Starting Gold is 2500 gold with some additions.
You all may have a free normal weapon, and normal armor. You may all have 1 free potion (approved by me) you all have 1 free backback, bedroll, flint and steel, and trail rations for 1 week.

If you are a halfling you start with 1875 gold (read halfling lore)

If you are a forsaken elf you start with 3200 gold and one mw weapon or armour.

note that no more than 1/2 your gold can be spent on any single item.

It would probably do the party better if people let others know what they were going to play.

Jozan has asked to play a Mystic Theurge, that's the only class I'm definately aware of.

I'm definitely interested. I was thinking of a playing a Swordsage (from the Tome of Battle splatbook). Or some mixture of fighter and thief if you don't want Swordsagey goodness.

I'm currently re dl'ding the Tome of Battle book. If I remember correctly that adds stances and what not to combat no? I dont want to overly complicate things to the point where I have to look things up every post, but I'll check the book and get back to you. Otherwise multiclassing is always an option

It does add stances and stuff. I don't think it's that complicated, but I've never had a chance to use ToB so I can't say for sure.

I might go for a multi-class fighter/thief instead (or maybe the ninja class from Complete Adventurer).

It's been forever and a day since I've played either a rogue or warrior type... Any opposition from anyone to either?

I oppose all things equally.

I just don't want to be stuck with a cleric. I always get stuck with a cleric.

And all my clerics end up racist.

I shouldn't ask, but why are just your clerics racist?

PS. I'm happy to go with a cleric if no one else wants to. I'll just twist the concept and make her a cleric/thief.

PPS. Actually that would only work if she worshipped an evil deity. Maybe not a good idea.

while I will allow a sword sage (I now have the book) note I will open up the source material for enemies as well then.

Otherwise reading over the ninja class, I can definately make it work given the setting you'll be in.
the choice is yours.

And as I said, play what you like, just note that stacking skill sets may be very beneficial in some cases while great hindrances in others.


Alignment: While you may all work together for a certain goal, I'm not opposed to clashing alignments, just know while I dont want it to come to PvP, I've not stopped it in the past and should players turn on each other in the interest of party survival (Ie they find out one member is secretly a spy working for Belsameth's clergy undermining their every move resulting in great loss or hardship and decide to remove that player... I wont stop it.)

Cole's notes version: It's easier to all be neutral / good, but I wont stop a well played evil character that can justify motives etc via pms

Ok, I'll let you know.

I'm still working on the character background at the mo, so I haven't decided on class and skills etc. I'd like to try Swordsage, but I still need to read it more closely.

I was planning on playing a character who has been evil (probably CE) and is now trying to do good (or some skewed version of good). So she'll be more grey-ish than evil per se.

I've always struggled to play evil PCs myself. It's hard not to portray them as Hammer Horror villains.

It's probably the beards.

PH2 available?

CN, the elusive 4th evil lol.. Or someone seeking validation and salvation from a past life of wrong doings.

I've always been the one who accepted things like Assassins not having to be evil alignment (provided they play the proper alignment with finesse), because sometimes even the loftiest of good organizations sometimes have to resort to less than sanctimonious needs to remove dire threats.

Ph2 available.

Sweet. Will roll up a beguiler shortly.

I've always wanted to be a beguiler.

It's probably the beard.