Storms of Change OOC Parts 1 and 2

[silentspace]

Any interest in a new 3.0 game? Looking for 4-8 players, starting at level 1. Party classes, races, and alignment is not important (will adjust to suit), but cohesiveness as a unit is. The premise is that you are handpicked to form a team. Details to follow. Players are encouraged to collaborate with each other to work out whatever classes/races/alignments they feel will make an effective group. That’s all the guidance you get (hehe). Everything else is up to you. If you're interested, please post/collaborate here.

Basic info: Homebrew 3.0 D&D. 32 point buy. PHB starting packages, max starting gold. Core books and splat books. PHB deities. Other stuff with approval.

Focus will be on roleplay, politics, and intrigue, with plenty of slicing, dicing, and otherwise smacking nasties. I’m sticking with 3.0 for now mostly because I think the wider variety of choices is more fun for players.

This will be my first game, and I only have one goal: to make it fun for all

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Throughout the known world, the Kingdom of Shillen is said to represent the best aspects of the humanoid races. Bordered by the Diamond Mountains to the west, the Severin Forest to the north, and the Veln lowlands and Tand River to the east and south, Shillen is a land blessed with natural beauty. Humans, elves, gnomes, halflings and dwarves all live together in peace and harmony, working together to build a unified, inclusive culture and civilization.

At least that is how it once was. The Knights of Shillen still ride out from the capitol, the Shining City of Mintra, to vanquish the forces of evil, but the wars with the Kingdoms of Pachik and Goruka have greatly reduced their numbers. Banditry has increased throughout the lands, and orcs, goblinoids, and other creatures, once rare in Shillen, have returned. The High Priests are not saying it, but everyone knows: Shillen teeters on the brink of destruction. Will it fall, or rise again?

PLAYERS:

Argent Silvermage - Etherial, Elven Necromancer
Greatfrito - Alan Diagabon, Human Fighter
Seonaid - Gnomish Bard
GPEKO - Filbert ‘Bert’ Wateryfoot, Halfling Cleric
Thels - Zanock, Orc Fighter: Looks good.
Someone - Dunathar Without Name, Dwarven Rogue

Storms of Change Rogues Gallery
Storms of Change IC Part 1
Storms of Change IC Part 2
Storms of Change OOC Thread

Silentspace's PbP

 

[Thels]

As always, I'm eager to join 1st level games, especially as the last few 1st level games I joined didn't actually start.

 

[Someone]

Same for me; I have a mostly inactive dwarven rogue eager of some gold.

 

[silentspace]

Cool, my first two players! Just need a few more. Any race/class/alignment combo is fine by me, as long as its ok with the other players. So if you want to be an evil rogue and someone else wants to play a paladin, well, you'll have to work that out amongst yourselves

 

[GPEKO]

Make it 3 . I thought about playing a halfling barbarian but I think I will play a cleric. Perhaps a halfling cleric of Fharlanghn.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Make it 4. I'm thinking a Elven Necromancer. I would like to take a feat from the Elves book put out by Badaxe press. I'm blanking on the name but it allows a mage to take a spell slot and use it to channel either Positive (my choice) or negative energy. similar to how a paladin channels power to lay on hands.

 

[silentspace]

Looks like, unless someone else speaks up, Argent Silvermage will be swinging the group decidedly towards evil! Who knows? You may be the downfall of Shillen! The thing about evil groups is that its harder for them to find allies, even amongst other evil creatures... Then again, most who follow the path of evil couldn't care less! Muahaha! Argent, the feat sounds ok, I'd like more info though. I don't have that book.

I've started a Rogues Gallery here:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?t=65002

Player characters come from, or have found themselves somehow in, the Duchy of Rogan, on the northern frontier of the Kingdom of Shillen.

Duchy of Rogan

To the north of Shillen, squeezed between the Diamond Mountains to the west and Severin Forest to the east, lies the Duchy of Rogan. A trade road, built millenia ago when the whole region was part of the Jangis Empire, links Shillen and Goruka to the north. The two kingdoms are separated by an expanse of uncivilized wilderness. Rumor has it that this wilderness is being subdued from the north by the armies of Goruka. Most of the attacks from Goruka came through the Duchy of Rogan. Rogan's last Duke, Duke Dharnan, a paladin and Knight of Shillen, was slain in the last invasion, two years ago. The Duchy went through a period of military law, led by Cadrin, the Duke's commander, until the Venerable Zenfan, King and Canon of Shillen, saw fit to install a new man as Duke, Duke Hulvan. Little is known of Hulvan, and some wonder why Marcus, the slain Duke Dharnan's son, or even Commander Cadrin, was not chosen.

Life in the Duchy carries on much as it has for centuries, despite the many young lives lost in the epic battles against Goruka, and the increased activities of the evil humanoid races. The economy is based on farming, mining semi-precious gems from the foothills of the Diamond Mountains, and trade. Despite the conflicts between nations, the enterprising merchants on both sides know that people still need goods, no matter how bad the times. Rogan consists of several towns and villages, the largest of which is the capitol, Masar. Castle Rogan is a short distance outside Masar. The northernmost settlement on the trade road, before the road passes through the wilderness to Goruka, is called Carodan.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Looks like, unless someone else speaks up, Argent Silvermage will be swinging the group decidedly towards evil! Who knows? You may be the downfall of Shillem! The thing about evil groups is that its harder for them to find allies, even amongst other evil creatures... Then again, most who follow the path of evil couldn't care less! Muahaha! Argent, the feat sounds ok, I'd like more info though. I don't have that book.

I've started a Rogues Gallery here:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?t=65002

Player characters come from, or have found themselves somehow in, the Duchy of Rogan, on the northern frontier of the Kingdom of Shillen.

Duchy of Rogan

To the north of Shillen, squeezed between the Diamond Mountains to the west and Severin Forest to the east, lies the Duchy of Rogan. A trade road, built millenia ago when the whole region was part of the Jangis Empire, links Shillen and Goruka to the north. The two kingdoms are separated by an expanse of uncivilized wilderness. Rumor has it that this wilderness is being subdued from the north by the armies of Goruka. Most of the attacks from Goruka came through the Duchy of Rogan. Rogan's last Duke, Duke Dharnan, a paladin and Knight of Shillen, was slain in the last invasion, two years ago. The Duchy went through a period of military law, led by Cadrin, the Duke's commander, until the Venerable Zenfan, King and Canon of Shillen, saw fit to install a new man as Duke, Duke Hulvan. Little is known of Hulvan, and some wonder why Marcus, the slain Duke Dharnan's son, or even Commander Cadrin, was not chosen.

Life in the Duchy carries on much as it has for centuries, despite the many young lives lost in the epic battles against Goruka, and the increased activities of the evil humanoid races. The economy is based on farming, mining semi-precious gems from the foothills of the Diamond Mountains, and trade. Despite the conflicts between nations, the enterprising merchants on both sides know that people still need goods, no matter how bad the times. Rogan consists of several towns and villages, the largest of which is the capitol, Masar. Castle Rogan is a short distance outside Masar. The northernmost settlement on the trade road, before the road passes through the wilderness to Goruka, is called Carodan.

I never said he was EVIL. Just a necromancer. I was thinking true neutral.

 

[silentspace]

Oops, sorry! Shouldn't have assumed

 

[DJ_Colossus]

Do you have room for another?

[snip... someone else is playing a cleric] Will think about race/class. Maybe a sorceror or fighter...

Oh, and how frequently do you expect postings? 2-3 times a week?