New: Age of Discovery (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg)

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Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:13:01 +0000

Name:		Age of Discovery
Email:		doolbsnogard zat bluemoo.net
Frequency:		At least once per week
Type:		D&D 3ed
Last-Update:		2006Apr08
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg

Description:

Age of discovery

The year is now 300PD / 0AD. In other words we are now 300 years after the
disaster and at the year 0 of the age of discovery.

Any and all information and or history prior to 0pd, has been lost for
ever. At that point the world was changed so drastically even the old maps
that could be found were of no longer use. According to one map that
survived the disaster an island to our east was once a grand land mass.
The rest of that was thought to have been lost and nothing more than a
small island to be the only evidence of its existence. The interesting
thing is that a merchant ship bound for that island got blown way off
course and ran aground on a land mass apparently long forgotten. The
caption noted it�s location on his charts and set sail for home after
getting his ship back in proper order. Once he arrived back home the
caption sought audience with the King to disclose what he had discovered.
The King decided to set up a colony on this new land, as well as send
along some adventurers who for there own reason accepted his offer for a
chance to start a new life and become what ever it is they dream of
becoming.  The King who has been dealing with failing health has also sent
his only son away to this new land to set up a kingdom of his own. This
was also a choice that he decided to make in hopes of saving his family
line for it is no hidden secret that there are malcontents with in the
higher ups of this kingdom who vow ill will towards the king and his
family if they stay in power.

This is where we are now today the year 0 AD. This new land mass is for
all intense and purpose a discovery in and of it�s self and the
possibilities that are available to any who wish to venture there are
limitless.  As well as the fall of one kingdom and the potential rise of
another.

To all involved this historian bids good deeds and good luck.
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Okay this is going to be a first for me both in DMing and in it being
based in e-mail so please bear with me and hears hoping that we all can
make it in to a very good game.

Character creation is well going to be a bit on the simple side. I
am part an partial to characters who have both strengths and weakness so I
wont all to roll 3d6 and take what you get and put them where ever you
please. I will permit 1�s to be re-rolled. As for the character sheets I
will send you how I wont them to look like. For the most part I am open to
most any alignment. You can take your basic starting gear for your class
and go ahead and by the skills you like for your character.

If you are wondering what edition I am using for my rules it is 3rd. And I
only have the basic core rulebooks. If you need to know something and do
not have this particular edition give me a heads up as to what class you
are wonting and all and I will get the info to you. If any one has a web
addy to a sight that has the 3rd edition rules on it please by all means
feel free to pass it on to my self and any others in the game.

At current the way I see things working is that once we get going I will
wont every ones responses and actions and all by Friday evening that way I
can go through them all and get a condensed version as well as reactions
set out over the weekend. If we are able to move faster than that that
will be nice but above is how I see it happening to start with. Also given
the medium that we are using for this game if your character will take one
of a few different actions depending on the actions of others than send me
what possibilities there are and what would trigger certain reactions that
way the game flow will hopefully go smoothly instead of being delayed.

Example is �Gunthor will attack the orc in control if no one is in need of
help in the group. If the mage decides to cast a spell and is in a
position to be attacked by an orc than Gunthor will hang back, to protect
the mage instead of going after the lead orc�

Granted not the best example but you get the idea. Basically an if this
action happens than this is the reaction for it but if that action happens
than this is the reaction for that, type idea.

As for the postings let�s keep it in the 3rd person, and save the 1st
person for the ooc conversations which will be represented by [�..].

All in all I do beleave that is every thing that needs to be addressed. If
any thing farther comes up I will let all involved in the game know.

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