One-year solo player Hard Core Extravaganza! (Now with 8 bonus days!!!)

[Thwart]

Ok ... so hear me out. Another post got me thinking about Hard Core league and how it would be fun to play again. Unfortunately, that league has been discussing the possibility of excluding solo players who, let's face it, are the best players. So, I have decided to create a league just for us! Here are the "rules":

1. WHERE: The event will be held on Khyber (because it is the only server where I didn't already have a guild)

2. DURATION: The event will begin on July 1, 2024 and will end on June 30, 2025. However, early access begins today June 22, 2024!!!

3. WHY: How far can we all get in a year without dying? Completionist? Quadruple Completionist? We are solo players ... the sky is the limit!

4. GUILD: Yes! It is called Solo HC Extravaganza. The guild leader is named AwesomeGuild Leader. Join, don't join, stay in your own guild (I see you cheater!) ... I don't care. Do what you think is fun. Will there be guild buffs? Probably, if someone buys them.

5. DIFFICULTY AND LEVEL LOCK OUT RULES: None. You want to run everything on normal ... I don't care that you are a sissy. Do what you think is fun!

6. DAILY DICE: Use them, I don't care.

7. ICONICS: I know this is going to sound mean, but no ... you can't start at level 15. (I have some limits).

8. AUCTION HOUSE/SHARD EXCHANGE: Sure. Whatever.

9. CRAFTING: I don't care if you sit around and don't level.

10. DDO Store items: Buy what you want! I am sure Cordovan would support this rule!

11. SHARED BANK: Let's do this how we'd do it on Hard Core server ... don't use stuff from your uber-powerful existing toons. You Hard Core toons can share though. How will you keep track of this? I don't know that is your problem.

12. LOOT THE BODY: This is a fun twist in the other event. Unfortunately, we solo so we can't really do that. But when you die, and you will, you are required to type into guild chat and the normal chat the following: [Character Name] was killed by [whatever killed you] because I am lame.

13. ITEM RESTRICTIONS: Use whatever you find, whatever you've bought subject to the above super restrictive rules.

14. OPTIONAL PC CREATION RULES FOR ADVANCED GAMERS LIKE ME: Use a randomly class generated character. You will have three classes rolled at character creation. The first class rolled is your level one class. The other two must be taken at level 2 and 3 in the order you choose. At level 4-20: you roll a 1d3 to choose the class for that level. Roll on the following charts:

AT CHARACTER CREATION (roll 1d15)

1 Alchemist
2 Artificer
3 Barbarian
4 Bard
5 Cleric
6 Druid
7 Favored Soul
8 Fighter
9 Monk
10 Paladin
11 Ranger
12 Rogue
13 Sorcerer
14 Warlock
15 Wizard

Levels 4-20 (roll 1d3)

1 Level 1 class
2 Level 2 class
3 Level 3 class

What about the archetypes? If you roll a class that has an archetype feel free to choose that if you want. Of course, your future levels would be in that archetype.

WHAT ABOUT RULES THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT? Talk to me and we can chat.

Ok solo players, the guild is up and running if you want an invite ... post here with your character name or, hit up AwesomeGuild Leader or Randolicious!

 

[Thwart]

You guys ... the early access is so sweet! I am already 4th level and the season hasn't even officially started!

 

[KozyBean]

No it's not excluding solo players those were just some ideas people had. I'm wanting it to include everyone. We're discussing a lot more and going to make polls on the forums to see what everyone in the community wants most. We're still trying to iron out the achievements, the rules/or how it's set up. Stay tuned! We will be putting posts/polls up on the forums and hopefully having enough feedback to solidify the plan by Sunday night so that Monday everyone will have 1 week to plan/prep for Unofficial Hardcore Summer League 2024. But all good if you still wanna do the solo event too!

 

[Thwart]

No it's not excluding solo players those were just some ideas people had. I'm wanting it to include everyone. We're discussing a lot more and going to make polls on the forums to see what everyone in the community wants most. We're still trying to iron out the achievements, the rules/or how it's set up. Stay tuned! We will be putting posts/polls up on the forums and hopefully having enough feedback to solidify the plan by Sunday night so that Monday everyone will have 1 week to plan/prep for Unofficial Hardcore Summer League 2024. But all good if you still wanna do the solo event too!

I have edited my original post based on your response. Thanks for the clarification! And good luck with your event ... it is an awesome idea!

 

[Thwart]

Early access Day 2!

