Troll Lord Games

Hey you guys are quick!

I just PM'd you both, and by the time I'd finished you had replies up!

I'm in the Rigaud/Hudson area, so not far. I'm on the island frequently, and I work from home (read: flexible schedule). So please do shout out if anything's going on.

<t>Hey Guys!<br/> <br/> I'm an Aussie gamer in Montreal, well just off the island actually. Talk of a Montreal C&C Chapter is very interesting <br/> I run an online campaign via Fantasy Grounds (with all my old high school gaming buddies), but if anyone's ever looking for an extra player, I'd lo...

I'm also here, crusading in Montreal. Although all my play is with guys elsewhere, using Fantasy Grounds. It'd be nice to play face to face some time.

We use TeamSpeak, in conjunction with FGII. Some of us don't have the bandwidth for Skype, so TeamSpeak has been great.

It hasn't missed a beat for us. We rent a very reliable server out of Texas for $3 a month, although you can host it yourself for free.

<t>I should add, if you've got some players on dial up, and you're thinking of using the C&C ruleset in FGII, you should get all your players to buy the "full" license of FGII, not the "lite". Reason being, if you have a lite license, you have to download the C&C ruleset (from the CK) every ...

<t>I use FGII to run a game with all my old high school buddies. We have players in France, Australia and me in Canada, and the program hasn't missed a beat. It's superb. <br/> <br/> To answer your questions:<br/> <br/> - There's no limit to the number of players. Obviously bandwidth imposes a theor...

BLOOD AXE wrote:
There is pretty involved article in an old Dragon magazine. I can try to find the issue for you if you like. I have that complete Dragon Magazine collection on CD set.

I'd be really interested if you can dig up the reference. Thanks!

Thanks everyone. All good points. I think I'll go with a player by player approach. It does depend on what type of cleric you have, and converts are a reward in themselves.

<t>There are so many creative minds here when it comes to house ruling, I thought I'd ask for some feedback. <br/> <br/> I'm looking to encourage Clerics to recruit followers by rewarding them for it. Something like bonus XP for every new convert to the Cleric's God. Or possibly extra spells or inna...

<t>What about numbers of players? I've just picked up Ravenloft I6 on eBay. It states 6-8 characters of levels 5 to 7. <br/> <br/> I have a party of four characters: fighter, rogue/ranger, wizard, cleric. Any recommendations for the level these four characters would need to be to handle this module?...

Treebore wrote: The website says they have a server available for use, and I also read that it can handle high numbers of players, it just might lag, etc... So if I don't have to do the port forwarding it will be great. The FG server is just an alias name server. It records your IP address and gene...

Treebore wrote: Well, the best answer I could find as to how many could play is "the more people you have the more likely you'll run into lag problems etc..." Plus I read another encouraging thing about using it on dial up. So once I can afford $90 for the 5 sets plus the C&C rules se...

Good point. I'll use EV2. Thanks.

Any thoughts on the EV for a 100-page spell book?

Astinus wrote: With Dundjinni you will work a lot with tiles and objects already made. They have packs to expand the selection too (some of which are free and quite good)... the base program also includes a decent selection of all this. In other words, if you're happy with the tiles (which are nice...

Does Dundjinni have any advantages over Photoshop? I make maps for online play, and have been teaching myself Photoshop, and wondering if Dundjinni was worth the purchase.

Hmm, it would make a dungeon haul interesting. That would mean a shoulder pack would hold 200 gold pieces (20 EV / 2 equals carrying capacity of 10 EV). Does that feel right? 200 coins in a shoulder pack?

I'm not sure if I've just missed this, but what's the EV of coins? For example, what's the EV for 100 gold pieces?

<t>I would say a lot more than interesting - I would say very exciting. I have to echo Breakdaddy. Fantasy Grounds is a remarkable interface. Intuitive and pretty - it really mimics the tabletop feel. For those of us forced to play over distance, it's a god send. <br/> <br/> Can't wait for the relea...

Does this module go into lots of cool, gritty detail about siege warfare, or keep it pretty simple? Sounds like a great premise for a module.

Maliki wrote: Side quests I'm not sure about, if it was strictly a M&T monster I would take a stab at the CR, probably after the PCs had battled it and see how easy or difficult the encounter was the closer they come to defeat or death the highter the CR. (I always felt the designers of 3E just...

Maliki wrote: Right 3E does not give XPs for gold/treasure, but they do for traps (even if you set them off), so I also plan to give XPs based on the CR for traps as well. I also plan to treat the PCs as 1-3 level on the chart, no matter their actual level, so even at higher levels a CR of one will...

DangerDwarf wrote:
If you use the XP method given out in the CZ: Class Options & Skills, it should keep you pretty much on track. At first I can say for certain. Thats what I was using and it worked perfectly.

Sorry, what's the CZ?

Treebore wrote: XP for treasure and "story awards" are two ways that will help, just don't know if that will be enough. One other helpful thing is Paizo has been strongly suggesting "side quests", especially in PAthfinder 2. Treebore, what do you think of Maliki's suggestion? Ma...

<t>I've been thinking of starting a similar thread. I'd love to help, but I have two issues: <br/> <br/> 1. I'm on dial up, so no Skype. <br/> <br/> 2. I'm pretty new to C&C, but have more than a decade DMing AD&D. <br/> <br/> So I'm here to do labor. So if we establish a protocol for determ...

<t>In an original Dragonlance campaign I DM'd, the guy who played Gilthanas killed his older brother, so he'd be next in line for the throne of the Qualanesti elves. Then he killed his old man. Then he sent his elite guard on death squad missions, to kill communities of gnomes, so as to slowly chang...

<t>Yep, this is special stuff. I'm just about to start running the first issue, and was deeply impressed by this second release. I can't wait until the later issue (I think fourth) where the players get to storm the keep, and then have to run the damn thing. Should be lots of fun. <br/> <br/> And I ...

Thanks Traveller. Very nice site, by the way.

<t>I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm rolling a character with one of my players tonight. We're hooking up online from opposite sides of the world. And all the C&C books I ordered are still in the mail. The Quick Start Guide lists costs for basic items, but not Starting Coin for the different c...

synabetic wrote: And to further the weirdness, I'm not new to N. America, like you, Astinus... but I'm new to Canada (like you)... and like you I'm setting up a Fantasy Grounds game, converting to play C&C from D&D with my old buddies from the US. Some very strange parallels. Guess it just ...