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Chapter 1 - Scene 1.0 OOC Note: From my last e-mails to this scene, I know that Morthik scouted the rocks and returned to report. I'm unsure if Evarus or Armigil also went. Most of the elves in the party have disappeared into the grass, spreading out as they often do when the group stops, in...

What had gone before The party, comprised of: Evarus and Armigil, two Dorns Keelosh, a Dworg Morthik, a Dwarf Gac, a Gnome had all found themselves on board an Elven ship via different routes, but all had in common the desire to fight the Izrador, the Shadow in the North in some fashion...

Yeah, ok, so the original post was over a year ago, but this hardly seems a stupid thing for a rogue to do. Well ok, it does seem stupid, but it doesn't feel like poor roleplaying. Whether or not the characters knew it was magical energy or not, there's no reason to think ICly that the...

If it's "private RP", ie, two characters decide to share information over a campfire, whatever, that no one else would see or hear, then any forum you like is acceptable. I don't _need_ the transcripts, but I won't mind having them. If important information is passed then I need at least a...

And finally, as I believe I mentioned in passing at one point, I hope to once in awhile have 'crank it up a notch' evenings where the whole group is online for at least an hour or two. Probably what I'll do is each week, send out an e-mail asking if one of a few different evenings would work...

As far as how long it'll take for regular scenes to run... I'm really not sure. Basically we've got two types of scenes: 1. Decision points: As described above. This may be when an NPC asks for help for instance (finding a lost child as an example). Let's say this occurred on Friday. 2...

Good questions! This is the first time doing a Play By Post for me too, so I can't say for sure. However, I plan to do the following: 1. Relatively strict adherence to whatever schedule is decided upon. As said, I anticipate this being no more than 2 'story' decision points per week. I...

Another link of interest: http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd.html This is the D20 System Reference Document. Basically it's the system stripped down without any AD&D flavor text. It's not exactly great reading, but if you want an overview of the system or any part of it, it's useful...

Just a bit more information, this time primarily for a couple members of the group who have access to the 2nd Edition rules but not the 3rd Edition rules. In 3rd Edition (D20), there's something called Multi-Classing. The upshot is, at each 'level up' due to experience, you get to choose...

Oh, and here's the Midnight Spell List. Note it's for 2nd Edition (3.5 rules) but is pretty close to the 1st Edition Midnight. Note that the 'Greater' schools can only be taken by a character at 7th level or higher when they take the Greater Spellcasting Feat. Note what that does to some of...

Ok... Here's a bit of rules information for folks. Specifically, how spellcasting works for PCs. This is a fair bit different than in the AD&D D20 rules, which I'm not going to describe so as not to confuse the issue for those who haven't read them. :) Any character can cast spells given the...

Just to update folks, we've got three characters almost done (at the 'feats' stage). That'll be the last main character generation stage for non-spell casting types. Once a character is done, I'll start work on a 'World As You Know It" background piece, and then hopefully run a short prologue...

Good Low Level Midnight adventure with some problems. As always with an adventure review, there will be spoilers and as such this is much more geared towards the DM than the players. If your DM may use this adventure, then stop reading... NOW! :) Please note that I have not played or run this...

Sure thing! In the meantime I'll also keep you in mind if I need an NPC role in an area the characters end up in, if you wish.

For those interested in what the continent actually looks like: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/images2/mnmap.jpg

Skills (Overview which is more detailed in specific e-mails to individuals) Skills help a character succeed at DC rolls. Generally, a person proficient in a skill needing a DC goes through the following procedure to determine success: 1d20 + skill modifier (Skill Modifier = skill rank +...

Here's a bit of information for people who might not be familiar with AD&D 3rd edition, specifically about those 'bonuses' in parentheses after your ability scores: Simply put, the way everything in AD&D is resolved is by rolling a D20 against a DC (difficulty check). Then you add in bonuses...

So we've got a few people who have a character concept in. Let's come up with the stat creation bit. I'm going to repeat this information in an e-mail to everyone where I explain how each stat benefits your character concept and which tend to be most important for the class you've chosen. I'm...

First a request, then a bit more background information, then some more areas to ponder: 1. If anyone has an interest in playing an elf, probably a Caransil, though the other races can work too, let me know. I have a potential background embellishment in mind. Note that I don't _have_ to have...

One more quick extra bit of information before going to sleep. Someone mentioned literacy being forbidden. The following are major crimes under The Shadow's rule: 1. Literacy 2. Carrying weapons 3. Using magic 4. Being a Fey (specifically Elves, Halflings and Dwarves - Gnomes have something...