1. Login on the "Home" page.
2. Join the "Interested" list for the special event (this tells people you would like to play depending on time/date)
3. When all the times and dates of the session or sessions are figured out, press 'I Want In' button to commit to playing.

• As a Player:
  At the end of every game, the website of that specific game will reveal a voting section. Players anonymously vote on each fellow player to determine who was the best 'role-player' and who was the best 'team-player'. The winner of each category wins 1 RSVP point.
• As a DM:
  If you run a game for the meetup, you can earn RSVP points much more quickly. After the adventure the players vote on whether you did an outstanding job role-playing the NPCs, delivering the story, and whether you made the monsters suitably challenging. If three or more people decide you did an outstanding job, you can earn a point for each category. That's up to a total of 2 RSVP points per adventure. These are then multiplied by the difficulty of the adventure (see the Adventures List page for multipliers). So if you run a longer adventure and win all the votes you could get 6 points!
• There are also penalties:
  
  DISRUPTIVE: You can also lose priority points if you are disruptive. If three or more people vote that you were disrupting the game with your behavior you lose 1 RSVP point. Being disruptive can include being late, talking excessively about outside activities, being rude to others, talking while other people are taking their turn (especially the DM!), being selfish, power-gaming, cheating, having bad hygiene, not paying attention, being unprepared, slowing the game down, racist or sexist comments, etc.
  
  
  NO SHOWS: Anyone will lose 2 points if you sign up for a game and do not complete the entire adventure or if you don't show up. We do not want people dropping out and game groups falling apart. Only sign up if you are committed to finishing the adventure! If you can't make a session, communicate with everyone, because they are the ones who will be marking you "absent" if they don't know what happened to you. Even if you get into an argument with someone, finish the adventure, vote that person disruptive afterwards.

Houserules:
Use common sense and avoid cheesy exploitation of the rules or you will be blacklisted.
CHARACTER CREATION:

• When creating characters, make one at the level of the adventure. For a level 7 adventure, make a level 7 character.
• No Hybrid classes from the Player's Handbook 3.
• The DM can also decide to use the Essentials Only - Fast Play Rules
• Magic Items
1. At First Level you get 0 magic items
2. At Second Level you start with 1 "Common" magic item of your level or lower
3. At Third Level you start with 2 "Common" magic items of your level or lower
4. At Fourth Level you start with 3 "Common" magic items of your level or lower
5. At Fifth Level and all Levels higher, you start with 3 "Common" magic items of your level or lower; plus 1 "Common" magic item of one level higher than your character
Additionally, all players can check the box "Inherent Bonuses" in the character builder for any and all adventures.
• Gold
• Starting gold is always 100gp at every level.
• Potions
  All Players start with
• one Potion of Healing at lvl 3
• one Potion of Vitality at lvl 11
• one Potion of Recovery at lvl 21
• Rituals
• Ritual casters start with 2 level one rituals. They get 1 ritual equal to their level every time they gain a level. So a level 6 character will have 7 rituals.
• Ritual casters can cast 1 ritual per day for free in their class skill. As long as the cost is not extremely higher than the average ritual.
• Players who take the Ritual Caster(feat) choose a skill when they take the feat. Then get 1 ritual equal to their level and 1 every time they level up.
• Backgrounds, Themes, Etc.
• No Dragonmark feats from the Eberron sourcebook, unless it is an Eberron adventure
• Only Backgrounds that let you gain a skill training. No Backgrounds that let you use WIS or INT for HP (Thay and Impultir). No Backgrounds that gives you resistance to damage for free. (Akanul)
• No Fortune Cards. What are they?
• No "Themes" except in Dark Sun adventures.

• Action Recovery A: All Elites and Solos can remove any condition or effect, such as Stun/Daze/Dominate/Immobilize/Blind/Banished/Grabbed, at the start of their turn as a "No Action" by taking damage equal to its (Level+20).

• No one may choose powers that are "Immediate Interrupts" that require an "Attack Roll"; as they slow the action down.
• Astral Condemnation (Cleric Daily 1) is banned because it trivializes encounters.
• Moment of Glory (Cleric Daily 1) is banned because it trivializes encounters.
• Iron to Glass (Cleric Daily 5) is banned because it trivializes encounters.
• White Lotus Riposte (feat) Only triggers if the creature attacking you is not marked by you. To prevent Catch 22's and is same as the higher level feat: White Lotus Master Riposte.
• Belt of Sonnlinor Righteousness (item) which grants resistance when below 0HP, also gets the qualifier: you must also be unconscious.

