C&C Greyhawk classics chat game Thursdays 8.00pm GMT +00:00

[Smon]

Looking at running a weekly C&C chat game here on Dragonsfoot, using C&C rules, the 1983 Greyhawk boxed set, and classic Greyhawk modules, prob start with the Saltmarsh trilogy and also allow for free 'sandbox' type exploratory play. Time will be provisionally Thursdays from 8.30pm GMT/3.30pm EST, around 2 to 2.5 hours per session. Any interest?
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House Rules

Characters

1st level PCs begin with maximum starting hit points.

Attributes are rolled on best 3 of 4d6 (have to just roll 4d6 x6 on the DF system and pick best 3 rolls), assigned as desired. Can reroll if no net attribute bonus, ie sum of bonuses is +0 or less.

Any standard C&C race & class.

On levelling up roll hp, but always at least half maximum, eg for a d10 that's a minimum 5 hp on levelling.

Advanced Characters

New players' PCs normally start at 1st level. If the group gets to mid level (5th-8th) or high level (9th-12th), I'll start new PCs with an appropriate XP total, probably 10,001 (Mid) and 100,001 (High). Players of a deceased PC can alternatively transfer half their XP to a new PC.

A character (not monster) with BTH +6 or more can make an additional attack in a round, in which case all attacks are at -5 to-hit. A Fighter of 10th+ level may attack twice at no penalty, or 3 times at -5.

Only godlings, Saints, quasi-deities and such can exceed 12th level, the top of 'high' level.

Other house rules

Cyclical initiative - rolled once at start of fight then alternate actions, helps keep things moving fast.

When running C&C I often use 'negative' task challenge levels to make things easier, as the system is rather tough on PCs as written.

Certain 1-handed weapons like bastard sword, nine ring broadsword and battle axe do +1 damage when wielded two-handed, eg battleaxe 1d8+1. *'d weapons like the bearded axe can only be wielded 2-handed and don't get this bonus.

[Buttmonkey]

Sounds fantastic, but the time doesn't work for me. Why, oh why, did Europe have to colonize the New World?!

[Smon]

Yeah, I can't do American evenings, that's the wee small hours here!

[Buttmonkey]

I could do weekends, however.

[eugene.dunn2008]

can do weekends myself. 3:30 pm during week=still working.

[Smon]

Looks like currently to suit other players it may have to be either Monday or Thursday, sorry.

Edit: Sunday might be possible - making enquiry now.

[Smon]

OK, the 1st session is scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday! I should be in the C&C chat forum here from around 2pm EST (7pm EST) depending on dinner, baby etc. If you're interested please drop in and we'll see about regular scheduling.

[Smon]

To confirm, this game will be running weekly on Thursdays, next session is Thursday from ca 7.30pm GMT, new players welcome.

[Smon]

World of Greyhawk map:

http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/gami ... ermap.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A reasonable 'possible future' map of southern Keoland, showing Saltmarsh and nearby towns:

http://www.oerthjournal.com/webz/Southern%20Keoland.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Smon]

Saltmarsh Town Map

Year is 576 CY
Population is ca 2000

[Smon]

PCs

Group 1 XP: 490
Ox Danholm Rgr
Kerish Lotan Ftr
Lady Chauntea f Clr - NPC

Group 2 XP: 150
Hawk Nailo elf Rogue - Kurzio
Grothur Steelflint dwarf Cleric - HolyRage
Rahan Symes - Wizard

PC Stats

Ox
Class: Ranger
Level: 1
XP to level: 2251

Score Bonus Prime
STR 18 +3 X
DEX 15 +1 X
CON 13 +1
INT 13 +1
WIS 14 +1 X
CHA 8 -1

HP: 11 HD: d10+1
AC: 16 Touch AC: 11
Melee BtH: +3 Range BtH: +1
Move: 30

Class abilities:
* Combat Maurader
* Conceal (DEX)
* Delay Poison (WIS)
* Move Silently (DEX)
* Scale (DEX)
* Traps (WIS)
* Survival (WIS)
* Track (WIS)

