Policies
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Policies
This page will contain a full list of policies for the game. All of these policies, as of right now, are in conceptual form. They are not yet approved.
Creating Your Character
When creating a character here, there are some things that should be borne in mind. All characters start at first level, except as described below. Character stats need to be filled in on a coded sheet, by a member of staff. Prepare a full sheet and email or @mail it to a member of staff.
Available Materials
When making a character, any material from a Wizards of the Coast 3.5 book, or from an approved 3.0 book, can be used. Dragon magazine materials cannot be used.
Approved books from 3.0 currently include the Book of Vile Darkness and the Book of Exalted Deeds. It's notable that the flavor text from these two books does -not- apply, only the actual feats and other materials such as items and spells.
Statistics
We do not roll for stats. 28-point buy, as described on page 169 of the DMG, is utilized. See the index, for "Ability Score Generation".
Skills
Skill points are as normal. The addition of certain skills will be mentioned on the House Rules board, including alternate use of the Heal skill for surgery, and crafting of some modern items. It will also be possible to obtain a "Drive" skill for professional drivers who have to control cars or other vehicles in crisis situations.
Feats
Very few feats from the "Available Materials" list are banned. The only ones which are at current include Spellfire, and regional feats for Faerun. All other feats may be taken as they normally would be.
Starting Above First Level
All characters start at level one. Those who wish their characters to start out higher must fulfill a few simple criteria.
- One of the player's characters, at some point in time, must have achieved the level the character is to start at. To make a new character start at level 5 equivalent, at least one of the player's characters must have achieved level 5 before.
- The player must fill out the application detailed below, and it must be approved by a member of plot staff.
- The character may not have more than one class level starting out. Only templates or races may be applied to make up all of the player's ECL, minus one. A character of level 4 equivalent could be a level one Fighter/Half Dragon (LA 3), but not a level 4 Fighter.
Application
The following application must be filled out and sent to plot staff via email or @mail, by anyone wishing to start above first level equivalent.
Name: (Self explanatory)
Starting Level: (Self explanatory)
Classes/Races/Templates: (Give the templates, races, and classes you have, and their equivalence, level wise)
Character Background: (Two to three paragraphs about character's history)
Character Personality: (What's the character like, how do they react to being whatever they are? Show off your writing skill, make us WANT to give you the higher-than-first-level-ness)
Character sheet: (Affix your entire sheet. Including alignment, age, height, weight, physical description, and stats/abilities/whatnot. Try to indicate which things are influenced by your non-class features, as best you can)
With any luck, we'll get back to you in a day or two. It's not like we'll make it rigorous, and if something's wrong, we'll always tell you how you can fix it.
Player Conflict
Rules On Modern
We know that intelligent players will attempt to apply their knowledge of modern equipment, conveniences and chemicals in an effort to defeat the enemy with cunning rather than brute force or the numbers. We like this. But something so crude as injecting an air bubble into someone's veins, or bringing chlorine and ammonia with you everywhere so you can mix them to make handy poison gas, is unwise. News gets around, and you don't know how air bubbles will effect non-human physiology, frankly. Be clever with modern items, but if a tactic seems more powerful than it should be, don't do it too much. Once in a while in an appropriate setting (the empty syringe trick in a hospital, the gas trick in your kitchen) is great! But think of unique stuff, so we won't have to pull out the administrative veto stick, please? As of right now, no ban on such tactics exists. Don't make me write one, my fingers hurt. When in doubt, ask. We'll always answer about whether or not a particular idea is good to use routinely. As to what's available, like it says on the Theme board, it's cutting edge technology available. We'll have equipment lists for modern stuff, with costs and stats, though. So don't feel left behind if you're not good at modern equipment, you can always ask us.
Don't Be A Jerk
Basically, it says admins always have the final say, and while we don't like putting our foot down, will. This could be done to prevent harassment in game, to interpret the consent rules and what is or is not going too far, and generally to state categorically that we won't approve of one person ruining the game for another. IT really is a way of adding: "Don't argue with us just because you don't like the call, understand that we have to be responsible for the whole game's balance and rules, but will always discuss the reasons for our calls before imposing them.""
Example: Casting Quickened Silenced Stilled Five Turn Delayed Seething Eyebane through a handshake upon meeting someone for the first time, then leaving, without reason. Watching the acid, via scrying, splash on his beer buddies.
Crafting and Magic Items
House Rules
Running Plots
Encounters and Required Knowledge
Please have read the DMG. While material from any D&D 3.5 book published by Wizards of the Coast, and any 3.0 book we approve, is allowed, this book is paramount. Its details on experience distribution, rewards for quests, and so much else, are useful for creating plots. Of course, a DM can write a good plot with or without these guidelines, but try to stick to the rules for character development and advancement mentioned in the DMG (Including how much exp and loot is to be awarded by level, if at all able), and most importantly, have fun.
