conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Kirkwood is a one gaming store kind of town...
  
  A year has passed within the quiet town of Kirkwood. As with the passing of time, change, both subtle and grandiose, has affected the town. Yet, for all the positive occurrences which have transpired something feels amiss.
  
  Main Street. 
  
  Lingering among the other familiar storefronts-which have thrived over the years- there stands a hollow building which now only struggles to retaining the memories of better and happier days. Graffiti laden plywood covers the portals which were once windows and a fading sign, held aloft only by the dedication of a thin rusting chain, twirls oddly with the passing breeze. The sign, although dull and weathered, still reads 'Game Haven.'
  
  The rapping of a faded sheet of paper upon one of the plywood earns your attention. You stretch the wrinkled paper, in order to discern its context in greater detail. 
  
  "CALL TO ARMS! 
  Looking for players for a D&D/ Pathfinder adventure. Game Haven might be gone, but it's spirit still lives on! 
  Contact me if you wish to adventure! 
  www.gigglesbear@yoohoo.com"
  
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  Background:
  ~~~~~~~~~
  
  Greetings everyone, 
  
  This, ##The Gamers: Dorkness Knights## is a sequel(?) or continuation(?) of the Storium game ##The Gamers: Dorkness Recording.## 
  I wish to thank Nyara, the original creator of ##The Gamers: Dorkness Recording## for allowing me to take over as Narrator. I will be using Nyara's format into the setup of the game -which means I copied and pasted it here. 
  
  Nyara, although the game didn't pan out I still enjoyed it. Thank you so much for having endured as long as you could.
  
  I also would like to take a moment to thank the other players who made the game hilarious and interesting. To Orangecookies, Timelady, Alvuea, and Miriravan, thank you! 
  
  You guys are all welcomed to join this game. 
  
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  Structure:
  ~~~~~~~~~
  
  You will alternately play as modern-day role players sitting around a table with dice, character sheets, pizza and soda and their characters in the game. The campaign takes place in a D&D type setting in the kingdom of Itheria, where your band of adventurers are called upon to save the land from a spreading darkness.
  
  In an effort to reduce confusion I will label perspective shifts as either being in the game world or the player world. Here is an example:
  
  ## Player World – Game Haven, your local gaming store. ##
  
  ## Game World – the Hart’s Head tavern ##
  
  
  
  Characters:
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  
  Your submission should be written as an email to the GM requesting a spot in the campaign 1. Introduce your gamer. 2. How did they get into the hobby. 3. Their character concept. 
  
  Application:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  I shall choose applicants on 10-31-2014 11:00EST and start the game promptly afterwards.
  
  
  Play Style:
  ~~~~~~~~~
  
  This is a collaborative story, designed for players interested in improvising and world building. Be bold. Take risks. Say yes. Build off each other’s prompts.
  
  Tone:
  ~~~~~
  
  Much like the movie that inspired this game, the tone should be lovingly poking fun at gaming tropes and cliches. Feel free to be silly, sappy, or over the top. After all, you are playing a writing game with strangers where you pretend to be people who are rolling pretend dice in order to pretend to be other people who fight imaginary creatures and loot magic items off their bodies.
  
  
  Participation: 
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  The speed is listed as slow. However, one scene per week means that each player should expect to move 2 to 3 times during a week.
  
  Additionally, I’m abiding by the three scenes and you’re out rule. That is, three scenes of inactivity and no communication about being gone and I’ll write you out. If you need some down time that’s fine, just leave a comment.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even when situations get out of control you are, as legendary rapper Vanilla Ice once said, "Ice, Ice Baby." 
conversations.prefix: Control Under Duress:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something about you arouses all the ladies within the room... And some of the dudes too. How high is your charisma? (-_o )
conversations.prefix: Ecchi Orc:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I'm not God, I swear to Drunk! 
  
