Interested in Being a Player? The Time of Troubles & Era of Upheaval We would like to welcome you to our homebrewed Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Inspired By Ed Greenwood

First off, thanks for stopping by. I hope if you make it through this long read, you will have a better understanding of what this Forgotten Realms "Icewind Dale" campaign will be about and how I plan to run it. First off, This will be my first Pacesetter B/X, Old-School Essentials Advanced Fantasy & AD&D system that I've ever ran "mainly the OSE and B/X Pacesetter part will be for character classes and races while our core rules will be AD&D". This will also be my first time running anything online instead of around the table — "lord help me".

I don't consider myself a great Dungeon Master, I simply try and do my best to give my players a fun game - as I've ran games around the table in the past, I've never had anyone complain so I guess I must be decent but this time I'll be doing a mix of around a live table as well as bringing in an online player using Discord/Roll20 "which will be a first for me".

"I prefer classic D&D because there is no way I can create a sense of horror or fear in my campaigns/adventures as a Dungeon Master using the 5e rules. The 5e rules allows the players characters to always have a safety net beneath them compared to the classic systems "in my humble opinion of course". To play classic D&D, you don't have to learn the rules, you will learn them as you play and the rules are very simple to learn and understand. One of my players from another group, Joe Rice, had never played D&D before in his life and from the start he had no trouble understanding how to play and now he loves the system.

This is a rules light system, your choices as a player matter more than dice rolls. Actions of your character are less defined by your character sheet than on creativity and thoughtful planning. Players have agency, they decide the plot. They're actions have consequences. There is no pre-determined plot. It plays faster and smoother, with more player agency overall, and a kind of classic “feels” or “vibe” that can’t quite be gotten via modern-style rules sets. In a nut shell, It's just like 5e, except all the rules that tell you what you can or can't do are gone. Instead, you tell your Dungeon Master what you want to do and the Dungeon Master tells you what attribute to roll equal to or under. Don't be afraid to try this system out, who knows . . . you may end up liking it."

- House Rules: We do have a few "quality of life" house rules to help make the game run a little smoother and be slightly more forgiving than it is in it's current form. These rules may change over time.
- About Our Campaign: Here you can read all about our Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
- Current Companions: This is a list of companions that will be in this campaign.
- Journals Page: This is where my players can find everything they need to know about our campaign.
- Check out the class and race pages to see what is available.

- Discord: This is the eastiest way to reach me. Click the Discord link for a link to my Discord server.
- Facebook: You can also find me on Facebook.
- Email: If all else fails, my email is jamesefullard@gmail.com
- Our Campaign Page: This is the page that will have anything and everything you need to know about our game.

Our campaign setting I plan to run my games in is the Forgotten Realms setting. I will not do a long write-up on this setting but my thoughts on this campaign setting can be found here and hopefully you already know about this setting. I grew up with AD&D from the golden years of D&D and it is by far the overall best system out of them all "imho of course".

Alright, now for the good stuff lol I hope you made it this far. This campaign will take place around a live table but also have one player online using Roll20/Discord - so, we will use Roll20 as our battlemap so my local and online players can both see it. For any players that are long distance, Roll20 will be used for character sheets, battlemaps, dice rolling & for webcams and audio as well "depending on the audio/video quality" but if the quality is not solid, we will use Discord for audio.

If you have read this all the way until then end, then you must be at least somewhat interested. Sure, classic D&D does not have all the bells and whistles of 5th edition, sure classic does not have the option of spell casting with subclasses like 5th edition and most importantly, classic D&D is not meant for you to start out at level 1 and be a superhero. It's dark, it's gritty, it's more realistic and believable but above all else, classic D&D is high fantasy, not modern fantasy like 5th edition.

I am not putting down 5th edition, I simply want to express just how different the two systems are, kind of like "Lord of the Rings" vs "Honor Among Thieves" - it's just not the same style of fantasy. This modified B/X & AD&D system is very easy to understand. You don't need to know the rules before you play.

Character sheet creation takes minutes, not an hour. Classic D&D is about normal "mortals" setting out for adventure to try and earn fame and fortune and be the heroes of the land. The Forgotten Realms is the perfect setting for this.

I hope I can pick up some players that would like to try something new and fresh - I've personally did some adjusting to my modified B/X AD&D system since I plan to run AD&D adventures with it as well.

I don't consider myself a super awesome dungeon master, as a matter of fact I think I am more or less average but one thing I can say is every game I've ever ran my players have had a great time so I guess I am doing something right. If you're looking for a friendly atmosphere, friendly down to earth players and a Dungeon Master that tries very hard to give his players something special, I would love to hear from you.

Now, to finish this novel sized post off, basically . . . the system that I use for my personal D&D campaigns is an AD&D system but with a mix of Pacesetter & Old-School Essentials character classes and races (which in my opinion are along the same power levels as AD&D races/classes but the difference is, I offer more race & class choices. If it pertains to a character race or class then it comes from Racesetter and/or Old-School Essentials. The core rules however are pretty much 100% AD&D.

It's simple and straight to the point and has worked just fine for us in the past. People still might find errors and if they do I encourage them to contact me and let me know what the errors are.

Rules
• Playing Other Games While We Play: Be respectful, if you're playing our adventure, don't have another game running in the background please.
• Be Mature: We are all adults, please ... let us all act like adults when we play. (no need to elaborate on this any more - this should come naturally)
• No Real Life Stuff: No politics or religion at the digital table. Keep outside issues outside the game. I don't do the pronoun silliness, I don't care what race or color you are, I don't care what sexual preference you are and I don't care if you are a Democrat or Republican. We are here to play D&D so keep the real world out of the game please.
• Don't Be Toxic to the Game: We are here to adventure, explore and to slay dragons, not to try and cause disruptions in the game. Don't play yor character as a dick, don't try to do stuff in game to bring "our game" down. If you are a player, then have fun and enjoy the game. • Multi Tasking Games: While we are playing our game "if you're an online player", please don't have World of Warcraft or some other such PC game running in the background, if you don't want to play and be focused on "our game" I don't need you as a player and neither do the other players.