Living Forgotten Realms

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Created Jun 8 '09
Last Post Sep 12 '10 at 4:25am
Status Aborted
System Dungeons & Dragons 4e
Setting Forgotten Realms 4e

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Game Description

The Campaign
This is part of an RPGA-sanctioned Living Forgotten Realms Campaign, one that I hope will grow into an an adventuring company of several parties running simultaneous adventures, whose members may even decide to join other groups within the setting, true to the feel of the "living" campaign.

You will create characters that grow and persist through each adventure, and who may be freely used in any other RPGA event, retaining the experience and rewards your PC receives for those other adventures (but not, of course, in the middle of an ongoing adventure), which is what having a "living" character is all about. Conversely, if you already have a Living Forgotten Realms character from another group or event, feel free to bring them into this campaign, keeping in mind of course that members of a party need to be at the same level.

Of course, you may not have desire or opportunity to take your character from this campaign to any other, which is perfectly fine as well. The campaign will flow from each adventure to the next, taking with it the characters you will be bringing to life.

The Players
I will start with one party of 4-6 characters. You will create a character according to the RPGA/LFR creation rules, which are rather broad but with a few limitations, as noted below. I expect decent activity from players, with one post per weekday (M-F) and one post per weekend at minumum.
In addition to the normal forum membership, in order to play LFR each player will need to have a DCI membership number from WotC. This does not require a DDI subscription or any other purchase; it's free, but does require you to sign up for it. See "No DCI Number?" below for more information if you do not have one.

Applications
I would like applications in the following form:

ApplicationName: Character Name
Gender: Male/Female
Race: Character Race
Class: Character class and build
Region: FR background region
DCI#: RPGA/DCI number

I will be paying most attention to character appearance and personality, things that will affect the way your character acts during the campaign. A good background story is nice, but rather than a ten-page biography, focus on the aspects of your background that describe what made your character who they are now.

Character Creation
All characters start at level 1, with ability scores generated by method 1 or 2 (standard 22-point buy, in other words) and 100gp to buy starting equipment.
Each character must have a Forgotten Realms regional background, but you may also have other backgrounds (such as those from PH2 or Dragon Magazine 366 and 373). You may select one of your character's backgrounds from which to receive a mechanical game benefit.
Characters may not be evil or chaotic evil in alignment, or worship a deity with an evil or chaotic evil alignment.
If your character chooses a deity, it must come from the Forgotten Realms pantheon, from those listed in either the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide or the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Characters with a divine class or multiclass must choose one (and only one) deity from these lists.

Source Material
All material is available for use from: Player's Handbook, Player's Handbook 2, Adventurer's Vault, Martial Power, Arcane Power, PH Heroes, and compiled issues of Dragon Magazine.
All preview and playtest material is available for use, with the exception of the hybrid playtest, which article specifically states that it is not yet eligible for RPGA play.
Everything in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide is available except for spellscarred rules, and everything in the Eberron Player's Guide is available except for dragonmarked rules and, of course, regional backgrounds.
Finally, paragon paths from the Manual of the Planes will be available for use (when that time comes).

For a quick list of available race and class options, refer to this thread on Wizard forums, which is kept reasonably up-to-date and accurate. For the full creation rules, refer to the complete Character Creation Guide I have posted in the game forum, or refer to the attached file "RPGA Character Creation Guide v.1.9.pdf." Further questions or comments about creation or build options can be directed to the Character Creation Discussion thread rather than this one.