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Title: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 03, 2017, 03:42:23 PM
I'm going to run a game.  If you'd be interested in having me as a DM (warning, I'm a little rusty on the DM side of things), please look through this thread and vote on what you'd like me to run.

Current voting:

5th: Archon, oslecamo, Versatility_Nut, Strat
PF: Raineh, Archon, linklord, SorO


Original Post:

I was looking through all of my rpg books last night and it made me tempted to run something (I have a lot of things).  After all, it's been years, and the last time I was a DM I co-DM'd with Strat so it wasn't actually my game.

If I was to run a game, would you want to play?

If you would want to play, would you want 3.5/Pathfinder or something less common? 

I've got some other things I'd be tempted to run from Savage Worlds games to other more obscure stuff.  Book availability isn't an issue, I'm happy to help people out.  I also have Big Motherfuckin' Crab Truckers which is as wonderful as it sounds and the rules system is literally a page if silly one-shots are more your style.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: oslecamo on November 03, 2017, 10:49:48 PM
Nanshork as the main DM? Consider me interested. Would like some 3.5. Wouldn't mind Pathfinder too, either with homebrew (would like to use a class or two of mine) but not really other systems unless it's silly one-shot with one-page rules.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: linklord231 on November 04, 2017, 01:33:36 AM
How would you feel about Shadowrun?
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Stratovarius on November 04, 2017, 06:31:25 AM
How would you feel about Shadowrun?

This I would be all over
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 04, 2017, 01:29:38 PM
How would you feel about Shadowrun?
This I would be all over
I've never played Shadowrun before, would be interested in learning through.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2017, 05:59:54 PM
How would you feel about Shadowrun?
This I would be all over
I've never played Shadowrun before, would be interested in learning through.

I...don't know if I could run Shadowrun.  I've got some 4th edition books (apparently I'm two printings behind now), but I've forgotten almost everything that I know about the rules.  I know the lore (without being enough of a buff to know specific timelines or dragons or most of the Corps or famous runners) and could get the theme down easily.  I could play it, but right now I can't run it.  If nothing else I need to get my DM legs back before I delve into games I'm less familiar with

I'll have to nix Shadowrun.

Games I am willing to run because I'm at home with my books:

3.5  (Homebrew accepted on a per brew basis, most of the stuff on the board would be fine)
D&D 5E (No homebrew, I'm not familiar enough with the system to assess homebrew balance)
Pathfinder (Minimal homebrew, however I have a whole lot of third party books and things can be worked out)
Starfinder (No homebrew, we'd be learning the system together because I've read through the entire core book but haven't dug deeply)
Savage Worlds (Again, no homebrew but I know the system)
Silly one-shot system about being a Big Motherfuckin' Crab Trucker

I prefer Pathfinder over 3.5 but can run either.  If I do Pathfinder it wouldn't be a 3.PF game, it would be purely Pathfinder.  That's just personal preference on my part.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: linklord231 on November 04, 2017, 07:14:40 PM
I'd be on board with any of those. 
I've never got the chance to play Savage Worlds, but I read through the core book a while back.  Might need a refresher if we pick that.  Similar for Starfinder, but that seems like it might be easier to learn. 
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2017, 07:56:12 PM
Savage Worlds is easy.  Starfinder's biggest problem is that it isn't Pathfinder so there's a learning curve where one isn't expected.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 04, 2017, 09:59:55 PM
Starfinder's biggest problem is that it is
Pathfinder's version of Modern. And while thankfully it does have a huge splat problem, each Class still gets over a dozen options you'll have to read up on. I don't really know a lot about it, but I have read up on it before so I could help with a crash course.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2017, 11:44:38 PM
Starfinder's biggest problem is that it is
Pathfinder's version of Modern. And while thankfully it does have a huge splat problem, each Class still gets over a dozen options you'll have to read up on. I don't really know a lot about it, but I have read up on it before so I could help with a crash course.

I don't see that as a problem.  I LOVE systems with massive amounts of integrated options.  Modern, Star Wars Saga Edition, Starfinder.  They're all great.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 05, 2017, 06:12:09 PM
It almost sounds like you've picked the system you'd like to run Nan :)
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Nanshork on November 05, 2017, 08:34:36 PM
It almost sounds like you've picked the system you'd like to run Nan :)

I'd rather play it.   :P

I was just pointing out that what you talked about isn't a problem to me.