Weapons: Dmg Rng
* Throwing axe (2) 1d6 10/20/30
* Knife 1d2 10/20/30
* Light crossbow 1d6 80/160/240
* Bastard sword (1H) 1d10 (1d10+3)
* Bastard sword (2H) 1d10+1 (1d10+4)

Armor: AC
* Scale mail +4
* Medium shield, wood +1

Equipment:
* Backpack
* Iron spikes (5)
* Flint/steel
* Parchment (10)
* Chalk
* Cord (50')
* Rope, hemp (50')
* Flask of oil
* Bolts (4)

NB: Holds sess 2 party treasure
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Name: Kerish Lotan
Player: Jason/Thandren

Class: Fighter (Class Features: +1 to hit, Weapon Specialization)

Str:17 (+2) (prime)
Dex: 15 (+1)(Prime)
Con: 13 (+1)(Prime)
Int: 9
Wis: 6 (-1)
Cha: 13 (+1)

Level: 1
XP to level: 2001
HP: 11
AC: 15
Move: 30ft
BTH +1

Coin: 33gp 2sp 8cp

Weapon Specialization: Bastard Sword (+1, +1)
ATT +4 dam: 1d10+3

Equipment name cost EV
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Studded Leather +3AC 25gp 3w
Buckler +1AC 2gp 2
Bastard Sword 25gp 4
Backpack 2gp 2w
flint & steel 1gp *
whistle 5sp *
Hooded lantern 7gp 2
Flask of oil 1gp 1
1 weeks rations 3gp 4
Large belt pouch 1gp *

Belt 6sp
Hard boots (dark blue) 1gp 1w
Vest (black) 2sp 1w
Trousers (black) 4sp 1w
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Lady Chauntea of Hardby (NPC)

Cleric-1
XP to level 2251

HP 9
AC: 15 (light mail shirt & small shield)

STR 9 DEX 12 CON 13(+1)X INT 12 WIS 18(+3)X CHA 14(+1)X

BAB: +0 Weapon: Light Mace ATT+0/d6, sling +0/d4+1 (10 lead bullets)

E: Silver Holy Symbol, Lantern & oil, trail rations
Treasure: 5 gp

Spells:
(1) - 2 - Cure Light Wounds x2
(0) - 3 - Light, Detect Evil, Detect Magic
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Group 2 PCs

Hawk Nailo - Kurzio
Elven Rogue
Lvl: 1 (EP needed 1251)

STR: 14 (+1)
DEX: 17 (+2) X
CON: 13 (+1)
INT: 10 (+0)
WIS: 14 (+1) X
CHA: 4 (-2)
HP: 7 HD:d6+1
AC: 14
Melee: +2 Dual: +0/-3 Ranged: +2
Move: 30 Size: Medium
Languages: Common, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Orc
Abilities:
X Climb (Dex): +2
Decipher Script (Int): +0 / Arcane: -10
X Hide (Dex): +2
X Listen (Wis): +5
X Move Silently (Dex): +4
X Open Lock (Dex): +2
X Pick Pocket (Dex): +2
X Spot hiddes doors (Wis): +1 /Active: +3
Traps (Int): +0 / Find Traps: +2
Back Attack (Hide/MvS > +4hit & double dmg)
Cant
Enhanced Senses & Twilight Vision
Spell Resistances (Charm & Sleep): +10
Weapon Training (Shortsword)

Equipment:
2x Shortsword d6+1
Leather Armor AC+2
Lockpick Set
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Name: Grothur Steelflint - Holy_Rage
Class: Cleric
Level: 1
XP: 0
AC: 14
HP: 10
Encumbrance Rating: 10
Current EV: 10
Starting Gold: 60 gp
Remaining Gold: 6 gp

Attribute / modifier
Str / 13
Dex / 11
Con / 16 (X)
Int / 13
Wis / 14 (X)
Cha / 13

Prime Characteristics mark with an X.

