(OOC): A Changing World [3.5]

[zagan]

A Changing world

The Template project.

This will be the OOC thread for the game.
I'm very please to DM for you all and I hope that we will have fun together.

We will use Saph Initative rule, found here: Link

Please chose a color that you will use for your character.

It's not required but I found that having your basic character stat in your post during combat help a lot:

You can use that format:

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HP:
Speed:
Init:
AC: Touch: Flat:
Save: Fort: Ref: Will:
Melee attack:
Damage:
Range attack:
Damage:
Active spell:

+ any special ability that could affect the whole group

Fell free to remove any line not concerning your character.
As i said it's not required but I find it usefull as a player and as a DM.

Here's a repost of the recruitment OP

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The night in the clearing was peacefull the only one awake was the one on watch. You’re all pretty satisfied after dealing with the Necromancer. And the villager were so happy to see their children back.
Suddendly a weird feeling manifest all around you, it doesnt wake any of you and the watch didn’t notice. Still something is happening. I wonder what ?

Welcome, welcome.
It’s my pleasure to begin recruiting for a new game using my project.
The 16 question are below but first a few thing on how the adventure will begin.
You are all member of an adventuring party, recently you’ve managed to kill a young necromancer that was kidnapping children from a small village. Thankfully none were killed after returning the children to their respective home. After getting your reward you left town in route toward the city to spend your loot.
You stop for the night in a clearing in the middle of the forest. When you all wake up the next morning you realise that something drastic has happenned you’ve all changed in some profound way.
What will you do ?

The 16 question:

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• 1. What game system are you running (D&D, Call of Cthulu, Palladium, GURPS, etc.), and if applicable what edition (Original, Classic, Revised, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, etc.)?
  D&D 3.5
• 2. What 'type' or variant of game will it be (i.e. "Shadow Chasers" or "Agents of Psi" for d20 Modern)? What is the setting for the game (eg. historic period, published or homebrewed campaign setting, alternate reality, modern world, etc.)?
  Gestalt, max one flaw one trait
• 3. How many Players are you looking for? Will you be taking alternates, and if so, how many?
  4 to 6
• 4. What's the gaming medium (OOTS, chat, e-mail etc.)?
  This forum
• 5. What is the characters' starting status (i.e. experience level)?
  Level 6, 15000xp
• 6. How much gold or other starting funds will the characters begin with?
  Standard WBL, 13000gp no more than half on any one item
• 7. Are there any particular character classes, professions, orders, etc. that you want... or do not want? What are your rules on 'prestige' and/or homebrewed classes?
  Any official WotC class or Prc. My homebrew are allowed other on a case by case basis but I’m pretty open.
• 8. What races, subraces, species, etc. are allowed for your game? Will you allow homebrewed races or species? 'Prestige' races or species?
  Any LA 0 race, I’m willing to work with you to modify LA 1 race as to bring them to a LA 0.
  You all gain one of the template from my project for free (no LA)
• 9. By what method should Players generate their attributes/ability scores and Hit Points?
  32 point buy
  Max hp at first level, average after that.
• 10. Does your game use alignment? What are your restrictions, if so?
  EDIT: No evil character.
  I use alignement but I’m not strict about it particulary for Npc, a good red dragon is rare but possible for example.
  I'm also willing to ignore alignement requirement for class or Prc just ask.
• 11. Do you allow multi-classing, or have any particular rules in regards to it?
  No multicallsing penality but don’t abuse it. I don’t like 1 level dip so unless you can really justify it I’ll probably say no.
• 12. Will you be doing all of the die rolling during the course of the game? Will die rolls be altered, or left to the honor system? If players can make die rolls, which ones do they make, how should they make the rolls, and how should they report them?
  I roll for the Npc you roll for yourself. To speed thing up I might roll your initiative and spot/listen check.
• 13. Are there any homebrewed or optional/variant rules that your Players should know about? If so, list and explain them, or provide relevant links to learn about these new rules.
  We’re using my template project homebrew.
  As stated above the game is gestalt. You’re allowed to have a maximum of one flaw and one trait. A few houserule and DM clarification are below.
  We will also use Action point as describe in Eberron and UA
  I also encourage membership in organisation or guild but it’s not required
  EDIT: We will use fractional Bab as suggested by Tavar
• 14. Is a character background required? If so, how big? Are you looking for anything in particular (i.e. the backgrounds all ending up with the characters in the same city)?
  I required a short background at least describing how you join the party. What will be the reaction of the character after discovering the transformation ?
  And finnaly a short description before and after the template.
• 15. Does your game involve a lot of hack & slash, puzzle solving, roleplaying, or a combination of the above?
  A little of everything but the beginning might be a little more roleplaying heavy.
• 16. Are your Players restricted to particular rulebooks and supplements, or will you be allowing access to non-standard material? What sources can Players use for their characters?
  All official sourcebook.
  The wotc web article.
  Dragon mag on a case by case basis
  3.0 source on a case by case basis
  Homebrew apart from mine on a case by case basis
  No third party book Unless you can give me a link where I can download it for free

