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I'll just stick to Pathfinder. It's the easiest thing here. Ragathiel it is.
My background’s in the alias, if you need to read through that for bonuses.
Yup Ouachitonian, I will look at it, go ahead and post in discussion and talk with the goddess.
Here's Monkeygod's alias. As you can see, I'm very charismatic/diplomatic which is a reflection of myself IRL.
I don't have any ranks in intimidate or local, but those bonuses come from a feat and trait respectively.
Spells will be done in a bit, wanted to get the other bits done first.
Couple of questions:
1) Are we allowed a drawback for a 3rd trait?
2) 2 background skills per level?
3) How specific do we need to be in our wish? If I left it sorta vague, would it be perverted/corrupted against me?
Gonna officially post in discussion too, if that's okay.
In 2nd grade, when he was 7, his teacher saw the inquisitive nature of his mind, and convinced the school librarian to grant him access to the books normally reserved for older children, and pushed him to begin reading the classics.
+1 Int
Geography Bees, and more, the question was not who would win, but who would finish second.
K Geo 1 rank
K Nature 1 rank
K Local 1 rank
, where he was a decent track and soccer athlete, but a star of every available academic competition,
+1 Dex
well known in church for his bible memorization and wisdom beyond his years,
+1 Wis
and an honor graduate with a full academic scholarship to a prestigious university.
+1 Int
But he had never wanted to be just an academic. So he joined the Army National Guard, much to the shock of many of his classmates.
College was much the same;
he studied history, political science, philosophy, religion, classical languages.
K history 2 ranks
K nature 2 ranks
K nobility 2 ranks
K local 1 rank
K religion 1 rank
Linguistics 2 ranks
But he really struggled with the physical requirements of ROTC. He persevered anyway, atending remedial physical fitness training. He fully intended to make a career of the Army. Late in his college career, disaster struck: he was diagnosed with a congenital bone condition, which both explained his physical struggles, and slammed the door on any future with the military. Within months of graduation, he was medically discharged and left adrift.
+1 str or +1 dex your choice
Commercial driving jobs that were a bit better,
1 rank in driving
He eventually studied his Master's in military history in the afternoons through online courses, but never put it to use.
+1 Int, 1 more rank in k history
teaching bible classes to youth in his church.
+1 rank in k religion
He studied everything he could about ancient military history, every chance he got. He liked other subjects; paleontology, geology, astrophysics, epistemology, logic.
What knowledges would this apply to?
Yes a third trait and fourth are available with drawbacks.
Yes, 2 bonus skill points for background skills each level.
Your first wish cannot be corrupted/perverted and once you wish it the Goddess will clarify before granting it. Also go to discussion and click on the Spoiler of the first post and respond to the Goddess in a spoiler there.
Maybe Nature and Geography for the paleontology and geology. For epistemology and logic, Local, maybe? Possibly Sense Motive or Intimidate, since he can beat you up with big words, lol. Speaking of I think I'll switch a trait to Bruising Intellect and shift a skill point to Intimidate.
Yup yup!
This game feels like an interesting thought experiment to invest in, even if not chosen. I'm putting some time into creating my character's story, but in the mean time I thought it was worth noting my interest and starting the mechanical rolls.
Well one of the 8s can clearly go for the 12...
All are welcome! I think we have 4 sorcerers right now!
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Welp, if we do find the Gestalt artifact then I guess we know what's happening - total Sorcerer Party. We can Strut!
Totally!
GM: did you want a full 10-Minute background (which generally take 45+)
Up to you ...
https://paizo.com/people/JacenBenedictt
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Whatever you want to do Jacen, the more detailed the better, it gives me more chances to give you boosts!
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I'm still plugging away at my TMB, which is definitely *not* ten minutes, lol. There's a ton of important stuff I wanna include, as I've lived a pretty interesting, and kinda wild/rather blessed in some ways, life.
Okay Monkeygod, feel free to jump into at least discussion thread if not gameplay as well. That goes for all players.
Most of the wishes and abilities have been confirmed.
Okay Monkeygod, feel free to jump into at least discussion thread if not gameplay as well. That goes for all players.
