I'll trade the 4 for the 11. That should be fine; although I did like the idea of playing a sickly fighter. Maybe some other time. . . .

I'm about halfway through the story thus far and should be finished soon. Really good stuff. I'll wait until I finish it before I think about how my character might fit in; then I'll report my thoughts here. In the meantime, I'll work on the other character details (equipment, etc) and be in touch soon.

Some of the back story may be a little confusing since this game was rescued from the previous DM who left us hanging out to dry. The 'archived' bits are simply select parts of the original story that I felt was valuable and worth salvaging. Chapter One is where this game begins with myself, humbly, at the helm. Please keep in mind the possible tie-ins I offered as you consider your backstory. Can't  wait to see what you come up with!

Sorry for the hold up... will post tomorrow . Had to take my oldest kid to ER tonite. Turns out he's gonna be OK, but darn if he ain't cuttin' inta my gamin' time! j/k. :-)

I don't see a character sheet option on rpol. Can anyone point me to it? Or should I just put all the relevant info in one big post?

Sorry, I will set you up later tonite. Just PM me your stuff. Hectic weekend for me. Thanks.

Sorry, still dealing with my sick kiddo and his concussion from yesterday. Will post tomorrow or Monday, and for the Lurkers, I will get you a char. sheet then too. In the meantime, please just PM me your stuff and we can go from there. Thanks for your patience everyone!

I hope yer kid has a quick recovery! A concussion ain't no fun at all....

Until Durgon  and Korak get back to me, let's just say they got separated in the collapse. RP

Rolling my character (soon to be named)'s hit points:

03:32, Today: Lurker 1 rolled 2 using 1d8 with rolls of 2.

+1
=3

Ouch!
Looks like I'll be able to have my "sickly" fighter after all!

Rolling for my character's "basic pack" gold:

03:38, Today: Lurker 1 rolled 44 using 10d6 with rolls of 4,6,6,6,4,4,3,6,4,1.

Well, Christmas comes early this year! ;-)

1st level hits are max, so looks like you'll start with 8+1=9. That's much better ain't it? (As much as you're determined to get your sickly fighter, I'm determined he wont be... You could always RP him sickly though!)

For the two Lurkers (Get me a name and you can actually have an identity!)

I've posted char sheets for you to fill out as you get time. We can finish things off and get you in the game pretty much any time now!

Durgon and Korak are having some RL issues and aren't able to play for an indeterminate amount of time. I think they are great players and their characters are compelling and I feel like keeping them in the story, so they are simply lost right now.  Whether dead under the massive rubble, or simply walled-off in another part of the cavern complex, you don't know.

That's where we'll pick up the thread.  When Lurkers get their chars done and we come up with some snazzy backgrounds, I'll tie them in as well. I hope we can find a tavern down here somewhere so you can all meet up! ;-)

[q]1st level hits are max, so looks like you'll start with 8+1=9[/q]

Good news, indeed! I am actually pretty relieved.
I'm pretty much done with my character's basic stats; I have them on a document here with me(where are the character sheets?)

I wanted to ask, though, if I can use the "Quasi-class" options [http://basicfantasy.org/downlo...es-Supplement-r2.pdf] for my character? I think these are really swell. I like complexity. Here's what I'm thinking, in brief: I'm thinking it would be cool for my fighter to be a "sage" (see page 8) - i.e. a scholar of some sort (probably a historian/antiquarian), with some basic knowledge of the martial arts from his youth, but now nearly middle-aged and pretty set in his bookish ways (i.e. out of shape). His name is Sepulos, a researcher and occasional professor from the university in Beymarth, some 150 miles to the north. He is in town researching documents and artifacts held in the local museum archives pertaining to a mysterious elf culture that flourished in the area about a thousand years ago and has since disappeared. When Gilgamar is sacked, he hides down in the basement storage area of the museum/archives, where he comes across, among various other artifacts pertaining to the ancient race, a rusty broadsword, some chain-mail, and a shield (i.e. the "class pack"), which he quickly grabs in case he needs to defend himself. Basically, Sepulos is a "fighter" because that's the only generic profession into which he might reasonably--though it's a stretch--fit. We can call him a scholar by inclination and profession, and (now) a fighter by sheer necessity. Sadly, his last "fight" (with weapons, not with words) was over 20 years ago!

Needless to say, with his ancient and rusty weapon and armor, not to mention his decidedly non-martial bearing, Sepulos presents himself as a rather curious specimen!

(Those are the basics right now, more to follow on the character sheet).

