Welcome to the new and reworked thread for DnD and any other Pen and Paper roleplaying systems. Since i have no idea how recent the current lists are, i will leave them in a seperate spoiler at the bottom. If anyone wants to be removed or you think someone should be removed from them, please contact me(Simberto).
Special thanks to jcroisdale for originally starting this thread
Pen and Paper roleplaying games like DnD are an incredibly fun activity. They are creative, artistic, cheap and most importantly easy to get into and intuitive. The only limits is your imagination. So don't be scared, try it out.
Since the old system appears to lead to a lot of lists which noone uses, we will change things around a bit. You are of course still free to use the old lists to your hearts content.
The way this is going to be working from now on is that people who are willing to DM post in this thread or PM me with information about the game they plan on running. This is open to anything from a Oneshot to long campaigns. You might even start with a Oneshot and then expand it afterwards.
On June 13 2013 16:09 randombum wrote: So starting a campaign I will be DMing
Time(including timezone) American. I live in central. Will decide based upon what's best for the group Setting: Normal fantasy. Elves, goblins, wizards etc. System: Pathfinder. Way of playing(Skype, roll20, etc...) Skype and roll20 How to contact you: PM me here on team liquid, or if I've played with you before you should have my skype. Player requirements: Anybody is welcome, but preference will be awarded to those that have played before and know they would be up to showing up to every session. Amount of players wanted: 3/4
On June 22 2013 10:20 Blazinghand wrote:
Descent into Darkness 3.5e Core Campaign
Background This campaign will be more about dungeon crawling and puzzle solving than most, but there will still be plenty of RP and character development. The campaign will be focused around clearing out and overcoming a cavern system beneath an abandoned castle infested with Goblins and nasty monsters. However, in between dungeon diving there will be some amount of political intrigue and other activities.
After pressing his ducal claim on the nearby county of Torydale, Paul has added substantially to his realm. He plans to set up a seat of power in the abandoned keep, that he might have another vassal. He and his men cleared it out of the goblins and creatures living in it. As the construction teams moved in, they were attacked from below by raiders. Further inspection revealed that the cellars of the castle fade into a honeycombed system of dark caverns.
With most of his men occupied, and those at the castle already busy with dealing with the raiders and defending the workmen, he's had to find another way to clear out this dungeon. The Duke decided to hire sellswords, ask the priesthood for crusaders, call in old favors, and find mages via his court Wizard. In other words, he's decided to hire you to do the job.
Over the course of the last week, you've trickled into Castle City Pory, and Duke Paul has arranged for your stay at The Keystone, a modest but comfortable Inn in the castle district. As the last of you arrive, the Duke has summoned you to his court at noon-day to discuss the terms of your employment. Hopefully he will provide you with whatever resources are necessary. It's the 70th day of Summer, but even now the brisk Albian air reminds you of the cold winters this place experiences.
A moment of background: Chroisburg is a Duchy that currently includes the County of Chroisburg and the County of Torydale. Paul of Chroisburg is both the Duke of Chroisburg and the Count of Chroisburg-- he gained the former title by pressing an ancestral claim on Torydale. His brother Reginald is the de jure Count of Torydale, but without vassals and a castle of his own, he stays at Paul's court. At a modest personal expense, Paul has arranged for reclamation of the ancient Dwarf-Keep in the Torydale hills. By establishing a seat of power for his brother, he creates a valuable vassalage and will likely profit from it. His fealty to Albia, and King Ghrep, are unwavering, as is his loyalty to Emperor Zaiv and The Empire.
1. What game system are you running (D&D, Call of Cthulu, Palladium, GURPS, etc.), and if applicable what edition (Original, Classic, Revised, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, etc.)? D20 SRD - Only using D20SRD.org
My definition of "Core" means everything that can be found in one of the following four sources (D&D 3.5 sources): the Player's Handbook (PHB), the Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG), the Monster Manual (MM), and the 3.5 System Reference Document (SRD). In addition to that, you can pick alternate races and classes from Unearthed Arcana on the SRD, but run it by me first. Off hand I'd say no Generic Classes, Gestalt, or LA buyoff.
If you have the System Reference Document (SRD) only, you're missing out a few things. The Dungeon Master's Guide has one prestige class that's not in the SRD: the Red Wizard (page 193). The Monster Manual has the following races that are not in the SRD: Githyanki (page 127), Githzerai (page 129), Kuo-Toa (page 163). These races and the prestige class are all allowed, even though they're not in the SRD.
Not everything in the Expanded Psionics Handbook can be used. The Hidden Talent feat (page 67) isn't in the SRD, and so cannot be taken. Similarly, the psionic Githyanki (page 10), psionic Githzerai (page 11), and Thri-Kreen (page 14) races aren't in the SRD, and thus cannot be used. Note that the non-psionic versions of the Githyanki and the Githzerai are in the Monster Manual, and so can be used; the restriction only applies to the psionic versions listed in the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Also note that besides minor name changes to several of the prestige classes, one prestige class (the Illithid Slayer) has become the Slayer, and now has one less prerequisite, in addition to being a much more flexible class.
The following core spells and powers are banned: Gate: The Gate spell is banned in all its forms. Psychic Reformation: This power is banned. Reincarnate: This spell is banned. True Mindswitch: This power is banned.
2. What 'type' or variant of game will it be (i.e. "Shadow Chasers" or "Agents of Psi" for d20 Modern)? What is the setting for the game (eg. historic period, published or homebrewed campaign setting, alternate reality, modern world, etc.)? Standard 3.5e Core only.
3. How many Players are you looking for? Will you be taking alternates, and if so, how many? 5 players. Will take alternates, but hopefully won't be needed.
4. What's the gaming medium (forum, chat, e-mail etc.)? Forum, mostly, and teamspeak for certain components. Most of the roleplaying in this game, as well as moving through the world, solving puzzles, interacting with NPCs and other PCs etc will be handled in a thread (not sure where this will go-- maybe blogs of sports/games, but don't want to clutter anything up, so we might move it over the QuickTopic). When combat or something takes place, we'll try to set a time to get things done in Teamspeak, since combat minutae take a lot of back-and-forth, which gets bogged down in a forum context.
5. What is the characters' starting status (i.e. experience level)? 3200 exp, 3rd level.
6. How much gold or other starting funds will the characters begin with? 3000 gp
7. Are there any particular character classes, professions, orders, etc. that you want... or do not want? What are your rules on 'prestige' and/or homebrewed classes? Core only
8. What races, subraces, species, etc. are allowed for your game? Will you allow homebrewed races or species? 'Prestige' races or species? Core only
9. By what method should Players generate their attributes/ability scores and Hit Points? 32 Point Buy.
10. Does your game use alignment? What are your restrictions, if so? There are no alignments in my game. Detect Evil and the like detect hostile intent. Protection from Evil gives a flat +1 Deflection mod to AC and a flat +1 Resistance bonus to saves instead of +2 vs evil. Gods still have personalities, so don't go trying to execute innocent women and children as a cleric of Heironeous. In terms of your own character, just make sure you get along with the party and have a motivation to stick with them-- you guys should be friends, or at least allies.
11. Do you allow multi-classing, or have any particular rules in regards to it? I use fractional BAB and fractional Saves. Example: A Monk 1/Rogue 1 would have: 1 BAB, 2 Fort, 3 Reflex, 2 Will.
12. Will you be doing all of the die rolling during the course of the game? Will die rolls be altered, or left to the honor system? If players can make die rolls, which ones do they make, how should they make the rolls, and how should they report them? forum dice rolls only. Players roll things for their own character, and I'll handle NPC rolls and Initiative at the start of combat to save time, as well as certain spot, sense motive, and search checks.
13. Are there any homebrewed or optional/variant rules that your Players should know about? If so, list and explain them, or provide relevant links to learn about these new rules. Full HP on the first dice, use average on all following hit dice. For example, a 3rd-level Wizard would have 4+ 2.5 + 2.5 hp from his hit dice, plus whatever he'd get from constitution. I use Rich's Diplomacy.
14. Is a character background required? If so, how big? Are you looking for anything in particular (i.e. the backgrounds all ending up with the characters in the same city)? Your backstory can be what you want it to be, but should focus on your character's motivations, morals, and character more than generating plot-hooks. Of course, as a group you'll want to bring your characters together in your backstory.
15. Does your game involve a lot of hack & slash, puzzle solving, roleplaying, or a combination of the above? More of the first two, a bit of the last.
16. Are your Players restricted to particular rulebooks and supplements, or will you be allowing access to non-standard material? What sources can Players use for their characters? core d20 rules.
Players must be 18+. No offense meant to younger players-- I was one once-- but there will be no minors in this game for reasons of maturity.
Players must be comfortable using 3.5e. Ideally you've played a campaign before in this system, or at least a few adventures. A newer player will be accommodated but should try to set aside time to get familiar.
Power Gaming: Please make an effective and fun character. If you're here to powergame, though, try another campaign.
Most encounters and problems have numerous ways to solve them.
Posting requirement: please set aside time to post at least once a day. If you don't have time for that much posting, but still want to play, please contact me via PM and we can try to work it out, but I'd like the game to move at a reasonable pace.
Signups: Post a character idea and backstory or description if you're interested. Just saying you're interested alone doesn't really count ;_;. I'll put an example backstory for you at the bottom to get an idea for what you're going for.
I was not always nameless. Once, what seems an eternity ago, I was a prince, with a mighty and noble name. The second son of Shrack, I was never destined to rule, nor was I fit for it. Smart, they said, but daft with people. I was okay with that. It was a happy life-- let Wralec rule. I am happy with book and horse. It all went downhill when that woman came. Our mother died in the great war 10 years ago, and so when the Sorceress came to wed my father he gladly agreed. And in time, she enmeshed herself in the bonds of power, slowly drawing the reins of the kingdom away from Father. In his declining health, he could barely tell what was happening. When at last we could bear no more, Wralec and I confronted Jessica in the Royal Bedroom. She lay an fell curse on Wralec and he attacked me, but I managed to subdue him without killing him. I turned on her, but her magic was too strong even for me. When I came to, I was in a prison cell. The story was, I'd been found in the throne room and Wralec was dead by my hand. Fratricide. Jessica wanted to kill me, but even in his age and senility Father was fair and just. I was stripped of my title, my wealth, and my name, and exiled for life. I am only Kinslayer now. My heart is empty as I wander these lands, far away from home. Whatever foul befalls me here is nothing compared to what has come before.
My definition of "Core" means everything that can be found in one of the following four sources (D&D 3.5 sources): the Player's Handbook (PHB), the Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG), the Monster Manual (MM), and the 3.5 System Reference Document (SRD). In addition to that, you can pick alternate races and classes from Unearthed Arcana on the SRD, but run it by me first. Off hand I'd say no Generic Classes, Gestalt, or LA buyoff.
If you have the System Reference Document (SRD) only, you're missing out a few things. The Dungeon Master's Guide has one prestige class that's not in the SRD: the Red Wizard (page 193). The Monster Manual has the following races that are not in the SRD: Githyanki (page 127), Githzerai (page 129), Kuo-Toa (page 163). These races and the prestige class are all allowed, even though they're not in the SRD.
Not everything in the Expanded Psionics Handbook can be used. The Hidden Talent feat (page 67) isn't in the SRD, and so cannot be taken. Similarly, the psionic Githyanki (page 10), psionic Githzerai (page 11), and Thri-Kreen (page 14) races aren't in the SRD, and thus cannot be used. Note that the non-psionic versions of the Githyanki and the Githzerai are in the Monster Manual, and so can be used; the restriction only applies to the psionic versions listed in the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Also note that besides minor name changes to several of the prestige classes, one prestige class (the Illithid Slayer) has become the Slayer, and now has one less prerequisite, in addition to being a much more flexible class.
The following core spells and powers are banned: Gate: The Gate spell is banned in all its forms. Psychic Reformation: This power is banned. Reincarnate: This spell is banned. True Mindswitch: This power is banned.
No Flaws/Traits
No Alignment
Feel free to compose the party however you'd like. I'll make the encounters appropriate.
House and Thread Rules
Bold Color for character speech, Italics for internal thoughts. Don't mix these up. Ex: "[COLOR="Red"]Of course, sir[/COLOR]" says Johnny, bowing. Wow I hate this knight and having to pretend to be nice to him.
Try to be active and interactive with your posts. Even if what you're doing is waiting for someone else to do something, you can move the party forwards. Ideally, you can keep things moving at a brisk pace while still doing what you'd want to do. As an example: Richard peers suspiciously at the swinging blades passing through the walls up ahead. "[COLOR="Lime"]Ghordryn, any chance you can jam that mechanism?[/COLOR]" If Ghordryn can't disable it, he draws his adamantine longsword and swings at the blades as they pass. If the trap is disabled, he'll continue at the front of the group down the corridor.
I use the honor system for dice rolls in combat and the like: don't delete posts where you rolled poorly, and don't open spoilers that are marked for other characters or for the DM.
I'll make certain assumptions and follow patterns the party sets. If you have a default marching order or order of night watches, or if you say you always search all doors for traps, I'll assume you take these actions without asking them. The goal is to not get slowed down by mindless details, but still get the full experience of the decision-making and the like. This may mean I'll be rolling some things for your characters (like search checks for traps or spot checks when you move into a new room where there is a hidden enemy) to save some time.
Instead of PMs, whenever possible, ask questions in thread to prevent redundancy. If you want to privately do character stuff (like stealing something off a goblin corpse before the party arrives), put it in spoilers and label it appropriately.
If you are unable to post for over a day, please let us know. We all have things that happen in our lives, and it's better to accommodate these things ahead of time than for the other players and me not to know what's going on. I'll be following this rule as well. If you want to take a leave of absence from the campaign, that's fine as well. If you need to be gone for a decent amount of time but want your character to be active for that week, we can get someone else or myself to control your character during that time. If you disappear for over a week with no explanation, I'll put your character on a forced leave of absence, effectively dropping you from the campaign.
I use fractional BAB and fractional Saves. Example: A Monk 1/Rogue 1 would have: 1 BAB, 2 Fort, 3 Reflex, 2 Will.
There are no alignments in my game. Detect Evil and the like detect hostile intent. Protection from Evil gives a flat +1 Deflection mod to AC and a flat +1 Resistance bonus to saves instead of +2 vs evil. Gods still have personalities, so don't go trying to execute innocent women and children as a cleric of Heironeous. In terms of your own character, just make sure you get along with the party and have a motivation to stick with them-- you guys should be friends, or at least allies. Paladins have Smite Enemy instead of Smite Evil.
Wizards do not need to make spellcraft checks to copy new spells from spellbooks or scrolls into their own spellbooks.
Important information you probably should include:
Time(including timezone) Setting System Way of playing(Skype, roll20, etc...) How to contact you Player requirements Amount of players wanted
You might also want to write a bit about what kind of game you want to run, information about yourself, etc. If you are open to suggestions and just want a group, that should not hinder you, either. Just post what limitations you have (I want to play SciFi/I can only play on sundays), and get into discussions with your players.
I will keep the lists updated, so please inform me about changes, especially if you found your groups and should be removed.
More talking
Now, in my opinion the scope of this thread should be expanded upon a bit. PnP roleplaying is an incredibly fun hobby, but it often appears to be intimidating or weird to newcomers. So i'd like to also use this thread for any questions or discussions regarding PnP, which should help keeping it active when noone is currently looking for players. If you are not currently playing, you should be.
I also encourage any prospective players to post a bit in here, so that people who think about dming know that there is interest in additional groups. Or maybe start your own group, dming is not rocket science. And players, please give new dms a chance, too. Generally, everyone please be nice to each other.
Next will be a list of useful links, both for beginners and more experienced players. If you know anything that should be added here, please contact me/post in this thread.
On April 16 2013 15:26 MaestroSC wrote: Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
On May 28 2013 07:04 incifan wrote: was a damn good evening, thanks to Bog and the guys who played
And always barricade the door, those birds might come picking...
On June 02 2013 12:49 daemir wrote: Ok, I'll post some funny updates from the campaign that we formed from this topic, because we're having such an awesome time.
So we were fighting the last goblin ghast of a pack of undead in an underground tunnel. The ghast was actually on the ground prone, since it couldn't for the unlife of it roll properly vs my Grease spell. So what it did was bite ankles of our warrior and battlecleric, paralyzing them in turn and doing a bit of damage, while both of them and our gunslinger spend like 10 rounds in a row MISSING every hit possible on the prone target on the floor. It went to such absurdity that I couldn't even breathe for all the laughing. The first hit landed on the thing was my wizard stepping on top of the paralyzed front line to land a fierce dagger blow, which connected! for...1d4-1 = 1-1 = 0 damage :D That goblin ghast lasted longer in battle than any other fight we've had so far, be them bosses or no. The Skype call was just uncontrollable laughter.
Bit before that, we were exploring an attic of a mansion perched on top of a cliff overlooking the sea, when our cleric gets a weird vision, fails his will saving throw, believes he is on fire and the only way to dowse the flames is...jump off the window to the sea ^_^ fortunately I managed to rush to the window to cast levitate on him before he plummeted down to a 20d6 damage fall which surely would have killed him.
The end boss of that place died within 2 turns, even though it had 90 hp. Kinda anticlimactic after the slaying of the goblin ghast that took over 10 rounds, but our battlecleric happened to roll and confirm a crit on his power attack 2handed sword swing and lopped the head off the boss for like 49 damage >_> Just as he finishes that my wizard finishes her first spell in the battle, to summon a small horde of things to pester the boss. Actually everytime in that dungeon I tried to summon something to aid in battle, our warriors finished whatever we were fighting just before my spell finished, sad day.
I heartily recommend everyone giving playing a try, this has been totally awesome experience and I've met fun people I hang out on skype every day now.
Simberto wrote: There is also my own campaign, with which i am incredibly happy. We are playing a more narration/investigation based style of game in an unusual fantasy setting, which often features a lot less combat then other games. One of my players is doing wonderful writeups of each of our gaming sessions, so if someone is interested, you can read them here. If you don't like the writing style of the first one, ignore it, that one is by me. Please give one of the later episodes a try too. They can be found here
On June 10 2013 15:14 mnvr wrote: Just finished a oneshot with randombum, and it was a blast
If anyone has a campaign or anything starting soon, or need another to join them, I would love to be able to join. =]
Player or DM: DM TL-ID eluv Skype Name: Time available (EDT): Thu/Sat/Sun, 4pm - 1am Experience: New Additional Information: I've never DM'd before, or really played anything like a full campaign, but I'm more or less familiar with all the mechanics. I'm looking for some (preferably new) players to try out D&D Next, playing on roll20. Being new to this, I'm ready to adapt the style of game to what the players are looking for
Player or DM: Both, usually DM. TL-ID: Kneeb4r Skype Name: Random.Canadian, but there's more then one with the name. I'm the hedgehog with a sombrero. Time available: Pst/Est/whatever, Monday to friday, maybe weekends. I work from home, can make time whenever if there's people. Experience: Many years of DnD 2e/3e/3.5e, I think 14 or so, and recently pathfinder as a player. Some Dark Heresy but don't know it well. Additional Information: Prefer more narrative based games, don't care for rule lawyers as I'm fairly "rule of cool" but power players are fine with me. I roll with strange things "You want to jump up unto the bar table and flying leap over your friend and strike your foe with a large salmon? Roll a d20" and don't take the game extremely seriously. If you want a grim and gritty story/world make it known beforehand so you can avoid Discworld type things. Also familiar with roll20. Haven't done a full proper campaign on it but I've fiddled with it and have run one off adventures and boardgames.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID: Zealos Skype Name: Isaac Grundy Time available (GMT): Experience: Dm for my friends in 2 games running within the same universe. I do warn I am pretty new, but appear to be doing a good job Additional Information: Play a pretty modified 4e with friends. But willing to learn others if there is an overwhelming group preference :3
Player TL-ID StroupDog Skype Name- William Stroup Time available- mostly weekdays EST Experience- a few self made campains Additional Information- Slightly Flexible to various scheduals
reply at stroupdog@hotmail.com if possible please.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Exhaustion Skype Name: yohannatanel (guy with the snowboard) Time available:I am available every day but mon, wed, fri i have work i can get on at 9 pm EST those days Experience: New Player Additional Information: Looking to have fun with people and enjoy the game ^.^
Player or DM: Player TL-ID BoomABloom Skype Name:noah_bloom96 Time available :any time but Tuesday and Thursday 23:00-3:00 CEST Experience:None really Additional Information: I'm homeschooled
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Kuni Skype Name: PM me Time available (EDT): Saturdays & Sundays anytime between: 10.00 and 24.00 (CEST). On Weekdays after agreeing on a date: 19.00 - 23.00 (CEST) Experience: Played a few Star Wars sessions many, many, many years ago. Know nothing more but the basics, so no specific rules or anything. Treat me like a beginner, who knows what dice are. Additional Information: I'm 29 years old, from Europe and looking for fun experiences with new people. I am no rule nazi and do not have any preference as far as the universe goes. From classic Rollplay-style D&D to Shadowrun or whatever else, I'm fine with it all, as long as we can have fun. I speak German and English and I'm open to any toolset available to us (like roll20 etc). Whatever works best.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: SubvertU Skype Name: SubvertU Time available (EDT): Any Experience: Just watching RollPlay and have been a RPG fan all my life. Also love the DragonLance novels. Additional Information: I am 31 years old, female and mature and very strong imagination. I would like to be a Summoner as my first ( and only?) character- undecided between Elf, Human or Half-Elf. I am ready to make great friends and enjoy this new hobby for a long time to come! Also a very fast learner!
