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[jeremiahvedder]

If I can drub up enough interest (three players minimum, five maximum), I'll run a D&D 3.5 play-by-post game here on the forums, in this very thread. It's not going to be a hardcore thing, like I log in sixty times a day to GM, so the story will move differently than a tabletop game but it's a way for those of us with busy lives to get a piece of the action.

All I ask is participation in the form of at least one post every couple of days. No doubt there will be more activity than that but I'm not going to lock people down when we don't have to. Not to say other people can't and won't post more but let's take this thing easy. If someone's having trouble keeping up, I'm okay with a temporary (or long term) write-out for vacation time or emergencies or what-have-you -- no penalties, no harm, no foul.

We'll talk more about the particulars after we nail down a roster. Who's in?

USEFUL TOOLS

WOTC Dice Roller

D&D Wiki

Another useful set of SRDs (via Soda)

GAME-RELATED LINKS

The Continent of Ur (a map and brief historical and sociological context)

Some House Rules We'll Be Observing

General Character Creation Notes

Generator We'll Be Using To Roll Our Characters

An optional Character Generator You Can Use (via Bubba)

BK'S HELPFUL CREATE-A-CHARACTER SEMINAR

BK answers the question, "What should I play?"

BK explains Alignment and Hit Dice

BK discusses skills (and rogue class skills specifically)

BK talks about abilities and ability modifiers

BK further discusses ability modifiers

CHARACTERS IN THE PARTY

Faolan the Grim, Male Elf Ranger (representing Trey/Wide Eye Actor)

Sabo, Male Human Rogue (representing BK Thomson)

The Evil Weasel, Male Human Conjurer (representing Jude Terror)

Tommas Hatern, Male Elf Wizard (representing Sean)

Pinky, Male Halfling Barbarian (representing Curtis)

Chanoc, Male Half-Orc Ranger (representing Misac)

River Sasarai, Male Human Rogue (representing Alchemic Spider)

RETIRED CHARACTERS

Riikus Thoon, Male Human Fighter, who went missing during the initial attack on the S.S. Aria while meeting with an anti-Black Hand Resistance Group (representing Bubba)

Kiirwë, Male Half-Elf Druid, who went missing when a floor on the Aria collapsed (representing Orange Soda)

Harry, Male Human Sorcerer, who went missing when a floor on the Aria collapsed (representing Aly/Dragavon)

Pilunna Nameth, Female Human Cleric, who went missing when a floor on the Aria collapsed and she jumped after Harry (representing Blue Streak)

OUR STORY SO FAR

1.1 Boarding the S.S. Aria

1.2 Ill Omens

1.3 The Destroyer

1.4 To Friends We'll Never Know

2.1 Gone With the Waves

2.1 Supplement -- a list of non-player characters that survived the Aria's explosion

2.2 Dark Water





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[BubbaKanoosh]

3.5 is damn fun.

[MistaT]

Not sure how this will work out, but I'll give it shot.

[jeremiahvedder]

Not sure how this will work out, but I'll give it shot.

I've never ran a play-by-post game (for very long) but there are a variety of online tools at our disposal and you could probably hit Google up for a bunch of good examples by trying "play by post D&D" or some combination thereof. There are sizable communities built around the concept, some of which are pretty neat.

[jeremiahvedder]

3.5 is damn fun.

Is that a general statement or a commitment to play?

[Dragavon]

I'm in if you need a player, otherwise I'd rather someone who hasn't played before take my spot.

[jeremiahvedder]

I'm in if you need a player, otherwise I'd rather someone who hasn't played before take my spot.

Sit back and watch the carnage unfold, eh?

[Dragavon]

Sit back and watch the carnage unfold, eh?

No, it's that I used to have a regular Sunday game, whereas there are people here who want to play but haven't.

[jeremiahvedder]

No, it's that I used to have a regular Sunday game, whereas there are people here who want to play but haven't.

The group may need another vet. But you're more than welcome to play, in any case.

I have no idea what the interest level is going to be. It seems everyone's off watching foozball.

[jeremiahvedder]

Morning bump for those who haven't seen this yet. I'd really like to get started soon!

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Do you want me to install dice on the forum for this?

[BlueStreak]

I'm only familiar with 4.0, but as long as someone will show me what to do, I'm in.

[jeremiahvedder]

I'm only familiar with 4.0, but as long as someone will show me what to do, I'm in.

It's essentially the same. I edited in a few helpful links in the first post, if you'd like to go on the D&D Wiki and see what class you'd like to play. As a rule of thumb, we're going to play straight out of the core books so if you don't see it in the 3.5 PH, DMG or MM, it probably doesn't exist (unless I want it to). But if there's something you liked from 4th or a feat or something from another book, just run it by me and we can probably Frankenstein it in. I'm trying to keep things as streamlined and uncomplicated as possible.

[jeremiahvedder]

Do you want me to install dice on the forum for this?

That would be sweet!

You want in on the game, too...?

[jeremiahvedder]

Not quite the response I was hoping for.

We probably have enough people to start, though, if ye few are still interested.