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OK, for those expressing interest, please let me know what your character concepts are. As a starter for ten, the campaign will kick off in Qbarra. I'm looking for about six players which seems more or less in line with the interest expressed so far. Going more or less on a first-come, first-served basis. Also, in line with the overwhelming (and unsurprising) preference, we will run with PF rules. Conversion to PF of Eberron stuff will be on a case-by-case basis, maybe (or maybe not) referencing Tzimine's stuff.
At the moment we maybe have:
- Eben
- Sinvel
- Spazmodeus
- 137Ben
- Algar
- Bigger Club
- Shady Motives
The only realy requirement is the ability to post on a more or less daily basis.
I love the idea of a shifter mercenary (possibly ranger or barbarian going into were-touched master). Still considering.
I am down for this. Never had the chance to play in Eberron. If you are full,I understand. Let me know if you would like me to whip up a character.
Well my initial idea was to use my witch, but 137ben's comment has me thinking about a psionic option as well.
I also post regularly.
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Thank you for all the interest. I need those in the original septemvirate to express a definitive interest so I can say "Yay" or "Nay" to those who have expressed interest since.
On Psionics - clearly it's quite an important part of Eberron. On the other hand, it's fairly also niche. I'm not terrifically familiar with the PF psionics adaptations, and while I'm happy for people to do psionics (since it doesn't happen anywhere else much) I'm slightly concerned about it being a psionics freak show from setting verisimilitude. Psionics will not be a very core element in this campaign from a flavour or plot perspective.
As for the feeling of the campaign. I'd say it'll be a bit like a thriller rather than a mystery. There will be an overarching plot, although significant sub-plots will come from the characters and their backgrounds, motivations and so on. Although the action will start in Q'barra, it won't stay there. Combat will be a significant element, but not the only one. Party-level cooperation is also important, and evil alignments are basically out. But in terms of character creation, go for what you feel and I will try to accommodate. You'll get the most out by roleplaying and enjoying your characters. If things work out, this could last years. To be honest, in overall tone it will be very similar to my existing one.
On a starting basis, they need a reason to be in Q'barra. Please give me the option you have in mind with a bit of flavour so we can discuss them and how they might fit in.
i love me some eberron. i will be stalking this
as a big fan of psionics, i would like to perhaps make a psychic warrior with an eye towards Elocater. high mobility, average damage and maybe slightly above average AC (dodge/mobility/spring attack)
likely a human, among the repressed peoples of Adar.
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1) On a case-by-case basis. I generally say yes assuming the concept isn't disruptive to the game and there is a decent in-game explanation. I can't actually see "Dread Necromancer" in Heroes of Horror so you'll have to tell me where it is ands what changes you intend to make.
2) Same again, but it's a rule in PF so I'm unlikely to have problems with it.
3) Point buy, for a level playing field. Assume 15 points, but I'll check what I did for the last games to see if I was particularly generous or not.
I'll have to say Nay at this time. Thanks for the consideration!
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Well the concept is why necromancer wise soldier from the Last war from Karnath's army. Very utily based moral views on undead so should not be disruptive. I PMd the spesifics of the class. Also Cheers for the quick reply.
I like to keep things reasonably simple, plus I'm not very keen on non-standard stuff where it has to be house-ruled to work. Flavour-wise I'm not sure what the dread necromancer brings to the party that the undeath-bloodline sorcerer doesn't, which has the benefit of being 100% standard PF. What are your views on that?
I am a Yay.
I'm still working through mine, but I'm thinking a vet of the last war who operated within a Denieth merc company... and currently considering the name Degg.
I'm still looking through my old Eberron stuff to really iron out the story, but I'll update as soon as I can. i like the idea that his background is as a hunter from the reaches who saw the war as an opportunity (which probably reinforces his neutral-ish stance as it pertains to Good/Evil).
I'm definitely thinking martial strong-guy, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to also give him some skills to round out his hunter nature... so i'm still considering barbarian, ranger, or some combination there-of.
I would love to do this but I despise point buy character creation. If that is your final verdict I will have to bow out.
