I am tentatively planning to try to run something, in about a week's time. This will take place here to take advantage of the established group and will, presumably, step aside when the former D.M. returns to active duty.
This is primarily for those who participated in the previous campaign, though, theoretically, others may join if they choose to. If I still haven't done any preparation by friday I might postpone it...
Some rules:
I prefer if things are almost entirely from the
S.R.D. to keep things simple and give everyone the same options. If you have a specific intent for your character that cannot be fulfilled by the
S.R.D. then please state what you want to do and I will try to come up with something.
This is not eberron.
I reserve the right to rebalance anything in any way at any time. This could result in your character spontaneously becoming much less awesome...
Experience points will be in a group pool. ?Levels will be based upon a fraction of this pool, as will encounters, and item creation/level loss will probably be taken out directly.
I am thinking of experimenting with an alternative means of multiclassing, whereby multiclass characters will base their level upon a fraction of normal experience points and be a
gestalt of the two classes. For example, at 50000 xp each character might have 10000 xp and a cleric/druid might be level 3(5000 experience points) but have the combined features of cleric and druid while a fighter/rogue/barbarian might also be level 3(3333+1/3 experience points) and be gearing up for raging spring attacks to the weak point... This is, of course, highly experimental... Prestige classes would take a break from this and base level upon the full normal amount with the xp lost due to multiclassing subtracted.
The plan is that you start as prisoners. I suggest to law-abiding characters that there are aristocrats running around that can do just about anything that they like to civilians, but if your character cannot handle being in prison, or around criminals, for whatever reason, then it could be a problem.
P.S.
I started this message forty-five minutes ago, but precise start times are likely to be variable, likely around 10-12PM G.M.T., which should be about now. I haven't had any success with any sort of port forwarding or hamachi or anything, so I will be relying upon Criptfeind to host. I don't know if there are any issues with the host being a player and the D.M. not being the host but hope for the best.