Session Zero

I vote for #2

Yeah I like #2

Eat your heart out Picasso

That is honestly 1000% better than I would ever do, great work!

(Hellions it is!)

WRT absences, I'll post in this thread anytime I know in advance that I'll be absent.
Thank you for the encouragement to PM you with issues.

As far as game etiquette goes...officially, this is a 3/week game. I expect that there will be occasional side posts (clarifications, corrections, asides to specific characters), but at a minimum thrice a week there will be a post from the DM that advances the scene in some way (presenting a situation for us to react to, describing the results of a combat round, a villain's monologue, a lore dump, etc). I'm committing to respond once to each of those posts, though I may respond to in-character banter between my PC and others' more often. I tend to want to post a LOT, but I realize that can dominate a game. So I'm going to try to respond to each major DM post just the once, to try to avoid that.

That means I expect my posts to be pretty dense, little paragraphs of dialogue and described intent, to do my part to advance the scene further. I won't do this perfectly, but it's what I aspire to do.

I have a number of post formatting conventions that I will continue to follow. Others do it differently, and that's fine. But this is what I do:
- "I" refers to me, spaceseeker19: the player, unless my PC is saying something about him/herself. When I write about something "I" am considering or am confused about, it will usually be in "ooc" tags.
- I narrate my character's actions in third-person: "<name> goes to the window, and he opens it, yelling to the rest of the group outside."
- Dialogue I format bold and enclose in quotes: He yells "That's what she said!!"

I like the judicious way you phrased all that, makes your expectations extremely clear. I myself am also a heavy poster and while I realize this was sold as a 3x a week game I myself much prefer a daily poster and will try my damnedest not to bloat the thread.

Alright, let's roll some bones!

BAHAAHHHAAAAA... Of course I roll high on dex and cha aaand I can't even drain points to move from them either XD Ah well, at least my cleric will be personable and nimble!

Now then, gold and HP!

Okay, submitted my character, Orelia!
Everything oughta be in order. Glad I double checked the house rules for that PDF though. Holy Symbols weigh nothing so I moved it in with my leather armor so as to not be confused with getting closer to encumbrance.

Wow I think those are actually great stats for a paladin! No xp bonus but the extra AC will be great and they're a heavy hitter!

Moldvay D&D doesn’t have a Paladin. But the DM could change that…

Yeah no I know, just a spin on a well stated combat cleric. The 17 cha, I couldn't resist.

Gotcha. I agree a Paladin would be good to have though.

Welcome to The Hellions, Abbyssal! Excited to have you aboard!

Orelia would be aligned with a goddess of the moon, Lunais.

In terms of motivation, I'd say that she's interested in potentially attempting to lift some of the evil that has veiled Stonehell.

I can certainly try!