Bandit Campaign

[color=darkred]Campaign Details:

Your group recently saved a small town on the fringes of the Irvalis Kingdom from a minor Underdark slave tradepost. After losing two party members and subsequently getting stiffed in payment by the town officials, you decided that the adventurer's life just wasn't for you... You feel better suited for something [i]else[/i].

You've decided as a group that you're gonna become bandits. Gonna own yourself a chunk of the king's highway. How will you do it? Where will you set up? That's up to you to decide.

This campaign will, obviously, not be your 'save the princess' campaign. You'll be starting up your own 'career', from finding a place to set up camp and getting new recruits to setting up the ambush site and establishing and maintaining the fence for your illicit goods.

What the game will need from you, the prospective player, is the following:[/color]

- A 2nd level character, made with the following stats ([b]18[/b], [b]16[/b], [b]15[/b], [b]14[/b], [b]12[/b], and [b]10[/b]) and from the classes in the below documents (ignore the Drive and Parry skills):
www.opnpw.com/saber/csrd/classesi.rtf
www.opnpw.com/saber/csrd/classesii.rtf
www.opnpw.com/saber/csrd/classesiii.rtf

- A brain.

[color=darkred]If you think you can come up with the requirements, then send a character sheet to me at the following email address:

rpgsaber at hotmail.com

Deal? Deal. Hope to see you survive the first caravan raid.[/color]

Starting another campaign? What about the...other ones? Not sure if I have the time to join this one, but whats going on with the other stuff so we can all know.

Hey, could I join? I'm thinking of being a ranger, but since it's not on the list I was wondering if I could be a cleric.

Could I be a PC with the Lycanthrope template? I was hoping on being a Weretiger, but if you don't want that in this campaign, that's fine.

I'd like to know what times/days this will be running.

Additionally, should we choose races from the core handbook then?

Paddon, while I haven't looked at the site, I believe he likes to use the Paladin and Ranger as Prestige Classes. Poke around some.

[color=darkred]Paladin, Ranger, and Bard are Prestige Classes. Also, use the PHB for races. Lastly, no templates.

Cleric is a fine choice; standard PHB gods. For alignment guidelines, any nongood would work, although lawful is kind of strange. If possible, shoot for nongood and nonlawful.

Morro, CotV is still live and well (havn't had much time online so... Yeah... Also, you seem down for the count. If you're out, it'll be hard to continue CotV) and Strategery is, well, at a stand-still. If more interest in it arises, it could get off the ground.[/color]

EDIT: [color=darkred]Forgot to mention about the character sheets. Fill your character out onto this character sheet:[/color]

www.opnpw.com/saber/rcs.rtf

Oh, didn't see them on the site. In that case, I'd rather be a rogue, Vogel Kapuze. See if you can get what the name means. (VOH-gehl ka-POO-zee)

ArchDevil, I PM'd you a question.

saber, so i have to make another char, or is the one in your possession fine?

paddon, i responded.

Umm, I'm filling out the CHar sheets and I don't understand some fields. What should I put in as a 2nd lvl rogue for: Rep, Luck, Grapple, & Move. I'm assuming 0 for DR and SR. Also, where do I send the character sheet, I don'e have your E-mail. It's complete except for those listed above and my equipment. Do I list my weapons under Equipment as well?

[color=darkred]Arch, I believe your completed character is fine.

Paddon, ignore the parts of the character sheet you do not understand. I look over and fill in the character sheets after I receive them.

As for my email address, it's located at the bottom of my 1st post on this topic:

rpgsaber at hotmail.com[/color]

EDIT: [color=darkred]Thanks Arch for the catch.[/color]

i believe that's: "rpgsaber" not "rogsaber"

And here I thought my 20/200 vision wouldn't affect my online gamelay. Sorry, I'll send the sheet asap.

[color=darkred]Just a small update:

Today I've been working on the map of the area. I finished the sketch of it on paper while lying in bed, and then braved the cold to work on creating a Photoshop replica. It's quite far (all I need to add is the forest, the roads, and the mountains), but I have to stop for now as my intestines have once again gone traitor.

