Campaign for Thieves

This will be 3E btw.

In combat, if the victims AC is less than 20, it's a crit (no threat). If the victims AC is above or equal to 20, it's a threat. If crit for the weapon is 18 or something, it's a threat. Also, 10 above the AC is also a crit (threat or crit, depending on AC)

will post more as they come to me.. hopefully, not in game, otherwise this could create a problem..

Yeah lets continue what remained unfinished 3 years ago.

Or startover anew...whatever works.

Rogue Game! wooo! backstabbing, money making, lying, and assorted other fun things that so rarely become seriously involved, damn right i'm in :)

Sounds somewhat interesting too me-- but as always, time is a factor.

i won't be scheduling anything.. since that never works anyawy.. i'll just be playing whenever i have 2 or 3 players.

Yeah sure, I'll join... got a nice concept all picked out.

ok, i've got my 4. (and one more, just for good measure - hell, i had 9 last time and it didn't work)

1. Darklook
2. Sevain
3. Melubb
4. Morrolan
(5.) Saber

no longer readily accepting players..

i now need char sheets.. but i need rolls from the latter 3 and MSN's from the middle 2, plus available times.
i know this is a rush.. but friday would be a great day to start.
(maybe i should find my map.. hmm)

Holy crap Friday? Uhh...hmm we shall see about that, my English teacher decides its fun to assign academic journals to find as well as a lot of other stuff...due Monday of course. I love college -_-

[color=darkred]I'm interested... Although, I dunno how often I'll be open to play. I know you're 'closed' to entrants, but I'm gonna forge a character... Just in case.[/color]

Ha I'm sure we can accomodate you Saber, seeing as you are never ever a PC...ever. We simply must do this.

"I only drink the blood of my enemies! ...And occasionally a strawberry Yoohoo..."

if there was any doubt in my mind that you wouldn't be there almost every session i'd deny you. lol. but from past experience, we rarely get together to play.. maybe it'll be different this time, since its play-when-i-have-people.

you're in.

[color=darkred]Sweet deal. I have a few questions, though, about my character...[/color]

uh huh.. i'm assuming those were the ones you asked me on msn? or do you have more? email.. pm.. or just post here.. lol

Passarelli@charter.net is my msn email. I shall not be available tomorrow (friday) or the day after. I have an idea for a character and shall start making him soon. Also, I need to make my character for Saber's contest.

Gah, I'm late.

If someone ends up dropping the campaign, though, I'll be available and highly interested in playing.

Heh... Uhm... Question... Is group/team-play even implied? Basically... The character concept I've thought up... Doesn't really get along well with others. Rather... Others don't get along well with him.

thats up to the players to decide. if you want to make it friendly competition to see who completes the task first, fine.. or if you're going to maim each other to get the reward singlehandedly fine. its completley up to the players.. they can make their own alliances/enemies.

EDIT: i'd like the group to stay fairly near to each other no matter what happens.. enemies or friends.. a few blocks.. that sort of thing.

Oh, one more question, starting cash? i'm fairly sure i didn't go over it but i'd like to know how much i have left, i have spent 808 GP so far

i was wondering why everyone was asking me how much we started off with.. guess i actually didn't post it.. starting gold is 900gp

[color=darkred]Holy shit! My guy only used 16 gold, and I'm done!!![/color]

whoa, what'd you do, buy a shortsword and a days rations and leave it at that?

[color=darkred]No, but close...

Leather armor and a few daggers.

...

What, is there something else I'd need?[/color]

errr, i bought masterwork theives tools, you know, for the road, and i got a grapling hook and rope coil for climbing to those hard to reach locks i want to use my masterwork theives tools on, and i'll probably buy some other stuff too

if that's all you're buying, why not make them masterwork daggers at least?

i'm thinking of perparing.. ok, not.. more winging a session (i'm not going to spend time on this, til i know people will show up) sometime this week.. monday and tuesday night is a no, but wednesday and thursday i get off between 5-7 EST.. let me know if this is good for you. (yes morro, i know its good for you)

I can play any days between 5-9pm. I am getting lots of late work shifts, so I am pretty much out from 9 to 1. If the sessions starts after 12 am though, I can try to make it those sessions as well.

hm, well, i'm going to suggest a thursday session (whenever it is that i get home from work) .. roughly 6:30 EST..

it won't have to be a long session, or it can be.. depends who shows.. or how many.

EDIT: oh yeah.. i need characters from people..if i get them before the game, then we don't have to waste time while i look it over..

