Has anyone/would anyone ever tried to play a "forum all-stars" campaign?

[Talbot]

For example, a party made up of:

Fistbeard Beardfist
Haberdash the Masked
The Mailman

etc. etc. etc.

Obviously, this wouldn't work with, say, Pun Pun or Cindy running around, but could be kind of a fun game. I personally don't/wouldn't usually use a build someone else designed, but for this sort of a campaign it could be a blast.

Anyone done this? Any other "famous" forum characters that should/would be in the party?

[arguskos]

Saph's Horizon Tripper has a place here, I think.

[Flickerdart]

The Mailman isn't ours, I thought? Do include the Flaming Homer though.

[Coidzor]

No, but I've heard of an idea to get them to do an Ocean's 11 style caper where they simultaneously steal the pact primeval from Mechanus, Celestia, and Baator.

[Talbot]

No, but I've heard of an idea to get them to do an Ocean's 11 style caper where they simultaneously steal the pact primeval from Mechanus, Celestia, and Baator.

I feel like that needs to happen. Desperately.

[Coidzor]

I feel like that needs to happen. Desperately.

Pharoh's Fist produced a nice little quote summing it up in one of the threads about Asmodeus last year. It got sigged once or twice but now I can't think of how to find it.

[arguskos]

The Cube needs to be in this too, though that's almost cheating.

[The Glyphstone]

Can we include the Flaming Exalted Chicken Thrower and Chuck the Ruby Knight Windicator* as recurring minor antagonists?




*He's still broken, the erratta just made it so he can't go supralight anymore.

[SurlySeraph]

The Cube and/or a thinly veiled Emperor Tippy could be in as powerful NPCs they have to deal with. The Cube definitely would have a place on Mechanus. While we're on powerful things, the Omnicaster (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3945177) might be amusing to have around.

You could throw the Giamonk in, too.

[Eloel]

That idea is

FRICKING AWESOME

I would LOVE to see it happen.

[mabriss lethe]

Just laughed hysterically at this. Awesome.

though the pcs in one of my gamed did run into "Fistbeard the Pirate" Using the fistbeard idea and combining it with the attitude of the Crust brothers from the Malazan Books of the Fallen.

[Optimystik]

You could throw the Giamonk in, too.

Every team needs a mascot

[DragonBaneDM]

How about a Mod?

[Talbot]

How about a Mod?

I don't get it.

[Flickerdart]

How about a Mod?
Bringing divine ranks into this is a terrible idea.

[Talbot]

Anybody have links to the Cube, Emperor Tippy, or the Exalted Flaming Chicken Thrower? I haven't seen those builds before.

Anyone else who should be on the team? Some sort of token Elf?

[Adumbration]

Well, I think the precise build of the Cube is a secret, due to it being used in ToS (an arena type of thing). Dunno about the others.

[Pharaoh's Fist]

I have a cunning plan. It involves Epic Magic, a Wizard/Master Specialist/Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil, a Druid/Master of Many Forms/Planar Shepard, a Sorcerer/Mindbender/Incantatrix/Fatespinner, a Ninja/Swashbucker/Dread Pirate, a Kobold Cloistered Cleric with the Kobold domain/Pun-Pun Knight Vindicator, Bard/Warweaver, a Shadowcraft Gnome, a Hulking Hurler, a Witchalock Witchalock, Fistbeard Beardfist, two tweezers, 15 ounces of oil, the Pope, and a dull penknife.

I believe that says it all.

[Eon]

How about a Mod?

Are you kidding? Do you know how OP of a build Master Modder is?

They have Red Text of Doom as an At-will! Instant counters to any flame damage! Heck, they can even exile anything from the world with a single cast of Banhammer! Plus a +50 bonus to awesomeness!

And that's nothing close to the Giant!

[SurlySeraph]

The Cube is secret, yeah. It is known primarily for being unkillable. The Exalted Flaming Chicken Thrower disappeared in the Gleemax archives destruction, but similar builds are describedhere (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103915). Emperor Tippy is not a build, but a forum poster; he is known primarily for a) illustrating the myriad ways in which Wizards are obscenely powerful, especially at epic levels, and b) proposing what's come to be known as the "Tippyverse," a social and economic framework that would logically result from the abilities that Wizards have in DnD. The nice part of the Tippyverse is that it's a post-scarcity society. The bad part is that everyone who isn't a Wizard has Mindrape cast on them at the first sign of insubordination, all the Rogues are executed as potential threats, and things get more Orwellian from there.

