Comments on: Let Me Tell You About My Campaign: Age of Awakening http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Fri, 25 May 2012 14:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bartoneus http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/#comment-68740 Bartoneus Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:18:30 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=11795#comment-68740 Dave: I'm also very happy with how the Spellscar has gone, considering my game is no where close to FR I think it was very fun to try and integrate an element of that into our game world. Chatty: Thanks! I've actually been meaning to update you on the whole invasion thing, but I'll probably wait until the players are further into it and maybe even write up a full post on the invading forces. Scott: Agreed and thank you! Originally we had hoped that we would be swapping players back and forth almost weekly, because we had ~12-14 players between us and some wanted to play every week. Things have played out a bit differently, but I've thrown one NPC back to Dave's game and we're bordering on several events that will most likely lead to some DM / Player swapping for an adventure or two. MainEvent: Well, when my party asked about famous historic Star pact warlocks, how could I NOT bring up Bael? :) The fact that he's probably still around in some capacity only helps the awesomeness of it all. Chatty take two: It's pretty awesome, first 2.5 feet of snow and then another foot on top of that yesterday. Thankfully today the sun is out and things are starting to melt. The ground here will most likely be white through all of March at this point. Dave: I’m also very happy with how the Spellscar has gone, considering my game is no where close to FR I think it was very fun to try and integrate an element of that into our game world.

Chatty: Thanks! I’ve actually been meaning to update you on the whole invasion thing, but I’ll probably wait until the players are further into it and maybe even write up a full post on the invading forces.

Scott: Agreed and thank you! Originally we had hoped that we would be swapping players back and forth almost weekly, because we had ~12-14 players between us and some wanted to play every week. Things have played out a bit differently, but I’ve thrown one NPC back to Dave’s game and we’re bordering on several events that will most likely lead to some DM / Player swapping for an adventure or two.

MainEvent: Well, when my party asked about famous historic Star pact warlocks, how could I NOT bring up Bael? :) The fact that he’s probably still around in some capacity only helps the awesomeness of it all.

Chatty take two: It’s pretty awesome, first 2.5 feet of snow and then another foot on top of that yesterday. Thankfully today the sun is out and things are starting to melt. The ground here will most likely be white through all of March at this point.

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/#comment-68718 ChattyDM Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:56:39 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=11795#comment-68718 Not like you guys are going to play anytime before spring now... :) We hear that you guys are running out of superlatives to qualify your snow storms. XD Not like you guys are going to play anytime before spring now… :)

We hear that you guys are running out of superlatives to qualify your snow storms.

XD

]]> By: TheMainEvent http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/#comment-68716 TheMainEvent Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:52:37 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=11795#comment-68716 Having multiple parties romp through the same world is highly awesome. These days, it basically has to be a Two DM approach, but back in the glory days (IE before full time jobs) I ran this crew in a game where the original party split into 3 different distinct groups. I still haven't ruined the game, but since I'm playing an amnesiac deva (http://critical-hits.com/2009/05/09/being-a-good-new-player/) its been suggested I could play roughly the same character at different points in both games, which would be cool schedule permitting. Having multiple parties romp through the same world is highly awesome. These days, it basically has to be a Two DM approach, but back in the glory days (IE before full time jobs) I ran this crew in a game where the original party split into 3 different distinct groups.

I still haven’t ruined the game, but since I’m playing an amnesiac deva (http://critical-hits.com/2009/05/09/being-a-good-new-player/) its been suggested I could play roughly the same character at different points in both games, which would be cool schedule permitting.

]]> By: scott http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/#comment-68707 scott Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:16:16 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=11795#comment-68707 the idea of two different campaigns being intertwined in this fashion while being played at the same time is a strike of genious in my humble opinion. i'd love to see the obvious time travel events by swapping dm's/parties at some point. Plus i suddenly got the image of a nefarious, time travelling/long-lived 'nicol bolas' esque type dragon wreaking havoc on both parties. Great ideas. the idea of two different campaigns being intertwined in this fashion while being played at the same time is a strike of genious in my humble opinion. i’d love to see the obvious time travel events by swapping dm’s/parties at some point. Plus i suddenly got the image of a nefarious, time travelling/long-lived ‘nicol bolas’ esque type dragon wreaking havoc on both parties.

Great ideas.

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/#comment-68701 ChattyDM Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:20:11 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=11795#comment-68701 Having been on the concept from its early stages, I was interested to see how it would play out. When Dave and Bart both IM'ed me in the same week for ideas about their game I would often try to instigate common themes (Drows, Battlemaps, concepts) that would survive a few hundred years of history on a shared world. I too am looking forward to seeing how Paragon and Epic will shape things to come. Best of luck man! Having been on the concept from its early stages, I was interested to see how it would play out. When Dave and Bart both IM’ed me in the same week for ideas about their game I would often try to instigate common themes (Drows, Battlemaps, concepts) that would survive a few hundred years of history on a shared world.

I too am looking forward to seeing how Paragon and Epic will shape things to come.

Best of luck man!

]]> By: The Game http://critical-hits.com/2010/02/10/let-me-tell-you-about-my-campaign-age-of-awakening/#comment-68675 The Game Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:36:29 +0000 http://critical-hits.com/?p=11795#comment-68675 I thought the introduction of the spellscar by you and Josh into your game was especially cool, taking the concept from the FR rules and importing them in a new way to your (our) campaign setting. It's an example of the concept you talk about happening in reverse- now that you've introduced the idea, I now get to think "how did that start?" and possibly introduce the genesis into my campaign's timeline. I thought the introduction of the spellscar by you and Josh into your game was especially cool, taking the concept from the FR rules and importing them in a new way to your (our) campaign setting. It’s an example of the concept you talk about happening in reverse- now that you’ve introduced the idea, I now get to think “how did that start?” and possibly introduce the genesis into my campaign’s timeline.

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