Circus Talk - OOC

Alright I fixed that. Dungeons and Dragons 5th sheets are free to add to the game.

Can everyone get to them?

I'm sorry folks! I meant to set up some organized threads before everyone got in here, but unfortunately got pulled away from it this morning. I'll organize tonight. In the mean time could everyone hold off on posting. Except in this Circus Talk - OOC thread.

Okay. I shifted things a bit.

I put the threads you all started for your characters in the forum called Characters. Please keep putting your character backgrounds in the respective threads there.

The Episodes forum is where our story will take place.

Finally, our OOC communications can remain in the thread RageRed created called Circus Talk - OOC

Character sheets are looking good so far. We're getting closer to game play!

Hopefully Skyharpy will be with us soon.

Skyharpy please create a thread in the Characters subforum for your character.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

I haven't really used it in D&D before, but I would like to use inspiration in this game (a little differently than what the PHB describes). I'm inspired by the the Earthdawn game and EZD6 game that I'm in now on GP, where players can build up things like karma and hero dice to perform amazing feats or get out of tight situations. (BTW, Thank you Skyharpy for introducing me to EZD6 in the game your are running!)

In our game here, you will gain an inspiration point every time the result of an ability test or combat roll you make is a natural 1 or a natural 20. You can stockpile inspiration points. You can spend one inspiration point to gain advantage on a roll. You must declare the use of inspiration before making the roll. If you still don't like the result of the roll, you can spend another inspiration point to roll again.

Those are great ideas too! I will probably incorporate that. I guess awarding for good roleplaying is kinda what the PHB says.

Oops. Sorry if that messes up your sheets.

I also keep a running tally of things in my gameplay posts, thing like HP, KI, and now inspiration points. (It helps me keep track) You'll see.

So you may not need to keep track of inspiration on your character sheet if you don't want.

easy peasy then!

I was really hoping to get an opening game post up these weekend. But there are a few things I still want to work out for NPC motivations for the first episode of our game. And tomorrow I have an early Christmas party to attend. So…if everyone doesn’t mind. Perhaps it makes sense to start after Christmas. I am looking forward to this game.

The Kingdom is mostly made up of humans. The indigenous islanders are a human people called Makai, but there are hin ( the Mystara name for halflings) as well as other races around. Pirates find places to hide out in these islands too. And there are many hin pirates as well.

"The Kingdom of Ierendi is made up of a collection of islands in the Sea of Dread lying to the south of the Five Shires. There are ten main islands, of which the largest is Ierendi Island, which boasts Ierendi City, capital of the kingdom. Safari Island is famous for its wilderness reserves and its "adventure parks", or simulated dungeons. Alcove Island is an infamous pirate haven, while Utter Island is well known for the unusual sand architecture built by the albino natives. The mysterious White Island hosts a small community of druids, Whitenight Abbey, that permit few visitors. Roister Island, in the southern portion of the kingdom, lies in some of the richest fishing grounds in the Sea of Dread. Aloysius Island, plagued by the mau-mau, a type of disease-carrying mosquito, serves as a penal colony. Elegy Island boasts mysterious ancient burial grounds. Fletcher Island is a tourist magnet, producing many works of art from the feathers of the native birds. Last but not least, Honor Island is home to a mysterious group of mages, who deal harshly with intruders and build the famed ironclad fireships of Ierendi." ...from Guide to Mystara

Also here is a decent map.


There is a hin mixed into the six contestants. The 'adventurer' contestants need not even be Ierendi as far as the tournament's historic guidlines go. In fact, even circus troupe members could enter the contest. So there will be Ierendi humans and a couple outsiders mixed in to the contestant group. This may be a source of frustration to some in Ierendi.