I'll let you know how my self-performed 'shotgun surgery' goes. You don't need your intestines, right? Or... The part of your spine located directly behind them... Right?[/color]

I know I said I wasn't going to play any this year, but I love these little scenerios you throw. Still have room for me? I think it would be beneficial for atleast one of us to be a Noble... Im not sure if thats me though.. I prefer playing a character directly involved in tasks, not one who sits behind the scenes.. And since they are my favorite, I will probably play a Cleric (good fighters, good support casters) But I will have to look through the possibilities before I decide on that..

[color=darkred]Well, it looks like we're up to three... Any last taker? If not, we can play on three.[/color]

c'mon people! we really need a 'jim-bob' ((that was seriously my favourite dnd session ever))..

hasn't anyone ever wanted to play a mildy evil character? I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE!

Other than I'm interested in what 'jim-bob' refers to, having an evil character in the campaign WOULD spice things up. Guys, get those evil chars out!

I have been playing with ideas, and I will either be a support mage (concealing mysts, ghost sounds, whatever I can do to spook our hosts), or a druid (if possible.. cause playing a bandit druid would just be fun) or a utility fighter (tripping, and disarming foes)

Which could you use the most? Personally, I think the sorcerer would be the funnest to play.. I might not be able to get all the spells I want right away, but he should still be fun.

Oh! Saber, if I play as a Sorc, may I have a cantrip I made? It is a simple spell that allows me to animate small blocks of shadows (making potentially scary things out of them :) ) its comparable to ghost sound in power... so.. I dont see why not?

[color=darkred]Jim-Bob refers to one of my player's alter egos he made... Good lord, it was the best thing ever. He was one of the bandits, and an adventuring party showed up on the scene. He pretended to be Jim-Bob, a local inbred and good god, it was so goddamn funny. This was an IRL session (Arch played in it), and the player voice acted perfectly; actually, perfectly doesn't even do it justice.

As Arch said, it was the best session ever.[/color]

EDIT: [color=darkred]Completely forgot to address Mud's issue. The cantrip could be fine, only so long as you write it up in a format like those presented in the PHB. Make the spell's "statistic block" or whatever, and either send it to me or post it in the D20 forum. We'll go from there.[/color]

[color=darkred]I now have three characters submitted and completed.[/color]

Paddon's - Rogue
Arch's - Rogue
Xeio's - Druid

[color=darkred]I know that Muddy wanted to join as well as one other player. Whoever gets their sheet in first gets in the game.

You'd best hurry...[/color]

I'm hearing the Jeopardy music, waiting to see who'll be the fourth bandito.....

Do doo do doo do do doooo do do doo do do, do do do do do.
Do do doo do doo do doo, do, do do do, do do, do.

[color=darkred]In other news, the map is near finished. The forest is done, as is most of the roads. Also, I only have 1 out of three of the mountains to render as well.

I'm using a lot of new techniques for mapping, so it's not gonna look like my usual maps. So, should be neat. :D[/color]

tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock.......................

[looks at watch]...............

ticktockticktockticktockticktockticktockticktockticktockticktock.......................................

ah, i just quit max payne 2. boughti t yesterday, on te last level. so fun, so quick to beat.. but worht it. forgive poor grammar. its almost 6am.

why don't we just start when it's ready. if we get a 4th, it won't be hard to insert them in.

Sorry, I havent been home much the last few days.. I will get working on that character ASAP.

Okay, my character is finished. I have the CS ready to submit, but I need your email addy..

Meet Eildon the Elven Druid. I have prepared a history separate from that which you provided, if you dont mind. He took up a life of banditry to right the wrongs that the settlements of man have committed to the land. Its not that he is seeking justice, but rather attempting to scare settlers away from his home, or otherwise discourage them from traveling near to it. Also, he has no care for human laws, as he understands that a balance must exist, and many human laws do not promote that balance.

[color=darkred]Wait, hold the presses. TWO fucking druids?!?

Someone in the party complain. Cuz I can't do it justice right now.

