"Classic" D&D

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I'd like to start a series of events as a DM.

Rules are:
#1. Standard races only. This means Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes, Halflings, Half-elves, Half-Orcs, and Humans. NO subraces.
#2. The characters can only be played during the event, with the exception noted below


I'd like between 5 and 7 people to do this, but will accept more, on a standby basis, in case someone is sick or has other obligations. Anyone who falls behind is free to play their character outside the event, up to the level of the party. Eg: if you can't play during the second week, and everyone reaches level 6 by the end of that session, you can play your character until they reach level 6.

I'd like a balanced party, not just fighters, or rogues, or wizards, or whatever. My idea of a balanced party would be 2 fighter classes, a wizard or sorcerer, a rogue, a cleric or druid, and maybe a bard.

We'd be doing the standard quests, as well as dm quests, so long as the standard ones do not conflict with them. Eg: We won't be doing any involving travelling to snow city, unless we're going that way anyway.

While the group will be 'no twink', you can certainly accept gifts and donations off other players who aren't involved, so long as you can use the item immediatley, or very soon after receiving it. I might grant the party a little more gold on character creation to help them get equipped properly. Something like twice the normal starting amount. Any equipment found that is unwanted by the party can be sold, and the proceeds split between them.

Once the characters reach level 20, I may continue on to epic ranges. If not, they are free to be played how you see fit.

Clerics, Druids, Rangers, and Paladins must stick to their deities' path, and follow the 'one step' rule for alignment. In the case of Clerics and Druids, they must choose domains that their deity allows, or if there are domains missing, the closest possible. You may not cast spells of an opposite alignment to your deity, and I would prefer you to use your deity’s favoured weapon where possible.
Certain classes may only multiclass to certain other classes. For example, Monks, Paladins, Cleric, Druids. I'll outline the allowed multiclasses as per 3.5 handbook a bit later.

Any alignment is allowed, so long as it's not played in a disruptive manner. Eg: no CE characters stealing all the parties gold.

Edited to fix an error with cleric/druid alignment
Edited again. Decided against the no PrC rule. Character may now choose a prestige class. Monks and Paladins still face the restrictions on what classes they can multiclass into, though. For the purpose of this campaign, I will allow classes that can become Divine Champions to take levels in Champion of Torm, as this PrC IS a Divine Champion. You can role play as being a divine champion of the god you follow.
I would ask, however, that if you're going to take shadowdancer levels, DO take more than the first level. Also, I won't be allowing Pale Masters or Weapon Masters, as these are, I believe, bioware introduced prestige classes.

Just a brief explanation of something.
Freely multiclassing is open to ALL characters, except Monks and Paladins of certain orders. This means a character can take, say, 7 levels of Rogue, then 1 of Shadowdancer, then back to Rogue. If a character can't freely multiclass, then once they have chosen their second class, they cannot return to their original class.

[Badwater]

I'd like to play in this when I can. My favorite characters to play are elven wizard or halfling rogue; however, if you need a character that's tougher to play (like a paladin) then let me know and I'll do that.

[Invalid Username]

BW, you can have first pick of race and class, since you're the first to reply.

Now, here are the restrictions for multiclassing clerics, paladins, druids, monks.

Clerics
Well, after checking the 3.5 Forgotten Realms Campaign book, it seems neither druids nor Clerics have any restrictions on multiclassing, so long as the class they wish to multiclass into does not go against their god's dogma, or required alignment.

Monk Below are various Monastic order in Faerun, and the classes they allow multiclassing into.

Broken Ones (Good): Of all the popular deities of Faerun, Ilmater is the deity most associated with an order of monks who act purely in his name. The Broken Ones can freely multiclass as clerics, divine champions, arcane devotees, divine disciples, hierophants, and divine seekers of Ilmater.

Dark Moon (Evil): Shar is worshipped by a powerful sect of monks who maintain open temples in lands ruled by evil overlords or hide among hills, back alleys, or even the Underdark. Most of the Dark Moon monks are human, but occasionally they are joined by a half-orc, shade, or drow. The monks of the dark Moon can freely multiclass as sorcerers so long as their monk level and sorcerer level stay within two levels of each other

Hin Fist (neutral or good): The halflings of Luiren turn their confidence into belief in the power of a single halfling to master themselves and the world. Enterprising Luiren monks sometimes establish monasteries in the north. Although only halflings can study Hin Fist in Luiren, some Hin Fist monasteries outside Luiren accept exceptional gnomes or dwarves. Monks of the Hin Fist can multiclass as fighters, rogues, or paladins (usually of Yondalla)

Long Death (Evil): The Long Death order worships the principle of death without caring much which deity currently owns the portfolio. They are more willing to share death and its antecedent, pain, with others. Clerics of the previous god of death, Myrkul, chose to view them as part of their god's long-range plans. Kelemvor (the current god of the dead) views them as enemies, but is at least pleased they do not actively promote undeath. Velsharoon (the god of necromancy and undeadth) wants to woo them, but has not found out how. Monks of the Long Death may multiclass freely as fighters, assassins, and blackguards.

Old Order (Neutral, sometimes Good, rarely Evil): Monks of the Old Order do not worship any deity, but are devoted to the philosophy espoused by a deity who is either now dead or has never existed on the material plane of Toril. The monks contradict themselves on this point, but the deity's identity isn't important to them, it's the message they care about. Monks of the Old Order can multiclass freely as rogues, sorcerers, and shadowdancers, but must maintain more monk levels than their combined levels of other classes.

Shining Hand (Neutral): The Shining Hand is one of the oldest monk orders of Amn, mixing faith in Azuth and the practice of wizardry with monastic devotions. Amn's crackdown on the practice of wizardry has sent some Shining Hand groups underground and sent others into the wider world. Monks of the Shining Hand can multiclass freely as wizards so long as their monk level equals or exceeds their wizard level.

Sun Soul (Good or Neutral): The allegiance of this widespread but disorganized sect varies between groups, some follow Lathander, others Selune, and a few devoted to Sune. The Sun Soul order, along with the Old Order, is the most likely to have monasteries hidden in far-flung wilderness areas. Members of the Sun Soul order can gain levels in one other class and still progress as a monk so long as their monk level is their highest class.

Yellow Rose (Good, Neutral): Also known as the Disciples of Saint Sollars, this solitary monastery of Ilmater worshippers in the Earthspur Mountains of Damara is known for loyalty to its allies and destruction to its enemies. Greatly respected on matters of truth and diplomacy, the monks work hard to survive in their harsh remote sanctuary. The monks often travel with Ilmataran paladins, particularly from the Order of the Golden Cup. They may multiclass freely as rangers and shadowdancers.

Paladins
Some faiths allow paladins to gain levels in another class and still return to progression as a paladin, exactly as some orders of monks do. Special paladin orders include:

Azuth: Rather than gain levels as paladins throughout their career, the rare paladins of the high One are more likely to spend some time progressing in that class and then learn wizardry fulltime. Azuth's paladins cannot multiclass freely.

Chauntea: Paladins of the Grain Goddess are rare. They value compassion as much as courage, and spend more time helping common folk in rural areas. They ,may multiclass freely as clerics, divine champions, and divine disciples.

Helm: Paladins of the Watcher prefer to guard against evil or slay it outright rather than work to heal its damages. They seem rigid and uninterested in helping others. They may multiclass freely as fighters, clerics, divine champions, arcane devotees, and purple dragon knights

Ilmater: Paladins of the Broken God guard the weak and use their healing powers on any who need them. They are not shy about fighting evil, but they would rather pause to heal someone who is about to die than sacrifice that life in order to pursue feeling evil doers. They may multiclass freely as clerics, divine champions, divine disciples, and hierophants.

Kelemvor: Paladins of the Lord of the Dead devote themselves to hunting and killing undead. Some develop as paladins for their entire career, others begin as paladins but leave that path, to progress as rangers or clerics. They cannot multiclass freely.

Lathander: Paladins of the Morninglord are among the best loved heroes of Faerun. They are loosely organized (along with other fighters devoted to the god) into a holy order called the Order of Aster. Within their own church, the paladins are frequently more conservative and concerned with the way things should be done than the clerics, who are often neutral rather than lawful. Paladins may multiclass freely as clerics, divine champions, divine disciples, hierophants, and purple dragon knights.

Moradin: The Soul Forger has few paladins, but the dwarves who choose this oath often act as champions of the entire dwarven pantheon, blending the virtues of all the dwarven gods. They may multiclass freely as clerics, fighters, divine champions, dwarven defenders, and runecasters.

Sune: Paladins of the Firehair defend things of beauty. They seek out and destroy creatures that are particularly hideous or evil. They tend to be incredibly self-confident and are particularly effective at destroying undead. They may multiclass freely as divine champions. Paladins may choose Sune as a patron deity despite the fact she is a chaotic good deity. This is an exception to the normal requirement to select a patron deity whose alignment is no more than one step different from yours.

Torm: Paladins of the True God defend the weak, defeat evil, and uphold the high moral standards required for servants of a god who serves bright and righteous Tyr. They may multiclass freely as one other class.

Tyr: Paladins of the Just God are front line warriors in the battle against evil and untruth, and often lead military and adventuring groups to further their cause. They may multiclass freely as clerics, fighters, and divine champions.

Yondalla: Paladins of the Protector and Provider are rare, but in halfling-run lands such as Luiren, they server their fellow citizens with sword and shield. They may multiclass freely as monks.

[sparkomatic]

I'm interested. How about a female elven ranger or a female elven rogue?

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Gender, race and class are completley up to the player. Once I have enough people, I'll look through thier proposed classes and see if some can be changed. eg: if too many want to play wizards or fighters, I'll ask them to choose another class, or multiclass their characters.

I may ask for a short bio on the character, about a paragraph will do. Then again, I may not.

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I'll make up an actual set of webpages, divided by pantheon and link them here later.

Oh, they are divided into the racial and regional pantheons, too. For the purpose of this campaign, I'd much prefer each race to pick a god from their own pantheon. Half-Elves may pick an Elven god, or one of the non-racial gods, such as Lathandar or Ilmater. Half-Orcs can pick an Orcish god, or a god from one of the non racial pantheons. Humans don't really have a pantheon, indecisive lot they are, so you may choose just any god from the list, though they'd tend more towards the 'human-like' deities, rather than, say, elven, orcish, dwarven, etc.

By the way, if anyone is confused by anything here, this site may help.

www.d20srd.org/ it's 3.5 rules, so it's a little different tonwn, but the general outline is the same. Look through the core section, the rest is not really needed.



Edit: Well, due to not being able to find my copy of Macromedia Studo, it may take longer than expected for the pages to be up, sorry.

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Well, it's been 3 weeks or so, and the response to this has been absolutley underwhelming. Cancelled.

[Inviktus]

You might want to try posting the sessions on www.neverwinterconnections.com/.

With a juicy story intro it should draw some flies, um players.