Interest gauging: Untitled Pathfinder/3.5 OGL Campaign

[Riverfort]

This is not a recruiting/signup thread. Right now, I am just going to be pitching an idea and see if there is enough interest in it for me to carry onwards with planning it.

Game system:

A modified version of either Pathfinder, or the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Open Game License rules. I plan on modifying the rules slightly by making custom races for pony characters. The races I am planning on making so far include Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns (of course), as well as Zebras, Griffons, Dragons, and Crystal Ponies (Changelings are a possibility). I'll also have to modify the class system slightly, given the technicality that only Unicorns can use magic in the show. This won't be done on any kind of grandiose level, mind you. I'll likely just post the custom rules on the forum; I'm not going to be making a "Ponyfinder Core Rulebook" or anything.

Game setting:

The game will take place N millennia after the show. The Mane 6, Spike, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Discord (others possible) have all ascended to godhood and watch over Equestria from a higher plane. Others such as Chrysalis, Sombra, and Larry/Shadowfright (read the comics) have become evil gods (other evil gods might include Tirek and the Smooze).

I will put together a setting which utilizes all confirmed countries from the show (Equestria, Crystal Empire, Griffon Kingdoms [alluded to on canon map], Tartarus, and Saddle Arabia, plus the Sea Kingdom or whatever if I pick up that book) plus one or two others made specifically for the game (Zebra and Changeling homelands, most likely). The technology level will remain about the same as the show, for simplicity's sake.

Campaign:

The story of any potential campaign is something that is yet to be imagined. It would most likely just be a couple of one-shot adventures to start, to test out the system, and then we could take it into a bigger campaign. The campaign/adventures would be heavily influenced by the fantasy adventure genre.

Also, though I am open to other gaming methods, it would more than likely be play-by-post on a forum, given the fact that scheduling for regular games is always pretty difficult for me.

This is something that I will likely be putting together anyways just for the heck of it. I am making this thread mostly just to find out how ambitious I should be about it. I expect to have most of the work done by Mid-June, though early test runs earlier on would be great, too.

[Equestrian Wyvern]

I would certainly be up for the campaign when you get around to running it.

A few words of advice:
1) I would suggest using Pathfinder as the base game as opposed to 3.5 as in general it fixed alot of the glaring issues with 3.5's core material and is backwards compatible with only minimal effort needed to fit in anything that is worth including in your game (the silly undermining the core game system stuff isn't really the sort of thing to port for an actual campaign)
2) Restricting magic in general to Unicorns only is inadvisable when using a class based system, as with Pathfinder you only leave 6 of 19 default classes open for non-unicorns. (there are non magic variants of a bunch of the partially magic classes but those are just complicating things) Restricting only arcane magic to unicorns only is significantly better allowing non-unicorns to select 15 of 19 classes while still maintaining the distinction of Unicorns having magic.

[Riverfort]

May 4, 2013 12:17:35 GMT -8 Equestrian Wyvern said:

I would certainly be up for the campaign when you get around to running it.

A few words of advice:
1) I would suggest using Pathfinder as the base game as opposed to 3.5 as in general it fixed alot of the glaring issues with 3.5's core material and is backwards compatible with only minimal effort needed to fit in anything that is worth including in your game (the silly undermining the core game system stuff isn't really the sort of thing to port for an actual campaign)
2) Restricting magic in general to Unicorns only is inadvisable when using a class based system, as with Pathfinder you only leave 6 of 19 default classes open for non-unicorns. (there are non magic variants of a bunch of the partially magic classes but those are just complicating things) Restricting only arcane magic to unicorns only is significantly better allowing non-unicorns to select 15 of 19 classes while still maintaining the distinction of Unicorns having magic.

1) I agree wholeheartedly. Pathfinder is the way to go (and not only because I already own several hundred dollars worth of the books).
2) I like the way you think, but wouldn't it be 13 instead of 15, since there are 6 classes that cast arcane spells? (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, Summoner, Witch and Magus)

[Equestrian Wyvern]

May 4, 2013 12:51:29 GMT -8 Riverfort said:

May 4, 2013 12:17:35 GMT -8 Equestrian Wyvern said:

I would certainly be up for the campaign when you get around to running it.

A few words of advice:
1) I would suggest using Pathfinder as the base game as opposed to 3.5 as in general it fixed alot of the glaring issues with 3.5's core material and is backwards compatible with only minimal effort needed to fit in anything that is worth including in your game (the silly undermining the core game system stuff isn't really the sort of thing to port for an actual campaign)
2) Restricting magic in general to Unicorns only is inadvisable when using a class based system, as with Pathfinder you only leave 6 of 19 default classes open for non-unicorns. (there are non magic variants of a bunch of the partially magic classes but those are just complicating things) Restricting only arcane magic to unicorns only is significantly better allowing non-unicorns to select 15 of 19 classes while still maintaining the distinction of Unicorns having magic.

1) I agree wholeheartedly. Pathfinder is the way to go (and not only because I already own several hundred dollars worth of the books).
2) I like the way you think, but wouldn't it be 13 instead of 15, since there are 6 classes that cast arcane spells? (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, Summoner, Witch and Magus)

Ah yeah, forgot that Summoner and Witch counted as arcane, as they are the odd sort of quasi-arcane caster

[Hunterwolf]

Hm... The setting intrigues me. However I am not familiar with D & D and if I joined then I would definitely need some guidance how to get involved. Being that I already host and play in a single campaign though as well as expressed an interest in maybe joining another campaign, I'm a bit hesitant to express a interest in hopping in whenever you start. However, I know there's people out there looking for a game so I sincerely hope you find some players!

[Riverfort]

May 4, 2013 13:17:18 GMT -8 Hunterwolf said:

Hm... The setting intrigues me. However I am not familiar with D & D and if I joined then I would definitely need some guidance how to get involved. Being that I already host and play in a single campaign though as well as expressed an interest in maybe joining another campaign, I'm a bit hesitant to express a interest in hopping in whenever you start. However, I know there's people out there looking for a game so I sincerely hope you find some players!

Don't worry! I'd be more than willing to help you out if you were to join.

Also, if time is your concern, you should know that this will likely done as a play-by-post, which does not require you to set aside any big block of time in a day, but just to make a post to a forum whenever you have time (preferably once per day). I have a forum that has a dice code implemented into it, so it still has the die-rolling aspect.

[pingcode]

I suppose I'll throw in my tentative interest coin, but not much more until there's a more detailed pitch. Preliminary thought is that I'd like to give a Factotum (3.5e, Dungeonscape) a shot, but as always it's in the air until the details solidify.

[Lucky Stars]

Did this ever get anywhere?