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Thunderspire Labyrinth


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The Bloodreavers have captured a dozen villagers from the small settlement of Riverdown, one of the half dozen villages that make up the Harkenwold. Baron Stockmer, assisted by Sister Linora, a priestess of Avandra, assembled a group of adventurers to find them. Linora explains that a young tracker from the village followed the Bloodreavers and their prisoners until they reached the Trade Road south of Thunderspire Mountain.

Beneath the stormy peak of Thunderspire Mountain lies the Labyrinth, an ancient, ruined minotaur city. For over two decades, an order of wizards called the Mages of Saruun has controlled a portion of the Labyrinth, creating a relatively safe haven called the Seven-Pillared Hall. Here, underground denizens come to trade with the mages and with a small number of surface-dwellers. Visitors who leave the safety of the hall and venture into the Labyrinth do so at their own risk. For in the darkness of the Labyrinth, all bets are off.




MY INTRODUCTION

I figure that ‘Keep on the Shadowfell’ has been done enough times already, so I’ll make “Thunderspire Labyrinth” my DM-debut here on MW. I DM’d my local group through KotS and was the DM Assistant for TL, so I think I know what’s going on. That being said, I’m a relatively noob DM, so don’t expect things to go perfectly!

I generally can post every weekday, and I expect you to do the same. I will slow down a little in February and March when things get busy for me at work.

At the moment, I do not plan on running this past the completion of this adventure. I don’t know how long it will take to complete, so things may be quite different when we get there, but if you’re looking for a sweeping campaign that will lead you to the heights of Epic play… sorry, look elsewhere. I’m just trying to give some folks a good time for a few months, and I want players who share that spirit.


THE CHARACTERS

I want a relatively-balanced, five-PC party, fifth level. All standard 22 pt. point buy and item rules apply, no trading item levels (so you can’t pick up three level 2 items instead of a level 6, but you may substitute a lower level item – for example, if you can’t find a good 4th level item, you can take a 3rd level one instead, but you lose the difference). Anything legal goes, though I will frown upon limburger-esque entries, and that is Not A Good Thing. I can read CharOp boards, too. Go ahead and make a good, strong character, but if I see “OMGWTF I do 100 dpr w/ Mage Hand!!1!”, you’re right out.

This adventure, at least when I went through it, was about 2/3 combat and 1/3 roleplaying. I like that ratio. This means that I don’t need you to develop a 4,000 word backstory. You can do it, and I may read it, but don’t expect that I will incorporate much of it. I’m going to run the adventure pretty much as is, unless I see something that fits in with little work on my part.

Other than that, I don’t know what I’m looking for in an applicant, other than to apply properly. You are welcome to team up with other applicants to build complementary characters if you so desire, which may or may not work to your advantage. Since I’m still getting my DM-hat sized, I don’t think I’m going to allow any re-flavoring of powers or items, but if there’s something that you really really want, and it’s a minor thing, ask. I should also point out that I’m not overly-comfortable with hybrids yet, so while I won’t actually exclude them, they don’t give me the warm-fuzzies.


HOW TO APPLY

To be considered complete (and only complete applications will be considered), an application must have the following:

Character Name
Race and Gender
Class/Build
Description in 40 words or less
Personality in 40 words or less

Why are you on this adventure? On the face of it, you are being asked to find some slaves that have been stolen; said Baron will, however, deny all knowledge of you if something bad happens (and probably hog all credit if you succeed), but you’re welcome to add a little on personal reasons for why you’d be doing this. This should be an in-character post.
What are your level 6, 5, and 4 items?
Statblock
Tell me about you as a player.
Don’t be discouraged if you’ve not been in a lot of games – we’ve all been there, and I won’t hold that against you.

Oh – pet peeve! Please don’t post just to indicate interest, or to reserve an early spot in the thread. There are no bonus points for being the first striker, or anything like that. If you’re really interested, post something functional when it is ready, or at least mostly-ready. I encourage your interest - put your character where your mouth is!! Or something like that.


TIMEFRAME

I figure on closing the general applications on Friday 10/30. I’m going on a business trip the following week, and while away I’ll narrow it down to The Finalists.

THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, but if you build your character with the official WotC Character Builder and are a The Finalist, I will like you that much more if you can get me your character file and I can pop it into my CB to make sure your character is OK. Not that I expect it not to be.


Good luck, and feel free to ask any questions. Thanks for your interest!

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