Whats your current group?

[brian c]

I figure this being the d&d forum, most people who are here are in a d&d group, so just for curiousity/boredom/survey, what campaigns are everyone in now? say the characters, classes/levels, who you are (which PC or are you DM), what setting, etc

my campaign, just did character creations

homebrewed setting (seems FR-ish?)
5th level
me: human paladin 2/monk 3, ascetic
elf sorceror 5
halfling rogue 2/wizard 3 (or maybe rogue 3/wiz 2, i forget)
half-elf ranger 5 (TWF)

this should be really interesting, especially if we don't get an NPC in the party, since
a) i'm the only healer (lay on hands for 4 hp/day)
b) ranger is the primary melee character because
c) i rolled horribly, secondary melee character with 10,14,10 = str,dex,con
d) rogue/wizard? what?
e) two players (sorceror and ranger) have never played d&d before

[JadedDM]

I'm running a 2E game on my homebrewed world, Amtar.

Party is:
Human Fighter 2
Hobgoblin War Priest 3
Human Fire Priest 1 (NPC, just recently hired by the party)
Human Thief 3 (NPC, just recently was separated from the party, may be dead)

The fighter has a DEX of 18 and dual-wields short swords. I guess she is what you 3E'ers would call a 'dex monkey.' She generally deals in melee and protecting the less armed classes, but also proves useful in finding out useful information by seducing males with her CHA 17.

The war priest (specialty priest class) primarily heals and helps in melee. He is also the cool-headed, patient counterpart of the reckless and excitable fighter.

The thief helps with stealth, local history (read: plot exposition), and various thief skills (lock picking, etc.). He's also an archer and backs up the melee warriors by picking off the enemy from a distance. During a recent encounter with a group of skeletons, he got separated from the party as he attempted to draw away some of them from the fight. It's unknown if he got away or the skeletons caught up to him and killed him.

The fire priest (also a specialty priest class), was hired by the party to fill out their ranks a bit. He fights with a long sword and shield, but is still pretty green to this whole 'adventuring' thing. If all goes well, he may wind up becoming the war priest's henchmen.

[brian c]

The fighter has a DEX of 18 and dual-wields short swords. I guess she is what you 3E'ers would call a 'dex monkey.'
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The war priest (specialty priest class) primarily heals and helps in melee.

I think we 3E'ers would call that a cleric

[TheOOB]

Lets see, my last group had--

A womanizing enchanter
A philosophical drunken master
A bratty nobel slightly homicidal rogue
A male hating barbarian
and A mute cleric

[Dhavaer]

Running a d20 Modern game in my New Greyhawk-verse.

The PC is a dragonblood, with levels in Charismatic Hero, Dedicated Hero, Fast Hero and Sorcerer. He owns a nightclub and plays in a band, although that hasn't come into the story much yet.
Backing him up are his girlfriend, a tiefling stripper, his buddy, a half-ogre carpenter, and a human mechanic they picked up along the way.
Fights generally tend to involve the half-ogre splattering enemies all over, while everyone else shaves off a few hitpoints before he gets to them. Such is the result of 20 Strength and Improved Melee Smash. Things should pick up for the others once the tiefling gets Weapon Specialisation and the PC gets a few more caster levels.

[Jade_Tarem]

I currently DM a campaign in a setting that started normal until I fundamentally altered some of the rules.

The world is essentially on a 1000 year timer and every millenia, a three-way war is fought between the civilized races, called the KSA (PHB and variants), the monster races, called the Ascendancy, and the "Gaian" races - being all animals, most magical beasts, all fey, and all striaght up elementals. Everyone knows about this war in advance and so spend the 200 years or so previous to the war "gearing up." The kicker is that just before the fighting starts, the "Ascension Virus" hits and all the unintelligent monsters go to at least average intelligence. Also the nature spirit "Gaia" awakes and makes all of her creatures likewise intelligent, as per one colossal Awaken spell. Then ensues what is essentially a 3-way battle for racial supremacy, the winner of which gets to be the dominant "group" for the next 1000 years.

The style of the campaign is military in nature, with all the PCs starting in the army. I have 3 in my group, which have been joined by 3 NPCs, at least for a while.