Most of the wishes and abilities have been confirmed.
and I still have an IOU sitting with you for my 90+ Minute Background
;)
Yeah Jacen, I need that in order to give you boosts!
We are looking for a few stalwart companions to join us in this complete sandbox adventure. There is wish magic used immediately so this is a ludicrous game of overpowered awesomeness.
Most of us are CG, and followers of Cayden Cailean.
What classes do our characters have:
Paladin/sorcerer, bard/cleric, bard/..., druid/..., ranger/..., Warder/Monk, rogue/..., dragon/wizard,
So we are missing: rogue (presently is a NPC that will be leaving soon), barbarian, Fighter, alchemist, witch, magus, inquisitor...
Though we are happy with overlap!
We have a tank, we have ranged support,
We need more ... players?
We are 3rd level and you will be coming in as a single class of 3rd level but will soon gestalting once you join the crew.
Let me have a look at the first post and see what's going on!
Rogue you say? :)
So rolls...
Nice ones.
Then I have to think about very weird gifts, abilities, etc... okay, let me think about it proper, yeah?
And then the story of my life? Okay...
This looks fab.
I'll see if I can get something written up tonight.
How many adds are you looking for?
I can see me coming 'back' and becoming a Barbarian or an Inquisitor... Or a Bloodrager! Or... Or...
-wanders into a corner mumbling-
Disclaimer: I left out of the equation my current physical state, since I’m probably the least person in the world who could play a dex-based char :P Even in my youth, when I played a lot of sports, I was more tough than agile.
Germán was born on a hot August afternoon in 1978. His father proposed Germán as the baby’s name because it was an easy to translate one - Germán was the Spanish version, with
Germain being the French counterpart and Hermann the German one.
His dad had had a very interesting life, leaving his native Germany at 18 to serve in the Foreign Legion and then traveling through most of Africa and South America until chance took him on holidays to Spain, where he met a nice and cute Andalusian girl.
Germán’s mom was also a fan of traveling and adventure and. though in a more limited way, she’d had time enough to know most of Spain and have some visits to Italy and the Greek Isles, places with which she fell deeply in love.
Our protagonist then was raised by open minded parents, in a very touristic place full of foreign visitors, and that really set the foundations of his grown up life.
At school, he wasn’t the most dedicated boy, but he grasped things easily and, most importantly, had an ability to use logic to deduce things he hadn’t been taught yet. That granted him perfect marks for some time, until he reached his teens and the desire for fun was stronger than the desire to learn or please his parents.
His parents weren’t much pleased, nope, but they weren’t also pleased with one another. The constant fighting and shouting became a constant, and the lack of siblings turned Germán into a somewhat introverted kid. His parents appointed him to team sports - handball, basketball - and he joined enthusiastically, but because he felt good being the team player rather than the star.
Germán was one of the few kids from his promotion who, after finishing Elementary, went to the High School instead of going straight to work. He had a hard time at the beginning, being in a new place and not being much into most teenagers’ habits such as smoking and boasting. He ended up meeting some good friends, though, and by his junior and senior years he was quite respected by his fellow students as someone kind and reliable.
Then it came the time to go to College, and things went down the loo. He moved to his grandma’s as a way of having his lessons more accessible and also to grant some company to the old lady. That was a big mistake, of course - as most young adults, being away from home discipline was disastrous, and he soon had a hard time keeping up with his English lessons. The language in itself wasn’t a problem - he was already proficient in speaking and writing thanks to his background - but all about History, Literature and everything that required an effort was suddenly out of reach. Being a “prodigious” boy at school showed up detrimental, since he hadn’t developed studying habits - simply because they hadn’t been needed.
Of course, during this time he developed some other skills. New city, new people and all starting from scratch, it was the perfect way of practicing his almost-non-developed social skills. He met new friends, he met some girls - always older than him, for he was seen as more mature than a 20yo. He traveled, and joined the Volleyball club and the Rugby club. In a way, one could say he made up for some of his lackings. His intellect developed, though on its own way, and that helped him acquire at least some critical analysis. He learned that one of the most important secrets in life is not to know who you can rely on and who you can’t, but rather for what you can rely on regarding each of your acquaintances. In other words, and even though his still childish mind would refuse to grow up when confronted with responsibilities, he grew up.
