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Role-Playing Games => Dungeons & Dragons / Pathfinder RPG => Topic started by: Chase on May 27, 2010, 05:18:21 PM
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Battleground Games and Hobbies will be running the second season of D&D Encounter every Wednesday night at 7:30pm and if necessary, 9:00pm.
Character Creation:
Players will be given pre-generated characters this season. You will not be able to create your own PC.
The characters provided this season will include all sorts of great previews of new races and other cool rules options that will appear in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting. The Thri-Kreen and Mul are back—and they’re playable characters in this season! Every character also has one of the new theme options (like gladiator or wasteland nomad), which better define a character’s role in the setting. Since you’ll be playing these characters for the duration of the season, we’ve also given them great backgrounds and roleplaying hooks that help to integrate them into the story of the adventure.
Details:
This upcoming season is a 15-week campaign, which begins on June 9th and ends on September 15th. Every five sessions of play equals one chapter in the story; you can take a short rest between sessions but can take an extended rest only after the chapter concludes. You’ll want to show up every week, because we have a compelling adventure in Fury of the Wastewalker. This adventure will take you all around the Tyr Region, giving you a classic Dark Sun feel of gritty survival and bold action. Here’s a little bit more on the adventure to whet your appetite:
Fury of the Wastewalker
On a trade road to the city-state of Tyr, a caravan is assaulted by a deadly obsidian shardstorm. The survivors are forced to band together and navigate the wastes to safety. But the force of nature that destroyed the caravan is under the malevolent control of the being known as the Wastewalker, who will stop at nothing to see the end of those that escaped his initial wrath. Can the heroes reach the Ringing Mountains before it’s too late?
If you are interested in DM'ing this season please contact me through the message board, email, or at the store.
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Dark Sun is the best, so I'm excited for the new season. The Dark Sun preview game at PAX East was fun, so I'm really looking forward to the updated setting.
Also in fun Dark Sun news, there is a new Penny Arcade/PVP D&D podcast is up. This time around Tycho runs them through a Dark Sun adventure. http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4pod/20100527
EnWorld has a thread about the upcoming season as well, with some info on the pregens:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/277402-d-d-encounters-season-2-kits-out.html
Next month also has some Dark Sun articles on the calendar for D&D Insider.
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The Fury of the Wastewalker kit has arrived.
Feel free to drop by and take a look at the characters.
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will do im sure everyone will want to see yuka and shikiir :D
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I skimmed through the adventure very briefly last night. It looked pretty good.
Hopefully we'll see everyone next week in the desert!
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So obviously if Todd is there I will be there.
I will give it a shot, not my normal game enviroment but it looks fun :)
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Its Brian
I don't know if I'll be able to make it this week, but I'm sure you guys can handle it without me. Or die miserably like last season.......
Hopefully I can make.
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If you don't show up I will be a sad panda :'(
Hopefully we have enough people to play or I am being the whole party.
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So its official, I wont be there this week. Sorry Jess, you'll have to be a sad panda for a week.....
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I anticipate a decent turn out.
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Thats great Chase cuz Todd was breaking out all his old Darksun stuff and printing stuff off and doing some sort of GM something or other stuff.
But i will still be a sad panda Brian!
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Dark Sun was way more fun then I expected.
Would have gone better if we did what Todd hinted at which was grab supplies and fight as you run.
Yes in Dark Sun you run.
This is one hardcore world! My chick has red hair, tattoos, and a "high tolerance to pain".
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The harsh desert of Athas claimed two more lives! The PCs' caravan was overtaken by a deadly sand storm raining down shards of obsidian. Grabbing all the supplies they could carry, they have fled off into the desert, fleeing the storm and scavenging slit runners.
Our heroes are far from safe. Out on foot in the desert, fleeing towards the Ringing Mountains, the deadly environment is challenge enough, but the survivors must also deal with those who call the wastelands their home.
Next week the Fury of the Wastewalker continues!
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is it true that we get the character cards, and are not able to make our own characters?
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Yes.
No rules are present to create Dark Sun characters.
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The pregens are fun, I died so much in the last enocounters I don't mind not having to make a character (or 3...)
Everyone should check it out. It's fun and the GM is a great guy.
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Yep, they only allow pregens, as the Dark Sun books are not out yet for character creation. The pregens aren't too bad, so I wouldn't worry there.
They have them posted on wizard's website, but it is down at the moment so I don't have the link. I'll grab it as soon as their site is back.
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..and they are back.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/DDEDark%20SunCharacters.pdf (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/DDEDark%20SunCharacters.pdf)
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can we keep em chase? ::)
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You can't keep the character cards as we may need them for others to use over the course of the season.
Todd has posted the link to the characters so you can either print them out or have me print them out for you.
Thanks, Todd.
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Brian,
I sent you a PM please check your Inbox. Thanks!
-Kurt
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Great to see the return of the best non-standard game world (i.e. other than Greyhawk).
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Next week is the conclusion of Chapter 1. The journey through the desert fleeing the sandstorm has been particularly brutal. Our heroes are beaten and worn down, will they survive the harsh landscape and those who chose to call it their home?
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With zero healing surges on the healer and the tank...
Not likely.
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This Wednesday is the exciting finale to Chapter 2 of Season 2 of D&D Encounters. Our heroes have made there way into a lost temple and dealt with its crystal guardians and some other folks who found their way inside. What else will their discover (or discover them?) and will the party make it out?
Who will survive and what will be left of them? This week sets up chapter three of Dark Sun: Fury of the Wastewalker!
On a side note: the Dark Sun Campaign Guide and Creature Catalog are out. I read them over the weekend, and they are really good. Lots of good stuff. I've got alot ideas now for adventures and possible campaigns.
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We may actual have 6 players this week!
