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Reopened: Agents of D.E.L.V.E. (UA/Dagon Magazine)

The extradimensional masters of the Nameless Legion (Dragon Magazine #304) have, for their own inscrutable purposes assembled a team from various worlds whose sole mandate is to enter dangerous situations and recover their objective. This team is known to the masters as the Dungeon Expeditionary Low-Visibility Extraction team. D.E.L.V.E. goes where they’re told, when they’re told… To retrieve their objective. Are there other D.E.L.V.E. teams? What is the significance of the objectives? Do you have backup? Opposition? None of your business, Delver. Suit up, you’re porting out.

D.E.L.V.E. will begin at level 6, with 4-6 players. Most adventures will be loosely strung together from my vast collection of Dungeon Magazines, modified to suit my style as a DM. The campaign will be cinematic, and have overtones of military buddy adventures and espionage/conspiracy flavouring.

CRUNCH
32 Point Buy. 13K gp, half total on one item. Full HP 1st level, average after.
D&D 3.5. Unearthed Arcana is used extensivly.
The following variants are always used:
-Spontaneous Divine Casting (page 64)
-Maximum Skill Ranks, Limited Choices (page 80)
-Weapon Group Proficiencies (page 94)
-Defense Bonus (page 110)
-Armour as DR (page 111)
-Recharge Magic (page 158)
-Taint (page 189)
-Level-Independent XP (page 214)

The following are allowed:
-Racial paragons (page 32)
-Totem Barbarians and Bard Variants (page 48)
-Monk Styles (page 52)
-Urban Ranger, Wild Rogue, and Battle Sorcerer (page 56)
-Favoured Environment (page 65)
-Wild Shape: Aspect Of Nature (page 67)
-Spelltouched Feats (page 92)
-Summon Monster Variants (page 137)
-Incantations (page 174)

AGENTS
No evil, no loners. These characters will be part of a team.

Characters from the following books and sources will be accepted outright.

Core 3.5 + Psionics Handbook
Eberron Campaign Setting
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

Characters built from the following will need to be discussed:

Dragon Magazine
Dungeon Magazine
Other D&D & D20 Worlds and settings (will often require backstory to be provided to the DM, including player-generated conversion work for older settings)
Savage Species (case by case basis).

Any Feat/Base Class/Prc/Spell/Item etc. from a source not owned by the DM will need to be given in full.

I will be allowing MM templates, and other as well up to LA (or ECL if you prefer) +4
Once again, anything I don't own will need to be sent to me in full.

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I'd like a concept paragraph or two before posting a sheet. I'll reserve a place for a "I'm in." posts, but I'll want some details in a couple days. Posting will be loose, I'd like daily but know that's unrealistic. I won't wait more than 5 days before moving on with a move though.

*note: This game was started by Blue_Kryptonite awhile back but abandoned for personal reasons, and I've stepped in to take it over with his permission. He's got a reserved spot on the Grandfather Clause. Unfortunatly for you new guys, that goes for the other previous players as well. I won't kick a player from the game for a late submisison though. Once you're in, you're in.
 
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AHA! Erran Steelfist has the possibility of living once again for D.E.L.V.E.! *grins* I remember this game as well, and I'm certainly game. I may do Erran again, or I might try a little something different. I'll start brainstorming up a concept in the meantime. :)

Two quick questions, though:

1) The Complete * series (Warrior, Divine, Arcane and Adventurer) -- are the core classes there potentially open, or will we need approval on those before putting the character together? Best to ask now, rather than decide on something and it not be kosher with the game.

2) The money you have listed to start is as a 5th level character, yet you have us starting at 6th -- if we're starting at 6th, should it go up to 13K gp from 9K gp, or are you preferring that 9K figure? Just double-checking that.
 
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No, that's my bad it should be 13k. And as for the complete series, I might have access to it, not sure. Let me get back to you on that.

EDIT: Yep, I know a guy who'll let me borrow em. "Complete" series is in.
 
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So at this point I've got three, the original DM and two of the original players. I'm looking for at least one more, maybe up to three more.

Blue_Kryptonite
Ferrix
Azaar
 

Keen. I'll get started on serious brainstorming, then. I think I have a character concept in mind, so I'll work on fleshing it out. :)
 

An update to Sorrow: I now have six ideas... I'll ait to see what the others put together before I pick one that doesn't step on anyone's toes.
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