conversations.from: system
conversations.value: A game (if all goes well, the first in a four-part series) based on the classic *Sorcery* series by Steve Jackson.  **YOU DO NOT NEED TO OWN OR HAVE READ THE SERIES TO PARTICIPATE!!!!**  The fabled Crown of Kings has been stolen by Birdmen and taken to the Mampang Fortress.  A small force of adventurers must journey across Kakhabad to recover it before the Archmage can complete his sinister plan and become a threat to the whole world.  YOU are one of those adventurers.
  
  Feel free to message me with whatever questions you have.
  
  Guidelines for characters:
  
  -Your characters should be adventurers!  I don't expect a massive backstory, but a bit about why you got picked for the mission would be nice.  It would be nice if we could get a mix of warriors and wizards.
  
  -I'm not going to reject you because your character doesn't fit within the lore.  Sure, I'm using Steve Jackson for inspiration, but this is *our* story.
  
  -This is going to be an action-focused story, so at least one of your starting strength and weakness cards should probably relate to combat or similar.
  
  -This is not the place for your angst-ridden antiheroes, but nor is it a place for Tim the Gumballmancer.  Go for someone heroic, but *reasonably* straight.
  
  -I'd quite like you to make your own cards as much as possible.  I never felt it was the narrator's place to do it.
  
  -If you haven't read the books, that's fine.  About the only thing that might be important for character creation is that magic exists, so feel free to be a wizard, but it drains the life force of the caster.
  
  What to expect from the game:
  
  -I'm setting speed at weekly for the moment, but that may change based on how things are going.
  
  -I'll probably follow the books fairly closely.
  
  -Please, please be at least somewhat committed.  I've had so many games fall through due to players drifting off.  This could be somewhat of a long haul (especially if we move on to the other three books).
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The last bastion of true civilisation before the wastes of Khakabad.
conversations.prefix: Analand outpost settlement:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A simple iron blade is all you need to journey against the creatures of darkness.
conversations.prefix: Swordsman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your long years of study have given you all the power of the ancient spells.
conversations.prefix: Wizard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Feel free to use creativity.  Look wherever you like for inspiration, so long as it fits the medieval fantasy theme.
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Feel free to create whatever you like, as long as it fits a medieval fantasy theme.  Preferably something that can be used in action sequences.
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have learned all the ways of thrusts, parries and ripostes.
conversations.prefix: Sword talent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fireballs, lightning bolts, shields: all things are possible with enough energy.
conversations.prefix: Magic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Feel free to create whatever you like, as long as it fits a medieval fantasy theme. Preferably something that can be used in action sequences.  
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Feel free to create whatever you like, as long as it fits a medieval fantasy theme..  
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're pretty good at what you do, be it sword or spell...but you know that you could be better.
conversations.prefix: Achieve greater mastery:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your constant companion.  Has seen plenty of action already.
conversations.prefix: A steel sword:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The combined knowledge of all the greatest mages of Analand.
conversations.prefix: Spellbook of Analand:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's not exactly treasure beyond your wildest dreams, but it's something.
conversations.prefix: A handful of Gold Pieces:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Torches, food, water, rope, flint and steel...everything one needs for adventure.
conversations.prefix: Backpack of Gear:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The lone guard of the one gate into Kakhabad.
conversations.prefix: Sightmaster Sergeant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Perfect for anything from covert assassinations to street fights with bandits.
conversations.prefix: A few throwing daggers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A good-quality longbow and seemingly endless supply of ammunition.
conversations.prefix: Bow and arrows:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The first of the Shamutanti settlements is beneath you.
conversations.prefix: Outside Cantopani:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A group of bandits.  There are no shortage of these in Khakabad.
conversations.prefix: Bandits!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A copse out near Cantopani.  Not much to it, but it offers cover and a little shelter.
conversations.prefix: A copse:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your group isn't at it's best now.  You need to relax, but Khakabad is a dangerous land.
conversations.prefix: Recover:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Armed with talons and beaks, this flock is looking for some fresh meat.
conversations.prefix:  Hunting Birdmen:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes you think you are better then you actually are. Or you just severely underestimate the obstacle ahead of you.
conversations.prefix: Over Confident:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a shadow, hidden until you want to be seen, silent until you want to be heard.  You have mastered the arts of pickpocketing and knife fighting.
conversations.prefix: Thief:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What they can't see... will probably kill them.
conversations.prefix: Stealth Strike:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You will be the thief with a heart of gold, the gutter rat who saved not one kingdom but the world.
conversations.prefix: Redemption:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have to kill enemies quickly, or not at all.
conversations.prefix: Glass Cannon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Long years in the service of king and country have given you enough battle experience to make you a formidable fighter. 
conversations.prefix: Veteran Soldier:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The years have taken their toll. You are very good at hiding it, but sometimes, in the worst of moments, it turns out that you are not as strong as you used to be.  
conversations.prefix: Fading strength:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have learned all the ways of thrusts, parries and ripostes. 
conversations.prefix: sword talent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In a life full of difficult choices, your honor remains untarnished. You intend to keep it that way. 
conversations.prefix: Maintain your honor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 
  You were once a thief that stole to gain coin and food. Now you are a bard that can entertain to gain coin and food. Yet you still have a set of stills that may come in handy.
conversations.prefix: Thief/Bard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You seek some new stories to tell. Or perhaps a song or two.
conversations.prefix: Gaining some new tales.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have the power of the ancient spells.  When you can remember how to use them properly, that is.
conversations.prefix: Novice Wizard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With youth and vivacity on your side, your spells glow with power and purpose. Thanks to your reserves, you can also keep casting longer than most.
conversations.prefix: Energy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're good at magic, but you're far from being a master.  And since you're also new to adventuring, you're bound to make some stupid mistakes.
conversations.prefix: In Over Your Head:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a romantic soul, and you adore the old tales of heroes and villains.  You want them to tell of your deeds some day, of the hero who saved not just Analand but the world.
conversations.prefix: A Hero of Legend:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You hunt and forage in the wilderness, tracking man beast and creature.  You're at one with your bow, silent and deadly.
conversations.prefix: Ranger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: you know which way is north by the moss on the trees, you know which mushrooms will kill you.  you know how to survive and live off the land, from building a shelter for the night to knowing a basilisk will turn you to stone.
conversations.prefix: Wilderness survival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a recluse, you enjoy the outdoors to being cooped up in a city or house with 4 walls and a roof that blocks out the stars.  You eat noisily with your hands and you're used to being in your own space, you have limited social skills
conversations.prefix: Outsider:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There has been a paradigm shift in the balance of chaos and law to wards chaos.  Creatures stir in the once tame lands of northern Analand, whispers on the wind of magical beasts that breathe fire and have scorpions tails.  You must restore the balance of nature.
conversations.prefix: Restore Balance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how to put words together to help you. Either to win people over, tell a story, or to craft a cleaver lie you know ways to weaver words in a matter that benefits you.
conversations.prefix: Skillful Tongue.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bullseye! 
conversations.prefix: Marksman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how to put words together to help you. Either to win people over, tell a story, or to craft a cleaver lie you know ways to weaver words in a matter that benefits you.
conversations.prefix: Skillful Tongue.: