FR with a twist, any developers?

[nodwyck]

This is a little idea I got from this all-paladin (*sigh*) campaign I'm currently playing in. It's a follow-up, the setting is FR (Arabel, Cormyr to be precise), and it starts with 1st level nongood PCs.

Everything the paladins in the other campaign do affect this timeline (so I can't be too precise with any major happenings), but the pallys have neglected their home base - and are completely ignorant of anything and everything that had happened there.

Anyway, here's the thing: the recent happenings in Cormyr have pretty much ruined The beautiful city: Lord Lady Myrmeen Lhal seems to have lost her mind in the struggles, and as there are very few Purple Dragons and War Wizards left (in Arabel, at least), the city officials had no choice but recruit those mercenary units that had stayed in Cormyr to act as militia (which has pretty much emptied the city coffers), and to patrol the streets. The sacking of Tilverton and the presence of monstrous humanoids in the countryside has caused a flood of refugees to the cities.
The militia is corrupt and organizations like Zhentarim, Red Wizards, Fire Knives, Shadow Thieves etc. have taken interest in the city. The Shade enclave has its agents, working from (no surprise here) shadows.

As the Steel Regent is still waging war in the countryside, the citizens starve, and the "good" churches take advance of the situation, seizing power wherever they can.

On top of everything, it's winter, and the refugees are freezing. The first signs of an epidemy are there.

It's time for some anti-heroes to step up and do what's Right.

[Black Robed One]

Hmmm...

I might be interested to play novice Zentarim agent, apprentice Red Wizard, or Thayven knight-in-training (that's if somebody else will agree to play apprentice Red Wizard). It has been a long time since I have a chance to role-play evil characters! But I need to know who else will be playing this Online RPG of yours, nodwyck, to make my choice.

For example, I won't be able to role-play Thayven knight-in-training, if nobody will be willing to role-play apprentice Red Wiazard. And vice vesa, if I am to role-play apprentice Red Wiazard, I will need somebody to role-play Thayven knight-in-training and to be my bodyguard.

[Archmage Turanis Altaine]

It'd be interesting to play an assassin again... I'm in.

[CosmicHorror]

I'd be interested in either a Thayan Wizard or Shadovar Acranist. Evil rules. I'm in another evil game right now, there's a psycotic drow archer, a crazy human assassin, a troll, a cleric/sorcerer, and me, a merc, so i'd likly be the lesser of the 5 evils.

But the Thayans are just cool, and with BRO willing to play a Thayan Knight, it would work out quite well, and the Shades are just coolness incarate.

[Black Robed One]

CosmicHorror said:

I'd be interested in either a Thayan Wizard or Shadovar Acranist. Evil rules. I'm in another evil game right now, there's a psycotic drow archer, a crazy human assassin, a troll, a cleric/sorcerer, and me, a merc, so i'd likly be the lesser of the 5 evils.

But the Thayans are just cool, and with BRO willing to play a Thayan Knight, it would work out quite well, and the Shades are just coolness incarate.

Excellent, CosmicHorror, I'll create my Thayan knight-in-training in a couple of days then, since 1st level characters aren't really hard to create.

Well, nodwyck, you now have completed Thayan Team (i.e. apprentice Red Wiazard - CosmicHorror and Thayan knight-in-training - me). And Turanis the Jounin Shinobi is willing to play an assassin, though with all of us being just 1st level characters, Turanis the Jounin Shinobi's character is going to be really inexperienced assassin, well, all of us will be very inexperienced in our careers of choice!

So, when this game is going to start, nodwyck?

[nodwyck]

My plan is to use this game as a developement forum of sorts - I have no forum DMing exp, so we'll start this one slowly (and won't pay too much attention to rules at this point). I won't be using any dice-rolling thingies and whatnot, we're all gentlemen / ladies here, right? Feel free to PM (or email) your 28 point characters to me, and I'll get this one rolling after holidays.

one more thing: my time zone is GMT +2, so we won't get too many posts per night. It's really going to be crawling speed. If we get this one going smoothly, your characters will be used as NPCs in my upcoming PnP version of this (starting later).

[nodwyck]

<edit>If you have 3.5 rules, use them. If not, 3E is fine by me. We'll mod the characters later on.</edit>

So the body count is now:

Red apprentice
Knight in training
Assassin -wannabe

<edit> after some Serious Thought, make 'em 2nd level. Templates and ECL+1 races are usable (no hobgobs, please) as per FR supplements.</edit>

right?
If so, the Thayan team is There(tm).

Any Zhents?

[Chathi Nathandem]

Greatings, barb... nevermind.

Anyway, I am Chathi Nathandem, a Thayan Warrioress and would-be Thayan Knight. I will be join this 'game' of yours on BRO's behalf.

It will take me a little while to pass some intensive training to meet your latest requirements, but after this training will be completeted, I will provide you, nodwyck, with my complete description.

Until our blades cross again.

[nodwyck]

Allrightee folks. PM your chars (or at least ideas of characters. When I get the req'd three, I'll send the request for the forum. No point wasting more time.

Also, if more folks are interested, I'm prepared to run this for more than just one small group.

[nodwyck]

allrightee. no game. dev. forum/freeform is the way to go with this.