[Recruiting] Playtesters for Technology Ruleset

[GnomeWorks]

Greetings, all.

I am seeking playtesters. What you will be playtesting is a d20 book for adding Industrial Revolution-era style technology into a fantasy setting.

I am looking for a DM, and however many players said DM thinks s/he can handle. I will be available for assistance when needed, and I will oversee things and comment, but otherwise I'll leave you to your own devices to play with the rules.

For a DM, I am looking for someone who is committed to gaming, who can access the internet at least once a day for a decent amount of time. I am looking for someone who is well-versed in the 3.5 core, and is open to new ideas. Experience with DMing a PbP and/or PBeM is a must.

For players, I am looking for a wide variety of people: munchkins, rules lawyers, roleplayers... anything and everything. Even new people, whether it's new to PbP, d20, or gaming in general. I do ask that you be familiar with the 3.5 core rules, and be able to access the internet on a regular basis. Experience with PbP and/or PBeM is good, but not required.

For rules, you'll be using the 3.5 core and the playtest material, which will be referred to as 'the tech book'. At some point in the future, after we've gotten through a bit of playtesting with just that, the DM can ask me about throwing in material from other sources - chances are such that I'll say yes, in case you're wondering about that.

When the DM has chosen his players (yes, the DM is choosing who gets in on this; though I reserve the right to make final decision on who's in and who's not, chances are such that I won't use it), I will post the site address of a Yahoo group where this game will take place. All players and the DM will be required to agree to an NDA.

If you have any questions before signing up, please ask; however, do note that any questions that concern the actual mechanics and such won't be answered - but if they are, it will be in a vague and general way.

Also, if there is a lot of response to this, I may recruit an additional group or two for playtesting; however, I won't make any guarantees in that venue.

Thanks!

 

[Old Fezziwig]

I'm game to play, but I'm not at a point where I have the time to run a game. Let me know.

Best,
Nick

 

[doghead]

It sounds interesting.

Tentitively, I would say that I'm interested in DMing. Tentitvely because, in all honesty, I don't consider myself a particularly good DM. I'm running two pbp games here at ENWorld, so you can see for yourself if you want. Everything can be accessed through my Character Thread in my sig.

My knowledge of 3.5 is not outstanding, but it's improving as I run my games. However, I run everything off the SRD. I have no access to the PHB nor DMG. Humm. That might be a problem.

Do you have a campaign that you want run, or a particular set of situations that you want incorporated? Campaign structure is where I have the most doubts about my capabilities, so if you have a framework you want incorporated, I would be more than happy to use it.

Finally, what is the timeframe for this?

If you want to contact me you can at doghead206-at-netscape-dot-net

 

[Jarval]

My knowledge of 3.5 is not outstanding, but it's improving as I run my games. However, I run everything off the SRD. I have no access to the PHB nor DMG. Humm. That might be a problem.

I do the same, and to be honest, I've not had any problems so far. Almost everything "crunchy" in the PHB and DMG can be found in the SRD, and what isn't is WotC IP anyway.

Oh, and yes, I'm interested in playing

 

[GnomeWorks]

First off, thanks for responding!

Kajamba Lion
I'm game to play, but I'm not at a point where I have the time to run a game. Let me know.

That's alright. We need more players than DMs, anyway.

doghead
My knowledge of 3.5 is not outstanding, but it's improving as I run my games. However, I run everything off the SRD. I have no access to the PHB nor DMG. Humm. That might be a problem.

As Jarval pointed out, all the crunchy bits in the core books are in the SRD. I have no problems with that.

doghead
Do you have a campaign that you want run, or a particular set of situations that you want incorporated? Campaign structure is where I have the most doubts about my capabilities, so if you have a framework you want incorporated, I would be more than happy to use it.

I don't really have a preference for what you run; so long as it's balanced and not really overpowered, I'm fine with it.

If you have doubts about setting up a campaign structure, might I recommend some of the free adventures on WotC's site? Those could work well; they also have the benefit of being designed with the core classes in mind, so seeing how the tech classes work in their place would be interesting.

doghead
Finally, what is the timeframe for this?

Well, I'm hoping to have the book finished by the end of summer... however, playtesting will probably extend beyond that. I'd like to have all elements of the book playtested, which includes vehicles and high-powered things like that. Chances are such that the playtest will need to run characters from 1st to 21st (yes, there are some epic rules included), with at least a little time spent at each level...

Jarval
Oh, and yes, I'm interested in playing

Good to hear, Jarval.

 

[GnomeWorks]

doghead - I've looked through your games, and it looks like you know what you're doing.

I won't say that you're going to be the DM, as there have been too few responses to determine that at this point . However, I will ask: how big of a group do you think you can handle? How big of a group do you think you can do best with?

Also, are you only interested in DMing, or are you also interested in being a PC if you don't get the DM spot?

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Hey GW, do you still need anymore tech devices? I have a notebook page or two filled with them from the end of the year that I haven't touched b/c I've been pretty busy. Just curious as to how far you've gotten since I last talked to you.

'ciao.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Hey, Sollir. Should've known that this thread was going to draw you out of the woodwork...

Still working on the devices... I'm in the midst of 5th right now, but I'm at something of a dead-end for the higher-end stuff. Email me what you've got when you get the time, and I'll take a look.

As for what's done... how 'bout you sign up for playtesting and find out?

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Eh, I just joined up a PBP game that I know will be fun but I also know its something that'll stretch my RPG time to its limit, so I must gracefully decline. However, I will agree to scour your ruleset for potential abuse if you like

As for the gadgets, yeah, I was preparing to talk to you over Mirc, but you seem to frequent #IR even less than I do

I'll try to write up that email tomorrow if I can find my notes...yeah.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Eh, I just joined up a PBP game that I know will be fun but I also know its something that'll stretch my RPG time to its limit, so I must gracefully decline. However, I will agree to scour your ruleset for potential abuse if you like

That's too bad... but yes, I would appreciate your scouring.

Sollir
As for the gadgets, yeah, I was preparing to talk to you over Mirc, but you seem to frequent #IR even less than I do

Well, my new laptop really doesn't like the chatroom, and I don't think my network allows it to get out...

Sollir
I'll try to write up that email tomorrow if I can find my notes...yeah.

I look forward to it.