Hey everyone! I'm pleased as punch that my urge to play got such a response, a willing and hardworking GM and an interesting crew to play against. Grats to everyone that made it in.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=278041.msg13664441#msg13664441">Quote from: LisztesFerenc on 11-11-2017, 11:10:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">1. Are there any O/O you are looking for particularly in this game? This can include specific kinks, situations or any fantasy races you are particularly interested in meeting. Also as above, are you okay with your character being sexually harassed, assaulted and/or raped by another player? Likely one of three possible answers is probably best here: No, yes but ask first, or yes go ahead and surprise me.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>So my previous experience with PVP is not good. To the extent that I actually have rules in place that I hold to (that I hold to, not that I expect everyone else to play by them!). No matter how evil Cricket or any other character of mine is, she will not betray or attempt to harm another PC. I will always find an IC justification for what is an out of character 'good tabletop manners' clause. To that end, I'm not especially interested in having any other PC assault or rape Cricket. Banter, verbal sparring, even humiliation and verbal harassment is fine on a 'yes but ask first' basis, but carrying it further than that is not something I'm interested in.<br/><br/>Note that the 'no fighting' thing doesn't apply to friendly sparring, training, or assisted suicide/mercy killing if some bizarre situation came up and both players felt that such was a natural development for a story and character arc. It's never actually come up, and I'm just putting it out there.<br/><br/>As far as fetishes and kinks: as imagined, Cricket isn't much of a kinkster. She is also a bit naive when it comes to the full range of sexual expression and activities beyond 'get naked and roll around.' SOMEONE (coughcough<em>CardinalPride</em>coughcough) might find her very corruptible and receptive to education and instruction. If things go in that direction, having her explore the delight of owning a pleasure slave would be a natural path to pursue.<br/><br/>One other thing that's not a sexual on and off is that desert cultures were...shall we say...inventive when it came to torture and punishment. Cricket is more of a 'arrow through the eye and stop worrying about it' kind of girl when it comes to grievances and revenge. But if she degenerates through guidance and influence of someone else (unconvincingcough), it might be interesting see her experiment with more inventive methods of treating her enemies. Zon-Kuthon might have an acolyte here.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=278041.msg13664441#msg13664441">Quote from: LisztesFerenc on 11-11-2017, 11:10:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">2. You are bandits, so this could happen. You hit the jackpot and after expenses and capitol gains tax, you each have 50,000<del>gp</del>sp at level 4. What do you spend it on? Are there any other major purchases you will be looking at for later levels (i.e. not things you would get with standard wealth in any game)?</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Am I the only one imagining some kind of Treasure of the Sierra Madre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_(film)) setup here? (eyes GM and her fellow PCs).<br/><br/>Seriously...Cricket is in the bandit game to get rich and retire. Her share of 50,000 might go a long way. The temptation would be for her to save it, but she would probably realize that her share isn't enough, and that she could get there by hiring on some extra hands and cohorts, saving it for bribes, etc.<br/><br/>That's the boring IC answer. OOC to keep Cricket competitive with the wealth-by-level joy, she'll want to save for boots of speed and/or monk's robes.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=278041.msg13664441#msg13664441">Quote from: LisztesFerenc on 11-11-2017, 11:10:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">3. Is the party going to be working for a local bandit lord, or are they freelancers? How did everyone meet?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Freelance is easiest. It lets us establish group dynamic and saves you the trouble of dropping us in a mixed group of dozens of NPCs in our first series of posts. It also gives us a ready stream of potential adversaries and allies if our up and coming band is recognized as either an asset or a threat to any other crew.<br/><br/>I think that our band of five might have a backstory as the remnant of a larger gang that was crushed. By soldiers, by a leadership call gone bad, maybe just because they pissed off the wrong god. We could start dealing with the last fallout from the last encounter, making a harrowing break for freedom and then herded into an ancient elven ruin, that we take as a base or have to clear out while we're waiting for the heat to die down.