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Requested by oghma for his missus, BYGDDD (it's a mouthful) is a one-shot game that feature level 1 D&D characters. The game itself will assume the default D&D world, with slight alterations to the setting so as to give it a slight renaissance feel.

So what's so special about this one shot? If you haven't figured it out, the confirmed players are princessa and oghma's missus. *hint hint* If you want to teach your gf (or have her watch) some Dungeons and Dragons, then you are cordially invited to partake in the festivities.

I can accomodate 5-6 players, and the girls will have priority when it comes to the slots. In case we don't get to 5, I will open up slots up to 5 players only. oghma hasn't played in awhile, so he gets 1st dibs on the slot, if ever. The other boys will ONLY WATCH. No backseat playing!

To keep things simple, every player with no prior experience will be able to choose options from the 1st Player's Handbook only. I don't expect to see Kalashtar Psion/Cleric Hybrid monstrosites or anything like that.

The game is to be held on February 27, starts at 3pm, and will be at boy_bakal's condo (I heard that Isis will be around just to watch). However, I advise people to arrive as early as 1pm for character creation. Wink

ADD: Yes, if it comes to that, I will be defying the OGM this month.

Discuss food, game-related questions, and how-to-keep-your-bf-trained-with-cookies here.

Juvenile Dragon Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 30

Yez yez i'll be around just to watch. Very Happy

Playing's not my cup of tea (sorry! Embarassed

please to not hate me) but I'd love to watch.

I hereby promise that b_b and I will behave.

Yes.

*girl scout sign*

<3

Seeing as it's my place, it'd be great if I could join. Though if the ladies have all the slots then I'm ok with just watching also Smile

Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

Well, I'm definitely joining in. I'm thinking female human barbarian (so I can use my Red Sonja miniature).

@b_b: There might be a good chance that you'll get to play. I don't see a very large crowd anyway. Wink

But I stand by what I've said - the girls and oghma take precedence.

I'll be posting up details on the world soon. Very Happy

EDIT: Rough draft of Roccamadour, the town I'll be using for the game (based on the Renaissance period):

Is there any talk about roles yet? adykted's thinking about going either rogue or warlord. (Well, that's what she said anyway.)

Anyways, just expect some baked goodies on game day. I'm giddy with excitement. Very Happy

Young Adult Dragon Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 96

Haha, now that I've actually talked to PMP, I can actually post here! We'd be happy to show up, but our attendance hinges on whether or not OGM is on the 27th, since we'd be more likely to attend that with the rest of GRAIL.

So... basically it's "we're interested in going, but until we know when the hell OGM is, it's only a tentative yes"?

Goddess Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 1118 Location: denial

OGM is on Feb27. As expected, a conflicting schedule with BYGDDD.

@oghma: I'm using a human barbarian (female, of course). She'll be the um.. Samantha of the party, I guess. LOLZ.

Would love to learn more about D&D stuff and to finally meet some of you guys in person, so I'm up for the BYGDDD. And I'll drag Xtian along Wink

(wait, I think it should be the other way around, with the event being called BYGDDD Very Happy

)

I have no prior exposure with D&D so I'd like to acquaint myself with it. But, like Isis, I prefer to just watch you guys play (sorry about that Embarassed

, I hope you don't mind).

Well, if Xtian's coming, I'm sure he can play in your stead. The poor goderator hasn't played DnD in years. You can even choose his character class to spite him a bit. Wink

Well, I'll give the goderator and Her_Serenity one slot. It's up to them to decide which one will actually play. Razz

After thinking about it for a bit, I've decided to allow most of the classes from the PHB2 to beginning players. It allows more options, without such options being overwhelming. I'd still keep the druid and shaman off-limits to the new players, though, as these classes in particular have rules that are somewhat complicated. Also, I won't put in the warden because of its storyline vagueness.

With that out of the way, it's time to think of roles. Roles are essentially the functions of a character in combat - controllers hamper multiple opponents at once, defenders try to draw out the enemies' attacks to protect his/her friends, leaders inspire, heal, and aid others, while strikers deal out the most damaging attacks.

Typically, an adventuring party has a character of each role, and a 5th character of any role (in my experience, the party generally ends up with two strikers, as that's the role most players want to get into). These roles are determined by your choice of character class, so when choosing, think of the whole group as well.

Here are the classes that I'm allowing for the new players, grouped according to role:

Controller
Invoker (think Moses)
Wizard

Defender
Fighter
Paladin

Leader
Bard
Cleric
Warlord

Striker
Avenger (think of Silas from Da Vinci Code, except with swords Razz

)
Barbarian
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Warlock

PS. To the oldies: I should have told you this earlier, but it should be fairly obvious that the primal characters don't exactly fit in Roccamadour. So if you're going primal on me, you better have a darn good reason why the character is inside the town of enlightenment (prncessa and I have already talked about how her potential barbarian ended up there). Don't break the mood of the setting, please.

PPS. If you really must try something new, the psionic classes of PHB3 actually fit in quite nicely (with the possible exception of the monk).

I think I'll play a cleric this time. While I've done it before, I haven't played a laser cleric in the past, so it should be interesting.

oghma, idk if you're changing your role since warden is not available, but if you do lemme know. I don't mind changing character ideas for the newbies' benefit, myself being a crotchety old man and whatnot Very Happy

Let me clarify - I closed off the warden to the new players. If oghma wants to, he can make a warden, provided that he gives me a compelling reason to integrate him into the storyline. So, WCS, have a back-up character concept, oghma.

BYGDD! goes as scheduled tomorrow! Again, the game starts at 3pm, but try to go there earlier so I can oversee your character creation.

Oh, and I believe it's best if you clear your schedules until 8-9pm. Wink

I think, on the whole, that was pretty successful. The healer cleric is a lot of fun to play Very Happy

Thanks for the game, all involved Smile

Yebah!