Notice to Nomad, Consortium and SoulTaker that I have posted at An Evil in Orlane and you guys need to jump on board with any posts over there to embellish what is going on with you guys before Trip assimilates everything and makes his post at An Evil in Orlane later today!

Hey guys!

I added the following edit to An Evil in Orlane:

*** Sentinel and Fandil hide in the wagon to secretly watch all proceedings on each side of the wagon while Oriel and Gunther walk on either side of the donkey where they can discuss strategy and be ready for any attacks.***

When you are posting at An Evil in Orlane and you want to make one or more paragraphs in italics you do the following:

At the beginning of the paragraph right next to the first letter of the first word [without a space in between!] you type the following:

At the end of the paragraph or the last paragraph you again type the following right next to the last letter of the last word or punctuation mark [without a space in between] you type the same thing:

Example of a simple sentence in italics is:

This is the way it is done!

Took me a while to figure it out thanks to Wretch and a lot of patience when he was chatting me through the procedure!




you type an arrow pointing to the left <

then you type in a lower case i

then you type in an arrow pointing to the right >

you do this at the beginning of the paragraph and at the end of the paragraph, hopefully this explanation shows because when I typed it out it did not show up in the message!

Trip mentioned that when we are split into groups and separated from one another that we can only address the members of our immediate group in the Q&A Thread, which means the following:

DeathStalker is by himself so he cannot address anyone on the Q&A to make suggestions, express opinions or give warnings!

When Group #1 separates from the combined group of #1 + #2 + #3 then Gunther, Oriel, Sentinel and Fandil can only address messages and opinions in the Q&A to each other!

The only exception from what I understand is addressing questions to Trip!

When we post at An Evil in Orlane or on the Q&A it is obvious that everyone can read all the posts, but when our characters are posting over at An Evil in Orlane we have to post as though our characters know nothing about what is transpiring with the other separated groups!

Like how Nomad posted over at An Evil in Orlane and made his comments about what his character thought about DeathStalker leaving the group and going off on his own. Oriel has no idea what DeathStalker is currently doing, but he does express his thoughts to himself about what he thinks of the situation!

If a plan was not posted specifically at An Evil in Orlane regarding which inn(s) to go to at the end of the day, then those suggestions opportunities are now obsolete as far as Group #1 is concerned as we are already walking along the East Road to Mayor Ormond's house!

Hammer, don't make posts concerning other players. You can suggest that they hide in the cart (which is impossible by the way), but don't post that is what they do. You can't control any other players in any way during the game.

The cart is basically just a flat cart with two wheels, there is no where to hide.

I know you are excited about the game bro, but you really don't have to post about how to post and go over the rules over and over again. I know your trying to help out, but the best way is just to let people post and I will make the short corrections if needed. It seems about every 5 or 6 posts you keep reminding people about what I have already said in prior stuff. Its ok just relax a bit and let the game flow.

Thanks for the admonitions!

I will concentrate at just settling in and enjoying the game!



*** Adding an Edit

Just a couple things for clarification and then I will hold my peace.

The donkey and cart placement thing came as a result of something mentioned by Nomad/Oriel from my group.

Then when it was posted by Nomad asking if Hammer would be typing a post for Group #1 and Trip also stated in a later post that Hammer was the spokesperson for Group #1, I apparently got the wrong impression about what I was supposed to do.

So I went ahead and posted what each member of our group was doing. Since Sentinel was mentioned by Oriel to be in the cart I assumed that Fandil his new Gnome friend would be in the cart as well.

Trip please explain what you mean when you say a certain person is the spokesman for a certain group?

Secondly, my post about how to use the italics was in answer to the question from Nomad, one of my group members, so I should have posted his name in the answer originally [but will follow Trip's admonition to refrain from posting!]

Finally, I addressed the group as a whole [everyone who was gathered near the farmer's house!] asking about where everyone was to meet later at the inns, but there was no concrete response.