A note on character creation, despite the fact that at the beginning of the game the character have just gained the template, you can chose feat (either my homebrew or other) as if they have them from first level. Same thing for skill or qualifying for Prc

Please use this format for application, I’m sorry for the inconvenience but it will allow me to easily compare between the lot of you.
Edit: I also want complete sheet for the character and any companion creature you have. (familliar, special mount, etc...)

Pseudo:
Character name:
Race + Template:
Alignement:
Gender:
Organisations/Guild: (remove line if this does not concerne your character)
Current Build:
Planned Build (up to 20): (of course I won’t hold you to it, It’s just to get an idea of what you want)
Ability Score: (before and after racial and level up bonus like that: Str: 14+2+1 Dex: 12 Con: 15-2 Int: 10 Wis: 8 Cha: 12)
Backstory:
Reaction to template:
Description before and after template:
Source: (with page number or link unless it’s core)

House rule and Dm ruling

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Setting:
I’m willing to adapt feat/Prc or other thing from any setting just ask and we’ll work something out.

Gestalt rule: You can’t have two Prc at the same time.
You calculate your BaB and Save using the best of one side.
A fighter1/sorcerer19//Wizard20 doesn’t have a Bab of 20 for example
Edit: We wil use fractionnal BaB

Skill:
You can ask to lose acces to two class skill (for all your class) and gain 1 skill as a class skill. If you ask for UMD you will need a damn good reason to make me agree to it however.

Feat:
No item familiar
No leadership but I might allow thing such as dragon or wild cohort with enough in game justification and investment
Draconic aura: You can only select aura p86/87 in the dragon magic book not those from the dragon shaman
Rapid pact making: You don’t need to make the seal when using this feat

Base Class:

• Archivist: They have acces to scroll in the following way:
  They can just buy scroll of spell from the Cleric and Druid spell list.
  They can buy scroll of domain spell but only in temple dedicated to a god with that domain.
  For Ranger and Paladin (Blackguard) spell you must find one able to cast the spell andwilling to cooperate with you to create the scroll. You must scribe the scroll yourself before copying it in your prayerbook, paying the normal gp and xp cost + any payement ask by the ranger/paladin
  Same thing with Mystic, Healer and Shujenga spell but they’re even rarer.
  No spell from the divine bard spell list or from some Prc
• Artificer: You get half craft reserve for each level before 6. You can only use it on item creation you have at that level but you don’t need to roll.
  As per Wotc official rulling your scroll are neither arcane or divine they can only be use with an UMD check.
• Barbarian: Nothing specific but as stated I don’t like one level dip so unless you can justify it in game I don’t want to see Lion totem barbarian just for pounce. (Yes I know melee need nice thing but that’s not a solution.)
• Binder: You have acces to any official vestige, homebrew on a case by case basis, I’ve personnaly homebrew a few here.
• Cleric: As mentionned in the religion section you must worship an actual god not just a concept.
• Dragon Shaman: You continue gaining aura at 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 taken from the list of aura from dragon magic p86/87
• Favored Soul: They gain knowledge religion as a class skill
• Fighter: Nothing specific but remember to look into ACF
• Hexblade: You can use this semi official fix:
  
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  "The hexblade suffers a little because he came on the scene relatively early in 3.5's life.
  As R&D pushes the boundaries of the game, we learn that some things we thought were risky
  or potentially broken aren't. Other times, we learn things that look fine don't actually
  work in play.
  
