D&D: Pre-Game Information

Greetings Adventures!  ... Errr I mean blog readers.  Got a little carried away there for a second.  Just wanted to start blogging about our adventures in D&D and I decided I would start with the basics.

Our game is set up using the D&D 4e rule standards.  But I liked some rules from the old 3.5 game so I tend to mix the rules up a lot.  Basically we try to follow the 4th edition as long as it makes sense for the story.  Sometimes I we do different things in different situations just to mix it up.  Or sometimes its just because it makes more sense in the story.  Some of the rules in 4e are just too watered down for my taste.

Right now the plan is to play one game a week at my place on Wednesdays.  This works fine as long as everyone is in town.  We have had less than 5 games so far so we are just getting into the story.  I am currently the DM for the group but we do have a backup DM who might start hosting some of the games once the story is developed more.

The current party setup looks like this:

The Barbarian(Striker): We have a big dumb Goliath Barbarian who likes to smash things.  For anything involving jumping, running, or smashing, he is the guy who does it.

The Rogue(Striker): We have a sneaking female Eldarian Rogue who handles scouting and sneak attacks.

The Paladin(Defender): We have a mighty half-elf Paladin with huge defense skills.  He is the one trying to block as many hits(with his body) as possible.

The Invoker(Controller): The controller of our group is a Deva Invoker.  Lots of radiant damage and many multiple target attacks.  Good for raining destruction across the battle field.

The Bard(Leader): We have a NPC Half-ling Bard that joins the party from time to time.  He is used when we have guests to the group or as a errand runner when the PCs are off doing battle.  He spends most of his time singing tales about the heroic feats the of the adventures.


The campaign is based on a world of piece where most races get along and crime isn't a huge problem.  There are also no wars or big events taking place when the story starts.  I did warn the group that zombies and other necrotic creatures would be very heavy in my campaign but that is about all of the information that we started with.  The story combines elements from the Farseer Trilogy, the Wheel of Time series, and the Necronomicon.

Well that about wraps up the basics of the story.  As I have time I will blog the story.  I am also hoping to add some behind the scenes type blogs for other DMs.