I just woke up. I'm still kind of bleary-eyed and trying to chase away my brain fog. I'll get a post up for Solstice once I'm better able to string words together. Right now, "Coffffeeeeeee" is about the extent of my thought process. :D

Welcome to Pearl, our newest member! :)

Now that we have four people, I will put secrets in a hat and draw. Now, just a reminder that all this is meant to be is a way for us to forge connections between characters. So, you can do with the information as you please.

If you want to ignore the secret and pretend you never learned it, that's totally okay! You can hang on to the secret and RP it as you slowly piecing things together over the course of RP and spring it later for some drama, if you like. Or, you can use this opportunity to create a background connection with another character.

I want this to be a fun opportunity, not a terrible burden. I'll send out PMs once I've made all the rolls.

Hi everyone, I'm looking forward to playing with you :) I'll need to get my icon and profile sorted when I get a chance.

Welcome.

I'm going to add a full physical description to my description page. Can everyone do that so we have a good frame of reference? I know, at least for me, it helps to be able to picture the scenes.

Welcome Pearl!

Aye, I'll add a physical description too.

I just added mine. It's a bit lack luster but eh.

So I got a couple of Lore questions:

1- Do we have a real-life location on earth for bellhollow?

2- Has magic always been part of the culture of this world or did all just suddenly came to be this way in a specific year? I want to know for future references to history and or philosophy. Two characters are academics and I think it is important to know if in the evolution of this world magic was part of its natural evolution or if it was something that humanity had to suddenly adapt to at a certain point.

3- If magic was something sudden, in what year did it happen?

If the technological level is the same as the modern world I'd imagine it had to happen somewhat recently. At least in the 19th century once the technological revolution started. Otherwise we'd be looking more like an Eberron situation with magitech.

Welcome to Ryan Blake, our newest addition! :D

As far as history... I'm just spitballing, here. So, feel free to expand/change anything that I might suggest.

I kind of had someplace at the base of the Rocky Mountains in mind, for a real life location. But, I was purposefully leaving it ambiguous so that the players could kind of insert it wherever they wanted. I was planning on making all of the surrounding cities and whatnot completely fictional.

What I imagine happened is that the witch trials took a much different turn in this world. Up until that point, most magical people/creatures had lived in relative peace/secrecy... maybe even living in conjunction with native peoples. But, when the witch trials started, magical folk got swept up into that and persecuted. And, real witches weren't having none of that nonsense.

There was an uprising where the magical beings revealed themselves, causing a time of great turmoil. There were plenty of battles as religion clashed with reality. It was not a happy time to be alive, but it is currently far in the past.

Because technology was already starting to evolve during the Industrial Revolution (I know that the witch trials and industrial revolution were a bit apart in reality. For this, I'm going to say they were happening simultaneously), after the wars were over, magic and tech evolved in a parallel path.

There were people who viewed magic and tech as complimenting each other. So, magitech does exist. However, there were purists on both side who insisted that each should not touch the other. So, technology and magic also evolved on their own tracks, as it were.

But, that's just my first stab at the lore. Headed downstairs to spend time with my son. I can think about it more, later. Or, you guys can chew on it and see what you come up with!

Ryan Blake Welcome!

And Thank you GM for your answers, all the stated is good enough for me for now. I just needed some framework in order to avoid contradicting myself in the future.

I read an interesting theory about witch trials popping up when there was a time of strife and people felt the need to both blame something for their plight and create a sense of control where none existed.

Thank you, Dalion.

Looking forward to some good stories and gaming.

Not sure where I'll put in an appearance just yet, possibly at the book signing. Should anyone run across Ryan, he's got a watchful/waiting vibe that can be read as anything from 'he's hiding something,' or 'he's looking for something/someone.'

Fae might get a 'high court intrigue' vibe, though he's clearly not of the fae.

Thank you for the welcome everyone, and welcome Ryan :)

This game is only in baby stages

For future references, I'm commenting about what's happening in Gullbend Park around msg# 80

Guys I'm enjoying what we have so far, and I wanted to ask if you also feel like you need something to happen to move the plot forward between Sienna and Solstice? I mean something about the world to interact with.

Maybe Sienna could make a video with Solstice?

I got Dalion out of the picture because I felt Sienna and Solstice were having good mojo and maybe they could have better interactions without the strange guy, I also did it because he has the objective of getting an item he carries identified, so it would be natural for him to leave.

What do you think?

We don't really have any plot going right now, just a conversation. With Solstice as a bit of a ball of nerves it seems just calm talking about nothing can be a way of creating rapport. I tend to take these things in an organic way and rather enjoy the smalltalk and little moments in games that do nothing but allow characters to stretch out, so to speak.

I suppose we could do with a slight nudge of plot, but taking things in an organic sense is fine with me. But if Sienna does make a video with Solstice I think it would be pretty funny if her fans are more obsessed with him and call him her new boyfriend or something.

I see.

Yeah so far I'm getting that Sienna is very smart, beautiful, and altruistic, Solstice is very mysterious and has difficulty coming out of his shell. I think it was an interesting first encounter between the three and I want to ask for some feedback.

I don't have anything plot centric in mind until the evening when the festival starts. I wanted to give everyone time to introduce their characters and figure out a way to meet before I dumped anything on you.

Dalion, would you like a new location to write in since you have left that scene?

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Ha ha! that's an idea!

I believe Sienna would break him like twig. ;)

oh sweet jesus

I don't know yet, I'm waiting for another player to answer my private message to see if what we could do next, I'll wait a little but if I get tired of waiting I'll ask you about that.

There's a beer called Sweet Baby Jesus. It has peanut butter so I can't try it.