The Hello Thread!

[kdolunt]

Hello,
My name is Chris Dolunt. Started playing D&D in the 1970s when I was in elementary school (Basic Set), but haven't played in a decade. Usually I'm a DM.

I wrote a d20 campaign setting for Atlas Games back in 2000 called "Nyambe: African Adventures". It was nominated for several awards (Origins, Diana Jones, Ennie), but didn't win any. I also created the Victorian horror game setting "Rippers" for Savage Worlds. Because of this, or maybe because I'm friends with Colin McComb (?), I apparently exist as an NPC in the Blackmoor Wizard's Cabal named "Kargas Dolunt"

Today, my 13-year-old son, bored under stay-at-home rules, finally asked me to teach him to play D&D. Said he wanted a setting with technology in it. I considered Eberron, but decided that we should start with the original D&D setting, with an extra emphasis on gadgets.
We'll be playing using 5th edition rules.

Hello Chris!

Welcome to The Comeback Inn!

I am a big fan of Nyambe which is why I suspected early on that you were the inspiration for the character Kargas Dount. It is so cool to have Kargas here on the forums! Do you know if Kargas carries other similarities with you besides the name?

Good luck with the ventures into gaming with your son! It is cool that you guys are starting with Blackmoor. I think you could easily borrow elements from Eberron and put them into Blackmoor if your son is keen on trying out some of those ideas. I know many of us have used Eberron's Warforged to represent escaped City of the Gods Robots and allowed them to be PCs for instance.

I would love to hear more about how your campaign develops. What Blackmoor material will you be using in preparation for the campaign?

Are you doing anything in game design these days?

-Havard

I don't really have the time or energy to create something from scratch, so I picked up a copy of "The Redwood Scar" from DTRPG, and noticed it has a LOT in common with "The Sunless Citadel". It should be easy to convert using things like the stats for Twig Blights from the 5E monster manual. My wife will be joining him as a second player, and then I'll round it out with an NPC. I also have a 17-year old son who says it's "too nerdy" for him, and a 15-year old daughter with pretty serious autism who can't speak well enough to participate, but she can sit at the table and roll the dice and move the figure for the NPC. I'm going to put a bigger emphasis on the tech/aliens, how it contrasts with the elves and nature, and make the Scar some kind of alien life form that landed in a meteor like the Blob.