LF players D&D 5e HotDQ or LMoP Weekends 7:30 - 9:00 AM PST

Hey guys, Zing here, any of you guys want to play either the Lost Mine of Phandelver or Hoard of the Dairy Dragon Queen? I'm open to almost all players with the exception of trolls + jerks. I will warn you I am a typer, but that probably shouldn't hinder me too much. Anyway, when you post please answer the following questionnaire: Name: (Any name is fine, just say what you want me to call you, or leave this blank for me to address you by either your character's name or your username) Experience: (Both with D&D as a whole and 5e) Character Idea: (Brief summary of character i.e. Human Sorcerer who's powers developed by a freak accident, if you don't know yet that's ok.) HotDQ or LMoP: (Just say one)

Call me Mark or Zelosh. I've only been playing for two years, but I've been infatuated with D&D 5e since it was in beta. 5e is definitely my favorite. I have a character prepared named Guin. He's a High Elf Wizard that specializes in abjuration - in other words he specializes in wards and dealing with undead/demons/etc. He's still weak and has no business opportunities to speak of, so he's adventuring to gain experience and meet new people. I'd want to play HotDQ, since I've already played LMoP. I should be able to do Saturdays at 7:30-9 PST, but not Sundays.

Bryan works fine. I am actually comfortable playing almost any character, as I have been RPing DnD for years. That said, I am most interested in a Halfling Rogue or High Elf Sorcerer (The sorcerer's background I have planned would work best with HotDQ) HotDQ, but would play either.

Ok both of you sound good. I to enjoy fifth edition and it is probably my favorite. I do know a lot about fifth and d&d in general so there is no need to explain things to me unless I ask you to. (Just a friendly heads up, not trying to be mean or anything). You guys are ok with me typing correct? As soon as we get a bit more people I'll post char creation rules and stuff.

Yea, that works perfect for me. As long as you are cool with everyone else having voice =D

I'm actually really interested in having only the DM type. I feel like it'll be more suspenseful. And Bryan, feel free to play the sorcerer, I bet we'd make a great mage combo :)

Suspense! and yeah you guys use voice will be great, just have to give me a bit of time sometimes to be able to catch up with the voice. I just got some more people to possibly join so yay!

Name: Corbin Experience: I've played 3.5e and PF. I am currently playing LMoP on Roll20 and DMing HoTDQ at a public venue offline. Character Idea: I'm interested in either playing a Bard (no one ever does.. and I like a challenge) or whatever is needed. I'm playing a Cleric elsewhere. HotDQ or LMoP: HoTDQ Time slot wise. I'm EST. I play at 630 PM Eastern on Saturdays already so early mornings on Saturday or anytime on Sunday works best for me Thanks for the invite

No problem dude, and yay! A bard! I almost always play a bard (that's what I'm playing IRL). One more person and i will set up the charecter creation.

Hey I'm new to d&d but would love a spot. I played a tiny bit of 3E a million years ago and I've scoured the 5E PHB but I am very much a novice. Name: Philip (Character: WitchHunter) Character idea: Human Dexterity fighter, here's my character sheet (w/ points buy, I can adjust if needed) <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwuOqTVQ2ASKZVVyUGszdE9xY0k/edit" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwuOqTVQ2ASKZVVyUGszdE9xY0k/edit</a> HotDQ Backstory: (apologies if cliched or w/e, I'm new at this!) The Black Mage "I was seven years old when the dead assaulted my village, maybe eight. They came in shambling hordes. Ravenous, insatiable. Grotesque and deformed, ripened flesh barely attached itself to the hideous frames beneath. I can scarcely remember the terror, the screams of agony and fear, except in my sleep. But I remember the smell, gods that smell, I can still taste the bile tinged with the sickly sweet scent of decay from that day, it now rises up into my throat whenever I am confronted with the servants of hell." I am weak. I run, alone. For miles nothing but eerie silence, black night and shadows cling to me as a tailored cloak. Blood and vomit stain my shirt. Breathless, I come upon a figure in the dark, he... it, approaches. Time halts for an instant. As the pale necromancer steps into the moonlight he gives a wretched smile. Blood stained teeth and a belly engorged with the flesh of the dead greets me.. Putrid veins stretch across his sallow face. More vomit. The air claws at my throat and eyes, poison, blinding tears and bile choke my senses. Laughter. I run. I am weak. I'm available anytime Sunday, but am otherwise fairly flexible for impromptu sessions. Eager to learn and play. Open to rerolling a different character if you don't need a fighter.

@Philip No, this sounds great, though I recommend using this link for your charecter as you kinda need to give me access anyway.

Np I actually just made an account there too, I'll copy my sheet over tomorrow!

I can play early Saturdays, but Sunday works best(assuming you need more players), I'd be interested in playing a Cleric or Ranger.

