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@Shayuri Still a thing! For sure. Summer's been busy so far and will only get busier from here. Gotta crack the whip, and hopefully have some more free time come August. Any questions? Do we all feel comfortable enough to start something? @CanadienneBacon Anything I can do to help with your...

Yep, back to the West Coast for me. Which was always the plan. :)

No problem. :) It's understandable. This month's been all over the place for me. I don't know what's going to happen to my availability in August, either, between moving and weddings and the rest of it.

The most Cultured answer I could give in this situation might be mu (unask the question). ;) ...Which is to say there is a distinction, but not a meaningful one. Sentience and thought have inherent value. Whether the owner of the mind in question is machine or organic, intelligence by their...

The pixie, tiny as she is, can peep through the keyhole and sees a humped figure, no taller than halfling-height. It and several others seem to be milling about in the cramped courtyard. Between the overgrown dead grass and the wood-and-brick roof supports, it's difficult to make out their exact...

Very, very cool. Even if you don't end up playing Poul, that's a great background element to draw upon. :D And it's good sometimes to play characters who aren't exactly heroes themselves to start with. They can still become more likable with time and effort, or at the least they can throw the...

Bix gulps, and it occurs to you to wonder where anything it swallows could possibly have room to go. At that moment, a loud crash from downstairs rocks the whole building. That seems to make up his mind for him. "Urk-- oh gods-- follow me," he mutters. A small, slightly damp drawstring pouch...

No worries about not freaking out, @Pembinasa. :) Sorry for not posting! It's not so much that freaking out was a thing that had to happen, but if it was going to happen, I didn't want to just gloss over it. Freaking out at the various freaks of the planes is only appropriate for newcomers to...

My thinking is that the Culture's presence is a secret to most people, but possibly not to your characters. You might know them by another name, and you might not know the true scope of what they represent, but you probably know them as a force for what you might call good. Up to you if you...

It's a bit of both, honestly. Space opera noir. "A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies! The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!" I mean, Blade Runner was set in 2019. Surely we'll be on our way to colonizing the solar system by 2070? :p

Using one of the N.O.W variant humans is perfectly fine by me. Depending on your concepts as we go along, additional tweaks might make sense for the fiction. Given how very wide the definition of 'human' is within the Culture (Spartans, Venetians, Borians, and even Ogrons would all have to make...

I like that character a lot, Shayuri. So is Blahblah actually the name, or just a placeholder? ;) Everything looks to be in order to my admittedly untrained eye. (By the way, everyone: let's all assume characters start at Grade 5 unless you have some particular reason you'd like it to be...

That's sort of what I figured, but I had to ask. Good to know Quickleaf :)

The King cooed in mild frustration, as he inspected their new abode, ceiling to floor, plucking cobwebs from corners and running his hands along the walls, feeling for cracks and inconsistencies. "As you will," says Caillou in a gruff farmer's voice, English tinged with a rural French accent...

I didn't originally put a deadline on character creation because two out of three players posting in the original interest check weren't sure if they were going to even have the time to join (and then people were reading the books, so...), but if you want a soft deadline, how about the 24th...

I'd like to keep this going, but it does look like there's something of a roadblock in terms of the intersect between those who are interested and those who have time available. Does that about sum it up? :\ It's okay if that's the case-- I can be patient. But I don't want to be stringing anyone...

Bix doesn't answer, and neither does he protest-- it doesn't seem to occur to him-- but retreats fretfully into the room, a messy little hole-in-the-wall apartment only slightly larger than a closet. There's a cot-frame in the corner with a bedsheet lying in a twisted heap over it, but no pillow...

Is Ghoul 3 likely to still be standing after Floch's axe attack? Should I back him up or move into the hall? Initiative: [roll0]

Identifying beholder subtypes would be an Arcana check, but if there's something I think your character would just know (that goes for everyone, not just Shandrizar @Quickleaf), I'll usually just tell you outright, unless there's some situational reason where time is a factor or getting the...

Sure, if you'd prefer. :) Although there's actually good reason for Bix to be able to see Picayune without being overly shocked. I had originally meant for my last post to be an answer to both Pic's question and Liliana's. Note that he didn't say anything to either of you. It's not that he's...