Acronyms ahoy! I’ll ask a mod to change the title of the thread to something more appropriate once the game has gotten going and I have a working title.
This is the Out of Character and setup thread for my 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons game.
The player list is as follows:
Johnny Angel (no relation)
Budget Player Cadet
Frylock
The Hamster King
Senor Beef
Those players who do not have the player’s handbook will have to download the Basic Rules, available here.
Posting Convention and Style Guide
The In Character thread, which does not yet exist, will be used for the vast majority of posting. Die rolls (explained below) and minor Out of Character comments should be put in spoiler boxes to cut down on clutter and keep things streamlined and nice looking. This thread will be used for more in-depth OOC stuff. I personally prefer third-person narrative for games like this but won’t kick you in the head if you want to use first person.
Dice Rolling
We’re going to use www.invisiblecastle.com for dice rolling. You don’t need an account to roll dice there, but I’d like everyone to create one because using an account opens up a little functionality and makes searching for result easier. When you use the site to roll, it will create BBpost code for you to copy/paste directly into the thread.
For example, Conan the Barbarian is rolling a d20 to hit. He goes to the site and fills out the appropriate fields (campaign name is not necessary, but the “notes” section is useful). After rolling, he’s able to post this to the thread:
attack (1d20=14) success!
damage (2d6=6).
I’m not going to be going and checking all your results to make sure you guys aren’t cheating or anything - at least not unless **SenorBeef **somehow winds up scoring max damage on every single hit for six combats in a row. 
The nice thing about this system is that you can roll pretty much whenever you want. So if you think a charisma roll might be appropriate as part of one of your posts, you can do that and I can adjudicate the result more easily. This cuts down on the back and forth needed between you all and me. If this seems vague or confusing, I promise that it will make lots of sense once we start playing.
Character Creation
To start, I’d like everyone to decide what they’re going to play. There are 12 classes, and I’m going to set a hard limit of no more than one character per class.
Likewise, I’m going to strongly encourage but not outright enforce that you guys try and build a ‘classic’ D&D adventuring party. In my mind, that means Fighter, Cleric, Wizard, Rogue, Bard (or classes similar to these - sorcerer instead of wizard, etc). This isn’t a rule, though - just something I’d like to see happen.
The classes are as follows:
Barbarian
Bard
Cleric
Druid
Fighter
Monk
Paladin
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Warlock
Wizard
When everyone has hammered out what classes they want, we’ll move into the mechanics of creation. I expect you guys to talk it out.
With this being kind of a ‘classic’ campaign, I’m not going to start with a complicated setting. You all will start as a party of level 1 adventurers, sitting in a tavern, and a quest of some kind will present itself. A classic trope in what you can all assume to be a classic fantasy setting. You’ll start already formed as a group, though it’s up to you whether you’ve known the other characters for a long time or only for a little while.
I’m sure I missed some stuff, so feel free to ask questions. Meanwhile, start talking!