Hey Arch...Spanish night class, 7-9 PM my time every Tuesday and Thursday. I think we conflict. Well...if the game lasts a long time that is. My character is pretty much ready, I will send him to you sometime tomorrow.

That's 7 o'clock my time.. so not a big deal. I can wait, or we can start without you.. you likely won't miss much in half an hour.

If we still live in a same time zone then Morro's 7-9 pm means 9-11 pm for us.

Gah, you always pick days when I am not in town. Hopefully this will be the last time this happens, however. I don't mind if you hold this session without me.

hm, you're right darklook.. good point. dammit, wishful thinking..
well, i guess we'll see what happens. pick up game.. i suppose.

i now have char sheets for:
Darklook
Sevain
Morrolan

sevain, i have a question.. with a rapier, do you not get to add your STR bonus to dmg.. and your HD is 2, not 1.

Errr... we're lvl 1, and yes when making a melee attack i would add it to damage, i was simply writing the weapon stats there

Sevaaaaain *points to his charsheet, which has a big Level 2 on it* That could be why the HD is 2 :O You need to change that in your above post Arch, I don't think everyone heard you when you modded it.

[quote="ArchDevil"]The only stipulation is that the level of your rogue class must be 2x what your other class (if you want) is. [example: must be level 4 rogue to dualclass a level 2 wizard]
It would also be a lot of RPing. (still make checks, but more planning and doing. little actual attacking)
XP is awarded for unique ideas, quest completion.
Also, the only payment (aside from what you might steal) is in gold or gems from the person who hires your group.
!!!START AT LVL 1 ROGUE.!!!
[/quote]

oi.. thats um.. interesting to say the least.. must've been a typo, cause i never intended it to ever be a lvl one camp. ah well. sorry to screw you people up.
lvl 2 it is.

Yeah sorry Sevain, but you were wrong :P Thats why I told him he should mod it :lol:

whatever, doesn't change much i suppose, i'll edit my char sheet and resend it ASAP

-sigh-

[color=darkred]My character idea has been vetoed by 'teh mastar'. Oh, and how I would have enjoyed playing a psycho...

Oh well, new character. They'll be ready soon, Arch. I just need to roll and such... Do you have to see them or not?[/color]

Why did he veto the psycho? you didn't get a stat bonus or something for it did you? or was it the lack of party interaction? either way probably could have been sorted out, and since he said he didn't mind us killing each other it sounds like you'd fit right in

the lack of party interaction.. it was basically impossible for him to be in a group, and unless he was going to be a PK, he just couldnh't play, aside from private sessions, which i don't want to always do.. andi don't want to have to deal with a PK.. unless both players agree to it.. and then its not a PK its a duel.

[color=darkred]He wouldn't have PKed... He just would have had random outbursts at critical moments and the like. Truthfully, the group would have killed him long before he would have killed the group.[/color]

Lol saber, well, i'll re-e-mail (whooo, funny word) my character sheet, i hope we're still on for today

Arch_D, you're campaign sounds similar to the idea I had, maybe we could collaborate on a large setting?

Here it is:

Ok, looking to start a city campaign and work the plans out with a co-DM who can also DM for parts of the campaign.

The idea is most likely to be set in Waterdeep, though Lankhmar or other lare cities can be used if the material can be acquired.

The game style to be attempted here will be somewhat based on "Ffahfrd and the Grey Mouser", "Gord the Rogue" series by G. Gygax, or any other type of charming diletante' rogue adventures. Also included will be
treasure hunting, lost artifact, Indiana Jones style adventures mixed with sage and legend lore history.

The mainstay character influences should be Rogues, Bards, Buccaneer-Swashbucklers, city-mage/illusionist types.

Rogue/thief adventures- intrigue, night missions, item running/protection missions
Swashbuckling adventures-lost treasure hunting, high seas missions, bounty hunting,

The underdark may well be a site for exploration as well.

Later the game may progree into intrigue, war settings but mainly in Waterdeep and the North.

Game material notes:

Rules, 1st and 2nd ed are the best known here, but we can use 3rd ed. if everyone agrees. I have all of the conversion charts for all the editions.

The rules used should be everything except the the optional guides like the complete fighter etc. at first, this may change later as we all (or just the DM) can get used to them.

Multi classed players are more then good, they might as well be preferred as the game goes on. This is because the game will consist of a great amount of variety, from hack and slash, theater, historical backgrounds, and of course rogue actions in the shadows...

