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I’m feeling good enough these days now that I’m considering running a new game based on Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyborea 2e. My initial idea is the adventurers travel to volcanic island where legend has it a long dead culture/race once inhabited the place and worshipped ancient and foul gods. There is treasure for those who are courageous (or foolish) enough to search the island.

The island has a small fortified settlement that caters to adventurers. There will be factions of races on the island as well. Still in the brain storming phase. I’d like to see if there are enough nibbles to attempt this campaign.

If AS&SH doesn’t work out, then I’ll consider another rule set. Perhaps Swords & Wizardry Complete with a weird fantasy vibe.

Anyhoo, let me know your interest.

Count me in.

Man, I probably (ok, definitely) spend more time here than I should already. But I have this shiny new book from the Kickstarter, so count me in! If it stays AS&SH 2e, that is. If it ends up in a different system I will bow out.

Two players interested! If I can get a third, I can play an NPC to get the game in play.

I will take the ring to Mordor though I do not know the way (i.e., I've never played this rules system).

I will take the ring to Mordor though I do not know the way (i.e., I've never played this rules system).

Players of all stripes are welcome. Of course to play you would need to have the 2e book or the PDF ($19 @ Drivethru), the latter which is steep but consider that the PDF is 622 pages! Anyone investing in the game would certainly be more involved with sticking to it (and that applies to myself with the chunk of hard cash I plunked down for the Kickstarter).

To be honest, I'm stoked to run this baby. I've got sooo many ideas for this deadly little sandbox and I want to bring the whole sword & sorcery vibe to it. Someone even mentioned this PbP recruitment thread (rredmond, thanks bro!) on the Hyborea web site http://hyperborea.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=837.

So c'mon! If you've got the book or the pdf, come join. I'm salivating to bring this world to you. I'm committed to bringing you months, nay YEARS of tears and joy, of loss and triumph.

There, the moment of unabashed groveling has passed...

Tamerlaine wrote:Someone even mentioned this PbP recruitment thread (rredmond, thanks bro!) on the Hyborea web site http://hyperborea.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=837.

29 views with about 66 active members that ain't bad.

I asked Jeff if it was cool first to advertise an off-site game, and he was all gung-ho for it. He wished us good luck with a PbP lasting though, he doesn't know how we roll here. If any PbP site can pull it off, we can!

Good luck!
--Ron--

your enthusiasm has me intrigued.

my concern is that I'm new to the rules and I worry I won't have time to pick up a new ruleset. How often would you expect people to be able to post?

I do like the sound of the Warlock!

shaidar wrote:How often would you expect people to be able to post?

Im thinking every two or three days. I’m not a stickler about this. Everyone is different and things always get in the way, so it’s cool if it takes someone longer to post.

why not, I'm in, if you'll have me.

my posting is likely to be a bit spotty over christmas and new year

Tamerlaine wrote:

Someone even mentioned this PbP recruitment thread (rredmond, thanks bro!) on the Hyborea web site http://hyperborea.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=837.

Yeah you have to watch him. He posted to the LFG Google+ board about my game. Gotta love someone who isn't involved in the game going that extra mile to help others out.

Looks like we have 3 players throwing their hats into the ring. Let's do a headcount just to be sure so send me a PM declaring your fealt...err, interest.

Still looking for more players yet I'll be playing a NPC until another player joins.

rredmond wrote:I asked Jeff if it was cool first to advertise an off-site game, and he was all gung-ho for it. He wished us good luck with a PbP lasting though, he doesn't know how we roll here. If any PbP site can pull it off, we can!

Do you mean JT himself?

He is a convention circuit beer drinking buddy of mine, so I would love to see him proven wrong about this as well.

I will keep my eye on this one.......

I don't have the books, but I love me some AS&SH!!!

To the three that declared their intent, welcome aboard! First things first, I'll need to get the game forum started for you guys to join. I would like to see this go green after the holidays as I know everyone will be busy. I have the week off so I'll have some time to get things organized to a degree. In the meantime just use the interlude to consider your characters and to perhaps talk amongst yourselves and myself as to party composition and the rules in general. I make no demands on what a player should play but one ought to consider the benefits of a balanced party. You will either reap the benefits or suffer direly as a result of your individual choices. As I will be playing the 4th character as a NPC, my selection will be in the interest of the party (and please, stick with Hyborean style names...no Cracknut MacStuffypants!)

I do wish everyone a Happy Holiday and a Merry Christmas. Let's collectively make the year 2018 (and hopefully more) an amazing gaming experience as we usher AS&SH into the new year!

cool, thanks for having me. I need to have a proper read of the rules, but my first thoughts were a magic wielding sub class of some type, but I'm flexible.

happy holidays to one and all.

have you decided which method will be used to roll characters?

I am definitely interested in a Warlock, but I'm wondering if there are only 4 in the group then perhaps we should stick with main classes and not dilute our abilities, or perhaps we should try and be more flexible for the very same reason.

Per the book...

Method III: Roll 4d6 and discard the lowest die roll. Generate six scores using this method. Assign scores to attributes as desired.

thanks.

also up for a cleric, some interesting gods available

Hey, I wrote the review that rredmond advertised this game on. I've got no experience with pbp games but would like to follow this. AS&SH is my new favorite game and I'd love to read what other people are doing with it.

any thoughts on alignment?

Assuming I get the dice rolls, I am tempted by the thought of a Warlock death soldier, perhaps Ixian.