I've got two out of eight possible characters in this game. I usually don't like to rush people, but I've had several games die because the characters never came.

Once we have four characters, I think we're ready to get the game started. I would like to remind you to double check your math and finish everything. I'm not a DM that likes to be looking things up at multiple places just to find results for one Skill check. I would also like to remind you to find a portrait of your character (for the mapping tool) and send me, either via e-mail or as a link in a PM.

Finally, if you have any game related questions or general character questions, ask them here so that everyone can benefit from me answering them.

Effective modifiers for trained class skills are as follows, with modifiers while in shadow in parens:

Concentration +11 (+12)
Hide +19
Knowledge (arcane) +12
Knowledge (the planes) +12
Move Silently +19
Spellcraft +11
Spot +12 (+16)

Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven.
The pearl of speech should be (orcish).

If I missed anything else, let me know!

Edit: feat citations:

Insightful (CArc 80) detect magic, detect secret doors, read magic each 1/day (spell-like)
Reach Mystery (ToM 137) 1/day, touch-range becomes 30' ray
Extend Mystery (ToM 136) 1/day, double duration of any mystery. full-round
Shadow Familiar (ToM 138 ) can obtain a familiar; familiar gains dark template
Improved Familiar (DMG 200, Forgotten Realms Player's Guide 39) allows acquisition of tressym, familiar's type doesn't change, familiar can't communicate with own species in the way normal familiars (PHB 59) do.

I've go mine in the working on stage. actually two possibilities. Haven't finalized yet. but in progress to be sure. Taxes did me in until Wed but I should have something by this Sunday.

!!!READ THIS!!!
Yes, I am going to be harsh and mean in this post.

For those of you who do not know it yet, I'm not here to make your characters for you. I have enough work as it is seeing as I'm the DM. I expect a finished character when you send in your charactersheets, not half-finished calculations or citations. When I say I want citations, I mean book's name and individual page number for every item, feat, spell or what-have-you that is not in the three core books. So no "feats are on pages X-Y" kind of deal. When I need to look things up, I want to be able to find it nearly instantly without having to go through a whole chapter. If you abbreviate a book's name in your citation, I want you to include a list of the abbreviation that you used and what each of them stand for. I don't abbreviate very often myself, so it is not 100% certainty that I know which books you are talking about. Don't assume I do.

I also don't like to be asked to finish anyone's character. In any possible way. I'll help you make one, but I don't want no "could you finish my inventory?" kind of trash. That is your job, but I guess I've already said that. This may seem like I want you to do all the hard work, but I also have a lot of work and more pressure than you to make this game entertaining for up to 8 people.

We've got 2 characters already and please don't think I'm trying to insult the players by pointing at the above. This is not intended to be an arguement or insulting, but a forwarning to the rest of the players who haven't sent in their characters yet. This kind of thing annoys me, and I want to avoid being to annoyed when we start the game. I might end up killing the whole party before starting.

The characters I have gotten so far are great and I applaud the players for being the first to send in their sheets.

about the uses/day sudden metamagic house rule. Some of my metashadow feats change cast time the way metamagic feats affect bard/sorcerer spontaneous casting, but not all.

A metashadow feat is already 1/day and doesn't affect the mystery's level (so 0 in the calculation).

Would the house rule bump metashadow applications to 3/day, or will we stick with the Tome of Magic rules on p 136?
There's a sidebar in that section detailing differences, I'll quote it here directly:

"Just as other casters enhance their spells through metamagic, so mystery users can manipulate their castings with metashadow feats. While metamagic feats increase the casting time of a spell to a full round when applied to spontaneously-cast spells, this is not always the case with metashadow feats. Metashadow feats function identically to metamagic feats in all ways not specifically contradicted herein."

If there's anything else that needs page numbers, etc., let me know and I'll get it posted. Those citations help me a lot, too, but I do skim things sometimes and miss stuff because of it.

Got my character in! I'm pretty sure I cited everything, and didn't leave anything else. Lemme know if I forgot something, and I'll gladly fix it.

Well, it's hard to apply the houserule to shadowcasters because they don't actually use spells which the houserule aims at. I would say that they would benefit from the rule, getting 3/day metashadows and no modifications to their casting time, but I am going to have to read it propperly over to be sure.
For now, assume you get the 3/day thing.

Oh, and since there is no actual difference between day and night in the Dungeon of the Unhallow, a day counts as roughly 24 hours. Also, any effect that would count as a week (some spells for example) lasts seven days and not the Forgotten Realms' tenday.

can I be the twin sister of Brianna's character as we are twins in real life. BTW we had to use a bronze base.

actually not even bronze, too high a ECL back to drawing boards. Anyway can we still be twin sisters characters?

You can play siblings, that's fine with me. You should know that there is only one prisoner in each cell and that all prisoners are randomly assigned to the cells. The chances that siblings would be in two cells this close to each other is suprisingly lucky

And, if you are interested in joining, I suggest you look up the recruiting thread (I forgot to add the parent thread but it is fixed now so you should be able to find it). Just something to remember in the future

I think we now have room for only one more player.

EDIT: Actually, there is no more room for any more players or characters. This game is currently full

You missed my edit in regards to stats which you addressed with me. The strength score is too high. My cursed fingers...

Also, I changed his alignment to Lawful Evil. Sorry that I hadn't factored these in, but please edit the post to reflect these changes. Thanks.

It has now been fixed. Your character is now weaker and more evil

We now have 3 characters ready. The Friday after we have the 4th character will be when the game officially starts. So when we have enough characters, you know how long before the game starts.

Let's rejoice for less powerful more evil characters!!!

I'd have to argue in favor of applying the 3/day rule to metashadow as well, just from comparisons at the utility of meta feats in general before application of the rule to either set.
Metashadow would start to look pretty dinky if the rule were applied unevenly, I think.

Don't mind me. I'm still building a flying shadow cat.

I think I will start the game next Friday. If I wait too long everyone will just lose interest. Don't worry about not having your characters ready though, your spot as a player will remain reserved for you and you can join in later at an appropriate time. Do not rush your characters too much.

So, game starts on Friday, if you do not have a character by then you can bring him in later. Your reservation won't be cancelled unless you specifically say so.

For those of you who have ready characters: If you want to make any changes, your requests for them must be in before we start. Any requests for changes after the official game start will be ignored. Ye be warned.

EDIT: By the way, I still need portraits for two characters that are ready for the game. I have the portrait for Mephistopholes' character, but not the other two. If you have sent me via e-mail or PM, try again since I haven't seen it. If you haven't sent it to me before Friday, I'll pick something temporary for you.