Play by Post DnD?

[sagewolf]

Okay, that sounds good: those rolls aren't bad. gepcy loc, can you give me the class stats, though? I don't see that one in the SRD, and I'd like to know more about it. (You guys can pick whatever class/race you want from whatever edition you want, by the way. If it's not a class/race in the SRD, we'll shoehorn it in. In general, I think the SRD should be our base (for accessibility's sake) but we'll have some house rules too. )

I can see us meeting up in a variety of ways. In any case, it would probably be easiest for us to schedule sessions on a session-by-session basis, unless of course there is some kind of magic hole in all our schedules that we can use to meet up. Somehow.... I doubt it. I'll take a closer look at the schedules we've put up, but I don't think I'll find anything too impressive. We could have 1-2 hour sessions several times a week, though, and hope that even if you can't make all the sessions, you might make enough to stay in the game and still enjoy it. There's the plain old forum method, where we just make a new thread and post as we can, although that's not much like playing D&D, and would screw up the initiative mechanism pretty badly in fights. I'm not the only one playing, so... I'm thinking we should start with the forum method, and schedule more structured sessions as and when we can.

Also, before I write up a campaign plot (laugh, yes, hahah, I will be prepared!), which kind of game do you guys prefer, one with plenty of role-playing emphasis, or one where you hit/burn/smash/generally kill things, one where you explore a lot...? I don't want to write a game that's not fun.

Finally, do you guys mind if we use the Pathfinder skill list, rather than the one in the SRD? It combined some of the related skills into one, so say, instead of having a Spot skill and a Listen skill, we'd just have a Perception skill. Forgery, Speak Language and Decipher Script all became Linguistics. Tumble, Jump and Balance were combined into Acrobatics. If you want to go with it, I'll give you the list.

 

[Adymus]

(4d6b3)[2][3][6][5](14)
(4d6b3)[5][6][1][1](12)
(4d6b3)[1][3][3][6](12)
(4d6b3)[6][5][4][3](15)
(4d6b3)[6][4][3][1](13)
(4d6b3)[5][5][3][1](13)

Okay how are we doing this? Starting at Level 1? Can I be any race, or only Non-Level advancement races? Is it going to be alignment based? If so, good or evil?

 

[Adymus]

Sagewolf, Session based posting on a thread doesn't seem like a bad idea, I'm in another RPG campaign that does it that way and it works out well. The only problem is: You will not get anything done in 1 to 2 hours, you'd probably need at least 4 just for one encounter. An alternative I think would be using an AIM chat room perhaps?

 

[sagewolf]

If everyone's on AIM (or doesn't mind setting up an account) that would be good, yeah. (Does it really take that long when it's pbp? ) Or we could set up a chat room somewhere. Using a chat room would be a good deal quicker. ...Doesn't this forum have a chat thing no-one ever uses? Either that or AIM/Ventrilo etc.

...Any race from any edition, although if it's not in the SRD or 4e handbooks, you'll have to give me the stats and description of the race, because I won't have access. What is a non-level advancement race? As for alignment, I'll say any. Evil included. Unless, of course, you pick a class like druid, rogue, paladin or what not that requires a certain alignment. Then you're stuck with what the class says.

 

[Adymus]

If everyone's on AIM (or doesn't mind setting up an account) that would be good, yeah. (Does it really take that long when it's pbp? ) Or we could set up a chat room somewhere. Using a chat room would be a good deal quicker. ...Doesn't this forum have a chat thing no-one ever uses? Either that or AIM/Ventrilo etc.

...Any race from any edition, although if it's not in the SRD or 4e handbooks, you'll have to give me the stats and description of the race, because I won't have access. What is a non-level advancement race? As for alignment, I'll say any. Evil included. Unless, of course, you pick a class like druid, rogue, paladin or what not that requires a certain alignment. Then you're stuck with what the class says.

Wait wait wait, any addition? I am kind of confused as to how that is going to work, especially with 4th addition changing everything up. I'm just going to make my character with 3.5 rules.

Oh I meant Non-Level Adjustment races not Advancement. ei: Drow, Goliath, Plain touched, etc.

 

[sagewolf]

Ah, okay. I gotcha now. Yes, any edition, but non-level adjustment: if it's not a 3.5 race we'll shoehorn it into being a 3.5 race.

 

[Anthile]

I have a dicebot for IRC if anyone is interested.

