[bahamut920]

[An Introduction]
You have been exiled. The crime? Having magic run through your veins. The sentence? Life imprisonment on a large island full of others of your kind.

[Game Type and Setting]
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5. The setting is a homebrew world, created by me.

[Game Master(s)]
Me, bahamut920, although I'm open to anyone who wants to co-DM, and if the group gets big enough, I may recruit one.

[Game Explanation]
Those with the inborn ability to work magic are hated and feared by the common folk. The instant a budding sorcerer (the catchall name, including many completely disparate inborn powers) is discovered, he or she is imprisoned and brought to a large island, which serves as the Empire's prison colony for sorcerers. Nobody knows what to expect on that island, because even Imperial ships never land there, and anyone who is taken is never heard from again...

[Application Process]
Apply by posting your character, with description, personality, and backstory in this thread. The game will start as soon as at least six players apply.

[Character Creation]
Characters will be made using 36-point point buy. Characters start at first level. The game is a gestalt game, but there are certain restrictions on classes. Players must pick two classes; one will be the character's "primary" class, and one will be the character's "secondary" class. The primary class may be any class, with no restrictions. The secondary class must be one of the following classes:

1. Sorcerer
2. Warmage
3. Beguiler
4. Dread Necromancer
5. Spellthief
6. Warlock
7. Dragonfire Adept
8. Shadowcaster
9. Favored Soul
10. Psion
11. Wilder
12. Soulknife

Once selected, the character's secondary class may not be changed (with the exception of certain prestige classes; see below). Characters do not gain any weapon or armor proficiencies from their secondary class, and use the base attack bonus of their primary class, even if the secondary class provides a more favorable base attack bonus. The character still uses the more favorable progression of the two classes for all saving throws, and any weapon- or armor-related class features gained by the secondary class (such as a warmage's armored mage class feature) still function normally, however a character may require certain weapon or armor proficiencies from their primary class in order to utilize these abilities.

Characters may take levels in certain prestige classes on their secondary class. These prestige classes must advance the class' basic abilities (for example, a character with sorcerer as his or her secondary class must take a prestige class which advances arcane spellcasting, a warlock must take a class which advances invocations - or one of the arcane spellcasting PrCs for which a warlock qualifies - and a favored soul must take a prestige class which advances divine spellcasting). The character must fulfill any class-based requirements with his or her secondary class alone. Theurge-style prestige classes (those which advance two forms of spellcasting) are allowed, but they count as both the character's primary and secondary classes, they must advance the character's secondary class' abilities, and they may be edited before play.

Characters start with a simple set of prison clothes; this consists of a tunic and breeches and a pair of leather boots. Characters may also choose a few small pieces of equipment which can be easily concealed on one's person. Characters start with no other equipment or wealth.

While not a strict requirement, the characters are level one, and most innate magical abilities manifest during puberty, so characters should be

Meaning I want all characters to be in the Young age category - most should be teenagers - and characters who are Middle-Aged or older will only be accepted if their backstory is VERY good.

relatively young.

[Acceptable Source Material]
Any non-setting WotC-published material. Material from other sources will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

[Any additional information or requirements]
Anything added will go in this section; therefore, it will serve as a kind of changelog for the campaign's houserules.

This will be a very much player-driven game. I intend to place actual plots fairly sparsely; it's up to you guys to do constructive things once you begin play. I won't force players to stay in their starting groups, or even to stay in groups at all (although I will recommend it, at least for a little while).

Nonhuman races are allowed, however, most nonhumans mature at a similar rate to humans in this campaign setting. Longer-lived races mature slightly slower, and shorter-lived races mature slightly faster, but not by more than a decade (as in, even the longest-lived elf hits adulthood at twenty-five, instead of the normal fifteen for humans).

One Trait OR Flaw allowed per character.

Players are not limited in the number of times they can apply, but may only have one character on the island at a time.

Every time a character gains a level, they may retrain one feat, a number of skill ranks equal to the amount they gained the previous level, or one spell, invocation, mystery, or power.

Magic/psionic transparency rules are not in effect.