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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 9, 2017 7:02:30 GMT -4
The last day of my school is going to be the 26th of May, with school starting back on the 24th of July. That means that, on Mondays through Saturdays, I'll have nothing to do in the morning part of the day for all but the few weeks of Summer School and, depending on the schedule my dad chooses, the time that I'll have relatives over visiting. That could give me up to 24 days with very little going on in the morning (once again, my timezone), and so I've decided that with that many days close together with that much time available I might try hosting a campaign. If anyone is interested, I'm thinking that I'll do Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5:00AM-10:00AM, all my timezone, for the first and last two weeks that it looks like I'll have no school, give or take a week.
For easy timezone changing, 5AM my timezone would be the following times in the following timezones, during the previous day, and then assume it'll go for five hours from then for ease of calculation:
GMT: 9PM (sorry that you kinda get screwed by this, Tails)
EST: 5PM
PST: 2PM
This timing is not final.
As for the adventure itself (which I completely forgot to describe before posting this), I'm thinking that if we can do 10 levels in 120 hours we can do one of the following:
1) Keep on the Shadowfell, Thunderspire Labyrinth and Pyramid of Shadows
2) A variety of smaller adventures from Dungeon magazines, with some homebrew adventures thrown in for good measure, maybe with one of the three that I mentioned in the list-item above, as a centrepiece of the campaign
3) The first ten levels of Scales of War or another adventure path not made by me
4) A bunch of unconnected adventures, where every session or so we make a new CS and take place in a new world (or the same world, like what Tails seemed to be planning for that campaign that died a while ago)
5) A homebrew campaign by me, structured with a whole bunch of small adventures and no overarching storyline.
6) A homebrew campaign by me, structured similarly to the H1/H2/H3 campaign where the storyline is in three parts with their own self-contained stories.
7) A homebrew campaign by me, structured in such a way that all ten levels are part of one large adventure. This type of one-adventure campaign is referred to in the DMG as a "superadventure", if any if you have read the DMG.
For numbers 1 and 3 we'll likely play as a heroic campaign, but for the rest that may not necessarily be the case - I'm down for a Paragon-tier campaign or an Epic-tier campaign if that tickles your fancy.
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 9, 2017 7:56:31 GMT -4
If my proposed times don't work for you, by the way, feel free to propose a time of your own. I'm willing to stay up as late as 2 or 3 AM and wake up as early as 2 or 3 AM to play this campaign, and honestly times in the middle of my day would be harder for me than this early-morning time I proposed.
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Post by Death on Apr 9, 2017 8:24:35 GMT -4
I'll have a character at the ready.
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Post by Duck14 on Apr 9, 2017 9:55:31 GMT -4
Would probably join if I didn't have two 5e campaigns going at the moment. 5 sounds like it could be fun, characters and their interplay/roleplay make D&D so it's nice to have consistency.
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Post by eloos on Apr 9, 2017 13:48:58 GMT -4
i would join but the last time i did d&d i was so painfully awkward and didnt know what to do its like
weew.
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Post by Death on Apr 9, 2017 14:09:58 GMT -4
c'mon birm u meme
be a nerrrrrrrrrrrrd
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Post by eloos on Apr 9, 2017 14:19:32 GMT -4
i would have no problem being a nerd its just i really suck at table top rp
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Post by Death on Apr 9, 2017 14:32:19 GMT -4
is it roleplaying or is it rules you're having trouble with?
we also don't use web cams or anything, just words.
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Post by eloos on Apr 9, 2017 14:38:40 GMT -4
both
for the roleplay im just really awkward and dont say anything with it, for the rules ive never done anything similar so
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Post by Duck14 on Apr 9, 2017 19:06:33 GMT -4
both for the roleplay im just really awkward and dont say anything with it, for the rules ive never done anything similar so Rules wise 5e is much better for newcomers. It's more streamlined than 4e and in my opinion allows for better roleplay. But I understand feeling awkward about that even without the webcams and all that. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 9, 2017 20:42:40 GMT -4
both for the roleplay im just really awkward and dont say anything with it, for the rules ive never done anything similar so If you need help making a character or with combat, it couldn't be simpler. Just tell Tails or myself what race/class combination you want, we'll do everything for you and write macros so that to cast magic spells or use complex fighting techniques all you nedes to do is press a bitton. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 10, 2017 3:42:22 GMT -4
During the day I've roughly come up with a storyline that I want to use that'll involve a bit of everything and solve the problem of "so what generic low-level enemies should I use - goblins, kobolds, orcs, gnolls, undead or evil humans?" quite well. I probably will not request that we start from level 1, though I might, and there is a chance that your characters will be killed off, so always have a backup CS at the ready. I was also thinking that we could use a "milestone leveling system", whereby I tell you guys to level up when it's convenient to the plot.
