Echoing Horrors of Midnight

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Game Description

Deadline for Applications: Friday, September 17, 2010
Desired Number of Players: 4-6

ALL SLOTS FILLED.

General Setting and Game Information:
The world has been covered in shadow as long as memory serves. Tales of a time when the land did not run wild and the night was safe, give children hope that one day they can live in relative peace and harmony again. Can you make their dreams a reality or will you fall like countless others?

Information About You:
Since I focus slightly more on roleplaying than combat, your personality, roleplaying experience, and roleplaying ability are key to my decision. Keep it under 150 words. Just put a short section describing your play style using the DM Guide Character Personalities/Player Motivations on page 8, 4e. I do not need nor want character ideas at this point. People who have played one of my campaigns before know that these details are minor and do not matter. What I mean is, the group does not need balance forced into it. I picked six great roleplayers one time, and they all coincidentally played barbarians. Six strikers definitely provided for some rich and exciting roleplaying opportunities!

Pages 8-10, DMG 4e

The actor likes to pretend to be her character. She emphasizes character development that has nothing to do with numbers and powers, trying to make her character seem to be a real person in the fantasy world. She enjoys interacting with the rest of the group, with characters and monsters in the game world, and with the fantasy world in general by speaking "in character" and describing her character's actions in the first person. The actor values narrative game elements over mechanical ones. Unlike the storyteller, she values her character's personality and motivations over other story elements.

An explorer loves to see new places in the fantasy world and to meet the residents of such places, fair and foul. All the explorer needs is the promise of an interesting locale or different culture, and off he goes to see that place. The explorer wants to experience the wonders the game world has to offer. He also wants to know that there's more out there to find. He presses for details: proper names of characters and places, descriptions of the environment, and some idea of what's over the next hill. He's sometimes interested in the adventure plot and his character's motivations. (The explorer is close kin to both the actor and the storyteller.) The wonder of new discoveries is what is key to keeping the explorer happy.

An instigator enjoys making things happen. She has no patience for careful planning or deliberation. She'll open an obviously trapped chest "just to see what happens." She provokes authority figures and opens dungeon doors to bring more monsters into an already difficult fight. The instigator loves the vicarious thrill of taking enormous risks and sometimes just making bad choices. The instigator can be disruptive, but she can also be a lot of fun for the other players. Things rarely grind to a halt with an instigator in the group, and the stories that get retold after the game session often revolve around whatever crazy thing the instigator did this week.

A power gamer thrives on gaining levels and loves the cool abilities that come with those levels. He defeats monsters to take their stuff and use that stuff against future enemies. The story and roleplaying are secondary to action and awesome abilities and magic items. Most players have a little power gamer in them. A couple of the core elements of fun in the D&D game are the accumulation of power and the use of that power to accomplish astonishing deeds. Nothing is wrong with enjoying that in the game.

The slayer is like the power gamer, but she is even easier to please. She emphasizes kicking the tar out of monsters. maybe she does so to let off a little steam in a safe way, or she likes the joy of feeling superior. Perhaps it's the pleasure of having power to mete out punishment to villains. D&D combat is thrilling. Few other aspects of the game put a character in such apparent jeopardy. Beating the bad guys is a clear success. Most players enjoy these D&D elements, but the slayer seeks them foremost.

The storyteller is a player who prefers the narrative of the game to individual character motivations and personality. This player sees the game as an ongoing chronicle of events in the fantasy world, and he wants to see where the tale goes. For the storyteller, the rules are their to support the game's ongoing story. he believes that when the rules get in the way, the narrative should win. Compromise for the sake of the story is more important than individual character motivations.

A thinker likes to make careful choices, reflecting on challenges and the best way to overcome them. She also enjoys herself most when her planning results in success with minimal risk and use of resources. Solving a challenge in a creative way is more important to the thinker than character power or roleplaying issues. In fact, the thinker might prefer sound tactics to acting in character or straightforward, brute force battle.

A watcher is a casual player who comes to the game because he wants to be part of the social event. A watcher might be shy or just really laid back. He wants to participate, but he doesn't really care if he's deeply immersed, and he doesn't want to be assertive ot too involved in the details of the game, rules, or story. He enjoys the game by being part of a social circle.

About My Games:
This first small adventure will begin in a world of shadow and intrigue mixing equal elements of horror and fantasy. There is a 60% Roleplaying/40% Combat ratio for my adventures. As a side note, my adventures are geared to extend into a campaign indefinitely if players are interested in roleplaying a character into the epic tier. As long as there are at least two active people in any of my adventures, I always maintain the roleplaying experience. The expected posting requirements are at least once/day. If you cannot meet this on a regular basis, then please do not apply for my game. I am looking for serious roleplayers who want the genuine experience from a genuine DM. We will be starting from Level 1.