  Armored mages fall into the first category. Them seem really powerful, but in the long run they aren't. Spells and magic items allow an unarmored mage to build great defenses. The spell mage armor is as good as medium armor, and its duration allows most mages to keep it active at all times. If you compare the hexblade to the duskblade from PH 2, you can see how the thinking has changed.
  
  If you want to boost the hexblade, I'd try the following changes:
  
  * Good Fortitude save
  * Curse ability usable 1 + the hexblade's Cha modifier per day
  * Curse ability usable as a swift action
  * Curse ability does not count as used if the target makes his saving throw
  * Ability to cast in light or medium armor and while carrying a light shield or buckler
  * At 6th level, the hexblade can cast one hexblade spell per day as a swift action, as long as its original casting time is a standard action or faster. He gains an additional use of this power at levels 8, 11, 14, and 18.
  
  The key to the hexblade is his curse ability, but it's a little un-fun to have it so limited in use. The hexblade also has trouble casting spells and using his melee attacks, so shifting spells to swift actions fits in with the idea of an armored mage."
  
• Monk: Nothing specific because in gestalt they can be useful as is.
• Shujenga: Ask if you want to add spell from other source to their spell list
• Shadowcaster: Their a semi official fix for this class too but I can’t find it, if you can do so you can use it. (But show me the link first)
• Truenamer: So yeah, I’ll see what I can do. There’s a good homebrew variant on the forum I believe.
• Swordsage: The unarmed variant is allowed but the bonus to Ac only work when not wearing any armor. It does NOT stack with the bonus from monk or similar.
• Wu-jen: Ask if you want to add spell from other source to their spell list
• Other: Nothing I can think of but ask if you have any question

Prc:
Any: I’m willing to allow variant and adaptation such as a Psionic mindbender or thing like that just ask.
Chameleon: Changelling can qualify for this class
Legacy champion and Uncanny trickster: You can’t progress a class ability above the maximum in the original class. Yes, I’m looking at you Hellfire warlock.

Magic item: You can use the rule from the MiC to combine magic item.

Setting info:

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Geography:

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You will begin play on this continent called by the native Croixel:

You are currently one day away south of the town call Clertep at the edge of the forest.
Only the biggest town and other landmark are show on the map.

History:
Apart from a few thing that i won’t revel here, I haven’t dedic anything concret yet I want to wait and see what you chose for character such as race and backstory. Once I’ve selected the player I’ll elaborate more as need.

Religion:
DM note: This list not exhaustive, it only represent the most well know god if you are from more exotic species or want to worship something not represent in the list just ask and I will find or homebrew one for you.

A Divine caster must always have a patron deity otherwise they can’t cast spell. (Some other powerfull outsider, like archdevil, can play the role of god under ceratin circumstances for this purpose). A divine caster does not need to be of the correct race to worship a god but it’s not common.

Creator God: Name unknow, can be worship be never grant any spell and never interfere in the affair of mortal. He has been to know to punish or reward the god however.

[b]Pantheon (Unless otherwoise note the God are unchanged from their original setting.

Human:
Boccob (N)
Ehlonna (NG)
Erythnul (CE)
Fharlanghn (N)
Heironous (LG)
Hextor (LE)
Kord (CG)
Nerul (NE)
Obad-Hai (N)
Olidammara (CN)
Pelor (NG)
St Cuthbert (LN)
Tulene and Talene (LN and CN)¹
Urbanus (NG)^RD
Vecna (NE)
Wee jas (LN)
^{1: Homebrew see below}

Elf / Drow:
Alobal Lorfiril (CG)^RW
Corellon Larethian (CG)
Deep Sashela (CG)^RW
Elebrin Liothel (CG)^RW
Hanali Celanil (CG)^RW
Loth (CE)
Sehanine Moonbow (CG)^RW
Vandria Gilmadrith (CG)^RW

