New direction discussion

[scootloops]

Okay, so it sounds like we're gonna go with Drakkenheim. If we want to do the whole thing, it's gonna be a long commitement which I'm down for. But we can probably do a few of the dungeon areas and cover a few level ups and then part if keeping this going for super long isn't working for anyone.

We'll take a few weeks to level up your PC's to L3 or rebuild entirely at L3 if you wish. I'll re-list the game so we can try and fill out six spaces as I feel thats a good number for groups.

So far, @Coruja @8w_gremlin @KingGoblin @Passione and @morgan_ are on board (did I get those all correct?)

Character recreation guidelines: Sources allowed are Core, Tashas, Xanathars, and the Drakkenheim sourcebook (I'll post a link to a players guide for that)
I know it can be a chore to recreate a PC for a different class and shift to a new game after getting started, so I really appreciate you for going with the flow on this one. Y'all are good writers so I hope I can do you justice for the future.

Gimme the weekend to rejigger the game layout so it's less complicated. I'll start a new thread for Drakkenheim PC's, and get the advertising listed up on Monday if we want to add a sixth player, or if someone listed above needs to jet.

Again, thanks for all your patience as we work through this. @Aspekt still hasn't even logged in since March 12 according to their profile, so I'm hoping everything is alright with them and they just had to cool off of the games or something like that.
 

Edited May 3 by scootloops (see edit history)

[8w_gremlin]

thanks @scootloops, and @Aspekt.
I'll look at the books and see about reworking my character.

So looking over the information that I have found, I'm going to redo my character.
I think a dwarven artificer might be a good idea, do we have some starting cash to make 3rd level characters, or anything else?

I'm actually quite excited about this, has Mordenheim vibes
 

Edited May 3 by 8w_gremlin (see edit history)

[Coruja]

7 hours ago, PureChance said:

As in just the favoured enemy & favoured terrain you mean? Compared to favoured foe and deft explorer?

I agree the latter are more generically useful. I still think there's a place for the former options depending on the campaign and story style, but that requires a degree of cooperation with the GM. Especially for the favoured terrain as exploration is often a pillar that gets glossed over, especially with all the features that trivialise surviving the wilds (looking at you Outlander background, and to a lesser extent Goodberry). For it to be a fun feature I think it needs to have up and downtime, anything that's permanently on risks being forgotten rather than being "aha, my character has got this!"

In general though, I'd agree putting the usefulness of a feature in the hands of the GM rather than the player is poor design.

As for favoured enemy Vs favoured foe, I think the former has way more flavour, but again requires some kind of cooperation with the GM to make sure you're not picking something useless

I completely agree with you. But even Favored Enemy, the usefulness is not all that good. Favored Foe has a lot more mechanical impact. In the case of my own character, I can keep it delicious, full of flavor, because she's some kind of monster hunter, and she focus on each enemy she's facing at a time, recollecting information about them and preparing specifically for them.

4 hours ago, scootloops said:

Okay, so it sounds like we're gonna go with Drakkenheim. If we want to do the whole thing, it's gonna be a long commitement which I'm down for. But we can probably do a few of the dungeon areas and cover a few level ups and then part if keeping this going for super long isn't working for anyone.

We'll take a few weeks to level up your PC's to L3 or rebuild entirely at L3 if you wish. I'll re-list the game so we can try and fill out six spaces as I feel thats a good number for groups.

So far, @Coruja @8w_gremlin @KingGoblin @Passione and @morgan_ are on board (did I get those all correct?)

Character recreation guidelines: Sources allowed are Core, Tashas, Xanathars, and the Drakkenheim sourcebook (I'll post a link to a players guide for that)
I know it can be a chore to recreate a PC for a different class and shift to a new game after getting started, so I really appreciate you for going with the flow on this one. Y'all are good writers so I hope I can do you justice for the future.

Gimme the weekend to rejigger the game layout so it's less complicated. I'll start a new thread for Drakkenheim PC's, and get the advertising listed up on Monday if we want to add a sixth player, or if someone listed above needs to jet.

Again, thanks for all your patience as we work through this. @Aspekt still hasn't even logged in since March 12 according to their profile, so I'm hoping everything is alright with them and they just had to cool off of the games or something like that.
 

I assume you are going to start a new game of your own, instead of trying to keep using this one. I'm eager to get the invitation. We are already 5 people. Do you really feel like having a sixth person?

About my character, I would like to keep the whole backstory, but I would like to check my options regarding class and subclass. I'll keep the monster hunter theme in mind.

[KingGoblin]

Yeah, Elrod was really made for the idea of open world player-exploration type of a setup. I like the idea of a warlock on a broom of flying, because I keep thinking of wicked witches, but his background and goals and stuff don't feel right for a dungeon crawl type of game. He was more about wanting to travel all over and explore the world, less about being a professional adventurer. More about trying to become a dragon, less about conquering dungeons. So, I do think that with the new direction, I would probably just make a new character, with probably the warlock on a broom thing being a bit more front and center. Different race and patron, probably, but still going for Pact of the Tome, to be more witchy than wanna-be dragon.

[8w_gremlin]

@KingGoblin I was going to take the broom of flying too, one of the best items in the game. and had similar goals of exploration and wilderness exploration.
But I am happy with the new direction and hope that "Uzgath Stonehold - Dwarven Artificer?" (not sure on background waiting on player guide to Drakkenheim)

[Passione]

I think I'll age up Daniel out of game to make the mutations and corruptions more palateable, and keep him immature because he's a sheltered country bumpkin. Still a naive kid at heart to keep his characterization, but old enough to have his jaw (possibly) slough off.

There are a few factions we will be courting or condemning. If I play out Dee as a fence-sitting devil's advocate, would that abrade your experience? I want to get ahead of it. I don't want to impose.

[scootloops]

18 hours ago, Coruja said:

I completely agree with you. But even Favored Enemy, the usefulness is not all that good. Favored Foe has a lot more mechanical impact. In the case of my own character, I can keep it delicious, full of flavor, because she's some kind of monster hunter, and she focus on each enemy she's facing at a time, recollecting information about them and preparing specifically for them.

I assume you are going to start a new game of your own, instead of trying to keep using this one. I'm eager to get the invitation. We are already 5 people. Do you really feel like having a sixth person?

About my character, I would like to keep the whole backstory, but I would like to check my options regarding class and subclass. I'll keep the monster hunter theme in mind.

I was gonna stick with this one actually so y’all can keep the character threads and transfer less, but change its title and put everything “borderlands” in its own archive space. We can definitely do 5, six is just a number in used to so I didn’t want to take it off the table.

Edited May 4 by scootloops (see edit history)

[scootloops]

invites sent to the new game page. I'm still filling out details but feel free to start reworking your PC's if you wish, or pulling over what you can from here.

I'm keeping the setting loosely in the borderlands and using The Tourist as your patron to send you there. We'll do a short session 0 to allow for introductions and warm ups before we get going.