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Dogbert Skype Name: dogberthq Time available (EDT): Anytime, can't go past 10:30pm unless Mon/Tue (Nightshift job) Experience: Played some Pathfinder and know 4e fairly well Additional Information: Nothing important I can think of, I'm 22 years old if age matters to any of the DM's looking for players
Player or DM: Player TL-ID quirinus Skype Name: quirinus42 Time available (EDT): Pretty much anytime, would prefer CET afternoon any day though (like 06:00 MST (-07:00) (14:00 CET) and after that. Can't play on Saturday evening from like 12:00 MST (-07:00) to like 14:00 MST (-07:00). Can't play on Tuesday and Wednesday morning - from like 00:00 MST (-07:00) - 06:00 MST (-07:00). Experience: Never played it, but I played some computer games that use D&D, and I like details so I'd probably study the hell out of the rules and everything before we play. Additional Information: Would be great to use roll20.net for playing, doesn't have to be anything fancy, I just like the rolling there and the ability to draw freely and ping. I think it'd be even better if we don't follow the rules exactly to the letter, but play more like on RollPlay (heavily modified 2E), especially since other people probably won't know the rules.
Player or DM:Player TL-IDinsectoceanx Skype Name: (withdrawn at users request) Time available (EDT):pretty much anytime Experience:very limited 3.5e Additional Information: not that I can think of, I have the pdf's for an out of print starcraft universe pen and paper as well.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: paschl Skype Name: derm Time available (EDT): Weekday evenings from ~18cet, most weekends. Experience: does dragon strike count? No real noteworthy experience but im yearing to learn. Additional Information: im a nerd so ill probably get waay too into it once i start. also german but my english should be good enough
Player or DM: Player TL-ID MaestroSC Skype Name: i dont remember, ill look it up when i need it lol Time available (EDT): Hm. Weekends. Maybe weeknights after 5:30 PST Experience: Absolutely Nill. Additional Information: Would never ever ever have thought id be interested in playing DnD... but after Rollplay (and my lack of enthusiasm for games released in past...10 years) i would like to try it. maybe DM in the future. Majored in Creative Writing...dont use it at all for my job, maybe could get some creative energy out here.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Stopher Skype Name: stopher_is_awesome Time available (EDT): Pretty much all day, from 12AM to 12 PM, PST Experience: Absolutely none! Additional Information: DnD has always seemed interesting, but I've never had the chance to try it out for myself. With spring break here, now seems like the best time!
Player or DM: Player TL-ID I_Love_Bacon Skype Name: Something.Interesting.Goes.Here Time available (GMT -5): Monday, Wednesday, or Friday all day and late into the night. Experience: None Additional Information: I've played plenty of games, including a few older table top dice games. I've also done some research over the years into DnD, but never anything too substantial.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Dandel Ion Skype Name: ionannes_t. Time available (CET): Consistently only on Friday/Saturday after ~21:00 GMT (+00:00) or so. I work shifts during the week, so that's always a bit wonky and may change from week to week. Experience: None, I guess. Though I played about half of the default campaign of some DnD variant ~13 years ago, but we stopped mid-way. Additional Information: Consider me a complete noob, although countless years of playing (pc) RPGs give me confidence in my ability to adapt to any game system in a decent time. (Also, ei heff a German accent. Beware
Player or DM: Player TL-ID killa_robot Skype Name: (None yet, but if I get in one it'd probably be killa_robot) Time available (PST): 7pm - 1am (any day excluding Thursday) Experience: Played some forum RPs (slow as hell) Additional Information: Only recently got into RPs in the last year, but tbh I've always been kind of interested, just never had the people to play with
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Dorf_Midget Skype Name: dorf_midget Time available (CET/GMT): any evening Monday-Sunday. Experience: None outside of computer games. Additional Information: Never played anything except D&D cRPGs. Open to any fantasy campaign and any ruleset.
Player or DMlayer TL ID:TheUltraViolent Skype ID:a.Hierro Avaliablity:Most nights Experience: Few campaign experiences Add. Info: Looking to play pathfinder
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Ren91 Skype Name:richard8701 Time available (GMT): 16:00-23:00 all week Experience:DM of a simple campaign with friends just to familiarise ourselves with the rules. We played pretty loose with them though. Additional Information: I'm 21, from the UK, I've played a bit of 3.5e, only 3 sessions though so I wouldn't say I gwas experienced. I've enjoyed it immensely but I'm finding it hard to get a regular group going. I also would like to be a PC rather than a GM, it can be pretty stressful when you have no idea what you're doing.
Player or DM: player TL-ID Deanyo Skype Name: fotmyo Time available (EDT): 16:00-0:00 all week, often stay up till morning though (gmt, uk) Experience: 4 or so games of 3.5 as a player, we all played it very loose with the rules and had a great time, dm'd a premade campaign for a 5 hour session and went well. Additional Information: 23 from the uk, just looking for a game with a more experienced dm, finding it hard to get everyone together to play more than once a week.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Risen Skype Name: n.jevs Time available (EDT): Anytime Experience: Fairly new, but I have played a few campaigns Additional Information: Really enjoy tabletop gaming and want to try branching into an online form. I've played a couple roll20 dungeon delves and they were fun.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID zedeee Skype Name: haltdiegusch Time available (CET): Rather Late (Evening/Nightish) Experience: new to D&D but played some other PnP Additional Information: I love PnP but I like to keep it fun (not super serious, but ofc serious in the right moments) also I'm 21 years old and in University...I'm from europe but have no problems speaking english at all, so that when in America its afternoon its already pretty late here, which is quite fitting for the time schedule (since I want to play rather late)
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Sprungjeezy Skype Name: Joeb997 Time available (EDT): 20:00 CST - 22:00 CST (or 23:00 CST) Anyday of the week Experience: None Additional Information: I'm 21 and looking for a group, I haven't had the opportunity to try it, but have wanted to for a while now. I also have a friend interested in a same group with same time windows as mine and as a Player. His skype is torrask50
Player or DM: Player TL-ID BoonSolo Skype Name: PM me Time available (GMT): I’m looking to give this a go but between living with my girlfriend, working every day during the week and studying for financial exams I don't always have loads of time. I live in the UK (GMT) and I could play 1 night during the week for a few hours so like 8pm-12 or something, doesn't really matter which day I guess and I could switch it up, but anymore than 1 night during the week is pushing it. Also depending on what’s going on at the weekend I could probably play then as well but can’t guarantee that I could play every weekend. Experience: I’ve always been interested in D&D since being obsessed with Neverwinter Nights for 5 years a long time ago. So I think I know 3rd edition rules for building characters and how spells/AC/crits etc work however I think things have changed in 4e. Also as to actual roleplaying like that wouldnt be in NWN ive watched all of rollplay and think I could give it a good go. Additional Information: Thinking of making a lawful evil character probably spellcaster, Cleric or Wizard. Race would probably be Drow or Elf depending on campaign setting
I don't think it is overly smart to post skype names openly readable by anyone in a public forum. Probably no problem will come off it, but usually that sort of thing is something you might want to avoid.
On March 17 2013 23:48 Simberto wrote: I don't think it is overly smart to post skype names openly readable by anyone in a public forum. Probably no problem will come off it, but usually that sort of thing is something you might want to avoid.
I wouldn't be that worried about posting your skype information.
Time available (EDT):pretty much anytime Experience:very limited 3.5e Additional Information: not that I can think of, I have the pdf's for an out of print starcraft universe pen and paper as well.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID MaestroSC Skype Name: i dont remember, ill look it up when i need it lol Time available (EDT): Hm. Weekends. Maybe weeknights after 5:30 PST Experience: Absolutely Nill. Additional Information: Would never ever ever have thought id be interested in playing DnD... but after Rollplay (and my lack of enthusiasm for games released in past...10 years) i would like to try it. maybe DM in the future. Majored in Creative Writing...dont use it at all for my job, maybe could get some creative energy out here.
Cheers.
O Not really available for next 2-3 weeks as I am moving. Will edit when I figure out when Ill be done with all that.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: swaggasaurusRex Skype Name: usually use vent, but dl'ing skype is no problem Time available (EDT): Sunday-Wednesday evenings. Experience:Eye of the Beholder Series. Given the time period these games were released, I suspect they're some sort of 2nd edition? Additional Information: Played the above games as a kid, seeing rollplay inspired me to post here.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: paschl Skype Name: derm Time available (EDT): Weekday evenings from ~18cet, most weekends. Experience: does hero quest count? No real noteworthy experience but im yearing to learn. Additional Information: im a nerd so ill probably get waay too into it once i start. also german but my english should be good enough.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Exarl25 Skype Name: Exarl25 Time available (EDT): I have a pretty flexible schedule. Should be able to make most times work Experience: Was a Baldur's Gate fanatic back in the day so I have a decent knowledge of the 2e rules when it comes to combat but no experience with the role playing and pen and paper side of things. Additional Information: I've had a vague interest in trying out DnD for years and after enjoying Rollplay so much I'm ready to give it a shot.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID CrazyF1r3f0x Skype Name: CrazyF1r3f0x Time available (EDT): Should be good for most times; in general wednesdays, and weekends are best -- my Tuesdays and Thursdays will only be open until april 2nd, when the spring term of fall starts. Experience: Nearly a year of playing Pathfinder (a modified version of 3.5e; more info: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ ); I've only gotten to DM one campaign (lasted for about a 5 months -- 2 days a week for 4-6 hours a day though) and I'm itching for more experience. Additional Information: I'm currently "creating" my own universe, but it is far from done and I'd like to experiment with other types of universes and situations; such as a post apocalyptic survival, or extreme environments, or even just traditional fantasy -- once I get a group and times agreed upon we can decide what sort of experience you desire. PM me for more info or if you want to get a group together; I'm assuming we'll use Roll20.net; as it seems to be a pretty solid system.
So glad someone made this thread. RollPlay has been driving me mad with a desire to get into this!
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Imperium11 Skype Name: jorgaming Time available (EDT): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings. Friday afternoon. Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon or evening. Any of those. Experience: D&D-based computer games (NWN, anyone?). Used to own the 3rd edition books as well and just read them as well as the instructions for different player-created campaigns online out of a desire to play D&D, but never had any friends which were interested. Pretty familiar with the basic idea of most rules, but may be a bit rusty on some particulars. Additional Information: Many of us on here are new, which is great, but ideally I'd like to be in a group with at least one person with a decent amount of experience (preferably as DM).
Player or DM:Player, may DM after getting some experience playing TL-ID: Arekan Skype Name: Ahraykhanra Time available (EDT): everyday from 7pm-1am EDT (-5:00), Experience: Nothing with the actual pen and paper games, but I do have experience with video games using D&D based systems (some more closely based on D&D than others). Additional Information: I've always wanted to play a pen and paper campaign , but had no opportunity to do so.
Player or DM:Player TL-ID: GreYMisT Skype Name: redice09 Time available (EDT): Late weekends, probably starting at like 9:00 PM Experience: None, though I do host themed games on TL mafia, so I like to think im somewhat creative.
I've began getting the groups ready, I sent out a couple PMs to people wanting to be DMs. Once I hear back from them I will send out a sign up sheet of sorts to fill in the spots in the groups.
We also could use more DMs, so if your interested in it dont be afraid to post.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Stopher Skype Name: stopher_is_awesome Time available (EDT): Pretty much all day, from 12AM to 12 PM, PST Experience: Absolutely none! Additional Information: DnD has always seemed interesting, but I've never had the chance to try it out for myself. With spring break here, now seems like the best time!
I have sent out the first round of pms for everyone who is available Sunday evenings. Once i can get that set up and remove them from the available players, im going to reorganize it slightly differently.
If you posted but did not pm, please do so it helps when Im looking for players and sending out update pms.
Sent the pm but forgot to copy/paste, so here's the lazy version.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID kneeb4r Skype Name: random.canadian Time available (EDT): Whenever. Experience: Lots. Additional Information:Prefer more horribly lethal light hearted-ish fantasy. Think Discworld. Familiar with roll20. Prefer loose rules. Don't mind power players.
I believe jcroisdale is hard at work creating fun stuff out of nothingness, which we all should encourage. It seems I'm honoured to be a DM and even though this information will sadly enough not be useful to the majority of you, I just wanted to give a quick introduction to my game, as I feel this might be useful to any future roleplayer.
Some information before we jump into action. The system we will be using is Pathfinder by Paizo. It is basically an expanded Dungeons and Dragons version 3.5 and thus very similar. The entire ruleset is available online for free here (the PRD), but if you want an actual book or pdf, you'll only need this one book. (note that the pdf is very affordable)
The hero you will play shall be a true champion, with vast amounts of strength, power, knowledge or wealth! ..That is, if you survive of course.. But first you should make the most important choice in the legacy of your hero, who or what is he/she?
In Pathfinder, your character is a combination of any race and class. I would advise you to take a quick look at the races and classes. Don't feel limited in your choice, but in my experience it does add to the overall fun of the gaming session if players choose characters with somewhat different classes. The first step is to pick a race/class combination for your hero.
The second step is to aquire a Character Sheet and create a hardcopy, such as this one. From here, we'll go through your character together (if you want) on roll20.net. Use pencils. You'll also need an eraser
The rules may seem very daunting at first (the core rulebook has almost 600 pages!), but you should realize that if you actually want to play, you'll only need to read 10 or so pages. Also, I intent to be somewhat minimalistic with regard to the finer rules. Some lists in the rulebook you could skim through beforehand are the Feats, Skills Descriptions and (only) if you want to be a magic user; the level 1 Spell List of your class. The Equipment section could also be fun to read. These are all easily accessible on the Pathfinder PRD. For now, don't bother with anything besides this.
As for the, unfortunate, less fun stuff. There are only a few things I will not tolerate in my campaign. The following things are prohibited!; 1) Player versus player situations. No backstabbing, exploiting or otherwise gaining advantages at the expense of others! Also, if you desperately want to be an evil pillaging rapist, I'd suggest you join an other group. 2) Not having fun!
Player or DM: Either, though it appears DMs are in short supply ^.^ TL-ID: Zealos Skype Name: Isaac Grundy Time available (GMT): WeekDAYS 17:00-00:00 Experience: Dm for my friends in 2 games running within the same universe. I do warn I am pretty new, but appear to be doing a good job Additional Information: Play a pretty modified 4e with friends. But willing to learn others if there is an overwhelming group preference :3
Player or DM: Player TL-ID I_Love_Bacon Skype Name: Something.Interesting.Goes.Here Time available (GMT -5): Monday, Wednesday, or Friday all day and late into the night. Experience: None Additional Information: I've played plenty of games, including a few older table top dice games. I've also done some research over the years into DnD, but never anything too substantial.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Master_of_adune Skype Name: asgars Time available (CET): Pretty much every day from 7pm CET until midnight (Preferably not Wednesday or Satturday) Experience: None (I have been playing a couple of rounds of Paranoia with some friends way back, but i guess Paranoia works quite different from D&D) Additional Information: I am austrian, and although austrians are notoriously bad english speakers, I think my english is good enough. ^^
Player or DM: Will DM if you dare TL-ID Eloden Skype Name: When starting a group or if anybody has questions Time available (CET): Will vary have a unregular work schedule but goal is 1x a week most likely during the week Experience: Little, have DM'd 2 small rounds with family and friends, but im willing to learn with a new group and always open for suggestions and critque. Additional Information: I am an American living in Germany and can only play in the evening so if you from the US or other places far away please take that into account. I will be playing Pathfinder (D&D 3.5 ish) I have a ton of material for it. Since I don't know every little rule mostly common sense will be applied while playing or what ever is most fun. I am willing to help anybody to create a character if they want to.
Oh weird, I was going to post to just say the time in my post was showing up weirdly in the post since it says (correctly) any evening and the time shows an afternoon time zone. For some reason it seems to be something that happens when you quote the time tag. At any rate, it's meant to show:
Player or DM: Either (prefer player) TL-ID Iyerbeth Skype Name: Available on group setup Time available (EDT):18:00 GMT (+00:00) to 00:00 GMT (+00:00) any evening. Experience: A couple of years of third edition rules as both player and DM about 10 years ago. Additional Information: I have all my old books from that period (player's handbook, DM's guide, monster manual, planes manual and some supplements) but I'm happy to learn any rules if I'm a player. Would really like to be able to use my IRL dice, but can use some online thing if I have to, I just like mine...all purple and yellow and treated well over the years.
Also, thanks for this thread.
Edit: Or are the time tags missing? I don't know. Either way, lol.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID TheUltraViolent Skype Name: a.hierro Time available (CET): Tuesday nights Experience: Played several campaigns Additional Information: looking for a campaign w/ no more than 4 players
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Dandel Ion Skype Name: ionannes_t. Time available (CET): Consistently only on Friday/Saturday after ~21:00 GMT (+00:00) or so. I work shifts during the week, so that's always a bit wonky and may change from week to week. Experience: None, I guess. Though I played about half of the default campaign of some DnD variant ~13 years ago, but we stopped mid-way. Additional Information: Consider me a complete noob, although countless years of playing (pc) RPGs give me confidence in my ability to adapt to any game system in a decent time. (Also, ei heff a German accent. Beware.)
Player or DM: Player TL-ID McDrizzle Skype Name: pohdeath Time available (EDT): 10am-7pm on Tuesday and Friday. Wednesday 3pm-8pm. Weekends are possible but time is constrained. Experience: None but willing to learn Additional Information: Im pretty chill with stuff. Hopefully the DM is pretty chill as well.
DM TL-ID- Vladimir_Ilyich Skype Name: lenin.2012 Time available (EDT):Late night, 11:00PM-4:00AM PST, Thursdays-Sundays Experience: Was a PC for one game, currently DMing a Star Wars d20 game. Additional Information: I have a nocturnal sleep schedule, and I'm looking for other players who'd like to do a once or twice a week gig late at night. Going for a traditional fantasy DND theme/universe, but the universe type is definitely up for discussion. I could potentially run another Star Wars DND if the PCs wanted, (or some other universe that I have a good understanding of) after all they're the ones who are gonna play it. :D
Contacting me through skype is the best way to get ahold of me, I'm not usually able to check my computer till late at night or early in the morning though.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Dorf_Midget Skype Name: dorf_midget Time available (CET/GMT): any evening Monday-Sunday. Experience: None outside of computer games. Additional Information: Never played anything except D&D cRPGs. Open to any fantasy campaign and any ruleset.
Player or DM: player TL-ID:BeMannerDuPenner Skype Name: TheBMP Time available : mostly evening/night time gmt+1(earlier on sundays/days off). times not 100% certain cause of gf. Experience: watched plenty of d&d play podcasts and played baldurs gate 1/2 ,ps:torment, nwn etc. none outside of that.
Additional Information: always found p&p adventures quite interesting but beeing one of the VERY few among my friends that care about games at all i never had a chance to try it.so this thread might let me play finally ~ mostly interested in d&d/fantasy settings.also im german and didnt have much opportunity in recent times to speak other languages, english should be good enough(atleast to play ), just might need some time to warm up again.
Player TL-ID daemir Skype Name: daem1r Time available (EET): Sat-Thu 18:00 GMT (+00:00)- 23:00 GMT (+00:00), have evening lectures sometimes during weeks so might miss a random weekday and friday nights is a no go. Experience: Only the various PC titles like IWD, NWN and such
Additional Information: Coming from a very small town somewhere in the woods there's never really been anyone to play with even if I'd liked to. Would prefer to keep to a fantasy setting, Faerûn is quite dear place to me after all the PC influence, but it naturally doesn't have to be tied there. Easiest way to contact is a PM on TL, I'm idling here all the time.