Maaaaaaaan this is early in the morning but I'm totally in. Name: Luci / Luciferos. Experience: I've played 2E, 3E, and various other d20 systems for about 18 years. No experience with 4E or 5E, but I can pick it up quickly enough. Character Concept: I am a bit late to the party, so I'm more than happy to fill if there's room. I have a number of concepts with rough backstories, including a druid, warlock, or rogue. I am leaning towards playing one of the first two, and I will expand on it once I get a better idea of where to fit in. HotDQ or LMoP: I like one acronym as much as the other, so I'll vote with the majority.

steven or stevezke experiance: 5e 3.5e warhammer dark herasy 1 and 2e char concept: CLERIC! warlock barb heals cleric pally if im rolling a cleric then its party time for me but if not i can still fill roles it dosnt bother me ill prob be neutral for all or good neutral im cool with either campaign

Looks like we have enough to get started. Zingbob, will you create the campaign and link us? Then we can iron out the schedule?

Well first let's have you guys make your characters first, Character Creation Rules: Allowed Content: (List of Allowed Content) Player's Handbook Monster Manual Appendix A of Hoard of the Dragon Queen (I will add in what this means later) Character Creation: Use mythweavers Backstory: A small short paragraph, just a couple of sentences, where you're from what your goals are etc... (BTW we're on the Sword Coast [The neverwinter area]) Experience: 0 (1st level) Wealth: Take 3 for every d4 and add another d4 to the wealth table in the PHB Ability Scores: 32 point buy (I don't want you guys dying on me) Hitpoints/Health: 1st level max but then you can either roll or take average. Alignment: Only lawful evil if you're Zhentarim or Lord's Alliance Other Notes: You can have a faction starting at 0 renown. Not playing with food or water but you can still use it to feed monsters, npcs, random people etc... I cannot play this weekend but all the rest I should be able to. I recommend going on on both days so that you guys can meet and talk to eachother about your characters.

Is there a cap on the Ability Scores? The PHB only has the rules for a 27 point buy and explicitly says you can't choose higher than a 15. I'd rather not be capped :( lol Also useful tool - <a href="http://1d8.blogspot.com/2014/04/point-buy-calculator-for-d-next-5e.html" rel="nofollow">http://1d8.blogspot.com/2014/04/point-buy-calculator-for-d-next-5e.html</a> Edit: Re MythWeavers. I like MW, but their 5e sheets are in Alpha only atm. AutoCalc is not yet enabled and there is a bug with Proficiency (shows a check box instead of a text box.) The Roll20 5e sheets are much better atm.

Wait, I'm somewhat new to the abilities of this forum, how do you use the roll20 5e sheets? Also, I believe that there is a variant in the DMG, but I don't have it yet so for now just use the PHB rules (it's roughly a 15 15 15 9 10 10 or something along those lines). Also, I believe the reason for that is because it was using Next rules not the PHB ones.

Zingbob C. said: Wait, I'm somewhat new to the abilities of this forum, how do you use the roll20 5e sheets? Also, I believe that there is a variant in the DMG, but I don't have it yet so for now just use the PHB rules (it's roughly a 15 15 15 9 10 10 or something along those lines). Also, I believe the reason for that is because it was using Next rules not the PHB ones. If you create a Campaign you can choose to use that Character sheet and then give it out as a handout for each person you allow to join- <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Character_Sheets#Choosing_" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Character_Sheets#Choosing_</a>... It works pretty well and has built in macro support (not perfect, but helpful). So now we're using the standard array from the PHB? Just want to confirm before updating my character. The PHB's standard array option (if not rolling) is 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8..

The PHB standard method is the 27 point buy system, which can be simplified to the standard array, but I'd rather use the 27 point buy or roll for it. But that's all up to you. Mythweavers has a 5e sheet that's currently in alpha, but it's not that great. Roll20 have D&D 5e sheets you can add to the campaign and make accessible to us through the character tab. It is very well made and the sheet auto calculates almost everything. It also has built in macros.

Mark D. said: The PHB standard method is the 27 point buy system, which can be simplified to the standard array, but I'd rather use the 27 point buy or roll for it. But that's all up to you. Mythweavers has a 5e sheet that's currently in alpha, but it's not that great. Roll20 have D&D 5e sheets you can add to the campaign and make accessible to us through the character tab. It is very well made and the sheet auto calculates almost everything. It also has built in macros. I think standard is actually rolling.. the Array and Point buy are variants. I'd prefer a high point buy or rolling personally, but I'm up for anything.

Oh really? I mean the book says it's whatever the DM thinks is best, but these are all the "fair" methods I guess. Personally, I'd like to roll for it, using the 4d6 drop 1 method in the book. But yeah I just checked, point buy system is the variant rules.

I'm cool with any method 😄 I'm not really a Munchkin.

Oh he said it was 32 point buy, I dunno how I managed to miss seeing that.

