[3.5e] Ibinel

[Gath]

Game Name Ibinel

Game System 3.5 dnd

Theme Open Adventure

Flavour Exotic Heroism, Heavy Role Play

Plot Summary Ibinel The docks of Bel-Ingran; a continuous miles long boardwalk architecture capped by guard houses at every two or three block interval. The boardwalk armature extended out into the unnamed body of water that is largely tied to the Savsom Sea. Most people refer to it as the Ingran Bay, but no official title has been given. Ships of all different shapes and sizes lined the boardwalks of the massive spread of docks, many of which were in various stages of construction or repair. Elaborate crane systems were in place, covered with varying sizes of chain and ropes, for use in the assistance of the work on the respective ships. Private docks, public, rental, government owned, some even off the books for the right price. Indeed, Ingran Bay was reported to be the most elaborate docking network in all of the world, and it attracted people from all over the world as well. There were scores of hard, weathered sailors, men and women alike. Soldiers from different countries around the world, nobles, merchants, craftsmen. Of course there were pockets of shifty characters, pirates? Who could say? One thing was certain, for every ship that was in the water, someone had to check in with the dock master. And if there was something that they couldn't handle, there was the harbor master to pick up the slack. There were dock master stations at every interval connected to the guard houses with the harbor master being stationed at every other interval. The dock masters looked to be of different repute all along the shore line and it appeared that there were different 'districts' of the docks, just like there would be in a city of such size. In fact, that's just what this looked like after taking in the whole scene; sprawling organic city. There were crowds of people about. The area opposite the water being a cobbled mainland covered in people and all manner of shops and vendors. The towering statue of the scales of justice could be seen just off to the south, a leering symbol that the ever vigilant Teche was watching... Always. Those were the three massive bronze figures just beyond the docks. The figures marked the beginning of the grounds for the courthouse of Ethea. Like the rest of Bel-Ingran, law and justice were pinnacle elements of society. The statues were a shrine to Thaia, goddess of Law and Judgment. The central figure was a barely clothed female figure holding out a set of merchant scales. To her right, a masculine bare chested male warrior wearing a kilt, a round light shield and holding the pommel of a longsword whose tip was resting on the base of the statue at his feet, bare with sandals strapped to his feet and wrapped around his legs. To her left there was a thinner man wearing a robe with the gospel of Thaia etched into a strip of cloth wrapped around his neck and hanging down to his ankles. He wore spectacles, was balding and with a smug corner of his mouth smirk he holds the handle of a gavel in one hand and the hammer end in the other. The triad: Weigh Transgression, Uphold Law and Administer Judgment. The statues did not impede the order of business within the Ingran Bay harbor, but they did garner the attention of a fair number of people as they walked through, many of the reactions being disgust or repulsion, some of the reactions being respect and admiration. On the whole, though, the general tone of the crowd in response to the statues was that of indifference. Most just saw it as another part of their surroundings, an unimportant aspect of architecture looming over them, something that had to be walked around. The horses and the wagon were not ill-received. For the most part they were ignored. They certainly were not the only horses in the area. A few strange looks were given to the odd group of people walking out of the small shanty dressed in armor and armed with weapons. A unique sense of power emanating from each in kind. World Information Map   Setting Gha’skel’yd One major continent and source for power is called Gha'skel'yd. This is a continent populated solely by fey and magical creatures. It is one of the most powerful hubs of magical energy if not the most powerful in the world. Many an adventurer has tried to conquer this land, but little else is heard of them. Gha’skel’yd is an untamed magical land that is ruled by the fey and magical creatures of the land. There is no cartography except to know that it exists and that it is a focal point for magical energy within the world. What goes on within the boundaries of Gha’skel’yd is any man's guess. It is a land that will react to the presence or absence of any and all creatures within. If a green dragon walks through the jungles of Gha’skel’yd, the plants and vegetation reach out to it to caress it while still making a path for it, sensing where the dragon wishes do go. I forgot to mention that dragons populated the area. I meant to include them in the magical creature label, but I was wrong. Pixies, Dryads, Nymphs and Satyrs all have secluded groves and sanctuaries all throughout the land, protected but not exiled from the rest of the continent and its inhabitants. The land accommodates them by providing food and suitable shelters as needed and also offers quick getaways if they are being pursued by some sort of predator. Lat There is a small floating island called Lat in which the gnomes reside and research magic. This is -the- source of learned magic in the world, but it is very exclusive as the gnomes are very resentful of their past and very elitist about their profession. Vorlyier It is a wild land rife with evil. Undead roam the countryside and, in general, the land is ruled by a lich king. Vorlyier is also a land that is very rich with magical currents and in spite of the evil that walks the land, the continent is a very fertile jungle ripe with an ever expanding natural habitat. Rhoumite and Elol Two islands to the south west, Rhoumite and Elol, are so far removed from the ley line path that they are without magic, in fact they are in essentially an anti-magic field effect and are thus stuck in a perpetual bronze age type scenario. They are similar to a Viking type people and are constantly at war with each other. There have been a few attempts to wage war on the country of Sparn, but these attempts have only led to disaster for the Rhoumites and Elols. Udanta Sparn is the most prominent country that resides in one of the larger continents called Udanta. Think Romans here, with some other versatile alignment factions throughout the continent. Sparn is also the home of Mezzen, the famed capital city of the as of yet unchallenged Udanta which lies adjacent to Vorlyier, separated by a small straight of water between the Etawe Sea and the Akuq Sea. Delph is the country at the tip of Udanta that is neutral enough to keep the peace between Udanta and Vorlyier and strong enough, so far, to prevent invasion. E'Aeldyn is a neutral island in the Ackuq Sea, neutral enough to go unnoticed by both of the larger continents. Bel-Ingran and Surroundings Then we get to Bel-Ingran, the Autas Isles, Dopat, Zob and Oolda. Where to start... Bel-Ingran is a highly lawful country that takes up the entire continent. The Teche Sea is named after the Teche, which is an organization, an underground political figurehead group that is the true source of political power and justice in Bel-Ingran. Through the employment of intense and severe divinations and an extremely well connected and well dispersed network of spies and informants, if something happens in Bel-Ingran, the Teche know about it. Basically, if you get tagged as unwanted in Bel-Ingran, you disappear. The Autas Isles, however, have a free trade agreement with Bel-Ingran, and so the pirates who scour the waters of the Savson Sea are pretty much free to do as they please on the docks of the eastern ports of Bel-Ingran. The pirates of the Autas Isles bring in all sorts of trade, from spices to jewels to silks and all the in between. Dopat is a neutral country that benefits from the security of Bel-Ingran and the import/export of the Autas Isle Pirates. Zob. Zob is probably the most interesting place on the planet as far as curiosities go. There is a strange curse on Zob, which is a small island to the north of Bel-Ingran. For those criminals who are determined guilty but not deserving of a death sentence or probation, are exiled to Zob. But it doesn't stop there. The Teche want to cut out the lineage of the offender so the rest of the family is exiled to Oolda, another set of islands to the north and west, where they are put to work in mines and quarries. The Teche Sea is nigh impassable, so the only way to be transported to Zob is via teleportation. The Zobians, however, are all mutants due to the carcinogenic nature of the terrain. They do not die naturally, but their bodies grow deformed and twisted and their minds become even more twisted than their bodies. The Teche are aware of the mutations and so on rare occasions when some mercy is justified for the punishment (exile), the officials will offer to cut off a hand or some such mutilation as the Zobians have created a rule on their own that everyone must be a mutant in some fashion or another, and it is by far better to have the Teche do the mutilation than the Zobians. The Poles The poles, Rhoumier and Umoro are populated by savage dwarves, giants (frost) and occasionally some nesting dragons or other magical creatures looking for solitude. What I am looking for I have two and a half players right now and we are struggling to keep things on track. I am open to ideas about what you might want to play, but keep in mind that there are some pretty heavy restrictions on this game so there will likely be some compromising that will take place during character generation. This is an RP heavy game. We've been going for a little over a year now and there have only been two 'official' encounters. There will be some action, but so far there has been a lot of build up and there may be long droughts between encounters. Right now they are riding a special dragon away from a land of undead from an encounter that nearly took them down. What's next is up in the air. Character Creation Starting Level: 16th Starting Experience: 120k Starting Wealth: 260k gp Starting Races: PHB Core, no exceptions, with Human as preference. Source Material d20srd.org with limited access to the Unearthed Arcana variants. Please ask first. Sorry, but psionics don't fit here. Core Books: PhB 1 and 2, DMG 1 and 2, MM3.5 (not that you need it) and MIC Complete Series: Arcane, Adventurer, Divine, Mage, Scoundrel and Warrior Ptolus Campaign Setting Cityscape and Dungeonscape (no factotum) Stormwrack Races of: Destiny, Stone and Wild (no ToM/Binder/Factotum/Incarnum stuff please. I offer these books for variety, but I don't know them very well, so do keep that in mind.) Tome of Battle Starting Items No single item may cost more than 100k Custom Items are allowed so long as they follow the rules of creation and acquire GM approval. You may purchase mundane goods from this Pathfinder List. I find it to be very thorough and flavorful and there is no apparent disparity between that and 3.5. The Adventuring Gear table in Arms and Equipment Guide is also available for use. Stat Generation For this you have three options: Point Buy, Rolling or taking an Array. If you choose to roll, you may only roll once and you must keep your roll. No turning back. So for those of you who are die hard random stat rollers, be my guest. 36 point buy No rolling in the ad thread6x4d6kh3rc1mod 18, 16, 14, 14, 12, 10 Hit Points You may either roll for your hit points, taking max at first level, or take 3/4 hit points, with max at first level. If you choose to roll, please reroll ones. Things to Avoid Shapeshifting (this applies to wild shaping and polymorph. alter self is legal.) Summoning (nature's ally, monster, planar ally...) Breaking the game in any fashion. Plane Shifting (it just doesn't work) Teleportation Magic. Teleportation only works with a teleportation circle, which means its range and location are fixed and it is very expensive. Dimension Door and other similar abilities or spells are reduced to Close range. Applications should reflect the following format Character Concept Name: Race: Gender: Age: Class Structure:     lvl Class BAB F R W Special Feats Init lvl M R S 1 Cleric1 0 2 0 2 Turn Undead F1: Combat Exp, F2: Power Attk, Bldln: Imp Initiative, HB: Practiced Spellcaster, 1st: Mounted Combat 2       2 Cleric2 1 1 0 1 - - 4       3 Cleric3 1 0 1 0 - 3rd: Leap Attack 6       4 Church Inq1 0 0 0 2 Detect Evil, Inquisition Domain - 8       5 Church Inq2 1 0 0 1 Immune to Charms - 10       6 PPaladin1 1 2 0 0 Detect Evil, Smite Evil 1/day, Turn Undead (+1 cast) 6th: EWP Spiked Chain 12       7 PPaladin2 1 1 0 0 Divine Grace, Lay on Hands, Special Mount - 14       8 PPaladin3 1 0 1 1 Aura of Courage, Divine Health (+1 cast) - 16       9 Swordsage1 0 0 2 2 Quick to Act +1, Dis Foc (weapon) 9th: Precision Assault 20 6 4 1 10 RubyKnight1 1 0 0 2 - - 24 0 0 1 11 RubyKnight2 1 0 0 1 Divine Recovery (+1 cast) - 28 1 0 0 12 RubyKnight3 1 1 1 0 (+1 cast) 12th: Improved Trip 32 0 0 0 13 Swordsage2 1 0 1 1 AC Bonus - 36 1 0 1 > Total 10/5 7 6 13       8 4 3 Making Tables It's easy to do. Follow the instructions Here if you run into trouble. Your table should include the following, but feel free to add more. Class BAB F R W Special Feats Sample             [table=head]Class|BAB|F|R|W|Special|Feats Sample [/table]   What's inside your head?   What do you look like on any given day? Include non-adventuring time when you are not a pile of walking metal armed to the teeth... Pictures are nice, but put them in a separate spoiler please.   What have you been up to lately? Why are you here?   Round out your character. Explain where you come from and what it was like. No need for a novel.

[Gath]

Deadline
February 27
This means that the thread goes with roughly three or more days without activity. I reserve the right to change the deadline at any point, but will try to offer at least a one day notice.Or until the thread dies.

Amendments No character may be from Vorlyier (the land of the dead), or Gha'skel'yd

Applicants Player Character Race Class Status etc

[Gath]

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[Gulielmos]

I love this idea and will probably create a barbarian or fighter of the Sparn or maybe a ranger/rogue from land of the dead.

[Cuross]

I like it, I like it.... How much time do we have to come up with an app? Juggling which ideas sound best. Would you be opposed to a pirate? I mean, it does seem like it might be a nautical game, after all.

[Gaijin]

Are you willing to consider classes from Dragon Magic? Specifically Dragonfire Adept? They don't have any plot altering abilities and seem to fit in with the dragon friendly theme.

The only thing I see being iffy is that they have access to an incantation called "Humanoid Shape" and I see that you're opposed to shape changing abilities. I don't fully understand the Alter self ability to be able to tell whether this is more similar to that or less for better or worse.

[Gath]

Firstly, I am in the process of getting the prefix changed to 3.5e so more people will know this is a dnd game and perhaps more traffic will occur.

Originally Posted by Gulielmos

I love this idea and will probably create a barbarian or fighter of the Sparn or maybe a ranger/rogue from land of the dead.

Land of the dead is closed to any and all character creations. As is Gha'skel'yd. I will put this in my amendment post, once I create it.

Originally Posted by Cuross

I like it, I like it.... How much time do we have to come up with an app? Juggling which ideas sound best. Would you be opposed to a pirate? I mean, it does seem like it might be a nautical game, after all.

You will have, tentatively, until the 27th, more or less depending on thread activity.

Originally Posted by Gaijin

Are you willing to consider classes from Dragon Magic? Specifically Dragonfire Adept? They don't have any plot altering abilities and seem to fit in with the dragon friendly theme.

The only thing I see being iffy is that they have access to an incantation called "Humanoid Shape" and I see that you're opposed to shape changing abilities. I don't fully understand the Alter self ability to be able to tell whether this is more similar to that or less for better or worse.

Here I see two concerns. 1) You are asking for a source that is not on an already very restricted source list. 2) You are asking for something that has an undefined shape changing ability. Those are two pretty big strikes, and as cool as it would be to focus on dragons, you should trust me when I say that they are not a large part of this game. That was just a snippet of what is happening now with the group. They will be dropped off at some point and hopefully meet someone from this thread and pick up an adventure there. At least, that's my goal. So back to the drawing board?

[tiluvias99]

Posting Interest

[tiluvias99]

How do you feel about traits and flaws?

[Gath]

I was on my way to add some new info but I changed my mind. The other players got what is available, so it's only fair that you guys have the same rules.

[DMDracoMoondragon]

I'd love to play a Stormlord, but I was wondering if we could alter it slightly where the god could be Thor instead of Talos. Maybe change up some of the abilities to work with warhammers instead of spears and javelins...

[tiluvias99]

[ArcaneJazz]

(sorry, post rescinded)

[shannonater]

I will be applying to this game later today, but I need to check witha friend of mine before I decide on what my character will be.

[Gath]

Tiluvias99

Originally Posted by DMDracoMoondragon

I'd love to play a Stormlord, but I was wondering if we could alter it slightly where the god could be Thor instead of Talos. Maybe change up some of the abilities to work with warhammers instead of spears and javelins...

I actually have a big list of deities and such. I'll have a look and see which would fit better. Of course there is always this:

Storm Lord Procan Game background Title(s) The Storm Lord, the Sailor of Sea and Sky Home plane Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo Power level Intermediate Alignment Chaotic Neutral Portfolio Seas, Life, Hardship, Weather, Navigation Domains Chaos, Healing, Storm, Travel, War, Water

Using him in another game of mine for a stormlord with some success.