I'll run whatever people will play.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Nanshork on November 05, 2017, 08:40:40 PM
Let's try this again, things got off track.

I'm going to run whatever player's want me to play.

Os has made his opinion pretty clear.

linklord, Strat, SorO, what about you guys?  Everybody just want me to run a 3.5/Pathfinder game?  Have an opinion between those?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that everyone wants 3.5 so they can play homebrew.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 05, 2017, 09:25:15 PM
linklord, Strat, SorO, what about you guys?
Starfinder sounded all right but mostly just down for a new game so really it could be whatever.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: linklord231 on November 06, 2017, 03:21:29 AM
linklord, Strat, SorO, what about you guys?  Everybody just want me to run a 3.5/Pathfinder game?  Have an opinion between those?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that everyone wants 3.5 so they can play homebrew.

I'd actually vote for anything other than that  :lmao

Not because I don't like 3.5 (obviously), I'd just rather play something that I'm not already playing.
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 06, 2017, 10:09:58 AM
I'd actually vote for anything other than that  :lmao
Hmm speaking of voting, if it's up in the air let's just do that?

For each system that you'd be ok with playing just list your name & Nan can handle any tie breakers.
3.5: SorO,
5th:
PF:
Star: SorO,
Sav: SorO,
Title: Re: I might run a game
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 10:45:33 AM
That's a good idea, than you SorO.

Edit: OP has been updated.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 06, 2017, 11:56:04 AM
Hn, well, if you're linking elsewhere I suppose there's still a slot. I've wanted to use the DSP psionics for a while, but I'm up for something modern. Not done a game like that in forever.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 12:05:29 PM
Slots aren't going to be finalized until a system is settled upon.  The options are: 3.5, 5th, PF, Starfinder, and Savage Worlds.  Which of those would you be willing to play?  You can choose more than one.

Edit: Os, I just put you down for 3.5 and PF.  If any of the others spark your interest just say so and I'll make the adjustment.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Stratovarius on November 06, 2017, 12:08:12 PM
3.5/5th/SW
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 12:09:56 PM
3.5/5th/SW

Your votes have been accounted for.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 06, 2017, 12:14:29 PM
PF, 5th, Starfinder.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 12:18:10 PM
PF, 5th, Starfinder.

Noted.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 12:20:00 PM
That's everyone accounted for who originally expressed interest except for Linklord.

Edit: Starfinder has an SRD (http://www.starfindersrd.com/) run by the same people who run D20PFSRD if that makes a difference for those unfamiliar with the system.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: linklord231 on November 06, 2017, 06:28:41 PM
I'd be interested in Pathfinder or Starfinder, with Savage Worlds in a distant 3rd.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 07:05:20 PM
And we've got three systems tied with three votes, although Savage Worlds is more of a 2.5.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 06, 2017, 08:59:34 PM
So it sounds like you're stuck picking one huh. :)
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 09:05:33 PM
I'll give it another day or so to see if anyone else pops up as interested and then I'll end up picking one.

Edit: While I'm waiting, do people want a short game or something longer (in PbP time something so long that it'll probably never finish, at least with the group that started it)?
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 06, 2017, 09:38:59 PM
I ain't a quitter.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 06, 2017, 10:09:54 PM
Saw this on the discord, I would quite like to play.

I'd most like 3.5, but starfinder could be interesting. I'd have to learn that, though.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: oslecamo on November 06, 2017, 11:12:09 PM
Edit: While I'm waiting, do people want a short game or something longer (in PbP time something so long that it'll probably never finish, at least with the group that started it)?

About this I would prefer a short game, with the possibility of extension if things run super well and everybody wants moar.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 11:18:27 PM
Saw this on the discord, I would quite like to play.

I'd most like 3.5, but starfinder could be interesting. I'd have to learn that, though.

I don't know you.  Welcome!  Your votes have been tallied.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 06, 2017, 11:20:12 PM
Saw this on the discord, I would quite like to play.