Please let me know about the quasi-character option. . . .

Absolutely! I love it.  It's funny, I just emailed Lurker 2 about possibly being a scholarly type of character! ;-) That will fit in great with the rough story outline I have in mind. Heh, also your bit about lost elves will be perfect as well. You must be reading my mind!

I'm open to almost all of the optional rules as far as classes go. The only real exception being Necromancer and that's because I've just turned Tuar into an ongoing part of the story as he tried to save Gilgamar by giving himself over to the realm of darkness. So a scholar it is! I'll look over the material and PM you any tweaks we might think about making.  The 'Character Sheet' is up in the upper left of the screen next to your name... titled Character Details.

I'm supposed to have internet at home on Wednesday and then I can be more verbose. Stupid smatrphone is stupid.

Alright then, a "sage" it is. I'm working on the character sheet now. Should be ready by Wednesday.

@Sepulos - Ooops, sorry, posted that after reviewing the Quasi-class stuff and it stuck. You can call it scholar or library janitor or whatever, I was just referring to the class/rule. *facepalm*  I guess you'll post your fields of expertise on your char sheet then? That way you can play your cards close and only reveal what you want.

Are the rest of you waiting for more from me? I realize we've been pretty stagnant for a while, but don't be shy! Jump in, this is your story as much as mine ;-) If you need more to chew on, I'll happily hand-wave, just giving a bit of time to RP. Seems like this group cannot seem to stay above ground for any length of time!

Alright, Sepulos's character sheet has been officially created and published for all to view (if they are so inclined). I think I covered all the bases; the only thing I wasn't really sure of was languages. Feeling too lazy to consult the rules, I assumed that my 14 intelligence qualified me for at least one extra language (besides Common), so I set that down as Elvish (which would make sense, considering my character's background). Please let me know if this was/was not correct. The formatting in the "Character Background" section is a little awkward. I'd like to format it for easy viewing, but I don't know how.

Thanks Sepulos. I'll bring you along tonite when I finally have internet. Feel free to play around with formatting, you won't  break anything. If you'd like, I can spiff it up for you...

You can if you want, but it's no big deal. You can take your time with everything, as far as I'm concerned. I'll continue to follow along until you can introduce my character.

@Sepulos - You've got your own thread now. A Prologue to play out the time just proceeding the arrival of an Ulir to Gilgamar and her destruction and subsequent haunting.  Use it to test out and develop your character while I get the other new player caught up and introduce everyone into the main game. I'm looking at probably late next week or early the following depending on schedules and that pesky thing: real-life.

@Everyone - If any of you would like to have your own Prologue thread for character development or ??? Let me know. I just came up with the idea so that Sepulos could get going and not have to wait to be properly introduced into the game...

I don't see why not, and especially why not to make a pretty entry about Agelia's deity!

I am such a "snowflake"...

Welcome to our newest players, Sepulos and Zeeny-Deedle!

I'm having those two work in their prologue threads for just a bit until Maksim, Agelia and Bodric make it to a place in the caverns where I will introduce Sepulos. Z-D... I'm still working on your intro into the main game, don't worry, I've got some ideas, just trying not to get things too out of sequence like I did at the end of Chapter One.  You all don't know it, but I lost my notes when I moved. I found them yesterday and realized I left out a chunk of narrative that needed to be shared so you could understand what the heck is going on in Gilgamar.  Oh well, I can use it later down the road and you'll just have to stay in the dark (heh... like in a dark cavern) until another big reveal!

Also, I realize that with the holidays some of us are super swamped with activity and others have time off to post. If you find yourself with the itch to write and not much is going on in the main thread, let me know and we can start exploring some other avenues I have in mind for the longer-term game.

Posting in this game is just like voting, do it early, and do it often! o.O

Updated the map for Maksim, Agelia and Bodric.  Look under the Game Map tab at the top of the screen and then select Group 2 map... As we go along a I'll uncover more... gotta love fog of war!

Sorry for the lack of posts on my part since last week. For some reason I just got unusually distracted over the weekend with various things and am just getting back into gear now. While Sepulos is waiting to meet the other characters, I may post in my prologue piecemeal, rather than in one big chunk; this way I can add things as inspiration hits. Of course, the Usher is welcome to make his "promptings" in that thread at any time.

Yes, please do that, that's what that thread is for. Sepulos will likely be joining the party soon, just depends how things go this week.

Also, why are you still faceless? ;-) You can add an avatar under the Character Details tab at the top left. I keep forgetting you're new to the site.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:24, Tue 17 Dec 2013.