Would love to play if any group is going around my times.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID killa_robot Skype Name: (None yet, but if I get in one it'd probably be killa_robot) Time available (PST): 7pm - 1am (any day excluding Thursday) Experience: Played some forum RPs (slow as hell) Additional Information: Only recently got into RPs in the last year, but tbh I've always been kind of interested, just never had the people to play with.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID The Fish Skype Name: S.fs.f5 (The_Fish) Time available (EDT): 8:00pm-2:00am any day Experience: None at all Additional Information: I'm a complete noob at tabletop games, though I've always wanted to try one. A game full of people with a similar lack of experience would be fun.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Dogbert Skype Name: dogberthq Time available (EDT): Anytime, can't go past 10:30pm unless Mon/Tue (Nightshift job) Experience: Played some Pathfinder and know 4e fairly well Additional Information: Nothing important I can think of, I'm 22 years old if age matters to any of the DM's looking for players
I'd like to say thank you so much for making this thread, I've always thought D&D and other tapletob RPGs are so amazing but never have had people to really play with since high school so if I can find some people to play with because of this it would mean a lot to me.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Ren91 Skype Name:richard8701 Time available (GMT): 16:00-23:00 all week Experience:DM of a simple campaign with friends just to familiarise ourselves with the rules. We played pretty loose with them though. Additional Information: I'm 21, from the UK, I've played a bit of 3.5e, only 3 sessions though so I wouldn't say I was experienced. I've enjoyed it immensely but I'm finding it hard to get a regular group going. I also would like to be a PC rather than a GM, it can be pretty stressful when you have no idea what you're doing.
Player or DM: player TL-ID Deanyo Skype Name: fotmyo Time available (EDT): 16:00-0:00 all week, often stay up till morning though (gmt, uk) Experience: 4 or so games of 3.5 as a player, we all played it very loose with the rules and had a great time, dm'd a premade campaign for a 5 hour session and went well. Additional Information: 23 from the uk, just looking for a game with a more experienced dm, finding it hard to get everyone together to play more than once a week.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID system_KMP Skype Name: system_kmp Time available (CET/GMT): All week 18:00+ Experience: Quite new to the game, currently playing my first session IRL (4th edition) Additional Information: just looking for a fun way to spend some evenings together with other roleplayers. For actual details: my English is good and if it matters - I'M 23 years old. Oh, and I'm willing to learn/adjust too any version. Cheers!
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Wartino Skype Name: I will provide my skype once I find a group. If you have any questions you can pm me for my skype as well. Time available (CET/GMT): Any day between 19.00-24.00. Experience: None Additional Information: I have never played before, but I have always been interested. Like many others I figured this would be a good time to start playing. Many thanks for organizing this thread.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Risen Skype Name: n.jevs Time available (EDT): Anytime Experience: Fairly new, but I have played a few campaigns Additional Information: Really enjoy tabletop gaming and want to try branching into an online form. I've played a couple roll20 dungeon delves and they were fun.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID zedeee Skype Name: haltdiegusch Time available (CET): Rather Late (Evening/Nightish) Experience: new to D&D but played some other PnP Additional Information: I love PnP but I like to keep it fun (not super serious, but ofc serious in the right moments) also I'm 21 years old and in University...I'm from europe but have no problems speaking english at all, so that when in America its afternoon its already pretty late here, which is quite fitting for the time schedule (since I want to play rather late)
I am pretty sure it already is, just a lot of people equate PnP with DnD and ignore anyone who tells them that other systems exist. I'd guess that most of the players with something like "have never played before" won't care in the slightest, besides maybe the setting they want to be in.
Since we are already talking, i kind of set my group up before you got this thread started. I assume there is no point in adding us until we need another player? (which at the moment we don't)
Player or DM: DM TL-ID insectoceanx Skype Name: Time available (CDT): Tuesdays 7:00-11:00 PM CDT Experience: Just getting started DM'ing, want to get others involved in this game. Additional Information: The game is called Dystopia Rising. PDF is available http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/97976/Dystopia-Rising , but really you can probably get by without it. The Game is set in a world several generations after the zombie plague struck. Governments turned nukes on their own people resulting in new strains having emerged from the remnants of humanity. All dice rolls can be resolved with D10. There are about 12 different strains which each have two advantages and two disadvantages. There are no classes and all skill checks are done with a combination of building block score + skill score. Game will either be played on skype or roll20.
Updated: Have 1 person signed up for tuesday. I would like for their to be 4-5 people for this game so I will be taking 4 more interested people.
Player or DM:DM TL-ID Eloden Skype Name: When starting a group or if anybody has questions Time available (CET): Will vary have a unregular work schedule but goal is 1x a week most likely during the week Experience: Little, have DM'd 2 small rounds with family and friends, but im willing to learn with a new group and always open for suggestions and critque. Additional Information: I am an American living in Germany and can only play in the evening so if you from the US or other places far away please take that into account. I will be playing Pathfinder (D&D 3.5 ish) I have a ton of material for it. Since I don't know every little rule mostly common sense will be applied while playing or what ever is most fun. I am willing to help anybody to create a character if they want to.
On March 26 2013 12:40 Wartino wrote: Player or DM: Player TL-ID Wartino Skype Name: I will provide my skype once I find a group. If you have any questions you can pm me for my skype as well. Time available (CET/GMT): Any day between 19.00-24.00. Experience: None Additional Information: I have never played before, but I have always been interested. Like many others I figured this would be a good time to start playing. Many thanks for organizing this thread.
Im interested in joining a group, give it a shot etc
Unfortunately doesnt seem like the most recent two groups fit my schedule very well
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Lim1017 Skype Name: ill provide in PM Time available (CET/GMT): Any weekday (not thurs) 5-10 PM EST. Sundays 10 pm - 4 am EST (weird time i know) any weekday (not thurs) 11PM - 4 am CET, Sundays 4 AM - 10 AM CET ( I believe these are right)
Experience: None except listening to rollplay. Additional Information: I never played before, and first exposure is from rollplay. Looking for once a week ~3 hour sessions
Player or DM: Both, more below TL-ID:FogofWar Skype name: PM me Time Available: Evenings Central time (GMT -5:00) Experience: About 4 mods of 3.5. Looking to play pathfinder. Additional information: I have created a reddit thread where new players and new DMs can get together. IF anyone is interested in joining, here's the link:DM Training
Player or DM: Player TL-ID BoonSolo Skype Name: PM me Time available (EDT): I’m looking to give this a go but between living with my girlfriend, working every day during the week and studying for financial exams I don't always have loads of time. I live in the UK (GMT) and I could play 1 night during the week for a few hours so like 8pm-12 or something, doesn't really matter which day I guess and I could switch it up, but anymore than 1 night during the week is pushing it. Also depending on what’s going on at the weekend I could probably play then as well but can’t guarantee that I could play every weekend.
Experience: I’ve always been interested in D&D since being obsessed with Neverwinter Nights for 5 years a long time ago. So I think I know 3rd edition rules for building characters and how spells/AC/crits etc work however I think things have changed in 4e. Also as to actual roleplaying like that wouldnt be in NWN ive watched all of rollplay and think I could give it a good go.
Additional Information: Thinking of making a lawful evil character probably spellcaster, Cleric or Wizard. Race would probably be Drow or Elf depending on campaign setting
Player or DM: DM TL-ID eluv Skype Name: Time available (EDT): Thu/Sat/Sun, 4pm - 1am Experience: New
Additional Information: I've never DM'd before, or really played anything like a full campaign, but I'm more or less familiar with all the mechanics. I'm looking for some (preferably new) players to try out D&D Next, playing on roll20. Being new to this, I'm ready to adapt the style of game to what the players are looking for.
On April 06 2013 07:03 eluv wrote: Player or DM: DM TL-ID eluv Skype Name: Time available (EDT): Thu/Sat/Sun, 4pm - 1am Experience: New
Additional Information: I've never DM'd before, or really played anything like a full campaign, but I'm more or less familiar with all the mechanics. I'm looking for some (preferably new) players to try out D&D Next, playing on roll20. Being new to this, I'm ready to adapt the style of game to what the players are looking for.
sat or sun. Have 8AM work on Mon so if it was played on sun nights I couldnt be too late.
On March 27 2013 14:13 insectoceanx wrote: Player or DM: DM TL-ID insectoceanx Skype Name: Time available (CDT): Tuesdays 7:00-11:00 PM CDT Experience: Just getting started DM'ing, want to get others involved in this game. Additional Information: The game is called Dystopia Rising. PDF is available http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/97976/Dystopia-Rising , but really you can probably get by without it. The Game is set in a world several generations after the zombie plague struck. Governments turned nukes on their own people resulting in new strains having emerged from the remnants of humanity. All dice rolls can be resolved with D10. There are about 12 different strains which each have two advantages and two disadvantages. There are no classes and all skill checks are done with a combination of building block score + skill score. Game will either be played on skype or roll20.
Updated: Have 1 person signed up for tuesday. I would like for their to be 4-5 people for this game so I will be taking 4 more interested people.
This sounds awesome, and I would totally be in... BUT I can't play until ~9pm EDT on tuesdays, which is an hour later than you plan to start. If you decide to change the time you're playing, drop me a PM!
For any other games...
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: phyre112 Skype Name: never used it. Willing to get it if that's what a group wants to play over. Time Available: late on tuesdays. Pretty much all day EDT on sun/mon/wed. College student lol, so.... Experience: quite a bit role playing, but not recently. Almost no experience with actual D&D. Additional Information: really could get involved with any type/edition of game or any type of character. Have quite a bit of free time now, and I'll have even more coming up (because graduating college lol). Looking to just get started with something, and see where it takes me... I've got plenty of time to learn rules for whatever world I get tossed into.
There seems to be a serious lack of DMs. I wonder if any of the players would like to try their hand on being a DM. Would do it myself, but I can play my Scandinavian-card that causes my English to be less than ideal for narration
Hey, we are group of 4-5 swedish friends who tried our hand at 3.5e and made it a couple of sessions in before dying and then fail to decide who to DM If anyone would try to take us on we would love to do a few test sessions.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID OPman Skype Name: OPmaan - I prefer Teamspeak or Mumble (unless you want webcams or something). Time available (EDT): Late afternoon to nights weekdays, and weekends I'm free. Experience: None other than watching Rollplay, and a few other campaigns. Additional Information: New to D&D so I'm open to different versions and campaign settings and whatnot. Just looking to have some fun.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID:Sugarfluff Skype Name:(PM me) Time available (EDT): Any time (Seriously, I've got nothing going on. ) Experience:The Baldurs Gate series, some Icewind dale and NWN. No pen and paper though. Additional Information:I'm up for any D&D version and campaign, been wanting to try this for a long time but never realized you could do it online until I saw RollPlay. Most of my gaming friends are from the US so I'm used to playing in the middle of the night. I'd be willing to put in the extra time to learn DMing if people think it feasible for a first timer to DM. Putting it out there as there seems to be a shortage on DMs.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: imallinson Skype Name: imallinson1001 Time available (EDT): after 7ish GMT/BST Experience: Used to play D&D but haven't played in at least 8 years so basically none. Additional Information: I'm up for doing any campaign not necessarily restricted to D&D. After getting back into it I might feel like DMing.
On April 13 2013 04:39 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: just out of interest , how many groups got going by now? :>
idk it kinda fell apart once the OP stopped updating it lol.
But I am debating writing my own full campaign and basing it around DnD universe, as well as changing some rules, especially regarding combat. (Well i essentially want to write my entire own game, but using a lot of the ideas/rules from DnD but streamlining some stuff, and tweaking some stuff... but idk we'll see)
Am finally MOSTLY settled into mah new place, have just been keeping a word doc, and updating it with ideas as I go.
I love writing, but have always preferred writing screenplays/game design docs... I just prefer something a bit more interactive/entertaining than books.... I think there are better ways to tell a story these days.
I've found a group and we're still playing. I extremely satisfied with the players I got from this thread (if you're in my game: hat off to you!), so I hope more DM/GM's will take the step and start a game through here. A shame the OP is a bit messy.
I'm thinking of setting up a (maybe more) one-shot gaming session to introduce more people to roleplaying here, and hopefully get those people interested in starting a game of their own.
I also got a group of very nice players from this site, though not through this thread because we formed before it was started (we grouped on TL before it was cool!), and we are having a lot of fun.
Bog's plan of having a one-shot introduction session for beginners sounds really good, since apparently the thing that is lacking here are DMs. I can't DM a second campaign because of time constraints, but if you get more people for these test sessions then DMs, i could help you out there.
I'd also be willing to help anyone who wants to set up his own campaign as much as i can. Basically, being new should never really be a problem. And people really overestimate how hard DM-ing is. You don't need to be scared of that. People have this idea that you need to be really experienced to be a DM, but you really don't.
The one thing necessary is putting in a bit more work then the players, you can basically just start playing a character without any knowledge, while as a DM you need to roughly know the rules and plan the session ahead of time.
Since the OP doesn't seem to be updating the thread anymore I would appreciate a pm if you are a DM looking for players to start a campaign.
Player or DM: Player or DM (see additional information) TL-ID Dark Lord Skype Name:Dark,Lord Time available (EDT): Pretty much anytime afternoon or night, however Thursdays generally aren't good. I would prefer after 7:00 EDT. Experience: None Additional Information: Since I have no experience I would like to be a player, but if there are no groups available I could try to DM, however it would be heavily house ruled and simplified. I would probably cut down on combat stuff because I prefer roleplay/problemsolving.
If the OP is no longer updating, i would suggest that we do indeed change to a new system.
Basically, if you are willing to DM a campaign, post information about this here. Players then PM the DMs they like. If a group is full, the DM should remove it from the thread again. Problem is that so far this thread is pretty cluttered with information about a lot of people, and noone knows which of those are still available or not.
I would be willing to take over the OP if that is possible, but i have no idea how the rules regarding this are. Do i need to contact jcroisdale, or a moderator, or both? If someone has experience with this kind of thing please explain it to me.
On April 14 2013 04:32 Simberto wrote: I would be willing to take over the OP if that is possible, but i have no idea how the rules regarding this are. Do i need to contact jcroisdale, or a moderator, or both? If someone has experience with this kind of thing please explain it to me.
I'm willing to be a DM, but my experience is to one pathfinder game. I think to start I'll just run a module and see how that turns out. So if anybody is interested I'll be looking for players during American time. (so roughly noon-4am CDT. Since this won't be a weekly thing but probably only take 2-3 days to finish. I'm just looking to start as soon as possible and if it turns out well then I'll set up a more campaign style run.
Once you have sort of figured out what you want to make I'll go over making a character with you. We'll be rolling ability scores. We will be using some form of voip (probably skype) and roll20
I can only repeat what bog said. Being a DM is not an art form. Nobody expects you to know every rule or be able to react perfectly. I just had my first game as a DM and it worked out fine. Just try to have fun and have a good laugh at your players reactions and deeds. Plus there are a TON of published adventures and campaigns. Use them and adjust them to your style. If any new DM wants help deciding on a published module or adventure path from Paizo (pathfinder) before buying it feel free to PM me!
And I think it is easier as well if a new DM just posts in the thread with their info and wait for pms. Updating the OP just seems like a lot of work. I got 3 pm in 1h after I had posted so it works.
On April 14 2013 04:32 Simberto wrote: I would be willing to take over the OP if that is possible, but i have no idea how the rules regarding this are. Do i need to contact jcroisdale, or a moderator, or both? If someone has experience with this kind of thing please explain it to me.
Both I would say, jcroisdale first
Jcroisdale sadly does not reply to PMs, either. Who are the Admins that usually take care of this part of the forum, or how can i find that out?
And yes, my plan was to basically have a list of DMs in the OP that people can PM if they want to play, and remove those that have a complete group going. This would make the whole thread easily usable. I guess i could just open a new thread, but a lot of people appear to be already using this one, and that would make everything even more confusing.
So I'm going to try to set up a one-shot adventure for anyone interested!
I'd like to invite any four players who are interested in roleplaying games, but don't want to jump headlong into this great hobby. Just sent me a PM if you want to join. We will play on Monday April 22, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) for about 4 or 5 hours.
Player slots taken: [4/4], We're full sorry!
The system we will be using is Pathfinder by Paizo. Pathfinder is basically an expanded Dungeons and Dragons version 3.5. The entire ruleset is available online for free here (the PRD). You could check around the PRD a little bit, but you can also play along just fine even if you have 0 experience with the rules. We will use Roll20.net as our virtual tabletop and Skype for voice call.
Because this is a one-shot adventure, just to 'test the water' and to save time, I will provide pre-made characters which you can choose from. (just the rules-part, the theme and flavour of your character is only yours to create) However if you really want to create your own hero, we will play with lvl2 characters. Also; I expect a tiny amount of maturity, don't be a dick! Furthermore; I am not a proDM and my English also isn't thát good, I just want to do this because I love the game and want to spread the love!
Great to see people spring into action. Been looking for a group for a long time. Hopefully things speed up a bit so we can get multiple groups going. I would DM myself, but I don't think I feel comfortable doing it with my English. I don't have that much trouble with it, but I just haven't really spoken English that much and still working on finding the courage to use it . DM would need a whole lot more talking than being a player.
So, pathfinder game looking for maybe 1 or 2 more for a game tomorrow night at 8pm cdt, that's roughly 27.5 hours from this post. If anybody is interested just shoot me a pm. Just a trial run like Bog's one-shot. Although I think it will more likely take two sessions to finish than a true one-shot.
Does that mean that all those players in the first post are still available? In that case, why don't we have another 4-5 groups or so going? I see 3 DMs and hordes of players in there. Do you have a system in place that puts them together?
Also, since Bog's group is full, i will be offering another trial group now. Note that this will not be a campaign, it is just one session to give people who want to play and can't get a group going and idea of how the whole thing actually plays out, and maybe be willing to DM themselves.
We will be playing on Sunday, 21st of April, at 16:00 CEST. That time should make it possible for both Europeans and Americans to join in. We will play for about 4-5 hours.
The game is set in the Space Opera Setting of Schlock Mercenary. (Good comic btw, but knowledge of it is not required). You will be playing a group of Space Mercenaries trying to complete a mission and get payed (but mostly get payed, preferably multiple times for the same work). The game setting is slightly lighthearted and often involves lots of destruction and collateral damage.
We will be playing with the Savage Worlds Ruleset. I will prepare premade characters for you, but since i have not done that yet, if you have specific wishes please include them in your PM. You don't need any previous knowledge to play, but you should have Skype installed and own a working microphone. Other then that, just bring an interest and enough time to play. If you want to participate, PM me with your Skype information.
It would be great if the DMs were grouped together in the top for example. Also, I like Bog's way of putting the available slots there. It would make it a lot easier to figure out what's going on. At the moment it seems no one really knows what is happening. We have DMs and we have players, but it seems they don't really meet. Do the players contact the DM? Does a DM contact players? Putting the DMs in the top and Players after that (maybe in spoiler tags) and having the available slots visible, would be great and help a lot with organizing groups. Players could just contact the DM when they see an available slot that fits them.
I know this is mostly work for the OP and I understand if it's not something he wants to do. Just a suggestion.
Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
Okay I went ahead and changed the formatting and method of finding groups. Hope this works out a little better, I honestly didn't expect more then like 20-30 people.
On April 16 2013 15:26 MaestroSC wrote: Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
Haha, had no idea that was you in the group. ^^ Was my first taste as well, and I agree it was a great session. Which character did you play?
On April 16 2013 15:53 jcroisdale wrote: Okay I went ahead and changed the formatting and method of finding groups. Hope this works out a little better, I honestly didn't expect more then like 20-30 people.
It looks a lot better now. Easier to find information. Thanks for keeping it up to date
On April 16 2013 15:26 MaestroSC wrote: Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
Haha, had no idea that was you in the group. ^^ Was my first taste as well, and I agree it was a great session. Which character did you play?
On April 16 2013 15:26 MaestroSC wrote: Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
Haha, had no idea that was you in the group. ^^ Was my first taste as well, and I agree it was a great session. Which character did you play?
I was the slightly angry alchemist o.o
aka the Gnome Thrower aka the guy who nearly killed our fighter with a bomb... ahahhaha
I was Esoterik the Ranger.. u know the guy who knocked the fake dragon out..and the guy who put an arrow through the heart of the boss in the manor... as well as the ninja with the grappling hook shenanigans.... im pretty awsome imo.
On April 16 2013 15:26 MaestroSC wrote: Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
Haha, had no idea that was you in the group. ^^ Was my first taste as well, and I agree it was a great session. Which character did you play?
I was the slightly angry alchemist o.o
aka the Gnome Thrower aka the guy who nearly killed our fighter with a bomb... ahahhaha
I was Esoterik the Ranger.. u know the guy who knocked the fake dragon out..and the guy who put an arrow through the heart of the boss in the manor... as well as the ninja with the grappling hook shenanigans.... im pretty awsome imo.
I only hit 1/5...but when i Hit i hit for 14 damage.
On April 16 2013 15:26 MaestroSC wrote: Played my first ever dnD Session... (well it was Pathfinder i guess) with Randombum, had a blast!
