I am considering running a 3.5 game set in Eberron using Gestalt characters.  It would be a story and Rp heavy, relatively combat light game(or at least not combat focused) in which the players would either be agents of a dragonmarked house, or a government.  Gestalt would allow for players to be a bit more high powered than normal, and create their own unique mix of talents.  It wouldn't be min-max, powergaming heavy, and would focus a lot more on the atmosphere and politics of the world.  Would that interest people?
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I'd be interested, though likely as a still combat focused class . . .

Specifics when appropriate, in the RTJ

combat focused is fine, I just intend to focus on the politics and intrigue of being, say, a knight of Karrnath, rather than dungeon crawling.

In reply to gladiusdei (msg # 3):

I do like me some Karrnath . . .

It's one possible focus.  I would likely base it on what players want to play.

Well while we wait, mind if I rMail you some questions not allowed in this forum?

sure, just keep in mind, this is very much still in the alpha stage of developing in my head.

I'd be tentatively interested, but I'd like to here more about the RP premise.  Mechanics are mechanics are mechanics, but the story itself is the more important part.

Also tentatively interested.

It would focus on the intrigue and political maneuvering of the houses and governments, uncovering darker secrets that would eventually lead to fighting one of the major evils of the setting.  most of the details will depend on who the group ends up working for.

How are you imagining the group fits together?  Are they a bunch of random adventurers, an established group, or even closer?

I think this kind of game begs for a strong group template and a lot of give and take during chargen.  Every PC needs to be hooked to every other PC through one or more things.

they would be an already formed group of operatives, either for a government or a house.  I will be allowing players to give me ideas on what they want to be, and then I will pick what fits best,and the group will work together to figure out how they mesh.  For instance, if every application I get is for a dragonmarked scion, I can't exactly make them operatives for Thrane.  So once I get applicants, I will figure out what works and go from there.  Players would be expected to be a little flexible and work with me to gel the group prior to starting.

unless people would have more interest if I just picked an affiliation to begin with.  I didn't want to unnecessarily limit players.  It could even be something like being a team of operatives for the 12, or morgrave or Korrenberg, or something of that nature.

I've very played a game set in the Eberron setting so that alone would be interesting to me. And a more intrigue based game is not something I have ever had the chance to play in either. Been in a couple of Eberron/intrigue styles games but they never got to running which was a shame.

Color me interested.

Honestly, if I were doing it, I'd be inclined to accept PCs in general and then have them work out their characters together.  You'll get a few people wash out as it goes along, but they'd probably wash out, in general, anyway.

I haven't played in Eberron before. Count me in if this gets off the ground.

I am pretty good with whatever the GM decides as far as group/affiliation to work for and leaving it open might be okay as well. Maybe the players will even do in a direction that allows you a choice that you hadn't been considering but is cool. I know that sometimes the players have surprised the apples out of me.

And sure would love to work with someone on sibling characters.

As swordchucks said though...having a fair number wash out early will be very likely and you will end up with the strong.

I'm not a big fan of the gestalt rules, but I will happily jump at the chance to play . Actually, I'm pretty flexible when it comes to character concepts; you could just hand me a character and I'd run with it.

Heck, I'd be happy just taking up a lurker spot and being handed the occasional NPC to play out. Or even something weirder, like a wizard's familiar. (That option actually works really well here in RPOL.)
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Color me very interested :)

I have started the initial parts of the game.  Applicants can read the rules for rtj and character creation and apply if they wish.

link to another game

I'll post in the Players Wanted thread as well.
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