I'd most like 3.5, but starfinder could be interesting. I'd have to learn that, though.

I don't know you.  Welcome!  Your votes have been tallied.

I only joined after the board switch-over, and I still mostly lurk. Hopeing to participate more.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 06, 2017, 11:50:21 PM
Saw this on the discord, I would quite like to play.

I'd most like 3.5, but starfinder could be interesting. I'd have to learn that, though.

I don't know you.  Welcome!  Your votes have been tallied.

I only joined after the board switch-over, and I still mostly lurk. Hopeing to participate more.

Well it's nice to meet you then.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 06, 2017, 11:51:21 PM
Saw this on the discord, I would quite like to play.

I'd most like 3.5, but starfinder could be interesting. I'd have to learn that, though.

I don't know you.  Welcome!  Your votes have been tallied.

I only joined after the board switch-over, and I still mostly lurk. Hopeing to participate more.

Well it's nice to meet you then.

Likewise
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 01:04:55 AM
Still pondering executive decisions, mainly to figure out what adventures  in what systems can be done in PbP properly without driving me insane.  5E is obviously out and Pathfinder isn't getting much love.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 08, 2017, 01:09:02 AM
I'm against 3.5 because I know there's going to be too much optimisation and homebrew for me to want to finish a character. :lmao
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 08, 2017, 01:44:57 AM
I'm against 3.5 because I know there's going to be too much optimisation and homebrew for me to want to finish a character. :lmao
Maybe? It all depends on how Nan wants to scale things and I suppose level is a factor.
And maybe how bored SorO gets while everyone else is procrastinating on finishing their sheets.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: linklord231 on November 08, 2017, 01:53:03 AM
I'm against 3.5 because I know there's going to be too much optimisation and homebrew for me to want to finish a character. :lmao

Basically this for me too.
Plus I just got Spheres of Might and I'm kind of itching to try that out if you pick Pathfinder
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: oslecamo on November 08, 2017, 01:55:58 AM
Still pondering executive decisions, mainly to figure out what adventures  in what systems can be done in PbP properly without driving me insane.  5E is obviously out and Pathfinder isn't getting much love.

Then clearly you should break the final tie towards the system everybody here already has experience on to make your job easier wink cough nudge.

EDIT: Heck I even feel tempted to use one of your own Homebrews. Marruspawn or Werebadger with a touch Ice Beast maybe. :D
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Versatility_Nut on November 08, 2017, 08:19:51 AM
3.5 or 5e. Because I want to try out the A-game Paladin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?445134)(or at least Smite to Song/Harmonious Knight on their own) in an actual game, and failing that, 5e has a hard enough optimization floor and ceiling that it's not going to be a painful mess of people trying to super-optimize or trying to avoid super-optimizing.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 08, 2017, 10:32:24 AM
Basically this for me too.
:twitch


 
 
 
(https://imgur.com/2VE7yWz.png)
Any system can be optimized.
Unfamiliarity means any character can be accidentally optimized to far.
And pbp are slow enough an "unfamiliarity" handicap won't exist by next level up anyway.
(Assuming it even lasts through character creation to begin with)
/

You are also assuming competency level of your DM and intentions of your teammates, perceiving an imaginary problem, and then acting on it. I don't think that's the best way to go about things. Maybe you should pick something you want to play and then make the conscious decision that no matter your numbers on your sheet, your goal isn't to overplay everyone else.
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Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 11:39:54 AM
Still pondering executive decisions, mainly to figure out what adventures  in what systems can be done in PbP properly without driving me insane.  5E is obviously out and Pathfinder isn't getting much love.

Then clearly you should break the final tie towards the system everybody here already has experience on to make your job easier wink cough nudge.

EDIT: Heck I even feel tempted to use one of your own Homebrews. Marruspawn or Werebadger with a touch Ice Beast maybe. :D

Trying to bribe me?   :lmao

Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 08, 2017, 01:03:02 PM
You are also assuming competency level of your DM and intentions of your teammates, perceiving an imaginary problem, and then acting on it. I don't think that's the best way to go about things. Maybe you should pick something you want to play and then make the conscious decision that no matter your numbers on your sheet, your goal isn't to overplay everyone else.


