So three weeks ago (already), we met up for the first time at G&G in Redmond. The new group consists of two of the players from my Tuesday night gaming group, one of whom is my adult son. The other fellow brought his never-played-before wife. A third former member of the Tuesday crew also brought his two rookie teen-aged kids - for a nice round, old-school number of 6 PCs. Great to have a group that's 50% novice - so many things to NOT have to unlearn!
Anyway, we spent the first hour or so rolling up Castles & Crusades characters. First new House Rule: Character Generation: When rolling for abilities, players needed six d6. Three of them were placed in a Dice Pool, with the 6,5, and 4 showing. The other three were rolled 6 times. At any time, one of the dice in the roll could be replaced with one from the pool. The final results could then be assigned to the abilities as the player chooses.
So at the conclusion of character generation, we had the following cast:
· Kimgal Darkview : A Dwarven Cleric of Ulaa
· Skavenn Oakbow : A human Ranger with a Big Bastard sword.
· Luna Dragonstripe : a human Rogue - she's completely trustworthy. Really.
· Maigrey : a mysterious Elven Wizardress
· Dargeth Splinterhaft : The Fighter. What more can one say?
· Benzen ; the sword-wielding monk
Second House Rule: Skullies: Everyone starts with one Skully (gotta find some little skull tokens). A Scully can be used at anytime to reroll a dice roll just made. Skullies are rewarded mainly for - well, whatever I feel like - and Dargeth has already earned his first extra skully by writing up his backstory - posted soon for your enjoyment.
As to the Opening Scenario, in 1982, Larry DiTillio (yes, The Larry DiTillio of Masks of Nyarlathotep fame) published a scenario in Dragon Magazine number 63, called Chagmat. The followers of Chag have long held a soft spot in my heart, and I have run this scenario and variations of it - Return of the Chagmat (Greyhawk d20), Revenge of the Chagmat (Eberron) - since I read the original back when it first came out. So, hearkening back to the originals, I did the minor conversions necessary for C&C, and that's where we're going first...