• All Psionic Classes, when they level up and are able to replace At-Wills, should switch their lowest into a higher level At-Wills. They shouldn't keep a level 1 At-Will after level level 13, since they will have replaced twice. This is a courtesy, since spamming less damaging, yet monster debilitating, lower level psionic powers just drags the game out.
• Any feats that alter At-Wills or Basic Attacks or Charges and have a Class requirement or are Paragon or Epic, cannot be taken by Essentials classes or Psionic classes.
• This means for Essentials classes and Psionic classes: no Surprising Charge, no Polearm Momentum, no White Lotus Master feats, no Lashing Flail, no Deft Blade, no Impaling Spear, no Piercing Pick, no Roundabout Charge, no Avalanche Reaver, no Overpowering Charge, no Justice Hammer, no Hammer Shock, no Wicked Blade, and others...
• Polearm Gamble (Paragon Feat) is only ever a melee basic, and nothing more. No other effects like pushes, slides, or shifts can be applied from feats or powers ever. Plus, you must inform the DM you grant CA, if you forget, the next attack automatically hits you.
• Repel Charge (Paragon Feat) - same as above.
• Bloodmage (Wizard Paragon Path) the power "Destructive Salutation" becomes Dazed(save ends) not Stunned(save ends). To match the Class Compendium update, which is not reflected in the online Compendium.

• Epic Will, Epic Reflexes, Epic Fortitude (Epic feats) banned because they are untyped defense bonuses that stack with the Superior Will,Ref,Fort Feats. (note: Great Fortitude, Lightning Reflexes, and Iron Will are available)
• Supreme Healer, Supreme Majesty, Supreme Inspiration (Epic Feats) that lets healers target two targets with each healing word are banned. There's a huge variance between party's with this feat and without.
• Triumphant Attack (Epic feat) that imposes -2 to all defenses on a critical hit becomes (save ends)
• Weakening Challenge (Epic Paladin feat) is banned since it weakens every sanctioned or challenged monster that ignores your mark, and outshines a Shielding Swordmage.
• Sage of Ages (epic destiny) Skill DCs of "Trick of Knowledge" must all be updated by adding 5.
• ArchLich (epic destiny) Shroud of Life and Death aura damage is at the end of each monster's turn, and not when they enter the aura.

• Players start with a 20 point ability score buy (see p.16).
• Players starting higher than level 1 start with gold according to Table 12-4 (see p.399). Do not use it to buy one super expensive item, it must be spread out over slots.
• No rolling confirms for Critical Hits! As long as that roll would normally hit, it is a critical, no confirm needed!
• Coup-De-Grace is a full round action on a helpless creature, which is an automatic critical hit. The creature does not have to make a Fort save or die though.
• Ability Damage is fully restored after an extended rest.

• Hold Person/Hold Monster - Held Creature gets additional saving throw every time it is hit or takes damage.
• Charm Person/Charm Monster/Control Undead - Can only target creatures with less Hit Dice or level than the caster.
• Color Spray - Causes Blindness instead of Stun for same durations as listed.
• Blindness/Deafness - The blinded creature gets a saving throw each round for the blindness. It is not permanent.
• Glitterdust - The blinded creature gets a saving throw each round for the blindness (just noticed Pathfinder already does this! yay).
• Feeblemind - The feebleminded creature gets a saving throw each round for the feeblemind. It is not permanent.
• Any other "save or die" or "save or suck" spells not named above, such as Flesh to Stone, that targets a named important NPC, the DM can rule that the NPC makes his saving throw.

• Instead of the Spell Houserules above. To handle Save-or-Die type spells such as Flesh to Stone, or Blindness that can immediately derail the plot and end the threat of a big bad ending guy. The DM could say "he makes the save" behind the DM screen, but what might be more fun and fair for the players is for the DM to announce that in the aims of a more narrative story, the bad guy makes his save and then award a Hero Point to the player. Like other RPG games such as 'fate points' in FATE or 'Bennies' in Savage World.