Am def considering DM'ing a game in the future, but I am basically creating my own entire game... It had 12 Classes so far, have worked out combat rules as well as stats for the most part already.
Anyways was a blast, and we are continuing our search on Wednesday! woot.
Haha, had no idea that was you in the group. ^^ Was my first taste as well, and I agree it was a great session. Which character did you play?
I was the slightly angry alchemist o.o
aka the Gnome Thrower aka the guy who nearly killed our fighter with a bomb... ahahhaha
I was Esoterik the Ranger.. u know the guy who knocked the fake dragon out..and the guy who put an arrow through the heart of the boss in the manor... as well as the ninja with the grappling hook shenanigans.... im pretty awsome imo.
I was especially impressed by the grappling hook, along with the alchemists awesome charisma. Guess I'll just say to any other first timers trying to choose a game, that pathfinder is pretty much identical to DnD. There might be enough differences that a more experienced player would scoff at such a statement, but for me it felt as if it played out the same as RollPlay.
On April 17 2013 04:01 pwncakery wrote: I was our blinded, sticky-footed, bomb-magnet fighter =) When I did manage to hit though, boom !
Love how we took ~6 rounds to kill a couple henchmen, then 2 shotted the boss. ezezez
Thanks for running it for us randombum, lots of fun and I highly encourage any lurkers to try it out if you're even just a little interested.
edit: we're also the world's worst detectives lol
our only detective feat so far was realizing a fake dragon...was not a dragon. and thats about it... other than that... were not very good at problem-solving hahahha
And from the dark corner of the room, a hero emerged, covered in the blood of all who opposed him. He single handedly slaughtered a small army of thieves, leading to the takedown of an entire crime syndicate, Your hero, and Mine. MEATBAG #4
Player or DM: DM (or player, but there's a much higher demand for DMs, so that's more likely.) TL-ID Barteh Skype Name: Barteh1337 (obligatory lol, 1337 in name) Time available (GMT): I am very flexible when it comes to time. If we can find a group that can play at one specific time, that'd be great. This would be held on a weekday that is not thursday. Experience: 3.5e playing a bit, have not DMed before. Additional Information: This would be a game hosted on MapTools (like roll20), with a tactical map for combat. This means it's mildly more focused on following the actual rules for combat than coming up with something. The party will most likely start at 1st level. It will be a modified 3.5e, with flexible rules for balancing reasons that can be discussed.
Hope some of you guys are willing to give it a go!
EDIT: If you are, shoot me a PM on TL.
EDIT2: Forgot to mention, we will be using skype or something similar, so a microphone and willingness to use it is obviously required.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: SubvertU Skype Name: SubvertU Time available (EDT): Any Experience: Just watching RollPlay and have been a RPG fan all my life. Also love the DragonLance novels. Additional Information: I am 31 years old, female and mature and very strong imagination. I would like to be a Summoner as my first ( and only?) character- undecided between Elf, Human or Half-Elf. I am ready to make great friends and enjoy this new hobby for a long time to come! Also a very fast learner!
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Kuni Skype Name: PM me Time available (EDT): Saturdays & Sundays anytime between: 10.00 and 24.00 (CEST). On Weekdays after agreeing on a date: 19.00 - 23.00 (CEST) Experience: Played a few Star Wars sessions many, many, many years ago. Know nothing more but the basics, so no specific rules or anything. Treat me like a beginner, who knows what dice are. Additional Information: I'm 29 years old and looking for fun experiences with new people. I am no rule nazi and do not have any preference as far as the universe goes. From classic Rollplay-style D&D to Shadowrun or whatever else, I'm fine with it all, as long as we can have fun. I speak German and English and I'm open to any toolset available to us (like roll20 etc). Whatever works best.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID Dark Lord Skype Name:Dark,Lord Time available (EDT): Pretty much anytime afternoon or night, however Thursdays generally aren't good. I would prefer after 7:00 EDT. Experience: None Additional Information: I'd like to run a house ruled campaign on DnD 3.5. I'll probably focus more on problemsolving/roleplaying rather than combat. It will be similar to RollPlay in that I don't want to use player markers and exact squares and movement for combat since I think thats more tedious than fun. I'm looking for 3-5 players. Please PM me if your interested with times available and preferred time of day.
At this point, we apparently have a lot of DMs and players, but they are not being removed from the first post, so i assume they still have not formed groups. Apparently Bogs trial session was pretty successful, but i didn't get enough players for mine to get going (Btw, please remove that session from the OP since it is no longer relevant)
Are groups actually forming out of those DMs and players, or are they just sitting there side by side waiting for something to happen? Because if the latter is the case, that would be a pretty bad state of affairs. I think you guys just need to take a bit of initiative and you can get going. Maybe, if you are a DM, PM a few of the players that would fit your timing schedule to see if they still want to play? And if you are a player, PM those DMs that you would want to play with to try to get a group started. We got a lot of people here who apparently want to play, but don't play because noone takes initiative. And if you are already in a group or no longer want to play, please try to get your name removed from the OP.
On April 22 2013 03:35 Simberto wrote: At this point, we apparently have a lot of DMs and players, but they are not being removed from the first post, so i assume they still have not formed groups. Apparently Bogs trial session was pretty successful, but i didn't get enough players for mine to get going (Btw, please remove that session from the OP since it is no longer relevant)
Are groups actually forming out of those DMs and players, or are they just sitting there side by side waiting for something to happen? Because if the latter is the case, that would be a pretty bad state of affairs. I think you guys just need to take a bit of initiative and you can get going. Maybe, if you are a DM, PM a few of the players that would fit your timing schedule to see if they still want to play? And if you are a player, PM those DMs that you would want to play with to try to get a group started. We got a lot of people here who apparently want to play, but don't play because noone takes initiative. And if you are already in a group or no longer want to play, please try to get your name removed from the OP.
yeah, we also forgot to remove ourselves from the list till our dm remembered us to do so. and we got together cause he just threw a few pms out and recieved some.
if youre interested and havent signed up yet just do it! we are a group of first timers and so far all went great.
I think it would make sense for the players to contact a DM. DMs are rarer. It makes sense the players take the initiative. Plus that way everyone needs to just contact one person. Engineer mind = most effective solution with the least effort
Well, but at this point, i'd say if you want to play, taking initiative is a good idea whether you are a player or a DM. It's not like PMs are expensive. Of course that solution would work too, which is why i proposed it previously. From what it looks like to me, there are a lot of people on that list who want to play and wait for someone to PM them now, so more people starting PMing people should get this working faster.
Also, at this point there does not appear to be a large discrepancy between the amount of players and the amount of DMs x 4-5.
Bareth is fine with DMing on Fridays somewhere in ~19:00 GMT (+00:00) - ~01:00 GMT (+00:00)
Day is still negotiable, but we gotta start with something.
I'll PM some people that look like they can be fit into that, but you may take initiative and PM me if you have time for it.
Currently, it's just Bareth (DM) + me (player), so looking for ~3 more players.
Edit: We have two more players that have confirmed interest in this timeslot, so only one more now! 4/5 slots tentatively filled atm. We'll narrow down the exact hours and other details after we got 5/5.
Edit2: We're currently Full. Unless somebody drops out, we don't need more people, currently. That was faster than expected.
Edit3 cause too many PMs: I'll start adding "my" people in skype or PM you for it.
€dit4: The DM went MIA yet again. GG
€dit5: He showed up again and Skype swallowed his excuses warnings, npnp
My group still has 3 slots available. Currently Me (DM) as well as Ultraviolent and Sugarfluff. All players are welcome with the exception of rulenazis. PM me if your interested.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID BoomABloom Skype Name:noah_bloom96 Time available :any time but Tuesday and Thursday 23:00-3:00 CEST Experience:None really Additional Information: I'm homeschooled
On April 22 2013 07:42 Dark Lord wrote: My group still has 3 slots available. Currently Me (DM) as well as Ultraviolent and Sugarfluff. All players are welcome with the exception of rulenazis. PM me if your interested.
when r u guys playing? i played in the one-shot game with Sugarfluff and Ultraviolent
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: trygger Skype Name: Will PM skype info to DM Time available :available 7PM EST during the week Experience: I have played DnD based games like Neverwinter Nights, Galdur's Gate, and Icewind Dale. I recently found the show RollPlay. Additional Information: I'm an IT professional. I have most of the Pathfinder materials and have created a character with back story that I think would be fun. I'm open to play other rule sets, but I'm very much a beginner.
Player or DM: player TL-ID Zomfg Skype Name: via PM when a group is found Time available: Nearly every day from 7 pm CEST Experience: None at all Additional Information: I am new to this. There will be questions
Im ready to DM Post... but instead this is an "announcement of an announcement", in the words of one iNcontroL.
finished creating my classes and their Skills/Abilities lists.
Basically idea was, 4 base classes: Knight, Priest, Wizard, Thief. Then you take a 2nd class, and sort of smash them together. (but took out 1 option of each as 16 classes was too many for me atm lol)
4 different versions of a DPS class. 4 different versions of a Tank class, 4 different versions of a healing class.(I am a fan of the "trinity" that MMO's have established, but tried to make it so that almost any class can fill almost any role.) am REALLY happy with results currently, already have first session all planned out, just need to finish playing with my rules/DM stuff then will be ready to host a session with all new rules/classes but will be familiar enough if you have played/know any DND you will understand it. Just simplified a lot of DnD stuff, and it **SHOULD** be compatible (or as i call it "plug n play") with any/all previous published adventures.
I rather enjoyed the One-Shot I ran yesterday, so I'm going to organize another one!
I'd like to again invite any four players who are interested in roleplaying games, but don't want to jump headlong into this great hobby. We will play on Wednesday May 1, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) for about 4 or 5 hours.
The system we will be using is Pathfinder by Paizo. Pathfinder is basically an expanded Dungeons and Dragons version 3.5. The entire ruleset is available online for free here (the PRD). You could check around the PRD a little bit, but you can also play along just fine even if you have 0 experience with the rules. In fact, I strongly encourage anyone without any roleplay experience to join! We will use Roll20.net as our virtual tabletop and Skype for voice call.
Because this is a one-shot adventure, I will provide pre-made characters which you can choose from here (this folder will change as I add more and more characters during the next week). As usual, the only rule is: don't be a dick! This is a team-game. Also, please don't sign up if you won't show up :/
I recommend anyone even slightly interested to join Bog's One-Shot session. Had tons of fun last night. The legend of Bud Spencer, the amazing ranger who NEVER left his friends in trouble, is sure to be retold through centuries.
Bog's one shot campaign, was a hell of a good time, met some really chill guys, and we had a fking great time. Highly recommended for people wanting to learn how to DND, i learned alot, and Bog was a great DM.
My system ive been writing is mostly finished, and just wanted to try a one-shot session first, and if it goes well could possibly make it a weekly campaign.
Can have 4-6 players.
PM if you are interested in trying out something a bit simpler than DnD but following 90% of the same rules. Doesnt matter if you are Brand new to DnD or are a veteran, anyone who wants to play should PM me.
Will be my first time DM'ing a session, I already have the first session pretty much planned out... (it will be combat-heavy as I want to test the balance of the system I am writing).
Will play on Roll20
PM me if you are interested and Ill send you what you need to have ready for saturday.
have 1, need 3 or 4 for a saturday 1-of that might become a full on campaign if people r interested.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Tilorn91 Skype Name: viktor.belic Time available : With some forward planning, any day after 6 pm GMT +1 Experience: d&d 4e is the only one I know, played it for a year or so. Additional Information: I'm looking for a campaign that is not focused on hack n slash primarily, I want economic systems, political backgrounds, intrigue etc etc. Combat is needed ofc, but please, lets bring actual roleplay back.
Also I never used any of the sites for d&d, it was always tabletop so I'm gonna need some guidelines for it.
As someone who played only on tabletop before getting my group here going, i must say that the whole thing transitions incredibly well to online tabletops. You can do basically everything you do at a tabletop. A few things are slightly more clunky, but in general the feeling is very similar. If you get a webcam you can even do the acting/faces part.
Prefer to be a player Skype name: ikillwithmymind Times: I'll have to see how my schedule works out after graduation but I should have a ton of time during the summer Experience: I DMd a bit for my friends (3.5) and I read the 3 core books and like 12 of the miscellaneous optional rule books
I just feel sick of DMing and want to be a player. I don't mind whatever system, I'm a quick reader
Hey Maestro, I'm interested in checking out your home brew... and it just so happens that saturday afternoons are the only time I could play. I don't know if that would work for you or if you were thinking saturday evenings though.
On April 29 2013 06:45 imJealous wrote: Hey Maestro, I'm interested in checking out your home brew... and it just so happens that saturday afternoons are the only time I could play. I don't know if that would work for you or if you were thinking saturday evenings though.
I'll PM you too.
well saturday might become a mid-afternoon game as i have 2 Euro timezones, and 1 US who can only play on mid-day saturday just as a headsup for any1 interested.
I had plans for Saturday afternoon tho i will see if i can get them changed.
EDIT Am debating changing it to a weeknight game, if i can get 4 or 5 who would rather play a weeknight game than saturday
Longer session, with half hour break in the middle (2)
15%
Once a week with a "short" session (0)
0%
Multiple short sessions across different days (0)
0%
Other: write your own answer. (0)
0%
13 total votes
Your vote: Would you rather play
(Vote): Once a week with a "Long" session. (Vote): Once a week with a "short" session (Vote): Multiple short sessions across different days (Vote): Longer session, with half hour break in the middle (Vote): Other: write your own answer.
Poll: Rather play
On a Friday night (5)
42%
On a Sun-Thurs evening (4)
33%
On a weekend, in the afternoon. (3)
25%
On a Saturday night (0)
0%
12 total votes
Your vote: Rather play
(Vote): On a Sun-Thurs evening (Vote): On a Friday night (Vote): On a Saturday night (Vote): On a weekend, in the afternoon.
was just curious how people felt about this
polls are for every1 btw not just people of my group (tho i dont have a group filled yet)
So, on short notice: One of our players in Bog's Oneshot (from the last page, more infos there) apparently got the timezone wrong and can't play, so we have one open spot if someone wants to jump in on short notice. We will be playing today at 19:00 CEST for about 4-5 hours. That is in 2 hours and 20 minutes. Bog is not online yet, so either respond in this thread or PM me if you want to play. No preperation or knowledge required, Bog already made a variety of characters for you to choose from.
Hey Maestro, if you have it ready you should pm us details on your classes or character creation process soon so we can start brainstorming character ideas before saturday :D
On May 02 2013 03:27 imJealous wrote: Hey Maestro, if you have it ready you should pm us details on your classes or character creation process soon so we can start brainstorming character ideas before saturday :D
Well I still need more people. Am hoping to run a game on Saturday night, starting at 6 or 7 PM PST.
Have 2 people who can play in this time slot currently.
Was trying to see if I could play on Saturday afternoons, but I have plans with family and usually reserve that time to sleep in/laze about.
Anyways once I get 4 or 5 people I will finish what I need for the game and will send people the info they need to create a char
It's that time again! I will have some time May 27, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) and I'd like to run another game! I feel the adventure, which was originally somewhat hastily made for these TeamLiquid DnD-groups, is becoming better and better with all the feedback I get from previous groups
I'd like to again invite any four players who are interested in roleplaying games, but don't want to jump headlong into this great hobby. We will play on Monday May 27, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) for about 4 or 5 hours.
We will use the Pathfinder system. The entire ruleset is available online for free here (the PRD), but you don't have to read any of it. You can also play along just fine even if you have 0 experience with the rules. In fact, I strongly encourage anyone without any roleplay experience to join! We will use Roll20.net as our virtual tabletop and Skype for voice call.
Because this is a one-shot adventure, I will provide pre-made characters which you can choose from here (if you have something specific in mind, just tell me and we'll make your would-be hero). As usual, the only rule is: don't be a dick! This is a team-game. Also, please don't sign up if you won't show up :/ (TLnet will convert the time to your local time! Otherwise click here!)
Player slots taken: [4/4], we're full!
Send me a PM if you'd like to join! Do not hesitate to try to contact me if you have any questions as well!
Can greatly recommend Bogs Oneshot for everyone that is not a filthy Goblinlover. Those might have problems. I am also still convinced that our way of handling things was totally justified, there was no alternative.
Yeah the "maximizing profit"-way of handling things was a fun and refreshing thought to say the least ^^. For myself, I've been pleasantly surprised by all the different paths all groups have taken, while working towards the same goals (I've run 3 groups through now, with vastly different outcomes!)
I am looking for one more player for the campaign we are running at the moment, since one of my players can no longer play due to personal reasons. We are playing on Weekends, most of the time Saturdays, at 16:00 CEST (+02:00). The next date will be this Sunday, again at 16:00 CEST.
We are playing a campaign that is rather high on roleplaying, and comparatively low on combat in a slightly unusual Fantasy World. If you are interested in what happened in our group in the past, one of my players has been writing some very nice summaries here.
The ruleset we use are the Savage Worlds Rules, a general overview of which can be found here for free. We are using Roll20.net as a virtual tabletop, and Skype for voicecomm.
No knowledge of pretty much anything, or any previous roleplaying experience is required. We are looking for a player that is interested in joining a longer ongoing campaign, though if you for some reason hate us we obviously can't force you to stay.
If you are interested, send me a PM with your skype information.
I'm looking for people to play. I have a lot of free time, free weekends etc. Know how to play D&D 3-3,5 some GURPS, Vampire etc. And I can learn other ruleset pretty fast if needed.
Only problem is that I still practicing my accent, but I can hear/read very well.
Well, my offer above still stands, apparenty noone wants to play with us. 16:00 CEST appears to work for some people in the US, i think it is about 9am for you guys.
I want to try this. Please let me know if there is a one shot or a campaign starting. I am ok for sundays, saturday mornings, and weekday nights. Just let me know. Just a heads up, I would frequently be drinking wine or beer while playing and I would probably want to play a thief class or something a little less straightforward than a fighter class.
On May 24 2013 12:25 RQShatter wrote: I want to try this. Please let me know if there is a one shot or a campaign starting. I am ok for sundays, saturday mornings, and weekday nights. Just let me know. Just a heads up, I would frequently be drinking wine or beer while playing and I would probably want to play a thief class or something a little less straightforward than a fighter class.
On May 24 2013 12:25 RQShatter wrote: I want to try this. Please let me know if there is a one shot or a campaign starting. I am ok for sundays, saturday mornings, and weekday nights. Just let me know. Just a heads up, I would frequently be drinking wine or beer while playing and I would probably want to play a thief class or something a little less straightforward than a fighter class.
Anyone if there is a campaign running or a oneshot im a first time D&D player i can do friday nights and saturday nights please PM if any of you know of anything running.
Hi I'm looking for interested players for a new campaign I'm starting up. My timezone is GMT+2 and the games would start at around 19:30/20 and end at around 24-01:00 my time. The playing days are mostly up to the players, but I can NOT play on Fridays or Saturdays, but all other days should work. I'd be wanting to play at least once a week. (but possibly more if everyone is available).
I'm looking for 4 players and anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to join. We'll be playing Pathfinder (enhanced D&D 3.5) Most information about this system can be found here : http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/gettingStarted.html
I do not have much DMing experience myself, and I'm from Sweden so I do have a bit of an accent. Hopefully it should not be an issue. please PM me if you are interested in joining and we'll try to work out a more exact date/time once we have enough players.
Updated the OP, if you want to dm for a group, please post here with some information. If you found a group through this thread, also please post your success story. If you have any questions regarding roleplaying games, feel free to use this thread to talk about them. If you have suggestions about stuff that should be put into the OP, please post here.
Basically, just post things here, this thread could use some activity.
Ok, I'll post some funny updates from the campaign that we formed from this topic, because we're having such an awesome time.
So we were fighting the last goblin ghast of a pack of undead in an underground tunnel. The ghast was actually on the ground prone, since it couldn't for the unlife of it roll properly vs my Grease spell. So what it did was bite ankles of our warrior and battlecleric, paralyzing them in turn and doing a bit of damage, while both of them and our gunslinger spend like 10 rounds in a row MISSING every hit possible on the prone target on the floor. It went to such absurdity that I couldn't even breathe for all the laughing. The first hit landed on the thing was my wizard stepping on top of the paralyzed front line to land a fierce dagger blow, which connected! for...1d4-1 = 1-1 = 0 damage :D That goblin ghast lasted longer in battle than any other fight we've had so far, be them bosses or no. The Skype call was just uncontrollable laughter.
Bit before that, we were exploring an attic of a mansion perched on top of a cliff overlooking the sea, when our cleric gets a weird vision, fails his will saving throw, believes he is on fire and the only way to dowse the flames is...jump off the window to the sea ^_^ fortunately I managed to rush to the window to cast levitate on him before he plummeted down to a 20d6 damage fall which surely would have killed him.
