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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 4991049" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p>Gah! You have Dwarves too.</p><p></p><p>My Players between fights (in my MapTools game)-</p><p></p><p>Cathal, Warrior of Kord- makes speeches about the glory of Kord, communicates in a I'm-better-than-you manner, and scowls at the other players (see Lucan & Nalfein); promises to right-wrongs! Gets embarrased when ladies take an interest in him, forgets what he was saying- polishes his armour, waxes his moustache.</p><p></p><p>Rock, Dwarven Fighter- chats up female dwarves (even in fights), drinks a lot, continues to plan and draw his bar, continues to work on building the Nentir Vale postal service (he has liberated a tribe of Orcs to work as postman and is on to designing their hats).</p><p></p><p>Farkill, Dwarven Priest of Moradin- smashes statues and pees on altars; that and a bit of research.</p><p></p><p>Eruan, Eladrin Wizard- screams at people a lot when he doesn't get his own way, taunts the DM and then polishes his latest shiny implement.</p><p></p><p>Lucan, Elven Rogue- in the hope that none of my players read this I'll be honest- Lucan plots (and carries out) a scheme to enrich himself on a fantastic scale, which of course involves the death of innocents etc. He gets his kicks by stealing from the other party members and generally making things much harder along the way. Lucan is by far the nastiest player (within the limits) that I have DM'ed. There was a moment two weeks ago when a Gelatinous Cube had sucked up four party members just leaving Lucan and Nalf (see below) everyone was waiting for Lucan's round- he doesn't like Nalf, but then again who does?</p><p></p><p>Nalfein, Drow er... specialist Thief er... Murderer, alright Assassin; wearing a Hat of Disguise. In his spare time Nalf plots the downfall of humanity, he's at part one getting people to trust him- which isn't going that well. Another member of the party (unknown) has already tried to Poison him, this for a slight- I'll let you guess who that was. No-one trusts Nalf.</p><p></p><p>With Maptools my players like always to be doing, the non-fight time, there's plenty of it- we've had sessions (5 hours) with no combate what so ever; it does however need to be to a point. My players are keen on just passing the time, there has to be to some purpose, a narrative- whether of their own designing or else something I've worked on.</p><p></p><p>They all had the opportunity to create detailed backstories that I have woven into the campaign arc, some of them have yet to do this (after 46 sessions), which leads to a fear of downtime...</p><p></p><p>Hope this answers the question.</p><p></p><p>Cheers PR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 4991049, member: 16069"] Gah! You have Dwarves too. My Players between fights (in my MapTools game)- Cathal, Warrior of Kord- makes speeches about the glory of Kord, communicates in a I'm-better-than-you manner, and scowls at the other players (see Lucan & Nalfein); promises to right-wrongs! Gets embarrased when ladies take an interest in him, forgets what he was saying- polishes his armour, waxes his moustache. Rock, Dwarven Fighter- chats up female dwarves (even in fights), drinks a lot, continues to plan and draw his bar, continues to work on building the Nentir Vale postal service (he has liberated a tribe of Orcs to work as postman and is on to designing their hats). Farkill, Dwarven Priest of Moradin- smashes statues and pees on altars; that and a bit of research. Eruan, Eladrin Wizard- screams at people a lot when he doesn't get his own way, taunts the DM and then polishes his latest shiny implement. Lucan, Elven Rogue- in the hope that none of my players read this I'll be honest- Lucan plots (and carries out) a scheme to enrich himself on a fantastic scale, which of course involves the death of innocents etc. He gets his kicks by stealing from the other party members and generally making things much harder along the way. Lucan is by far the nastiest player (within the limits) that I have DM'ed. There was a moment two weeks ago when a Gelatinous Cube had sucked up four party members just leaving Lucan and Nalf (see below) everyone was waiting for Lucan's round- he doesn't like Nalf, but then again who does? Nalfein, Drow er... specialist Thief er... Murderer, alright Assassin; wearing a Hat of Disguise. In his spare time Nalf plots the downfall of humanity, he's at part one getting people to trust him- which isn't going that well. Another member of the party (unknown) has already tried to Poison him, this for a slight- I'll let you guess who that was. No-one trusts Nalf. With Maptools my players like always to be doing, the non-fight time, there's plenty of it- we've had sessions (5 hours) with no combate what so ever; it does however need to be to a point. My players are keen on just passing the time, there has to be to some purpose, a narrative- whether of their own designing or else something I've worked on. They all had the opportunity to create detailed backstories that I have woven into the campaign arc, some of them have yet to do this (after 46 sessions), which leads to a fear of downtime... Hope this answers the question. Cheers PR [/QUOTE]
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