[D&D-3.5e] PLaytesters needed for 3.5 point system

[Fil kearney]

Hey folks!

Gamethread is officially open.
http://www.rpgcrossing.com/showthrea...46#post2985246
If you are interested, swing on by.


I"m looking for a slew of people to playtest some ideas I have.
I will run it like a normal game, except I won't be going from level 1 to 2 etc.
We'll build characters at level 5, then take them to 10 then 15 then 20.. and then build different characters and take them from 5 to 10 to 15 to 20.
I'll add a story element like a normal game to put th eplaytesting into "real world" environment of gaming.

Here is the relavent material bein playtested....
ToB Martial Adepts point system
Per Encounter Spell Point System
You are welcome to question or debate the proposed systems in their appropriate threads; not here.
IF you wat to be a part of the test to prove it works, or prove it DOESN'Twork... fine by me. I'm looking for flaws and brokenness, and will be open to changing things that become apparently non-working.

What I ask for:
1. this s a PbP environment, so unfortunately, combat is gonna move pretty slow. I need dedication and patience.
2. Since I"m playtestin online, I need to use a graphics interface for accurate tactical mapping. You must have excel to apply. I do all my mapping in excel. Open ofice can be allowed, as long as the map makes sense to you.(it doesn't always translate correctly)
3. while I inted this to be fun, I want good feedback, so don't just how up to play. look for ways to break the system, and be availabl to discuss them.
4. I expect to see high level play fairly quickly. I don't EXPECT you to have high level experience, but I would hope that you have sound theory involving high level play. If you are intimidated by teen level games, be honest and don't apply.
5. I expect to be changing characters every cycle, so don't get too attached, but be willing to be involved in the campaign to better feel how it will work.


I am checking interest, and would be happy to move forward with people by the weekend.

I will be looking for folks mostly to play adepts and casters. rogues aren't so important to the tests, so I will be nixing most traps, focusing more on pure combat to weigh numbers and flow of combat.
In the first run, I want to stick to a single class o multi no prc's.... druids, clerics, wizards, dread necros, beguilers, all the adepts, bards, psywarriors, psions, wilders duskblades etc. are what I want to focus on initially. Full casters and 6/9 casters.
In the second run, I will want to switch to different characters, including rangers and paladins, hexblades etc, along with PrC's
In the third run, I'd like to start mulitclasing to see how gish and multicasters fair.


I would like at least 4 people, but I am happy to keep a larger pool... I may be able to run two tests simultaneously, or I may ask for a substitute to replace a fallen tester.

Again, if you have questions about the proposed systems, take it to those threads.
If you have question about how I will conduct the playtesting/how I will conduct the game, here is where you will ask.

Thanks in advance!

[Pheonix Alugere]

I'd be interested in this.

[Grimner]

I am definitely interested in this.

[ToB Fighter]

I liked Tome of Battle already. (Can you tell by my name? lol) I too thought "manuevers prepared/known" was kind of junk, and too much like a spellcaster. Martial arts doesn't work that way!

I'm guessing you want us to stick to casters and ToB?

[Fil kearney]

yep. looking for any kind of casters and tob. base classes only for the first loop thru. We'll run different characters for the next set through. and switch it u again.

If you have a prefrence for what you want to run, go ahead and speak up. That way we don't have a herd of dread necros :/

[Kael Vonrik]

i would be interested i usually play monk or melee but i can play about anything you need, i am a good debugger and i love to look for loop holes if you want someoen to find your exploits i can do it

[ToB Fighter]

lol, dread necromancer was definitely not one of my ideas.

I had a couple, the two most dominant. Depending on the plot you want to run and which might be more relevant to testing the game mechanics were..

Hexblade:
A hexblade who basically is the last of a magical warrior clan that was designed to eradicate non-pure races. They have strong disdain for interbreeding (half-elves, half-orcs, that kind of thing) and tend to look down upon certain races, but most especially the less then humanoid. (Such as goblins and kobold) Basically a neo-nazi version of the last samurai.

I found my old Dragon magizine, which had alternate uses for the hexblade's curse ability, as well as some feats involving getting bonus curses, extending the curse to a day instead of an hour, etc. It would be a good way to compare how powerful a daily ability is to the mana system, seeing as with the help of Dragon, curse could be far more versatile...


Crusader:
The Crusader's are zealous, I decided I'd make an objectivist Crusader. One who promotes self-empowerment, self-fulfillment, and self-interest. "Anton Rand". (A play on Anton Lavey and Ayn Rand) I'm most interested in the crusader. Which is funny seeing as I didn't like any of the ToB classes besides swordsage, but the way he produces instead or recharges mana interests me. And stays true to the "hurp-durp! Capitalism!" philosophy.



I'm trying to get my friends in on this sense you said there can be two groups.

Jeremiah (He's the smart one)
Patrick (He gets all the girls)
James (He's the moral bitch)
Me (I'm the loud, obnoxious one lol!)

It's basically like Team 7 of Naruto.

Me=Naruto Uzamaki
Jeremiah=Kakashi Hataka
Patrick=Sasuke
James=Sakura

We'll be Team Awesome! or.. The Fantastic Four!

[Fil kearney]

the more the merrier.

[Kael Vonrik]

Have you thought about running Gestalt characters though your test? to perhaps test versatility because if you are looking to check for broken exploitable things, this would be a good way.

[Fil kearney]

Have you thought about running Gestalt characters though your test?

He don't me vewwy well, do he? :3

Dude I am ALL about gestalt. But I feel to be able to more accurately see how each class is effected by these changes, each character will at first be only ONE class. Later, I will add in PrC's and multiclassing, and if everything runs smoothly, I will probably run this as gestalt in regular games (and make these changes my default houserules)

[Kael Vonrik]

I would be every interested in seeing how a ascetic mage mnk/sor gestalt would play out with the spell points the way they are lol.

[Fil kearney]

In the thrid run of playtesting, I will encourage multiclassing.
I am expecting gishes to be pretty damn cool... so put that on your list!

[Kael Vonrik]

I would like to run a straight wizard through the first loop, something Chaotic

[Fil kearney]

right on.Kael.
ToB, mind taking the Crusader first trip through? lets save hexblade for the second run.

[Kael Vonrik]

when do we start