  *Hiccup* 
conversations.prefix: Liquid Courage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are the poster child for Anger Management. You wear your emotions (primarily anger, wrath, ire, rage, pissed off, etc.) on your sleeves... 
  Pro: You are probably versatile in Intimidating People. 
  Con: You excel in getting yourself into troubling predicaments, which could have been avoided. 
conversations.prefix: I SHALL DESTROY YOU!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sorry hombre or señorita but whatever you attempted has failed horribly.
conversations.prefix: One! FUMBLE!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Why! Why do you always intentionally make a situation worse? 
  
  Which of course with this Weakness you do...
conversations.prefix: Gob-Gob!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are the embodiment of what it means to be a hero. You willingly sacrifice yourself to aid the weak, defend quaint villages from barbaric tribes, and wrestle kittens out of trees. 
  
  
conversations.prefix: Champion:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are one raging ball of testosterone and wrath! Your motto literally is 'KILL or KILL ...my enemies.' 
  
  I added that last tidbit so you don't forget who you are supposed to be murdering. No need to thank me! 
conversations.prefix: Marauder:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Apparently you're that alignment that pretty much can get away with bloody murder eh?
  
  Bastard! t(-_-t )
conversations.prefix: Chaotic Neutral:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adorned in layers of armor and bearing armaments of fierce edge you are a forced to be reckoned upon the field of battle. Few can withstand your tenacity in melee combat.
conversations.prefix: Knight:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The enigmas of arcane mysticism and sorcery are at  your disposal. You weave spells of destruction with the ease comparable to that of a musician performing a melody upon an instrument. 
conversations.prefix: Wizard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Beings of the divine cosmos imbue you with their essence, as such you are guided by their desires to relieve the tormented of their suffering and to cleanse the wicked from the world. You are apt in healing.
conversations.prefix: Cleric:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are the scourge of traps, the thief in the night and bane of those laden with riches. Your combat prowess isn't forged in the strength of flesh but rather in the precision of dexterous strikes which hinder and overwhelm opponents. 
conversations.prefix: Rogue:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Death falls upon your enemies from a distance for you are a master of long ranged armaments. In your hands an arrow and a bow wrought destruction upon a battlefield before your enemies can even approach.
conversations.prefix: Ranger:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spirits of the natural world claim you as the guardian of Nature. For this they bestow you with the abilities to communicate with flora and fauna, summon forth elemental forces, and grant you mastery over an animal companion.
conversations.prefix: Druid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Critical success! Whatever your convoluted mind envisioned succeeds! 
conversations.prefix: Twenty! Critical Success!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Through courage, dedication, or just plain stupid luck you've accomplished something that was AMAZING! 
  Whatever you did is worthy of waffles!
conversations.prefix: WAFFLES!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are handed an index card detailing vital information that could assist you and your party upon your current quest...
  Life can be that easy for those with Bardic Knowledge.
conversations.prefix: Bardic Knowledge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Who gets Improved Initiative? A person who wants to rend their enemies from limb to limb, that's who! 
  Go ahead cowboy or cowgirl, you take your turn before anyone else. 
  
  
  *No idea as to why I have the picture of a kid dressed as a unicorn representing Improved Initiative.*
conversations.prefix: Improved Initiative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adventuring all the time? Tired of always lugging about useless amounts of knick-knacks and thingy-ma-jiggers? If you said yes to either question, then allow me to introduce to you Mr. LaKey. 
  
  Mr. LaKey is a all purpose peasant with little regard for himself and his personal safety. Mr. LaKey only reason for existence is to carry your heavy loads for you on your travels. Heck, he could even be carrying items you have forgotten you even owned. So, call now for Mr. LaKey, an adventurer's true beast of burden!
  