The end boss of that place died within 2 turns, even though it had 90 hp. Kinda anticlimactic after the slaying of the goblin ghast that took over 10 rounds, but our battlecleric happened to roll and confirm a crit on his power attack 2handed sword swing and lopped the head off the boss for like 49 damage >_> Just as he finishes that my wizard finishes her first spell in the battle, to summon a small horde of things to pester the boss. Actually everytime in that dungeon I tried to summon something to aid in battle, our warriors finished whatever we were fighting just before my spell finished, sad day.
I heartily recommend everyone giving playing a try, this has been totally awesome experience and I've met fun people I hang out on skype every day now.
I'd also like to mention that the group centirius was offering above is already filled (hoping for a nice story here), which is why i did not include it in the OP. So if you want to start a group as a dm, this is you chance. You'll have a monopoly on the market!
Furthermore, i'd like to market the fact that one of the guys in my group is writing all of their exploits down, and it would be really a shame if only we read that in my opinion. So here is the link.
Now, just imagine yourself in their place, getting manhandled by faeries, meeting strange sleepwalking people, being cursed, getting involved with antinecromantic terrorists (And most recently, getting thrown into an Inquisition jail) You could be. Just find a group in this thread. Or you could tell a story that is way better then mine as a dm.
also wanted to tell our little invincible oiled up ghast story but nice to see someone from our group wrote in here already. im the battlecleric that has a habit of falling down really high things.
we're playing for close to 2 months by now i think. all first timers (including our gm) and we are having a blast. with the convenience of free online rulesets, rolld20 and skype there is no reason not to try it. just sign up people, there is nothing to lose except a few hours of time and much to gain.
The ghoul-story sound awfully similar to the 'Rise of the Runelords' adventure, if that would be the case, awesome ^^ I have some fond memories of that campaign myself!
On June 03 2013 00:17 Bog wrote: The ghoul-story sound awfully similar to the 'Rise of the Runelords' adventure, if that would be the case, awesome ^^ I have some fond memories of that campaign myself!
yep were doing rotrl so no spoilers pls currently about to reach lvl 6 . cleric/fighter/wizard and a gunslinger replaced our rogue also its pathfinder.
So a few of my friends want to start DnD, but we have no exp of it at all. I'm probably gonna end up having to be the DM so I would love to have as much experience under my feet.
If anyone has a campaign or something starting up, I would love to join! I'm brand new and it would love to learn either DnD or Pathfinder. I'm a quick learner so I shouldn't be too much of a burden lol.
I am a relatively new player to D&D, but I have played Neverwinter Nights a whole lot and am familiar with class systems, skills, feats, etc. I would like to try a oneshot to test out if this would be fun for me. My timezone is CDT (-6:00). If anyone would like a Monk or healer class in their party, I would love to play! Please PM me to contact me, and I will give you the necessary details of my availability and contact info.
So, we already got two new players. Maybe one of you just wants to try being the DM for a Oneshot? That appears to be the bottleneck most of the time. You don't necessarily need to have played as a player before being a DM, and honestly knowledge about the rules is overrated. The main point is having a story to tell, and being flexible enough to react to your players actions.
I guess i could also run a Oneshot, maybe i'll think of something fun. But since i don't really play DnD or Pathfinder, i can't help you with that. Also, my style of game might not necessarily be what you expect. especially if you are coming from NWN or other CRPGs, since i usually prefer a more investigative/narrative and less combat focused style of game.
If you want some help being a first time DM or preparing your adventure, maybe i or someone else here could help you with that. (Though honestly i kind of suck at written preperation, i do most of it in my head.)
I'll do another one shot. American times. Pathfinder. Pm me for info/ setting the group up. If it goes well will be looking for players a for a campaign.
On June 03 2013 11:49 randombum wrote: I'll do another one shot. American times. Pathfinder. Pm me for info/ setting the group up. If it goes well will be looking for players a for a campaign.
mmeee for either campaign or oneshot lol....tho ill prob play the same exact class/character i was last time lolol
On June 03 2013 11:49 randombum wrote: I'll do another one shot. American times. Pathfinder. Pm me for info/ setting the group up. If it goes well will be looking for players a for a campaign.
On June 03 2013 11:49 randombum wrote: I'll do another one shot. American times. Pathfinder. Pm me for info/ setting the group up. If it goes well will be looking for players a for a campaign.
On May 28 2013 08:21 centirius wrote: Hi I'm looking for interested players for a new campaign I'm starting up. My timezone is GMT+2 and the games would start at around 19:30/20 and end at around 24-01:00 my time. The playing days are mostly up to the players, but I can NOT play on Fridays or Saturdays, but all other days should work. I'd be wanting to play at least once a week. (but possibly more if everyone is available).
I'm looking for 4 players and anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to join. We'll be playing Pathfinder (enhanced D&D 3.5) Most information about this system can be found here : http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/gettingStarted.html
I do not have much DMing experience myself, and I'm from Sweden so I do have a bit of an accent. Hopefully it should not be an issue. please PM me if you are interested in joining and we'll try to work out a more exact date/time once we have enough players.
Update: I'm still looking for a couple of players for this, since a few of the ones I found previously decided to drop out. So I'm still in need of 1-2 more players. please PM me if you're interested in joining. The campaign is still completely fresh and no sesisons have been played (so you won't have missed anything)
On May 28 2013 08:21 centirius wrote: Hi I'm looking for interested players for a new campaign I'm starting up. My timezone is GMT+2 and the games would start at around 19:30/20 and end at around 24-01:00 my time. The playing days are mostly up to the players, but I can NOT play on Fridays or Saturdays, but all other days should work. I'd be wanting to play at least once a week. (but possibly more if everyone is available).
I'm looking for 4 players and anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to join. We'll be playing Pathfinder (enhanced D&D 3.5) Most information about this system can be found here : http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/gettingStarted.html
I do not have much DMing experience myself, and I'm from Sweden so I do have a bit of an accent. Hopefully it should not be an issue. please PM me if you are interested in joining and we'll try to work out a more exact date/time once we have enough players.
Update: I'm still looking for a couple of players for this, since a few of the ones I found previously decided to drop out. So I'm still in need of 1-2 more players. please PM me if you're interested in joining. The campaign is still completely fresh and no sesisons have been played (so you won't have missed anything)
Did you get my PM earlier? Haven't heard back from you. Or is this Sweden vs Finland war?
On May 28 2013 08:21 centirius wrote: Hi I'm looking for interested players for a new campaign I'm starting up. My timezone is GMT+2 and the games would start at around 19:30/20 and end at around 24-01:00 my time. The playing days are mostly up to the players, but I can NOT play on Fridays or Saturdays, but all other days should work. I'd be wanting to play at least once a week. (but possibly more if everyone is available).
I'm looking for 4 players and anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to join. We'll be playing Pathfinder (enhanced D&D 3.5) Most information about this system can be found here : http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/gettingStarted.html
I do not have much DMing experience myself, and I'm from Sweden so I do have a bit of an accent. Hopefully it should not be an issue. please PM me if you are interested in joining and we'll try to work out a more exact date/time once we have enough players.
Update: I'm still looking for a couple of players for this, since a few of the ones I found previously decided to drop out. So I'm still in need of 1-2 more players. please PM me if you're interested in joining. The campaign is still completely fresh and no sesisons have been played (so you won't have missed anything)
Did you get my PM earlier? Haven't heard back from you. Or is this Sweden vs Finland war?
I actually replied to your PM but never got anything back ^^
The year is 2072. Nation states have been abolished or become powerless in comparison to the rising megacorporations. Due to an event called "the awakening", magic has returned to the world. A bit later, large parts of humanity turned into orcs and trolls for no apparent reason, and a large percentage of the newborn children was either small and stout, or tall, thin, and had pointy ears.
You are a Runner. You do the dirty work, for the corp's or anyone else who is willing to pay your price. Your life is fast and dangerous.
"Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, EVER cut a deal with a dragon."
This will be a oneshot, euro timezone, probably on Sunday, June 16th, at 14:00 CEST, but that time is negotiable if the majority of the players wants to play at another time. The whole session will probably take about 4-5 hours, and we will have some short breaks in between. Please be nice to each other.
No previous knowledge of the Shadowrun rules or roleplaying in general is required. Please be nice.
Quickstart rules can be found here . You can use the archetypes in there as characters, i will also look some additional characters up, too. If you want to make your own character, a generator can be found here.
If you are interested in playing, please send me a PM including your skype information.
On June 04 2013 07:15 centirius wrote: Hi I'm looking for interested players for a new campaign I'm starting up. My timezone is GMT+2 and the games would start at around 19:30/20 and end at around 24-01:00 my time. The playing days are mostly up to the players, but I can NOT play on Fridays or Saturdays, but all other days should work. I'd be wanting to play at least once a week. (but possibly more if everyone is available).
I'm looking for 4 players and anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to join. We'll be playing Pathfinder (enhanced D&D 3.5) Most information about this system can be found here : http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/gettingStarted.html
I do not have much DMing experience myself, and I'm from Sweden so I do have a bit of an accent. Hopefully it should not be an issue. please PM me if you are interested in joining and we'll try to work out a more exact date/time once we have enough players.
I can only emphasize on what other people have already said in this thread. If you're interested in this and a little reluctant or shy to try it out, just fuck it and go for it, talk to people and set up a group. It's worth it. Had a lot of fun so far.
Hey guys, if anyone needs another noobie I've got a pretty good imagination and I really wanna start playing (Rollplay brought me here) so if you like an upbeat and fun personality for a skype D&D campaign and don't mind running through the steps (I don't think it'd be that hard) then send me a PM!
Skype: mitchell.christiesc2
Like I said, It'll be a blast and I hope someone has room for one more! : D
Player or DM: player Time: Atlantic (1 hour ahead of EST) Setting: Similar to Rollplay, middle age style but I'd be willing to try whatever System: dunno really what this means Way of playing: Skype/roll20 etc How to contact you: Skype or PM me here Player requirements: N/A Amount of players wanted: N/A
Just look at which round you like, and PM the respective DM. I try to keep the OP updated with changes regarding the groups, but i am of course dependent on people to tell me when they are finished grouping.
Since you are interested in medieval fantasy, you might want to contact centirius 4 posts above you, i think he is still looking for another player for his pathfinder campaign, which is basically a modified DnD system.
On June 04 2013 07:15 centirius wrote: Hi I'm looking for interested players for a new campaign I'm starting up. My timezone is GMT+2 and the games would start at around 19:30/20 and end at around 24-01:00 my time. The playing days are mostly up to the players, but I can NOT play on Fridays or Saturdays, but all other days should work. I'd be wanting to play at least once a week. (but possibly more if everyone is available).
I'm looking for 4 players and anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to join. We'll be playing Pathfinder (enhanced D&D 3.5) Most information about this system can be found here : http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/gettingStarted.html
I do not have much DMing experience myself, and I'm from Sweden so I do have a bit of an accent. Hopefully it should not be an issue. please PM me if you are interested in joining and we'll try to work out a more exact date/time once we have enough players.
Update: Group is full, 1 session played
We need more juicy information.
Also, since one of my players randomly vanished, i could use another 1-2 people for my Shadowrun Oneshot this Sunday.
Time(including timezone) American. I live in central. Will decide based upon what's best for the group Setting: Normal fantasy. Elves, goblins, wizards etc. System: Pathfinder. Way of playing(Skype, roll20, etc...) Skype and roll20 How to contact you: PM me here on team liquid, or if I've played with you before you should have my skype. Player requirements: Anybody is welcome, but preference will be awarded to those that have played before and know they would be up to showing up to every session. Amount of players wanted: 3/4
On June 13 2013 16:09 randombum wrote: So starting a campaign I will be DMing
Time(including timezone) American. I live in central. Will decide based upon what's best for the group Setting: Normal fantasy. Elves, goblins, wizards etc. System: Pathfinder. Way of playing(Skype, roll20, etc...) Skype and roll20 How to contact you: PM me here on team liquid, or if I've played with you before you should have my skype. Player requirements: Anybody is welcome, but preference will be awarded to those that have played before and know they would be up to showing up to every session. Amount of players wanted: 3/4
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Gloinar Skype Name: Pm me here and I can give out my skype Time available (EDT): (Time Zone GMT - 4:00) I am available Weekdays 6pm-12am, and weekends Any time. Experience: I Used to play a lot of D&D 1st and 2nd edition as well as a lot of D&D based games Additional Information: I have not played D&D in a long time but would love to get back into it. I am rusty on a lot of the rules but willing to learn. PM me on this site if you are looking for player to add to the group. Thanks in advance
Simberto is an awesome DM Shadowrun campaign was awesome, I didn't have this much fun in a loong time. We got totally baited and outsmarted lol. Not even my caltrops were able to save us. Reccomend Shadowrun or indeed any DnD like thing to any and everyone.
A guy summoning the spirit of his grandfather to airdrop the group into the target building. A nearly completely cybered up troll wearing two suits of armor kicking a hole in the wall on the third floor and jumping down with the LMG in one hand and a huge stolen safe (which you couldn't get open) in the other, a massively muscular orc hacker following with the spirit medium wrapped over his shoulders. The Combat Mage barely bandaging said spirit medium back from an inch of his life at the last possible second while under fire from corporate security. We had so many cool scenes in this session.
I really hope that this makes you guys try to find more Pen and Paper games. Especially don't be intimidated by the role of the dm. It is a lot easier then it looks. Also, most systems are a lot less complicated then Shadowrun.
Seriously, if you are interested in it, just try it. There are lots of cheap or free roleplaying systems available (a few links are in the OP, but a lot of others also exist) Just prepare a bit of story and make the rest up on the spot, and you have got yourself a oneshot. What is the worst that can happen? Apparently you can get good and fun players here on TL to be your guinea pigs.
My next Oneshot will probably be Call of Cthulhu, but i am currently contemplating if i want to run the Space 1889/Cthulhu Crossover again, or if i should actually buy the Cthulhu sourcebook and go for a classical 1920s setting.
I've been playing roleplaying games for the last 14 years and I have to say that nothing beats Call of Cthulhu Delta Green (Countdown) and World of Darkness Orpheus. Not by a mile. D&D 3e I loved and still love to shit but it simply doesn't compare to these two to my tastes. Currently playing in an Orpheus campaign (going 2.5 years strong atm) where we are halfway through the books (so excited still :D) and running a Delta Green adaption based on CoC Nocturnum (which is horrible but good inspiration/basis for a campaign, but don't ever run it as is. Way too flawed and basic.).
Had our second session last night under the watchful eye of DM centirius. Some skellies died, some goblins perished and a lot of poor dice rolls happened We also spent about an hour ruthlessly stalking the streets of Sandpoint, mercilessly interrogating every shopowner who had a daughter whose name contains an E. We take rat problems very, very seriously. A summary of our conversations would go something like:
"Hey! Do you have a rat problem? No? We were told you did! Anyway, here's a list of names, is your daughter's name on here? Which bar is she currently at? Are you sure there are no rats?"
On June 18 2013 04:53 Alak wrote: Had our second session last night under the watchful eye of DM centirius. Some skellies died, some goblins perished and a lot of poor dice rolls happened We also spent about an hour ruthlessly stalking the streets of Sandpoint, mercilessly interrogating every shopowner who had a daughter whose name contains an E. We take rat problems very, very seriously. A summary of our conversations would go something like:
"Hey! Do you have a rat problem? No? We were told you did! Anyway, here's a list of names, is your daughter's name on here? Which bar is she currently at? Are you sure there are no rats?"
oh that sounds very different from our "rat expirience" but interesting. would love if some people here would write up more storys from their campaigns. ofc spoiler tagged if its about a specific public campaign.
The only thing missing in there is something like.
"Would really be a shame if a few rats would suddenly appear in your nice basement, right? What would that do to that nice daughter of yours? She is called xyz and currently in that bar, right?"
The Shadowrun one shot was fun even though it ended in complete faliure. Many security guards were brutally murdered, we found out that combat hackers are significantly better at combat than hacking (damn you shitty dice rolls) and wearing two suits of armour will protect you from stuff like helicopters shooting you in the face or a safe blowing up in your face but is completely useless against magic wolves.
I will be running a Call of Cthulhu Oneshot on Sunday, June 30th. About 14:00-16:00 CEST, and the session will last for about 4-6 hours.
CoC is a horror RPG set in the 1920s as described by H.P. Lovecraft.
It is distinctly different from most other PnP systems. There is a large focus on investigation and horror. The system is simple and incredibly deadly.
There are Things out there, Things which are way beyond human comprehension, and against which you have no possible way of succeeding. Ancient things, things to which you, and all of humanity, are no more then a passing dream. Humanity lives in a small bubble of stability within an unrelenting universe of things that were and will be again. Knowledge of those things will drive you insane, as they are just completely irreconcilable with the way we see the universe. But your ignorance will not protect you either. Nothing can protect you against the horror from beyond. You can not win, but maybe, just maybe, you can survive. If you are very lucky.
We will be playing through roll20/skype. If you are interested in joining, either send me a PM with your skype information, or contact me on skype if you have already played with me before.
You can find a quickstart guide here. If you for some reason end up with the german quickstart guide, don't read the adventure at the end of it since i might be running that one (haven't decided yet). Though you should generally avoid reading adventures if you do not plan on running them yourself, you might always end up playing that one.
Time:Whatever timezone germany (Central European Time (CET)) Setting: Normal I guess? I want to play a campaing called "War of the Burning Sky" System: D&D 3.5e Way of playing: Teamspeak3/Skype (I prefer teamspeak but it's not a big deal) and Roll20 How to contact you: PM me on teamliquid, I refresh like every 19 seconds because I'm a nerd. Player requirements: None really. I am a total noob myself. so we will all have to put a little bit of work into it and actually read the Player Handbook It would be great if I could find german players (not because I'm racist) because I am not that confident in my spoken english. If we don't get a group full of germans I will definately give english a shot though, but then you guys gotta live with some stuttering once in a while :D Also, I would like to play about once a week. Obviously it is ok if we have to cancel once in a while, but I'd like this to be fairly regular. Amount of players: I need 3 people. The campaign is set for 4 players and a good friend of mine is already on board.
I will be running a Call of Cthulhu Oneshot on Sunday, June 30th. About 14:00-16:00 CEST, and the session will last for about 4-6 hours.
CoC is a horror RPG set in the 1920s as described by H.P. Lovecraft.
It is distinctly different from most other PnP systems. There is a large focus on investigation and horror. The system is simple and incredibly deadly.
There are Things out there, Things which are way beyond human comprehension, and against which you have no possible way of succeeding. Ancient things, things to which you, and all of humanity, are no more then a passing dream. Humanity lives in a small bubble of stability within an unrelenting universe of things that were and will be again. Knowledge of those things will drive you insane, as they are just completely irreconcilable with the way we see the universe. But your ignorance will not protect you either. Nothing can protect you against the horror from beyond. You can not win, but maybe, just maybe, you can survive. If you are very lucky.
We will be playing through roll20/skype. If you are interested in joining, either send me a PM with your skype information, or contact me on skype if you have already played with me before.
You can find a quickstart guide here. If you for some reason end up with the german quickstart guide, don't read the adventure at the end of it (The Edge of Darkness) since i might be running that one (haven't decided yet). Though you should generally avoid reading adventures if you do not plan on running them yourself, you might always end up playing that one.
Still looking for 2-3 additional investigators to fulfill a dying man's last wish.
Background This campaign will be more about dungeon crawling and puzzle solving than most, but there will still be plenty of RP and character development. The campaign will be focused around clearing out and overcoming a cavern system beneath an abandoned castle infested with Goblins and nasty monsters. However, in between dungeon diving there will be some amount of political intrigue and other activities.
After pressing his ducal claim on the nearby county of Torydale, Duke Paul has added substantially to his realm. He plans to set up a seat of power in the abandoned keep, that he might have another vassal. He and his men cleared it out of the goblins and creatures living in it. As masons and laborers moved in to repair the keep, more goblins appeared from within the depths of the castle to attack them. Further inspection revealed that the cellars of the castle fade into a honeycombed system of dark caverns.
With most of his men occupied, and those at the castle already busy with dealing with the raiders and defending the workmen, The Duke has had to find another way to clear out this dungeon. He decided to hire sellswords, ask the priesthood for crusaders, call in old favors, and find mages via his court Wizard. In other words, he's decided to hire you to do the job.
Over the course of the last week, you've trickled into Castle City Pory, and Duke Paul has arranged for your stay at The Keystone, a modest but comfortable inn in the castle district. As the last of you arrive, the Duke has summoned you to his court at noon-day to discuss the terms of your employment. Hopefully he will provide you with whatever resources are necessary. It's the 70th day of Summer, but even now the brisk Albian air reminds you of the cold winters this place experiences.
