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[Grek]

@filiusenox: Maybe, maybe not. I have 6 7 approved character sheets and am excepting 5-6 players at most. If someone is unable to play due to timing issues, you can probably get in, but otherwise not.

How do the following times sound to people?

Thursdays at 1900 GMT (ie. 3:00 PM EST)
Fridays at 2130 GMT (ie. 5:30 PM EST)
Sundays at 1700 GMT (ie. 1:00 PM EST)
E: I can also do
Saturdays at 1700 GMT (ie. 1:00 PM EST)
if people prefer that.

[mainiac]

I can only do Thursday this week but I can do any of those on subsequent weeks.  It wouldn't be the end of the world if I miss the first week though since I wouldn't have as much to contribute in deciding on a powered ship design as with a sailing ship.

[mainiac]

I finished my sheet. She's been posted earlier, but Matisa the Wanderer.

So far this game is 2/2 in character backstories involving born on a ship.

[RedWarrior0]

Sundays at 1700 GMT (ie. 1:00 PM EST)

These are probably the only ones I could make consistently. Thursdays and Fridays would only be every other week for me for a while.

[RedWarrior0]

I was tempted to take Nymph's Kiss, but that would need me to be Exalted, which is kinda bleh, but it's an awesome gateway to great roleplaying.

[Zako]

I prefer either of these two.

Sundays at 1700 GMT (ie. 1:00 PM EST)
Saturdays at 1700 GMT (ie. 1:00 PM EST)

And Fool, I have absolutely no idea of what to do in the first place. The closest to this stuff that I have ever done is NWN2, and it handles this for you automatically. Just tell me what you need, and I'll give it to you.

[The Fool]

I'd like Friday, because it would mean my homework is done for the week and I can focus on D&D.

I wouldn't want Thursday because it is the busiest day of the week at work, but I could in theory. If either Thursday or Sunday is chosen I can't promise anything for the first two weeks, but Sunday is normally free.

@RedWarrior0: Exalted just means that you have to be good and not willingly do anything evil. Depending on who you are that may work.

@Zako: I'll PM you what you need to start a sheet.

[Heron TSG]

Nemesis Saberhawk is just about done, just have a few hundred gold to burn and final mantle/power selection. All the powers will be from Complete Psionics or the XPH, so nothing too crazy there. Still writing the backstory.

Spoiler: Character Portrait (click to show/hide)

(No longer a shoal halfling)

[Criptfeind]

I can make all times.

Give me your gold Barbarossa.

[Kogan Loloklam]

Grek, if you don't mind, I'd like an exact reason as to what is wrong with the Awakened Cat.
It's not core, but it's all freely available stuff.

Awaken Spell
Cat
Ability adjustments gotten from subtracting 10 or 11 from the SRD figures.
Next I compared it to other similar monsters turned into PCs, and dropped the Hit Dice added to it in exchange for Cleric Levels. This might be where the problem is? With 3 being the max level, and ECL being Hit dice plus Level Adjustment plus any class levels, that would make it a cat without any use to the party at all for another level. While establishing the RP would be fun for a few sessions, it could easily tick players off. Something tells me this wasn't where the problem was though.

Anyway, On to understanding your information here...

Spoiler: Relations between The Empire, Merica, The Elfin Kingdoms and the Aboleth States: (click to show/hide)

The Holy Alfheim Empire is not at war with anyone, but hates the Elfin Kingdoms because the Elfin Kingdoms supposedly betrayed Merica.
This "betrayal" was The Elfin Kingdoms' desire to avoid further conflict with The Aboleth States, whom had previously conquered a member-kingdom of the Elfin Kingdoms in the last confrontation 20 years ago. This was a violation of Treaty obligations they had with Merica.
Merica had been fighting the Aboleth states for some time over the ownership of some prime location reefs, and the Empire feels that the Elfin Kingdoms failure to meet that obligation was responsible for the Aboleth advance that has pretty much split Merica in half.

Did I get that all right?
If so, why does the Empire care about Merica? I didn't see that at all. Ostgard is in between Merica and the Empire, and Ostgard isn't even a vassal state yet. It also has a race that for whatever reason felt it was a good idea to get the hell out of the Empire, hinting at genocide from the empire. This makes me think there would be bad blood between them, which would make me even more curious as to why the Empire cares about Merica at all? Is it just "We know we'll be next", or is there some kind of link between the two groups? Also, how many years exactly did the Galland war happen? Grand Nephew implies to me somewhere around 40 years or more.