Aubrey, I hate to push in, and it looks like you have six, but if you could drop me on the waiting list, that would be awesome.
I'd be willing to fill any party role. Aside from your long-running game, I'm not very familiar with Eberron. My concepts would probably be rather generic humans based out of the Core rullebook.
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Well the concept is why necromancer wise soldier from the Last war from Karnath's army. Very utily based moral views on undead so should not be disruptive. I PMd the spesifics of the class. Also Cheers for the quick reply.I like to keep things reasonably simple, plus I'm not very keen on non-standard stuff where it has to be house-ruled to work. Flavour-wise I'm not sure what the dread necromancer brings to the party that the undeath-bloodline sorcerer doesn't, which has the benefit of being 100% standard PF. What are your views on that?Well one of the biggest differences is sorcerer's abilities are the result of lineage, admittedly accepted and mastered,(otherwise it would probably be class X with eldrict heritage feat) while DN is learned, meaning it is something the character chose for themselves. Another is the sacrifice of learning other parts of magic for single minded focus and mastery in a small section with it. To use an analogy the difference is something like Master summoner and Conjuration Specialist wizard.
The fact that I am all ready playing a sorcerer at another PBP is another reason for me not to. That being said there is Witch and Wizard, but the reason mentioned earlier still apply.
All that being said if it seems more trouble than it's worth, totally cool to say no. I will then move on to something different.
OK, in the end it's your character and it's important you play the character you want. Could I ask you to put up a fully-converted version on the board so I can paste it into the campaign page? And you need a reason why an undead-wrangler is hanging in a jungle.
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Here's my character outline--it will be expanded later:
Portforged, from its creation, was a fairly unusual warforged. Although she was built in a creation forge like any other warforged, her House Cannith makers had implanted a bit of essence from a Quori shard into her. The process made him naturally psionic.
Near the end of the last war, when he was built, Portforged was intended to be the first part of a plan by House Cannith to revolutionize transportation in the war. They had managed to make her inclined towards psychoportation powers, in the hopes that with enough refinement, a future version of psionic warforged could transport entire legions at once.Unfortunately for house Cannith (and fortunately for everyone else), the last war ended before a better psionic warforged model could be designed--as far as she knows, Portforged was the last psionic warforged built.
When Portforged escaped from her master upon the end of the war, she was determined to unravel the secret of himself, and of its own power.Portforged knew that her power ultimately came from dragonshards and Quori shards in particular. Being built for war, he wanted to get away from the inherent peace he expected in the Five Nations.
So where better to go than Q'Barra? The land was ripe with small-scale fights, and it had an abundant supply of dragonshards and magical artifacts that Portforged could study...or use to enhance herself.
Above all, though, she wanted to answer a few questions:
what would House Cannith have done with her? What kind of power could she, or her non-existent-successors, gain? And, in the end, should Portforged support the organization that brought it into existence, or should it seek to destroy the aristocrats who had enslaved him?
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Sexually-ambiguous warforged is fine - you can always run with "it". And the presence of dragonshards in an important aspect of the campaign (House Tharashk plays a part) which will mesh nicely.
where would the game be starting?
and is there any open slots left? If not, I'd be happy to be on the reserves if you end up losing some.
thanks!
Took a look at the psionic options but none appealed to me as much my witchy witch.
Main concept is thus : Having travelled out of the Demon wastes, our witch travels through the war-scarred continent of Khorvaire, wondering at the technologies and strange customs of the more civilized lands. Following her spirit patron, embodied by her plains hawk, she ends up in Sharn where she boards a ship that brings her to Q'barra. She could have just arrived or have settled there for a year of so...depends on how you want to start things off, Aubrey.
I'm still here, I'm still in, and I'm still working on a melee brute. Would it throw a wrench in anyone's day if my concept became a warforged? I can't decide between the two, but am working feverishly to get a story of either a warforged or shifter ironed out.