Are we using the d20 ruleset then? http://www.d20srd.org/

 

[gepcy loc]

This is a Kitsune....Its a race of fox people
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Kitsune_%283.5e_Race%29

This is the stats for the ninja.
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Reworked_Ninja_(DnD_Class)


I really think that ventrilo would be a good idea but I'm having trouble creating a server is there any one her tech savvy enough to help me? There is a way to make a free one ....it only holds up to 8 people but i think that's more then enough.

 

[sagewolf]

@Anthile: yes, the SRD is our base. We'll mess with it, though, I expect. Dicebot and IRC sound nice... so you want to join up?

@Gepcy loc: thanks for the links. Sorry, but I'm not particularly tech-savvy... maybe someone else is? (Eight sounds like enough, though; that should be great. )

 

[sagewolf]

For when you build your character sheets, this is the skill list you use (A 'T' in parentheses means it's a trained-only skill) :

Acrobatics (Dex)
Appraise (Int)
Bluff (Cha)
Climb (Str)
Craft (Int)
Diplomacy (Cha)
Disable Device (T) (Dex)
Disguise* (Cha)
Escape Artist (Dex)
Fly (Dex)
Handle Animal (T) (Cha)
Heal (Wis)
Intimidate (Cha) (In certain situations,Str)
Knowledge (T) (Int) (Specialisations: Arcana, Dungeoneering, Engineering, Geography, History, Local, Nature, Nobility, Planes, Religion)
Linguistics (T) (Int)
Perception (T) (Wis)
Perform (Cha)
Profession (T) (Wis)
Ride (Dex)
Sense Motive (Wis)
Sleight of Hand (T) (Dex)
Spellcraft (T) (Int)
Stealth (Dex)
Survival (Wis)
Swim (Str)
Use Magic Device (T) (Int)

Any questions, just ask.

 

[Jaico]

While we're on the subject of house-ruling, would you allow this paladin homebrew, minus the prowess/skillset modifications? At any rate, I'm thinking of making an elven paladin (if that's a go) or an elven cleric of Corellon (war/good domains). I'll try to have a backstory/character sheet up before the weekend's out.

 

[Darby]

I think I will just play an old elf fighter like I used to(I will make the character sheet by tomorrow), and perhaps next time/scenario we play I'll do something more interesting, like a Soulknife. The major problem I was having is that it has been a long time scince I last played, and I couldn't figure out if the act of creating the soulblade required power points or not, I thought no, but when I re-read it I couldn't find the line.

 

[adso1980]

4th ed? I still have my first and 2nd ed books.

 

[Adymus]

Hey sagewolf, since you are so cool and flexible about revised classes, would it be okay if I switched out one of my trained skills for another?


About starting Gold, are we just rolling for it based on class? or are we using wealth by class level in the DMG?

 

[sagewolf]

@Jaico: Yes, that looks like a good paladin set. The stick-up-the-ass is still a class feature, though.

@Adymus: I take it you mean class skills? Which class and which skills? If it makes sense for the class to be trained in it, or if there's something in your character's background that suggests he's be better than average at that, then I'll allow it. But I need to know which firt.

Not to be a giant pain, but I have to go now... I left all my christmas shopping until the last second like an idiot.

 

[Anthile]

I set up an IRC channel on the same server where our main channel is irc.ecnet.org (6667) in #intp-rpg

What about the setting? The usual http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MedievalEuropeanFantasy ? And what about gods? I thought about playing a cleric.


Oh and here is an open source program which we should use: http://pcgen.sourceforge.net/01_overview.php

It helps with creating and keeping track of characters.

 

[sagewolf]

(Ha! Look at all that snow mocking me and my inability to go out today! Guess I'll stay in.)

^Thanks for setting up the channel. Yeah, the usual RPG land. Gods... as long as you can roleplay a cleric of that god, I don't mind in the least. For things like temples in cities and such like, I'll just be taking a selection of gods from 3.5 and 4th edition, but your cleric can folow whatever god he likes.

 

[gepcy loc]

I set up an IRC channel on the same server where our main channel is irc.ecnet.org (6667) in #intp-rpg

Is there anything i need to download? Do i need to get my own account on IRC?

 

[Adymus]

Attention everyone:

http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/index.php

Go there and download fucking everything, if you don't own the 3.5 books then these indexes will come in very handy.

 

[sagewolf]

Is there anything i need to download? Do i need to get my own account on IRC?