Then his father died. A lung stroke left the old man in very bad condition which, during the following 2 years, only got worse until it became a permanent vegetative state. Finally, in 2007 and with Germán holding him in his arms, Knut Laurentius Heller passed away. At the same time, Germán’s mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Third time’s the charm, they say. During the years after Germán’s dad’s death, his mom fought breast cancer and spleen cancer. Germán had already moved with his parents to help with his father’s bad health, and stayed there to help his mom and save some money. He picked some varied jobs - waiter, accountant, private English teacher - and occasionally tried - unsuccessfully - to finish his university degree. He also underwent some different formations in order to expand his work searching spectrum, learning some basic accounting among other more or less useful things. However, in 2012, his mom’s third cancer - colon - was detected too late. By the end of the year, in a hospital room and with Germán holding her in his arms, Dolores Alonso passed away.
By that time, Germán had only one family pillar left - his granny. Now how to go and tell her that her daughter has just died? How to leave her from going to the funeral, and deny her the last chance to say goodbye? Germán was his granny’s first and favourite grandson, she was there during all of his childhood, they had lived together, so he couldn’t do that to her. But he knew that was going to kill her. And alas, by the end of 2013, in a hospital room and with Germán holding her in his arms, Josefa De Arcos passed away.
On his own. With only some English lessons at a friend’s private school for sustenance, with almost no family - half of what remained of it fighting over the inheritance - and with a lor less experience in life than most of the people his age, Germán stumbled here and there for some years, eating quickly through most of his money and doing really nothing.
So, in fairy tales, there’s always the rescuing part, right? And so it happened. A cute and kind princess appeared and rescued the lost and dazed knight Sir Germán. She was understanding, lovable, and Germán felt part of something again. He was quickly accepted into her family as one more member of the team, and that gave him stability. He found a new job, something he hadn’t done before - airport handling agent - but something where he felt what he was doing was important. A good team guy, with good teammates and good team leaders. Life was smiling on him. Until one day, on his way to the airport, a truck went off its lane and crushed his car.
Special Ability Shadows
Wish I Wanna Rock! (TM) :P No, really. I want to go Magus for Gestalt. Maybe add Dex to damage without having to rely on dancing with scimitars, going URogue or picking 200,000 feats?
Traits Magical Lineage, some other (idk)
Starting Gear (at the time of death) Bandoleer bag with chirurgical mask, car and house keys, airport bag tags, sandwich for lunch break and some coins. Wallet with credit card, ID card, supermarket vouchers, sanitary card and a pair of bills. Smartphone. Earbuds. Work uniform (blue shirt, black shoes, black trousers, terribly disgusting tie). Airport security card. Deck of L5R cards to play with friends after work.
Class Slayer
Oh, btw, @Louxman, if you wanna do the Rogue, that's totally fine, I have diverse ideas that could fit.
We have 2 consistent players, 2 that probably won't come back. 😞
We are looking for 2 to 4 new players, as with probability for 4 new players after a month two will be gone.
If we do fill up I will keep any submissions in reserve.
Exclaimer: some of our posts might have mature content, they will be spoiled. If you need to drop out we understand.
The reason it is allowed is for the fact it is you and given the opportunity wouldn't you want to have those experiences. Also it is an ultimate sandbox game where you act anyway you want to! Freedom! 😀
Despite a falling out with Wolf, this was a really fun game! I encourage all to roll up a PC!
Good luck with finding new players!!
Thank you, GM Wolf! I'll go with the crunch and try to have my scimitar dancer ready for tomorrow.
I guess we're going full 1st party here, right?
I will be giving the new players a quick rundown to what you know and what you have done recently.
Most likely I will have you guys go south to take care of some gnolls and you each can pick something you defeated. After all you are level 3. No gestalt yet but you could make a second character sheet with it for ease of getting it done now.
Quick Recap:
You died on earth as soon as you start to make your character, bringing your daily and/or present items.
You are being reincarnated as yourself. The Goddess explains and tells you get a wish which could be an ability, magical item, transform your race, etc.
You start in New Beginnings, check out the early posts in gameplay for reference.
You get a few quests and head out to level up.
