marcusrife
August 25th, 2016, 23:38
In the city of Neverwinter, a dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker asked you to bring a wagon load of provisions to the rough-and-tumble settlement of Phandalin, a couple of days' travel southeast of the city. Gundren was clearly excited and more than a little secretive about his reasons for the trip, saying only that he and his brothers had found "something big," and that he'd pay you ten gold pieces each for escorting his supplies safely to Barthen's Provisions, a trading post in Phandalin. He then set out ahead of you on horse, along with a warrior escort named Sildar Hallwinter, claiming he needed to arrive early to "take care of business."
FG License: Ultimate (anyone can join the game, including free users)
Game System: D&D 5E, Adventure: Lost Mine of Phandelver (Wizards of the Coast).
Time Zone: PDT (GMT -7) / PST (GMT -8)
Please note that PDT ends on Sunday, the 6th of November at 03:00 local time, when the western US returns to PST (so we would then go back an hour).
Day of week and time: Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 PM Mountain / 5:00 PM Central / 6:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 PM GMT
Planned start date: Starting on Tuesday, September 6th. We will seek to have sessions last between 3 to 4 hours.
Planned Frequency: As agreed with players, every 2 weeks or on back to back weeks frequently but not always.
Term: Until the end of the adventure, possibility of moving on to another campaign.
Text or Voice: Voice
Voice software used: Discord, text can be used, but only for emotes, whispers, etc. I may use text occasionally for some NPC interactions.
Other software used: Hamachi for establishing network connection
Roleplay & Combat mix: Depends on the party, but I expect it to be around 50/50.
Number of Players in game & needed: 5, one more needed.
Character starting level & equipment: Starting level is 1, all standard equipment as defined by class. Pregens available or you can make a character before we begin playing. My house rule for 5e is this: Roll 1d20, your roll determines a random number generator that assigns you an array. I like to emphasize making due with what you get and not “optimizing” characters. Let the stats drive who your character is.
Permitted Books: (races, classes, spells, etc.): PHB, SCAG, EEPC
Character restrictions: No evil alignments.
Details of scenario: The Lost Mine of Phandelver introductory module from the starter set is geared for beginner players, but experienced players are definitely also welcome (or welcomed back). I know many who have begun LMOP at some point but never made it to Phandelver or beyond. I don't mind those who want to jump back in to play so as to finish the adventure – so long as your character does not take advantage of your own knowledge when passing through parts a second time. I want the group to help tell a story, so I highly value group cohesion. Possibility of mature language, so young or easily offended ears need not apply. The first session will start with making/checking characters and verifying everyone's setup (voice, FG and such). Please note that while I have dm’ing experience, I don't claim to know every single D&D 5e rule or be familiar with all released errata. I have run Phandelver once all the way through and have moved that group onto another campaign. I want to run the starter set again and implement things I have learned.
If you are interested in playing then please post below with some details about yourself including your location and experience playing the game or other role-playing games. Let me know what character and race you want to play. I don't need a back story at this point (although you’re welcome to provide one to me), as I expect to be offering you some further background details before play begins.
DM's Request: If after signing up you decide that this campaign is not for you, or that you cannot make a game session after signing up; please just let me know in either in a post here, or post in the calendar. We all know that things happen and real life may interrupt. I want to avoid turning way players and then having someone not show up without sending any message beforehand. It's unfair to the players that have signed up, to the players that we have turned away due to group being full, and not fair to the DM.
If still interested, please post here AND on the calendar. No shows seem to be from players signing up on the game calendar only. Therefore, I will only accept players who make the effort to also post in the forum thread. Thanks for your time reading this post.
Gamecalendar page name: DM Rife Tuesdays - Lost Mine of Phandelver Starter Set
Link to Gamecalendar page: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/calendar/?id=2153
FG License: Ultimate (anyone can join the game, including free users)
Game System: D&D 5E, Adventure: Lost Mine of Phandelver (Wizards of the Coast).
Time Zone: PDT (GMT -7) / PST (GMT -8)
Please note that PDT ends on Sunday, the 6th of November at 03:00 local time, when the western US returns to PST (so we would then go back an hour).
Day of week and time: Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 pm Pacific / 4:00 PM Mountain / 5:00 PM Central / 6:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 PM GMT
Planned start date: Starting on Tuesday, September 6th. We will seek to have sessions last between 3 to 4 hours.
Planned Frequency: As agreed with players, every 2 weeks or on back to back weeks frequently but not always.
Term: Until the end of the adventure, possibility of moving on to another campaign.
Text or Voice: Voice
Voice software used: Discord, text can be used, but only for emotes, whispers, etc. I may use text occasionally for some NPC interactions.
Other software used: Hamachi for establishing network connection
Roleplay & Combat mix: Depends on the party, but I expect it to be around 50/50.
Number of Players in game & needed: 5, one more needed.
Character starting level & equipment: Starting level is 1, all standard equipment as defined by class. Pregens available or you can make a character before we begin playing. My house rule for 5e is this: Roll 1d20, your roll determines a random number generator that assigns you an array. I like to emphasize making due with what you get and not “optimizing” characters. Let the stats drive who your character is.
Permitted Books: (races, classes, spells, etc.): PHB, SCAG, EEPC
Character restrictions: No evil alignments.
Details of scenario: The Lost Mine of Phandelver introductory module from the starter set is geared for beginner players, but experienced players are definitely also welcome (or welcomed back). I know many who have begun LMOP at some point but never made it to Phandelver or beyond. I don't mind those who want to jump back in to play so as to finish the adventure – so long as your character does not take advantage of your own knowledge when passing through parts a second time. I want the group to help tell a story, so I highly value group cohesion. Possibility of mature language, so young or easily offended ears need not apply. The first session will start with making/checking characters and verifying everyone's setup (voice, FG and such). Please note that while I have dm’ing experience, I don't claim to know every single D&D 5e rule or be familiar with all released errata. I have run Phandelver once all the way through and have moved that group onto another campaign. I want to run the starter set again and implement things I have learned.
If you are interested in playing then please post below with some details about yourself including your location and experience playing the game or other role-playing games. Let me know what character and race you want to play. I don't need a back story at this point (although you’re welcome to provide one to me), as I expect to be offering you some further background details before play begins.
DM's Request: If after signing up you decide that this campaign is not for you, or that you cannot make a game session after signing up; please just let me know in either in a post here, or post in the calendar. We all know that things happen and real life may interrupt. I want to avoid turning way players and then having someone not show up without sending any message beforehand. It's unfair to the players that have signed up, to the players that we have turned away due to group being full, and not fair to the DM.
If still interested, please post here AND on the calendar. No shows seem to be from players signing up on the game calendar only. Therefore, I will only accept players who make the effort to also post in the forum thread. Thanks for your time reading this post.
Gamecalendar page name: DM Rife Tuesdays - Lost Mine of Phandelver Starter Set
Link to Gamecalendar page: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/calendar/?id=2153