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...not to mention that Harn has some of the most hideous monsters, evar!

Would you like to join in a [live, tabletop**] roughly 2-3x a month 2nd ed AD&D game [played at Paul Israel's house, Saturdays] - seasonally affected by sf conventiuons and holidays?

Or join a Sunday-at-our-place about twice a month game I call 'Agris'? [It's a homemade system most similar to 'Chivalry and Sorcery' ... that I've been reffing since 1982.]

The Saturday game currently has 7 players; the Sunday game currently has 5 1/2 players [1 only gets to about 1 in 3 games due to ill health .... although 1 of the regular 5 anticipates his 3rd kid's birth in 2-3 weeks - so he may be iffy for a few weeks :)

[**to distinguish them from the 12 online text/response games I referee ^_^]

I'd have to relearn AD&D from scratch. 2nd edition was largely the thing while I was in the Army, so I missed out on it. But yeah, very interested.

Your game sounds fascinating. I'm an old C&S head from way back. Is there a copy of the rules you could shoot my way?

The 2nd ed AD&D is 80-85% rules compliant. I've been playing since '73, so I had to make up a LOT of stuff when it wasn't covered by rules. So I did skills, kit clerics, a different take on specialist mages, various house rules - before the game hit hardback for '1st edition'.

So when '2nd edition' came out, lo and behold, they had rules for things I's been doing for years by then. [Thus the rules compliance went from about 40% to 80-ish%]. I really could ref my Gaea game in my sleep. ^_^ However I don't expect the players to be rules wonks ... although many of them _are_. I'm sure Paul wouldn't mind if you wandered by some Saturday to watch what happens. [He's very much an excellent host.]

Both the Sat & Sun games start at 1pm. [gamer time] At present, the Saturday game is running to about 6-8pm. This is pretty dependent on how washed-out I'm feeling by then. The [bad words] 'post herpetic neuralgia' from shingles half a -year- ago is like some sort of 'END battery' drain and I try to find a break-point in the game before becoming totally exhausted.

The current Saturday campaign has the players on a variation of Chaosium's 'Stormbringer' world. My Gaea world - and the PCs have learned at least 1 other world [Oerth] - have been 'gating' into wild places in Vilmir kingdom and stealing humans for the slave trade. Oerthian and Gaean specific monsters have been dragged along to serve as guardians at the slaver's Gate points. The adventurers are seeking to shut down the Gates going to Gaea. New PC insertion would not be difficult [although would likely be a PC originating from Oerth to explain their ignorance of Gaea/Gaean customs]. Several PCs originally came from offworld [Oerth and Toril]

So you could bring in a PC that you liked from a dead campaign - or just someone you like. [level range rec'd 5-10[ish], single or double classed; can be converted from 1st ed AD&D and would need to be vet'd].

next message is the random rolling infor for a native Gaean PC; THEN will be a description of the Agris game; THEN random rolling data for an Agris PC. I've done random rollers for every game I've reffed [including Harn and even VtM]. It generates a race, description, basic or heirloom equipment & family background that is world consistent [and developed when I had 4 royals in a party of 6 in the 1st year of my refereeing].

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... more or less.

Agris uses a mostly fixed hit point amount [which starts at between 20-36, depending on class and stats; gaining +2hp per level for fighter classes, +1hp/level for non-fighter classes. Figured as: class mod + 1/2 CON + 1/3 STR + frame mod + CON bonus [and any specials]

The setting is a more gritty & realistic medieval setting than most frpg's. Most non-humans are of the older, Scandinavian mold (in which elves & creatures of Faerie are soul-less beings.) Combat is percentile-based (& critical hits are rolled for after a 'hit' is made).

The current campaign is set on the continent of Anglia. The majority of this land has been settled, with a 'new' religion having swept through it in the last thousand years. Think medieval Europe circa 1000. In this case, rather than send an offspring, Havala [a Jehova analog] enfleshed himself and began preaching His own worship. He did miracles, recruited followers and let himself be slain - since he played by the 'rules' and was in a mortal body. He created the metal iron, which cuts through magic and does great harm to creatures of faerie or magical beasts.

Havala's followers have been taming the land by plowing it with iron. This disrupts the land's link to Faerie and drops the ambient magic a lot. The wild areas of the continent, and several outlying provinces have not yet been quelled. The -other- countries - and their pantheons - are very hostile toward this upstart deity and seek to slay missionaries and keep that iron stuff off their shores.

Reiva is to Anglia's north [think vikings]; Gaeland is to the east [gaels]; Siam is to the south [a combination of Araby*, Jiva** & Siam*** - each parted from the other by a lengthy plateau] & Helena to the west [greek] - and has been wracked by land shattering magical mishaps within the past year [wherein about 1/3 of its land mass sunk].
* Araby is akin to Egypt
** Jiva is much like India, with Hindi deities
*** Siam is akin to China during a non-decadent dynastic period
.... and there are Mongols on the plateau

Events are happening in Mirage - the extreme east point of Anglia where mages retreated and then decided to stop. Roughly 500 years ago they actually cooperated with each other and caused a ring of sheer mountains to ring their 'claimed' land, filled the mountains with monsters and made the only way to get to them a long magical bridge that anyone wearing iron will fall through and plummet into thousand foot ravines below.

There are 2 cities in Mirage. One, by the bridge, is Fancery - an illicit trading town that does business with the outside world. The inner city is Dell - largely populated by alchemists, plus a lot of folks who do house or workshop repair. Then there are a lot of mages, mostly off, isolated from one another - working on their own affairs and highly competitive with one another.

