Where's the 4e love? Everyone's still playing 3 or 3.5? Well look no further. After a long hiatus away from OpenRPG, I've got a big craving to run a 4e game, so here goes:

I'm a long time GM/DM/player for a lot of games, though I'm still learning some of the nuances to 4e. I typically create my own worlds to play in but don't mind if you use other sourcebooks for your characters. The setting will be primarily an Elvish/Eladrin part of the world but all races and classes are welcome. I'd prefer characters come with some small story as to how they got there (3-5 sentences, nothing exceptional).

As far as scheduling goes, I'm looking at a week night after 8PM EST. Probably once or twice a week and starting as soon as we have enough players.

I'll be around tonight on Blackstar, in my own room, if anyone wants to discuss specifics. Reply here or to bakonon@gmail.com if you're interested and want to play. I'll update this thread once the ball gets rolling.


UPDATE:

We met on Thrusday 11/18 for a bit of discussion about the campaign and launched into a short prelude, where the characters were contracted to be forward scouts of an escort party for some Eladrin Royals on their way to the Elven capitol of Elenion. We'll recap the prelude and add in any additional characters on Tuesday 11/23 at 8:30PM EST. At the request of a player, I'll probably be moving the game to Wednesdays there-after as that seems to work for everyone. The characters so far are:

Pipgar Lightfoot: Halfling Rogue (Martial Striker, Melee)
Zalgradis Stoutarm: Human Runepriest (Divine Leader, Melee)
Kendar Jaxx: Elf Ranger (Martial Striker, Ranged)

Update 2:

We're now full. 3 new characters bring us up to 6 and the maximum. The party now includes:
Jak: Minotaur Paladin
Adrie: Elf Seeker
Merro: Human Fighter

We'll also be moving to Wednesdays, so our next session will be on 12/1 at 8:30 PM EST. We will be using Skype, so if you'd like to lurk, please have your skype information ready. If anyone would like to be put on a waiting list in case we have characters drop and need to replace them, please let me know. After the holidays, I may consider running a second game, so be on the look out in late January.

I am interested and I have a few characters already made that I can use that are level 1.

Is this Straight 4e? I have those books, not the essentails books.

hey man thx for sending me an email informing me about this i would love to join the game so we can talk specifics whenever u want so yea thx again hope we get enough players to join

Great. Glad I caught your interest Munster and Daedalus I'll be around 8:30PM EST tomorrow night to discuss characters and maybe get a little light intro going. Join me on Blackstar if you can. No game title yet, so just "Bakonon's Campaign Room" or something similar. We have one other player confirmed (unless either of you is the one who replied to my email account) and I'd like to get the ball rolling as soon as we can, we can add other players as we go if necessary.

As we'd briefly discussed, I'm willing to join up. I mostly want to observe, but I also have a friend who's wanting to work with me to put together a real-life group, so you might have two of us, if you'll have us. I don't want to sit and pretend I'm anything other than super-new, and the same goes for him.

I know a lot of people dismiss the new people, particularly since we're new to OpenRPG as well. That's for you to decide. I'm happy to sit and watch if nothing else, given a time.

I'm also a novice, but I know the basics and I'm willing to learn. I already have characters made up if you're willing to give me a chance.

We had a successful night on Thursday and we'll be meeting again on Tuesday at 8:30EST. We had 3 PCs show up and I'm looking to keep things healthy with 5-6 PCs total, so we do have more room or feel free to come and lurk. I'll be updating my post up top with a few more details.

Sorry I could not make it to the Tuesday get together, things have just been very busy.

I am still very interested in playing though

Well, I should be there unless something goes horribly awry. I don't plan on playing. I've been reading the 4.0 rules, and while it's simpler than 3.5, I don't fully understand the character sheet. Maybe that makes me stupid, but that's where I'm at. Haven't rolled a character, and I mostly just want to observe at this point.

I've tried lurking in other games, but my guess is that people use voice chat somewhere because all I see is a map and dice rolls.

I would be more than happy to join in. I am a very experienced 4e player with all the books on 4e rules, premade characters, and can be on to play almost everyday during the evenings. Around 7 PM EST to whenever. Also, are we using team speak or skype to play or are we using text only? Just let me know here or at my email kevinzehner@gmail.com So yeah.