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Nice to meet you people. And a dwarf too!

Definitely not! Must've been the sleep deprivation on my part... Sorry 'bout that. Got it fixed and put Atalanta/Taylor at the top o' the list!

Where do we find the equipment? I am almost done just need that I think.

Should be with the Beginning Kit for your chosen Class.

If you're wanting something different, we can work with that in-game.

So it is just the three things for Swashbuckler?

I submitted Brophy a Wolf Fang Swashbuckler

Yeah, just the three to start. I'll approve Brophy.

Hi! I've gone ahead and submitted my work-in-progress character.

Things I think I'll need help on:
1. defining my summons
2. understanding the abilities of my starting kit items
3. additional items for purchase/cost?

Sure thing. We'll have time to work on Summons. I'll go ahead and approve your character and I'll get a post up for both groups a bit later tonight. I'm excited to move forward!

Thanks! Me too!

We have one more late entrant onto the field but we can go ahead and move things along in the interim.

Wow… 10 of us now? Really putting the M in MMO!


(Also, I hope my interpretation is correct. If Nimble Roots is a free action, I believe I can also activate Thorny Trail.

The rest of Grace’s action of course is to run with the party.)

Quick question - dwarf says average 165cm. what is the max height slider on a dwarf? or is 165 intended to be it.

I'm just interpreting the boots' magic properties as to why she's still standing when everyone else got tossed about.

10 is a good number. PbP let's be juggle a lot of scenes and players. I've come to enjoy large numbers of players in PbP, whereas I'd NEVER try that at a table game! Plus, the source material features and ensemble cast so it's not unprecedented.

@Drifter: The top height for character models is 190cm so I can see that being the max height for a Dwarven character. They probably start at a lower average height out of some sense if tradition. A 190cm Dwarf would be one WIDE dude!

I also think PbP handles a large cast well, since there's time for everyone to pitch in.

@witchdoctor Since we split into 2 parties, who am I with and how far are we away from the others? Calamity's first instinct is definitely to guard the most vulnerable member nearby.

I don't suppose we could get a full cast list to see where opportunities lie?

Certainly!

Original Party:
• Atalanta - Catfolk Monk
• Calamity - Catfolk Pirate
• Fren - Fox-Tail Cleric
• Grace - Human Bard
• Raquel - Human Assassin

New Crew:
• Brophy - Wolf-Fang Swashbuckler
• Colin - Dwarven Summoner
• Maximum Carnage - Dwarven Guardian
• Wheeler Deelz - Ritian Huckster
• GG's TBD

DMPCs:
(I'll use this term to encompass NPCs that are Elder Tales players but are actually NPCs run by me. That should differentiate them from the NPCs that were part of the Elder Tales MMO. They're mainly there to plug holes in the party and as exposition fonts. )
• Arga - Ritian Sorcerer
• BradL33 - Human Druid
• Guy - Human Guardian
• Isbjorn - Human Sorcerer
• Piphany - Human Assassin
• Tina - Elf Enchanter

For convenience sake, the players + Isbjorn are all in one party and the rest of the DMPCs are in the other. I think that splits the roles fairly evenly.

Years ago, Colin Park suddenly deleted Punchfist Fistpunch, his high level Human DPS monk, in order to escape from gaming addiction and finish his college degree, after a disastrous first year. When his online friends contacted him to see if he had had some kind of breakdown, he created a character so unplayable (especially solo) and unappealing he wouldn't be tempted to jump back in, but that would let him log in and say his goodbyes.

Now, many years later, with a Masters of Sociology under his belt, and a cushy but meaningless job as a corporate culture consultant, he heard about a really, really dramatic new patch, and thought... what could be the harm in taking a look? He didn't even remember that he still had a character, having canceled his account almost a decade ago.

Now, he embodies the shrapnel of his teenage angst attack as

Tabby Fatts, (Short, rotund) Catfolk Enchanter.