Since our group has already posted that we are on our way along the East Road, then we will decide among the 4 of us what to do after the adventure unfolds because from my understanding of the guidelines, none of the other players are allowed to make suggestions about what we are to do later since we are no longer with the group!

I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE Publicly if I have offended anyone who is currently playing and have spoiled their enjoyment of the game thus far, or if I have offended Trip by my previous posts!

It was not my intention to take over the game or dominate the posts! Was just trying to lend some clarity and have apparently muddied the waters!

My Apologies to All Players!

I think you're doing a great job. You are RPing a Paladin, after all

There was no mal intent intended in my post Hammer. I think you are doing a fabulous job. I just wanted to remind you that you couldn't post other people's actions even if you are the leader.

Its no problem with the cart, just wanted to clarify that its just a flat cart and nothing you could hide in.

There is no reason to apologize about anything. I wasn't trying to come down on you or anything. I just didn't want others thinking that you were being a rules lawyer and sometimes when you remind people over and over about something it could possibly be taken the wrong way.

I think you are doing a bang up job.

As for the leader of the group. Basically the leader of the group is going to be the spokesperson for that group when interacting with the game. For instance: You all decide what you want to ask the mayor here as a group. But being the group leader you would be the one doing the asking, interacting with the mayor etc.. The others could of course ask their own questions as well, the leader is just the person who is going to interact with the game after discussing what will be done here.

The only problem with posting other people's actions is this. Lets say you post that they hid in the cart. But they didn't really want to hide in the cart. Then someone saw them hiding and blamed them as spies or whatnot. Then the player can say, "well I didn't say I was going into the cart! That was Hammer!" It avoids all of that mess. You can post advice to the others in the game to hide in the cart but the players themselves will have to say that is what they are going to do.

Everyone is doing a great job and I will post tonight the next portion of the adventure.

Since I noticed Elephant posted for group 2.. Do you mind leading the group postings?... I have family visiting until tuesday and will most likely not have time to post much or often. Thanks.

Agree to being in the wagon. So does Fandil - sometimes we will "post" for each other.

No problem with the "Hammer" exhuberance! All is well.

Darque, congrats, man! Now THAT is an adventure and a wonderful one. Salute.

Sorry for the delay! Hopefully it will go smoother as we continue on.

To group #1

A simple trip so far. I think someone should go knock on the door - Gunther I suppose. The rest of us can stand a little behind him. Close, but i don't think we all want to be pressing up on the door. I like the idea of leaving Sentinel and Fandil sitting on the cart - they don't look threatening that way and it makes us all look less threatening.

Not much else to do until we try knocking.

Okay guys!

I plan to write a post tonight before Trip gets home with a little bit of info in a conversation with Oriel and our other two friends Sentinel and Fandil will probably be listening to the discourse from the wagon.

Gunther will probably go ahead and knock on the door!

Probably post some other info regarding greetings etc.

My plan is to get the Mayor to identify the buildings on our maps and especially to find out if there are any hidden caves of note not on the map!

We all have to post at An Evil in Orlane for Trip to know what we are all doing, so whatever we plan on doing needs to be sorted out here as well as posted at the game thread for Trip to include in his writing!

Gunther will also rely on Oriel to help devise a plan of attack, meaning what direction to take after the Mayor's house and his input as a Ranger as to how to position ourselves!

Also need Sentinel and Fandil to input their assessment of the situation!

Hey Trip

Couple of quick questions you might be able to answer before you go to work today!

Question #1 is Since Group #1 basically needs to knock on the door at Mayor Ormond's house to get some questions answered, will you be waiting on all the groups #0 - #4 to post before you make another entry at An Evil in Orlane or will you go ahead and update one or more groups as the info comes in?

Specifically my question is whether or not you can go ahead and post the results at An Evil in Orlane regarding anyone answering the door so we can proceed with the meat of the message as to what we are actually doing there? [Without having to wait for the posts from the other groups?]

Question #2 is Our Group #1 has the donkey and the flat cart. Would you please clarify just what exactly we are carrying on the cart please?

Thank You!