However I kind of want to keep my Sundays and Thursdays open. I could be convinced to run on Thursdays I guess, but ideally, after work on [Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri] (select one) would be ideal. That's time that would really just be spent playing video games anyway, after I've walked the dog and all that.
So in the timeslot of about 4-6PM (GMT +9:30), is everyone here asleep? And don't say "Yes, but I could totally stay awake one day a week for gaming, I totally won't just sleep through it every time" because you will just sleep through it.
Just make some sort of noise if you are free in that timeslot and interested. The format will be IRC because that works simply enough and I can't be fucked using any fancy virtual tabletop software that may or may not actually work. Specify the preferred day(s). In Australian time - don't confuse me by using your weird foreign timezones. Or note if "some time between noon and 4PM on Thursday" works, I suppose.
The ideas (from which one could be chosen) are as follows:
Logistics and Linnorms
The diabolist Kurgan Creed had a goal: fuse a layer of the Abyss with the Prime, and use that to exert infernal influence as a Warlock and seize control, having access to the armies of the Abyss and the resources of the Prime. It succeeded in part, a whole city was submerged and the ensuing war was bitter, with so many deaths that, short of magic, it will be tens of years to restore the world's population to its former levels.
You were the heroes that lead the assault. You garnered forces, trained the populace, built a fortress... and eventually went into Darkspire Doomskull Castle and slew Creed.
It has been nearly a year since then, and people slowly started to rebuild. They sent search parties, but no trace of the heroes could be found - it's as though they sacrificed themselves entirely, or were destroyed in the conflict.
Until now. You're not entirely sure what happened in that time, but you have emerged. And you were promised riches, and a land to rule. People remember you as heroes - if they recognise you - and they need strong leaders.
Level: 10
Typical Races: Humans, Elves, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Halflings, Gnomes, Orcs, Dwarfs, Planetouched, Yuan-ti Tainted Ones/Purebloods
Classes: more or less all the Tome stuff, decide amongst yourselves if you want to just sidestep economies with the classes that can do that or if you want to ban those and play that part of the game
Noteworthy: much with the logistics, or indeed going "Wish economy bitches, let's change the world!" NWN2-style Traits/Background Feats will be handed out willy-nilly for achieving various goals and stuff.
You were warned by Naxus, a devil, that you were going to die - that others were out to kill you. You were warned that the enemy included the savage elves of the dreadwoods, legions of undead, and powerful demons, that he would (regrettably) waive the usual fees for providing information to help you, simply because he wanted the demons to fail.
He then provided magical items, but there was a price in a time of servitude post-death. Not that it mattered - it was a time with a limit.
Yet it still wasn't enough. But even as the enemies closed in, and you had mere hours left, he made an offer: partial ownership of your souls in return for your lives. You weren't ready to die, there were things that needed doing. Putting aside concerns that he probably engineered these events from the start, you did what had to be done.
And now you awaken. Weak, and drained, just like when your adventure started. But still with the gifts that were provided - Naxus cannot take them without voiding the contract. And hey, you're alive, and now it's up to you: seek revenge on those that were going to kill you? Run elsewhere and have entirely new lives? Work for Naxus to get ownership of your souls back? Stab Naxus in the face and/or dick to get your souls back and take his job?
Level: 1
Races: what-the-fuck-ever, it's cosmetic. See below.
Classes: Tome stuff, broadly speaking.
Noteworthy: you'll gain fiendish traits as you gain levels based on the fiend type that Naxus sub-leased his share of your soul to. This basically replaces your race, which is now just a cosmetic thing. Also each player starts with a scaling Major magic weapon. It's also Intelligent, and probably annoying.