Dwarf:
Moradin (LG)
Hanseath (CN)^RS
Laduguer (LE)^RS
Mya (NG)^RS
Roknar (NE)^RS
Tharmekhul (N)^RS
Thautam (N)^RS
Valkauna (LN)^RS

Halfling:
Yondalla (LG)
Dallah Thaun (CN)^RW
Arvoreen (LG)^RW
Brandobaris(N)[sup]RW/sup]
Cyrollalee (LG)^RW
Sheela Peryroyl (N)^RW
Urogalan (LN)^RW

Gnome:
Garl Glittergold (NG)
Callarduran Smoothhands (N)^RS
Gelf Darkheart (CN)^RS
The Glutton (CE)^RS
Rill Clerverthrush (LN)^RS
Sheyanna Flaxenstrand (CG)^RS

Orc:
Bahgtru (CE)
Gruumsh (CE)
Ilneval (LE)
Luthic (NE)
Shargaas (NE)
Yurtrus (NE)

Dragon:
Aasterinian (CN)
Astilabor (N)
Bahamut (LG)
Chronepsis (N)
Faluzure (NE)
Garyx (CE)
Hlal (CG)
Io (N)
Kurtulmak (LE)
Lendys (LN)
Tamara (NG)
Tiamat (LE)


New deity:

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Name: Tulene and Talene
Surname: The divine sister, Mirrored twins, Goddess of opposition
Statue: Intermediate deities
Symbol: Two women holding hand, one pure white, one pure black
Home plane: Symetri
Alignement: LN and CN
Portfolio: Contrast, Complementarity, Equilibrium, Opposition
Worshipers: Twins, Philosopher, Creature opposed to the normal teaching of their race.
Cleric alignement: LN,CN, LG, CG, LE, CE
Domains: Balance, Law, Chaos, Light, Darkness
Favored weapon: Linxpaw (Race of the wild p 165)

Tulene and Talene are twin sister, despite being two separate being they share the statue of godess and its impossible to worship one without worshipping the other.
They appear as beautiful young human women, Tulene as pure white skin, long dark hair and eyes, she always wear black clothes, Talene as black skin, long white hair and eyes she always wear white clothes.
Tulene and Talene are know for their beauty and most importantly for their unity despite their complete opposite morale opinion.

Dogma:
Tulene and Talene each represent Law and Chaos respectively but they think that one cannot exist without the other. They thaugh their follower to always respect the opinion of other, to stay true to their ideal and reflect on the constrast betwenn opposite.

New domain:

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Light Domain:

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Granted power: Weapon you wield gain the everbright weapon property. (MiC p34)
1: Guiding light (SpC p108)
2: Blaze of light (Heroes of battle p125)
3: Daylight
4: Rainbow patern (but gain the light descriptor)
5: Lucen lance (SpC p134)
6: True seeing
7: Sunbeam
8: Brillant aura (SpC p39)
9: Prismatic sphere

Player list:

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Player	Character	Race	Template	Side 1	Side 2	Application
Forzafiori	Michael Smith	Human	Energy	Monk(fix)	Psion/Evolutionist	link
Beshoren	Titian	Tortle	Bizarre	ninja/fighter	psychic warior/fighter	link
Bindin garoth	Elven	Human	Wonderful	Elemental adept[/url]	Binder
Duncfoo	Yui the caller	Elf	Arthropod	Spirit shaman	Dragon shaman
Elemental	http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetvie...sheetid=331289

Essential info:

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Character	AC	Touch	Flat	Init	Spot	Listen	Sense motive
Michael	16	16	13	+7	12	12	3
Elven	21	16	18	+7	0	0	0
Titian	20	17	18	+2	9	9	4
Yui	18	11	18	+0	5	5	7

The IC thread is here.

[Zore]

Alright, glad to be in. I claim Orange for my color.

[Frog Dragon]

Glad to be in. As for color, I think I'll go with this.

[zagan]

Glad to see you, I forget to say so because it seem evident but remember to suscribe to the trhead.

