Any interest in a Saturday one-shot?

nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:09 pm

I am thinking of hosting a Skype/Maptool game this Saturday. It would be a one shot. Purpose is to introduce my wife to online roleplaying and to have fun. My wife has roleplayed on 3 occassions and I want to get her invovled online if possible. I would be looking for 3 to 4 more people. My wife will mostly likely play a fighter type class. Game would start 7:30/8:00 central to whenever the group decides to call it a night.

Game would be likely roleplay-lite with an emphasis on completing the module.

For simplicity, I was thinking of running the Becon with light modification. Otherwise maybe WOTC Howling Horde. I need a simple low level module and those are the two I got.

If there is interest, see the first post in my Sunday night game thread for character gen rules and what not. http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames

However go max gold as this is a one shot. If interested post here so I can keep a tally of who is in.

slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:34 pm

I'll give a tentative: 'would really like to', as my wife is getting a 'wee' bit frustrated with the fequency of my gaming habits.

Any chance you'd go with the Howling Horde?

I think most on these boards are familiar with the Beacon mod.

nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:37 pm

Chances are high that I will go with Howling Horde. I just want simple hack and slash.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:53 pm

I can probably get away with playing 2 to 3 hours. Level 1? 2?
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nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:55 pm

Thinking level 1 and then I will award ad hoc exp on the fly to boost characters.

LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:06 pm

Hey Nate. I'll give it a go. I dont know any of the mods you mentioned, so will all be new to me. I will play your super cool Barbarian class you mentioned on your Sunday thread. 8 central is 10 pm my time, which is fine since I dont teach on Sundays
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Rigon · Post by **Rigon** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:44 pm

Nate, would love to, but I think the Mrs is dragging me to a show or smething. Good luck.

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nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:51 pm

Great. It looks like I better get cracking on some maps. So far of I have Tree, Slimy, Lord and may wife. As I understand it Tree and Slimy are tenative. I got room for at least one more and a back up or two.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:02 pm

Yeah, I am "chancy", but I think my chance is better than 60% at that time of the day/evening. I imagine at least one of my kids would also be willing/eager to play.
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Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:13 pm

I could maybe give it a try. Not sure about my Saturday yet. So that is 5:30/6pm start PST?

Might take Thog, half orc barbarian extraordinaire out of mothballs.

Thog smash!

I notice your barbarian has a lot of combat oriented skills, but not much mention of tracking, survival, and the like.
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Buttmonkey · Post by **Buttmonkey** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:55 pm

I would like to play and am available. The house rules look fine. My only issue is I don't have Maptool. Is it freeware? If so, I am in. I'll probably play a cleric or a fighter barring any objections. Also, do you allow multiclassing? If so, what rules do you use for it?

nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:05 pm

Maptool is freeware .. go to rptools.net get the deversion 1.2.b30 --- at least I think that is what it is?

Multi class use the CZ material but it may no be worth it if it is a one shot campaign... your choice.

When I get home I will post the player list in the order of those stating they are interested.

Honor system regarding character gen so I don't feel a need to preview your Character sheets. You can post them if you want, but I assum all those that are interested in playing are honest and will generate a sheet based on the rules I provided.

Buttmonkey · Post by **Buttmonkey** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:25 pm

Do you use encumbrance BTB? I don't think I saw anything about it in your house rules.

I am definitely in, by the way.

(edited to correct embarrassing spelling error)

jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:45 pm

You'll love it, buttmonkey. Nate's a great CK and the stuff he does with maptools is verily awesome. Verily.

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LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:56 pm

Aramis wrote:
I could maybe give it a try. Not sure about my Saturday yet. So that is 5:30/6pm start PST?

Might take Thog, half orc barbarian extraordinaire out of mothballs.

Thog smash!

I notice your barbarian has a lot of combat oriented skills, but not much mention of tracking, survival, and the like.

That is what am looking at as well. Smash and Bash my way thru life.
Half-Orc Barbarian. Rob is feeling he wants to kills as much as he can, weapon optional...
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:57 pm

Buttmonkey wrote:
Do you use encumberance BTB? I don't think I saw anything about it in your house rules.

I am definitely in, by the way.

On encumbrance I believe nwelte is like most of us online CK's, keep it reasonable and we won't look at the encumbrance rules.
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nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:41 pm

Treebore wrote:
On encumbrance I believe nwelte is like most of us online CK's, keep it reasonable and we won't look at the encumbrance rules.

That is dead on. Enc is a burden. (no pun intended) Be reasonable and you can carry a fair load. I think you are unreasonable.. I audit.

nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:44 pm

jaybird216 wrote:
You'll love it, buttmonkey. Nate's a great CK and the stuff he does with maptools is verily awesome. Verily.

Too kind. I am a new CK so somethings need ironing out, but I think the group will tell you I am fair/reasonable. As for my maps, I am skimping on this one do to time constraints to get it together. Unless I find a magic period of time I am down loading the map from WOTC.

If you have played Scourge of the Howling Horde don't spoil it for the group.

I will not be running the module straight, as my recent quick overview leads me to think the module is a little lite of the challenge of the encounters.

nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:18 pm

So far this is who seems interested

My wife - fighter mostly likely

Slimy - maybe

Tree - chancy (69%)

Lord S.

Aramis

Buttmonkey

Tree's kids are on standby???

nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:19 pm

Aramis wrote:
I could maybe give it a try. Not sure about my Saturday yet. So that is 5:30/6pm start PST?