Currently 6th level.

PC
"Krug" Half-Orc Barbarian 6 (half-orcs have 50% chance to join PHB or Monster side) - CG
"Eric Benedict" Human Ranger 5, KSA Sniper 1 (homebrew PrC) - CN
"Koth (clan)Darksteel" Dwarven Rogue 5, KSA Demolitionist 1 (same) - LG

NPC
"Maranis" Elven Wizard 9 - LN
"Tallomis Songlink" Half-Elf Bard 8 - CG
"Shiimsa" Awakened Wolf Druid 4 - TN or NG, depending on how you look at it
(Explanation about Shiimsa - The Gaian and KSA groups are at a sort-of truce. She's to help Eric out as animal companion while observing and gathering info for Gaia & co.)

I also DM a much higher-level game that started some time ago, currently on hiatus because the vast majority of the players are in another city. My details on the characters have been sketchy because some of them keep changing (see timmy pyromancer's post in the "things i'm not allowed to do" thread.)

This one was fun because the characters got to meet the BBEG 2 minutes in when they were level 1 and basically had to do what he said. He's after the dragon orbs, although after a lot of research the PC's were just more confused as to why. They've mostly figured it out now, as they close in on the "crunch time" for the BBEG (a Colossal+ Red Dragon - call me old fashioned - with enough flavor to be interesting, and even comical at times) so it's time for the "twist" when we get back to it over spring break/ summer break. If I can finish this campaign, I will be the first in my group to have done so.

level 15 at current.

PC
Justin Case - Human Evil *something* clericy thing. I've never really been sure.
Opti 2.0 - Paladin reincarnated as a -warforged scout- rogue/PrC thing (again, see timmy p's post) CG
Kinteticus - Human Ninja 15 - TN
(X)(not real name) - Sacred Martyr? Which is it that can't die for good? He's the one timmy pyro keeps killing. - alignment: all but two
Edwin - Human evoker, dread necromancer, something something. Basically the undead master. Responsible for most teamkills so far. - NE
(X)(not real name) - also a new character after an untimely demise, now a monk with a bunch of interesting "fist" feats. Started Cleric - NG
Kothellion - Dwarven Duskblade/Fighter - NG

Finally, I DM in a campaign where the players have a year and a day to prove their innocence to the gods by recovering stolen items...it's complicated. And new - I haven't gotten to know these characters so well yet.

Level 3.

Fighter (now with uncontrollable lycanthropy, fun!)
Transmuter (Human)
Sorcerer (Human)
Rogue (Halfling)
Monk (Elf? Human?)
Sorcerer (Kobold)
Cleric (Human)

All basically good.

I play in three other campaigns.

One is a Ravenloft campaign, level 7 at present.

"Reyan Kempo" Human Rogue 2/Fighter 2/ Sorcerer 3 - CG (Me)
"Stixus 'Twiggy' Sparkleleaf" Gnome Druid 7 - TN (Me)
"Maje Terad" Human Sorcerer 7 - CG
"Bobbis" (no relation to poster on this forum with that name) Halfling Rouge 7 - ?
"Ignatius (forgot surname)" Human Cleric 7 - LG
"(forgot complete name)" Human Paladin 7 - LG (and quite the ladies man)

The other is a Dragonlance game, level 10 now. I don't remember what the rest of the party is playing.

"Jadetarem" (most of my full casters bear this name) - Human Conjurer 3/ Master Conjurer 7 - CG ("Dispel That")

One is being run in, of all places, Hyrule. (don't judge us)

Can't recall the names. It's myself and one other player. I'm a paladin and He's a ranger.

Also, currently gaming in two modules.

Tomb of Horrors (yes, THE ToH - We're not dead yet!)

"Tieresias" Gestalt Ghaele/Wizard 9. - CG (me)
"Bob" (player ran out of creativity) Gestalt Human Fighter/Rogue 9. - CN

and a Dragonlance module - some kind of library/academy thing.

The names escape me, but the thing is dying anyway.

So yeah, our group is pretty feckless, which is why I'm in 8 or so games now. We still have fun, though, and that's what's important.

