Granted, the edition disagreements are going to be here, but I believe that most of it's flamed out now.
Never a player (well almost never), always a GM.
Actually I started up a campaign probably two weeks after I got the FRCG. Originally I was going to run a homebrew, but the FRCG made me feel about the FR the way I used to when I first got the Old Grey Box (1987? Well right after it first released ). So the homebrew got put on the back burner, and the FR came up to bat.
I set the players up in the city of Phlan (Under Construction AGAIN) as a convenient starting point. Consisting of three members Taigen the Elf Ranger, Nigel the Halfling Warlock, and Garruck the Genasi Swordmage. In the beginning they started by doing some favors for Nigel's uncle, which culminated in recovering some lost goods and meeting Lawrence the best spoken Kobold in the FR. Being an extraordinary kobold, Taigen agreed to take on Lawrence as an apprentice Bowyer in his shop.
Unfortunately Nigel ran afoul of the local criminal syndicate (jokingly referred to as the halfling mafia) when he decided to discipline the son of the Big Boss. Bradley not being very skilled at pickpocketing had picked the wrong pocket, however his father Alistair could not let such a slight (read business opportunity) go unanswered. Following a conversation with Nigel the party finds itself doing "item recovery" (repossessing) work for Alistair, and discovering the slippery slope of attempting to deal with some criminals as reasonable individuals. The status quo that develops is unfavorable for the party, however before they have time to really deal with it, Taigen's sister blows into town with Netherese Agents hot on her tail.
The party is inducted to deliver an important message to Ecthelion Orlainth who is in the Zhent ruins in the Border Forest. A magical missive cannot be delivered to him because it would alert the Netherese to his presence. Traveling west at a rapid pace, which is made more rapid by the fact that Garruck in his latest drunken rage decided that getting into an altercation with Bradley might be a good idea. Having beaten the Big Boss Alistair's son to within an inch of his life, it was deemed wise to proceed at breakneck speed.
Traveling across the mountains the party comes across a slaver camp with slaves in tow. Fortunately they decide to do the heroic thing and free the slaves. Taigen sneaks in and wreaks havoc by killing half the slavers in their sleep. Finally noticed the others come to his aid and make quick work of the confused and outgunned slavers. The slaves are Barbarian Clansmen from The Ride, and naturally befriend the party. Once they are reunited with the rest of their clan, a member is chosen to guide the party and aid them on their quest. Amantor is an over enthusiastic, somewhat troublesome young man, who promptly proves his worth.
Continuing their trek westward towards the Border Forest, the party runs afoul of a platoon sized element of Netherese on patrol. Avoidance is not an option, and they prepare to make their last stand. Through incredible luck they manage to defeat them (minions), and walk away with a hefty gain in ill gotten wealth.
Arriving finally at the outer ruins, the party decides to go poking around. After some encounters with assorted bony friends they, move on and finally find the Wizard Ecthelion. Having told their tale, Ecthelion begins packing and urges the party to hurry. Apparently playing patty cake with skeletons is part of the Netherese network of early warning systems. Escaping via a Linked Portal Ritual to the Isle of Mist, the party is afforded a much needed rest.
Unfortunately not all is well in Denmark, and Taigen's sister is revealed to be missing somewhere in Mulmaster. Lord Finvar charges Taigen with finding his sister (who is apparently a highly placed member of the islands intelligence apparatus). Traveling to Phlan first to await an appropriate ship for insertion, the party decides to take care of some unfinished business that they did not "forget about".
Sneaking into town, the party hooks up with Lawrence who has been dutifully spying on the local half pint mafia. With this detailed information in hand the party discusses in great detail what to do about the situation. Garruck has a bounty, and the protection charges have grown to be too great for Nigel's family member's to bear. The decision the party makes is to brutally assassinate Alistair, and take over the organization by the sword errr.... I mean persuasive arguments. The killing of Alistair is a classic Godfather moment with blood everywhere, and a back clinging kobold with stabbity action grip. The bodyguards who were caught with their pants down by the sudden, surprising, brutally efficient ambush of their boss, decide that working for the new bosses is better than being ground under foot.
Over the next week some purges occur over the new direction the "Corporation" will be taking. Lawrence is put in charge of the new "Corporation". Finally the insertion ship arrives, the party embarks, and are currently in the process of attempting to avoid being boarded...
Hopefully this survives the fire.
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I loved playing D&D in Phlan. Reading about Kerym's adventures really brings back the memories.
I'm confused, are we actually allowed to discuss our games or has this forum really sunk to a true new low? I can't figure it out seeing as every one of these threads gets locked or whatever.
Re-posting of identical material, again and again, from previously locked threads is considered disruptive and is one of the classic definitions for spam.
Talking about what you like in any edition has always been fine. But it crosses a line when it's a "crafted" post with the sole intent of "fishing for flames" or just generally being disruptive, or involves "re-posting with a vengeance" just out of pure spite.
By all means, discuss what you love. But remember that we have the:
Code of Conduct
-and-
this Guide to Being a Responsible Forum Member
Sometimes we all forget what responsible, friendly discussion (and yes, sometimes friendly disagreement) involves in forums, regardless of our experience in posting.
Re-posting of identical material, again and again, from previously locked threads is considered disruptive and is one of the classic definitions for spam.
I lost an irony meter just now (not because of you incidentally, but just that this is all this forum is).
Personally, I don't think the second thread, that had been cleaned up from the first should have been locked at all to begin with. Neither should have the other 3rd edition related thread, which was perfectly fine as well and didn't deserve to be locked either.
Talking about what you like in any edition has always been fine.
Some of us here really don't have that impression to be quite frank.
But it crosses a line when it's a "crafted" post with the sole intent of "fishing for flames" or just generally being disruptive, or involves "re-posting with a vengeance" just out of pure spite.
I disagree with all of those reasons being valid at all. The first post started off terribly, but there was no reason the other perfectly valid and reasonable threads shouldn't have continued.
By all means, discuss what you love. But remember that we have the:
Code of Conduct
-and-
this Guide to Being a Responsible Forum Member
I am aware of those, I am just disgusted that two interesting and constructive threads on this forum were locked while garbage like the "Does the realms have a future thread" remain festering piles.
Granted, the edition disagreements are going to be here, but I believe that most of it's flamed out now.
I like reading about other peoples games period, regardless of the edition and having two threads was a good idea (especially because IMO, both had really good original posts as well).
Whatever.