[Recruitment] A Brave New World -- B/X Hexcrawl

[thirdkingdom]

The world of Absalom is one of constant change. Roughly every two hundred years the scales of Balance tip one way, then the other, dividing the history of the planet into Cycles. During the Cycles of Law civilization flourishes -- empires are born, wild lands tamed, advances are made in alchemy and magic -- but during the Cycles of Chaos the once great kingdoms are beaten back by hordes of barbarians and Beastmen, wild Chaos storms sweep the land, transforming the terrain, and Men hunker behind city walls, waiting for calm to be restored.

It is now four years after the beginning of the 16th Cycle of Law. In the Scarlet Principality, westmost domain in the Variagated Kingdom, eyes turn to the wilderness at its western borders; adventurers hungry for gold and glory, nobles looking to expand their fiefdoms, and merchants looking to plunder the wealth that can be found.

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I am looking for 5-7 players to run a wilderness hexcrawl. We'll be using a modified version of B/X; it has essentially be houseruled to make it more like 5e. I've got a document I will link to with revised classes. We will be using a race as class system, with only human characters available at first. There will be the potential to recruit non-human henchmen as play progresses. Players will start out 50,000 XP, putting thieves and clerics at 7th level and the other characters at 6th level.

I am aiming for a troupe-style play as henchmen get recruited, with the potential to run henchmen as PCs when the main characters are busy doing other things. The over-arching goal is for the main PCs to transition from adventurers to domain-level activities while henchmen pick up the adventuring slack.

I will be making all rolls, including those for character creation. I'll provide three sets of ability scores that you can chose from. I'm looking for players that can post once per day, have a good grasp of English and punctuation, and are willing to track logistics.

[thirdkingdom]

Here's the Dropbox link to the revised four base classes I'm using (cleric, fighter, magic-user, and thief). There are some rules for domain level clerical activities (founding a church, attracting congregants, etc.), and the biggest change is to the thief class. I've bumped their HD up to 1d6 per level instead of 1d4 and increased the base chance of success with thievery stuff at low levels.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nz4c3bijlsu54 ... 9.pdf?dl=0

EDIT: Current Dropbox link as of 5.31.19: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8dpidp3toq8p ... 9.pdf?dl=0
EDIT: Current Dropbox link as of 6.21.19: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s08llfq7ei6h6 ... 9.pdf?dl=0

[sulldawga]

Interested.

[thirdkingdom]

Interested.

1. Str, Int, Wis, Dex, Con, Cha:: 6#3d6 10 15 12 9 8 17
2. http://orokos.com/roll/729953: 6#3d6 13 11 8 14 8 10
3. http://orokos.com/roll/729954: 6#3d6 4 12 9 13 10 6

Look at that juicy Charisma score in item #1! I'll say you can go ahead and swap any two scores.

[sulldawga]

Hmm, as of right now, I think I'll test drive the new Magic-User rules. I will use Set 1 and swap CHR and INT.

I can't access file-sharing sites at work so I'll have to look at the new rules when I get home tonight.

Remind me which hex from your Patreon has the rules on Knacks and Skills?

[thirdkingdom]

Hmm, as of right now, I think I'll test drive the new Magic-User rules. I will use Set 1 and swap CHR and INT.

I can't access file-sharing sites at work so I'll have to look at the new rules when I get home tonight.

Remind me which hex from your Patreon has the rules on Knacks and Skills?

The Knack rules are in the linked document above. The skills are . . . I think I call them out in the document, as well. I'm getting ready to head out to a meeting but will check when I get back.

[VonAlric]

I'm interested in giving this a go.

[Gerrin]

Very interested in this, always wanted to do the dominion thing

[thirdkingdom]

I'm interested in giving this a go.

1. Str, Int, Wis, Dex, Con, Cha:: 6#3d6 10 6 9 6 9 11
2. http://orokos.com/roll/729996: 6#3d6 12 7 11 11 12 5
3. http://orokos.com/roll/729999: 6#3d6 4 9 14 15 14 15

Again, swap any two scores. Shame about that 4.