Also, I know this may come as a shocker, but my email is in my profile... And an alternative is on TWO posts in this thread.[/color]

but.... druids are cool?...... 8)

*commands fuzzy woodland creatures to attack Saber* *laughs in evil voice* *remembers he is neutral* *acts pacifistic(is that a word?)*

sadly ive met many people that hate druids, even going so far as to nerf them if i play one :(

[quote="Saber"][color=darkred]Someone in the party complain. Cuz I can't do it justice right now.[/color][/quote]

I'll complain.

Powergamers!

i see nothing wrong with being a powergamer, which by the way is not why i play druids, i just think they are COOL. and druids are very weak starting at level 2... not even wildshape yet :wink:

i don't like druids. personally, i think they suck. if you don't, that's cool, who am i to say "NO YOU CAN'T PLAY A DRUID YOU NEO NAZI COMMUNTIST!"
altho, two druids? why? i could see one person, but why on earth? like, isn't there something else that could benefit the party more then another one?
wizard (illusion)? cleric (cause you know we're going to need healing)? figher (to thump things)?

yes, i'm aware that a neo nazi communist can't exist.

Yeesh, here I promised myself I wouldn't get into any more games but you guys seem like you need Morrolan! *superhero music plays* I've got a rather interesting cleric that I would like to play, I'd need to talk to Saber about a few things cause I don't know what kind of gods he's using etc etc.

There you bastards, the jeopardy music has finally ended and I have the answer!

Edit: Ah I misread, thought you were still waiting on another person who needed to join, but you were just waiting on Muddy. Suppose I'm not needed then :P

So we would have 2 rogues and 2 druids? No way, that's too specialized. We need someone who does more than sneak attacks and affects plants. As was said, we need a healer or a basher.

just thought i'd let everyone know, thieves can do bashing with the best of them. i guarantee it, you just need to be smarter than a sack of shit to make it happen. i remember a time, a thief by himself, laid low 5 goblins, and scared the living shit out of a barbarian of a like level, due to the fact death was impending in his situation.

Yes, I know that a theif can slaughter with the best, but a Fighter or a Barbarian would help our little band tremendously. A theif spends his/her skills and feats on interesting stuff, while a fighter or barbarian can focus on being able to kill, kill, kill.

I'm not objecting to the two rogues, just to the two druids. Personally I see druids as interesting, but not useful enough to warrant having two of them in a group of four. Sorry, no offense intended.

....ever look in the PHB? nowhere there does it say anything about "kill" the feats and skills used by a thief can be as deadly as those used by a fighter. hell, given a good player, a mage can be made to kill hordes of enemies without ever using his trump cards..... spells that is.

anyways, i'll leave ya'll alone.

[quote="Paddon"]
I'm not objecting to the two rogues, just to the two druids. Personally I see druids as interesting, but not useful enough to warrant having two of them in a group of four. Sorry, no offense intended.[/quote]

my sentiments exactly.. except for the interesting part.

yes clay, thats true, but i think what paddon is trying to say is that thieves can better at what they are supposed to do then a fighter can, and a fighter can (usually) be a better meat shield then a rogue can.

seeing we have 4 players and i have a feeling no one is going to change their char, when can we start?

Yeah, Im pretty sure Im not going to change my character. Druids arent useless.. I do have an army of snakes after all.. I am going for the summoner approach.. but if that is also what Xeio is playing I might consider changing. Thing is I never really play anything other than a fighter (cleric) or thief, and I want to try something different. However, looking back to Saber's old Dwarven Cleric that he used to rape and rape and rape the hell out of everyone in Dark's old competition.. I might be able to achieve the same thing my druid is made to achieve by using a cleric... bleh.. fine.. I will make a new character.. But just to let you know, by losing this druid you are also losing a wolf, 3 badgers, and 16 tiny vipers :P

i suppose the full effectiveness depends just what kind of bandits we are. snakes are pretty much useless except for the poison issue.
like i said, i don't care. i just feel we're spread a bit too thin.

