Hello all! For any newcomers this is a sub-forum where a few of your fellow Doobs are keeping track of a DnD game they are playing online. We are currently full, but feel free to PM interest to me. To keep things organized only the players can post in this sub-forum, and those (un)lucky people are:

• UnoPolak - DM
  
• binaryatrocity - Human Monk
• Bandit - Goliath Seeker
• [R]iot - Gnome Rogue
• Kree - Half-elf Bard
• Daelin - Human Wizzard
• orBnhoJ - Tiefling Runepriest
• prettypenguin - Tiefling Paladin
• Blessing - Halfling Warlord

The game will be using DnD 4th edition and we are using the Roll20 Virtual Tabletop to play. Grab an account and PM me your username so I can add you to the campaign there. Feel free to start brainstorming on your character in your individual character threads, but we won't get started until post TI4. Cheers!

People have started getting characters ready, and we should also start scheduling a good time for everybody. I am assuming we will meet at most once a week and it should probably be on the weekends to accommodate the various timezones. Riot+Bandit, do your weekends have fairly regular schedules of free time? How about the rest of you? Cheers!

my weekends are good, as is the rest of the week at the moment.

There have been a few questions about healing/resting and gaining levels.

Healing
Your healing surges are how you heal. During an encounter you are limited to using one during an encounter (Second Wind PHB1-291), although some powers will let you use additional healing surges (clerics, paladins, etc). After an encounter it is assumed you take a short rest, basically catching your breath and patching yourself up. You also regain your encounter powers at this time. During this time you can use as many healing surges as you want. You regain your healing surges after an extended rest, which is you guys setting up camp, sleeping off the night and this is also when you guys get your daily powers restored. That is summarized below.

• During an Encounter
  
  • Second Wind uses a healing surge to heal, only usable once per encounter (PHB1-291)
  • Other powers can utilize healing surges, think clerics and paladins
  
  
• After an Encounter - Short Rest
  
  • Use as many healing surges as you want, patching yourselves up.
  • Regain the use of any used encounter powers.
  
  
• Extended Rest - Setting up Camp
  
  • Use any remaining healing surges to heal.
  • Regain all encounter/daily powers and healing surges.
  
  

Leveling
During an extended rest, if you have enough experience points to gain a level you may do so. The process is summarized in PHB1-27/28 and the table on PHB1-29. When you guys hit level 2 you will each be able to pick an additional feat, a new utility power, and increase your hitpoints. Don't forget to update your level on the character sheet because you also gain a +1 to all of your skills and defenses due to the 1/2 level bonus. Finally, if you are not happy with a specific skill or power you had already selected, you can retrain one thing per level. There is a decent chance that leveling up will be where we stop after next session, and we can spend the following week figuring out what you guys want to do in terms of retraining and new skills.