For those long waits between battles and role playing.

I have closed the applications and reviewed them, choosing the five players in the group. Welcome to the game.

Birahu the Black - Human Wizard // Sorcerer
Peir Barrow - Gnome Wizard // Cleric
Penyy - Tiefling Urban Ranger // Beguiler
Rhaga the Wolfhound - Orc Scout // Barbarian
Tamyir Flameworthy - Human Paladin // Monk

Greetings everyone!

I am angry and fast. Stay behind me!

I serve Her divine flame, Mistress of Silverfire, Our Lady of the Weave.

Hello all, Tamyir, Paladin of the Mystic Fire, Holy Monk for butt-kicking goodness! Hopefully we continue after this adventure, I have some cool ideas for Tamyir.

How do all.

Hey there, I'll be your not-so-friendly neighborhood Infiltrator/Skillmaster. How do you do? :D

In reply to Penny (msg # 6):

greetings!

Well I think we should start out as a group, since it seems like we have characters of wildly different backgrounds and...probably alignments.

Perhaps we have recently saved a small village from Zhent slavers?

A group name would be appropriate as well. Sundered Stars? Wren's Larks?

Rhaga and her less famous compatriots? :p

I kinda feel like I should go Paladin//Warmage, so that we are all almost some form of arcane users, well, that and it would be cool to watch a paladin cast magic missile at the Darkness!

DM, would you be opposed to a class change to the above concept?

That is fine, makes a little more sense than Monk // Paladin.

I wouldn't go so grand as fighting off Zhent slavers Tamyir. On the other hand if we'd come in via the same route to where we are starting it's entirely possible we were travelling with the same caravan and fought off bandits.

But then again the GM might have plans for our meeting :)

Hello Birahu the Black :)

Just for the record: Penny is a mercenary/survivor type, she should be easy to incorporate. :D

Many of you have expressed a desire for more feats, and I was thinking of allowing you each 1 feat per level (replacing the feat progression 1, 3, 6, etc...)

How do you feel about the proposal?

I'm good with anything.

I could use that, as long as we don't go into any shenanigans with that. I like lots of feats and I cannot lie, you other brothers and sisters can't deny, when you look at all the nifty feats that get up in your face you get drools!

I'll happily admit to salivating shamelessly at extra feats. Ultimately you do what you're happy with though boss.

I do like characters who progress in different ways when they level up, not just HPs, saves and BAB, so a GESTALT game already fulfills that wish. However, as a non-human Penny starts out with 2 feats and the idea I have for her will force her to take some prerequisite feats that are of little to no use, hence extra feats would help with that, absolutely.

On the other hand, I also know that an interesting game is challenging the players and the more powerful players are, the more difficult it becomes to create a game that challenges without outright killing individual PCs. Having no idea which level this game takes us to, the end result at level 18 could leave everyone with 18 feats, if we're reaching level 9 at the end of the campaign 9 feats might be totally fine.

If we can balance the two that would be terrific. :)

In reply to Penny (msg # 18):

I need to get cracking on my character, Birahu the Black, Wizard||Sorcerer! Immortal, until killed! He will be staying clear of the fight! ;-)

Ah yes, behold the immortal Birahu! *grins*

Speaking of which: Penny is a beguiler, so she covers the enchantments and illusions. Not saying you should not have your own, but focusing on them might be a bit redundant. She doesn't have any blasting spells nor works with the walking dead etc.

And she's not the type to wade into the thick of the battle either...

I am going to say yes to 1 feat per level instead of the traditional progression. This should allow most of you to play what you would like to play.

Any meta magic hijinks, shenanigans, etc... will be followed by the harsh DM NO! As always, please consult the DM before building your characters around a certain concept.

Rhaga has her character sheet done, Tamyir and Penny are working on theirs, and Peir and Birahu have yet to edit their sheets yet. Please start soon so we can start the adventure.