So.. the Everquest adaption of D&D didn't work out too well, for a number of reasons, primarily being that I lost a lot of my motivation to push it along after losing an immense amount of houseruling work with the 3.0 board crash.
However, I'm thinking of starting up a new PBP since I do have a forum for it.
Like I pointed out, however, in Hellfire, time is going to be somewhat limited for me in the next few months, so I'm really aiming for an August or so start date, maybe mid-month.
I'm also not firm on too many details yet except that:
1) I'm looking at a 3.5 campaign possibly with the use of some Pathfinder rules
2) In the Forgotten Realms
3) Most likely in the South and Eastern parts of Faerun (i.e. Mulhorand, not Kara-Tur); possibly venturing up to the Sea of Fallen Stars/Moonsea at some point. The idea, however, would be to utilize some of those large areas around the Shaar that just don't seem to get a lot of attention, and avoid some of the more cliche'd areas of Faerun such as Waterdeep, Silverymoon, the Dalelands, Cormyr and the like that seem to appear in half the books and more than half the campaigns.
4) Some fairly extensive houseruling, but nothing like the complete rebuild of the class rules and spell lists involved in the EQ campaign; much more detail-oriented, mainly on addressing some of the problems, theoretical or otherwise in the rules
Other than it being in FR (since I don't do worldbuilding, don't like Krynn or Eberron for adventuring, and don't have material for any other world, nor the familiarity I have with FR), in the south, and being 3.5, however, I don't have a lot of truely concrete ideas, however, so I'm looking for input over the next few months.
By input, I mean:
1) What would you like to see in a campaign in that area? Dungeons? Wilderness campaign? Social/political? Stealth-oriented?
2) What level should we start at? I'm thinking about 4th, definitely do not want to start at 1st, but would be willing to start at 6-7th depending on consensus.
3) What suggestions for houserules do you have?
4) Does anyone have a homebrewed PrC or base class they'd like to play?
I'm pretty open to ideas here, as long as they aren't ridiculous; "win buttons" or clearly overpowered.
I also plan on making a few adjustments to the lore of FR, but I'm not sure it will really even matter since I'm going to be staying away from a lot of the traditional plot mainstays of the setting.
Anyhow, there is plenty of time; I'm looking at starting about 4 months down the road or so when I expect at least some of the insanity I'm embarking on will have cleared up. Please take your time and give me some ideas. Don't be afraid to be quite detailed, especially if you want to brew up your own class; even if I don't take it as-is we can most likely work something out.
If you're inexperienced and want to play, please let me know too. It might be hard to whip up your own homebrews, but don't be afraid to ask questions about how it's being done.
If you're not planning on playing, please feel free to submit ideas you think would be helpful too, if you're so inclined, in the houserules and homebrewing realms.. clearly I'm not going to worry too much about what people would like to see in a campaign they aren't going to play in.
I'm going to put an ideas/questions thread in my forum; please reply to this one only to express interest.