Are you claiming that if it's 3.5, you won't end up with a highly optimised and homebrew-heavy character sheet?  :p
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 03:57:42 PM
You are also assuming competency level of your DM and intentions of your teammates, perceiving an imaginary problem, and then acting on it. I don't think that's the best way to go about things. Maybe you should pick something you want to play and then make the conscious decision that no matter your numbers on your sheet, your goal isn't to overplay everyone else.


Are you claiming that if it's 3.5, you won't end up with a highly optimised and homebrew-heavy character sheet?  :p

That sounds like SorO to me!
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 08, 2017, 04:21:29 PM
That sounds like SorO to me!
I sincerely doubt it given the fact that I barely even use homebrew and am more often than not provoked into certain things.  0:)

Speaking of, if we play 3.5 I have this homebrew Class with the working name of Overpowered I need to finish and play test. I actually have some of the images for it online too and it's stuff like the One Ring, Broly, Aizen, Superman, Professor X, Nicol Bolas, you know, the basics.

Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 05:42:30 PM
Executive Decision Time

I have removed 3.5 as an option.  It was the most voted for, but I've decided that I want to do something different from what 99% of the PbP games on this board are.

At the other end of things, I have also removed Starfinder.  The adventure paths I've looked at are extremely combat heavy and I think that learning a new system plus running my first PbP plus having that first PbP be super combat heavy which can slow the PbP down significantly is just too much for me.  Maybe once I know the system better and am more comfortable running a game on the board.

Current voting for remaining systems is as follows:

5th: Strat, Raineh, Versatility_Nut
PF: oslecamo, Raineh, linklord
Savage Worlds: SorO, Strat, linklord

If it would help people figure out what they are interested in, I can narrow each system down to a basic campaign description once I get home from work.

In addition, each game would start at first level (or the Savage Worlds equivalent).
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: VennDygrem on November 08, 2017, 06:30:02 PM
If it helps you decide at all, I'm working on building a 5e game now that I've got a new job where I have time to post during the day and have finished grad school. That would allow people to play in that system. It wouldn't be your game, of course, but it may help narrow your choice.

I was undecided whether to run it here or on MW, since PbP seems to be declining in activity here a bit.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 08, 2017, 06:32:33 PM
I have removed 3.5 as an option.  It was the most voted for, but I've decided that I want to do something different from what 99% of the PbP games on this board are.
PF is just a more complicated version of D&D and 5th is just a more simplified version of D&D making them unwanted Goldilocks if you want to do something different.

As a substitution to Starfinder, why not use Modern with an advanced PL? It'd solve the so called fear of optimization when guns murder you so badly we're all playing red shirts anyway. Then maybe you can use the Purchase DC to Cash Value to set a spending limit with each crew member designing some aspect of the ship, and then you can plagiarize Star Trek/Wars (and spelljammer/dragonstar) for ideas as we cruise around in space. It'd have my thumbs up and Modern has a bunch prebuilt NPCs/monsters.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 07:23:55 PM
I have removed 3.5 as an option.  It was the most voted for, but I've decided that I want to do something different from what 99% of the PbP games on this board are.
PF is just a more complicated version of D&D and 5th is just a more simplified version of D&D making them unwanted Goldilocks if you want to do something different.

As a substitution to Starfinder, why not use Modern with an advanced PL? It'd solve the so called fear of optimization when guns murder you so badly we're all playing red shirts anyway. Then maybe you can use the Purchase DC to Cash Value to set a spending limit with each crew member designing some aspect of the ship, and then you can plagiarize Star Trek/Wars (and spelljammer/dragonstar) for ideas as we cruise around in space. It'd have my thumbs up and Modern has a bunch prebuilt NPCs/monsters.

It's not about how the system compares to 3.5.  PF gets more and more diffferent the more splatbooks you delve into, and 5E is a different system altogether.

I'd never run a Modern game.  Nothing against Modern, but it isn't my thing (especially when you go into the future stuff).  I also need an established module to go off of, like I said it's been years since I've been a DM.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 08, 2017, 08:43:47 PM
I have removed 3.5 as an option.  It was the most voted for, but I've decided that I want to do something different from what 99% of the PbP games on this board are.
PF is just a more complicated version of D&D and 5th is just a more simplified version of D&D making them unwanted Goldilocks if you want to do something different.

