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 Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:53 pm
[ Character Sheets ]
[ Premise/Foreword ]
This campaign was inspired by every conceivable road trip movie anyone has ever seen, Up, Around the World in 80 days and it's spin-offs, and several sailing adventures. So I threw in the lower planes. That's about it.
[ Setting Information/Background ]
In the D&D cosmology, The Lower Planes consist of Pandemonium, the Abyss, Carceri, Hades, Gehenna, the Nine Hells, and Acheron. The River Styx joins all of these dismal planes, as do many magic portals. The inhabitants frequently travel from one plane to another.
Acheron is a strange plane of cubelike masses that crash together. It is a place of constant war, inhabited by hordes of goblinoids as well as devils, achaierais, rakshasas, and worse.
The Nine Hells, also called Baator by some, is the home of the devils. Ostensibly run by the archdevils, it is also the abode of evil gods. The plane's nine layers are all dangerous, each deeper one more deadly than the last. Hell hounds, fiendish fire giants, undead, kytons and other horrors roam here in well organized but oppressive cities of iron and chains.
Gehenna is a fiery plane that is now the home of the Yugoloths, although many yugoloths may still be found in their original home of Hades. There are no level surfaces here, since the plane is really a series of volcanoes.
Neither lawful nor chaotic, the Gray Waste of Hades is a dismal place of apathy and despair. The plane itself drains hope from those who visit it. Night hags and yugoloths are common here, but so are demons and devils. This is where the night hags peddle their wares- the larval souls of the damned- to interested natives of the lower planes.
Carceri is a plane of imprisonment. Thus, most of its inhabitants are not natives, but creatures that have been banished to that plane.
The infinitely deep Abyss is the realm of both chaos and evil- the primary demesne of demons. Each of its infinite layers holds a different sort of inhospitable environment- swamps of fire, mountains of ice, crushing caverns and empty voids. Many demon lords control an entire layer or even multiple layers. Evil gods also control their own layers. Aside from the omnipresent tanar'ri, bodaks, bebiliths, nightmares, undead, and the occasional night hag make their homes here.
Pandemonium is more chaotic than evil, bordering Limbo (the plane of ultimate chaos) and the Abyss. Howling winds blow forever through a maze of caverns, rendering virtually everyone on this plane completely mad. Howlers, tortured spirits, and demons can all be found on this plane.
[ Game Introduction/Plot ]
VOICE: Here's your orders. You and your teammates are going to stow aboard a local barge coming to harbor in three days. The barge is carrying twenty tons of military supplies, being shipped to our enemies over land after it's dropped off.
VOICE: Your objective is to slaughter everyone on that ship and escape with the cargo before it gets transferred. With the supplies gone, our enemy will have no choice but to surrender due to improper equipment.
VOICE: Any questions?
HERO 1: Nope. Looks like you summed it up right nice.
HERO 2: *suddenly stops his activity, turning to look at HERO 1* Something just occurred me.
HERO 1: Spill it. We've got to steer this thing back to the general. War's depending on it.
HERO 2: The war's depending on our enemy not getting this stuff.
HERO 1: *sudden look of realization across his face* And, it would kinda suck if all of this incredibly valuable cargo were to go to waste.
HERO 2: And after all, we're just five expendable soldiers. Who's gonna miss us?
HERO 1: *smiling* Nobody at all.
[ Character Creation ]
Available Sources: Any 3.0 or 3.5 non-homebrew. Please ask before using a third-party sourcebook.
Banned Resources: Anything not meeting the above criteria, or that I reject.
ECL: 17
Gold: Double standard.
Races: Any, but you'd better have a good reason why your Aasimar is chaotic evil or I'm rejecting it.
Ability Scores*: Roll 4d6, drop the lowest result, or 32-point buy.
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Hit Points: Max
Alignments: Any non-good; you're army deserters, and you're in hell for a reason, though not necessarily dead.
Pantheon:
Backgrounds: Required; a good short (3-5 good sentences) paragraph preferable.
[ House/Optional Rules ]
1] To
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3] Announced
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:40 pm
Alright! Let's get this party started riiight!