Check this thread. There are instructions in there (somewhere) for getting onto the chat room through a client, along with client recommendations and such like. Jyst remember the chat room itself is #intp-rpg and not #intpforum, because if you follow the instructions in the chat thread exactly, you'll wind up in the general chat room.

@Adymus: Brilliant! Just brilliant!

 

[sagewolf]

About starting Gold, are we just rolling for it based on class? or are we using wealth by class level in the DMG?

Sorry, Adymus, I skipped right over this. Rolling for it. The more rolling the funner and more complicated and more math-y. And apparently the more of an abominable kinfe in the back of the English language and all its conventions of grammar.

Everyone seems to be picking melee classes... nothing wrong with that, of course, but if anyone's still trying to decide on a class, there's a great big spellcasting hole in the party right now. Wizard, sorcerer, druid... someone's going to have to roll Spellcraft checks and identify potions/scrolls/magical objects for you. (And of course, kill things.) A dedicated healer would be a good idea too, although there are always potions.


Oh, yeah, and if I disappear for a while in the next couple of days, it's just the stress of international air travel during the holidays. I'll get around to you after I resurrect myself., don't worry.

 

[Adymus]

Didn't you say Cleric was taken? Okay so then we have a healer, no?
It's kind of funny that I specifically avoided Caster classes because I thought everybody and their mom would want to be one.

 

[gepcy loc]

Any idea when we will start? Some time after X-mas im guessing.

 

[sagewolf]

*Checks in detail* Yes, actually, cleric might be taken. Jaico had called it and now he wants to play a paladin (I think) and that's what I was thinking of when I said we didn't have a cleric, but Anthile's showing evidence of wanting to be a cleric, too. So I guess we do have a dedicated healer, I just thought it had been abandoned. So...the only hole is spellcaster.

(I thought everyone wold jump for that, too. Weird that it's what we might be left without.

 

[Darby]

(I thought everyone wold jump for that, too. Weird that it's what we might be left without.

I didn't because I have only played once or twice and am not very famniliar with the way those things work

 

[sagewolf]

^Yeah, it is a little more complicated, and it sucks to run out of spells... but then ahgain, being able to level half the playing field in one go makes up for it a bit.

@gepcy loc: You ninja'd me! Oh well. Yeah, sometime after christmas. I don't know what my schedule's going to be like once I get home, though.

 

[Adymus]

I'd hate to have to switch characters to a caster, I've already put so much thought, time, and energy into the one I have now. I drew a character portrait and everything!

 

[sagewolf]

I'm not saying change! It was just a note for anyone who hadn't chosen yet. Drawing character portraits is cool, yeah-- I have a picture of my druid somewhere in my bag...

 

[Jaico]

Heh, I tend to steal mine from deviantart, as I am somewhat...lacking in the portrait-drawing department . Also, writing up my character's background and whatnot is taking longer than expected (although the character sheet is done!)...

 

[gepcy loc]

So I'm typing up my awesome Ninja! should we put our character's stuff up in this thread or should we make a new one?



I hope we are beginning at level 1

 

[gepcy loc]

Lundi

Name:[FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy] Lundi Akari [/FONT]Player: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]Gepcy loc[/FONT]


Class:[FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy] Ninja [/FONT]Lv. [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]1 [/FONT]Race: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]Kistune [/FONT]Alignment: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]Chaotic Neutral [/FONT]Deity:[FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]Taichiro[/FONT]


Size:[FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy] Medium[/FONT] Age[FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]: 25[/FONT] Gender: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]F [/FONT]Height&Weight: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]5.3ft 1.6m, 105 ld 48.1kg [/FONT]


Hair: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]light auburn[/FONT] Fur: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]orange [/FONT]Skin: [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC, fantasy]coal black[/FONT]

Tell me if i should fix anything.

 

[logicsniper]

I'm interested in playing. But I am new [am just about to start my first ever campaign on friday]

so if you can handle someone new, count me in

 

[logicsniper]

I'm interested in playing. But I am new [am just about to start my first ever campaign on friday]

so if you can handle someone new, count me in

Caitranna Dewshining (Female Elf Rogue)

 

[Adymus]

So I'm typing up my awesome Ninja! should we put our character's stuff up in this thread or should we make a new one?



I hope we are beginning at level 1

So uhhmm, what happened to the whole "No Level Adjustment races" thing?

 

[gepcy loc]

So uhhmm, what happened to the whole "No Level Adjustment races" thing?

