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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3573316" data-attributes="member: 16574"><p>- last couple sessions (and probably the next few) have had 3 players w/ 2 characters apiece + DM, but prior to that we averaged 5-6 players/session, and if all the players showed up at once we'd have 9 (+DM), in which case obviously we'd only have 1 character apiece</p><p>- we play 1E AD&D which doesn't have codified wealth by level guidelines, but my perception is that our characters are generally poorer and worse equipped than would be expected from following the rules exactly</p><p>- the only magic items that have ever been available for purchase were a few potions of healing; we've also been unable to find anyone willing to buy a magic item for anywhere near book-value</p><p>- strictly the 1E AD&D PH and DMG; no Unearthed Arcana or later books or non-official stuff from magazines, third-party publications, etc. (though monsters from all the monster books, including OSRIC's <em>Monsters of Myth</em>, have been used)</p><p>- lots of the 1E AD&D RAW are ignored or streamlined to make the game move faster; the other DMs have all used individual initiative (a la 2E AD&D) but when it's my turn in the DM chair I plan to reverese that heresy (I also plan to introduce UA, if the other players don't riot)</p><p>- adventures so far have been homebrewed in a pseudo-Middle Earth setting; I also plan to reverse that trend by running modules (which the other players have been warned of and are okay with)</p><p>- the campaign has been going for about 2 1/2 years (including a restart after a TPK) and the highest level characters are at 4th </p><p>- PC death is fairly uncommon, at least recently (maybe a dozen total PC deaths over the length of the campaign); no characters have been brought back from the dead</p><p>- we have a cleric, a thief, and lots of fighters, but no single-classed MU; current party's racial mix is 1 gnome, 1 dwarf, 1 half-elf, and 3 humans; absent characters are a half-orc, another gnome, and 3 more humans </p><p>- character development beyond the broadest stereotypes is nonexistent; the DM usually has some story he's trying to interest us in but from a player perspective that's just an excuse to kill things and take their stuff</p><p>- the current adventure is all dungeon-crawl, before that was mostly wilderness-based with occasional 1 or 2 session dungeoncrawling interludes (which is where we tended to have the most fun)</p><p>- none of the current players are female, but there is a female in the extended player-group</p><p>- the principal/original players all met online (at dragonsfoot.org) but have since recruited various friends, co-workers, and family members</p><p>-Sessions are 4-5 hours </p><p>-sessions are bi-weekly, but wind up averaging about 3 every 2 months due to schedules</p><p>-play was at one house for the first 2 years, but has recently moved to a new house as our former host had to drop out of the group temporarily</p><p>-player ages range from 11 to late 40s, with most of us in our 30s</p><p>-4 of the 10 players in the group (and 1 of the 4 current players) had never played D&D significantly before this campaign</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 3573316, member: 16574"] - last couple sessions (and probably the next few) have had 3 players w/ 2 characters apiece + DM, but prior to that we averaged 5-6 players/session, and if all the players showed up at once we'd have 9 (+DM), in which case obviously we'd only have 1 character apiece - we play 1E AD&D which doesn't have codified wealth by level guidelines, but my perception is that our characters are generally poorer and worse equipped than would be expected from following the rules exactly - the only magic items that have ever been available for purchase were a few potions of healing; we've also been unable to find anyone willing to buy a magic item for anywhere near book-value - strictly the 1E AD&D PH and DMG; no Unearthed Arcana or later books or non-official stuff from magazines, third-party publications, etc. (though monsters from all the monster books, including OSRIC's [i]Monsters of Myth[/i], have been used) - lots of the 1E AD&D RAW are ignored or streamlined to make the game move faster; the other DMs have all used individual initiative (a la 2E AD&D) but when it's my turn in the DM chair I plan to reverese that heresy (I also plan to introduce UA, if the other players don't riot) - adventures so far have been homebrewed in a pseudo-Middle Earth setting; I also plan to reverse that trend by running modules (which the other players have been warned of and are okay with) - the campaign has been going for about 2 1/2 years (including a restart after a TPK) and the highest level characters are at 4th - PC death is fairly uncommon, at least recently (maybe a dozen total PC deaths over the length of the campaign); no characters have been brought back from the dead - we have a cleric, a thief, and lots of fighters, but no single-classed MU; current party's racial mix is 1 gnome, 1 dwarf, 1 half-elf, and 3 humans; absent characters are a half-orc, another gnome, and 3 more humans - character development beyond the broadest stereotypes is nonexistent; the DM usually has some story he's trying to interest us in but from a player perspective that's just an excuse to kill things and take their stuff - the current adventure is all dungeon-crawl, before that was mostly wilderness-based with occasional 1 or 2 session dungeoncrawling interludes (which is where we tended to have the most fun) - none of the current players are female, but there is a female in the extended player-group - the principal/original players all met online (at dragonsfoot.org) but have since recruited various friends, co-workers, and family members -Sessions are 4-5 hours -sessions are bi-weekly, but wind up averaging about 3 every 2 months due to schedules -play was at one house for the first 2 years, but has recently moved to a new house as our former host had to drop out of the group temporarily -player ages range from 11 to late 40s, with most of us in our 30s -4 of the 10 players in the group (and 1 of the 4 current players) had never played D&D significantly before this campaign [/QUOTE]
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