We’ve finally reached the end of the first chapter of our 4th edition campaign. The second chapter will be starting, and will have its own thread as soon as possible. The first chapter was called “The muddy fields of Trouse,” while the second chapter is called “A warm welcome.” I intend this chapter to be a bit shorter than the last.
I had hoped to start this chapter with a live session, but I realise that organizing one of those these days is about as easy as teaching a dog to fly. Nonetheless, a Maptool session should be played as soon as possible.
In the meantime, here is a brief summary of events so far:
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I’m good for a session tomorrow, but it would have to be between 11:30 and 3pm Australian Time. In addition, if I’m running it we are upgrading to the following software set:
Maptool 1.3.39
- It’s a development release and not a final release I know, but I’ve decided to upgrade for a few reasons.
- I can import tokens that other people have made for the monsters. Some of these come with macros already, and this saves me a LOT of time.
- Topology / Vision – I never really learnt these in 1.2, but the interface in 1.3 is intuitive enough that I’ve figured out how to do a few helpful things – like making walls you can’t see through.
- 4th Edition compatibility. It has lighting and stuff from 4th edition built right in.
Skype or Vent
I’m yet to get a Vent server up and running here, but I know it would be significantly less bandwidth for Isley if we used Vent. As I’m the only person in Japan however, it would probably be best if somebody else set up, or found a free, vent server.
If I do need to set it up here, I’ll try, but it might involve messing with the port forwarding on my router which is all in Japanese – kanji no less – and a bit tricky because of that.
MSN
I’m usually on MSN about half an hour before the actual session.
Tokens
I haven’t entered any stats into the character tokens, and I’m not sure I’ll get the chance too. If possible this is something you can work on before the session. Just open up Maptool and drag a picture in, then play with it. When you’re done you can right-click and save it, macros and all. I think.
I’ll put the server details up on MSN before the session as THEY HAVE CHANGED.
Any questions? Email them to ‘robs game mail 4t gmail.com’ (erase the spaces, and change the 4t to the ‘at’ sign).
I haven’t got any more character histories to post yet – although I might get Deadweight to send me a copy of Wang’s if he has the chance. In the meantime tonight I’m going to detail the world for this 4th edition campaign a little more.
Zeus battles the malevolent XXXX
Tonight’s topic will be religion within the Empire. I don’t want to give away too much of the campaign story-line, but there is some significance to it. I think most of it will be basic knowledge to most of the players (more details will need a successful religion check) so everybody gets to read it.
