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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5241247" data-attributes="member: 90804">Starting our gameSince I was the one who volunteered to DM for this online 4e game, Palacer has reached out to me to see if I can get it going.  Yep, I'm up for it!Here are my thoughts so far:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We will play using <a href="http://www.rptools.net/index.php?page=maptool" target="_blank">MapTool</a> as our virtual tabletop (it's free).  Please <a href="http://www.rptools.net/index.php?page=downloads#MapTool" target="_blank">download</a> version <a href="http://www.rptools.net/download/zip/maptool-1.3.b66.zip" target="_blank">1.3b66</a> for our game, as that's what I'll be using to run it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We will use <a href="http://www.skype.com" target="_blank">Skype</a> for audio (also free)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Palacer has requested that we start the game at 6th level - that's negotiable.  Whatever the majority of the group ends up wanting to do, we'll do.  It sounds like a lot of players are new, which means that starting at first level might be simpler, but again, whatever the group prefers I'll run.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We'll run with 5 players by default, and if we have more interest than that I'd like to have some alternates available (just in case). I'll go as low as four players, but not lower.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We'll plan on running four-hour sessions when we get together, probably once a week.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We'll stick with character content from the three Player's Handbooks and Forgotten Realms - no Eberron, no Dragon Magazine content.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We'll likely start off with a little more combat focus and a little less role playing, shifting over time to include more role playing as we get to know one another and our characters better.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scheduling will probably be a challenge, as we'll most likely be spread across multiple time zones (I see we have at least one person in the UK, while I'm in the US Mountain Time Zone, for instance).</li> </ul>So, if you're interested in this game, it's open sign-up time!  Please put a post in this thread as well as sending an email to me at my gmail.com address, which is OnlineDungeonMaster, with the following information:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your EN World nickname (obvious for your post here, but please connect it for me in the email)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What you would like me to call you if it's something other than your EN World handle (feel free to leave this out of your EN World post if you like, such as if you want me to call you by your actual name and you don't want that on the message board)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Whether you prefer to start at Level 1 or Level 6</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your availability to play by day and time - please only include blocks of at least 4 hours in length, and make sure you specify what time zone you're talking about</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any idea on what character you want to play (you're not locked into this now, but it's useful to know if we have five players who are all thinking about playing strikers, for instance)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anything else you think we should know</li> </ul>For instance, here's my post as DM:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OnlineDM (call me Michael)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'd prefer to start at Level 1, but I'm okay if the group prefers Level 6</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from 6:00 PM until midnight Mountain Time and generally available any time on the weekends (with irregular exceptions).  If we go with a weekend, I prefer mornings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I plan to play a Human DungeonMaster</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm still a relatively new DM, but I've been running a game for a group of friends using MapTool and Skype for a few months now and <a href="http://onlinedm.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blogging about it</a> for the world to see.  I'm looking forward to starting up a new game, especially since my current game is on hiatus due to work conflicts for one of my players.</li> </ul>Drop me a line and let me know what you think!</blockquote>

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