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Rejoice!
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dnd/20100810
Create Your Own Character in Chapter 3 of D&D Encounters: Dark Sun
The Dark Sun books have hit the shelves at your local WPN store, and players have been waiting eagerly to dive into the cool new options and create their own characters. Rather than wait to fire up a home campaign, test drive the new options at your store first! Starting with Chapter 3 of D&D Encounters: Dark Sun on August 18, all players may create their own 3rd-level Dark Sun character instead of using the provided pre-generated ones. Here are the rules:
No divine character classes or options
No material from the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide or the Eberron Player's Guide
Allowed character races are dragonborn, dwarf, eladrin, elf, half-elf, halfling, human, tiefling (PH1); goliath (PH2); minotaur (PH3); mul, thri-kreen (DSCS)
Pick a character theme from the Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Characters start at 3rd level with 620 gold to purchase equipment and receive their choice of a +1 magic weapon, +1 magic implement, +1 magic armor, or a +1 amulet of protection
Have fun playing the last chapter of this season of D&D Encounters, and don’t forget that a new season starts up on September 22: Keep on the Borderlands!
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What no gnome??? How will I make a bard????
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Gnomes were destroyed in the Cleansing Wars in the distant secret past. They are lost to history.
(Nibenany was known as the Bane of Gnomes, so it's assumed he was tasked with their elimination, but no one on Athas apart from the SKs would know that).
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DUH! How did you not know that obscure piece of fictional history Jess?!
-K
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I don't know real history how would I know Dark Sun history?
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DUH! How did you not know that obscure piece of fictional history Jess?!
-K
Exactly, how could you not know that Nibenany (who named his city-state after himself) was originally Gallard the 6th Champion of Rajaat, the first sorcerer. Nibenany, also known as the shadow king, only has female templars, who are all "married" to him. He is the farthest along of all the sorcerer kings in his dragon transformation (disregarding Borys of Ebe, the dragon of Tyr, and Dregoth the lich).
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Gallard the 6th Champion of Rajaat HOLY SHIT!
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Thanks for kicking ass last night :) Easiest encounter to date!
I'm going to check out the character gen for ardents and see if I can maybe swap some stuff out to improve my chick (like my improved initiative, yeah I'll hold my move till after the tank).
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DUH! How did you not know that obscure piece of fictional history Jess?!
-K
Exactly, how could you not know that Nibenany (who named his city-state after himself) was originally Gallard the 6th Champion of Rajaat, the first sorcerer. Nibenany, also known as the shadow king, only has female templars, who are all "married" to him. He is the farthest along of all the sorcerer kings in his dragon transformation (disregarding Borys of Ebe, the dragon of Tyr, and Dregoth the lich).
Someone has been reading their 2nd edition DS material. Are they rebooting the Prism Pentad books too?
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Someone has been reading their 2nd edition DS material. Are they rebooting the Prism Pentad books too?
No. However they did reprint them. The campaign guide specifically mentions the books and the 2nd material and says that they aren't the 4E history.
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So does that mean that Rajaat is alive, or did he die some other way? I assume Tyr is still a free city since that was its central theme, and contributed to the potential weakening of the Sorceror Kings.
Then again, I could just buy the books and answer my own questions (and all the ones your answers will create).
I always loved Dark Sun. I hope they did it justice.
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So does that mean that Rajaat is alive, or did he die some other way? I assume Tyr is still a free city since that was its central theme, and contributed to the potential weakening of the Sorceror Kings.
Then again, I could just buy the books and answer my own questions (and all the ones your answers will create).
I always loved Dark Sun. I hope they did it justice.
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Double post FTW!
Just an FYI...I plan on making a Thri Kreen Striker. For those folks that care.
-K
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Double post FTW!
Just an FYI...I plan on making a Thri Kreen Striker. For those folks that care.
-K
I always care Kurt!
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So does that mean that Rajaat is alive, or did he die some other way? I assume Tyr is still a free city since that was its central theme, and contributed to the potential weakening of the Sorceror Kings.
Then again, I could just buy the books and answer my own questions (and all the ones your answers will create).
I always loved Dark Sun. I hope they did it justice.
I think they did Dark Sun justice.
Rajaat isn't mentioned at all. The Campaign guide is a lot like the original box set. It sets up all these great locations, themes, and characters, and then wants the DM to use those as tools. They do mention the Prism Pentad novels, and say "that may or may not be the story of your version of Athas". So if you want Rajaat to still be imprisoned in the black with the Dragon as his warden, you can.
It really does hearken back to the 1st box set in setting up this savage mysterious world, and not shackling it with canon. Thats great, since the 2E version got really bogged down in the cannon they introduced. The Prism Pentad blew up the world basically and the revised box set tried to expand it out a bit to give people some breathing room for games. 4E basically hits the reset button, but retains some of the cool stuff that came out afterwards.
The Campaign book is great, and the monster book has lots of goodies. I wasn't taken with the adventure, but I might warm to it after a second read through.
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That is a great overview. I don't have any interest in 4th Edition, but I may have to at least pick up the setting book just for the sake of nostalgia.
Your feedback is very appreciated.
- Joe
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Dudes, do any of you know if the lvl 2 PC's were posted online anywhere? If so, can you link me to them please?
Thanks.
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Dudes, do any of you know if the lvl 2 PC's were posted online anywhere? If so, can you link me to them please?
Thanks.
The ones I used I found here on the D&D forums:
http://community.wizards.com/dungeonsanddragons/go/thread/view/91301/25199049/Pregen_Character_Sheets_for_Level_2
(http://community.wizards.com/dungeonsanddragons/go/thread/view/91301/25199049/Pregen_Character_Sheets_for_Level_2)
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Awesome, thanks Todd.