[Frog Dragon]

How does subscribing to a thread work anyway? I ask this because I have never, ever subscribed to thread. Ever. However, I'm rarely holding this up.

[zagan]

Originally Posted by Frog Dragon

How does subscribing to a thread work anyway? I ask this because I have never, ever subscribed to thread. Ever. However, I'm rarely holding this up.

You click on thread tool at the top of the thread, clik on subscribe to this thread and chose immedaite notification by email.

[Kobold-Bard]

I'll take Red, coz...y'know...Red Mage and all.

Glad to be on board.

@Frog: You can set your options to automatically subscribe to any threads you reply to, or click the Thread Tools link at the top of each thread page. That way you get informed when people have posted in your User CP, rather tha having to trawl through the IC subforum to find it.

[Random_person]

Happy to be here, and claiming Dark Green.

[ForzaFiori]

Deep Sky Blue will be my color.

Also, about my sai: The reason I grabbed one is that, while by RAW, the +4 simply cancels out the -4 from being light, it is still 4 better than my unarmed strike (also a light weapon). However, I know that many people think that it should give a total of +4, rather than +0. I'll leave it up to DM discretion for now. For now, my character sheet reflects a +0 disarm from the sai.

[Beschoren]

I'm brusting with joy!

reading posts...

Mid-age bizzare ninja tortles! Let's kick shell!

quick overview of Titian's tatics/strenghts. I'd like to know yours so we can quickly achive good teamwork. there are many fixes/classes from you guys I'm unfamiliar with... just reading the sheets won't help!

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*mostly, get invisible in the middle of the fray (ninja skill) and lay waste with sudden strikes and psionic enpowered blows.

*I have reach. I may extend reach. I may grow in size, extending the extended reach.

* I have dimension swap, a power that allows me to swich places with a close ally. usefull for rescues or to get into the fray.

*I have brand new dorjes (50 charges) of chameleon (+10 hide for 10 minutes) and animal affinity (+4 to any single ability, for 3 minutes). Willing to share those.

[Random_person]

Ability rundowns seem like a good idea. Here goes.

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Aukel can take hits. With Steely Resolve and a few choice Devoted Spirit maneuvers, Aukel is more than capable of standing up to a reasonable amount of punishment.

Aukel can buff allies. Using Inspire Courage and White Raven maneuvers, Aukel can assist allies in a couple of ways. The Devoted Spirit maneuvers also let him heal them.

Aukel is a competent melee combatant. Thanks to his maneuvers once again, Aukel is far from helpless in combat.

[Zore]

Heres what Roland is going to do

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Roland has at-will Invisibility as the spell and good hide/move silently checks, he will use this to get into good position for sneak attacks.

Roland can use his breath weapon in a thirty foot line or a fifteen foot cone to Slow or Entangle enemies. He will use this as Battlefield control.

In addition Roland is a Chameleon and has several level 0, 1 and 2 Spells he will use for battlefield control when his breath weapon is unfeasible.

[ForzaFiori]

Michael's abilities:

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Very high attack. +10 or more on attack, grapple, and disarm. Getting up to an enemy, taking his weapon, and taking him down is his main strategy.
Great buffs. As an egoist, there are several spells that he will cast on his self, raising his armor, attack, and damage, as well as healing
Other psionic abilities. Rays for ranged attacks mainly, along with a limited flying ability.
Elemental powers: any attack becomes elemental (his choice of fire, lightning, acid, or cold), and all elemental damage is increased by 1/2 HD (three currently), and elemental powers are cast at ML +1, allowing an extra power point to be spent on them, increasing damage. Michael also is resistant to elements.

basically, in a fight with melee opponents, Michael will buff his self before moving in and taking away people's weapons, leaving them for others. People who cannot be left alone (IE, casters) he will grapple and pound with elemental damage. Creatures he cannot reach will be dealt with using psionics.

He also has a small amount of knowledge skills, though not much. He'll be relying on someone else to be the party face.