  
  *Disclaimer:  Mr. LaKey will travel into the hazardous unknowns with you, yet we are not responsible for Mr. LaKey if he stops functioning after being maimed, engorged by a monster, or brought to death for any reason during your adventure with him.*
conversations.prefix: Mr. LaKey:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: NPCs are the scourge of RPGs. Sometimes you can burden their dull existence, but sometimes you just like to watch them burn! 
conversations.prefix: Flaming Hand of Fiery Doom:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your character dies... a lot. It just seems like you are always in the wrong place at the wrong time. 
  
  Seriously, I think you have a *cough cough* NICE *cough cough* character.
conversations.prefix: Curse of Leo:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "He who stumbles around in darkness with a stick is blind. But he who... sticks out in darkness... is... fluorescent!" 
  -Brother Silent
  
  Yup, that's what you normally sound like...
conversations.prefix: Boron:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Why, oh why! Do the Zombie Ninjas always appear when you need a moment to catch your breath? 
conversations.prefix: Zombie Ninjas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You attempt to solve all obstacles and subdue your enemies through diplomatic measures rather  than through sheer brutality. 
  
  
  One simply cannot abide to the smearing of one's cravat!
conversations.prefix: Diplomat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't have any taste for battle, but you usually find yourself in the midst of confrontations because you like to tend to the wounded,  aid the dying and just plainly make others envious of your righteous awesomeness. 
  
  
conversations.prefix: Healer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I am not interested in caring for people. 
  
  
  ...yet you go along with the party because you know they have "some" skills of value that can come in handy from time-to-time. Being a meat shield is always valuable. 
conversations.prefix: Bastard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scoundrels, ruffians, and practitioners of the witchcraft known as "science," all call this festering hive home. On a good note they are known for serving the best grilled mutton this side of the Iron Mountains. 
conversations.prefix: Bottomilk:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: (Possibly a Pug?)
  
  You define the complexity of your existential being  into one pursuit: knowledge. 
   
  As such, you are one brainy sum-of-a-billion! (Get it? Sum-of-a-Billion? S.O.B.? I crack me up sometimes.)
  
conversations.prefix: Scholar :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: During the passing of a week much can be forgotten... Hence it is always appropriate to retell what has once occurred.
conversations.prefix: Retelling the Tale:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: As the Bottomsilk is consumed in fire, you need to react quickly and find a means of escape!
conversations.prefix: Do the Russel (Kurt that is!):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When others saw a wood wall, you, you saw a golden moment to demonstrate your lumbering skills -that's called opportunity!
  
  
  
  (This asset isn't exclusive to walls of any material; e.x. Wood, stone, vibranium, etc. It's not even exclusive to walls specifically. You can use this bad boy when you get the urge to be an opportunist!)
conversations.prefix: Opportunist :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: So, the tavern burned, yet you all managed to carry a barrel out of Bottomilk Brew. That's my story and I am sticking to it. 
  
  Drinking this stuff really does numb the pain... An everything else really.
  
  *hic*
conversations.prefix: Bottomilk Brew:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adventure is what your searching for right? So, go out into the wide blue yonder and find it!
conversations.prefix: Where adventure lies....:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is something strange about the people trapped within the icy formation... As though a sense of familiarity overcomes you.
conversations.prefix: People within the Ice:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The opposite of a munchkin, your characters tend to be ineffective at everything because you can't quite decide on your progression. A little Aristocrat because it matches your back story, bits of bard and rogue because you really liked the pictures. Also tiefling, who wouldn't want to be a tiefling. 
conversations.prefix: Multi Class:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: (Possibly a Pug?)
  
  You define the complexity of your existential being  into one pursuit: that of knowledge. 
   
  As such, you are one brainy sum-of-billion! (Get it? Sum-of-a-Billion? S.O.B.? I crack me up sometimes.)
  
conversations.prefix: Scholar :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A multi-classed barber/librarian. No wait, that's not right. You're actually a member of a savage nomadic tribe, thrust into civilization for reasons of your own. Will you take to their decadent ways, or show them why Barbarians are Better?
conversations.prefix: Barbarian:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild: