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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#1: Oct 1st 2012 at 10:45:47 PM

From the mind that brought you a bunch of campaigns most of which collapsed-but hey, The Golden Dragon managed to survive until completion!-comes the new masterpiece. Born from months worth of campaign development, surveying house rules from numerous campaigns (okay, one, but still!), and years worth of world building, comes the next story in the world of Tarroth.

Schism of the Third Eye

The wiki for the campaign can be found here.

Looking for players. Must have access to Maptools-which means you probably need to have decent connection speeds, because I once had a guy from the carribean who had like, 1 mbps speed, and it would stall whenever I tried to load a new map (which was no no good)-and IRC. There's enough variant rules that in some respects, NOT being totally familiar with every last rule in 4E is ideal, so don't worry as much if you're new to the system.

The day and time has yet to be set (current projection is 8:00 PM EST till question mark-but I try to get at least 4 hour sessions minimum).

FILLED ROLES Defender (Hybrid Brawler Fighter/Paladin) Striker (Hybrid Rogue/???, probably Executioner or Warlock) Striker/Leader (Hybrid Artificer/Ranger, gunslinger)

So, probably a controller (Druid? Mage? Hunter? Psion?!?) and something to fill the healing gap (another hybrid striker/leader for instance)

...

And that's it! More details as they become available. I am not looking for a large party (we're talking 3 to 5 players here, and I already have 1), so barring COMPLETE DISGUST FROM THE DM, this is on a first come first serve basis.

Contact me here in the thread on in private messaging-or on Sykpe or AIM if you have my coveted contact information there-to RSVP.

edited 4th Oct '12 12:09:43 AM by TheyCallMeTomu

Matrix Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Oct 2nd 2012 at 1:34:38 AM

Well, I haven't heard great things about 4E, but I'd really like to play some d20 tabletop, as my current group is on indefinite hiatus right now. I haven't played 4E before, so I am unfamiliar with it, but I have played 3.5 and Pathfinder (And I suppose currently being in a playthrough of Planescape: Torment translates into some experience in 2E??).

So a quick google reveals the existence of an SRD for 4E, so I guess I'll read that for the basics like it says to on the wiki..

Oh, and I do also have experience with shonen, having watched such things as Dragon Ball Z and Digimon when I was younger.

As for maptools, I don't have that but that is easily remedied.

I don't have an IRC program, but would Mibbit be okay?

Edit: The SRD I found was not at all what I thought it would be and not at all useful. Damnit.

edited 2nd Oct '12 1:51:04 AM by Matrix

joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#3: Oct 2nd 2012 at 3:09:30 AM

Yeah I'm interested. Time zones might be an issue however.

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#4: Oct 2nd 2012 at 9:13:03 AM

Well, the Time of Game is pretty non-negotiable I'm afraid: 8:00 to 12:00ish EST is about the only time I'm available to DM.

And yeah, you'll have to somehow get the full rules of the game. The 4E rules aren't open source though, so you probably can't get it (legally) for free, unless you borrow some books from some friends, or borrow someone's DDI account or something like that.

Matrix Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Oct 2nd 2012 at 5:20:34 PM

Right then, I should be able to get my hands on the rules.

As for time, in the General D&D thread you said Wednesday, is that true? I can totally do Wednesday. Also 8 eastern which is like 5 pacific, so again I can totally do that.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#6: Oct 2nd 2012 at 5:26:07 PM

Alright. Do you have any previous roleplaying experience?

Also, have you read the main page of the wiki?

Ordinarily, I tend to try and avoid newbies, but I'm running a lower level game, and there's a lot less in the way of "mandatory" feats and items in this campaign due to how I'm handling gear (or rather, how I'm NOT handling gear).

edited 2nd Oct '12 5:26:51 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

Matrix Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Oct 2nd 2012 at 5:35:48 PM

Yes, I read the main wiki page. And like I said, I've played 3.5 and Pathfinder. I've also played Spirit of the Century.

Also you didn't answer my question about Mibbit :v

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#8: Oct 2nd 2012 at 5:40:09 PM

Mibbit should be fine? IRC is IRC after all. I generally recommend mIRC, but whatever works best for you is fine.

This game is very heavy on the gameplay/story segregation elements. What were the horror stories about 4E you've heard? PM me about your preference in play styles and I'll be able to tell you whether or not the campaign is a good fit for you or not.

luckybreak91 Superhero from New York Since: Jul, 2011
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#9: Oct 2nd 2012 at 8:46:15 PM

I'm interested.

edited 4th Oct '12 12:26:43 PM by luckybreak91

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KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#10: Oct 2nd 2012 at 10:23:56 PM

Also maybe PM me, since I've played in Tomu's aforementioned complete campaign.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
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#11: Oct 3rd 2012 at 3:39:55 AM

4-hour sessions minimum? As curious as I am about the campaign (and the opportunity to actually play 4e instead of always speculating about it), I'm not sure I can go that long at a time.

Oh well.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#12: Oct 3rd 2012 at 8:39:23 AM

Well, we'd probably occasionally break early if there's a convenient stopping point. But 4 hour is the "default" "scheduled" amount of RP time.

And sure, talk to Kyle, he'll be good at scaring you off considering he was in TGD. This campaign is wildly different from that one though (that was a bare-bones plot game that was primarily combat, this is a lot more story driven).

KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#13: Oct 4th 2012 at 10:54:06 AM

Ooh, does that mean that the players will actually have choices this time? Tomu, I'm impressed!

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#14: Oct 4th 2012 at 12:15:01 PM

Oh, no, nothing like that. After all, I'm not crazy or anything. It's more that there's more downtime between event flags so there's more time to fart around, and the NP Cs are a bit more developed and arguably more colorful.

In all seriousness, this game is a lot more open to going off the rails, in part because the methodology I've used for constructing encounters-and the emphasis of encounters as part of the game-has changed.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#15: Oct 4th 2012 at 3:10:20 PM

Stiiiiiiill looking for players. Yep. Up to three now. Could use another leader type, or perhaps a controller. Mmm hmm.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16: Oct 6th 2012 at 11:45:18 PM

Heads up: Up to four players, so I'm only looking for, at most, one more player. WHO. SHALL. IT. BE?!?

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#17: Oct 11th 2012 at 2:25:13 PM

We actually have five players-nominally-but one of the potential players hasn't actually really been responsive, so I'm suspecting there's still an opening.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#18: Oct 13th 2012 at 7:00:44 PM

Yep. Definitely still an opening. No response from the Psion at all in the past week or so, and there's only a few days until the game so I'm just writing him off as a no-show.

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