You have recently gotten back to New Beginnings and have just got to New Faces. The next major town which is the second spot to stop as a Chosen. Here you can change your race for free if the race points is below 12. Otherwise you have to pay the difference. Most humanoid races are available.
So that's what we did, right? We're assumed to have been with the party the whole time and so we have a chance to change our race, and the wish granted must be the one we're beginning with if I got it right.
Yes that is basically what you have done until now. You are not with the other party. You were with a few other players that have been gone for a long time, Sir Drystan, Otto Canzone and Sage Li. Or just one of them, you pick. You just got to New Faces and are likely looking for an inn to stay at and look into what race you might change.
Yes that is correct you start with the wish even before coming to Arcanium.
I hope Louxman joins us too!
As I am running Jon as a player turned NPC, Whisper, Mia, Alia, Angelica and Matthew are all NPCs. Matthew Locke is my DMPC. The three girls were technically acquired through quests but they can explain that should you ask.
Whenever you guys get your crunches and backgrounds done we can start moving forward, I have plans on joining the two groups really soon.
Question: Am I the only one who hasn't used their wish to pick a monster template that grants billions of attribute boosts?
Another question: The special ability, should I need to make it myself and submit to your approval, or is it something you're going to hand out?
Third question: The bonus feats are granted due to the wish, to the background, or both?
Forth question: Apart from what was presented above, what else do I need for background?
Fifth question: I assume we start with our listed, RL mundane equipment, right?
Sixth question: I see a warder there. Does that mean PoW is open?
With great regret I'm going to bow out of this one.
I'm returning to the boards after a break and I promised myself I would not over stretch and burn out this time around. There is no character idea that is calling out to me here and I don't want to commit to something that is so broad only to need to pull out down the line.
This game (project?) looks amazing and I wish you all the absolute best, I'll be watching ;)
L
Hey Loux, do you wanna play the skilled guy? As I said, I really have several ideas I can try.
Thank you for the offer Jereru. No, you go, you do you. I hope we'll play together again soon.
L
Wishes so far:
I want to be...
A half giant
A dragon
A saytr
I want to have...
The abilities of other Chosen's wishes
Daily Infinite wishes
Extermination burst
The paladin longsword of awesomeness
Thor's armor/girdle
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Your wish is your special ability if you go that route, if you want to have a flavorful minor trick you are welcome to ask.
Yes you need to give me at least one possible wish and if it doesn't work we can make it work. As you can tell the wishes above are powerful!
Edit: I was wrong you get a wish and some minor abilities, check the next post for suggestions.
Bonus feats? I will look into this and get back to you.
Yes you start with your real life equipment. Though you have been adventuring for about a month so you will get to purchase 500 gp of gear.
Also with accomplished quests you have 3 random loot boxes, a MC weapon, several chests of coins, and a pile of gems.
PoW is open, so are godlings, and nearly any class. If you want it from a 3rd party please check with me first. Psionics is out.
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I am really sorry to see you go Louxman, as it didn't get started if you want to join check in when you are ready.
Character Generation:
As yourself with several paragraphs to describe your life up until now and why you have your ability scores. Thus gaining you bonuses based on your background.
Or: roll [dice]3d6[dice] 7 times, the seventh roll may replace any of the earlier rolls. Create a background for your character as they were in our world before dying. The rolled stats may be moved around to best fit your character.
1st level - You will be coming in with all your meta knowledge and the knowledge of your class.Everyone starts with one special ability. This ability will give your class a focus and other minor abilities. So if you picked Ice, you may want to be able to cast cone of cold at 10th level once per day. You likely would become resistant to cold, gain the ability to slide naturally on ice, or the ability to create water.
Suggestions: Regeneration, Lightning, Fire, Acid, Cure, Inflict, Draconic, Fey, Angelic, Beast.
I was not able to find the reference to bonus feats or are you talking about feat taxes/Elephant in the room rules?
You should write up your background so I can read it and give you bonuses, unless you want to stick with your rolled stats.
I sure hope we get at least one more player, but if not we can get Jereru all settled and move into the game! Jereru let me know when your crunch and/or background is ready.
Let's see...
I made a post here with the character's story up till his death and some suggestions for wishes/special abilities.