Not sure that that's what you meant, but I was bored and I'm pretty sure this answers your question. Quest on!

[Ditto]

Homebrew world, lvl5. Two vets, three noobs.

-Dwarven fighter, noob. Hasn't gotten much action besides getting drunk.
-Dwarven barbarian, headed toward frenzied berserker. His character trait is, "Thog Smash." It's getting old... and he's a better drinker than the first fellow.
-Murimuu rogue (Homebrewed mousefolk, sort of a halfling sub-in). The player has decided that his character hates all elves, despite having never met any before meeting my character, and he has actually liked all the ones since. The player is trying really hard to come up with a reason to hate me. (He's still bitter from that time I played a hawkfolk and tried to eat him... )
-Hawkfolk monk3/sorc2. Useless as a caster, and has a pitiful HP count... but insists on doing the melee thing. His magic is basically just "MageArmorMageArmorMageArmor me!" He wants to have a crazy wizard turn him into a fire elemental. WHO DOES THAT?! (That's what we get when he comes up with a quest idea before we do...)
-Me, elf cleric of Pelor-ish, headed toward paladin. The only sane person in the group, and still trying to sort out a backstory that will work with this motley crew. I'm only following them around because Mr. Monk recently got possessed by an elder god or two, and I'm keeping tabs on him for the folks at home.

Help.

[Scorpina]

I'm in my first game with a new group (which is both fun and scary). Party line up is as follows:

Myself, a Gnome Ranger 5 with Favoured Enemies: Humanoids (Reptilian) +4 and Giant +2 who wields a Gnome Hooked Hammer as a dual weapon.

A Half-Orc Druid 5 with a wolf animal companion whose player you can see aching for Sixth Level and the Natural Spell Goodness which it will bring his character, even as he uses Wildshape like a kid with a new toy.

A Half-Elf Wizard 4, who has her spellbook tattoeed on her body and took Craft Wonderous Item at 3rd level (hence her being a level below everyone else).

An finally, a Human Barbarian 3/Rogue 2 with every stat except Wisdom at 15. He's goning for some PrC or other, I don't remember ever hearing it before he mentioned it.

[starwoof]

My group hasn't met in months, and our campaign kinda died due to a player being a jackass and sexually assaulting one of my villains (...) and being a general power gamer. With me as the DM the party consists(ed?) of:

Alexander Dagger, the Human Rogue 8/Dragonstalker 4. He started with scores all around 13, 10, and 14, and now he has some of the best stats in the party due to excellent roleplaying, surviving the entire campaign, and basically being a ninja.

Flint Stoneblood (the pun is not lost on us), the Dwarven Fighter 9/Platinum Knight 2. He was mostly innefective aside from having nice armor class and a ton of hp. He couldnt do damage worth crap though, and eventually fumbled and cut himself in half and then proceeded to be eaten by a T-Rex.

Moose, the Elven Fighter 5/Order of the bow initiate 3/Warmage 1/Arcane Archer 2 (the unfavorable multiclassing is lost on him). Hes a rapetacular archer and has died more than every other character combined. He provokes NPCs and the party dosn't help him.

[brian c]

A Half-Elf Wizard 4, who has her spellbook tattoeed on her body and took Craft Wonderous Item at 3rd level (hence her being a level below everyone else).

hm... i doubt the character would be going for this, but that tattoo trick is probably the only way you could get VoP to work with being a wizard (as per one of the Q&A columns on wotc website, VoP doesn't allow you to carry a spellbook)

[JadedDM]

I think we 3E'ers would call that a cleric

Which one, the fighter or the war priest?

[Dhavaer]

Which one, the fighter or the war priest?

It'd be the war priest.

[JadedDM]

Yeah, I figured. It was kind of a joke, on how some people say that clerics make better fighters than fighters in 3E.

Actually, it's a lot different from a cleric. Less access to spheres, and different granted powers. No ability to turn undead, but he can specialize in one weapon and Incite Berserker Rage (bestows upon one warrior type a minor berserker rage that grants +2 to hit/damage but prevents them from leaving the battlefield until the fight is over.)