Mark D. said: Oh really? I mean the book says it's whatever the DM thinks is best, but these are all the "fair" methods I guess. Personally, I'd like to roll for it, using the 4d6 drop 1 method in the book. But yeah I just checked, point buy system is the variant rules. Corbin said: Mark D. said: The PHB standard method is the 27 point buy system, which can be simplified to the standard array, but I'd rather use the 27 point buy or roll for it. But that's all up to you. Mythweavers has a 5e sheet that's currently in alpha, but it's not that great. Roll20 have D&D 5e sheets you can add to the campaign and make accessible to us through the character tab. It is very well made and the sheet auto calculates almost everything. It also has built in macros. I think standard is actually rolling.. the Array and Point buy are variants. I'd prefer a high point buy or rolling personally, but I'm up for anything. Mark D. said: The PHB standard method is the 27 point buy system, which can be simplified to the standard array, but I'd rather use the 27 point buy or roll for it. But that's all up to you. Mythweavers has a 5e sheet that's currently in alpha, but it's not that great. Roll20 have D&D 5e sheets you can add to the campaign and make accessible to us through the character tab. It is very well made and the sheet auto calculates almost everything. It also has built in macros. Corbin said: Zingbob C. said: Wait, I'm somewhat new to the abilities of this forum, how do you use the roll20 5e sheets? Also, I believe that there is a variant in the DMG, but I don't have it yet so for now just use the PHB rules (it's roughly a 15 15 15 9 10 10 or something along those lines). Also, I believe the reason for that is because it was using Next rules not the PHB ones. If you create a Campaign you can choose to use that Character sheet and then give it out as a handout for each person you allow to join- <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Character_Sheets#Choosing_" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Character_Sheets#Choosing_</a>... It works pretty well and has built in macro support (not perfect, but helpful). So now we're using the standard array from the PHB? Just want to confirm before updating my character. The PHB's standard array option (if not rolling) is 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8.. To all of you: We are not rolling, we are using the point buy system. The reason for this is that when you roll some people will get better than others. The reason for 32 point buy is because too many times I have seen characters die in this campaign (I in fact was in a total party wipe) so I'd rather not have that in this one. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/join/606404/k7QCUQ" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/join/606404/k7QCUQ</a> There is the campaign, I am adding in the map this weekend which is why we aren't playing this weekend.

Yeah I literally glossed over you saying 32, anyway if you give me a char sheet in roll20 I'll put my character in.

Mark D. said: Yeah I literally glossed over you saying 32, anyway if you give me a char sheet in roll20 I'll put my character in. Gave you your character!

I'm in, if you'll have me. I'm thinking paladin, since you need some beef.

That's fine, just join the game! Kirby V. said: I'm in, if you'll have me. I'm thinking paladin, since you need some beef.

Also, heads up: We're not using the point buy site you found use the one that's in the PHB.

Zingbob C. said: Also, heads up: We're not using the point buy site you found use the one that's in the PHB. The site Iinked is the same as the PHB with the exception of the cap (which I asked about). So before I redo my character for the 3rd time, please be clear on what you want. 32 point buy with with cap of 15 (its only capped in the PHB for adventure league play using the 27 point buy). There are no rules (in the phb) that apply to a 32 point buy because its essentially homebrew, so be specific as to what you want. Thanks

32 point buy with a cap of 15. I'm sorry that you had to make your character over for the third time so I'm trying to be as clear as I can, they are the rules shown in the PHB (so cap of 15) but you have 32 points instead of 27.

Also, everyone who wants to join has to click on the join link, then please click on the post in the campaign that says "Questions (Official, by Zing)" and answer the questions.

If anyone is curious about the 5E Point Buy values who may not have the PHB: 8: 0 pt 9-13: 1 pt per stat point (so 13 is 5 pt total) 14-15 2 pt per stat point (so 14 is 7 pt total, 15 is 9 pt) The PHB for 5E does not allow for values over 15, however with the higher racial stat bonuses compared to 3E it's fairly easy to get a couple of values @ 16 or 17, and character stats grow at a faster pace in 5E than in 3E. My base stats before racial modifiers: 15 (9 pt), 14 (7), 14 (7), 13 (5), 10 (2), 10 (2).

Yes, that is good, thanks! Luciferos . said: If anyone is curious about the 5E Point Buy values who may not have the PHB: 8: 0 pt 9-13: 1 pt per stat point (so 13 is 5 pt total) 14-15 2 pt per stat point (so 14 is 7 pt total, 15 is 9 pt) The PHB for 5E does not allow for values over 15, however with the higher racial stat bonuses compared to 3E it's fairly easy to get a couple of values @ 16 or 17, and character stats grow at a faster pace in 5E than in 3E. My base stats before racial modifiers: 15 (9 pt), 14 (7), 14 (7), 13 (5), 10 (2), 10 (2). Also @Luciferos don't forget to join the game.