This means even though you may want a thief, the character may well do bette as a ranger/thief, barbarian/thief etc. to get some more combat skills included. That thief will adventure in equal amounts the night roofs of Waterdeep, the underdark,and the high seas, (and missions by adventuring guilds to far off wildernesses, this for shorter missions).

Co-DM needed: It will have to be run by two DM's or more as we can make this a group campaign, and then more players could play. Plus a large city has so much to describe, not to mention adventuring stints in other areas as well. It would be easier to share the work of setting this up properly.

Game Formats: The game shoud be played in a chat room, with additional forum posts for descriptions as is base. However I would like to have everyone try a couple of new formats. Actually we need to use one of these additional methods to send info as the game will require a lot of info.

1. We should all try to get speech-to-text programs so we can put more information into the game, especially if you can't type that quick.

2. Would really like to try to use voice, on conference phones at work first. People can call into my conference phone number, and we can talk to get more information across quicker then typing. Additionally, we can try some IP based voice programs later on.

3. We should try to all get webRPG/OpenRPG, or Klooge eventually. They have the tabletop tools to bring to online gaming.

Game times:

I can play during the week at lunchtime from 12-1 PM Mon-Wed., Mon and Tue 5-9, and Sunday 1-5, EST. We can work out days of course to get the best ones for everyone.

Please submit character ideas here, and DM's email for campaign discussion in addition to here, to: castlestudios@hotmail.com

thanks!

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wooboy.. i thought this was dead, again.
i have no real idea what you just said, so i'd like to talk to you on msn or something about it.. you can add me.
and yeah, i'd be willing to dm (have to be 3rd or 3.5e- as i don't like either 1e or 2e at all)
i'd also be willing to play too.

oh, and i don't think that the voice-text program will happen, at least until i get to college. we;ll see what happens then. and the conference call will cost an arm and a leg, so i certainly won't be doing that.

[quote]3. We should try to all get webRPG/OpenRPG, or Klooge eventually. They have the tabletop tools to bring to online gaming. [/quote]

How about...I don't know..OPNPW?

We do provide a software that provides tabletop tools for an online game.

Just in case you don't know, the software can be found here - http://www.opnpw.com/downloads.php

Arch_D what is you're MSN?
We will have to talk about scenario design...

The voice to text programs help those who want to put in a ton of info, but do it quicker then typing..You don't need to use it, it's just an option. Also if you have a computer, you can have speech to text, text to speech.

As for conference calls, I have free access to call out , and conference other people. I can call other players, and conference them in if we all want to. Why, because voice is a huge part of a tabletop game. By talking to the other players, you get differnt voices, tones, emotions, as well as quicker information. Again, this is also an option, not a requirement, just asking for people to be open to try for a better online-tabletop!

Darklook, thanks for the info, didn't look around on PNPW for any programs. I would like to check into a few of them to see which ones have the greates features. Another one is D20Map which actually has the D20 system built in.

So how many of the previous, and new players are interested?

I've actually been working on fleshing out a character idea I had that sounds perfect for this type of game.

My characters is a rogue/lawyer. He takes cases from people who are guilty and need a little help putting a spin on events. He forges documents, plants evidence, steals evidence, steals documents, breaks and enters, offs or bribes witnesses, bribes or cons diplomats (judges/magistrates) or law enforcement agents (guards). He only kills when he needs to. He doesn't take jobs to kill people (that's an assassin's job), but relocating an unconcious witness to a room full of people who do want to see harm to that person is no problem.

Well, I hope that is enough of a background to let you know how I would be playing it. If you think this is a good idea, I'd love to play in your campaign. Just let me know time and place and I'll have him rolled up per spec.

thefallenarchdevil@hotmail.com

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i like the sound of your character t.j. if thyrnexx and i get this off the ground, he's in.

[quote="Thrynexx_the_songmaster"]Darklook, thanks for the info, didn't look around on PNPW for any programs. I would like to check into a few of them to see which ones have the greates features. Another one is D20Map which actually has the D20 system built in.[/quote]

Yeah, PNPW, well, *is* a program. At the moment it is not quite as feature-rich as webRPG/openRPG, but it does have the advantages of being free and easy to use, and is still under extensive development (a lot of new features being added soon).

Also, if you're interested in using voice, there are easier solutions than conference calls... I don't know much about the speech-to-text programs you're describing (if you could dig up some info and a URL, I'd be quite interested), but if you have a decent internet connection and the players and DMs have microphones, you could easily use teamspeak. ([url]www.teamspeak.org[/url])