And, On The Horizon....

Something strange may come into your lives. Strange enough to blend in with your current level of weirdness, that is.

Exciting!

Agreed, this is all very exciting... and weirdness is welcome, part of what we do here. Larry is actually a real life pro in the field of fantasy storytelling and design, and he's down to game with us hacks. @Larry I look forward to talking with you more about your character idea(s) and I did receive the latest write-up concepts on Hourkh The Silver . I'm juggling a little bit with some prep for the game session tomorrow too, so, I've got your emails from overnight to respond to. Starting this Tuesday if you're available Can you play Tuesday? Starting this week? Will you be able to meet the group and join a session introducing you (as a Player) to the world tomorrow / Tuesday game time listed on the Campaign Details page? And I mean, even if we do not have your PC rolled & ready to introduce yet, can you join us for observation session and play one of the NPC Allies for the day this week? Then we will continue crafting your new PC in the following week & bring your PC into the game-story next week rather than this week. This will give us time to work on your character creation, and gives me time to imagine a place for your PC's origins within the homebrew world. You'll get to see the world map and get the "World tour" to help you decide your character's origins, you can raise your species/class concepts to the party, and you can meet the fellow Players. 2 Players Joining, Announcement: We have another player too, new in the game, Jennifer G is here working on character creation for Mora , female Half-Elf Thief who is local to the Portlandio town area. She is related to Ota Sura the half elf aunty. Welcome 2 players to our game! Game Session Time: 24 hours from now See you all tomorrow.

Great stuff. Welcome to you both, Larry and Jennifer. And bring the strangeness!

Awesome! I get an audition! :) And hello Jennifer! Everybody please keep in mind the very real possbility that I will suck . I have had a lot of life happen since the '70s and '80s, and I don't remember a lot about 2e. The good times stay in mind, but the mechanics? Not so much. So don't be surprised if I need some hand-holding and help once in a while. I believe I will tune in, listen, and make smartass comments tomorrow, and actually make an appearance in-character in a session to follow.

I for one welcome the suck... Smartass comments are all we do every game session anyways.

Mighty Gold and I have been conspi... collaborating on history and locations, backstory and directions to go in. There will be some weave-in with existing characters, and some shared futures. Also, I sure hope you like rescuing player characters from nefarious forces every few months. Smartass comments are a specialty! I have been a comedy editor and gagwriter for a long time, and keep in touch with many working standups. Oddly enough, that leads to me enjoying playing Serious Characters when I am in an RPG. One of those balance things, you know? But far from being hard-frown Serious, this character we're working on has a genuine love of beauty, music, knowledge, sex and exploration. Beaumuknowsexploration , if you will. You just tried to pronounce it, didn't you?

You caught me. I did try to pronounce it. Hah! (And hello!) Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I'm finishing up my character's short description / longer backtstory, and can't wait to meet all of you in game tomorrow. Back in high school, I played several years of 1st Edition with my friend's dad and his companions. That was my first introduction to D&D and it certainly made a lasting impression, because D&D has become my favorite game of all time. Nothing beats its limitlessness. I enjoy uncovering plots, good company, and challenging yet fun gameplay. Until tomorrow, adieu!

Horukh the Silver might get an omen or foreshadowing planted in this session, indeed, but I cast myself upon the mercy of the group when it comes to character generation. When I say a lot of life has happened since I worked on early D&D & other RPGs, I mean, highspeed crashes, head injuries, brain damage, hard hits during crimefighting, manhunting, bodyguarding and so on. I'm missing a few faculties! But the spirit's there. Just to FYI, you all, as a player, I don't mess up party members, I'm never antagonistic to players or the GM, and I try to be helpful. I DO tell dirty jokes while playing and get into kinky shit---you can expect few limits on gender or species---but that's not meant to shock anyone. If it offends anyone just let me know. There may be some initial WTF-ing but things will end up all right. Horukh is much more Indiana Jones than Lord Humungous. There is a little Artemis Fowl in him, though. My alarm is set for 1PM CST, and hopefully I'll be in the studio within the hour after that. If anyone can give me assistance on connecting with you all, I'd sure appreciate it. I checked the headphones & mic tonight, but the studio has a lot of ambient noise ranging from several fans & workstations, to the occasional bursts of hooting from Cheyenne the happy studio owl. .