Now, if PoW is okay, and thus I can take Deadly Agility, then forget about my wish, I'll think about anything else more akin to what's already wished.
Then you, in a spoiler here, told me about Infinite Feats. But that's all feedback I got regarding what I wrote.
Edit: also, my rolls are here.
I must have missed it, sorry!
Start with 10's in all ability scores.
Was there no penalties you were thinking you might have?
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On his own. With only some English lessons at a friend’s private school for sustenance, with almost no family - half of what remained of it fighting over the inheritance - and with a lor less experience in life than most of the people his age, Germán stumbled here and there for some years, eating quickly through most of his money and doing really nothing.
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Special Ability Shadows
[Ooc]Sounds great
Wish I Wanna Rock! (TM) :P No, really. I want to go Magus for Gestalt. Maybe add Dex to damage without having to rely on dancing with scimitars, going URogue or picking 200,000 feats?
Traits Magical Lineage, some other (idk)
Starting Gear (at the time of death) Bandoleer bag with chirurgical mask, car and house keys, airport bag tags, sandwich for lunch break and some coins. Wallet with credit card, ID card, supermarket vouchers, sanitary card and a pair of bills. Smartphone. Earbuds. Work uniform (blue shirt, black shoes, black trousers, terribly disgusting tie). Airport security card. Deck of L5R cards to play with friends after work.
Class Slayer
Uhm... Other than the first, the rest of the spoilers have nothing added to them, including missing the closing of the ooc tag.
Edit: if you want, I can ask for special abilities/wish directly to the goddess in the discussion tab, as others have done before me.
I edited them, worked on it for the better part of an hour.
Wish:
You could take the ability infinite feats, which gives you three more feats at 1st level then an additional feat every level after.
or you could take
Super Accelerated Learner: 1st level gain a bonus feat, 3rd level gain a bonus feat, 6th level bonus feat, 9th level bonus feat and every third level after that. Also you gain an additional 2 skill points for each level.
With your ability of shadows what do you want to do with it?
Basically what three spells do you want? They should be two 1st level spells and a 2nd level spell. Or you could get a 3rd or 4th level shadow spell.
Yes if you want you can post in discussion and you may speak with the goddess.
Alright. After the "bonus 4" spoiler, all goes to waste again xD Sorry!
On bonus 4 you ask for suggestions; what about Kn: Geography, Kn: History and Linguistics?
I'll talk to the goddess and try to be specific about it. Mostly, the Shadows special ability was intended to be like ninja/stalker things. I'll actually take the archetype Slayer where you get to spawn Shadow doubles.
The wish was intended to be able to add Dex to damage AND do Magus things, which is impossible out of Dervish Dance if you stick to 1pp. Now with PoW, that leaves me room for other things maybe.
Yeah well most of those paragraphs didn't have much for me to work with.
So starting with 10s
+2 Wis, +1 Int.+1 Str,
+1 Int, +1 Wis, 1 rank in diplomacy.
2 ranks in profession: waiter, accountant, private English teacher.
Not the most dextrouse person, -2 dex.
Parents died early from aligments, -2 con.
Str 11
Dex 8
Con 8
Int 12
Wis 13
Cha 10
1 rank in diplomacy.
2 ranks in profession: waiter, accountant, private English teacher.
2 ranks in Kn: Geography, Kn: History and Linguistics
There could be other bonuses or minuses but I am not sure unless you have some other things that happened to you. Also you could have more ranks in things based on what you learned and did.
Now since you don't have many bonuses I would be fine with you starting with your rolls and gaining the bonuses above.
So where do these rolls go?
3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6) = 12
3d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 4) = 15
3d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 5) = 9
3d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 1) = 10
3d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5) = 17
3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 6) = 13
3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 2) = 12
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I'll actually take the archetype Slayer where you get to spawn Shadow doubles.
Okay, -2 dex because "not the most dextrous", which is something I think I deliberately left out of the proper background... that hurts. Could we just skip those "bonuses" and keep the rolls as they are? They're not bad at all. I'd rather make a skilled character with 17 dex than 8. If you don't mind, I'll use my own skill ranks to cover Knowledges and Linguistics, if necessary (with a Slayer's 6 basic plus medium-high Int that should be enough).
