Octopus Character Creation

In game;;; I would like to look around the small room I am in, where am I?

Sounds like you've got the book figured out. See the Spoiler above for how Shifting works. I don't think that would be something you'd need much ritual for; more of a special power. Potions fall under Item creation (Artifice Magic) though, so no go on that one. Think about it this way, though: the book is not a power source. If you lose it, you still know how to use magic. You just don't have the book as a resource, to look at and check what you're doing.

I think your test run is about done, no need to continue in the small room. We've only got one player who's still working on their character. I think you and the others can begin final preparations to join up and be a group. I might have to work something out other than the group text document.

Okay, sounds good... Vellik understands.. I was thinking about the group scenario a bit.. as a character I'm a bit of a loner, and tend not to hang with a group... Maybe we could work that into the group somehow, i.e. they hire me or they are an asset to my search for knowledge and artifacts, or I have an alliance with the other zeel maybe.. I like to travel by night and travel alone... I'm interested in traveling to the lost City that the porph call home. I'm very curious about their lifestyle and the secrets they might hold..

Not sure how we can work it together, maybe I can go off on solo quests and group back up with others or just keep running into them or something along those lines.. maybe my character has a specific reason he needs to travel with the group and I get very uneasy in public situations or locations where we may be drawing attention to ourselves and I'll end up slinking away to the shadows and rooftops to stay out of the fray until my time is ready

Well, here's the funny thing about not being around a table together at a specific time. You don't really need to worry much about group cohesion. No one's wasting their time sitting quietly while you have fun. What does need deciding is how you met them, when, and on what basis you continue interacting with them (in any way at all). But this is something we can do when the group is ready.

Traveling to Heramar is definitely going to be a long term goal, for you. No one is really sure how to get there (we're also losing the only Porph character we had), and you're going to be starting on a continent far, far away from there.

That's okay, whatever works for the group/us...

I'm down!

I'd like to begin.. its a shame we're losing the porph.. maybe use his character as an NPC somewhere

Vellik wants to quest for artifacts and whatnot, maybe we could begin in the "real world" here, before combining with the group!

While I appreciate the zeal, you've had your shot at roleplaying in a vacuum. You now have a novice grasp on the system, so the next thing you'll be doing is in the team thread, whether you're working alone or not. I'll be getting into that soon. Have a few more things to iron out.

Okay, like what?

I have a few more things, to be clear. The first thing I need people to do is answer my post in the OOC thread, so you can go check that out. Soon as I know who's working with who, I can get us started.