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| ====== Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Players ====== | ====== Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Players ====== |
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| The game is an [[dict>open_table_game|open table game]], drawn from a wide((For sufficiently broad (narrow?) definitions of "wide.")) pool of players. There is no regular party and each session may draw on the characters of different members of the pool. | The game is an [[dict>open_table_game|open table game]], drawn from a wide((For sufficiently broad (narrow?) definitions of "wide.")) pool of players. There is no regular party and each session may draw on the characters of different members of the pool. |
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| Ideally, we'll have a good sized group of players to draw on in time //**(tell your friends!)**//. Once the numbers reach a critical mass we'll likely have regulars who play most sessions and some others who make sessions occasionally as they can find the time. | Ideally, in time we'll have a good sized group of players to draw on //**(tell your friends!)**//. Once the numbers reach a critical mass we'll likely have regulars who play most sessions and some others who make sessions occasionally as they can find the time. |
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| While initially the campaign is meant to be for face-to-face play, there may also be online play, especially given that as of this writing we're in the second year of a global pandemic. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, but if that becomes the case then players who play face-to-face may play their characters in the online sessions, and vice versa (if online players can make it to a face-to-face session). | While initially the campaign is meant to be for face-to-face play, there may also be online play, especially given that as of this writing we're in the /-second-/ third(//!//) year of a global pandemic. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, but if that becomes the case then players who play face-to-face may play their characters in the online sessions, and vice versa (if online players can make it to a face-to-face session). |
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| To facilitate the use of a pool of players and supporting unbroken continuity, characters //must// start and end every session in the taproom of [[gaz:orc_and_pie|The Orc and Pie]]. Characters that do not return by the end of the session cannot be played until //the same// group gets of players together to finish getting //the same// group of characters back to civilization. (For players who must leave the game before the session is ended, another player can run your character //only// in that instance, and //only// until returning to the safety of town. Players who leave prematurely forfeit experience points from the session, and it's up to whoever is left if you get any loot or not, so pick your friends wisely...) | To facilitate the use of a pool of players and supporting unbroken continuity, characters //must// start and end every session in the taproom of [[gaz:orc_and_pie|The Orc and Pie]]. Characters that do not return by the end of the session cannot be played until //the same// group gets of players together to finish getting //the same// group of characters back to civilization. (For players who must leave the game before the session is ended, another player can run your character //only// in that instance, and //only// until returning to the safety of town. Players who leave prematurely forfeit experience points from the session, and it's up to whoever is left if you get any loot or not, so pick your friends wisely...) |
| ===== Bringing characters from other games ===== | ===== Bringing characters from other games ===== |
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| ==== Can I bring my character from another in-person campaign into your game? ==== | |
| ==== Okay, can I bring my character from this other in-person game? ==== | ==== Okay, can I bring my character from this other in-person game? ==== |
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| No. | No. |
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| I like the idea of open table gaming, but not taking characters from one DM's game to another [[dict>flailsnails_conventions|FLAILSNAILS]]-style. DMs give out differing amount of treasure, magic items, spells, etc. Someone might be looking to run a lower-powered game, or simply don't want to have to nerf or buff a bunch of stuff that you're packing around. | I like the idea of [[dict>open_table_game|open table gaming]], but not taking characters from one DM's table to another [[dict>flailsnails_conventions|FLAILSNAILS]]-style. DMs give out differing amount of treasure, magic items, spells, etc. Someone might be looking to run a lower-powered game, or simply don't want to have to nerf or buff a bunch of stuff that you're packing around. It's not worth the mental load. |
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| You're welcome to make a similar character (starting from first level, of course). | You're welcome to make a similar character (starting from first level, of course). |
| ===== Rules questions ===== | ===== Rules questions ===== |
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| The base rule set is //[[http://basicfantasy.org|Basic Fantasy RPG]]//, which heavily based on the [[dict>red_box_d_d|old Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons boxed sets from ’81]] along with some changes. To mix that up, there is a slate of [[dict>house_rules|house rules]], which was pretty much always the case when I played as a kid, plus some stuff I just dig or think would be fun. (I'm an inveterate rules tinkerer.) | The base rule set is //[[dict>bfrpg|Basic Fantasy RPG]]//, which heavily based on the [[dict>red_box_d_d|old Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons boxed sets from ’81]] along with some changes. To mix that up, there is a slate of [[dict>house_rules|house rules]], which was pretty much always the case when I played as a kid, plus some stuff I just dig or think would be fun. (I'm an inveterate rules tinkerer.) |
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| Where the rules differ, we will defer to [[dict>house_rules|house rules]] first, and //Basic Fantasy RPG// second. | Where the rules differ, we will defer to the house rules first and then //Basic Fantasy RPG//. |
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| ==== Sounds fun, and I’d play if you ran <some other game> instead. - or - ==== | ==== Sounds fun, and I’d love to play if you ran <some other game> instead. - or - ==== |
| ==== Can’t we just make it more like <some other game>? ==== | ==== Can’t we just make it more like <some other game>? ==== |
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| At this table we're playing [[dict>classic_d_d|Classic D&D]] powered by //[[dict>bfrpg|Basic Fantasy RPG]]// and some house rules. | At this table we're playing [[dict>classic_d_d|Classic D&D]] powered by //[[dict>bfrpg|Basic Fantasy RPG]]// and some house rules. |
| | [[gameinfo:table_ettiquette#not_all_games_are_for_everyone|That's not negotiable.]] There's lots of folks who want to play other games. I want to run this. |
| ==== Races and classes ==== | ==== Races and classes ==== |
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| == “You're not being inclusive if I can’t play whatever I want!” == | == “You're not being inclusive if I can’t play whatever I want!” == |
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| Okay. {{:gameinfo:shrug-emoji-man-tone1.png?22|Consider this my big ol’ “I don’t give a shit” shrug}} If your definition of "inclusive" requires including furries and monsters as playable races or being some tortured snowflake edgelord then we're going to have to agree to disagree. | Okay. :shrug_tone1: If your definition of "inclusive" requires including furries and monsters as playable races or being some tortured snowflake edgelord then we're going to have to agree to disagree. |
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| Also, remember, [[gameinfo:table_ettiquette#not_all_games_are_for_everyone|not all games are for everyone]]. | Also, remember, [[gameinfo:table_ettiquette#not_all_games_are_for_everyone|not all games are for everyone]]. |
