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<t>I forgot to add that I had expanded the edge of my sandbox campaign world to include rece tly an island of amazons. So I'm definitely going to steal the Amazon as race idea. <br/> <br/> Another thought, what about an attribute penalty as a balance? Charisma seems like a possible hit since barbs t...

<t>I really dig this concept too. The Barbarian has been an inexplicably popular choice in our campaign (no less than 4 out of 14 players total). As a class they have felt a little vanilla, this seems like a much more colorful way of doing it that I think I'd like to introduce into my own. <br/> <br...

I'm even less tolerant of 3.5 mechanics then Redbeard, so he'll get a good critical playtest with our crowd. (In fact we even simplify C&C combat further by doing a group initiative with a good old fashioned d6 roll.)

Where can one find said NPC generator? Sounds useful.

<r>There was an interesting set of C&C specific rules posted by a fella on Dragonsfoot:<br/> <URL url="http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=35062"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewt ... 37&t=35062">http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=...

<t>I can definitely say "amen" to those folks who say you can homebrew a published setting enough to make it your own. It certainly jives with my own fond memories of running campaigns up and around Greyhawk's Wild Coast area or the wilds around the Keep on the Borderlands. <br/> <br/> But these day...

serleran wrote: For characters above say, 3rd level, yes, I think the values are too low -- it might better reflect "cash on hand" and not actual wealth. For example, a knight of 10th level is likely to have a castle, and a wizard at that level has probably been making some potions for a ...

serleran wrote: Oh, I thought it had something to do with social strata, so that an upper-class character might get a +X on the roll, and a lower-class would get the reverse. Of course, looking again, the values are way too low for such a thing. It's designed to work in tandem with some kind of bac...

<t>Hmm, thanks perhaps I was unclear in the introductory text (will change, may thanks). <br/> <br/> My intention in the third paragraph was to say that if you start a character under this system you get to add +1 to each roll on each chart for each level you start after first. You also get an addit...

<r>I posted the following to my blog to supplement and revise the charts I had released previously in the 15-Minute C&C Character Generator ( <URL url="http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2009/04/starting-equipment-generator.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2009/04 ... rator.ht...

Does anyone have contact info for Mike Stewart the author of the aforementioned Crusader article?

<r>Thanks to Cheepicus over at Dragonsfoot there's now a version of the generator that you can use offline. <URL url="http://www.multifoliate.com/quickiebackground.html">http://www.multifoliate.com/quickiebackground.html</URL><br/> <br/> According to him: "You can view the page source and copy/paste...

<r>Oops forgot to add that Chris Gonnerman from Dragonfoot has kindly put together an automated online tool based on my background generator. Saves me even more time with a click of the button. Yay.<br/> <URL url="http://tower.newcenturycomputers.net/background.html">http://tower.newcenturycomputers...

anglefish wrote: For me, I've taken other tactics to facilitate revolving door PCs:. Those are all great,creative ideas. I have had to grapple with a couple unique issues to running a West March-ish sandbox campaign such as the potential for a high number of PC deaths (so far they've been hella luc...

serleran wrote: OK, after much digging and belabored effort, it's actually two issues of Crusader: #8 and #9. The latter has the errata for the former. The article in question would be the Auld Wyrmish by Mike Stewart (sieg.) So, there. I'm not making up stuff. Well, I'm glad you weren't because th...

serleran wrote: Its an article about creating detailed histories for higher-level characters. You make rolls on some tables and get things like "lost eye in a war." I only read it once, so I don't remember its name or what issue... but, it definitely exists. My Crusaders are not in one ea...

Treebore wrote: I wonder how to expand it to account for new PC's at any level. A good question, I have been starting players in my own campaign with 3,000 xp myself (somewhere between 2nd and 3rd level for most classes). But the characters are all presumed to start with about 300 gp worth of gear ...

<r>Having (patiently) listened to the players in my recent C&C sandbox campaign, I realized that they really wanted it both ways when it comes to having backgrounds for their characters. They want some kind of loose story but are wary (and rightfully) of putting too much energy into wimpy low-le...

<t>When we last knocked off (so much for the you have to make it back to town at the end of the night rule), or brave heroes (and lone heroine) were just entering the large pillared chamber lying behind the mysterious giant doors. Mattias the monk was probing the hell out of all things statue and ha...

<t>Party additions:<br/> <br/> Sister Anya (now played by my own fetching companion)<br/> <br/> Black Ratter (1st level NPC Thief substituting for Von Schadenfreude). The Black Ratter is the loyal follower of Pavise.<br/> <br/> Hightailing it back to Ostrovo, the party finds that actions in the past...

<t>Party additions:<br/> <br/> August (LN, 2nd level Magic User, played by Joshua). August, a former academic and scholar, has been drawn to the arcane arts as magic walks the land more and more. Apprenticing to one of the handful of known mages in the borderlands, he has had a hint of the mysteriou...

<t>The party<br/> <br/> Mattias (NG, 1st level Monk/1st level Cleric, played by Scott). Mysteriously losing his parents at a young age, Mattias was brought to the monastery of the Brethren of the Supernal Skies as a toddler by his somewhat famed adventuring uncle, Gustavus. Raised in the disciplined...

<t>The campaign is set in a frontier region of the Over-Kingdom of the Nemetz Lands, a sprawling, loose federation of vaguely Germanic and Slavic domains ruled by an Overking elected by the Lords Temporal and Spiritual. Our down-and-out heroes have just ridden into Ostrovo, a small, provincial town ...