Yeap.

LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:41 am

PM sent Nate.
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LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:49 am

Krukskul Half-Orc Barbarian

Level 1

Abilities:

Str 19 (+3) P

Dex 16 (+2)

Con 18 (+3) P

Int 12 (--)

Wis 11 (--)

Cha 8 (-1)

HP = 15 AC = 17

Starting Gold: 80 GP Spent

Equipment: Cuir Bouille, Med Steel Shield, Two-Handed Axe

Attack: 1d20+3

Damage: 1d12+3

Racial and Class abilities: As per Nate's House Rules and PHB

L.S.
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Aramis · Post by **Aramis** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:23 am

I'll just clone Lord Seurek's stats etc. for Thog

LordSeurek wrote:
Thog of the Long Fang Clan

Turn Offs: Reading, Thinking

Turn Ons: Smashing Things

Half-Orc Barbarian

Level 1

Abilities:

Str 19 (+3) P

Dex 16 (+2)

Con 18 (+3) P

Int 12 (--)

Wis 11 (--)

Cha 8 (-1)

HP = 15 AC = 16

Attack: 1d20+3

Damage: 3d4+3

Racial and Class abilities: As per Nate's House Rules and PHB

Starting Gold: 80 GP Spent

Equipment:

Cuir Bouille

Bearded Axe "No More Talk"

Spear x 3

(No medium shield for me. Shields are for elves and other big babies. Plus, they make 2 handed weapons a bit hard to use )

Backpack

Bag of marbles

Winter Blanket

Bandages

Armor and Weapon Oil, Whetstone

Rope

Canteen

Leather Gloves

Heavy Boots

Fishing Gear

5x Spikes

small Crowbar

small Hammer

grappling Hook

Whistle

Flint and Steel

edit: fixed my AC. Thanks LS

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LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:43 am

Aramis wrote:
I'll just clone Lord Seurek's stats etc. for Thog

Had not even realized the shield with a two handed sword. Thanks for pointing it out. Lose the shield. Leaves me some coin now to by mundane stuff no doubt. I'll Aramis' on that one Err, drop the AC down to 16
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nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:41 am

I found magic time to map.... now to populate it....

LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:54 am

Did you get my PM Nate?
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nwelte1 · Post by **nwelte1** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:33 pm

LordSeurek wrote:
Did you get my PM Nate?

Yeah if you want that is fine.

LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:45 pm

Revamped version of KrukSkul

KrukSkul Half-Orc Barbarian Level 1

Abilities:

Str 19 (+3) P

Dex 16 (+2)

Con 18 (+3)

Int 12 (--)

Wis 11 (--) P

Cha 8 (-1)

HP = 15 AC = 16

Equipment: Cuir Bouille, Two-Handed Axe

Backpack, Bag of marbles, Winter Blanket, Bandages, Armor and Weapon Oil, Whetstone

Rope, Canteen, Leather Gloves, Heavy Boots, Fishing Gear, 5x Spikes, small Crowbar

small Hammer, grappling Hook, Whistle, Flint and Steel

Money On-hand: 3 GP, 1 SP

Attack: 1d20+3

Damage: 1d12+3

Battle Frenzy: Starting a first level, the barbarian is capable of entering a battle frenzy once per day. To invoke a battle frenzy, the barbarian must sustain damage since his last action. Once in a battle frenzy, the barbarian must attack if at all possible (this includes charging if necessary to engage in combat). The barbarian receives a +4 to Strength, +4 to Constitution, +2 to Wisdom saves, but a -2 to AC and -2 to Intelligence saves. The Frenzy lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + barbarians new frenzied Con Modifier. The additional hit points from increase in Con is considered temporary and are lost as soon as the frenzy ends. A battle frenzied barbarian can prematurely end the frenzy with a successful Wisdom save (set by CK). When frenzied, barbarians have little control over their facilities. They focus first on their foes, but can mistake friends for enemies when no opponent remain alive. If the barbarian is frenzied and no enemies remain to fight, the barbarian will tun to the nearest individual to attack. After the frenzy ends, the barbarian is fatigued, -2 to Str and -2 to Dex, -10 feet to move ???? amount of time.

Combat Sense (As per PHB)

Retaliation (As per House Rules)

Feral Insticnts (As per House Rules)

Death Wish (As per House Rules)

Fast Movement (As per House Rules)

First Blood (As per House Rules)

Brutal Display Savagery (As per House Rules)

Primal Might (As per PHB)
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LordSeurek · Post by **LordSeurek** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:57 pm

nwelte1 wrote:
Crits on natural 20. 20 always hits. To follow the KISS principle, just double the rolled damage. No confirmation or second rolls needed.

Natural 1s are fumbles. Again KISS, lose a round. If the group wants random effects we can add them.

Think we could spice this up a bit Nate? Theoretically, crits and fumbles only occur 5% of the time. Myself, Slimy, and Martin use WOTC 3ed critical hit and critical fumble chart. Makes it more fun for players I find. The critical hit chart is broken into 3 categories, based on weapon type. The fumble chart enables the ck to use a little role playing to describe just how the PC screwed up. I agree, KISS is usually the way to go, the chart just adds a little flavor to it
Just a suggestion...

L.S.
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slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:25 pm

http://www.angelfire.com/dragon3/vinife ... ble_2e.pdf