"To all, I bid you Greetings and Velcohme."

"But I must warn you all.  I bring dire news . . ."

"The Wind-Chimes have spoken.  There are dark days ahead.  An 'ancient' evil has awoken the Legions of Darkness, and noticed the existence of Elmshade.  We are all in grave danger."

(For several weeks now, I've been dabbling in my spare time to create a new adventure for Elmshade, based upon the story thread "Hated Foes of the Shadoweir". The time has come to summon forth the 'hiros and hiro-inas' to defend Elmshade and save its inhabitants from the Legions of Darkness.)

"To any among you, who are willing to take up the call to arms, and defend Elmshade from the horrors and terrors which may beset our peaceful village, you are implored to make clear your intentions here for all to know."

Also let's keep it simple... no psionics (you'll just wind up as some kinda fodder), and no Skills and Powers (too advanced for a simple internet adventure). The adventure is mostly meant to be played out in the chat room, and the chat posted into a thread.

This hack and slash adventure is moderated for 3-6 starting low level characters (1-3 level, starting base experience for 3rd level characters), using standard 2nd ed rules with the following house rules:

~ Unconsciousness at 0 hps

~ Hp loss continues -1 hp per round after 0 hps until treated by a healer or bandaged

~ Death occurs at -10 hps

~ Healing skills 'successfully' used in advance of magical healing can restore 0-3 hps on each wound received (and bungled attempts will can cause 0-3 hps). Don't bother using healing skills after magical healing.

~ Bandages prepared by a healer can, depending on the quality, restore between 0-3 hps

~ Natural healing restores 1 hp per full day of rest.

~ Mages must be fully rested (8 hours) before studying spells, and declare the ones committed to memory after studying

~ Priests must remain within the good graces of their diety performing requisite prayer and rituals once per day. There is no requirement to pray for specific spells, merely do an on the spot prayer which lasts as long as the casting time for the needed spell. Priests will know if their diety is unhappy with them.

~ Initiative is determined using standard d10, modified by Dexterity reaction adjustment, weapon speed, specialization, spell casting time, magic item activation time.

1st) Post here the following information about the character you will run in the adventure:

Name; Class (diety if priest); Level (experience); HPs; AC; Race; Any characteristics granting exceptional bonus; Weapons; Spells; Thief Abilities

2nd) Use this thread to make game coordinations, ask any questions, post what times you'll be available to kick ass in the chat room etc.