D&D 4E Wandering Star: Jonathon Tweet's 4E Campaing (He Wants Your Help)

[TerraDave]

Jonathon Tweet is starting a Greek Mythology inspired, solar system spanning, paragon level 4E campaign: Wandering Star; and has done a number of blog posts on it. It definitely has that Tweet Quirkiness going for it.

First post, with a number of links to latter posts not included below

Glossary


Table Rules


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Athena

 

[I'm A Banana]

I kind of like it.

 

[Nebulous]

Depends on the players. I've known some who would just say, "It falls down."

 

[Doug McCrae]

4wesome.

I love story points. Their use would have greatly improved several of my prior gaming groups.

 

[Wormwood]

I love story points. Their use would have greatly improved several of my prior gaming groups.

Seconded.

And the Kill Shot? I actually use that in other games I run, yet it never occured to me to import it into D&D.

Odd blind spot.

 

[Revinor]

I like the Kill Shots idea.

As far as Story Points are concerned... Those discussions are mostly made in character and are one of the precious pure role play moments in the game. I would be very reluctant to cut them just to fast-forward to another combat/puzzle/challenge. If it takes too long, I sometimes drop a hint or tell the players to speed up.

 

[TerraDave]

I often find his musings to be a source of inspiration for something.

And I apreciate how big he can make the D&D box.

Other people seem to see a thimble. He sees an ocean...or a solar system.

 

[TerraDave]

He list his pcs:

The characters so far, starting at 11th level.

Doppelganger wizard. A descendent of Proteus.


Dwarf fighter. A human with hecatonchir blood.

Half-elf paladin of Aphrodite. Paragon path: astral weapon.

Elf ranger. A dryad/tree who's taken human form and inadvertently escaped destruction on the moon.

Half-elf warlord. A human with divine blood from somewhere.

We've got every role with a double-up on defender.

Note bold.

 

[TerraDave]

He changed the post!

Wandering Star: Player Characters
Posted By: WotC_JoT, 3/19/2008 3:02:24 PM


The characters so far, starting at 11th level.

Viisi, "doppelganger" wizard/spellstorm mage. A descendent of Proteus, master of cold and lightning.


Kottakis, "dwarf" fighter/iron vanguard. A human with hecatonchir blood, a bodyguard with centuries of experience and newfound interest in a cause, Athenais's cause.


Nentya, "elf" ranger/battle archer. A dryad/tree who's taken human form and inadvertently escaped destruction on the moon. Rejected by Artemis, she's welcome in the court of Athena, the virgin huntress's rival.


Aristokles, "half-elf" warlord/battle captain. A human with the divine blood of Zeus, married into Athena's family.

Athenais, "half-elf" paladin/astral weapon of Athena. Granddaughter of Athena and secretly a champion of an unusual cause: the human soul. (Thanks to Chris Sims for statting this character up.)

 

[TerraDave]

And he has a brief playtest report. Vampires of Mars are involved.