As a substitution to Starfinder, why not use Modern with an advanced PL? It'd solve the so called fear of optimization when guns murder you so badly we're all playing red shirts anyway. Then maybe you can use the Purchase DC to Cash Value to set a spending limit with each crew member designing some aspect of the ship, and then you can plagiarize Star Trek/Wars (and spelljammer/dragonstar) for ideas as we cruise around in space. It'd have my thumbs up and Modern has a bunch prebuilt NPCs/monsters.

It's not about how the system compares to 3.5.  PF gets more and more diffferent the more splatbooks you delve into, and 5E is a different system altogether.

I'd never run a Modern game.  Nothing against Modern, but it isn't my thing (especially when you go into the future stuff).  I also need an established module to go off of, like I said it's been years since I've been a DM.

Pathfinder seems much of a muchness with 3.5 - I don't have strong feeling distinguishing them. (I'm maybe a little more familiar with 3.5, and own more of the books). 5e is simpler, and harder to break (mostly due to having fewer character options). But hard is not impossible. I do quite like it - it has a lot of good ideas, and it's what many of my IRL friends play.

I haven't ever played savage worlds, and am unfamiliar with the rules.

Overall, I would probably go 5th. But as SorO said, it's not really anything new, if that's what you are looking for.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 08:58:35 PM
I have removed 3.5 as an option.  It was the most voted for, but I've decided that I want to do something different from what 99% of the PbP games on this board are.
PF is just a more complicated version of D&D and 5th is just a more simplified version of D&D making them unwanted Goldilocks if you want to do something different.

As a substitution to Starfinder, why not use Modern with an advanced PL? It'd solve the so called fear of optimization when guns murder you so badly we're all playing red shirts anyway. Then maybe you can use the Purchase DC to Cash Value to set a spending limit with each crew member designing some aspect of the ship, and then you can plagiarize Star Trek/Wars (and spelljammer/dragonstar) for ideas as we cruise around in space. It'd have my thumbs up and Modern has a bunch prebuilt NPCs/monsters.

It's not about how the system compares to 3.5.  PF gets more and more diffferent the more splatbooks you delve into, and 5E is a different system altogether.

I'd never run a Modern game.  Nothing against Modern, but it isn't my thing (especially when you go into the future stuff).  I also need an established module to go off of, like I said it's been years since I've been a DM.

Pathfinder seems much of a muchness with 3.5 - I don't have strong feeling distinguishing them. (I'm maybe a little more familiar with 3.5, and own more of the books). 5e is simpler, and harder to break (mostly due to having fewer character options). But hard is not impossible. I do quite like it - it has a lot of good ideas, and it's what many of my IRL friends play.

I haven't ever played savage worlds, and am unfamiliar with the rules.

Overall, I would probably go 5th. But as SorO said, it's not really anything new, if that's what you are looking for.

I feel like you and SorO are missing the point.

If you look at all of the games that have been run on this board, the vast majority are 3.5.  Thus anything that isn't 3.5 goes against the norm and is thus different from what we normally get.  I am not trying to do something that no one has ever done on this board, I'm just wanting to offer something different from the norm so that people who want something that isn't 3.5 can play something else.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 08, 2017, 09:19:58 PM

...

I feel like you and SorO are missing the point.

If you look at all of the games that have been run on this board, the vast majority are 3.5.  Thus anything that isn't 3.5 goes against the norm and is thus different from what we normally get.  I am not trying to do something that no one has ever done on this board, I'm just wanting to offer something different from the norm so that people who want something that isn't 3.5 can play something else.

Fair enough. Given that people don't seem to be in the mood for breaking stuff, I'd go 5th. Otherwise, PF.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 10:32:00 PM
I can work with that.

New Voting

Our options are PF and 5E.  You can vote for both if you want.  Winning vote becomes what I run.  Both options start at 1st level and are pre-made adventures, don't fight the scenario.  Both adventures also will have milestone based leveling, no XP tracking.  Leveling will go pretty quickly (relatively anyway).  Both have the potential to have other adventures follow them smoothly enough that you'll probably notice but it will make sense.

