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Max Hagar was born in the hills of southern Ohio to meager means. His father was an MP in the Army and after 10 years of service got out and moved his family to Columbus to provide a better life and education for his family. This where Max encountered Elder Tales. All the kids were playing it. He followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Army to be an MP right out of High School. The structure of the Army was to much for him and he left after his 4 year tour. He always loved going back to family home in the hills to visit his Grandparents. This is where he heads after his exit from the Army. He loves the freedom of off grid living. Luckily with the invent and advancement of wifi he is able to keep in touch with his parents still in Columbus. He hears about the reboot of Elder Tales and decides to jump on and create a new character and models him after his wolf/husky mix Brophy. The next thing he knows he is Brophy a full slider Wolf Fang Swashbuckler.

That is absolutely epic as a starting point for a character concept, I love it.

A beautiful cadre of misfits, all!

In between working on researching medieval sculpture for his art thesis and panicking over the realization that he was probably heading straight for a life of flipping burgers after graduation; Jeremy Ulman liked to clear his mind by trying to hunt down and capture rare and unusual creatures as his Elder Tales character Colin Stubblebeard. With dark humor he notes that he may have ended up in a better place economically following the Apocalypse, given that some of his shop class skills are suddenly marketable. Whether the healthcare is better or worse is still up in the air, though.

Practical question as a Huckster:

Can I cast Double Down with Attack Assist? I don't actually start with any "Defensive" or "Healing" abilities.

Hedge Your Bets is a defensive Ability; it's Damage Mitigation.

And yes, Double Down can be used with Attack Assist.

I'm glad you like it. I hope his angst isn't overwhelming. I think the perspective of someone who is absolutely not coping with the situation is an interesting and valuable one - and he's going to need friendship and support to get through it.

I think what’s really awesome in that post is the line: Tabby Fatt was taken.

Interesting that everyone is so much angrier here, and it works, given the PvP psychos just outside Mound City.

Anyone who's ever played an MMO has experienced this heart-sinking moment.

They say 'Hell is other people'... In this case that probably double true. Whereas the Party had to come to terms with things on their own (and in a much more laid back setting), I think having SO MANY others around in obvious distress probably made things worse on individuals in the City. Those that spawned in outside the city had much more of a reason to band together to survive than the Adventurers who spawned in town... Odds are, that'll crop up as an issue sooner or later.

I had actually wondered if Piphany had killed a few people, since the narrative was that we were two of six playing the tutorial, and she was maniacally laughing while looking like Death Personified (as a grimdark sailor scout).

But Grace was warily giving her the benefit of the doubt.


Also… "Sailor Bloodmoon." That’s what the name would be… of a grimdark sailor scout. Sorry. It just popped in my head and I didn’t want to cringe alone.

Damn I did not anticipate my character being an absolute foulmouth but here we are.

I'm already loving how unique everyone's debut is.
@Legendary_Sidekick I was also wary of Piphany as a player, but in character Clara never got to see that maniacal laugh, plus Grace and Piphany seem like a pair of good friends so she's never doubted them.

Sailor Bloodmoon? That's good.

People react to stress in different ways. Piphany has never struck anyone as particularly stable...even at first glance. It might've been Grace's presence and calm that kept her from going over the edge. Lucky for Adana and Jean Louis that was the case...and lucky for Piphany, too.

Ah, I must've remembered an earlier version of it or something. I remember something about spending 10MP to allow an ally to re-roll one of the die from their pool.

There is a grimdark sailor, Saya Kisaragi from Blood C series.

Yeah, I realized I'd gotten some of the spell/ability descriptions messed up and had to go back and revise them. That what I get for posting primarily from a phone. Small screen makes it difficult to see what you're doing sometimes. ESPECIALLY in the coding mess that tables and formatting make sometimes.

I really should invest in a laptop again one of these days. My old one died before I even got on GamersPlane & in the meanwhile Cryptominers made GPU Cards impossible to find or expensive AF.

It's impressive if you've been writing everything from your phone this entire time. I'm also looking to buy a new laptop as my alienware died recently. The prices these days aren't so bad. I still prefer a desktop, but I might be travelling a lot soon so I don't really have a choice.

Sorry for the novel, folks. A lot of set up for this free-for-all battle-royale hootenanny about to take place 😂

To recap: the Party (original PCs & the DMPC group) are all together in the center of things. The Ambush PK Crew are all together on the far side of the Dead Zone, opposite the Gate.
The Gate is on one end of the road, The PK Crew is on the opposite end of that road and (most) of the PCs are stuck right in the middle of the two.

We'll start the action with my next post so feel free to 'chew the scenery a bit if you'd like.

I'd like a laptop too. I didn't like having to be chained to a desk to do anything online. Mobility is the way to go! Probably why I've just made do with my phone for so long... I'd like to blame my spelling errors on autocorrect since I post from my phone but that'd be a bit of a lie. I've been using a phone keypad for so long of probably have to relearn how to type!