Recruiting for High Level Gestalt

[Lord Wyrm]

I've got a few ideas floating around and have had some time freed up unexpectedly so I have decided to run a high level game. I have yet to decide on character creation for the most part, the only thing set in stone is this will be Gestalt somewhere between levels 10-20. I am currently trying to acquire a list of interested players, I have three options based on the number of players interested:

1) Ascent of the Gods: I feel my campaign world needs some more Greater Dieties so I'll run the campaign that got the current ones in their positions. (Updated from 2nd ed of course)

2) The Stuff Legends are Made Of/ Eaters of the Dead: Have you seen "The 13th Warrior" or read the book? Then you have a pretty good idea of what this will be. I'll change it up a bit of course.

3) Clash of the Titans: Two opposing groups of PCs, thats about all I can say without some character concepts.

 

[Lichtenhart]

I' definitely interested. I think I like #1 and #2 both a lot. I think I should advise you to keep the party small. High level characters, especially gestalt, can get quite troublesome to handle.
Should we come up with character concepts?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

LW, I agree with everything that Lichtenhart said. (Hi btw Long time no see!) Smaller parties are just really better for PbP all around.

I favor one slightly over two but not by once. Concepts would really need to wait till after I see which option we went with.

 

[Festy_Dog]

#2 is very interesting. I enjoyed 13th warrior greatly, so I'm guessing that's right up my alley.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

#2 is a very interesting. I enjoyed 13th warrior greatly, so I'm guessing that's right up my alley.

I’ve never seen it… I liked the book though.

 

[Dracomeander]

I would be interested in either #1 or #2 with no real great preference towards one or the other.

I have always liked variations on famous epic sagas, and 13th Warrior was an excellent adaptation of the Beowulf legend.

I have also played in and run ascension quests and found them to provide interesting quirks for a campaign.

Both sound fun, and I would enjoy the chance to be in either.

 

[Shayuri]

Heya! Out of those ideas, #1 I think would by my first pick. I've not seen the 13th Warrior, but I could make do with a relatively short summary, just to give me an idea of the flavor and so on. #3 strikes me as an interesting idea, but it's not really a game concept. You could work that sort of 'clash' into just about any concept.

What sort of starting level, statgen method, etc would we be looking at?

 

[Ferrix]

I'm definately up for this!

#1 sounds really fun, as does #2.

Either way, cool!

 

[Azaar]

Yes, indeed. I'm interested as well (as if being in one of your PbP games isn't enough *grins*). I'm definitely game to give it a try. Playing a gestalt sounds like a very interesting change of pace.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I've kind of been giving thought to either a Paladin/Monk or maybe a fighter/Monk... Not really into the oriental culture so it will be mostly for the mechanics… And of course it needs to work with the game…

Of course a Paladin might not work in the game so I wouldn’t consider it to be in stone…

LW, hey will you allow us to buy off LA or not? (I can show you the rules if you don't have WotC's UA.)

OH what about XP to make magic items with?