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Welcome to the game everyone. I am new here so forgive me if I don't know all the tricks of using the rpol boards.

I hope this game will post almost every day, but I know how real life can get and expect it will be closer to four times a week.

Posting may be faster in someinstances, especially if it is just a couple of players involved in a conversation.

A couple rules to start.

1. Have fun. If there us something about the game you don't like, tell me. I rather try to fix it instead of having you mysteriously dissappear.

2. Play nice. No talking bad about other players. In fact, encourage others and compliment them if they do something you like. We are all here to have fun.

Hi everyone! I am one of the newest local guardsmen. Born and raised on a local farm near town. Maybe we know each other?

Hello all!  Hey Corrin.  I am a young wizard, fresh back from being away at academy for a while.   We could know each other and have a bit of a background.  Writing my description now.

Hello all. Everard is a Wizard with future divine magical bond aka cleric. For now he is a wizard wielding mostly cleric-type spells.

He would likely be known to all characters resident in Stonewatch. His family is from the small village of Hopewood on the outer borders of Stonewatch. His father a skilled craftsman and glass maker. Everard, the youngest of three children, has been ordained into the Church of Regula under the tutelage of Father Nicholas, the local Regulan priest.


Regula
Goddess of Law, Fire and Labour
The Flaming Rod, The Black line, Our Lady of Blood and Fire
Symbol: Black hammer striking a black anvil with red sparks

Lore:
Originally a primal fire deity worshipped by farmers after harvest time who gave life to the soil by annual burning of crops. She helped to guide communities through establishment of laws and an organised community. She delivered punishment through burning and branding of the guilty.

Dogma and Worship:
A Neutral-aligned female deity whose tenets promote hard work and physical labour, an ordered community where the individual is not as important as the community or goal, and re-birth through fire. The greatest punishments were put upon the lazy and those that stole from the hard-working commoner. Begging is considered sinful, and it is the duty of every landowner to provide work for those that seek it not matter what the limitations. Her church is founded as a meritocracy where promotion is achieved by completing numerous levels of training and tests of competency. Regulan clerics generally wear simple common work clothes that have been embroidered with red patterned designs symbolising the blood and sweat of physical labour. They tend to be tough, hardworking and a strong voice for common folk and community.

@GM: I had a look through the character sheet and it seems you read my mind. No problem at all.

After reading through rules I had some questions:

1) Spell Focus not explained. How are we using it?
2) How much does a shield cost? (He can't use one but just curious)
3) Looks like spells do not have material components is that correct?
4) "If your hands are bound, or if you are gagged, you will not be able to cast the spell." p42, Do you need to have a hand free to cast? When he reaches 4th, can he hold shield and weapon and still cast? Is that where Spell Focus kicks in?
5) Encumbrance & Carrying Capacity - these were mentioned but not explained. What are we doing about that?

Finishing some details on character sheets. Hopefully we will be able to start tomorrow.

Heya, Enigma, here.  She's from "nearby", and might have lent a magical hand around town.  Her particular flavor of mage is "her player pretends she's an Enchanter"!
This message was last edited by the player at 12:28, Thu 02 Feb 2023.