Spoiler: Relations between The Empire, Unterhold, and Gnomheim: (click to show/hide)

Unterhold seems to be bitter about it's relationships with the Empire and Gnomheim. It seems like they want to break their ties with the Empire for whatever reason, but don't dare because of their war with the Aboleth states. I'm thinking there is something in the empire's angelic nature that is dangerous to the unlife of the Unterhold counts. This makes them want to get some separation, and the Proselytizing by the Empire priests makes for some bad blood.

Did I get this right?

Okay, so, contingent on being correct, and that you continue to refuse Mister Puffins (Whom I really, really like), here's my thoughts on another possible character.
A Troll Samurai from Dramscrag. The problem with this one is that it's a +5 LA. Therefore this character cannot easily be done, and will require doing monster advancement as covered in Savage Species. This would be something that I could play. I imagine it could be some trollish variant that isn't as strong as a full troll, but being a troll would be critical to the RP as I see it.

Spoiler: Rp (click to show/hide)

His lord felt dishonored when they were ordered to hold back from the war. He sends some of his Samauri on quests to find ways to help the Merica without violating his own oaths to the Elfin kingdoms. One of the ways is in assisting the Empire explore the sea, since the empire is not Merica and the empire is saying it's exploring the Sunless sea so as to find things that might help against the Aboleth empire.

[Zako]

Dude, its a cat. On an adventure in an underground ocean. It can talk and cast magic, but still, it's a cat. I seriously dout that any crew will even let it on the ship as part of the crew, let alone take it seriously.

Also, how do you save these sheets on myth weavers?

[Criptfeind]

Could it be you want to play a freaking cat?

[Kogan Loloklam]

Dude, its a cat. On an adventure in an underground ocean. It can talk and cast magic, but still, it's a cat. I seriously dout that any crew will even let it on the ship as part of the crew, let alone take it seriously.

You'd be surprised


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[Grek]

@Kogan: My objections to playing an awakened cat are fourfold: A] it doesn't make sense RP-wise for an awakened animal to be chosen for this mission, B] the backstory that the cat was accidentally hit with Awaken, a spell takes 24 hours to cast and has a range of touch, is just silly, C] even if I could bring myself to take the character concept seriously, the charater's goals to "overthrow the system" and put cats in charge would conflict with the premise of this campaign, which is to go exploring in the ocean and D] perhaps most importantly, awakened cats don't have opposable thumbs. There is a time and a place for silly characters and playing awakened cats named "Mister Puffins". This isn't it.

Backstory stuff:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Your first spoiler block is essentially correct. While Merica has never been part of the Holy Alfheim Empire, they did fight on the same side during the Hvergelmir Rebellion, which is a big mythological important thing for both nations. They also have a long history of trading with eachother and of fighting off sahuagin pirates.
 
The Alfheim-Galland conflict ended just over a century ago and has faded from the living memory of any human or orc. To the halflings, who occasionally live to see 150, memories of the war are still fresh, but they won the war soundly, so there's little bad blood on their end.

Second spoiler is a bit off. The vampires are naturally suspicious of the "new" celestial religion, but are loath to turn away from Alfheim over mere religious differences, especially since Alfheim doesn't seem to be making any headway into locating the entrances to the Unterhold or converting returning dwarven travelers to the "new" religion. For now, they're content to remain isolationist and keep Alfheim at arm's length.

Playing a troll is indeed problematic. However, you may play an adolescent troll:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You have the following somewhat-weaker-than-LA+0 race:

Str +2, Con +2, -4 Intelligence (minimum 3), -2 Wisdom, -4 Charisma.
Medium Size.
Scent & Darkvision 60'
Land speed 30', or 20' and 40' swim if you're a Scrag (aquatic troll)
Giant Type, plus Aquatic Subtype if Scrag.
Automatic Languages: Giant. Bonus Languages: Common, Orc.
Favoured Class: Troll

and grow up as a troll by taking levels in the following 5 level Troll class:

1d8 HD.
Cleric BaB.
Good fort saves, Poor Reflex/Will saves.
Skills are 2+int mod, x4 for first level as usual.
Class Skills are: Listen, Spot, Climb and Swim.
Proficent in all martial weapons.
Level 1 in Troll gives you regeneration equal to class level.
Level 2 in Troll gives you a 1d6 bite & 2 1d6 claws
Level 3 in Troll gives you Rend for 2d6 + 1/2 Str mod.
Level 4 in Troll makes you Large rather than Medium and +1d8 HD.
Level 5 in Troll gives you +5 Natural Armour.

You're free to mix and match levels of Troll with levels of other base classes; you don't have to take all the Troll levels at once.

[Criptfeind]

So. Offical relationships between Elfs and halflings seems a bit rocky. What do the respective citizens think about it?