Broken Valley (Hex Crawl / S&W Complete)

[The_Wanderer]

Broken Valley beckons before Duke Emmanuil stretching between the twin ranges of the Dire Mounts and the Dead Giants. A call has gone out to all of the lands for bold parties to stake a claim in this untamed wild. Brave heroes should make all possible haste to the Port Village of Bitterpan to hear how they can be of service to His Excellency.

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I've become mildly infatuated with Alex Schroeder's Hex Describe generator/website (https://campaignwiki.org/hex-describe/) and am curious as to how it plays as the basis for a Hexcrawl. With that in mind...

I am looking for 5-7 players to run a wilderness hexcrawl. For the content, I'll be generating a "world" using Hex Describe and tweaking it a bit as we go for clarity and maybe consistency (although I'm not sure that will be needed). In addition, I would like to use this opportunity to learn Swords and Wizardry Complete. We'll be using a mostly by the book version although some extra bits will be clarified/codified as we go to make it clear for the type of game. There will also be the potential to gain henchmen at the start and as play progresses, if so desired. Players will start out probably somewhere in the level 3 range (I will set a starting XP).

Posting expectation is 5 times/wk. Fingers crossed that brave folk can be found to explore these unknown lands.

[thirdkingdom]

I'm interested.

[The_Wanderer]

I'm interested.

You are only invited as long as we make a deal that if you don't kill my character, then I won't kill your character.

Seriously though, don't be surprised if I borrow some of your hexcrawling systems. Once we get some other characters, we can start with character creation.

[ybn1197]

I'm interested!

[The_Wanderer]

Awesome. Hopefully we can do some character creation this weekend. As for the rest of you lurkers, come on in and join the fun!

Here's a little taste of the content that has been generated for us:

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Sybilla's Stream flows down from the hills to the North through the town of Bitterpan and out into the large inland sea known as the Cold Grave. During evenings, children from the town come down to the mouth of the river to watch the Nixies splashing in the confluence. For the first time in anyone's memory however, the nixies have changed their ritual and an almost palpable sense of sadness fills the air as they bathe. In addition, some of the children whisper that the fey creatures are missing some of their number.

[The_Wanderer]

Character Creation

Character Sheet
We will use the Unseen Servant Dice Roller and Character Sheet for everything. I've requested a forum setup and will update this thread when we have a Campaign ID.

Ability Scores
-Roll 3d6 in order down the line
-You can swap 2 scores to cusomtize a bit
-You can also sacrifice 2 ability points from one ability to raise one prime requisite ability 1 point. This may be done more than once, but no ability can be lowered below 9

Further Customization
-I kind of love using Castle Oldskull's Dungeon Delver Enhancer to give characters additional flavor and a small boost to to some combat abilities. I won't be using every option the supplement gives but if you are interested, I'll give you three different class appropriate 'kits' for you to choose from. This step is entirely optional.

[MonsterMash]

I'm interested. Thirdkingdom has gamed with me a lot at RPG.net where I am also called MonsterMash.

[thirdkingdom]

I'm interested. Thirdkingdom has gamed with me a lot at RPG.net where I am also called MonsterMash.

Hey man, good to see you!

[The_Wanderer]

I'm interested. Thirdkingdom has gamed with me a lot at RPG.net where I am also called MonsterMash.

That's great news. Once we get a forum setup, we can start this thing in motion.

[sulldawga]

I'd be willing to play.

[Paladin]

Very interested! I love S&W of any flavor. And hex crawls!

[The_Wanderer]

Looks like we are up to 5 and have a forum. We can still take on at least a couple more but I'll get character creation started over there.

[The_Wanderer]

Everybody above this post has been added to the forum. Feel free to post in the Character Creation post.

[tibbius]

I'm interested. Is this still open to new characters?

[tibbius]

[The_Wanderer]

We can take another PC. I'll go ahead and add you to the forum. Check the character creation rules just to double check what's needed. Please also roll your character numbers in the roller for the game. Also, the group is returning to a town which makes a convenient place to start posting from - so jump right in. We'll finish Egbald on the way.

[tibbius]

Thanks!

I'm pretty sure I linked Egbald's rolls to the campaign in the US dice roller. I did roll stats twice because I just couldn't figure out the first set ... then swapped DEX and CHR.

[The_Wanderer]

Ok. That works then.

[Qren]

Hi, I would be interested if there is a spot still open at the table.

Cheers
Qren

[The_Wanderer]

Recruiting is open again for a slot or two. Feel free to PM me or respond here if interested.