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author=NoblemanNick link=topic=1335.msg20580#msg20580 date=1213827936
Wait are we Role-Playing like people do on the forums, because if that is what it is that'll be easy like:

Nick-Nick strolled down the street laughing with glee.

Bob-bob looked at Nick and laughed at him

Charlie-Charlie waited around and saw Bob laughing at Nick

except more detail and probably with stats.

I'm going to listen to those podcasts now. I have a headset so voice chat isn't bad for me.

You would be our Dungeon Master right

Edit: I have some questions

1.Does the DM have a character

2.Where they just pulling the story out of thin air or was it an actual Adventure Bookmade by Wizard's Coast.

3.I found a character sheet template, I'm definatley going to need some help

4. I found this online Dice Roller if we need it http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm

Yes, it looks like I would be the DM. Dungeon Masters basically play the role of every NPC and monster....some like to add a personal NPC to the players' party, but it's not assumed that it's going to happen. I generally don't unless the party is missing someone to fulfill a key role in combat or something.

I don't know whether that one was a published (or to-be-published) or made for them, but it probably wasn't just pulled out of thin air--that guy was a pro DM, and I can just about guarantee that he prepared something beforehand. Actually, I remember him mentioning he was reading from something, but I don't know if it was official or homebrew. I will be running something homebrew, though it will likely be informed by other campaigns.

As for the dice roller, the issue isn't so much finding a way to roll dice (heck, I could make a program in about five minutes that would do it for me), it's doing it a networked environment so everyone can see everyone else's die rolls. OpenRPG has that functionality, and programming it into MIRC takes about five seconds, but I doubt any voice chat dealies would make it easy. I have found an option that'll work(this website does it, and apparently if two people use the same password they'll see the same dice rolls), but it's not optimal.

Anyway, we're not there yet. I've got some glimmerings of a low level campaign (with room for future adventures), but it's still all cloudy and needs definition yet.

Like I said, if you want I can just make you a character once you settle on a concept, if you don't feel up to going through character creation yourself, so no worries there.

author=Craze link=topic=1335.msg20833#msg20833 date=1213955168
That's fifteen hours ahead of EST (we're at at GST -5, right)?

Also, DMs sometimes add people to the party? I suppose that makes sense, but I hope that they strip them down into a pure utility character, skill-wise. When the DM tries to 'save the day' it almost always sucks.

It's not a practice I'm that fond of, either, but some people prefer to play that way.

Patient #14--could be. It sounds like 8:00 PM-12:00 AM for me would be like 12:00 AM-4:00 AM for you, for example. If you're up at that time anyway it's not a problem, but it's all a question of if you'd be able to make sessions. If I ran sessions during the day on Saturday or Sunday it might work, but that depends on everyone else.

I would have to be awake mornings for that to be an option. Still, I might be able to make that sacrifice if the others can be talked into it. Guys? I haven't heard from most of you since you first expressed interest. Any character ideas, scheduling thoughts, naughty haikus?
Also, Nick, for your ranger do you want him to be an archer or a two-weapon melee fighter?

Okay, so that's a Striker and a Defender. Other players, take note: we should probably have a Leader and a Controller yet.

Skills-wise, don't worry so much about making sure the party fills every skill. I can tailor around missing skills. It's just party roles that'll be slightly more difficult to work around if we're missing any.

In the case of games I run, I go with Point Buy or Standard Array (since the standard array can be bought with Point Buy, they're easily compatible). If you don't have the PHB, the standard array is 16, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.

Point Buy's a bit more difficult. You start with 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8. Then you get 22 points to distribute how you want amongst the others--the eight costs one point to raise to 9, or two to raise to 10, then afterwards you add the standard cost for any given value:

Score - Cost
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11 - 1
12 - 2
13 - 3
14 - 5
15 - 7
16 - 9
17 - 12
18 - 16

I prefer point buy / standard array because of my long standing feud with the Random Number God.