OOC Thread

Awesome, welcome to our new players!

Hey everyone! Okay, so my idea for a character is a barbarian with serious anger issues and only likes one person.

Jokes aside, I need to peruse the books and sniff out a good one. What is the class line up looking like right now?

I just rolled up a dranborn paladin
Jacketch has a kenku wizard
Jabes has a dwarf cleric
McDunno has a human multiclass of warlock and wizard I believe, who originally was specced out to be a grand thespian

Rygnar was pure gold! Don't work too hard reading all the threads to catch up, I'm working on some summaries over the next few days.

I think for this game we've established a pretty heroic tone. There are shades of gray in the world, but all of the characters currently clock in as good in the alignment spectrum.

Jabes has a tempest cleric who is mostly offense, not a healer type. Jacketch's wizard is well-rounded but squishy, McDunno's character is mostly utility/trickery now but getting meaner every level.

Starrbeardo is rolling up a Paladin to replace his fighter and will be part of the rescue along with Jacketch. Probably a tank class would be helpful but whatever you like really

A welcome to the game to both HypCo and Naatkinson! Hope we all have fun together.

As for the level up, I'll be rolling for HP again. Pageflap's HP shall go up by this much...

Less than 4, but a lot better than 1.

Thanks, looking forward to it!

As posted to the Absences Thread:

I know we're in a bit of a holding pattern right now, but Len will you be prompting the return to the game with the new characters and such or should we do it ourselves at some point?

Thanks for asking Starrbeardo! I will prompt us to begin, starting a new thread. While we are waiting (probably wait until 30th for Jabes to return) I will give the relic hunter crew some writing prompts to help establish your history a bit, and include Jacketch to decide how he got the relic hunters to join him on the rescue mission. For McDunno and Jabes (however much he can participate) I will fill them in on what is happening as captives, give them some choices as well. There won't be much dice rolling during this time, just giving some history to the new characters and some idea about how the world has fared over our hiatus.

The game itself will restart pretty much right before the second attempt at taking the Lonely Tower.

Hey guys, this is unrelated to this game at all, but per some previous advice I'd received on this board, I'd like to try my hand at DMing. I made a post to gauge interest, but I thought I would try here since I am most familiar with all of you to see if anyone here would like to give it a shot.

Thanks for the invite Starrbeardo! I've taken on 3 new games in the last month so I'm already over my head :) But, I wish you the best of luck. DMing can be super fun!

If it was 5e, I might of gobbled it up; I'm only just holding my head above water though, I'd sink if I tried to pick up a new system.

@Len, do you have XGtE?

Yes I do :) Something catch your eye?

Perhaps, the Fighter Archetype: Arcane Archer but all of its skills, as RAW, say arrow. I'm I looking into it too much or is the class only limited to arrows?

I believe Jeremy Crawford mentioned on Twitter that not mentioning other ranged weapons was an oversight. Feel free to be an Arcane Archer's abilities with a sling, a crossbow, throwing axes, whatever :)

Okay, Len, I think I finally landed at something that I feel good about with the backstory I created prior. I'll have him up shortly.

My daughter's spring break starts, so I'm probably going to be pretty spotty posting for the next week.

Okay, thanks for the heads up McDunno.

Folks, I'm going to start turning the crank and get things started up again. Over the next couple of days, I'll be posting some background details and give you guys a starting place.

There's going to be 2 groups: Kit and Torden are prisoners within the Lonely Tower and Pageflap is leading the rescue from the outside with the Relic Hunters: Sulprax the Dragonborn Paladin, Ander the Halfling Beast Master, and Ryvid the human slinger.

KIT AND TORDEN

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McDunno has already suggested that he's been using his excellent people skills to be making friends from the inside. Originally this was going to involve the Night Blades but given that he'll be spotty for the next week, I think we'll make this about organizing other prisoners

Neither Kit nor Torden will have any of their gear at the beginning of this break, but will be at full health, full spell slots, full hit dice. To save time, you might want to consider your AC and damage sans items as well as think about how to use your spell resources best. Actually, you won't be able to cast spells until you get access to your arcane and divine foci.

We will abstract the other prisoners rather than run them individually. They will take hits for you when you get hit, and give you bonus damage when you hit.

ANDER, PAGEFLAP, RYVID, and SULPRAX

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We'll do a short introduction of what has transpired to get the characters to the present moment, but we will cut right to the chase and do the majority of the introduction through battle. My plan is to have your characters ambush a Night Blade supply wagon on route to the Lonely Tower on a narrow pass. You will have free reign to define battlefield features to represent the care your characters took in choosing this ambush location, so think up some fun stuff that ties in with your character :)

I still have to define the magic weapons for Ander and Ryvid. Any suggestions or wishes?