Is everyone enjoying themselves so far?  ::)<br/><br/>I ask because I've been brainstorming, as I am wont to do... and a general overarching storyline has kind of evolved from it. Or at least the<em>setup</em>to one.. The first act, so to speak.<br/><br/>Inbetween the plot quests, you'll still be able to take on other quests for money/fame as well. And some adventuring might occur off the books, if you're picking up what I'm putting down. But by the end of the plot hook setup, the party should be about level 13-14, I estimate. After that, I guess it depends on how long it would take you to tie up all the loose ends, which could potentially last... awhile, depending on how much of my DMing you can tolerate. ;D<br/><br/>In retrospect, I wish I made the starting ECL lower so that the party could grow more without poking into a high-powered territory... I think mechanical leveling goes hand in hand with character and story development, RP-wise.  ::)<br/><br/>Anyways... we'll be dropping Schnookums due to scheduling difficulties (Although I guess you won't notice with how ellusive he is from the OOC thread! Hrmph.  >:(  ;D) , perhaps not entirely... but maybe just from the rest of the group so as not to slow things down.<br/><br/>So it appears that the party will just consist of Dexter, Ivette, Leander, and Ellen for now. Now that I think about it, it was pretty silly and arbitrary of me to ever impose a gender restriction on the group, but at that time I had a much more casual game in mind.<br/><br/>I don't want to jinyx it, but I would love for this RP to last for as long as people are willing to play in it and have fun. Seems like most PbP games are pretty transient, especcially on E, but heck... there's precedent (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=11617.0) for a successful long term RP, and I've managed to summon up the skill to sustain at least one RP (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=18855.0) completely from A to Z on E Bfore.<br/><br/>Sooo... crossing my fingers. ::) If anyone has any thoughts on how I could do better as a DM or a writer, feel free to voice them. I slap myself every time I catch myself skimping on physical descriptions, but I like to think my NPCs usually aren't flat and two-dimensional.  ;)