Anyone up for a D&D adventure?

[August Borms]

I watch in disgust as the distracted orc abuses red_jon's dead body. Then I equip my crowbar and prepare for combat while I beg Sandman and Lorizael for help.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

You're *checks guidebook* 5th-level. Conjurer, so...

1st-level (12 spell points)
grease
mage armor
magic missile
mount
obscuring mist
summon monster I
Tenser's floating disc
unseen servant

2nd-level (5)
fog cloud
glitterdust
invisibility
Melf's acid arrow
summon monster II
summon swarm
web

3rd-level (1)
flame arrow
fly
phantom steed
summon monster III

Take your pick. (BTW-- what level is Lorizael's Grease?)

Jon: Nukes are T17. This campaign is T11, so nukes wouldn't function normally.

On the other hand, you could steal one from a T17 plane. So, will you search for a gate?

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Vlad Antlerkov
Jon: Nukes are T17. This campaign is T11, so nukes wouldn't function normally.

On the other hand, you could steal one from a T17 plane. So, will you search for a gate?

No, I think I'll just sit in the corner quietly...

[chequita guevara]

chegitz is a fighter. From behind Sandman's chokepoint, I fire arrows from my long bow into the cave. If there's no choke point, I take out my sowrd and cover sandy's back.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Jon:

Good choice. I'd say the chances of finding a pre-existing gate (or getting someone to make one for you) are around .1%, so you'd need a 3 on a 3d10 to succeed. Then there's the odds of successfully stealing a nuke.

Che:

There's a chokepoint, so you're there.

Your arrows aren't hitting anything alive.

Everyone:

Do we progress further into the cave, or retreat?

[chequita guevara]

No targets, no shots.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

So are you going in further, or no?

[Felch]

Sauce the Midnight Toker

Gnome - Illusionist - Level 2

Possesses a magical water pipe

I think we should go further in.

[Seneca]

Ooh, I always wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons, but my Baptist parents wouldn't let me, because it was a bit occult.

[David Floyd]

Same here Seneca.

[SnowFire]

Little does the party know that an Orc Warlord and entourage has just walked out of the local Age of Wonders universe and into the back of the cave... Gotta love 22 Strength & Weapon Specialization. That two-handed sword does 2d6+11 damage, and it's not even magical, just masterwork. Plus you get to break through full plate if you want to score a hit.

On the other hand, with only 8 Wisdom, if anybody has some Sleep or Charm spells handy...

[Shi Huangdi]

The Adventures comes to an end as a Black Dragon swoops down from the sky and eats everybody.

[SuperSneak]

Grunt
Half-human, half dwarf
Grabs his bastard sword in one hand and his hatchet in the other and wades into the fray with the fighter, snorting derisively at the wimpy magic users and the token stoner.

[Urban Ranger]

Clank the iron golem thief. If I can't be an iron golem thief, I'd like to be either a monk or a ranger (what else ) but I do not know any of the 3rd ed rules.

[SnowFire]

UR: Sure you can be one. 3rd edition is quite flexible about races. However, they do have suggested level adjustments for a balanced party- for instance, the half-dragon template gets some pretty nasty bonuses and so has a level penalty (for balanced parties) of 3. Minotaurs are even better and have 8 (IIRC). Tiefling & Aasamir are quite minor, and are thus just 1, and of course standard races and balanced monster races (like goblins) are 0. I don't think anybody ever thought of iron golems as sentient, but I'd guess the level adjustment for a sentient one would be around 14 or something similarly ridiculous.

And oh yes, as a random comment, the 3rd edition handbooks are generally pretty sucky, but by far the best one is the Barbarian, Druid, & Ranger handbook which includes rules for an Urban Ranger.

Grab the PHB while you can, they should only be 20 bucks (that'd be what, 14 pounds?), but I've heard rumors they're going to raise the price to 30. That's all you need, the 3rd edition DMG and Monster Manual are quite inessential.