Pathfinder: This adventure is somewhat fiddly in that it has lots of different types of rules and things to do, it's not straight hack and slash.  Game name would be "Storm of the Century".  Weather based environment effects, a middle section that is exploration based so it has the potential to go pretty slowly, and the main town does have a magic item store.

5E: Less fiddly but still plenty of role-playing potential and player agency.  Game name would be "Coastal Trouble".  Choose-your-own-adventure type possibilities, interesting twists and turns, and of course the potential for everyone to fuck themselves over.  5E, so no magic item stores.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 08, 2017, 10:37:43 PM
Eh, I have ideas for either--I'd rather go look into the PF Psionics stuff, but 5E I can get up two things I've always wanted to play more in about two minutes.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 08, 2017, 11:01:45 PM
They both sound cool to me. I have a few rough ideas for both.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: oslecamo on November 08, 2017, 11:19:42 PM
Voting 5e for simplicity's sake.

I'd never run a Modern game.  Nothing against Modern, but it isn't my thing (especially when you go into the future stuff). 
:cool :D :clap
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 08, 2017, 11:32:34 PM
For reference, my 5E standbys--halfling totem barbarian; variant human Oath of Vengeance paladin (starting with Sentinel, picking up Mageslayer or whatever it's called exactly later).
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 11:40:33 PM
I'd never run a Modern game.  Nothing against Modern, but it isn't my thing (especially when you go into the future stuff). 
:cool :D :clap

Why doesn't that reaction surprise me?   :lol

Honestly the best Modern game I ever played actually took place in 1941.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2017, 11:42:18 PM
Existing votes tallied.  Linklord, Strat, SorO, and Versatility_Nut still to go.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: oslecamo on November 09, 2017, 12:11:51 AM
I'd never run a Modern game.  Nothing against Modern, but it isn't my thing (especially when you go into the future stuff). 
:cool :D :clap

Why doesn't that reaction surprise me?   :lol

After having to deal with soro's modern fanboyism  for about a year (and he still didn't fully stop), it just feels good to see another fellow DM just telling him no too.

Hopefully soro will just swallow it down this time.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: linklord231 on November 09, 2017, 01:07:44 AM
Between the two, I'd vote PF.  But I'd happily play either. 

Like I said earlier, I just got Spheres of Power and I'd love to try that out, but if you'd rather stick to 1st party only then I have several ideas for that too.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Versatility_Nut on November 09, 2017, 04:55:35 AM
I'm still for 5e. The build I actually want to play in Pathfinder is a Beastmorph Vivisectionist Alchemist/Synthesist Summoner goblin. Attack spam(Natural Attacks are more cost effective once you have two or more because it's one item), so if Beastmorph and Vivisectionist don't work together it'll be Beastmorph that gets dropped. Might swap the Alchemist side for some Brawler or Warpriest setup for feats and guaranteed damage, but the level split hurts this quite a bit.

The point is, the setup I want to use for PF is prone to needing significant optimization to properly function and uses some really nasty stuff to get that function. Meanwhile, 5e really just makes me liable to go for a silly layout, rather than an optimal one, like a supermount Mood Druid being the mount, or a Sorcadin build that focuses on being hard to put down more than anything else. If I want to optimize, Rogue with Magic Initiate can use True Strike to guarantee a second-turn Sneak Attack, while Find Familiar nets access to another Advantage generator.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 09, 2017, 08:59:57 AM
Existing votes tallied.  Linklord, Strat, SorO, and Versatility_Nut still to go.
I'd prefer PF over 5th. I know less about PF and someone in this thread mentioned they already has a plan to run a 5th game.

Edit I really want to quote Osl's post for a your mom joke about swallowing but posting from a phone is so limited.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 09, 2017, 11:04:11 AM
Eh, I have ideas for either--I'd rather go look into the PF Psionics stuff, but 5E I can get up two things I've always wanted to play more in about two minutes.

Raineh, I counted that as a vote for both but have a question.  Would you rather play PF to the point that it is your vote even though you'll play 5E? I ask because linklord is voting for one but would play either.

