DnD 3rd Ed. Signup and House Rules Thread

[DungeonMaster]

Welcome to the DnD 3rd Edition Signup Thread!

Let's cut to the chase and give you what you need to join the game. Just in case you've never done any message board roleplaying, here's an overview:

General Roleplaying Message Board Rules

1. Create a username on the message board that WILL BE your character's name from that point on. If your character dies, your username will be deleted and you are free to create a new one.

2. All characters need to be approved by ME before they may start playing. Either send me an email with a scan of your character sheet attached, or bring me a copy (if you live near me), or send me a pdf of your character sheet. A Character Sheet you can use.

3. Avatars on the message board are allowed but they should be portraits of your character. If you're having trouble uploading an avatar or anything, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

4. NO SIGNATURES! Please dont attach signatures or images to your profile. Noboby wants to see your 1337 dbz pics attached to every post you make. Please try to keep the forum clean of meta-game stuff like that.

5. Please try to post on a regular basis (at least once a day if possible). If you're going to be unable to post for a bit, just send me an email and let me know whether or not you want someone to take over your character while you're gone, or if you want ME to take over for you.

6. I will be handling all die rolls myself. Also, if you wish to "take 10" on particular skill roll, please say so.

7. You may post any images that illustrate your character's actions or the scene, but PLEASE keep these images on topic. I'd like to keep the game as close to a DnD fantasy setting as possible.

8. Posting your actions and details is a fairly simple process:

[1] All in-character/description/flavour text in bold.
[2] All game actions - actual game mechanics in plain text below.
[3] All in-character speech goes in italics.
[4] The numbering system works as follows: x.y.z - where x is the Chapter, Y is the Scene and z is the post.

Here's an example:

Karn's post:
2.2.2
Adloj leaps into motion, his limbs a hurricane of offensive power unleashes upon the miserable Kobold while screaming at the top of his lungs "For honor!"

Adloj moves ten feet and attacks Bob the Kobold with a flurry of blows. Four attacks: +9/+6/+3/+3, damage is 1d8+3.

My response post:
2.2.3
Adloj strikes the poor kobold repeatedly without mercy. After the whirlwind of pain has abated, the unforutnate kobold is nothing but a stain on the ground.

Four attack rolls: 12, 14, 4, 7
Results: hit for 5 dmg, hit for 7 dmg, hit for 4 dmg, hit for 11 dmg. Kobold dies.

It's that simple. Questions?

[DungeonMaster]

Character Creation and House Rules:

1. All characters will start out first level unless otherwise approved by me (the DM).

2. Evil characters are not allowed, unless you have a good reason for wanting to play one. (This is obviously subject to DM's approval.)

3. I will allow the use of feats/prestige classes/skills/items/races/etc from third-party books, as well as official supplements. However, anything that is not found in the player's handbook must first meet my approval.

4. Psionics are allowed.

5. State your character's age, height, weight, deity (Note: this is optional unless you are a cleric or paladin), physical description, and personality. You are not required to write a lengthy backstory unless you wish.

6. Wizards and sorcerers may start with familiars, and rangers/druids may choose an animal companion as per the "animal friendship" spell if they like.

7. Elemental effects and otherwise created by magic spells (and psionics) are considered natural and not magic. In other words, fire created by a fireball is NOT magical, and neither is a dragon's breath weapon. Spells like Horrid Wilting however are considered to do magical damage. Exception to the rule is if the spell description specifically states the created effect is magical. Protection vs elemental damage (whether the elemental damage is natural or magical) still works as advertised.

8. I am not a nice person. 1 is an automatic failure, 20 an automatic success.

9. There is no such thing as level energy drain. Undead drain constitution instead, at a rate of 2 constituion points per level they would have otherwise drained. If your constitution is drained to zero, you become undead.

10. Vampires are not undead (technically). 'Vampirism' is an advanced (magical) disease. And yes, its contagious.

11. Magical and mundane armour not stacking doesn't make sense. From now on, one type of armour provides its full bonus while the other provides half its bonus (rounded down) to a character's armour class. Use whichever combination gives the lower armour class.

12. All level restrictions for using items are ignored. If I don't want you to have an item, you won't have it, but I won't penalise you for finding good treasure earlier if you've earned it.

13. The Identify spell is instantaneous and requires only verbal and somatic components.

14. Last but not least: I am the DM. I am the law.


If you can abide by all these rules, GREAT! Send me an email and we'll get you started! [e-mail]

[Thor]

I wish I knew how to play DnD. no really. I would love to be a Dungeon Master, I LOVE creating things. But again, I don't know how to play...

[DungeonMaster]

Learning to play is as easy as getting the Player's handbook.

You can look around here to find it.

[zombie]

i shall be back looks great so far