THIS one is for Gaea rolls; the next one is Agris rolls

OERTH = can handle higher level, more multiversal PCs. Will vet PCs [to 12th single class, 8th double class; just send - and be prepared for some items &/or abilities to languish in 'Customs'].

WARREN GAMES: QUESTS, WILDERLANDS, OERTH & GAEA:

To roll a character for these games, follow the sequence given exactly -- record the numbers in order & dice sized and send them in a message back
to me ASAP. [As separate figures, do not add them up ^_^]

Please state what sex of character you would like to play (male or female). If you neglect to do so, the default sex of the character is male.

Note - there is a random roll for character race. You can choose to be a human or halfling but world demographics prevent _choice_ of any other Gaean race.

Roll percentiles (3 times): ; ; ;
percentiles (4 times): ; ; ; ;
percentiles (8 times): ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
percentiles (2 times): ; ;
a D20 (2 times): ; ;
percentiles (2 times): ; ;
a D20 (4 times): ; ; ; ;
a D6
percentiles
percentiles (2 times): ; ;
a D20 (2 times): ; ;
a D20 (2 times): ; ;
a D4
a D8
a D12 & a D6: ;
percentiles (2 times): ; ;
percentiles (2 times): ; ;
& percentiles (10 times: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Now roll 24 D6, throw out the lowest 3 dice of the 24. Arrange the remaining 21 dice into 7 sets of statistics (Str, Int, Wis, Dex, Con, Char, Comliness). This should allow you to qualify for whatever class you desire. The ref reserves the right to laugh at outrageously high statistics (or rerolling the total 24 if it seems necessary).
Choose sex, class & alignment. Humans may double-class with 16+ in the prime reqs of the class(s) desired. (non-humans also need 16+ to qualify for double-classing.)

AGRIS game (GAELAND game on the Warren) = Generates race, background, description, equipment. You can always choose to be either a human or halfling. Please roll & message back the results:

Roll 8 percentile numbers-- , , , , , , , , ;

Roll 8 percentile numbers-- , , , , , , , , ;

Roll 4 D20 numbers-- , , , ;

Roll 2 D30 numbers-- ;

Roll 2 D6 numbers-- , ;

Roll a D12 & a D6-- , ;

Roll 3 percentile numbers-- , , ;

Roll 2 percentile numbers-- , ;

roll another % number-- ;

Roll 2 D20s-- , ;

roll 3 % numbers-- , , ;

roll 3 D20 numbers-- , , ;

roll 4 more % numbers-- , , , ;

roll 2 more % numbers-- , ;

roll 10 % numbers-- , , , , , , , , , ;

roll 10 % numbers-- , , , , , , , , , ;

Generate 8 Stat numbers. Roll 28 d6 and drop the lowest 4 dice -- then assemble the remaining 24 dice into 8 sets of stats (3 dice in each group). The stats are: Strength, Intelligence, Piety, Dexterity, Constitution, Voice, Willforce & Comliness
(Charisma is a figured statistic, all stats except STR & CON summed and divided, .5 rounds up; modifiers for class and exceptionally high or low stats).

Classes are:
Fighter (Str=main req);
Cleric (Piety=main req);
Thief (Dex=main req);
Assassin (Str, Dex--mins 13+);
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AGRIS game (GAELAND game on the Warren) = Generates race, background, description, equipment. You can always choose to be either a human or halfling. Please roll & message back the results:

Roll 8 percentile numbers-- , , , , , , , , ;

Roll 8 percentile numbers-- , , , , , , , , ;

Roll 4 D20 numbers-- , , , ;

Roll 2 D30 numbers-- ;

Roll 2 D6 numbers-- , ;

Roll a D12 & a D6-- , ;

Roll 3 percentile numbers-- , , ;

Roll 2 percentile numbers-- , ;

roll another % number-- ;

Roll 2 D20s-- , ;

roll 3 % numbers-- , , ;

roll 3 D20 numbers-- , , ;

roll 4 more % numbers-- , , , ;

roll 2 more % numbers-- , ;

roll 10 % numbers-- , , , , , , , , , ;

roll 10 % numbers-- , , , , , , , , , ;

Generate 8 Stat numbers. Roll 28 d6 and drop the lowest 4 dice -- then assemble the remaining 24 dice into 8 sets of stats (3 dice in each group). The stats are: Strength, Intelligence, Piety, Dexterity, Constitution, Voice, Willforce & Comliness
(Charisma is a figured statistic, all stats except STR & CON summed and divided, .5 rounds up; modifiers for class and exceptionally high or low stats).

Classes are:
Fighter (Str=main req);
Cleric (Piety=main req);
Thief (Dex=main req);
Assassin (Str, Dex--mins 13+);
<<sub-class ninja (Str & Dex 13+, Int, Con, Will 15)>>
Bard (Voice, Dex, Con--mins 13+);
Paladin (Str, Piety, Charisma--mins of 15+);
Ranger (Str, Dex, Const--mins 15+);
Mage (Int, Const, Willforce--mins 16+)

Mages use spell points, figured from the sum of their prime reqs/4 for 1st level - and start as very, very weak characters
Clerics use dialog-based prayer [with bonuses given for witty prayers/optional sacrifices offered]; prayers cost a varying percentage-amount from a small pool of clerical favor that resets each day.

Just to make sure you have it -

standard email = melchar [at] gmail.com

phone = 408/371-5962

I have a lot of files entered in for Agris - but not enough to be a real'players handbook'; I can send you a 'houserules' for Gaea [thru email, since it's quite a few pages]. Will do that next.

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the story so far, Agris

changed order of 4 posts

then agris rolls

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