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:52 pm
Is there going to be an OOC thread or is this going to hold both?
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Reoku_Ursino rolled 20 6-sided dice:
1, 1, 6, 5, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 6, 3, 6, 5, 2, 5, 3, 5, 3, 3, 4
Total: 78 (20-120)
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:48 am
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Reoku_Ursino rolled 4 6-sided dice:
2, 4, 1, 6
Total: 13 (4-24)
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:49 am
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Laertes Ursus rolled 12 6-sided dice:
5, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 3, 3, 1, 1
Total: 37 (12-72)
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:11 am
The Pagan Tea Shop-Spells and readings Your ad here! PM me for details.I sense PvP on the horizon if you're allowing CEs and CNs.
All the same, let's see what horrors I roll.  Your ad here! PM me for details.
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Laertes Ursus rolled 12 6-sided dice:
5, 3, 3, 4, 6, 1, 4, 5, 4, 1, 6, 4
Total: 46 (12-72)
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:12 am
The Pagan Tea Shop-Spells and readingsYour ad here! PM me for details.Set 2...
5, 2, 2, 2 = 9
3, 5, 4, 6 = 15
3, 3, 1, 1 =7
5, 3, 3, 4 = 12
6, 1, 4, 5 = 15
4, 1, 6, 4 = 14
15, 15, 14, 12, 9, 7... Ugh. I'm out. Your ad here! PM me for details.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:25 am
I'm making a pyromancer/blighter build CE so i am just going to leave a path of fire in my wake. I also see some PVP coming eventually.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:52 am
I'm making a separate game thread, and point-buy is a lot easier than rolling. You have a starting score of 8 to all abilities. Divide a total 32 points as you see fit among each.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:03 am
Eternality_Cannon I'm making a separate game thread, and point-buy is a lot easier than rolling. You have a starting score of 8 to all abilities. Divide a total 32 points as you see fit among each.
Your ad here! PM me for details.
So, it's not like actual PB?
Your ad here! PM me for details.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:10 pm
Laertes Ursus Eternality_Cannon I'm making a separate game thread, and point-buy is a lot easier than rolling. You have a starting score of 8 to all abilities. Divide a total 32 points as you see fit among each.
So, it's not like actual PB?
Your ad here! PM me for details. Not familiar with actual PB; so I'm guessing not.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:18 pm
Eternality_Cannon Laertes Ursus Eternality_Cannon I'm making a separate game thread, and point-buy is a lot easier than rolling. You have a starting score of 8 to all abilities. Divide a total 32 points as you see fit among each.
So, it's not like actual PB?
Your ad here! PM me for details. Not familiar with actual PB; so I'm guessing not.
Your ad here! PM me for details.
Your ad here! PM me for details.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:23 pm
Laertes Ursus Eternality_Cannon Laertes Ursus Eternality_Cannon I'm making a separate game thread, and point-buy is a lot easier than rolling. You have a starting score of 8 to all abilities. Divide a total 32 points as you see fit among each.
So, it's not like actual PB?
Your ad here! PM me for details. Not familiar with actual PB; so I'm guessing not. Your ad here! PM me for details. It's exactly like that. You have 32 total points to spend on your various ability scores. Say I'm making a fighter with 18 strength. I give him that. I now have 22 points to use elsewhere.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:33 pm
The Pagan Tea Shop-Spells and readings
Your ad here! PM me for details.
Right. Making a Warblade, more'n likely. If not, I'm definitely making a melee character of some kind. Just trying to see what would capitalize on a two-handed weapon the most.
Your ad here! PM me for details.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:52 pm
Laertes Ursus The Pagan Tea Shop-Spells and readingsYour ad here! PM me for details.Right. Making a Warblade, more'n likely. If not, I'm definitely making a melee character of some kind. Just trying to see what would capitalize on a two-handed weapon the most. Your ad here! PM me for details. Fighter with a Fullblade. So many feats at your disposal by now that the thing'd be a nightmare for any enemy to face. And if you take Monkey Grip, you can use it one-handed.
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