People can vote for one but still play the other if it wins the vote. 


Strat, you're the last vote.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 09, 2017, 03:58:44 PM
Eh, I have ideas for either--I'd rather go look into the PF Psionics stuff, but 5E I can get up two things I've always wanted to play more in about two minutes.

Raineh, I counted that as a vote for both but have a question.  Would you rather play PF to the point that it is your vote even though you'll play 5E? I ask because linklord is voting for one but would play either.

People can vote for one but still play the other if it wins the vote. 


Strat, you're the last vote.

Yup, vote's for PF, but I'll play whatever.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Stratovarius on November 09, 2017, 04:09:46 PM
Out of those two, 5th
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 09, 2017, 05:23:51 PM
We're tied.   :lmao

Everybody check the first post and make sure I tallied your vote properly.  If we stay tied I'm going to just pick a system.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 13, 2017, 09:05:11 PM
Everybody check the first post and make sure I tallied your vote properly.  If we stay tied I'm going to just pick a system.
Sounds like you picked 5th.
I need a board.
5E game called Coastal Troubles
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 13, 2017, 09:18:47 PM
Yep.  I was planning on announcing it once the new board is up.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 13, 2017, 10:50:09 PM
Yep.  I was planning on announcing it once the new board is up.
Cool.

Also, dibs on Hexblade if Xandar is open. Like hopefully an actual melee Warlock instead of a 1-2 level dip EB spammer.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 13, 2017, 11:35:18 PM
We'll get to what sources are allowed when the board is up, that will give me time to think about it.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: oslecamo on November 13, 2017, 11:40:59 PM
Heh I'm gonna do a core-only paladin since I voted 5e precisely to keep things simple. :P

Also what do we do for ability scores?
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 13, 2017, 11:44:11 PM
Heh I'm gonna do a core-only paladin since I voted 5e precisely to keep things simple. :P

Also what do we do for ability scores?

I'll think about that too.   :lmao

Feats are allowed for the record.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 13, 2017, 11:49:32 PM
Heh I'm gonna do a core-only paladin since I voted 5e precisely to keep things simple. :P

Also what do we do for ability scores?

I'll think about that too.   :lmao

Feats are allowed for the record.

Sounds good.

I would do something from core-only, but I really like the look of the races in Volo's guide.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 13, 2017, 11:53:17 PM
Character Creation Rules

Stats are standard point buy (27 points), which can buy you the array if you want the array.

All core options are allowed (although if you're going after a combo or something please tell me, my experience with 5e is minimal and I'm going to get angry if I find out that someone took advantage of me).  Anything outside of core is allowed on a case by case basis.  Hexblade is allowed SorO, I'm happy an official version that is internally consistent has been published.

Everyone is level 1.  High op is not required, we're playing a premade adventure.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: SorO_Lost on November 14, 2017, 12:09:20 AM
I would do something from core-only, but I really like the look of the races in Volo's guide.
Like a Tortle Monk?  :D

Edit - Actually I think they were a ToA release.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Archon on November 14, 2017, 12:12:28 AM
I would do something from core-only, but I really like the look of the races in Volo's guide.
Like a Tortle Monk?  :D

Mostly Lizard-folk. Hobgoblins have cool fluff but bad mechanics, contrarywise for yuan-ti (at least for things I want to do right now)
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Raineh Daze on November 14, 2017, 12:54:15 AM
Heh I'm gonna do a core-only paladin since I voted 5e precisely to keep things simple. :P

Also what do we do for ability scores?

But
But I was going to do a core-only paladin. ;~;
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: oslecamo on November 14, 2017, 01:33:59 AM
The more paladins the merrier.   :D

Dibs on human with Sailor background. Just not sure if specializing in Sword and Board or two-handed. I guess Raineh could do one and I the other.
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Stratovarius on November 14, 2017, 06:29:32 AM
Our new home (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?board=257.0)
Title: Re: What should I run?
Post by: Nanshork on November 14, 2017, 10:26:54 AM
Move all discussion to the OOC thread in our new home.

As I said before, everyone that voted can join the game if they want to even if they didn't vote for 5e.  I know that some of you won't anyway, and that's fine. 

All other recruitment is closed.