A moment of background: Chroisburg is a Duchy that currently includes the County of Chroisburg and the County of Torydale. Paul of Chroisburg is both the Duke of Chroisburg and the Count of Chroisburg-- he gained the former title by pressing an ancestral claim on Torydale. His brother Reginald is the de jure Count of Torydale, but without vassals and a castle of his own, he stays at Paul's court. At a modest personal expense, Paul has arranged for reclamation of the ancient Dwarf-Keep in the Torydale hills. By establishing a seat of power for his brother, he creates a valuable vassalage and will likely profit from it. His fealty to Albia and King Ghrep are unwavering, as is his loyalty to Emperor Zaiv and The Empire.
That being said, there have been rumblings of war. In the past few years more and more Dukes have waged private wars to acquire vassals or lands from other dukes. Even now, King Ghrep of Albia has gone to war with King Mundus of Bould. Though such wars are legal under Imperial law, the realm shudders with political tension. More and more, it seems Zaiv is not the Emperor his father was. Without strong central leadership, the Empire that has stood for centuries might yet fall.
1. What game system are you running (D&D, Call of Cthulu, Palladium, GURPS, etc.), and if applicable what edition (Original, Classic, Revised, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, etc.)? D20 SRD - Only using D20SRD.org
My definition of "Core" means everything that can be found in one of the following four sources (D&D 3.5 sources): the Player's Handbook (PHB), the Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG), the Monster Manual (MM), and the 3.5 System Reference Document (SRD). In addition to that, you can pick alternate races and classes from Unearthed Arcana on the SRD, but run it by me first. Off hand I'd say no Generic Classes, Gestalt, or LA buyoff.
If you have the System Reference Document (SRD) only, you're missing out a few things. The Dungeon Master's Guide has one prestige class that's not in the SRD: the Red Wizard (page 193). The Monster Manual has the following races that are not in the SRD: Githyanki (page 127), Githzerai (page 129), Kuo-Toa (page 163). These races and the prestige class are all allowed, even though they're not in the SRD.
Not everything in the Expanded Psionics Handbook can be used. The Hidden Talent feat (page 67) isn't in the SRD, and so cannot be taken. Similarly, the psionic Githyanki (page 10), psionic Githzerai (page 11), and Thri-Kreen (page 14) races aren't in the SRD, and thus cannot be used. Note that the non-psionic versions of the Githyanki and the Githzerai are in the Monster Manual, and so can be used; the restriction only applies to the psionic versions listed in the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Also note that besides minor name changes to several of the prestige classes, one prestige class (the Illithid Slayer) has become the Slayer, and now has one less prerequisite, in addition to being a much more flexible class.
The following core spells and powers are banned: Gate: The Gate spell is banned in all its forms. Psychic Reformation: This power is banned. Reincarnate: This spell is banned. True Mindswitch: This power is banned.
2. What 'type' or variant of game will it be (i.e. "Shadow Chasers" or "Agents of Psi" for d20 Modern)? What is the setting for the game (eg. historic period, published or homebrewed campaign setting, alternate reality, modern world, etc.)? Standard 3.5e Core only.
3. How many Players are you looking for? Will you be taking alternates, and if so, how many? 5 players. Will take alternates, but hopefully won't be needed.
4. What's the gaming medium (forum, chat, e-mail etc.)? Forum, mostly, and teamspeak for certain components. Most of the roleplaying in this game, as well as moving through the world, solving puzzles, interacting with NPCs and other PCs etc will be handled in a thread (not sure where this will go-- maybe blogs of sports/games, but don't want to clutter anything up, so we might move it over the QuickTopic). When combat or something takes place, we'll try to set a time to get things done in Teamspeak, since combat minutae take a lot of back-and-forth, which gets bogged down in a forum context.
5. What is the characters' starting status (i.e. experience level)? 3200 exp, 3rd level.
6. How much gold or other starting funds will the characters begin with? 3000 gp
7. Are there any particular character classes, professions, orders, etc. that you want... or do not want? What are your rules on 'prestige' and/or homebrewed classes? Core only
8. What races, subraces, species, etc. are allowed for your game? Will you allow homebrewed races or species? 'Prestige' races or species? Core only
9. By what method should Players generate their attributes/ability scores and Hit Points? 32 Point Buy.
10. Does your game use alignment? What are your restrictions, if so? There are no alignments in my game. Detect Evil and the like detect hostile intent. Protection from Evil gives a flat +1 Deflection mod to AC and a flat +1 Resistance bonus to saves instead of +2 vs evil. Gods still have personalities, so don't go trying to execute innocent women and children as a cleric of Heironeous. In terms of your own character, just make sure you get along with the party and have a motivation to stick with them-- you guys should be friends, or at least allies.
11. Do you allow multi-classing, or have any particular rules in regards to it? I use fractional BAB and fractional Saves. Example: A Monk 1/Rogue 1 would have: 1 BAB, 2 Fort, 3 Reflex, 2 Will.
12. Will you be doing all of the die rolling during the course of the game? Will die rolls be altered, or left to the honor system? If players can make die rolls, which ones do they make, how should they make the rolls, and how should they report them? forum dice rolls only. Players roll things for their own character, and I'll handle NPC rolls and Initiative at the start of combat to save time, as well as certain spot, sense motive, and search checks.
13. Are there any homebrewed or optional/variant rules that your Players should know about? If so, list and explain them, or provide relevant links to learn about these new rules. Full HP on the first dice, use average on all following hit dice. For example, a 3rd-level Wizard would have 4+ 2.5 + 2.5 hp from his hit dice, plus whatever he'd get from constitution. I use Rich's Diplomacy.
14. Is a character background required? If so, how big? Are you looking for anything in particular (i.e. the backgrounds all ending up with the characters in the same city)? Your backstory can be what you want it to be, but should focus on your character's motivations, morals, and character more than generating plot-hooks. Of course, as a group you'll want to bring your characters together in your backstory.
15. Does your game involve a lot of hack & slash, puzzle solving, roleplaying, or a combination of the above? More of the first two, a bit of the last.
16. Are your Players restricted to particular rulebooks and supplements, or will you be allowing access to non-standard material? What sources can Players use for their characters? core d20 rules.
Players must be 18+. No offense meant to younger players-- I was one once-- but there will be no minors in this game for reasons of maturity.
Players must be comfortable using 3.5e. Ideally you've played a campaign before in this system, or at least a few adventures. A newer player will be accommodated but should try to set aside time to get familiar.
Power Gaming: Please make an effective and fun character. If you're here to powergame, though, try another campaign.
Most encounters and problems have numerous ways to solve them.
Posting requirement: please set aside time to post at least once a day. If you don't have time for that much posting, but still want to play, please contact me via PM and we can try to work it out, but I'd like the game to move at a reasonable pace.
Signups: Post a character idea and backstory or description if you're interested. Just saying you're interested alone doesn't really count ;_;. I'll put an example backstory for you at the bottom to get an idea for what you're going for.
I was not always nameless. Once, what seems an eternity ago, I was a prince, with a mighty and noble name. The second son of Shrack, I was never destined to rule, nor was I fit for it. Smart, they said, but daft with people. I was okay with that. It was a happy life-- let Wralec rule. I am happy with book and horse. It all went downhill when that woman came. Our mother died in the great war 10 years ago, and so when the Sorceress came to wed my father he gladly agreed. And in time, she enmeshed herself in the bonds of power, slowly drawing the reins of the kingdom away from Father. In his declining health, he could barely tell what was happening. When at last we could bear no more, Wralec and I confronted Jessica in the Royal Bedroom. She lay an fell curse on Wralec and he attacked me, but I managed to subdue him without killing him. I turned on her, but her magic was too strong even for me. When I came to, I was in a prison cell. The story was, I'd been found in the throne room and Wralec was dead by my hand. Fratricide. Jessica wanted to kill me, but even in his age and senility Father was fair and just. I was stripped of my title, my wealth, and my name, and exiled for life. I am only Kinslayer now. My heart is empty as I wander these lands, far away from home. Whatever foul befalls me here is nothing compared to what has come before.
My definition of "Core" means everything that can be found in one of the following four sources (D&D 3.5 sources): the Player's Handbook (PHB), the Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG), the Monster Manual (MM), and the 3.5 System Reference Document (SRD). In addition to that, you can pick alternate races and classes from Unearthed Arcana on the SRD, but run it by me first. Off hand I'd say no Generic Classes, Gestalt, or LA buyoff.
If you have the System Reference Document (SRD) only, you're missing out a few things. The Dungeon Master's Guide has one prestige class that's not in the SRD: the Red Wizard (page 193). The Monster Manual has the following races that are not in the SRD: Githyanki (page 127), Githzerai (page 129), Kuo-Toa (page 163). These races and the prestige class are all allowed, even though they're not in the SRD.
Not everything in the Expanded Psionics Handbook can be used. The Hidden Talent feat (page 67) isn't in the SRD, and so cannot be taken. Similarly, the psionic Githyanki (page 10), psionic Githzerai (page 11), and Thri-Kreen (page 14) races aren't in the SRD, and thus cannot be used. Note that the non-psionic versions of the Githyanki and the Githzerai are in the Monster Manual, and so can be used; the restriction only applies to the psionic versions listed in the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Also note that besides minor name changes to several of the prestige classes, one prestige class (the Illithid Slayer) has become the Slayer, and now has one less prerequisite, in addition to being a much more flexible class.
The following core spells and powers are banned: Gate: The Gate spell is banned in all its forms. Psychic Reformation: This power is banned. Reincarnate: This spell is banned. True Mindswitch: This power is banned.
No Flaws/Traits
No Alignment
Feel free to compose the party however you'd like. I'll make the encounters appropriate.
House and Thread Rules
Bold Color for character speech, Italics for internal thoughts. Don't mix these up. Ex: "[COLOR="Red"]Of course, sir[/COLOR]" says Johnny, bowing. Wow I hate this knight and having to pretend to be nice to him.
Try to be active and interactive with your posts. Even if what you're doing is waiting for someone else to do something, you can move the party forwards. Ideally, you can keep things moving at a brisk pace while still doing what you'd want to do. As an example: Richard peers suspiciously at the swinging blades passing through the walls up ahead. "[COLOR="Lime"]Ghordryn, any chance you can jam that mechanism?[/COLOR]" If Ghordryn can't disable it, he draws his adamantine longsword and swings at the blades as they pass. If the trap is disabled, he'll continue at the front of the group down the corridor.
I use the honor system for dice rolls in combat and the like: don't delete posts where you rolled poorly, and don't open spoilers that are marked for other characters or for the DM.
I'll make certain assumptions and follow patterns the party sets. If you have a default marching order or order of night watches, or if you say you always search all doors for traps, I'll assume you take these actions without asking them. The goal is to not get slowed down by mindless details, but still get the full experience of the decision-making and the like. This may mean I'll be rolling some things for your characters (like search checks for traps or spot checks when you move into a new room where there is a hidden enemy) to save some time.
Instead of PMs, whenever possible, ask questions in thread to prevent redundancy. If you want to privately do character stuff (like stealing something off a goblin corpse before the party arrives), put it in spoilers and label it appropriately.
If you are unable to post for over a day, please let us know. We all have things that happen in our lives, and it's better to accommodate these things ahead of time than for the other players and me not to know what's going on. I'll be following this rule as well. If you want to take a leave of absence from the campaign, that's fine as well. If you need to be gone for a decent amount of time but want your character to be active for that week, we can get someone else or myself to control your character during that time. If you disappear for over a week with no explanation, I'll put your character on a forced leave of absence, effectively dropping you from the campaign.
I use fractional BAB and fractional Saves. Example: A Monk 1/Rogue 1 would have: 1 BAB, 2 Fort, 3 Reflex, 2 Will.
There are no alignments in my game. Detect Evil and the like detect hostile intent. Protection from Evil gives a flat +1 Deflection mod to AC and a flat +1 Resistance bonus to saves instead of +2 vs evil. Gods still have personalities, so don't go trying to execute innocent women and children as a cleric of Heironeous. In terms of your own character, just make sure you get along with the party and have a motivation to stick with them-- you guys should be friends, or at least allies. Paladins have Smite Enemy instead of Smite Evil.
Wizards do not need to make spellcraft checks to copy new spells from spellbooks or scrolls into their own spellbooks.
Would be nice if the groups i currently have in the OP (KadaverBB, Blazinghand, randombum) could inform me once they are full so i can remove them.
Also, i am still looking for a few players for my Call of Cthulhu Oneshot this weekend. Try something different once in a while, not every PnP game needs to be in a fantasy setting and involve killing a lot of goblins.
Simberto if you were running your campaign another day or at an earlier time (10 CEST) -- then I would play; but that's probably too unreasonable of a request.
On June 25 2013 02:21 CrazyF1r3f0x wrote: Simberto if you were running your campaign another day or at an earlier time (10 CEST) -- then I would play; but that's probably too unreasonable of a request.
That would probably conflict with some of the players i have already got. Earlier times especially have the problem that they make it completely impossible for americans, which one of my players is.
On June 25 2013 03:32 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: so whats the most used system here so far? 3.5e, pathfinder, older or entirely different stuff?
are you running campaigns or just open stuff rollplay style? what is your grp composition?
From what i can tell in this thread, it is probably one of the DnD derivatives, probably Pathfinder.
I personally find this fixation on Fantasy Hack'n'Slay a bit weird. There are so many other fun scenarios and games out there, but apparently almost everyone wants to punch orcs.
I am currently running a Savage Worlds Fantasy campaign with a few players i found here on TL. I have a storyline in mind, but my players always have the freedom both to choose sides, and to see with what they actually want to get involved or not. There is also a lot less combat then one would usually expect, since they don't randomly encounter conveniently sized groups of enemies at just the right strength that just happen to run around everywhere all the time.
I'm confirmed for not having time on sunday, so sadly no horrible deaths for me.
BH, if I understood this right everything but combat is gonna be forum based/written? Are there any rough times for combat or is it just gonna be whatever works? Cuz I'd be interested depending.
On June 25 2013 04:51 Dandel Ion wrote: I'm confirmed for not having time on sunday, so sadly no horrible deaths for me.
BH, if I understood this right everything but combat is gonna be forum based/written? Are there any rough times for combat or is it just gonna be whatever works? Cuz I'd be interested depending.
Basically, yes, we're going to be doing just about everything but combat in a written format. I've tried also running combat in a written format, but it has some problems. Whereas in a roleplay situation, you can post in any order you want to, in combat, you have to play in a certain order. If for example you're busy for a day and can't post, the other members of the party can continue interacting with the elf chieftan or whatever and you can jump right back in whenever is convenient for you. If you're busy for a day and can't post during combat, though, everyone has to wait a day since it's your turn.
In the past, I've had people try to post their moves/turns in advance (ie, "I shoot the goblin that Tordek hits, unless Tordek kills it, in which case I shoot that one that Mialee hits...") but this kind of thing still requires a certain amount of juggling. I find it's easier just to set up a time that's convenient for most of the players and run the combat then-- the quick back-and-forth interactions needed for combat work out much better live. Roughly, I expect we'll be running combat around noonish Pacific time (around 8-9 european time) on a weekend when we come to that, but it'll vary if we have players from asia or if people have scheduling concerns. We'll find a way to work it out.
Oh geez. Tomorrow I'm GMing a one shot adventure in real life with 7 players!!! So many people and I hope it won't be too much of a gong show. Fortunately my regular gm will be playing a character and helping with rules/ streamlining combat. Two others are our 'regular' players, but the other four are completely new. Didn't plan on having this many, but it kinda morphed that way.
Still looking for 1-2 additional players for my CoC Oneshot this Sunday.
Your old friend/teacher/relative Rupert Merrywheather is dying, and asking for a last favour. Do you really care so little about him that you want to deny him that last wish?
Why do so few people want to get eaten by Eldritch Abominations?
nice run of call of cthulhu ! we had (not really) great success! somehow my character remained sane throughout the game;; so thankyou all who I played with *^^*
simberto, maybe you could record your next oneshot? not asking for streaming or huge videocap, just basic mp3 could be interesting. ofc only if your players dont have a problem with that.
I think one of my players recorded the last one, i will ask him if he can give me that file. I was kind of scared to look at it because i have the feeling that things are a lot more fun while playing and sound really stupid when listening.
I am thinking about hosting an Eclipse Phase Oneshot next, but i still don't have a good story. I will probably be using a FATE hack because from what i heard the EP system itself is not that good (I haven't read all of it yet), but the setting itself is amazing.
Are there people interested in playing a kind of dystopian transhumanist game all over the solar system after humanity on earth was wiped out by a singularity AI rebellion?
On July 08 2013 16:32 Simberto wrote: I am thinking about hosting an Eclipse Phase Oneshot next, but i still don't have a good story. I will probably be using a FATE hack because from what i heard the EP system itself is not that good (I haven't read all of it yet), but the setting itself is amazing.
Are there people interested in playing a kind of dystopian transhumanist game all over the solar system after humanity on earth was wiped out by a singularity AI rebellion?
That scenario does indeed sound pretty cool. Since I am kind of pressed for time right now, how much reading up would we have to do if we aren't familiar with the ruleset and where do you get the books?
My games generally don't require a lot of preparation. I post some information, but most of it is something you can read if you want more background, but don't need to. Rule knowledge is not required either, fate is rather simple and just using your stuff can be explained in a few sentences, plus it is usually enough if i know the rules. For example, you can find all of the Eclipse Phase as pdfs for free (though if you enjoy it, you should support the developers) But i don't require my players to read 1000 pages of background and rules, otherwise i doubt i'd find any.
I'd also like to throw my name in here as someone interested in being a player. Pertinent information... For time: I live in US East (EDT at the moment), and I can find time most evenings if I know in advance. For experience: No in-person roleplaying experience. Some experience roleplaying through text with Legend of the Five Rings and Iron Kingdoms. Plenty of time spent playing assorted CRPGs such as Baldur's Gate.
I've always been interested in Eclipse Phase. The stories and theme of the setting is something I really enjoy, and the system seems somewhat bizare (I'm curious how the -Rep thing works in practice). If you decide to host a game, I'd be more than happy to join if I'm able
First I need to read a bit more, and come up with a story. Just wanted to know if it is worth the effort, would suck if i then wouldn't have any players.
Simberto when would you be hosting said one-shot? I'd be interested in participating, but I'd need some more details on the when it would be, so I know if I can participate at all.
Usually european times ~16:00, so americans should be able to play if they get up a bit early (~7-8 AM for them if i am correct). However, i still need to read a bit more of the EP sourcebooks, and i have only come up with abotu 1/3 of a story so far, so probably in ~2 weeks.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: EffectS Skype Name: GoodProteinForYou Time available (EDT): I'm at GMT+2 (Belgium) which is EDT+6 if I'm not mistaken. I'm available to play every day up until 4 pm. And on Weekends up until 6 pm. Experience: Other than watching JP and other Streamers on Twitch, Zero. Additional Information: Ever since I was 16 I wanted to play tabletop RPGs, but unfortunately none of my friends wanted to play. So I never actually got a chance to play or even just try it out. After watching JP's RollPlay series I found out that you can play online these days, so now I'm desperate to try it out!
I'd prefer to play with Europeans, just because of the playing times, but I don't mind playing with people from other regions.
Feel free to contact me on Skype, Reddit (EunByuL) or TeamLiquid (EffectS).
Player or DM: Player TL-ID Erozz Skype Name: PM me for it (I use my work skype) Time available (GMT+2): Weekdays 6:00Pm-01:00am ; weekends 11:00am-04:00pm Experience: 15hours woth of D&D 3.5 pathfinder
Additional Information: This is what i want to do now :D I'm sill in my old D&D group but they play once in a month. I want to play more. I really enjoy building up the story with my patry friends and living the world we adventure in. And yes :D you guessed it... i have watched all the RollPlay games :D PLEASE PM me if you need one new nice guy to play with you some D&D !
Player or DM : Player, i am too rusty for DM at the moment. TL-ID : Godwrath Skype Name : Yipikayey Time available (EDT): I am GMT 0, i would be able to play most days from 5pm to 9pm afternoons. Experience : Was dungeon master during my teenage years, vampire, D&D 3.0 and 3.5, LoTR, etc... the last few years i had played some 4.0 and i would like to play the essentials (as i got some of the books and still have not used it due to not finding people to play with in the place i live), but i don't really mind trying some different game. PM me here if possible.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: PaqMan Time available (CDT): My work schedule is crazy, but I never work later than 9:30pm Experience: Besides watching JP, none. I've messed around with character sheets, but I've never actually played.
One of you guys should just give dm-ing a shot, it looks a lot harder then it actually is. Because i really doubt that posting all these player things here does actually accomplish anything.