[Renegade Paladin]

Human barbarian 4
Human wizard 5
Human wizard 5
Human monk 5

[Piedmon_Sama]

I am currently DMing:

-Human Wizardess 6 (TN)
-Her Cohort, a human fighter 5 (TN)
-A Half-Orc Barbarian 6 (CE)
-An Elf Druidess with Wolf Companion (CN)
-An Elf Druid with Dire Lion Companion (TN)
-An Elf Ranger 6 (NE)

I honestly don't even know what to do with these guys.... I had the storyline set up to take place far from Elven lands, and here we have the Legolas Brigade wandering around with no real reason. I particularly would like to kick myself for letting one player have a Dire Lion.... not only is it completely incongruous to the setting, it seems to singlehandedly finish off most enemies and makes social interaction difficult. (Seriously, try walking into the local tavern with an animal the size of a chevy.)

[Renegade Paladin]

How is her cohort only a level behind her?

[Swordguy]

My game is an utterly homebrew setting heavily based on Tolkein, that I had about 6 months to work upon while convalescing in the Ft. Jackson hospital.

There are a large number of houserules, largely dealing with inherent DR in armor and the ability of magical enhancements to penetrate said DR, available magic styles for PCs, the addition of the Appearance stat and it's link to several skills and abilities, Lone Wolf RPG Psionics, and some skill modifications to give classes a little more variety in SPs/level and skill choices.

Setting-wise, I've got about 18,000 years of backstory written for about 120 pages (some of it very mature), a 95-page, 350-entry Book of Prophecy that written like a Choose Your Own Adventure Book (think Terry Goodkind-style prophecy branching), and, most importantly, there is no knowledge of other planes of existence (thus necessitating modifications to spell lists and/or skill sets). This information is slowly coming out in-game, as evil NPCs have made contact with evil outsiders and are using them as "secret weapons" in the big, LotR-style invasion (which has been forshadowed for about 5 months OOG) that is just about to start. The party knows that other planes exist, but can't seem to convince anyone else. Fortunately, they are going (this week, in fact) on a rather unexpected planar jaunt.

Oh, right, and gnomes are evil barbarians who retain all their tinkering prowness, roving the plains on mighty "Land Leviathans" much like uber-jawas, with massive bounties on thier extermination. God, I hate gnomes.

Anyway, the players are:
High Elf Bard 9 (about to pick up the Seeker of the Song PrC) specializing in archery and party buffs, and who had some nymph blood "awakened" in her (from a reference in her PC background). This player has discovered, to her intense dismay, that becuase she's had this awakening, she's mentioned in the prophecy book in multiple possible timelines, dying horribly about half the time.

Low Human (I seperate High Men and Normal Men along the same idea of the blood of Numenor - only High Men can cast spells or become Psionic Combatants) Fighter 4/Wizard 3/Spellsword 2 who insists on fighting with a single, 1-handed weapon and wondering why her melee damage is low. Intrinsic to this world is that only elves can become Wizards (spell memorization is a function of thier long lives and ability to remember information from 300 years ago). High Men are all Sorcerers (force of will creates Magic effects). Thus, she has just proven to be a very big surprise to several High Men, who are all displeased over the threat she represents to their power base. Her goal is to establish a Wizard school for Low Men.

High Man Kai Lord 9 (essentially a 3rd party OGL product from Mongoose compromised of a blend of Ranger/Psion/Monk) quarterstaff-monster, who's made a hobby of thinking NPCs to death. (The Kai Lord class has some REALLY nice Psionics.) He's the most straightforward character - there are two types of Rangers of Doriath (the in-game title for the Kai class), and he's the Ranger-errant who's got to deal with more or less a Paladin's Code. He's been charged to safeguard the elf bard, so she can fulfill a prophecy that involves the old "saving the world" ploy. The elf wants nothing to do with this, as every reference to her saving the sorld also results in her...you guessed it...dying horribly.

[Maxymiuk]

I run a D&D 3.5 homebrew setting in a world that went to war with the elves until 5 years ago when they've all... disappeared.

The group is currently level 4 and well into their second adventure. It's currently five people with a sixth one joining next game.

