Revisiting the Red Hand (3.5 D&D)

[Kahluah]

After a rather long hiatus from the site, I'd like to get back into the swing of things on here as a DM, and have been itching to run a Red Hand of Doom game for a while now. I know there's one up at the moment being run on the boards, so I'm gauging interest at the moment for a second one - this one set in the Forgotten Realms (in the Shining South area, above Halruaa in the southern Shaar).

I would be wanting 4-5 players who are interested in creating level 5 characters for the game (no more than 5 though, as 6+ tends to become a little difficult to manage in my mind), and characters would enter the game from a few different angles as presented in the campaign book.

I have a few of the FR sourcebooks, and a decent amount of the sourcebooks from the standard line also. All non-core book items that players want will be subject to approval, of course, but unless it's completely game-breaking (such as a pet sphere of annihilation or your own deck of many things), the chances of me saying no are few and far between.

If there's enough interest to form a player base for the game, I'll post up the character creation guide and go about setting up a forum space to play in. So, anyone up for it?

[Crazy Eben]

I do like the cheesiness of FR, but I have to ask if it's a problem that I have no clue what the Red Hand of Doom is. An adventuring group? Some sort of lich? Elmo after his pipe caught on fire?

[Kahluah]

The Red Hand of Doom is an adventure/campaign module about a war horde that seeks to sweep across the area unless they are stopped (say, by a group of PC heroes).

[Crazy Eben]

Ah, okay.

That sounds interesting. Is knowledge of the module required? If not, I'm in. I have no idea with what yet, though.

[hedgeknight]

How often do you plan on posting? And how long do you expect this game to run? Depending upon your plans for the game I might be interested. :)
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[Kahluah]

Crazy Eben: No knowledge of the module is necessary - it's mostly DM information anyways, so it's sometimes preferred that people don't know it, but to ask that is to potentially exclude people :)

coffeesucker: The game will run so long as there are still enough people to play it, and I plan on posting as often as I can provided that real life doesn't get in the way (which it can do on occasion). My goal is at least updating 3x a week unless the game doesn't need it at the time (such as in good bouts of roleplaying or the like)

[Merbak]

Looks sweet. How much FR information do we need to have to play? (I ask because I have relatively little of it)

[Kahluah]

Knowledge of FR isn't absolutely necessary to the game - it's just the setting that I'm using. I could just as easily have used the default setting of the game, but figured I'd use the Forgotten Realms because most players have at least a passing knowledge of some of it.

[Crazy Eben]

Alright, I've been hit by a burst of inspiration for a character concept.

A gay cleric of Sune who brings his message of love & peace to the people while beating down undead and evildoers. Possibly Aasimar, depending on how you feel about such races being included, possibly Gold Dwarf. How does that sound?

[hedgeknight]

I'm gonna withdraw my interest Kahluah - got too much going on. Good luck.
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[Lando The Archmagi]

I know FR very well and have virtually all the FR sourcebooks amongmy 3.5 collection. What do you have so far?

[LeadPal]

I've still got the sheet for Alaron Staffstrike, so I could get started quickly, although my posting will be erratic for a couple of weeks, at the least. Hopefully this goes better than the last time.

[PicKev]

I might be interested. I have a Human Paladin of Torm I am playing on another site that I wouldn't mind dropping a couple of levels and use here.