Need Help With Getting My New Campaign Started

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I'm starting up a new campaign with my gaming group in a few weeks. It's going to be radically different (at least for us) in that my players will be playing themselves in a homebrew swords & sorcery world based on a favorite novel of mine.

I have all of the mechanics set up already, but what I really need help with is compiling a list of links to send them for online D&D tests. The kind that tells you what your D&D ability scores would be, what kind of character you would be, what your alignment is... that kind of thing. The ability scores one is the most important.

Any help is appreciated.

 

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I guess this was a bad time to ask for help from this community if it doesn't have anything to do with discussing the recent WotC/Paizo events.
Bummer.

 

[Merkuri]

Here are the ones I found on a quick Google search:

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=15065983258789143295
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=18114051962113041969
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/terragf/back/xstattest.html
http://www.thehaws.org/add_quiz.shtml

 

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Here are the ones I found on a quick Google search:

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=15065983258789143295
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=18114051962113041969
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/terragf/back/xstattest.html
http://www.thehaws.org/add_quiz.shtml

Thank you, Merkuri. I had given up hope on this thread.

 

[Pozatronic]

This post won't help you; sorry....

I was wondering if you were basing this on the Guardians of the Flame novels. Me and my friends read the first two or so back during the 2e days, and we promptly decided to immitate the concept. We started them twice, but neither went far; only a handful of adventures each. But it's one of the more memorable times we played. I can't remember how we decided what our stats were going to be, but you're idea sounds pretty nifty.

Good luck with your endevour. I hope you update on this thread, because I'd like to see what some of your progress is like!

 

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Pozatronic, the idea is based on a novel I've read ragged called The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear. If it goes well, I'll most likely post it on the Paizo campaign journals under the name The Pact Lands Campaign. Thanks for the encouragement! I'll post a link here if I do start a journal.

 

[Pozatronic]

Pozatronic, the idea is based on a novel I've read ragged called The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear. If it goes well, I'll most likely post it on the Paizo campaign journals under the name The Pact Lands Campaign. Thanks for the encouragement! I'll post a link here if I do start a journal.

Please do, if it's not too much trouble! I've already added this page to my favorites, so I won't lose it.

I just went on amazon to take a gander at said novel. Bear was never an author I considered reading (not a big hard SF fan), but this sounds pretty interesting. Something about the "contemporary earthman/woman travels to fantastic world" sub genre always get's my goat. Another series not dissimiliar from the concept is Guy Gavrial Kay's Fionavar Tapestry. The first books is excellent, but the second and third...not so much. Something about a dwarf named Matt Sorrin always bugged me.

 

[WayneLigon]

The Infinity Concerto and it's sequel, The Serpent Mage, are two of my favorite books. The last line still makes me break out in spontaneous smiles. You have some excellent source material to draw on, there.

I will say that I've never seen much success with the whole 'you play yourselves' approach. Statting up people is hard, especially in D&D; D&D is meant and made for fairly heroic characters even at 1st level. It can also lead to some pretty bitter arguements, or missed expectations, unless all of y'all are all young svelte athletic types. I'd use some caution and tact when someone feels that 8 Strength and 9 Dexterity is unfair, or someone starts arguing that 'no way is Bob a 16 Charisma'.

Me, I stat out perfectly as a 0-point normal in GURPS. AKA 'Them what gets shot in the first adventure'.