Aw man!
I didn't see that rule.I didn't know, I told every one that i was going to be a kitsune sagewolf never said no, If it is a problem I'll change it, id rather not because i just finished working on the character including the backgraound and stuff. What if i took the extra stuff off my abillaty scores?

Why no level adjustments? Any way we can change it?
If i do need to change i think I want to be a Biomancer then......

 

[Adymus]

Well no level adjustments because the Party is starting at ECL 1, and if you are a +1 Level Adjustment race and you have one level of a class then you are effectively Level 2, and over powering the rest of the party. It's also easier on the DM to make encounters when the entire party is the same effective level.


Normalizing the Kitsune so it can be +0 race equivalent sounds entirely fair to me:

obviously I'm not the DM and can't make these calls but here is what I would recommend:

Take away 2 from your current Dex, leaving the Kitsune with +2 dex, and -2 con, which is balanced. (not much of a loss considering you still have a fucking sweet dex score.)

Lose "Eyes of the Fox" entirely because that would be a pretty overpowering ability

Scent is one I kept going back and forth on, but I guess as long as it doesn't mean you automatically know where everything in a 30ft radius is (effectively making it Blindsense) It sounds pretty fair to keep.

Then make Fox fire one use per day at caster level 1, and I'd say you got yourself a balanced race.


PS:
I feel like a dick picking on you like this, but I noticed a few things with your Sheet:

-Con Modifier is 2, it should be 1 if you have 12.

-You Forgot to Add your Con to your Fort save, so It should be 1.

-your HP die is maxed at first level, so you should actually have 7 HP.

-You won't get your wisdom Mod to your AC if you are wearing that Padded Armor, so you are not getting much for it since it is only +1 AC while your wisdom mod is +2
I also noticed you gave yourself a +2 armor bonus to AC... why? So all and all it should be: 10 + 6 dex (5 dex if we make the changes to Kitsune) + 2 Wisdom = 18 (And I'm not going to add the Padded armor because that would be pointless.)

 

[gepcy loc]

Oh ......pick on me all you want i forget stupid small stuff all the time i need ppl like you, That was a slopy copy any way

1. kitsune have a -2 to con i put 14 into it

2. for hp i don't remember really what i did i had hard time finding that state for ninja i think i ended up rolling for rough i don't have the rule books so.......

3. the +2 is because of a Ki power the ninja can get, I didn't know if i should have added it for peaple to see or if i should have just siad "hay Lundi using her Ki power, +2 to AC."

4. I didn't know padded armor blocked the Will bonus. Can leather block it to?...damn Oh well.



Ok ill see what i can do to fix Lundi.

 

[Adymus]

Oh ......pick on me all you want i forget stupid small stuff all the time i need ppl like you, That was a slopy copy any way

1. kitsune have a -2 to con i put 14 into it

2. for hp i don't remember really what i did i had hard time finding that state for ninja i think i ended up rolling for rough i don't have the rule books so.......

3. the +2 is because of a Ki power the ninja can get, I didn't know if i should have added it for peaple to see or if i should have just siad "hay Lundi using her Ki power, +2 to AC."

4. I didn't know padded armor blocked the Will bonus. Can leather block it to?...damn Oh well.



Ok ill see what i can do to fix Lundi.

So your Con modifier is still going to be 1, racial changes to abilities are permanent and work just like any other change to ability score.

I think you misread that Ki power ability, you are supposed to get +2 to will saves, not AC, as long as your Ki pool isn't empty.

And yeah, you will lose your Wisdom bonus to AC as long as you are wearing any kind of armor at all, it's kind of like being a monk. I wouldn't worry about it too much, you have 19 AC as it is. Not a lot of opponents we will be fighting for the next few levels will be able to easily hit you. And by then you can just buy bracers of armor or other magic items that give you AC bonuses.

 

[sagewolf]

Aaaah! I'm sorry I went AWOL for so long: I didn't expect the weather at my parents' house to be as bad as it was: I had to go without the interweb entirely while I was there, because it was being so slow and my mom had priority. I've got houseguests now too, but I also have a lot more free time, due to being trapped in the house as I no longer have a car... (for now). So... later tonight I'll have a more detailed response, but in essence, welcome to Logisniper, don't worry; we'll explain stuff as it's needed. I'll need to look at the kitsune thing a little bit, but Adymus is right, just getting rid of the level adjustment +1 will be fine.

