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So I might actually, finally, be starting my game this Saturday. 3 of the original players finally admitted to me (and themselves) two weeks ago that as much as they wanted to play, they just don't have the time, so they dropped out. I managed to find 2 replacement players (who originally turned me down, but now that 3 months have passed, it's actually more doable for them) so we'll have 4 players for the first session. They actually have character sheets and backstories and everything.
The fifth player is out of town this weekend but he told us all to start without him rather than postponing the game yet another two weeks. I'm disappointed we won't have the full crew (the first session is great for introducing them to what will be their hometown for early part of the adventure) but I'd rather not tempt fate and try pushing things back yet again, especially since I have the missing player's blessing.
Adventures with the boy! At the end of January we finally finished off a D&D campaign that we've been running for about two years. This was the two-volume deal, Hoard of the Dragon Queen and the Rise of Tiamat. On Australia Day, Ryan finally faced the Dragon Queen after planning an assault on her temple. She was already weakened by the disruptions they'd managed to the summoning ritual, his party was loaded up with a patchwork of elemental resistances and their frothing barbarian was wearing his flying shoes. She put out a lot of damage, but in the end the result wasn't really in doubt.
Ryan was managing all six characters in his party, so roleplaying wasn't a big part of the proceedings. But he did identify with one character in particular, Ryan the dragonborn sorcerer. We'd given him a backstory that he had been an ancient silver dragon personal attendant of Bahamut, whose pride had seen him punished by taking mortal form to learn some humility. He was very happy to have his sorcerer reinstated. For his other party members, I decided the Dwarven barbarian, wood elven ranger and nature cleric were jointly given the lands around Tiamat's temple to protect and prevent any repeats; while his bard and arcane trickster went off to learn lore from the good dragons. The boy was pretty satisfied with that.
But this is as nothing compared to the true awesome dread he is about to confront. For our next campaign will be... 3.5e! Oh, the horror. Tracking bonuses and penalties and all the rest of it for an entire party. On the plus side, I get to dust off all my Eberron source books. Gods, I love that setting. There was a game I was running, had to abandon it due to the birth of Ryan. Had some campaign plots I was really quite proud of. I may have to rework them for the boy. (Toned down substantially.
Anyway, he's set up his party. He has a warforged spiked chain fighter, because this is 3.5e, dammit! Also a shifter druid, elven wizard, monk of House Orien and scout of House Lyrandar. I think he's going to enjoy this. (And probably swear off 3.5e forever thereafter.)
I need to find a D&D game.
Awesome, BT!
My son hasn't really been asking to play recently (though we have been playing Potion Explosion, which is a lot of fun) so I can't remember the last time I ran a game for him.
My new 5E game is finally underway (4th session scheduled for Saturday) I discovered from a DM standpoint last session that Invisibility is nowhere near as powerful in 5E as it was in 3.5/PF. (The party just faced a quasit spellcaster that had given the PCs in the previous Pathfinder version of the campaign all sorts of fits, as she was able to cast summoning and other non-attack spells while remaining invisible and generally make a nuisance of herself. In 5E they could still target her if she didn't spend an action to Hide and she couldn't cast anything without revealing herself, so her ability to turn invisible at-will only resulted in a couple attack rolls at Disadvantage rather than completely changing the dynamic of the fight.)
I need to find a D&D game.
Sadly, I can't help with that; but I've been in touch with omnis and he was interested in another game of Race for the Galaxy. I currently have two players, omnis and Ryan. Would anyone else like to go another round?
Sure, I'll go another round.
I can play RFTG sure!
Connie would you be interested in playing 5e D&D using Skype and Tabletop Simulator? The Deep Harbor Adventuring Company is always looking for new victims er recruits.
I've never set up Skype on my computer, but I could try. When do you meet?