The stats would be something like:
Str 12
Dex 17
Con 13
Int 15
Wis 12
Cha 10
We start as humans, but I plan on going Elf or Half-Elf, probably.
I put a spoiler for you in discussion!
Trust me you will be getting huge stat boosts soon!
It is up to you though keep just the rolls or the following:
Human you do get to add a +2 to an ability of your choice (dex right!!!):
Str 12
Dex 19
Con 13
Int 15
Wis 12
Cha 10
Or------
Str 13
Dex 17
Con 11
Int 17
Wis 15
Cha 10
And
1 rank in diplomacy.
2 ranks in profession: waiter, accountant, private English teacher.
2 ranks in Kn: Geography, Kn: History and Linguistics
Jereru make and Alias for German, you will be meeting the group very soon! You can get your crunch done later, it is time to RP!!! As a blue portal appears before you and people exit it. The group Sir Drystan told you about, Jean the dragon, Jon the giant, Jacen the third J, zaidel the saytr, Mia Zaidel's hand maiden, Matthew the glowing one, and Davin the shapeshifter.
Sir Drystan stayed in New Beginnings.
Arite, here we go!
Opening recruitment to those who were invited back and the public. As an Isekai game it won't mesh well with some. Though we have adjusted it so you could bring in any character that will soon unlock the power of being a chosen.
If possible I would want new players to join asap. After a basic crunch at least then you can jump to discussion and we will figure out how to bring you in, yes you have a voice and I want your ideas.
This is a homebrew sandbox game, you choose what you want to do. This also means that you should know your character motivations really well and they should eventually be stated in your character sheet.
Synopsis:
This is a game where you have died, yes that is right, you! Just as you read this post is what you bring with you. Most of you won't have much. Create your base character on yourself. The gods have decided for one reason or another to give you another chance. This chance is to start anew as you are with a special ability in a mystical world of monsters and adventure.
Looking for:
Looking for four to five players to join this reboot sandbox heavy magical influence homebrew game. I am sure there will be many questions let me see about condensing those answers together...
As yourself with several paragraphs to describe your life up until now and why you have your ability scores. Thus gaining you bonuses based on your background.
Or: roll [dice]3d6[dice] 7 times, the seventh roll may replace any of the earlier rolls. Create a background for your character as they were in our world before dying. The rolled stats may be moved around to best fit your character.
1st level - You will be coming in with all your meta knowledge and the knowledge of your class.
Suggestions: Regeneration, Lightning, Fire, Acid, Cure, Inflict, Draconic, Fey, Angelic, Beast.
Next you get a wish that is strictly for your benefit. There is no downsides to what you wish for. It can be anything: to change your race, an item, another super ability, to enhance a minor ability to major, or even summon a being to be your partner.
Suggestions: Be a half dragon, be an ogre, a legendary sword, a legendary bow, a belt of mighty health, a familiar, a mysterious stranger to come to your aid, to be able to cast cure serious wounds 3/day.
*The more powerful the ability the higher chance that you will gain a curse with it or it will be more quirky, thus if you ask for the legendary sword excalibur you would get it with some small adjustments like it being intelligent and having its own purpose. If you just asked for a magical sword with a property of vorpral on it there is a smaller chance of a curse attached, lastly would be a +1 Keen Weapon that would have no curses. Again ask questions think of different options and power levels, we can talk about what is overpowered, which is not much.
Everyone will start as human obviously but their will be quests and shops that will let you change your race in game. Most classes will be accepted, no occult or psychic classes please. Also eventually you can have more powerful race choices but it will cost you some wealth or wishes.
2 traits. Background skills and feat tax adjustments are encouraged. If you have any questions please ask.
Starting gear: What did you have with you when you died and honestly based off your life a normal day what would you have? Typically I have my keys, wallet, phone, ipad, snacks, pens, misc. medicine and a carry bag to hold the last two. You also might have just went to the convenience store and bought a meal and perhaps a few other items.
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We're looking for ROLE-PLAYERS! And this campaign can help you scratch that meta itch!
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As this should be a rather quick way to make characters I am looking into starting on Monday the 14th and keeping recruitment open for