background and stuff
Posted 6th March 2009 at 05:58 AM by HardcoreDandDGirl
So the who’s who of this game:
DM: Dave: Has been playing 4e alot in another group and DMed my fav 2e game of all time...he owns everything including an Insider sub. He is a few year older then I am, and has been playing about the same amount of time, but he has been playing almost non stop.
Matt: He has been running LFR, and plays with the DM in another 4e game, so he is our Vet. He is odd, I am never sure what to make of him. Sometimes he is the worst power gamer, sometimes he is a method actor, and we never know witch one will show up on any given game. He also has all the books, and an Insider sub.
Matt and Dave both are on this site, although I am not sure if they only lurk or if they have screen names, so I have to be careful what I say
(Feel free to jump in anytime guys)Kelly: Is the Dm's new girlfriend (yea that never ends badly) and has only played Minds Eye Theater Vampire games. It seams odd to me that there are role-players that have played for any length of time, and not played D&D. This is her first D&D game ever, and one of her first Paper games at all. I don’t know what to make of her, hopefully a new friend.
Jon: Is an old time gamer (since he played chain mail in the 70's) but has only had 1 or two shots at 3e and has never played 4 e before. He is old enough to be my father, infact he has a son older then me, however he is the only guy that seams to ‘get me’. He realizes that I am a woman, ok sometimes he see’s me as a little girl, but he still treats me like one of the guys. He also is by far one of the smartest people I know. He always seams to know something about everything.
He is a lot more excited then I am about trying 4e, in his mind it is just another change, since he has been through a lot so far he is pretty cool about it.
Jim: He was in our most recent 3.5 game, and has played a handful of LFR under player 2. I really hate him sometimes, ok maybe that is the envy talking. He has the life I want. He is a successful salesman, he is always having fun at the bar, at game, at work, or at any other place he wants to be. He always has money to spend, and he goes through it like it was water. He always has a SO, sometimes more then one (that makes him a jerk). I have never seen a girl think of him as a geek, or one of the gamers see him as ‘different’. I have to wonder how he does it, he can fit in anywhere. Maybe when I ‘grow up’ I will figure it out too, or maybe actually being ‘one of the boys’ changes things.
So counting me 5 players. 3 of us new to the edition, one of us new to D&D entirely. 2 players that are familiar with the game, one of witch knows it forward and back, maybe even better then the DM.
So what world are we in, well Dave calls it: Broken Shards: a points of light setting.
The world was at it’s height of society about 50 years ago. Large metropolises and kingdoms dotted the land, interplanar trade was not uncommon. Then came the Great War.
This Cambion Arcmage somehow unleashed this ubber weapon. Undead Primordial’s. Super soldiers, that could raise people they killed as ghouls and wraiths (Yes both, ripp your soul out to become a wraith and animate your body as a ghoul). He used the dozen of these he had to supplement an undead and demon army. All the good people rose up to fight him, but they did so separately. As such they were losing badly.
Then one day this dude comes out of nowhere and brings all of the armies together. This great general defeats and locks away this cambion, and destroys his army. He talks about building a new society, were good will rule and everyone can be happy, but he warns the worst is far from over, and the good people of the world need to be ever vigilant, because this Arcmage did not build these super soldiers, no they were waiting to be used by another. The problem is that this great general gets assassinated, and the whole thing falls apart. Without his force of personality everyone goes back to squabbling and separating.
Fast forward 15 years. The world is rebuilding, most kingdoms are no bigger then 1 or 2 cities, and no place is truly safe. Undead, Orcs, and shadowey monster have become more and more prevalent. It is a dark time, a time that many people have forgotten just how much worse it can be.
Again dave jump in any time if I mess up your story
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