[color=darkred]Muddy. It's 3.5 rules. Druid's animal companions don't work like that.[/color]

[quote="Claymored"]just thought i'd let everyone know, thieves can do bashing with the best of them. i guarantee it, you just need to be smarter than a sack of shit to make it happen. i remember a time, a thief by himself, laid low 5 goblins, and scared the living shit out of a barbarian of a like level, due to the fact death was impending in his situation.[/quote]

SAM! :D

And the barbarian was like two levels higher. Level 4 barbarian getting gang-raped by goblins.

One thing about druids, yes, I did call them powergamers. Druids aren't the best at lower levels, but if you guys ever get to high levels, two druids = oh god. But just judging by the nature of this campaign, I doubt that will happen.

1) Why not? Charm Animal.. I can charm up to 2x my HD worth of animals. And as we will be in one place at a time, which means I can take care of them and such.. But thats not important anymore.. as I agreed to go Clerico

2) How the fuck did you have an animal companion as a cleric? there are no domain spells that allow you to befriend one..

Okay, nevermind, I took a second look at the Charm Animal spell and realize I was wrong.. but still.. how can a cleric get an animal companion? I dont see any spells that would allow me to do so..

Maybe you could write it into your character background that you raised your companion from a weanling.

[color=darkred]3.0, Animal Domain.

Look it up.[/color]

Yeah.. I noticed that.. I swear though, when I looked it up is said "speal with animals" as tje 3.5e animal domain does... meh.. I think.. I finally made up my mind. I talked it over with Morro, and decided to attempt a mystic, and cover all the healing and buffs... .. sorry Im so indesicive :P

No problem, Mudd. So, we have a Mystic, 2 Rogues, and a Druid. How the hell did we ever get work in the first place?? Anyway, seems that we're all ready to go. Let's get this shit started!

I am kind of thinking out loud, and kind of asking the party's oppinion. I have three options, and I wouldn't mind playing any of them.

1) Mystic:
[u]Pros-[/u]
-Can cast 8 first level spells. That means I can bless the party, doom four opponants, and still be able to heal three people
-For a sorcerer variant of the cleric, he still can wear light armor, has a clerics BAB, and has pretty much the same proficiencies as a cleric.
[u]Cons-[/u]
-Only knows two first level spells + domain. This means I will be very... specialized. I will only be able to do a light buffing via bless, heal you, and doom foes (-2 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks, and saves)
-Only has d6 HP. Not a big deal, but if I am taken out, you might lose a hefty chunk of your healing spells
-Any damage spells use the mystics minimum caster level for purpose of determining damage. Any increase in damage dealt must be arrived at by use of extra spell points

2) Soulknife
[u]Pros-[/u]
-Sunder and disarm have no effect on him as he can just materialize another blade
-Gains some pretty pimpin abilities in later levels
-Has d10 HP so he can act partially as a tank
-Can throw is blade up to thirty feet
-Gains a psychic strike at level 3. Every turn he can pop people for 1d6+str+1d8 damage
-Weapon counts as a magic weapon
[u]Cons-[/u]
-Gains his really good abilities after level 5
-Isn't the most potent at low levels
-Only proficient with light armor. For a tank, thats not too good.

3) Psion
[u]Pros-[/u]
-Can manifest a wide variety of powers (five)
-Powers are only one PP to cast (first level powers that is) and he has 16 PP
-Powers can be powered up to be more powerful, but that is limited to my manifester level (2)
-Has some potent powers (like a psychic attack that is a ranged touch attack, dealing 1d10 points of damage and can be augmented)
[u]Cons-[/u]
-All the penalties of being a spell caster (IE- weak)
-To make his powers truly powerful he must augment them (spending extra spell points)

So we have 1) A healer / buffer ; 2) A fighter type who can dish it out and even take a little too ; 3) A caster type who can dish out a helluva lot

Which would you have in your party?

Also, I might consider something like a Psionic Warrior.. he has very limited psionic abilities and a small power point pool, but he can fight AND deal hefty damage via ranged touch attacks.

[color=darkred]No psionics.[/color]