Caedmon Thaal - A human ranger who follows Ehlonna and is quickly growing into the party's leader. Despite being relatively new to D&D, he's by far the best roleplayer and acts with honor and forethought that wouldn't go amiss in any paladin. Very much the moral compass of the party, even in the face of losing out on material rewards.

Crowid Beestinger - Halfling sorcerer from a family of merchants/beekeepers. In theory the face of the party, but he typically does the persuading in tandem with either Caedmon or Kelsrod. The only time he tried it on his own, he got chased and Dazed by a dragon. Keeps a raven familiar called Midnight he often forgets about (unless someone needs to do some dangerous scouting) and a set of shepherd's pipes.

Kelsrod Dutherin - A human rogue/barbarian/ranger with orphan roots and a big scythe. Somewhat self-effacing and uncomfortable in social situations. Keeps mumbling about going to the desert, even though (or maybe because) the party is in the fair North with winter nipping at their heels.

Morgan Seafood - a human wizard specialist (conjurer) with a failed career as a cook and the subsequent monastic upbringing. A late bloomer (he's middle-aged), he didn't experience real life much until now, and as a result is frighteningly absent-minded, while at once being the repository of group's knowledge (we call him Arcane Google).

Kody Akk - A human barbarian/fighter/ranger from the Cloudrend Mountains. The newest addition to the party, his quest to slay a "multi headed hellion spawn" having taken him away from home and towards civilization (where he was arrested for looking like trouble and subsequently foisted off on the party). Speaks in a heavy, liquid accent and carries a double axe for bashing heads.

And last but not least, the newest recruit-to-be...

Kumbrin Deepdelve - a dwarven battle sorcerer (SRD variant) obsessed with dragons and immortality. Veteran of the Unfinished War, now free to roam the world, seeking to achieve his goals (step one is becoming a Dragon Disciple).

[Seffbasilisk]

Homebrew Campaign setting one of my buddies is running.

Jacob: Death-Touched Human Rogue 3/Warmage 5 with practiced spellcaster. One of the most reliable damage dealers.

Calhan: Elven Barbarian 8 (almost 9) focused on power attacking with his magical greatsword.

Sharis: Silver Dragon Wyrmling, tries to be logical, often fails. Mixes with Jacob for AoEs with her breath and is decent enough in melee.

Trassis: Lizardfolk Sorcerer 7, should be a powerhouse, instead is an idiot who spams magic missile, and an occasional fireball (if Jacob shouts out where to drop it)

Grypp: Gnoll Bard1/Druid 6, relativly useless. Minor healing, minor summoning, mostly acts as another meatsack to take a few HP worth of damage.

Gimbim: Gnome Cleric 7, dedicated healer and buffer. Medocre (played by Jacob's player as well seeing as the guy plaing him is almost never there.)

[Gorbash]

A campaign set in Faerun... At least we think, since we got balefuly teleported... somewhere. So we guess we're in a part of Faerun which the DM invented, but we're trying to get back... Party consist of:

Tiefling Rogue 4/Figther 2 (going on Dread Commando, just got 6th level) is hated by 2 other party members. Just because he has horns, wings, spell-like abilities, dubious background (he's from Sigil), and likes to kill people from behind, doesn't nesesarily means he's evil. :P In fact, he's true neutral.

Human Cleric of Uthgardt 5/Runecaster 1. The only fun-to-hang-out-with character in the party. He's friends with my character, since he's the only party member who speaks Illuskan (Chondathan is the native language for the rest of us). Chaotic Neutral

Dwarf Cleric 4/Fighter 2 (going on Hammer of Moradin, about to get lvl 7). Our primary tank, and medicore damage dealer. Not much to say about him, since he doesn't RP at all... Lawful good

Human Paladin 6 (about to get lvl 7). The greatest powerplayer and rollplayer of them all. Primary damage dealer (his damage on charge while mounted is scary, even scarier when he combines it with Rhino Rush and Smite Evil). Extremely not fun to play with. Mislikes my character, and that's where his RP ends...

[GolemsVoice]

My Group:
Syria
Human Sorceress
Age: 16. (ingame) Wisdom: 6. What more is there to say? (its a flaw the DM allowed, and she really roleplays it.)

