want to invest in right now, but I'd be fine even with a shorter game of some kind. Does anybody else feel like maybe once every other weekend or so might be worth a go?
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Mar 11, 2009 7:50:27 GMT -5
Post by black heart on Mar 11, 2009 7:50:27 GMT -5
oh i miss DnD nights too, but the thing is, and i'm almost positive ken shares my sentiments, that i'm tired of running these things, and not getting to play in them. I ran a consistent DnD game for well over a year, when i tried taking a break from DMing i ended up having to run chris' game for him, then, to give ken a break, i ran that ravenloft game, and after that i ran that game with your druid, but the second session went to nuts and everything i had planned was ruined and i found that i just didn't care enough to try and fix it, and then after THAT hot stinking mess, i ran that abberant game for noj's sake. and i'm sure i'm missing atleast one, one shot game, maybe even two.
in all that time, i've played maybe, MAYBE 8 sessions of DnD as a player.
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Mar 11, 2009 11:05:16 GMT -5
Post by Kain on Mar 11, 2009 11:05:16 GMT -5
Yeah I always have crap coming up and then going away and then more crap coming up, so DMing is really hard for me if not impossible. I know Alex is DMed out, and Tony is busy with school and work all week to plan a game, so that only leaves you to run the game John. If your willing to run something I can make it Saturdays or Sundays for now, but that may change, in time, to only having Sundays free.
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Mar 11, 2009 13:58:42 GMT -5
Post by Arkhon Arkhozh on Mar 11, 2009 13:58:42 GMT -5
I like what we were doing back in Fall for awhile too. I assumed things just been left on hold for the time being. I don't DM so thats not an issue for me although it does look like a lot of work for the individual involved and they don't get to actually play in it. If something happens again I'll probably play in that too.
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Mar 11, 2009 14:24:05 GMT -5
Post by Arkhon Arkhozh on Mar 11, 2009 14:24:05 GMT -5
Whats up with Saturdays?
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Mar 11, 2009 17:01:15 GMT -5
Post by Reno on Mar 11, 2009 17:01:15 GMT -5
Okay, so if there's going to be a game in the near future, I'm going to have to run it. That's plenty fair given what you guys have said. It'll take some time to try and come up with enough ideas to have something to start with, but I'll see what I can do.
In the meantime, let's try and narrow down what type of game would be most enjoyable for us all. I have a few ideas for an eventual campaign world of my own, but they're nowhere near developed enough to run with, so it'll have to be something in a prepublished setting.
I feel like we've covered Ravenloft extensively enough for the time being, so let's look elsewhere. The obvious answer then is the Forgotten Realms. I am not opposed to Eberron, but I have only a few of those books on my computer and I've never so much as looked at them. An oriental game of some sort is also an option.
So let's start with two basic questions.
1. Which prepublished world should we try out, Forgotten Realms, Eberron, or something else?
2. What type of campaign should it be? Seafaring, oriental, dungeon crawl, wilderness/survival, full-scale war campaign, political intrigue, outer planes, or some combination thereof?
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Mar 12, 2009 4:24:28 GMT -5
Post by Reno on Mar 12, 2009 4:24:28 GMT -5
I was tossing around some ideas with Alex today, and we came up with something kind of cool.
In the early part of the game, you guys would be taking missions from a sort of Hunter's Guild, very similar to the Arc the Lad games. Whoever wanted to can post any kind of mission at all, and offer whatever reward, and you guys can choose from various ones you want to accept, or even offer missions of your own.
As the game progresses, it would eventually evolve into a more Suikoden-style feel where the party is at the head of a large army, fighting I don't know who yet for I don't know what reason. The important part is that this would lead to large-scale battles and tactical thinking on the players' part, and hopefully offer something of a new experience for us.
None of which settles the question of what campaign setting the game will be set in, or what types of major themes the game might have (seafaring, oriental, etc. like above).
So in addition to giving opinions about the two questions in my last post, feel free to comment on the idea posted here as well. The sooner we get this straightened out, the sooner I can get to work crafting the campaign.
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Mar 12, 2009 10:11:02 GMT -5
Post by black heart on Mar 12, 2009 10:11:02 GMT -5
for obvious reasons i like the idea we hammered out, personally i could go for your standard medeval europe feel, but dont let that stop you from splashing in some seafaring and/or oriental stuff at some point.
as for a the setting, faerun would be a decently pheasable choice. ebberon may be better as it doesn't have 50 epic level good guys running around. and as i said my world is open to you to use, i'll totally give a continent to do with as you wish.
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Mar 12, 2009 15:56:49 GMT -5
Post by Kain on Mar 12, 2009 15:56:49 GMT -5
The idea you suggested sounds great John.
For the world we play in, I vote for Forgotten Realms. And for the type of campaign, I always liked: dungeon crawls, wilderness/survival, full-scale war campaigns.
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Mar 12, 2009 18:24:59 GMT -5
Post by Reno on Mar 12, 2009 18:24:59 GMT -5
I had an idea last night that can definitely make the Realms work, even in spite of the ridiculous number of epic level characters in the setting. So that's not an issue. Plus, I have a physical copy of the campaign setting book, a fold-out map, a gazetteer for the Silver Marches area, and a zoomed in map of that area. Combined with Magic of Faerun that Ken has, that makes me a lot better equipped to run the Realms than Eberron.
I can probably be persuaded to allow warforged or some other Eberron creature or thing anyway, if somebody wants it though.
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Mar 13, 2009 0:04:00 GMT -5
Post by Kain on Mar 13, 2009 0:04:00 GMT -5
Sounds good. I'll pass on the Warforged though hehe. I've had to deal with those as a DM and I hated it, so I wouldn't want to put another DM through that experience.
I do have the Magic of Faerun book and I have an extra map of Faerun too.
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Mar 13, 2009 0:51:40 GMT -5
Post by Arkhon Arkhozh on Mar 13, 2009 0:51:40 GMT -5
Sound like good ideas so far.
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Mar 13, 2009 3:56:59 GMT -5
Post by black heart on Mar 13, 2009 3:56:59 GMT -5
Sounds good. I'll pass on the Warforged though hehe. I've had to deal with those as a DM and I hated it, so I wouldn't want to put another DM through that experience. I do have the Magic of Faerun book and I have an extra map of Faerun too. as a note to you, mike lied to you about warforged, they're nowhere near as strong as he made them out to be, they're actually a fairly sucky race because they cant wear armor, they don't heal naturally and they only heal half from magical effects (like cure spells and such) all of which I'm sure he left out.
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Mar 13, 2009 16:35:26 GMT -5
Post by Kain on Mar 13, 2009 16:35:26 GMT -5
No he didn't leave that out, but they just were way too strong offensively at the low level we were at, and it was Ravenloft after all. Moreover his AC bonus made him impossible to hit at the level we started at. In order to have a chance at hitting him I basically had enemies that never missed anyone else. Its possible he was wearing armor too but I don't think he was.
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Mar 13, 2009 17:03:29 GMT -5
Post by black heart on Mar 13, 2009 17:03:29 GMT -5
i'm pretty sure he was, as warforged only get a +4 bonus to AC at most.
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