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<blockquote data-quote="hopeless" data-source="post: 5680875" data-attributes="member: 36349"><p><strong>Okay</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>First off what characters are they planning on playing?</p><p>It sounds like they have definite ideas and this should be the first part they should reveal before you develop the game they're looking to play in,</p><p> </p><p>Secondly what equipment are they asking for, please note I did say ask since there should be a well defined limit on what they can make use of.</p><p> </p><p>In a 3rd level game I was involved with a few years ago we started off with 3rd level characters and the best my half elven ranger had was some masterwork weapons and perhaps a potion or two I'll need to check on up on that old character (Thank you Paizo.com have lost more than a couple of things when my computer went belly up or had a dvd or memory stick end up reformatting for some reason!).</p><p> </p><p>Anyway if it was up to me I'd have them include some npc levels perhaps a couple of player character aristocrats to explain "why" they're in charge of the city if they were just heads of an assassins' guild then they would have to explain what position they hold and why whether it was due to inheriting from their predecessor or some other character background story.</p><p> </p><p>Now my viewpoint would be find out what characters they want but point out at least 2 of those 15 level characters must be devoted to an npc class to explain their background.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to why they're running the city with access to their own assassin's guild they'd need someone in the clergy, someone in the wizard's guild and so on how many players would this involve by the way?</p><p> </p><p>Hmm I'd also want a legitimate reason for their presence there, it has to be more than a simple lets play evil characters, for example how about one player is a member of a former noble family whose line was all but wiped out by a group of the other nobles who saw them as a threat to their rule and loe and behold the player is running a character in disguise seeking revenge by turning the families against each other and is aided by the rest of the party who assume control of the city but its hold is far from complete!</p><p> </p><p>So did they give you any background story on their characters?</p><p> </p><p>Sorry ended up posting more questions than advice!</p><p>Hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hopeless, post: 5680875, member: 36349"] [b]Okay[/b] First off what characters are they planning on playing? It sounds like they have definite ideas and this should be the first part they should reveal before you develop the game they're looking to play in, Secondly what equipment are they asking for, please note I did say ask since there should be a well defined limit on what they can make use of. In a 3rd level game I was involved with a few years ago we started off with 3rd level characters and the best my half elven ranger had was some masterwork weapons and perhaps a potion or two I'll need to check on up on that old character (Thank you Paizo.com have lost more than a couple of things when my computer went belly up or had a dvd or memory stick end up reformatting for some reason!). Anyway if it was up to me I'd have them include some npc levels perhaps a couple of player character aristocrats to explain "why" they're in charge of the city if they were just heads of an assassins' guild then they would have to explain what position they hold and why whether it was due to inheriting from their predecessor or some other character background story. Now my viewpoint would be find out what characters they want but point out at least 2 of those 15 level characters must be devoted to an npc class to explain their background. In addition to why they're running the city with access to their own assassin's guild they'd need someone in the clergy, someone in the wizard's guild and so on how many players would this involve by the way? Hmm I'd also want a legitimate reason for their presence there, it has to be more than a simple lets play evil characters, for example how about one player is a member of a former noble family whose line was all but wiped out by a group of the other nobles who saw them as a threat to their rule and loe and behold the player is running a character in disguise seeking revenge by turning the families against each other and is aided by the rest of the party who assume control of the city but its hold is far from complete! So did they give you any background story on their characters? Sorry ended up posting more questions than advice! Hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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