I thought that I would tell you a little bit about my hard core character Randolicious. As the name suggests, he is a randomly generated character. At character creation, I rolled my three starting classes: Rogue, Bard, Fighter. Not a terrible combo. I decided that his race would be drow. So, I took the first three levels in the order that I rolled them. I was able to reach 4th level on day 1 of early access and a quick d3 roll determined that my 4th level would be my second level of fighter. Will Randolicious survive a year-long hard core season? Only fate knows the answer!

 

[Thwart]

Randolicious update: He hit level 5 this morning! You know what that means ... another roll of the d3. And I rolled another 3! So, Randolicious took his third level of fighter! Although I am sure the in-game d3 is totally random, i seem to roll a lot of threes. Maybe he'll end up a Fighter 18 Rogue 1 Bard 1 ... but maybe he won't.

The guild also hit level 4 this morning. Next level I will be able to start mailing all of those guild invites (total so far of 0) out! That will benefit all of us. Maybe my year long time frame was too ambitious ... I don't know, I thought there were folks out there that wanted HC all the time! Well, if you are hankering for some hard core league ... feel free to join me over here on Khyber!

 

[KozyBean]

I have edited my original post based on your response. Thanks for the clarification! And good luck with your event ... it is an awesome idea!

Sorry about any confusion!! Soloing is totally okay, grouping is just encouraged! We don't want to exclude any1 we want it to be as inclusive as possible. Good luck on your event too, it looks fun! Khyber is my original home server with my main!

 

[Thwart]

Greetings my solo friends (and non-solo friends)! Big news from Khyber ... someone else has joined the guild! That's right, someone has seen the wisdom of a year-long solo HC extravaganza!!!! So far we have great fun not playing together! So, if you are still on the fence, come and join us! All the deets are in the first post. We'll have a blast and we'll never even play together. As a further temptation ... our guild has hit level 9! That's right, almost double digits baby!

Now, a quick Randolicious update: he's hit level 6! I was concerned that I would keep rolling 3s on the d3 and add nothing but fighter levels. But, this time I rolled a 2 ... so he took his second level of bard! So he is currently: 1 Rogue; 2 Bard; 3 Fighter. And, as you may have guessed, he is not particularly powerful. But with a kukri in each hand, he continues to brave each dungeon working hard to avoid death's icy grip.

I did have a scare this morning in the Waterworks ... yes, the Waterworks. In the third dungeon a crowned caster hit me with an icy bolt as other kobolds were trying to stab me to death. The spell brought me to zero. But, my quick thinking cleric hireling hit me with a cure spell and Randolicious jumped up and extracted his revenge. Whew!

Come join us friends! This is the last weekend of early access ... the event officially start on Monday, July 1!

 

[Thwart]

Time for another update: First, Randolicious hit 7th level this morning and somehow, despite the odds, he is still alive! A quick roll of the d3 resulted in another fighter level. So now, he is 1 Rogue; 2 Bard; 4 Fighter. Will he hit level 8 ... who knows?

More good news! We've had an infusion of accounts joining the guild! It looks like a party of wizards that are grouping together! What? Grouping together? Doesn't that violate one of your core rules? Yes, but I ain't even mad about it. You do you in this HC season.

So feel free to join in the fun! Last couple of days before the event starts!

 

[Thwart]

Ok friends the event officially starts tomorrow. The guild is hopping! As I mentioned yesterday there is a group of all wizards (pale masters) who joined the guild. Flagrant rule violation ... yes. Super cool ... also yes. Anyway, come join the fun!

Randolicious reached 8th level this morning. Once again, a roll of the d3 gave him another level of fighter! A rogue level would have been awesome for the evasion feat and to catch up on all those roguey skills but, that's the way the die rolls! So he is now 1 Rogue, 2 Bard, 5 Fighter. And, as I mentioned earlier, he dual wields kukris and so far, I have found a grand total of ... 0 kukris. Oh well, Ravenloft in a couple of levels will guarantee a great one.

 

[Contessor]

Proceeding with the die rolls for determining your class level is a pretty cool feature. Maybe race should also be up to fate? Maybe even d2 to determine if archetype or no archtype?

 

[Thwart]

Proceeding with the die rolls for determining your class level is a pretty cool feature. Maybe race should also be up to fate? Maybe even d2 to determine if archetype or no archtype?

I thought about doing race as well ... but I didn't. The archetype roll is a pretty cool idea!

 

[Thwart]

Week 1 update: the Solo HC Extravaganza is underway! Randolicious has reached level 9! I rolled another d3 and ... yep, that's right, another fighter level! I really think these in-game dice are rigged. I seem to roll the same number but, maybe I should just play the lottery. So right now he is 1 Rogue, 2 Bard, 6 Fighter. But most important, he is still alive!

Come join the fun here on Khyber!