[Frog Dragon]

Argal's Skillset:

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In combat, Argal can dish out pretty decent damage by maneuvers and large sized deep crystal greatsword. He can take hits quite well, since his base hp total is the second highest in the party. (Exceeded by Titian by 3 hp.) He has a BC power in the list as well, but no real ranged attacks apart from the boulder breath and the rather weak Mind Thrust. I suppose I should snag something for this job next level. Argal also has Dimension Swap. It looks like we won't be having to deal with the physically weaker party members getting locked in close combat. I also have the ever-awesome touchsight.

Out of combat, Argal still has a lot to do. He has an excellent skill list and while he doesn't quite have the capabilities of a full-time skill-monkey, it's close. Apart from this, he also has a decent contigent of utility powers such as psionic levitate and concealing amorpha. I also have a wildcard arcane spell from factotum. I think that's all.

[Kobold-Bard]

Charis:

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Charis is a typical Factotum, he can do a do what's needed if t's needed.

He is competent in combat, thanks to Zagan's letting me fund my 2 swords as a single weapon.

Red Mage is mainly good for blasting and Self Buffing, though I'm not completely without other options. Though don't expect me to be at Wizard levels.

I admit that I've picked sub-optimal classes because they fit the idea I had in my head better. If I start to look like dead weight I'll see about retraining to something less terrible.

@Zore: Did you take Endure Exposure as an Invocation? I know it won't benefit you directly, but it does mean the rest of us can be in melee with your target and you can still Breathe.

[Frog Dragon]

I checked his sheet. It says
Invocations:
See the Unseen
Endure Elements (also known as Endure Exposure)
Walk Unseen

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Frog Dragon

I checked his sheet. It says
Invocations:
See the Unseen
Endure Elements (also known as Endure Exposure)
Walk Unseen

Ah, didn't know you meant it with Endure Exposure. My bad.

[zagan]

And here's the IC thread !

Forza: I've ruled that your Sai ignore the penality to disarm roll and granted you the bonus.
If/when you try it in combat and I realise that it's too effective, I might change that rulling but we'll see at this point.

[zagan]

Exellent roleplaying so far guys.

[Kobold-Bard]

The check was a Take 20 on Know (arcana) and Spellcraft, just to see if anything turned up (I got a 33 on both so I figured it was worth a try).

If I don't learn anything that's fin, but figured I might as well put those skills to use.

[zagan]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

The check was a Take 20 on Know (arcana) and Spellcraft, just to see if anything turned up (I got a 33 on both so I figured it was worth a try).

If I don't learn anything that's fin, but figured I might as well put those skills to use.

in that case you don't know anything, in theory any spell should override that change as normal but without knowing the source you can't be sure.
I'll probably rule that it has no effect on the spell unless it would be funny.

[Kobold-Bard]

Cool, thanks.

[zagan]

You're in a clearing in the middle of the forest they're not wall or room.
i get the feeling that some of you may be confused on that point.

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by zagan

You're in a clearing in the middle of the forest they're not wall or room.
i get the feeling that some of you may be confused on that point.

I was indeed, I thought we were in an inn or something.

[Random_person]

Can we get the IC linked to in the OP?

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Random_person

Can we get the IC linked to in the OP?

How come? If you don't mind my asking.

[zagan]

Originally Posted by Random_person

Can we get the IC linked to in the OP?

Sorry, I should have done that.

Edit; Done

[Random_person]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

How come? If you don't mind my asking.

Only just saw this: In general, I bookmark a link to the OOC of any PbP I end up in. It makes it easier to find the IC if it's linked in the OP.

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Random_person

Only just saw this: In general, I bookmark a link to the OOC of any PbP I end up in. It makes it easier to find the IC if it's linked in the OP.

How come you don't just subscribe to the IC and OOC? Then you get the little notice in your User CP telling you when people have posted.

[Beschoren]

hey there

sorry, I'm very very busy at work and college (must gather some results to submit an abstract, a final test underway) so I entirely missed the IC, and won't be able to post by now.

I don't want to post that part of the game in a hurry (since it's a cool part) so I'll just have to delay. *maybe* tonight I'll be able to post.

If needed, carry on the plot. considers that Titian just tags along. I'll post his reaction on spoiler at my first post, don't wait for me.