Background, Race & Profession: Dwarven Cleric of Pelor

Armour: Ring Mail (30 gp, +3 AC, EV 3), Shield, Small Wooden (3 gp, +1 AC, EV 2)
Weapons: Flail, light, Hammer Light (1 gp, 1d4 dmg, EV 2)
Equipment: Holy Symbol, Wooden (1 gp, no EV) - Prayer Beads (2 gp, no EV) - Waterskin (1gp - 1 gallon) - Cleric robes (1gp - EV 2)

Remaining gp: 13

Spell List:

0-level

1x Detect Evil
1 x First Aid
1x Light (cast already)

1- level

1 x Bless
1 x Cure Light Wounds
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Name: Rahan Symes. - Baree
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: ??
Class: Wizard

Hp: 5

Background: He hails from Earldom of Sterich, Kingdom Of Kalen. Doesn’t say much about his past.

Description: Long lean man, wears a very dark blue robe, almost going towards black. Black, silky hair, about shoulder length. Looks like an older man, usually a grim look on his face. Heavy, black eyebrows. Prefers to study over most other things. No visible scars.

Attributes:

Intelligence: 16 (Prime)
Constitution: 14
Wisdom: 12 (Prime)
Charisma: 12 (Prime)
Dexterity: 11
Strength: 10

Spellbook:

0-lvl spells: 1st-lvl spells:
Detect magic (2) Sleep (2)
Light (1) Read Magic
Prestidigitation Charm Person (1)
Ghost Sounds (1)

Memorised:
Rahan: lvl0: 2x detect magic, 1 light, 1ghost sounds. lvl 1 spells: 2 sleep, 1 charm personStarting gold: 30 gp

Equipment:

Backpack ( 2gp)
Tent (10 gp)
Bedroll (2 sp)
Blanket (5 gp)
Hemp rope 50ft (1 gp)
30 darts (3 gp)
Total: 21,2 gp

Gold: 8,8 gp

[Smon]

Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Session 2

Kills:
1 giant weasel
1 large spider

XP:
PCs get 340 XP each.

Treasure:
120 gp amethyst
Magic 'protection' object in locked steel box

Next game:
7.30 pm next Thursday (may be delayed start, depending on baby) for ca 2 hours.

[Expatriorc]

Mansion, 1st floor:

[Expatriorc]

Ox Danholm

[Smon]

Excellent mapping on the Mansion! Wow!

BTW I'm using an OD&D-style (1 hd = 100 XP) XP table for this game:

HD XP
1 100
2 200
3 300
4 400
5 600
6 800
7 1200
8 1600
9 2400
10 3200
11 4000
+1 +1000

It gives more XP at low level, levelling off later. A 1/2 hd critter like a kobold would be 50 XP. If the PCs get to high level then rewards for low-hd critters will be reduced, eg 10th level PC killing a 1hd orc would typically get 1/10 this, or 10 XP. Creatures with special powers such as a Wizard or Ghoul typically are worth +50% or +100% XP, while limited high-hd creatures like dinosaurs are typically worth 50% of standard XP.

[Smon]

Just added 4 new players tonight so looks like game is full for now.

Group 1:
Human Fighter
Human Ranger
NPC female Human Cleric

Group 2:
Human Wizard
Elf Rogue
Dwarf Cleric
Human Paladin

[Smon]

Notes for game tomorrow (Thursday).

Group 1 PCs are in the alchemist's mansion.

Group 2 PCs have heard that the Saltmarsh town council has hired adventurers to investigate the reportedly haunted evil alchemist's mansion, and have banded together to get in on the action and treasure (the evil alchemist was reportedly very rich).

We can start with the group 2 PCs arriving at the mansion and meeting group 1, and introductions. I suggest we begin at 7.30pm tomorrow (Thursday) with player introductions (in and out of character).

I will probably be available only intermittently until a bit after 8pm, once my son Bill has been got ready for bed, at which point we can begin the actual adventuring. I'll run the game for roughly 2 hours, a bit less if people need to go early.

