A saga-edition character for Possum's pbp:
Born to a famous clan of 'Dosh warriors S'Sheer was trained in traditional ways of 'Dosh, becoming a hardy warrior but also, taking advantage of his natural reflexes, learning how to fly a ship. This quickly became his passion and he is now among the best pilots his race has produced. His skill led him to be hired on various ships and travel across the galaxy. During his travels he met a Kel'Dor with a mercenary mind like S'Sheer's and the two became friends. Their last employer was Quarren smuggler who got caught later on. S'Sheer was quick to claim ownership of the Quarren's astromech droid QB-4, an old model from the war which S'Sheer jokingly calls Rusty. Having lost their ship and work, the three set out to find some new venues and ended up with the Rebellion...

S'Sheer is quite reckless when let in the cockpit but his flying skills are no doubt extraordinary. He is not typical 'Dosh in that he is friendlier than his species' reputation but nevertheless he is as ferocious warrior as all his kin.

S'Sheer is short and agile for a 'Dosh, with almost black scales spotted with reddish tint. He has once lost an arm and for that reason his left hand and arm are a bit lighter shade than the other.

Blackrat

This thread made me start thinking (or rethinking) about real life adventures I'd like to take that were inspired by gaming. Or rather, to be more accurate, I have done these things in games (as well as researched them in real life), and therefore I'd now like to do them in real life as well.

Some of these things I imagine I may never get the chance to do (though you never know), but others I suspect I will get to do. Also I've already done many things in real life that I have also done in games, and vice versa, but I always thought of imaginary expeditions and adventures and real life adventures as cross-fertilizing one another. So for instance I have been a near life-long Vadder, and to me D&D (for example) was simply a form of complimentary vadding of the imagination.

So these are things I've done in games that I'd like to do in real life in the future:

1. I'd like to walk or travel by horse and camel the Silk Road, starting from Istanbul (Constantinople) and then all the way into China.

2. I'd like to sail the entire world, starting from the East Coast of America (Charleston) to land on the West Coast of America, when finished, in a true sailing vessel. Though I'd probably take along an engine enabled craft just as an emergency back-up. I'd christen her the Endeavour, after my old ship.


3. I'd like to thoroughly explore the cistern system of Constantinople, along with any other underground and abandoned areas of that ancient city that I could possible make my way into.

4. I'd like to buy a small keep or castle in England or Scotland (maybe Bohemia) and then use the surrounding lands to raise really good horses. On that estate I'd also like to build a small private amphitheatre, and an observatory, and a good solid library complex, all of my own design. After I got a good herd up and the estate was flourishing I'd rent it out and then let the caretakers continue raising the stock. I'd probably thereafter vacation there.


5. I'd like to put together an archaeological expedition into Central (preferably) or South America and make a new discovery.

6. I'd like to track down and discover an animal thought extinct or very rare and then photograph and record it.

7. I'd like to explore a previously unexplored or only very rarely explored underground complex. Natural or man-made (long abandoned).

8. I'd like to visit some ancient libraries (especially old monastic collections) and read and study some very rare texts. And I'd like to visit some relical shrines in the Middle East.


9. I'd like to retrace the Lewis and Clarke expedition route by foot and horse. And then motorcycle back across the country on the way home.


10. I'd like to build a real and working ballista (based on an ancient Greek or Roman design) from scratch (no kit), and have forged for me a really fine katana made by a skilled Japanese swordsmith with an inlain pattern design I invented and sporting my family and personal crests.


So, what are some things you've done or built or accomplished in games that you'd also like to do in real life?

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