Melvic
Human Cleric of Kelemvor (the god of the dead)
Big, strong, Full Plate in black. Does not talk alot, but is always there when he is needed, always ready to heal you up. With an AC of about 40 (with some of his magic) he is the stone of frustration for our DM.

Taylor
Human Fighter/Rogue
The poor guy in our group for several reasons. He wants to be a bounty hunter, and the tactician of our group. Sadly, his authority is mostly ignored. Also wields two weapons, which is a highly discussed topic on this board. Has absolutely no luck with dice. Wears only light armor to get his rogue abilities, which constantly fail him. But a great person and rolplayer IRL.

Norgan
Halfling rogue
What is there to say? Lord of the sneak attacks. His best friend is his gnome-pimped crossbow, which the DM homebrewed because he felt sorry of the 1d4 shortsword. Has ice-blue hair due to an accident involving a 50 Gp-per-potion-you-try-for-me deal with a gnome. My character.

The Outcast of Names
Tiefling monk
The voice of reason and modesty in our group. The player came up with the name, because he still did not think of one when the game started.

Nevkran
Elven Ranger/Fighter
The silent death in our group. He's quiet, but deadly. But when he announces his damage, it's the part of everyone else to be silent.

[Zeb The Troll]

We're in a homebrew setting based on the FR map and nothing else. Also even the character classes are not anything published by the spooky wizards but I'll try to give them a decent enough description. Also, we roll our stats and use a pretty generous method that allows for us to have the potential for more than one good stat.

Party level 8

Human/Knight - like it sounds, he's a strong melee type but more fleshed out than a basic fighter. Because his dex is fairly high he wears a chain shirt instead of full plate so that his touch AC stays pretty high. His character is associated with the same religious order as our druid.

Human/Priestess - closer to the druid class, but with more offensive spells and more politically active than a standard druid. She's not quite to the "burn the cities and return the land to the Mother" but she's getting there. She's the wife of the GM, but they've been married long enough that she gets no boons from it.

Human/Mage type - she's got a PrC that lets her take con damage to metamagic her spells, so long as she has the feat. This character is socially challenged though, in that her class requires that she not bathe. This campaign being the furthest thing from a dungeon crawl, this is starting to get to be a problem and has the potential to get much worse, although if RP'd right it can contribute to intimidation. The player is my daughter and she's married to the guy who plays the Knight.

Human/Noble - This class has no D&D counterpart that I know of. His strength is in social skills and feats and he's the newest member of the party so we don't know yet how he's going to play it out, except that he's sure to have an ego the size of Texas.

Human/Vagabond - This class is garbage in combat, not even having simple weapon proficiencies, but he's a master skill monkey. He's our information gatherer. He's got the stealth, the connections, the information gathering, the wide variety of Knowledge (Stuff Casters Don't Take)... He gets us invited to the right parties and meetings with officials, as well as pumping his underground contacts for the dirt on what's going down. He also happens to be the guy who's got a string of side businesses going that gives us a moderate cash flow.

Air Djinn/Priest - Me. In this world djinns are a term for a half breed humanoid/elemental that's moderately attuned to their element. This isn't anything uber but makes for some flavor. For example, the air djinn gets bonuses to save DC's of air spells. This priest is playing a prestige class that is a total pacifist. Like the vagabond, I've got 0 weapon proficiencies, which is fine because I wouldn't use them anyway. I specialize in spells that avoid or defuse combat situations (like Calm Emotions and Charm spells). I have this mental image of my character as Kwai Chang Cain without all the Kung Fu.

The knight is new to D&D and the rest of us have been playing for between 6 and 30 years.

[Gorbash]

6 to 30 years?! My hat to you, sir.