[thirdkingdom]

Very interested in this, always wanted to do the dominion thing

1. Str, Int, Wis, Dex, Con, Cha:: 6#3d6 9 16 9 7 10 15
2. http://orokos.com/roll/730001: 6#3d6 14 13 14 10 9 10
3. http://orokos.com/roll/730002: 6#3d6 12 5 15 10 13 13

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So, broadly, the way domain level activities will work is this: each class has a thing that they're good at: clerics found churches and convert followers, fighters found domains, magic-users found schools of magic and research spells, and thieves establish Guilds. You're not limited to that, though. A fighter could found a Thieve's Guild, or a magic-user found a domain, but these activities are about half as effective, which largely translates to "attracts fewer followers upon reaching 9th level", with some caveats.

[thirdkingdom]

I'll post more about starting wealth and henchmen when I get a chance. The tl;dr version is that while henches are allowed -- nay, encouraged! -- you will have to acquire them through play, rather than start with them.

[rossik]

can i play?

edit: oh, i cant post everyday, so im out. but have a great game, all of you guys!

[thirdkingdom]

Information on combat maneuvers can be found on p. 6 of this document: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsv66kvon1wvg ... 2.pdf?dl=0
Information on skills can be found on p. 10 of this document: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ycf24rrdkv5l ... 3.pdf?dl=0

[thirdkingdom]

Here's the character sheet we're going to use:

To use the formatting, quote this post and copy the formatted text, then paste it to your own character sheet.

== Name ==
Race/Class/Level
XP 0/0
Alignment Note that we are using three alignments: Lawful, Neutral and Chaotic. I would prefer PCS to be either Lawful or Neutral. Choosing Lawful or Chaotic is to align oneself with the cosmic struggle between Law and Chaos. The vast majority of people in the world are Neutral.


== Attributes == Attibute modifiers are as follows: 3 -3, 4-5 -2, 6-8 -1, 9-12 0, 13-15 +1, 16-17 +2, 18 +3
STR
INT
WIS
DEX
CON
CHA

== Background/Languages/Knacks/Skills ==

===Background===

No more than 100 words, please.

===Languages===

I will list available languages in the subforum.

===Knacks===

===Skills===

== Combat ==
AC AC is ascending, added to 10.
HP x/x
Movement Rate
Initiative Modifier
Attacks
*Primary Melee Attack:
*Secondary Melee Attack:
*Primary Ranged Attack:

Saves:
*Petrification & Paralysis
*Poison & Death
*Breath
*Staves & Wands
*Spells

== Equipment ==
*Money:
*Readied:

*Packed

[thirdkingdom]

I am a firm believer in a quick character generation process. I'd like to get characters up and ready to go by the beginning of next week, if possible. I've already requested a forum, and will go about setting that up over the next couple of days. If it is just the three players XP up so that everyone hits the next level.

[thirdkingdom]

Here's the starting map, btw. 1 hex=6 miles

Player's Map 5.30.19.png (662.41 KiB) Viewed 2888 times

[Gerrin]

For some reason I'm not able to reply or quote the character sheet in the game forum.

[thirdkingdom]

For some reason I'm not able to reply or quote the character sheet in the game forum.

I need to add the players to the forum so y'all can post there. I'll go ahead and do that this morning, and start a character creation thread there we can use to finish creating characters.

[thirdkingdom]

For some reason I'm not able to reply or quote the character sheet in the game forum.

I need to add the players to the forum so y'all can post there. I'll go ahead and do that this morning, and start a character creation thread there we can use to finish creating characters.

Y'all are added now. I find it convenient to subscribe to each thread so that I don't miss anything. I've added some threads to begin with; the OOC and Character Creation threads are probably the most relevant at this point, as is the Houserules thread.

[Pulpatoon]

Can I join in?