[Eldan]

Yes! Roland has the ability to be everywhere at the same time, monitoring an unlimited number of activities at the same time!

[Eon]

Yes! Roland has the ability to be everywhere at the same time, monitoring an unlimited number of activities at the same time!

I can't believe i forgot Roland is everywhere... wait... he's watching us... right now!?

[Kris Strife]

Yes! Roland has the ability to be everywhere at the same time, monitoring an unlimited number of activities at the same time!

Roland is Santa?

[Roland St. Jude]

I can't believe i forgot Roland is everywhere... wait... he's watching us... right now!?

Of course not. That's crazy talk. Just go back to your fun, citizen.

[Doc Roc]

I can submit some of my more well-known builds, if you'd like....

How about good old algernon?

[Olo Demonsbane]

I can submit some of my more well-known builds, if you'd like....

How about good old algernon?

*runs for cover*

[Eon]

Of course not. That's crazy talk. Just go back to your fun, citizen.
I have a sudden urge to go back to my fun.

I forgot his powers of white text. They are the most dangerous of all. it makes you want to highlight every post to check for it. nooooo!

[Weezer]

That would be an amazing game, my OP-fu is not good enough to get in of course but I'd love to read an ongoing game of such epicness.

[Talbot]

I can submit some of my more well-known builds, if you'd like....

How about good old algernon?


Link? I love awesome builds that don't quite break the game.

[SurlySeraph]

I don't know as much about Algernon as Doc Roc and the longtime Test of Spite-ers do, but from what I do know he can give the entire party the benefits of Time Stop and is nigh-unkillable.

[Melamoto]

Make the BBEG an optimized Wizard.

[Androgeus]

Make the BBEG an optimized Wizard.

Wouldn't the BBEG be a monk, due to the general dislike for the class? He would have to have immunity to ToB though...

[Flickerdart]

Wouldn't the BBEG be a monk, due to the general dislike for the class? He would have to have immunity to ToB though...
A Monk/Druid or Monk/Psychic Warrior would make a formidable opponent, but they're not exactly heavy on the Monk. I think the Joker Bard should be the one to hold BBEG status.

[DragoonWraith]

I agree that the Joker Bard is most fitting, but a lot of what's special about that build is lost if the player's know it's coming. He's still hard to counter, but the chaos and confusion he reaps before people know what he's doing is what really makes him special, I think.

[IonDragon]

This would be pretty cool, at least to watch. But who's sanity could we destroy by getting them to run it?

[Talbot]

I'd offer to do it, but I lack the DM experience. I'd be happy to help organize it/plan it, though.

One probably totally unfeasible but otherwise awesome suggestion for DM: What about the Giant?

[Melamoto]

I'd offer to do it, but I lack the DM experience. I'd be happy to help organize it/plan it, though.Same here; I have plenty of adventure and dungeon ideas that I've never put to use on account of the fact that I don't feel capable of DMing.


One probably totally unfeasible but otherwise awesome suggestion for DM: What about the Giant?That would be pretty damn awesome, I agree, but the reason it is unfeasible is because The Giant does not do things like that; he only does posts and tries to respond and interact with the forum-goers as little as possible. Or at least that's what I've gathered. The Giant doesn't do forums. Disregarding the starting of Oots discussion threads and posting about fixes in the comic, and very, very rare exceptions.

[Talbot]

Yeah, I kinda figured... and who knows if the various authors (Person Man, Fist, etc.) would even be interested in playing in the first place...

Still, it's an awesome idea and I for one would actually be interested in reading along if it ever actually happened.

[Mikeavelli]

Yo,

I started running a game on these very forums a few months ago.

It never really got off the ground because I vastly overestimated the amount of free time I would have, and underestimated how much time it would actually take to DM a game over the boards.

This was the advertisement back in the Looking for characters board


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I've still got the campaign notes if anyone wants to run with that.