 

[Darby]

I completely failed at doing anything, I have been filling out college applications, and I got multiple projects over winter break

 

[gepcy loc]

Alrighty then, just let me know if you see anything else i need to change. I'll get ride of the +1 to. Will i have to get ride of the kitsune racial traits to? If so than no biggy. If worse comes to worse ill just change Lundi into an elf its close to the same as a kitsune.

 

[Jaico]

Eh, so...that backstory...yeah...I blame winter vacation and a new computer for sidetracking me!

But, here's my character sheet for a human Paladin (sans most of the equipment and HP). When university starts up in earnest next week, I'll have time away from gaming all day to finally write up a decent background.

 

[sagewolf]

Here's to having a character sheet soon! I'm thinking of setting a date by which everyone playing needs to get their character sheets in, because this is moving so slowly. (On a side note, soon I will have a computer with a real screen again. Yippie! I'll be able to see things and stuff!)

 

[Anthile]

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=177715

Is that alright so?

 

[sagewolf]

^YES! A spellcaster!

...You forgot Druidic in your languages slot. Also, why do you have those particular spells listed under your spell slots? Are they the ones you're preparing for the first session?

 

[Adymus]

Here you go

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=178701


Damn Jaico, what did you roll your abilities with, D10s?

 

[logicsniper]

Here is my char sheet, and pic. Haven't written up her backstory yet.

Spoiler

Name: Iuliana
Race: Elf
Classes: Druid
------------------------ Description -----------------------
Height: 4' 9" Weight: 92 lbs. Gender: Female
Eyes: Silver Hair: Red,long, straight Skin: Fair
Dominant Hand: Right Quirks: Argumentative, Care-taker
Speech style: Indirect

Hit Points: 0
Experience: 0 / 0
Alignment: Neutral Good
Vision: Low-light
Speed: Walk 30 ft.
Languages: Common, Elven, Druidic
Stat Score Mod
STR 11 (+0)
DEX 13 (+1)
CON 11 (+0)
INT 15 (+2)
WIS 18 (+4)
CHA 12 (+1)
-------------------------- Skills --------------------------
Skill Total Rnk Stat Msc
Appraise 2 0.0 2 0
Balance 1 0.0 1 0
Bluff 1 0.0 1 0
Climb 0 0.0 0 0
Concentration 0 0.0 0 0
Craft (Untrained) 2 0.0 2 0
Diplomacy 1 0.0 1 0
Disguise 1 0.0 1 0
Escape Artist 1 0.0 1 0
Forgery 2 0.0 2 0
Gather Information 1 0.0 1 0
Heal 4 0.0 4 0
Hide 1 0.0 1 0
Intimidate 1 0.0 1 0
Jump 0 0.0 0 0
Listen 6 0.0 4 2
Move Silently 1 0.0 1 0
Ride 1 0.0 1 0
Search 4 0.0 2 2
Sense Motive 4 0.0 4 0
Spot 6 0.0 4 2
Survival 4 0.0 4 0
Swim 0 0.0 0 0
Use Rope 1 0.0 1 0


-------------------------- Combat --------------------------
Total / Touch / Flat Footed
AC: 11 / 11 / 10
Initiative: +1
BAB: +0
Melee tohit: +0
Ranged tohit: +1
Fortitude: +0
Reflex: +1
Will: +4
Unarmed attack:
to hit: -4
damage: 1d3
critical: 20/x2
------------------------- Equipment ------------------------
Name QTY LBS
Total weight carried:
Current load: Light
Encumbrance
Light: 133
Medium: 266
Heavy: 400

------------

 

[sagewolf]

This is just a quick swipe, but you should have two more languages, from the elven list: Draconic, Gnoll, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, or Sylvan. Common and Elven are free to your race: Druidic free to your class, and a +2 Int modifier gives you two bonus. I don't see anything about an animal companion there, either. Do you have one? A weapon or two would probably be a good idea too.

...You too, Adymus, you get one bonus language: anything but the secret ones for being Human.

...Everyone speaks elven. *shoehorns some elves into campaign* /jk

 

[Anthile]

Now that Logic plays a druid, I'll go for a cleric of Hoar (I spoke with her about it so it's no big deal). Is it alright when I play a lawfu evil character? I'l deliver the character sheet soon.

 

[sagewolf]

A lawful evil cleric? Cool. I won't tell anyone they can't be evil.