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Post by Death on Apr 10, 2017 10:10:57 GMT -4
During the day I've roughly come up with a storyline that I want to use that'll involve a bit of everything and solve the problem of "so what generic low-level enemies should I use - goblins, kobolds, orcs, gnolls, undead or evil humans?" quite well. I probably will not request that we start from level 1, though I might, and there is a chance that your characters will be killed off, so always have a backup CS at the ready. I was also thinking that we could use a "milestone leveling system", whereby I tell you guys to level up when it's convenient to the plot. Problem with 4e is- you can start out with more HP than should be allowed, unless you're going up against something about two or three levels above you that can do heaps of damage, you don't really have to worry about characters dying. Low level 5e is a meatgrinder for player characters though. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 10, 2017 10:15:41 GMT -4
During the day I've roughly come up with a storyline that I want to use that'll involve a bit of everything and solve the problem of "so what generic low-level enemies should I use - goblins, kobolds, orcs, gnolls, undead or evil humans?" quite well. I probably will not request that we start from level 1, though I might, and there is a chance that your characters will be killed off, so always have a backup CS at the ready. I was also thinking that we could use a "milestone leveling system", whereby I tell you guys to level up when it's convenient to the plot. Problem with 4e is- you can start out with more HP than should be allowed, unless you're going up against something about two or three levels above you that can do heaps of damage, you don't really have to worry about characters dying. Low level 5e is a meatgrinder for player characters though. I'll just make the encounters more difficult, then. I'll also have it somewhat storyline-focused so that there's more ways to "fail" an encounter than just dying. |
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Post by Death on Apr 10, 2017 10:24:08 GMT -4
Problem with 4e is- you can start out with more HP than should be allowed, unless you're going up against something about two or three levels above you that can do heaps of damage, you don't really have to worry about characters dying. Low level 5e is a meatgrinder for player characters though. I'll just make the encounters more difficult, then. I'll also have it somewhat storyline-focused so that there's more ways to "fail" an encounter than just dying. And there emerges the second problem- 4e's combat system means there's longer fights, but a majority of the time they end up lasting too long. But this does mean there's fewer of those 'boss gets nuked in one round' instances. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 11, 2017 1:46:00 GMT -4
I'm thinking that this party will start at level 3, though I may change my mind to level 4 within the next week or so. If anyone wants to join and make their own CS, feel free. If you do not know how to make a higher-level CS, just make a level 1 CS and level it up accordingly. If you don't know how to make a CS, just tell me a race and class and I'll make one for you.
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Post by Death on Apr 11, 2017 2:54:15 GMT -4
Are you doing Winterpond? Because that'll let me decide the character I'm using.
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 11, 2017 3:13:35 GMT -4
Are you doing Winterpond? Because that'll let me decide the character I'm using. I doubt it. I keep beating dead horses and reusing old campaign settings and roleplays to significantly less success than the first time ever had, but no more! This time around you're getting the same as all my other generic fantasy settings but with a different map and set of placenames and that's about it. I actually have the basics of the storyline and the villains (there's about ten of them) sorted out, but I haven't finished with all the NPCs and countries and whatnot so I recommend just focussing on the stats for now and I'll give more info by Easter Monday. |
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Post by Death on Apr 11, 2017 3:46:17 GMT -4
Are you doing Winterpond? Because that'll let me decide the character I'm using. I doubt it. I keep beating dead horses and reusing old campaign settings and roleplays to significantly less success than the first time ever had, but no more! This time around you're getting the same as all my other generic fantasy settings but with a different map and set of placenames and that's about it. I actually have the basics of the storyline and the villains (there's about ten of them) sorted out, but I haven't finished with all the NPCs and countries and whatnot so I recommend just focussing on the stats for now and I'll give more info by Easter Monday. Guess I'll be big stab man robot. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 11, 2017 4:05:42 GMT -4
I doubt it. I keep beating dead horses and reusing old campaign settings and roleplays to significantly less success than the first time ever had, but no more! This time around you're getting the same as all my other generic fantasy settings but with a different map and set of placenames and that's about it. I actually have the basics of the storyline and the villains (there's about ten of them) sorted out, but I haven't finished with all the NPCs and countries and whatnot so I recommend just focussing on the stats for now and I'll give more info by Easter Monday. Guess I'll be big stab man robot. You've been playing the same D&D character for years; I'll allow you to play Tip, but please at least consider making a new CS. |
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Post by Death on Apr 11, 2017 4:58:41 GMT -4
Guess I'll be big stab man robot. You've been playing the same D&D character for years; I'll allow you to play Tip, but please at least consider making a new CS. Tim I've played tip legitimately *once*. I haven't been a player for two years now. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 11, 2017 5:02:46 GMT -4
You've been playing the same D&D character for years; I'll allow you to play Tip, but please at least consider making a new CS. Tim I've played tip legitimately *once*. I haven't been a player for two years now. He's still been your go-to character for every campaign you've played in the past two years. |
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Post by Death on Apr 11, 2017 5:57:21 GMT -4
Tim I've played tip legitimately *once*. I haven't been a player for two years now. He's still been your go-to character for every campaign you've played in the past two years. No he hasn't. I've had my Rogue character as well. Plus my warlock and I think I have a monk floating about somewhere on my mythweavers account. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 11, 2017 8:03:06 GMT -4
He's still been your go-to character for every campaign you've played in the past two years. No he hasn't. I've had my Rogue character as well. Plus my warlock and I think I have a monk floating about somewhere on my mythweavers account. Alright. Tip is a hard character to fit into my campaigns due to the general lack of robots in my medieval fantasy, but I think I have an idea for how to explain him in-universe. I'll send you a PM once I know what the rest of the group is going to be. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 11, 2017 10:43:04 GMT -4
Oh, also, I'd like everyone to be thinking about what Paragon Path they want to take. I know that those are pretty far along from level 3 where we're starting, but they all have little bits of lore associated with them and so I'd like to be able to do some foreshadowing.
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