The Dungeon Masters' Foundation

[Xen155]

Ok, now im getting excited. I say we do It! I would donate!

The HEF is a horriblly muddled thread with.. this is not a joke.... 5,326 replies. And it is amazingly confused, there is RP sessions mixed in with class creations and i could go on and on. On a busy day it can get 100 posts a day!

Please Nightcloak, elaberate further on your ideas, the other members should begin commenting on this. Who would Donate? And I WOULD buy a DMF T-shirt!

 

[Blade of Desecration]

@Xen: In BG1 don't let the halfling and necromancer you meet on the road join you. They frickin' stab you in the back later. Also, in Nashkel, get Minsc to join your party, he's the greatest character ever, plus he's a tank that will part enemy ranks with ease. Just make sure you do his quest quickly, or he gets pi**ed off and attacks you, even though he is CG.

Campaign: We need to hammer out particulars. I think we should first figure out what CS we'll use, so that everyone can do there characters soon. And everyone who has not posted what they will be has to do so now, so that we can stat up our characters. I'm gonna be a orc warmage, and I'm currently working on his back-story.

 

[Mordmorgan the Mad]

Re: Campaign: I'd love to play, but my schedule is way too hectic to commit to anything right now. I'd be up for comming in later if that option's open. As for the setting, I think that most of us are fairly familiar with the Forgotten Realms, so that might be the best setting to go with.

 

[Xen155]

@CotDS- I killed them on sight actually, they didn't look right, being evil is fun.

I must agree with MtM, FR would be best. And I was thinking, are we gonna play it one post per day or are we gonna arrange times so we can play at a more rapid pace?

@CE- I'll have my char ready to post by 2nd hour.

 

[Blade of Desecration]

@CotDS- I killed them on sight actually, they didn't look right, being evil is fun.

I must agree with MtM, FR would be best. And I was thinking, are we gonna play it one post per day or are we gonna arrange times so we can play at a more rapid pace?

@CE- I'll have my char ready to post by 2nd hour.

Figuring out when we can play is gonna' be hell, 'cause of time-zones.

@Xen: Actually, killing those two wasn't really evil, since they were both NE.

 

[Xen155]

@CotDS-Oh, well. I KILL SMALL CHILDREN! There we go, now Evil. But you make a point there, we should get time zones, or it should be only loosely based on a group.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Re: campiagn
I vote for a post a day, I could do more at the moment but school starts in a week and I don't want to over commit.
I had to step down from DMing my regular game last semester due to time constraints and burnout. FR is fine, but Im a little rusty can anyone suggest a homeland for a gnome?

 

[Nightcloak]

Re: campiagn
I vote for a post a day, I could do more at the moment but school starts in a week and I don't want to over commit.

Ditto.

 

[deClench]

Originally Posted by BardStephenFox
On a more serious note, let me give it some thought. Maybe I will look at spinning it off as a thread, or perhaps as some articles. Maybe it would be a good idea to lay things out with a behind-the-screen perspective and then post free-for-all examples of PCs interacting with the story arcs and *possible* ways the story arc will shift to accomodate that. Would that be useful?

Keep in mind that Story Arcing is one method of DMing. Obviously I am a proponent of it. But it isn't the only method. Nor is it always the best method for every game. But I think many of the priciples could be applied to other DM methodologies, so it might still be useful.

Thoughts?

I think it's a great idea. Perhaps it would spark others to do the same (both experienced and green DMs). I've played D&D for a couple decades off and on, but have only just started to DM and my experience hadn't prepared me as much as I would have liked (and there's only so much in the DMG). The two sides of the curtain are totally different. I never appreciated the work my past DMs put into their campaigns. Reading the posts on how others DM has been TONS of help so far. I'd love to read more and, hopefully, be able to add to it with my own. If others with different perspectives and styles joined the discussion it could only make it better.

I think the campaign that many are planning on this thread or some other forum is also a great idea and could prove extremely useful. Unfortunately, it will most certainly be more of a committment than I can muster right now. RL is a harsh mistress. Though I would surely spectate and throw popcorn as needed.

 

[Blade of Desecration]

Me, I jsut get my basic plot then mod it all on the fly. It's actually much more efficent than it sounds.

@EvilHalfling: For a gnome, try Lantan as a homeland, especially if the gnome is mechanically or alchemically inclined.

P.S. Hey everyone, I just started using a different browzer litterally five minutes ago, and unlike my old one, it loaded all the smilies! Time for smily fun! :\