[Saph]

Forgotten Realms game. Our group is:

Level 8 LG Dwarven Fighter - tough, reliable, backbone of our fights.
Level 7 LN Human Cleric of Kelemvor - is also a Doomguide, and a munchkin. Has died more times than every other character put together. The DM finally got tired of killing him and had his character returned to Faerun as an outsider with a +2 LA, limiting his munchkinness.
Level 7 +1 LA CG ? Evoker - Refuses to use anything but cold spells. Refuses to reveal his race. Refuses to reveal his past. Refuses to do pretty much anything, really. Wears a Hat of Disguise at all times.
Level 8 CN Moon Elf Fighter/Rogue - Trouble magnet. Never listens to warnings and gets the party into hot water on an hourly basis, but he makes the game more fun in the process and works hard in the fights, so no-one minds that much. Kiwi player.
Level 7 N Human Bard - Big mouth, talks a lot, has a heavily optimised character with a wide variety of feats, skills, and spells, yet never seems to actually accomplish much, since his character is optimised towards not dying instead of towards contributing. He's been getting on my nerves since he keeps trying to hide behind me.
Level 8 NG Sun Elf Enchantress/Loremaster - My character. Kind, gentle, naive. Has no way of doing damage but I always try and avoid fights anyway. Carries around enough magic items to start a shop, most of them home-made.

The party argues a lot outside of combat but works efficiently inside it, which is just as well since our GM sends us against tough monsters played to maximum effectiveness. As a result of this we've been gaining a lot of XP, getting an average of two levels every three sessions.

- Saph

[squishycube]

My group currently play an Iron Heroes campaign in a homebrew world.
Everyone in our group comes from a fairly large country that recently formed out of about a dozen countries. To the south of our City States are the superpowers of Venin and Geria. To great annoyance of our group, we have to accept the fact that especially Venin is much more advanced, technologically and culturally.

Our group consists of 5 third level characters:
Todos Sandman, an Archer with huge hands, used to wield his large heavy crossbow. Rumoured to be able to shoot with trees. He's from somewhere in the middle of the City States, white male in his twenties.
Zabu Shashula, former companion to his highness the crown prince of Mabwai, this large dark-skinned man is now finding new strengths from the rage within. A Beserker, in his late twenties. Although the Mabwai consider themselves the most civilised in the City States, Zabu is not a typical example. He is a half-blood (white + black, not different species. This is a no-known-magic world.) and a bit of a savage.
Tim van Veen, a pale man in his late twenties. Great tactical mind, but not very resilient. He is quiet, a bit of a calvinist, like a Dutchman. He is a Hunter.
Cruand Shondason is from the former barbarian lands that recently joined the City States. He is even bigger than Zabu, a staggering 250 centimetres (+/- 8'2") and with his polearm, he can hit people over 15 feet away! He is a man-at-arms, carrying a large array of weapons. He is close to his fifties, he seems to suffer from amnesia so he had to train all over again.
Zakura Paladine, a noble. He is a man-at-arms1/weaponmaster2 specialising in armour.
Eri Wai Zoet, also a Mabwai. He is in his early twenties, about half a year ago he graduated from his combat training. He is a Harrier.

[Leon]

FR Setting: all Lvl 5
Human Cleric of Torm (me)
Human Cleric of Helm
Gnome Cleric of Some Gnome nature god
Elf Fighter/Wizard
Minatour Gladiator
Dwarf Fighter

[Bender]

We're running our first campaign, but It's mainly a collection of adventures. I'm the principal DM, but since we play on average once every two months, and I like to be a PC as well, we sometimes switch (which is a very bad idea, but works until now). As the main DM, I'm beginning to create a world and a story to connect everything...
Oh, and I think I'm the only one who has read the rules, but it's getting better.

PCs:
dwarf rogue lvl 6: doesn't use sneak attacks a lot, the jokes are on him because somehow he always manages to get cursed or poisoned or roll bad at the wrong time

half-orc fighter lvl 7: very big: 7'6" always seems to roll great on his hitpoints, does most of the fighting, after the wizard has blasted a bit, strict about the rules he knows

elf wizard lvl 7: evocer with a great interest in dragons. does most of the killing and generally lowers his charisma by wearing monstrous spider legs or painting himself with sooth... Since he's the only one with some background I know about, a search for dragons, this is the source for the developing story.

half elf bard 2/cleric 3: for some reason, he doesn't manage to make himself useful all to often (although the evocer has fun blasting his shrines and getting cursed by the gods) he likes the roleplaying

elf druid 4: me, since I'm behind, my usefulness is a bit restricted to having a flying companion and apparently being the only one with some ranks in listen and spot... and he's rather egocentric and vengeful.

