[phoerix]

As we are nearing the 8'th month of Defenders, a few of those starting players have disappeared and I'm looking for two or three replacements. I'll be upfront and admit that I'm prone to periods of little to no activity, but I do always come back and try to post at least two or three times a week, with weekends being less active. PM my players and they'll tell what what you'll get from me as a DM.

As for the game... Gatewatch is a city guarding the great wall between civilization, integrity, and hospitality and the tyrannical wilds. Housing the Academy, a military school where students learn close to the frontlines, and where faculty regularly deal with threats against both the School and city. The Gate is being attacked with greater frequency, and whispers of larger mobilizations are on the rise.

Angels and Demons are commonplace, direct agents in the world of their masters. Magic is specialized highly into elements, and the divine is almost entirely in the realm of supernatural beings.

Gameplay is a mix of sandbox where the party can and will split, or even go solo occasionally. Leveling will be at my whim, and crafting both easier and more difficult in its own way.

Finally (for now) The monsters you see are rarely vanilla. I've got a lot of books, and I frequently will toss a few into a blender to get new abilities. Metagame if you dare.

Character Creation

Most important is Background and where you are going. I need one major antagonist of some type (bully, jilted lover, slaver you escaped from) and one ally/friend/cohort (not in a Leadership sense) each fleshed out with a paragraph at least. Background and who you are should be a few paragraphs. If you don't spell check, and have atrocious grammar, I won't pick you, and if I accidentally do, I will ask that you shape it up and will drop you after repeat offenses. That said, I screw up too, so there is a double standard that I recognize, point them out to me and I'll probably fix them.

The more you help me tell the story, the more you'll get to do, add a few hooks/wishes for your character. Most of the characters in the world over 10th level are divine/infernal in nature somehow, and this is very much a Good v. Evil world. Weapons above a +2 enchantment are rare and their commissioning will require a quest of some sort.

Peruse the World Encyclopedia

ECL 5 (my current players are 4'th level and close to their first leveling)
9000 gp, all magic items must be ok'd by me, 3000 gp limit per item
Abilities: 4d6 drop the lowest (4d6v1) or 32 point buy. One or the other. (Roll in the application thread and post your application the rolls in the same post)
Alignment: Anything Good, I *may* accept neutral players, but thats iffy.
Races: If you can fit it into 5 levels legally, you can probably play it, excepting evil outsiders.
Classes: No wizards, clerics, druids, or archivists. Psionics are *not* allowed, nor are ToB classes or anything from these "Tomes" that are floating around. Wu Jen is special and are called "Shapers," and I'll be working on it a bit more, ask if you'd like to know, they're fairly different and expanded, with 7 elements to choose from now. No Factorums, of Incarnum
Flaws/traits: No flaws, but up to two traits are alright.
Hitpoints: Max at first level, roll for the other 3 levels

Citation: In your application at the bottom please cite any magic items you are buying, feats outside of Core you are taking, and all ACF's, with page and book number.

Paladin of Freedom is acceptable
Wu Jen are called Shapers, and have a slew of changes. You will see them flying around in the world. Yes, flying.
Diplomacy is using the GitP rules.
Spells may be altered slightly by me upon casting. If one is cast that is normally unapplicable to the situation due to knowledge incomplete, it may have a similar effect, but altered slightly.
Sublime Way Marshal Is usable. This is the only base class that gets to use ToB, though ToB is usable for source material, including the feats that grant you Maneuvers.

Questions will be best answered in the Questions forum here. I will look here for questions, but answer them in the game forum. No private application, there will be NO PvP going on.