Hello everyone, just wanted to throw my name into the hat as a potential DM in the future.
Player or DM : DM and Player TL-ID : bK Skype Name : bK- Time available (EDT): Currently I reside in the GMT-4 Timezone. Times are still TBD due to classes starting up in August. Experience : I have played pen and paper since 2005 off and on. Some systems I have played around with are BESM,Shadowrun,DnD 2nd ed,3rd ed,3.5 and unfortunately 4th ed. My favorite as I am posting this is Pathfinder RPG.
Currently I host a game of pathfinder on Wednesday Nights at 1830-2400 or 6:30pm-12am EST (GMT-4) We also record each session and here is the link to the website dedicated to the campaign. Council of Thieves Stream Link Feel free to join me and my group on Wednesday nights. Best way to contact me is via skype message or catch me in the TL DayZ sub-channel in teamspeak.
On July 30 2013 14:42 Simberto wrote: One of you guys should just give dm-ing a shot, it looks a lot harder then it actually is. Because i really doubt that posting all these player things here does actually accomplish anything.
Well being a DM on the internet takes a lot of work to establish a system. Personally I run maptools b89 server with a complete framework built from the ground up for pathfinder/dnd 3.5. Then we have all the spells macro'd out and just about everything else so it runs very smooth. After that you just have the players host their character sheets on a website like mythweavers and all join a skype call or ventrilo server together. All in all it takes a lot of getting used to but once you have the tools in place its a breeze. One of the many perks is that you can play with players from all over the world that introduce new thoughts into each scenario. If anyone needs a hand throw me a message I don't mind helping someone out.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID KnowYenemy Skype Name: KnowYourEnemy2 Time available (UTC+9 Korea ): I can basically freely adjust my time since i work as an freelancer and can schedule my working times Experience: Around 15 years ago ( lol ) I played a lot AD&D, DSA ( Das schwarze Auge), Shadowrun and Vampire:Masquerade. Since its been a really long time I dont really remember a lot of things and I also mainly played DSA. I never played it through internet though so I am not sure which tools I need etc.
Additional Information: I am german currently living in Seoul and I would appreciate if some group would let me join
Player or DM: Player TL-ID: Chubs01 Skype Name: Chubs Time available: I am about to be heading to college soon at the end of the next month, so my availability might change a little bit when the time comes. But for now, I pretty much sit at home most nights lonely and looking for something to entertain myself. Experience: I've tried playing DnD with a couple of friends, but due to some of them going off and "getting lives" or "leaving their houses for a change" the group's sessions eventually ended because people stopped showing up. So I am pretty much a Novice, I have a general understanding about how things work but I also have a lot of stuff to still learn.
Update 31/08/2013: One of our players has had to pull out. If anyone wants to join us let me know, we're in our 3rd session now so it should be fairly easy to incorporate into the group. We have a rogue a mage and a fighter, so the party will need some sort of healer class.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID: Ren91 Skype: richard8701
Time available (GMT+1): Sessions will be on a Sunday at 6:00 gmt+1 lasting between 3 and 4 hours. However this isn't set in stone so if you wanna play but can't on these days let me know. If we don't get enough players then I'll be willing to change it.
Experience:I've only DM'ed around 5-7 sessions, I'm fairly inexperienced but I've gotta learn somehow! I've also played as a character around 4-5 sessions.
What resources will you be using?: We'll most likely be using skype for voip, Roll20 for the maps and as a dice roller. I've started using myth weaver as BK suggested and it seems like a damn awesome way to keep character sheets up to date.
Amount of players wanted: We're currently at 4/4
Additional Information: I noticed how many people were looking, and it doesn't seem like there's enough DM's. I figured I might as well give it a go even if it's a one time thing. But if you enjoy it then we can turn it into a long campaign.
It will be a 3.5e campaign, a standard fantasy, with goblins and warlocks and things that go bump in the night. I have some world building put together but it'll be started on Noscíy Island on which a goblin threat has arisen. The lord and mayor of the port town of Dugo has sent word to the mainland that he will pay for any travelers or mercenaries to quell their presence. That's the basics of what your beginning quest will be, I'll let you know more as we get the session together. I may also create a write up of our adventures and as such will record it so I have a log of everything that happens, but we'll see if I can put the time in.
Feel free to PM me or message me on Skype if you're interested, let me know what day is best for you and what starting and ending time. If you want to create your own character and don't know where to start I'm happy to help, I'm also willing to create some pre-made characters for you guys if you so wish.
On July 30 2013 14:42 Simberto wrote: One of you guys should just give dm-ing a shot, it looks a lot harder then it actually is. Because i really doubt that posting all these player things here does actually accomplish anything.
Well being a DM on the internet takes a lot of work to establish a system. Personally I run maptools b89 server with a complete framework built from the ground up for pathfinder/dnd 3.5. Then we have all the spells macro'd out and just about everything else so it runs very smooth. After that you just have the players host their character sheets on a website like mythweavers and all join a skype call or ventrilo server together. All in all it takes a lot of getting used to but once you have the tools in place its a breeze. One of the many perks is that you can play with players from all over the world that introduce new thoughts into each scenario. If anyone needs a hand throw me a message I don't mind helping someone out.
From my experience, but that might be related to the style of game i like to play, things are not really that complicated. I generally play along the lines of theater of the mind, so i mainly need a diceroller and something to quickly sketch situations of needed. I found that roll20 does anything i need of a table without a lot of preparation.
I am also lazy and usually let players take care of their character sheets themselves, unless they need help with it.
Also, please don't just post formulaic posts and hope that someone contacts you. If you want to play, taking initiative helps a lot. PM people, talk to people.
On July 30 2013 15:12 Blazinghand wrote: Alright PaqMan, Godwrath, Erozz, I'm PMing you guys to see if you're interested.
I'm down for it! I feel like doing it through posts and TeamSpeak is a lot easier for me because it's more flexible. I don't know my work schedule for August yet, but I'll definitely be able to post at least once a day.
Also, please don't just post formulaic posts and hope that someone contacts you. If you want to play, taking initiative helps a lot. PM people, talk to people.
Will do! I've had three PM's already though, I'll give some of the people further up in the thread a shout.
Lurker trying to DM the free One-Shot Pathfinder Adventure "We be Goblins!" from Paizo.
Time (GMT+1): European Time, the next Sunday (8/11) at around 18:00-19:00 till 22:00-23:00 CEST. Setting: Goblins ^^, Golarion (Pathfinder World) System: Pathfinder, 3.5 Way of playing: Skype, Roll20.net, no cams necessary, you can use your own dice Amount of Players wanted: prolly full now. Requirement: Having Fun, Beginners Welcome!
I'm playing Pathfinder for half a year now, different Adventure Paths, rotating DMs, we die a lot, it's a lot of fun. I never DMed before and want to try it out with this One-Shot, eventuelly start a weekly campaign (also improve my spoken english). I'm looking for 3-4 Players playing pregenerated Goblins living in the Licktoad Village. No experience necessary and beginners are welcome for a friendly, casual maybe silly (Goblins) Roleplay.
Feel free to PM me, i'll also try asking players in this thread.
update: not enough players, moved to a week later, sunday (8/11), still slots open. prolly full now.
Did you read the Goblins comic? Goblins are not silly in any way, they are very tragic characters who get slaughtered by cruel racist "heroes" for no reason at all.
Also, if you don't find enough players, i'd fill in.
On July 31 2013 21:46 Simberto wrote: Did you read the Goblins comic? Goblins are not silly in any way, they are very tragic characters who get slaughtered by cruel racist "heroes" for no reason at all.
Also, if you don't find enough players, i'd fill in.
I didn't. True, they get slaugthered a lot, so sad. By silly i mean you can play them in a funny way, maybe you even have to do the voices .
On July 31 2013 21:46 Simberto wrote: Did you read the Goblins comic? Goblins are not silly in any way, they are very tragic characters who get slaughtered by cruel racist "heroes" for no reason at all.
Also, if you don't find enough players, i'd fill in.
well their tendency to eat humans and do all kinds of evil stuff is a reason id say . beeing created by and affiliated with lamashtu doesnt help either ^^
we did the goblin thing as a gimmick quest in our campaign, def was fun. very different to a normal session but really entertaining.
See, that's racist. Just because they are goblins you just assume that they do all kinds of evil stuff and eat babies. I'll have you know that many of my good friends are goblins, and show no tendency to eat anyone. You are just prejudiced. Maybe if you tried to understand them instead of just going to their villages and slaughtering them all, you'd realize that they are people too, only with skin in a different color. And maybe a bit smaller. And smelly.
I'd play in the Oneshot if it was basically at any other time, but this sunday evening i am already playing in my own group.
Btw, i am currently looking for 1-2 additional players for our ongoing Call of Cthulhu campaign "The Masks of Nyarlathotep", which we started playing last week. Apparently one of our players has vanished without a trace, leaving us at only three players and me as the keeper. We basically need a few additional bodies to ensure that at least some of you might survive the horrors that lie ahead and maybe even not be too insane to tell the story afterwards.
CoC is a horror roleplaying game set in H.P. Lovecraft's 1920s. If you expect to slay monsters as a shining hero, this is not the game for you. If you dare to face unspeakable horrors beyond human imagination as a common man and either die or go insane from the things you have see and maybe, just maybe, delay the inevitable demise of humanity by a few feeble years in the process, this is the game for you.
We are playing at european times, 16:00CEST, on weekends. If you are interested, either PM me or contact me on skype if we played before.
How would you feel being a member of a minority race that people always have misconceptions about, like that they always steal your stuff, or like to group up in criminal gangs. I've also heard rumors goblins are less likely to make a job interview or be accepted into university.
well one of our party members was just 1 off from getting resurected as a goblin. still evil things of lamashtu that do evil stuff! wonder how the goblin village would do vs my by now lvl9 battle cleric... ;P
Hey guys im looking for a game master for a warhammer 40k campain i have me and and 1 other player so depending on how many other players the game master wants just message me if your a gm/DM that knows about 40K and wants to host a campain
And i am still looking for 1-2 additional players for our Call of Cthulhu campaign "Masks of Nyarlathotep". A friend of yours has been savagely murdered by some sort of strange Cult, about which little is known. You are trying to find out more. There are hints of a monstrous worldwide conspiracy being involved in some way. Information about the Carlyle expedition that got slaughtered in Kenya 5 years ago appears to be somehow involved.
Call of Cthulhu is a horror roleplaying game set in Lovecrafts 1920s. It is scary. It is deadly. Your characters will almost certainly die or go insane. Don't expect a fair chance to beat everything you see. If you deal with horrors beyond human imagination, just looking at which drives you insane, a frail human can rarely hope to best them in a fair fight. It is a game about investigation, and dealing with the indescribable and thoroughly alien abominations which surround our frail sphere of existence.
We will next be playing next weekend, probably on saturday or sunday 16:00 CEST.
Time available- Practically any time, very flexible
Experience- None (other than watching rollplay :D)
Additional Information- I'm an Australian looking to get into roleplaying games, no preference at all for system, so if you need a player to fill a space contact me with a tl pm or message me over skype. I'm comfortable fitting into a European or American time slot as well. Some small amount of patience may be required as I am a beginner!
So we just finished playing the Goblin oneshot today. I think a lot of fun was had all around. Highlights included us dismembering a giant spider to fashion a helmet for our warrior out of its head and me failing a DC5 check to climb a ladder like 5 times in a row.^_^
On August 12 2013 07:29 dismiss wrote: So we just finished playing the Goblin oneshot today. I think a lot of fun was had all around. Highlights included us dismembering a giant spider to fashion a helmet for our warrior out of its head and me failing a DC5 check to climb a ladder like 5 times in a row.^_^
Don't forget you blew yourself up a couple times ^^. Overall it was pretty fun. DMing was challenging, you have to keep track of alot of stuff but fun. Time flew by, we played a bit overtime. We played the Paizo Oneshot Adventure "We be Goblins!", it's free for those who want to try it out.
Yeah, true, stuff was funny. A bit too combat heavy for my tastes, but that was to be expected. I still had a good time. I would have been a bit more goblinish, but PvP stuff generally doesn't end well with beginner groups. More stuff to "accidentally" set on fire would have been cool, we had so many fireworks and then we were always in a wet swamp, that is so much lost potential.
But overall, you did a really good job. We all had a lot of fun, and ultimately that is all that counts.
It also made me reread the whole goblins comic.
Skypatrol, i'd suggest you just buy some sort of 40k core rulebook (depending on which setting you want to play, Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Death Watch or Only War.), and getting ready to DM yourself. It is a lot easier to find players then it is to find dms, especially if you want to play something specific. Considering we already have a limited pool of players here, i doubt that will be very successful. As an alternative, you might want to look for a group in the LFG on roll20, though those guys are obviously not as cool as we TL people.
when we did the goblin thing it sure ended with a big boom :>
also while it is almost only combat after the start i think playing goblins always gives some nice opportunity to RP some funstuff. the cobmat was really whacky and chaotic for us unlike our normal campaign where we atleast try to be really strategic and careful (and then shoot windows and zerg/teleport in)
On August 17 2013 03:57 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: when we did the goblin thing it sure ended with a big boom :>
also while it is almost only combat after the start i think playing goblins always gives some nice opportunity to RP some funstuff. the cobmat was really whacky and chaotic for us unlike our normal campaign where we atleast try to be really strategic and careful (and then shoot windows and zerg/teleport in)
Yeah, true, we had "interesting" tactics too. I distinctly remember a scene where i was running around a mast being chased by a dog, and at least 2 other goblins were in turn chasing that dog. I absolutely set that scene to Benny Hill in my mind. Sadly our Alchemist who found a crossbow was too pussy to try to launch a bomb with it. And i am still sad that my potion of spider climbing was a potion that allowed me to climb like a spider, not one that allowed me to climb spiders
And those traitors to goblinkind didn't want to at least test the fireworks we found on the ship
I am currently working on several smaller adventures to GM. Each only taking 1 to 2 (maybe 3) sessions to play, so if you like to try Pathfinder, keep an eye on this thread
On August 17 2013 03:57 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: when we did the goblin thing it sure ended with a big boom :>
also while it is almost only combat after the start i think playing goblins always gives some nice opportunity to RP some funstuff. the cobmat was really whacky and chaotic for us unlike our normal campaign where we atleast try to be really strategic and careful (and then shoot windows and zerg/teleport in)
Yeah, true, we had "interesting" tactics too. I distinctly remember a scene where i was running around a mast being chased by a dog, and at least 2 other goblins were in turn chasing that dog. I absolutely set that scene to Benny Hill in my mind. Sadly our Alchemist who found a crossbow was too pussy to try to launch a bomb with it. And i am still sad that my potion of spider climbing was a potion that allowed me to climb like a spider, not one that allowed me to climb spiders
And those traitors to goblinkind didn't want to at least test the fireworks we found on the ship
Ha, we tested them alright, one of the sentries at village on our way back wanted to see a sampling so I gave them one, and thus me and the goblin next to me went out in a true goblin way, with a big bang.
On July 30 2013 17:37 Ren91 wrote: second update! We're now full.
Update 31/08/2013: One of our players has had to pull out. If anyone wants to join us let me know, we're in our 3rd session now so it should be fairly easy to incorporate into the group. We have a rogue a mage and a fighter, so the party will need some sort of healer class.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID: Ren91 Skype: richard8701
Time available (GMT+1): Sessions will be on a Sunday at 6:00 gmt+1 lasting between 3 and 4 hours.
What resources will you be using?: We'll most likely be using skype for voip, Roll20 for the maps and as a dice roller. I've started using myth weaver as BK suggested and it seems like a damn awesome way to keep character sheets up to date.
Amount of players wanted: We're currently at 4/4
Feel free to PM me on tl or message me on Skype if you're interested,
Just wanna bring attention to the update. We need a fourth and if we can get it done today you can join us tomorrow for a session if not then no worries.
On July 30 2013 17:37 Ren91 wrote: Update 31/08/2013: One of our players has had to pull out. If anyone wants to join us let me know, we're in our 3rd session now so it should be fairly easy to incorporate into the group. We have a rogue a mage and a fighter, so the party will need some sort of healer class.
Player or DM: DM TL-ID: Ren91 Skype: richard8701
Time available (GMT+1): Sessions will be on a Sunday at 6:00 gmt+1 lasting between 3 and 4 hours.
What resources will you be using?: We'll most likely be using skype for voip, Roll20 for the maps and as a dice roller. I've started using myth weaver as BK suggested and it seems like a damn awesome way to keep character sheets up to date.
Amount of players wanted: We're currently at 3/4
Feel free to PM me on tl or message me on Skype if you're interested,
Just wanna bring attention to the update. We need a fourth and if we can get it done today you can join us tomorrow for a session if not then no worries.
On September 01 2013 02:21 -Archangel- wrote: Anyone here tried (or is planning to try) Numenera?
we did do a oneshot this week cause one of our guys couldnt play this week. was fun, the world is majorly fucked up but seemed really interesting. the system... a very different take and i think i prefer more traditional ones. that you basicly spend your "hp" to do stuff can end up in strange situation (you spend 3 int for higher chance to avoid 3 int dmg, wtf?)
On September 01 2013 02:21 -Archangel- wrote: Anyone here tried (or is planning to try) Numenera?
we did do a oneshot this week cause one of our guys couldnt play this week. was fun, the world is majorly fucked up but seemed really interesting. the system... a very different take and i think i prefer more traditional ones. that you basicly spend your "hp" to do stuff can end up in strange situation (you spend 3 int for higher chance to avoid 3 int dmg, wtf?)
Well just like in DnD the player is supposed to use some basic math and decide when it is worth using points to improve his chance of not losing points
On September 01 2013 03:22 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
On September 01 2013 02:21 -Archangel- wrote: Anyone here tried (or is planning to try) Numenera?
we did do a oneshot this week cause one of our guys couldnt play this week. was fun, the world is majorly fucked up but seemed really interesting. the system... a very different take and i think i prefer more traditional ones. that you basicly spend your "hp" to do stuff can end up in strange situation (you spend 3 int for higher chance to avoid 3 int dmg, wtf?)
Well just like in DnD the player is supposed to use some basic math and decide when it is worth using points to improve his chance of not losing points
yeah but you dont know before. mechanics that can just put you into a lose/lose situation just seem weird. also "health" as resource for evrything is not so much for me. as said it was a lvl1 oneshot so maybe stuff changes later but still i prefer more traditional systems.
Player or DM: Player TL-ID dnld12 Skype Name: TenchiSaWaDa time available (PST): Friday after 7 PM; Saturday after 7 PM; Sunday anytime. (I'm a californian :D!) Experience: Three campaigns. WIlling to adapt any ruleset. Familiar with DnD 4th edition. Additional Information: Willing to do outside genres like a good o'l Shadowrun campaign or try one of the newer Campaigns.
Okay Guys, I have convinced my good friend to set up a very very well worked out dnd campaign. We have tapped out our friends and local people to play with us, currently we are at a group with me, (alchemist) and a ranged paladin and a sort of iffy-rogue who may or may not continue playing with us. If you can play at 5:30 pm pacific on Sundays and are willing to participate (and commit) to a campaign that my friend has spent HOURS upon HOURS on you need to PM me.
Use the basic format you have been previously for this thread and DO NOT respond if you cant commit without a doubt (nearly, we arnt all perfect) on sundays at 5:30. This is a tight-nit group of friends we've all grown up together so we are VERY selective on who we are taking into join us on this adventure and do not want to fuck around with someone who insists on playing a chaotic neutral dick-wad. We will be using Google+ voice/webcam chat and having a webcam is highly favored, along with a sophisticated backstory.
Don't worry too much about details on a backstory until my DM approves your application as he will provide a detailed packet with a world map, history, races and dieties to worship.
On September 01 2013 03:22 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
On September 01 2013 02:21 -Archangel- wrote: Anyone here tried (or is planning to try) Numenera?
we did do a oneshot this week cause one of our guys couldnt play this week. was fun, the world is majorly fucked up but seemed really interesting. the system... a very different take and i think i prefer more traditional ones. that you basicly spend your "hp" to do stuff can end up in strange situation (you spend 3 int for higher chance to avoid 3 int dmg, wtf?)
Well just like in DnD the player is supposed to use some basic math and decide when it is worth using points to improve his chance of not losing points
yeah but you dont know before. mechanics that can just put you into a lose/lose situation just seem weird. also "health" as resource for evrything is not so much for me. as said it was a lvl1 oneshot so maybe stuff changes later but still i prefer more traditional systems.
Well most of the higher difficulty monsters really screw you up if you get hit, like remove all of your might kinda screw you up. So in this way i feel numenera is very "real". You really dont want to get hit in this game by anything. Therefore it is beneficial to spend some points of int/speed to avoid taking much more damage.
