The Screaming Plains

Friday at 7:00/7:30 PM EST. Sessions run weekly.

Monday and Wednesday at 7:00/7:30 PM EST. Sessions run weekly.

The game will take place on #ScreamingPlains on the irc.darkmyst.org server at port:6667. The OOC channel will be on the same server on #GameTalk.

The following is to be observed:

• When a character speaks, quotations (") are to be used.
• When a character thinks to themslves ICly, a tildeh (~) is to be set at the front and end of the thought.
• Character actions will not require any special characters to be placed around the action.
• All OOC chatter in the IC channel is to be surrounded by double parenthesies.
• If a player's spelling and/or grammar is corrected by another player, the response is NOT "Do I look like I care?". The player in error will make an effort to correct his error or will face IC penalties.

• The confirmation roll for critical successes will be disregarded. If you get critical success on the first roll, there will be no need for a confirmation roll.
• I am considering most critical hits during combat to be potentially fatal. As such, on a critical strike a percentile roll will be made to determine the added effects and/or fatalities.
• The following are permitted to classes that are usually unable to wear armor: Leather, Studded, Leather, and Chain Shirt. These are allowed with no penalty to classes such as Wizards, Sorcerers, and Monks because they present no real impediment to movement or balance. Spell Failure Checks enheirent to these armors are to be ignored entirely.

• Lizzie (aka Jarycin, #ScreamingPlains: irc.darkmyst.net)

  Screaming Plains: Arysa, Human Sorcerer

  Wizards Game: N/A

• Matt (aka Conil, #Imperia: irc.darkmyst.org)

  Screaming Plains: Cratelt Surelake, Human Rogue

  Wizards Game: Max Korvald, Human Fighter-Rogue (Gestalt)

• Shane (aka ShaneGaming, #Imperia: irc.darkmyst.org)

  Screaming Plains: Julianus Ebonfur, Worgen Ranger

  Wizards Game: Usheem-Kah, Lizardfolk Monk

• TFB71 (#GameTalk: irc.darkmyst.org)

  Screaming Plains: The GM

  Wizards Game: The GM

Nations and Cities

• Amittil
• City-State of Tuvor
• Kingdom of Brethindar
• Dwarf/Elf Relations
• Feast of Somerhulf
• Pantheons and Deities
  1. Temples, Organization, and Teachings
• Mounts
• Griffons
• Worgen

Game Notes

• The continent upon which the characters live is not acknowledged by any given name. Rather, characters refer to the world they live in (if ever) as simply 'the world'. The largest land area they are likely to referrence will be their nation or town of origin.
• There are no generic class guilds in this game setting. To wit, Fighter class characters did not learn their skills at a Fighters Guild or Rogues at a Rogues Guild. For Fighters and Rogues, they either picked up their skills in their local militia, or joined a mercenary group or free company before becoming an adventurer.
• All Clerics MUST select a deity, as they will have earned their abilities and powers at a temple, monastary, or shrine. Unlike many other game settings, clerics of evil aligned deities WILL meet with suspicion and outright hostility in most nations and towns. It is to be noted that this setting is a fuedal/pre-industrial era, where tolerances are far more parochial and restrictive.
• Wizard characters MUST have studied either under a master or attended a university. Those who have not never survived their dabbling to reach Level 1. For those who wish to play a magic-user without having been cloistered for most of their childhood should use the Sorcerer class.
• As untrained, instinctual spell casters, Sorcerers are often viewed with the same suspicions as an evil aligned cleric. While most will not be treated with the same level of hostility, most businesses won't service sorcerers unless another adventurer vouches for him.
• The Barbarian, Ranger, and Druid classes, like the Sorcerer class, are largely brought up to their skills and abilities as part of their way of life. Any formal training they might have would be the result of an organized group of Druids or Rangers, or older members of the Barbarian's tribe passing on their skills and knowledge.
• The only real countries are the three Dwarf Kingdoms, the Human nations of Brethindar, Tuvor, and Amittil, the Hobgoblin city of Aazthkanak, the island nation of Elban, and the Elf nations of Edhelbar and Barbeleg. While other large towns and cities exist, their populations are nowhere near large enough to warant being considered independant nations.
• While Aazthkanak is a recognized country, it is also known as a hostile and voliatile neighbor. While the nation's leaders claim that the frequent raids and attacks on their neighbors are the work of independant bands of marauders, there is more tha alittle suspicion that Aazthkanak provides at least some of these bands' material assets and training. Although nothing has been proven, a war with Aazthkanak is likely.
• There are several areas of interest near many of the towns and others in the vast wilderness between them. Several such places are:

1. The Screaming Plains
2. The Orc Warrens
3. The Amittil Ruins
4. The Annonëarbar Islands