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Yeah, I think learning new skills is cool, and Burning THAC0 has some D&Dish ideas for complications related to dice failures. It should be an obstacle, anyway. It could be an opportunity for fleshing out other character stuff within the setting.

Bottom line: I want this all to be done well & done right, and I think the game is better with your ideas. I think all of us see some cool potentials in your ideas... so no worries. Let's figure out what it'll take to get it done.

Okay, no word yet from our Paladin. I notice nobody has Orienteering. We can work around it. Kind of odd that Elven Rangers don't get it as a lifepath skill, but Elven Wanderers have the Song of Paths and Ways as their primary skill. 3 lifepaths makes it tough. ... And on the map, the old...

Teaching myself how to use GIMP in my spare time... but using online mapmakers, here's the game map... Just wanted to show that things are moving along on my end.

I want to make sure HandofMystara has ample time to craft a character. I am guessing the weekend is not good, from prior posts. Can't be helped. Let's set a "deadline" of sorts. By next weekend, we'll start it up. If we can do it sooner, then great. HandofMystara, how are the basic stats...

I think this is a cool track to take. If you've ever tired of the wussy, 2-dimensional, broke-arse Paladins that people "roleplay" like some clueless idiot, then go big in this game. Be the amazing Paladin that embodies all the awesome D&Dness of Mr. Gygax's 17 CHA Paladin stuff from 1e AD&D...

What about a situation like "The Sword"? For HandofMystara, "The Sword" is the (in)famous scenario that Luke Crane (the author behind the Burning Wheel) uses as a demo/convention scenario for introducing BW. It is structured in a way that the scenario practically never plays out the same way...

Let's go Dwarf, then. It forces me to derail one chain of thought (Halflings & Kobolds in the setting), but that was only a weak one without player character support. Now that there's a Dwarf PC in the mix, we've got good reasons to throw things into the setting. We can throw Dwarves into...

Yes. Conflict is good... perfect situations are bad. The other thing is to allow the story to emerge through play. Don't feel bad if things aren't perfect now. They shouldn't be! Don't have perfect resolution before the game isn't even played. Otherwise, there will be no drama.

As an example, from another PbP game, Mathalus is playing Prince Burik... the blooded ruler of a Dwarven hold. He wants a magic crown, so he can show his father who is boss. And he's willing to work with oathbreakers & outcasts to get this crown because it's so important to him. I am playing...

The clan is one thing. The character is another. Push your character towards conflict. Conflict builds strength. Don't settle for neutrality. If the clan is neutral or friendly to Thyatians, then maybe your character also has a conflict with the clan (the "Braveheart" version of William...

If you're stuck, then use it. Use that conflict to fuel the fires of your character! Cooperation is not a requirement. In fact, too much cooperation makes for a dull game. Fighting monsters might be one of the primary duties in D&D, but in Burning Wheel, the monster is you. Yes, you run into...

With the NPCs, pick one to tie into the situation at hand, and reserve the other one for the future/a less defined role that can emerge through play. Having the axe ready while underground is only going to help if we go into peaceful underground settings because you'll likely go armed into...

Since it's regular Chainmail (of Dwarf make), it can't be the uberawesome Dwarf Shield, but I'll defer a final decision on that until I flip through the book again. Also, I love the Delver path for a Dwarven adventurer. Instincts. I like the first & second. The third one? "Trust my instincts"...

Alright. And don't despair over this. Writing Beliefs isn't very easy, and discussion is a part of what will make the game cool. I like the underlying concept. Good idea. However, I don't like "somehow" or "something". It doesn't help me. Sometimes, "somethings" are okay, but since we're not...

Ok, cool, that's helpful in conceptualizing it. Inherent in the Face Dancers is the "dirty" aspect of the Tleilaxu. I acknowledge what Mathalus says about the story of Beren, but I want something twisted & corrupt, at least on the surface. Are we perhaps linking this back again to Ferrantos'...

Go with the Dwarf. Setting & Situation, just read the Gary Gygax thing that I keep posting here in the thread. Also, check out the Burning THAC0 document (see the first page of this thread, or the downloads section of the BW wiki). "Fit" is all about what you bring to the table, and how much...

Trying any new game is a lot. Let us know what needs more clarification. A lot of this Belief process is communication & understanding. There's leaps that we have to make, in bringing this stuff together under a shared banner... but it's important to the process of "character burning". well...

I just flipped through the Character Burner. I didn't see a doppelganger song. It doesn't mean we can't burn up one... but it seems more akin to Sorcery or some Mannish magic. It's not really an "Elven" thing, in the Tolkienesque context of BW, since Elves are a purer expression of the "song...

If the game is "in the imagination", then what's the objection to a mechanical aid? The character sheet is a crutch! Dice are a crutch! Moving formats from paper to e-formats (with actual usability in mind)? It's just reformatting the flow of the data stream. It's not that I want to stay...