Sorry to flip-flop; I just want to have a character that I really dig. All I know is I want to smash things in this game. :)
i am looking to be on the waiting list.
my character concept is a human (enlightened monk or psychic warrior) that would later move into the Elocater prestige class. He would be one of the oppressed peoples of Adar, but recently found out that he wasn't born there, but had instead washed up on shore from a shipwreck. He was raised by folks in Adar, but longs to see the world outside the monastery walls. Boarding a ship to Qbarra, he starts his journey in as foreign a place as is feasible.
in terms of party role, he would be a decent-to-high AC, high mobility melee fighter with normal-but-not-outstanding damage.
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Took a look at the psionic options but none appealed to me as much my witchy witch.
Main concept is thus : Having travelled out of the Demon wastes, our witch travels through the war-scarred continent of Khorvaire, wondering at the technologies and strange customs of the more civilized lands. Following her spirit patron, embodied by her plains hawk, she ends up in Sharn where she boards a ship that brings her to Q'barra. She could have just arrived or have settled there for a year of so...depends on how you want to start things off, Aubrey.
Happy with a witch, unhappy with a background from the Demon Wastes. By simply journeying from there to here you'd probably be several levels by now. The Demon Wastes isn't a place you just casually leave to engage in a little bit of tourism. Plus it's such an unusual place to come from she'd be so freakish as to be unlikely to avoid significant comment and interest (remembering that the Demon Wastes are virtually unknown to just about everyone from Khorvaire). Also, the location is arbitrary in respect of this campaign (maybe it made sense in the previous campaign) since she'd the have to cross an entire continent for no apparent reason to end up in a diseased swamp very similar to the one she left (bar the demons). Unless there is a really compelling reason for her to come from the Demon Wastes, I'd chose somewhere less out there as a place of origin. Q'barra itself is perfectly OK as a place of origin, but pretty much anywhere other than the Demon Wastes would be OK (even Droaam). If you are dead set on the Demon Wastes, you really need a good backstory.
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Currently:
- Eben (melee)
- Spazmodeus (witch)
- 137Ben (psychoporting warforged)
- Algar (don't know)
- Bigger Club (dread necromancer)
At the moment there is oneplace going, but I'll stretch to two. I've offered Bilbo a place but he hasn't replied in 24 hours which might not seem long, but I'd like to get the game going so his place will go soon.
OK no problem, I'll switch out her place of origin...
How would you feel about a Cold Sun Tribe lizardfolk character from Q'Barra ?
I'm thinking he'd hail from a tribe that is largely benevolent(neutral good more or less), often serving as guides for humans through the dense jungles of Q'barra. This character would fill that role at the beginning of his adventuring career.
A few options I was thinking:
-mad dog barbarian with a dinosaur companion
-saurian shaman
-sorcerer(draconic) eventually headed towards dragon disciple.
-ranger(guide archetype maybe?)
I'm thinking humble beginnings would lead eventually to lofty goals of uniting the tribes against the Blackscale Lizardfolk
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OK, I get the impression you are running with Tzimine's warforged conversion rules given the 20 INT. That's a specific thing (the +2 to INT) I simply don't agree with for warforged - there's nothing in the fluff there to suggest they are smarter than average humans. In fact, I don't really like his conversion at all wrt warforged, albeit that it fits nicely in the advanced races rules for PF. So I would use the warforged as set out in the ECS, but lose the -2 penalty to WIS. That includes the thing about wearing armour - not in my Eberron.
Also, what book are you getting your psion from? I think I'll probably have to purchase a copy. I slightly question where the pschoportation angle comes in from the choice of powers, but that's down to you.
Other than that, looks fine based on my cursory view. Please set up an alias here and set out your character sheet there (as with the rest of you, please) so I can always have access to your character sheets if you guys are not around for some reason.
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OK, we have:
- Eben (melee)
- Spazmodeus (witch)
- 137Ben (psychoporting warforged)
- Algar (don't know yet)
- Bigger Club (dread necromancer)
Heard nothing from Bilbo, so sadly he's missed out. I'm adding two more:
- Biophilia (since he was on the original thread that got me doing this)
- therealthom (since his flattery was the best)