I suggest that everyone include the name of their PC when posting to make it clear who's who.

Cheers,

Simon

[Holy_Rage]

A question, Smon: which character sheet must we use? Where can we find one?

Sorry for not posting my char sheet yet, but wasn't sure how to do it.

Holy_Rage aka Dwarven Cleric aka Grothur Steelflint

[Smon]

A question, Smon: which character sheet must we use? Where can we find one?

Sorry for not posting my char sheet yet, but wasn't sure how to do it.

Holy_Rage aka Dwarven Cleric aka Grothur Steelflint

Please just send me it plain text with the necessary info. See the group 1 PCs above for the mechanical info. You can use the following:

Name:
Class:
Level:
XP:
AC
HP

Attribute / modifier
Str /
Dex /
Con /
Int /
Wis /
Cha /

Prime Characteristics mark with an X.

Background, Race & Profession:

Armour:
Weapons:
Equipment:

If you want you can use this form for background etc notes:

Character Name:
Rank/Position/Concept:
Sex:
Race: (eg human)
Homeland:
Age: (minimum 16)
Height: (feet & inches)
Weight: (lbs. minimum is STRx10 lbs, eg STR 16 is 160 lbs)
Colour of - Hair: - Eyes: - Skin:
Appearance: (eg handsome, ugly, fat, voluptuous, imposing)
Clothing: (eg shirt, loincloth, tunic, long dress)
Demeanour: (eg grim, cheerful, studious)
Motivations: (what brings you to the area, what your general goals in life are. Good motivations include plot hooks for the GM, especially ones that can incorporate additional PCs in a scenario!)
Background: (your history and social standing - noble, slave, mercenary et al)
Contacts: You can have a number of contacts equal to 1+CHA bonus (ie 0-4) who your PC is friendly with. You may also propose new NPC contacts if desired, if aproved the GM will stat them out appropriately.

[Smon]

Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Session 2

Kills:
1 giant weasel
1 large spider

XP:
PCs get 340 XP each.

Treasure:
120 gp amethyst
Magic 'protection' object in locked steel box

Session 3

Kills:
5 giant centipedes XP 500
2 large spiders XP 400

Total 900/6 adventurers = 150 XP each.

Group 1 PCs: 340+150=490
Group 2 PCs: 150
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Group 1 XP: 490
Ox Danholm Rgr
Kerish Lotan Ftr
Lady Chauntea f Clr - NPC

Group 2 XP: 150
Hawk Nailo elf Rogue - Kurzio
Grothur Steelflint dwarf Cleric - HolyRage
Rahan Symes - Wizard

[Thandren]

Hi all,

As well as getting players who can play at european times to find each other the other reason for http://www.rpgeurope.net is to encourage a community feel for those players.

So sections for running games can help promote the "community feel".

I thought the Thursday games have been great and people have mentioned they may like game logs. I'll ask about that next session and if no one objects, i'll put them up at http://www.rpgeurope.net

I hope you don't mind Simon but I took the initiative of creating a seperate dedicated forum for this thursday C&C game. The forum has sub-forums for discussion, characters and game logs. But if you want other sub-forums I can create them for you.

I have turned on picture uploading on the site as well.

Simon i'll give you full moderator access to the forum.

So everyone please look at it and let me know what you think.

http://www.rpgeurope.net

[Smon]

That's great, thanks Thandren.

The URL for the game's new forum is:

http://www.rpgeurope.net/viewforum.php?f=13" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Smon]

Session 4 XP: 200

Group 1 XP: 490+200=690
Ox Danholm Rgr
Kerish Lotan Ftr
Lady Chauntea f Clr - NPC

Group 2 XP: 150+200=350
Hawk Nailo elf Rogue - Kurzio
Grothur Steelflint dwarf Cleric - HolyRage/NPC? -was absent
Rahan Symes - Wizard

HolyRage (Grothur) please contact me.