This is less than ideal for gameplay, but as long as we're having fun, it's a good way to learn, and we'll probably continue like this.

[Zeb The Troll]

6 to 30 years?! My hat to you, sir.

Aye, I started getting my daughter involved when she was 12, about 6 years ago, and our GM started playing in the mid '70's when he was in junior high. I fall right in the middle having started in '92 while I was a young man in the Army at Fort Riley, KS. I still have that character sheet around somewhere. He was a human ranger named Jeremiah Weed.

[prufock]

Setting: My homebrew world.

Characters:
Elven Barbarian 6: The main frontline fighter so far (the Dwarven fighter was only added recently). Has the worst luck of the team. So far, he has fallen out of a tree, been killed by an ogre scout, and had his horse eaten by a dire bear.
Elven Druid 6: NPC/DMC, depending on your terminology preference. Fills the main magic role, uses wild shape when need be, and is a bit of a ****. The rogue and ranger constantly make him the butt of their snide jokes.
Half-Elven Rogue 6: Obvious skill monkey, but tries to get other people to do the dirty work for her.
Half-Elven Ranger 6: Two-weapon style, backs up the barbarian in battle. She's the one usually called on to do the rogue's dirty work. Has an owl named Hooters.
Dwarven Fighter 6: Added last session. A tank with a greataxe and mean-spirited sense of humour. Is currently wearing half a hill giant testicle as a beanie.

I'm currently running "White Plume Mountain" as a part of an overarching plot.

[Fhaolan]

Just as a warning, all the following groups are using 3.0, not 3.5.

The group I DM on alternate Monday nights. The campaign is my own homebrew.

PCs:
Glim: Dwarven Cleric (of the Wanderer, god of Travel and Trickery]
Wini: Centauran Sorceress
Geoffrey: Squirrel Fighter/Rogue (formerly Human, botched reincarnation roll)
Corbyn: Human Rogue
Vonga: Half-Orc Bard/Barbarian

NPCs:
C'nnon & F'dar: Twin Elven Fighters (started following the group due to an accidental magical compulsion.)
Grokk: Orc Ranger
Deloris: Human Paladin (follower of the Crying God, god of Healing and Suffering. Basically, a Goth Paladin.)

In the Saturday group, we actually have several games going on with different DMs. This list is for one is a 'generic' setting, as this is the DMs first ever game as DM. The characters were devised completely independantly of each other, believe it or not.

Dwarven Rogue (Me.)
Dwarven Wizard
Dwarven Paladin
Gnomish Ranger with a Wardog companion.
Gnomish Barbarian
Gnomish Cleric

In another Saturday game that is on hiatus at the moment, it's another homebrew campaign for a different DM, and is all at 'high' level of approximately 13-14th level or so. A friend, my wife, and I all joined this group fairly late in the campaign. The DM, while a good storyteller, was a bit shaky on the rules, which led to several PCs with... overly benificial and not strictly legal builds. Three of the players dropped out almost immediately when the 'math errors' were pointed out to them. The last two with munchkin-style characters are still in the group, but I am of the belief they were led into temptation rather than deliberately set out to cheat.

PCs based on the rules
Half-Elf Bard/Wizard (Me.) with a celestial raven familiar.
Half-Orc Ranger with a War-Tiger companion.
Human Fighter/Rogue. This is an attempt at a mounted archer build, we're not sure how well it's really working yet.
Halfling Rogue

PCs based on 'creative interpretation of the rules'
Elven Druid/Wizard with a civit familiar, and several dozen animal companions (including a fire viper, an awakened horse, and lord knows what else.) Also, when the three of us joined, she seemed to believe that all Divine spells are cast spontaniously just like sorcerer spells.
Human Fighter designed as a trip-monkey with spiked armor and a glaive, and was aiming for some kind of Blackguard-like PrC. I don't know exactly which PrC. There's nothing technically illegal about this build, but the DM didn't know how to counter this particular build when we joined the group, and things were getting rapidly out of control.

And the last Saturday game is a diceless Superhero game, so