Welcome both Jennifer and Larry. I think you will both fit in nicely. Don't worry about mechanics Larry. Gold usually takes that out of our hands, you will be fine. This is my first ever game and I was fine as well. Good introduction so we know what to expect. We like to have fun during the game and it sounds like you'll have a thing or two to teach us (seriously, how DO you pronounce it?). I'm usually online an hour or so before we start if you need help getting set up. See you tonight! (at least for me it's tonight)

@ Larry , an Update for you! I've got you set up with a Token and fresh Character Bio Tab & Character Sheet Tab, in the game table now. Whenever you get to the studio and Join Game at any time between now & game, you will see your token if you want to start entering some tentative details there. Real Owl background sounds would be appropriate (there is already an owl in the party, a Familiar, and it will be neat for us to learn a little more about real owl behavior from someone who works with owls IRL). Skype has a software Mute button, so you can hit Mute when you aren't talking, to reduce background sound. It does build up with multiple players mics, fans, etc. so everyone tries to mute themselves when not speaking. If we haven't connected in Skype yet... my skype name is Gold.Freedom if you can send me a contact request (has a pic of a car license plate says GOLD). I've worked with Jennifer on her Rogue character Mora tonight (Ready to be Introduced into the game when the Party gets back into Town in Portlandio, mid-session this week). Also in my game prep, I've worked-out the Sea Mage spell book contents from last week's treasure, and posted it as a Handout and a Forum post for everyone to view (but mainly the 2 Mage PC's). There is a Treasure Map in there too. I'll get some sleep too, hopefully, between now and game time in... 10 hours! See you all then.

Just had my night meds and peeked in before shutting off the lights and lo! Replies already! How wonderful! Thank you for the thoughtfulness. And yes, Chey is a happy hootie. I'll probably bring her over to the mic to say hello. I used to have a "Gold" license plate. It read GRYPHON. It was on my dear, beloved old Lotus Esprit. Black, with antique gold trim. I do miss it! Bah see, I go off on tangents a lot. Hyperlink brain!

Also, uh oh, do you suppose Mora has had contact or knowledge of the Grey Sheep of The Family? Could there be subterfuge?

Dude, you have an owl!!!????

Larry D. said: Horukh the Silver might get an omen or foreshadowing planted in this session, indeed, but I cast myself upon the mercy of the group when it comes to character generation. When I say a lot of life has happened since I worked on early D&D & other RPGs, I mean, highspeed crashes, head injuries, brain damage, hard hits during crimefighting, manhunting, bodyguarding and so on. I'm missing a few faculties! But the spirit's there. Just to FYI, you all, as a player, I don't mess up party members, I'm never antagonistic to players or the GM, and I try to be helpful. I DO tell dirty jokes while playing and get into kinky shit---you can expect few limits on gender or species---but that's not meant to shock anyone. If it offends anyone just let me know. There may be some initial WTF-ing but things will end up all right. Horukh is much more Indiana Jones than Lord Humungous. There is a little Artemis Fowl in him, though. My alarm is set for 1PM CST, and hopefully I'll be in the studio within the hour after that. If anyone can give me assistance on connecting with you all, I'd sure appreciate it. I checked the headphones & mic tonight, but the studio has a lot of ambient noise ranging from several fans & workstations, to the occasional bursts of hooting from Cheyenne the happy studio owl. . I got a feeling Larry your character and mine (the dwarf) are going to get along... LOL

Welcome to both of you =)

Jennifer/Larry, if you need help getting set up I am ingame already.

Hans said: Jennifer/Larry, if you need help getting set up I am ingame already. If you see this message... Please show Larry about enabling Macro Quick Bar, and the place to press 3x for New-PC-Ability-Scores. Also how to shift-doubleclick to open his token, and the differences Edit Bio vs Character Sheet section. Thank you. Also try to get us ready for Skype if we need you (a Player) to coordinate/start the Skype call if I am on iPad (pending). I am getting ready for game time!