Thinslayer

The Faraway Land

@Lord Zee
@Hawlin
@Darkmoon Angel
@rush99999
@Cuccoruler
@Rekaigan
@ineffable
@XenoCyanide

The time has come to decide upon a posting order. I present to you the following choices.
* No Posting Order/Freeform Order, in which everyone regulates their own posting rate and are not restricted by any related rules.
* Semi-Freeform Posting Order, in which the players may post in any order they want, but they must wait for everyone else after posting once.
* Rigid Posting Order, in which everyone may post in a predefined order.

Now that the players have more information on who prefers what (see the previous page if you're not familiar with everyone's opinions), I will now take a vote. Please consider that XenoCyanide will tender his resignation should No Posting Order be selected.

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It would also be quite revealing to find out how exactly the ring functions. Sadron would have explained how Heart Rings work had he been asked. I'll give you a hint: your "wish" is a little more mundane than you think.

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Question for you @Thinslayer but did Tiberius use his wish when he showed the others what the ring was?

@Lord Zee

You don't "use up" your wish or anything. The ring doesn't work like that. The power supporting the ring has its own mana supply and magical powers. It's not almighty or anything, but it also doesn't run out of mana (easily). You can call upon it as often as you please. Just don't expect miracles.

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The spirits shuddered and wailed as mystic energy gathered around the dark knight. He was about to cast a spell of singular power, something so terrible that the greatest magic in the world paled in comparison to its might. And from the speed and efficiency with which he gathered the energy, he could cast it effortlessly. There would be nothing the Champions could do to stop it-

-Except the rings! They'd forgotten about Eru's rings!

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@Rekaigan@rush99999
The spirits scattered and fled from the dark one in every direction. The stronger ones retreated closer to Zenovia. Several of her party members were attacking the figure, a very bad idea if the spirits were to be believed. Vert charged at him, while the Storyteller began an incantation. Could she stop them both?

@ineffable
Vert and Kaite were in pain, and the former was about to see more of it. The latter was covered in small (but bloody) wounds. In a moment, Laina would have to choose which one to help, if help was even possible. Perhaps there was another individual present who needed her healing most of all, someone whose heart had grown so hard and black that only the tenderest hand could touch it. It was the heart of their greatest enemy, and he now stood before them, closer than ever.

Could she help him too?
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Gorman released the carrier pigeon with his report to the Captain. "Well, that's that," he said to himself. "Hang in there, Cap. I'll be there as soon as I can."

With that, he took off down the road in the direction he last saw the party of Champions.

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While waiting for the others, I have an unrelated idea to propose: That the player whose subplot is active be allowed 1 God-Mode/Power-Play that does not result in a character's death or dismemberment. In addition, they receive limited worldbuilding authority for the duration of the subplot.

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I'm inclined to agree that a non-dictatorial method of decision-making is called for, but I think we should gather more information on the constituents before using a democratic method. Those who benefit from a rigid posting order would support it, while those who benefit from no posting order would be against it, resulting in tyranny of the majority.

First, a tally. Everyone please tell me...
* What posting order would best accomodate your posting rate?
* What posting order(s) can you work with?
* What posting order(s), if any, would be seriously detrimental to you?
* What are your posting rates?

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Again, wondering if rapid-posting is a good idea. I have enough to form a post, but I missed the memo on posting orders.
>_<

@Hawlin

The structure of this RP is designed to reduce the barriers to entry (and posting), and freeform posting order is part of that. But maybe there are considerable downsides to it that I haven't looked into. I know there's a risk of players getting left behind. What are your thoughts on rapid-posting?

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Darkwatck's character is more than just a beastmaster, yes. His true identity I'll leave for you guys to figure out and for Dark to reveal when necessary. It would be cheating for me to tell you OOC! ;)

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@Darkwatck01

I'm a bit confused... Are you co-GMing with Thin or are you just a player?

Also, welcome indeed to RPG.

@XenoCyanide

Technically, you're the co-GM, Xeno, since you have the most creative leeway out of all the players thus far. Darkwatck definitely has GM experience, and we've RP'd together before, but here, he's mainly just a player, albeit one to whom I've assigned the villain role. The character is primarily his creation, for otherwise, the Warlock would have been like Sauron in both appearance and mobility.