Personally I love how numenera is built to really encourage creativity among players. The fact that everything is just based on a difficulty number and reducing that number makes the players really attuned to their environment, and what they are actually saying. This is opposed to other systems that do things differently, like just have an intimidate check.
Update 25/09/2013: And we're all full again, thanks guys!
Update 23/09/2013: One of our players has had to pull out after going into full time work. If anyone wants to join us let me know, it'll be easy to incorporate into the group. We have a Cleric, Wizard and monk so to have some form of balance you'll have to avoid playing those classes and play a tanky character, if you're ok with this then read on!
Player or DM: DM TL-ID: Ren91 Skype: richard8701
Time available (GMT+1): Sessions will be on a Sunday at 6:00 gmt+1 lasting between 3 and 4 hours(occasionally more).
What resources will you be using?: We use skype and occasionally ts if we can find a server, Roll20 for the maps and as a dice roller. I've started using myth weaver as BK suggested and it seems like a damn awesome way to keep character sheets up to date.
What version will you be playing: We'll be using 3.5
Since one of my players had to quit for RL reasons, i am looking for one more player to fill our group up to a healthy 5 players. Beginners and experienced players are both welcome. We currently play each Sunday at 15:00 CEST for ~4-6 hours, of course with some breaks in between.
We are playing the "Masks of Nyarlathotep" campaign in Call of Cthulhu. CoC is a horror roleplaying game set in the 1920s as envisioned by H.P. Lovecraft. You are playing normal people who stumble upon the unspeakable horrors from beyond space and time.
This is horror, not fantasy. You are not a shining hero, and you won't always meet encounters which are suspiciously conveniently exactly strong enough to give you a challenge, but be beaten with appropriate tactics. You can, and will, die or go insane. Call of Cthulhu is also an investigation game. You probably don't want to find out what is really going on because it is far too horrible for your fragile minds, but you still try, because someone has to.
The group of investigators is currently in London, following the trails of the ill-fated Carlyle expedition.
I managed to convince a few friends to give it a try, but none of us have any experience with paper D&D. Since I have the most free time and the most cRPG experience we decided I should be the DM. What is the easiest ruleset to begin playing on?
Hey guys, I'm planning to do a dnd 3.5 oneshot this weekend. It will be a pretty basic dungeon crawl with just the core books since I am trying to DM in english which is not my native language. I've got some experience DMing on my own language and playing in english so it shouldn't be terrible though.
It would happen somewhere in the evening in Europe, either Friday of Saturday, the details will be figured out once we get all the players gathered. I've planned the campaign to last somewhere around 6-8 hours, but you never know. Any applicants feel free to PM me. If we don't get the amount of players we want (4-man party), the session can be rescheduled or altered.
We will use roll20, skype/ts/mumble and probably Myth-Weavers for player sheets, so everything should be easily available to anyone.
On October 08 2013 01:45 akatama wrote: I managed to convince a few friends to give it a try, but none of us have any experience with paper D&D. Since I have the most free time and the most cRPG experience we decided I should be the DM. What is the easiest ruleset to begin playing on?
It depends on what you want, do you want super-detailed rules, or do you want narrative focus? What setting do you want? Just might and magic, or maybe sci-fi or modern world?
On October 08 2013 01:45 akatama wrote: I managed to convince a few friends to give it a try, but none of us have any experience with paper D&D. Since I have the most free time and the most cRPG experience we decided I should be the DM. What is the easiest ruleset to begin playing on?
It depends on what you want, do you want super-detailed rules, or do you want narrative focus? What setting do you want? Just might and magic, or maybe sci-fi or modern world?
Defenetly classic fantasy style (Baldur's Gate or NWN as random examples). Someone directed me to Pathfinder and it looks nice, but the main issue is my friends' time. They cant really afford to read the long Player's Handbook, I need a short version that can be read in 30 or so minutes. Another issue is that I fear it might be too rigid.
On October 08 2013 01:45 akatama wrote: I managed to convince a few friends to give it a try, but none of us have any experience with paper D&D. Since I have the most free time and the most cRPG experience we decided I should be the DM. What is the easiest ruleset to begin playing on?
It depends on what you want, do you want super-detailed rules, or do you want narrative focus? What setting do you want? Just might and magic, or maybe sci-fi or modern world?
Defenetly classic fantasy style (Baldur's Gate or NWN as random examples). Someone directed me to Pathfinder and it looks nice, but the main issue is my friends' time. They cant really afford to read the long Player's Handbook, I need a short version that can be read in 30 or so minutes. Another issue is that I fear it might be too rigid.
If you want a non-rigid, narrative RPG with the might and magic setting, I'd suggest Dungeon World; the actual core rules only span about 80 pages (which as RPGs go is fairly short), will take you longer than thirty minutes, but you should be able to grasp the basics in short time
On October 08 2013 01:45 akatama wrote: I managed to convince a few friends to give it a try, but none of us have any experience with paper D&D. Since I have the most free time and the most cRPG experience we decided I should be the DM. What is the easiest ruleset to begin playing on?
It depends on what you want, do you want super-detailed rules, or do you want narrative focus? What setting do you want? Just might and magic, or maybe sci-fi or modern world?
Defenetly classic fantasy style (Baldur's Gate or NWN as random examples). Someone directed me to Pathfinder and it looks nice, but the main issue is my friends' time. They cant really afford to read the long Player's Handbook, I need a short version that can be read in 30 or so minutes. Another issue is that I fear it might be too rigid.
Just tell them to pick a class that sounds fun and read through that class. Then start your campaign in like a 'training ground' type of scenario where you can play an NPC who is going to mentor them for a couple sessions.
For instance, start them out in a big city and say they have been contracted by a guy who is starting up his own mercenary band and he's selected the players as his first recruits and wants to teach them the basics before he risks sending them on a real mission. Then you can go through some mock combat and teach them the rules without the risk of death. Once you are ready to take the training wheels off, just come up with a plot excuse for the mentor character to die, and use that plot hook to lead into the main story you want to build your campaign around
On October 08 2013 01:45 akatama wrote: I managed to convince a few friends to give it a try, but none of us have any experience with paper D&D. Since I have the most free time and the most cRPG experience we decided I should be the DM. What is the easiest ruleset to begin playing on?
It depends on what you want, do you want super-detailed rules, or do you want narrative focus? What setting do you want? Just might and magic, or maybe sci-fi or modern world?
Defenetly classic fantasy style (Baldur's Gate or NWN as random examples). Someone directed me to Pathfinder and it looks nice, but the main issue is my friends' time. They cant really afford to read the long Player's Handbook, I need a short version that can be read in 30 or so minutes. Another issue is that I fear it might be too rigid.
Just tell them to pick a class that sounds fun and read through that class. Then start your campaign in like a 'training ground' type of scenario where you can play an NPC who is going to mentor them for a couple sessions.
For instance, start them out in a big city and say they have been contracted by a guy who is starting up his own mercenary band and he's selected the players as his first recruits and wants to teach them the basics before he risks sending them on a real mission. Then you can go through some mock combat and teach them the rules without the risk of death. Once you are ready to take the training wheels off, just come up with a plot excuse for the mentor character to die, and use that plot hook to lead into the main story you want to build your campaign around
Don't do that, that sounds like taking the fun out of the game to me. You have the problem that you don't only need to teach them how to play, but also convince them that the game is fun (if i understand correctly). And few things are less fun then roleplaying a training camp. Give them something to do that matters (My baby has been stolen by goblins, and it is known that they eat babies!/People are going missing near the old lake in the forest/I got robbed!/My sister is going to get married two villages away, but i am sick and the roads are dangerous) and tune down the combat so it isn't too dangerous even if they do silly stuff. If they do better than expected, add additional goblins/spiders/wolves/robbers on the fly.
As for game systems, Pathfinder has the big advantage that it is available for free. The amount of things the player of a lowlevel character needs to know is rather limited, too. It also has the advantage that it is more or less an updated DnD, and should be rather familiar to people who played stuff like Baldurs Gate.
If you want another system to look into, Savage Worlds is a very good and easy to grasp pulpy system, and one of my favourites. It has the problem that the initiative system doesn't translate too well to online play.
The main question you should ask yourself is what kind of game do you want to run. There is a whole spectrum between basically improv theater on the one hand and something that is basically a tactical tabletop game on the other hand. No style of game is fundamentally superior, it depends on what you and your group like and want to play. But depending on where you fit into that spectrum, certain systems are better or worse for you.
Thanks for the replies. I'll send them the Pathfinder Player Handbook and tell them to just glance over the races, classes, skills, feats and spells (should they choose to play a spellcaster).
I do have a few ideas for a longer campaign, but my concern is to make the first session enjoyable. I feel I should leave the more complex things for later on, so I'll just send them to fetch something and focus more on the role playing rather than tactics.
Well, in that case, the main thing is that YOU know the rules. You can play pretty much any system without the players knowing a lot, as long as you are there and know it. This might make character creation take a bit longer since you basically have to help each player on their own, so you might want to do that at different points with each player alone, instead of sitting around with the whole group. Maybe have a short talk about what type of character each player wants to play as a group. Also, don't make character creation a pure stats thing. Make them think. Where were you born, what is your social status, do you have family, why are you going adventuring (this can be done more specific if you actually have a specific adventure in mind at this point, it is a lot more fun if you go out to find your brother who is lost then if you are generic adventurer 3000 whose whole town got burned down by orcs and who thus does not have any attachment to anyone and basically runs about being a mercenary. Don't fear giving your players relations to important characters beforehand)
Also, the most important thing to tell a new DM: If you don't know something, DON'T break the flow of the game to look it up. Some systems have absurdly many tables for any situation. Fuck those. It is never worth it to skim 100 pages to find the exact difficulty of throwing a 90 kg dwarf in 40 kg of armor across a 3.6m large cliff in moonlight while being chased by demon goats. Just say "yeah, that will be a strength +8 " and everyone is happy.
If you want to focus on roleplaying, i'd suggest you spend some time preparing the adventure. Generic fetch is all nice and good, but pretty much everyone knows how that plays out anyways. Try to come up with something cool and enticing, maybe something with tie-ins to the character backgrounds too, that is always more fun. There is no shame in looking up some oneshots online beforehand either. Prepare a few memorizable characters, if you are good at accents give some of them an accent, but give all of them defining characteristics. Being a bit cliché is not necessarily bad either. Prepare some random backup characters which you can use in other situations, maybe a woodsman if something happens around the woods, etc...
I will now let you in on one of the most simple things that made my DM-ing a lot better. Have a list with ~50 names at hand while you play. Now as soon as any generic NPC gets important, you can give him a name without the players even noticing. And you don't suddenly end up with 12 Freds in your campaign because that is apparently the only name you come up with on a moments notice. Have different names for different types of people prepared beforehand. Maybe 10 elven names, 10 dwarves, 10 peasants, 10 nobles. Names are really important in giving a character character. "Lets go talk to the barkeeper again" is totally different from "Lets talk to Bob at the counter, maybe i can weasel a free beer out of him"
Don't fear giving your players some creative freedom either. Most beginners won't take it, but if they want to, let them desing some stuff while playing. If one of them wants to go to the shoemaker his character always goes to, he probably has a place in mind anyways, so why not let him describe it instead of you having to make up a shoemaker on the spot. Bonus points for actually taking the stuff they make up and weaving it seemlessly into your adventure.
Hey guys I'm trying to get my two friends into pnp games(partial to DnD cause of RollPlay, and the DnD movie l0l), even though i haven't played much of them myself (love the rpg part though<3) and I'm having trouble finding a game that would be easy for us all to get into,I've heard edition 4 is "easier" then previous editions?
It is probably the most beginner friendly edition and is also a seamlessly extension from current generation RPG-ish games to the pen-and-paper roleplaying. But there are also some factual disadvantages; the system is basically end-of-life. The publisher is currently creating a new system and you can expect no new content to be created for 4th edition DnD once the new edition hits the stores (probably next year). It is also more expensive than most other role playing games and does not have a free online version of the rules.
It's also a bit ..different than most other rpg's. Not at all like the system in RollPlay; to me it resembles more a PC game like World of Warcraft. Whether that is a good or bad thing is up to you. It is however a very clear and somewhat easy system if you start from zero knowledge.
Some words of wisdom: The system you use does not predefine the way you and your friends play the game. The system just tells you what the dice mean and provides a platform wherein all players have somewhat equal capabilities and growing potential. The system does not define how you should react, what you can or can't do or how exactly you are supposed to find the Dwarven kings' lost magical gemstone or defeat that rogue computervirus that got uploaded in the automated lunar defense drones. Because of this, just pick a system you think everyone will feel some affinity to and stick with it, because in the end, it doesn't matter at all! (just my opinion, it doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to find countless of fora filled with prophets of 'the better system')
Systems have a tendency to effect the game. If the whole rulesystem is only focussed on tactical combat, beginners using that system will always tend to fall back on solving everything with tactical combat, and make the game mostly a tactical combat puzzle.
Of course you can play anything with any system, but there is a reason many different systems exist, and that is that all of those have different strengths and work better with different styles of play. You really couldn't play a game of Call of Cthulhu with a Dnd/Pathfinder ruleset without turning it from horror to a Modern Dark Fantasy setting.
It would be a lot harder to run an investigative adventure with a ruleset that consists solely of combat rules, and it would be stupid to play a combat focussed game in a system like BRP.
From what i have heard, DnD 4 is really good at being a tactical grid based tabletop game. It is not very good at being an actual roleplaying system, but you can of course still play around that if you got the group for that. That being said, if you prefer to play a less combat-focussed game, it is probably not the system for you.
Different topic, wasn't the DnD movie horribly bad?
On October 08 2013 02:10 tablet wrote: Hey guys, I'm planning to do a dnd 3.5 oneshot this weekend. It will be a pretty basic dungeon crawl with just the core books since I am trying to DM in english which is not my native language. I've got some experience DMing on my own language and playing in english so it shouldn't be terrible though.
It would happen somewhere in the evening in Europe, either Friday of Saturday, the details will be figured out once we get all the players gathered. I've planned the campaign to last somewhere around 6-8 hours, but you never know. Any applicants feel free to PM me. If we don't get the amount of players we want (4-man party), the session can be rescheduled or altered.
We will use roll20, skype/ts/mumble and probably Myth-Weavers for player sheets, so everything should be easily available to anyone.
We've got 3 players, so 1 slot left. The game will be most likely GMT+0 16.00 on saturday, but can still be negociated to friday or a different time. The party will be 4th level. Gogo sign up!
Im looking for a group im pretty new but I played a one-shot once, i have working mic and willing to play for 4-5h weekly or so in good times if you are looking for a player please leave me a PM
On October 08 2013 02:10 tablet wrote: Hey guys, I'm planning to do a dnd 3.5 oneshot this weekend. It will be a pretty basic dungeon crawl with just the core books since I am trying to DM in english which is not my native language. I've got some experience DMing on my own language and playing in english so it shouldn't be terrible though.
It would happen somewhere in the evening in Europe, either Friday of Saturday, the details will be figured out once we get all the players gathered. I've planned the campaign to last somewhere around 6-8 hours, but you never know. Any applicants feel free to PM me. If we don't get the amount of players we want (4-man party), the session can be rescheduled or altered.
We will use roll20, skype/ts/mumble and probably Myth-Weavers for player sheets, so everything should be easily available to anyone.
We've got 3 players, so 1 slot left. The game will be most likely GMT+0 16.00 on saturday, but can still be negociated to friday or a different time. The party will be 4th level. Gogo sign up!
Edit. We are full.
The players and I enjoyed the oneshot so much we decided to start a campaign located in a Shadowrunner inspired DnD setting where the players are lowly street rats with no money and no future in an enormous city ruled by the rich on one side and by gangs on another. They have just been hired by one of the gangs for a simple job which is going to take place next Wednesday sometime during the evening European time.
Anyone over 18 who considers themselves friendly and can keep track of their own character's rolls etc. feel free to be in contact. I would prefer if you had some experience playing roleplaying games, but beginners are ok too if you are ok with putting some work into it. If we don't find anyone until Wednesday, we will start with 3 and the spot will be filled later.
Hello, we are a 4 player group looking for a DM for 3.5e or Pathfinder. Time-zone is CET and we can discuss times to play. 1-2 weeks preferably. We are all fluent in English but Swedish is very welcome.
On November 10 2013 02:42 MaYuu wrote: Hello, we are a 4 player group looking for a DM for 3.5e or Pathfinder. Time-zone is CET and we can discuss times to play. 1-2 weeks preferably. We are all fluent in English but Swedish is very welcome.
pm me here or add me on skype (a.skyhigh)
It's infinitely easier to have a DM and look for players. Just trying to give some advice.
On November 10 2013 02:42 MaYuu wrote: Hello, we are a 4 player group looking for a DM for 3.5e or Pathfinder. Time-zone is CET and we can discuss times to play. 1-2 weeks preferably. We are all fluent in English but Swedish is very welcome.
pm me here or add me on skype (a.skyhigh)
It's infinitely easier to have a DM and look for players. Just trying to give some advice.
Yes, I understand that. But what good does it do to have that knowledge without a DM?
Being a DM is not as hard as people think. I'd suggest just trying it out. Usually players are nice to beginner DMs, and if they are not, they are probably not the people you would want to play with anyways. Also, there is no right or wrong. As long as you have fun, you are doing it right.
Our Pen and Paper group is currently looking for one new player, and thus i decided to dig out this old thread again.
We are a group of TLers and generally mostly nice people (currently we are 3 germans, one of which is stuyding in england, a swede and a USAnian) who have been playing various campaigns in different pen and paper systems online on roll20 and skype for roughly 2 years now, after we originally met partially through the original rollplay Thread and partially through this very thread. The game is obviously being played in english, but you might have to endure my horrible german accent. We play on Sundays at 17:00 CET for about 4-6 hours with a few breaks in between, which might also be acceptable for some americans if they are willing to get up earlier on the weekend.
One of our regulars has now changed his work schedule in a way that makes it pretty much impossible for him to join us, so we are looking for an additional player to get up to our favoured 6 people setup which still allows for play if 1-2 people miss the game for whatever reason.
We tend to play more lighthearded games with quite a few bad jokes being made, so if you are always super serious, you might not be the best fit. On the other hand, we are very serious about actually gaming and accepting that people are people even over the internet, so if you want to randomly turn up or not depending on how you feel half an hour before the game, we are also not the right group for you. We do campaign- and systemhop a lot, usually with shorter campaigns of about 4-8 weeks, with varying dms and systems based on who wants to run something at the time. Usually (especially if i dm) we play more story and narrative-heavy games, as opposed to very crunchy ones. However, currently our crunch-guy is running a Star Wars Saga edition (basically 3.0 as far as i know) game, so this campaign goes a bit further in that direction than usually. Still not very crunchy though, after all he still has to placate all us thespians.
There are no knowledge- or experience- requirements, you should just be interested in playing and have time on sundays. It would also be good if you were a nice guy.
The time has come again where we're looking for a new member. Since this is the same group that Simbert advertised earlier on this page, most of what we're looking for in a player will sound the same, so I'll just copy&paste and modify as I see fit for posterity. ^_^
We are a group of TLers and generally mostly nice people (currently we are 3 Germans, one of which is studying in England, a different swede and someone who doesn't like to pay taxes) who have been playing various campaigns in different pen and paper systems online on roll20 and skype for roughly 3 years now, after we originally met partially through the original rollplay Thread and partially through this very thread. The game is obviously being played in English, but you will be forced to rejoice at our delightful German accents. We play on Sundays starting somewhere between 15:30 and 17:00 CET for about 4-6 hours with a few breaks in between, which might also be acceptable for some Americans if they are willing to get up earlier on the weekend.
We tend to play more lighthearded games with quite a few bad jokes being made, so if you are always super serious, you might not be the best fit. On the other hand, we are very serious about actually gaming and accepting that people are people even over the internet, so if you want to randomly turn up or not depending on how you feel half an hour before the game, we are also not the right group for you. We do campaign- and systemhop a lot, usually with shorter campaigns of about 4-8 weeks, with varying dms and systems based on who wants to run something at the time. Usually (especially if Sven dms) we play more story and narrative-heavy games, as opposed to veryslighty crunchy ones. However, currently our crunch-guy(that's me) has taken over running a Corporation campaign. You'd be playing as a more or less James Bond-esque super agent on a futuristic Earth mostly taken over by mostly evil (hint: all the other ones) or absolutely fabulous megacorps doing exhilarating and very agenty things such as rescuing hostages, infiltration space stations and breaking into your own corps banks to steal your own corps secrets and hide them from the evil Earth government.
There are no knowledge- or experience- requirements, you should just be interested in playing and have time on sundays. It would also be good if you were a nice guy or gal.
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