WizWrm
First Post
Great!
Since we have a lot of time, we could probably spend a while figuring out who prefers what in which order, so everyone gets their first or second choice, rather than playing musical chairs and ending with someone who checks this thread late in the planning stages and 'gets stuck with the [insert class/race you absolutely loathe].' Fortunately, most of the Arcana Unearthed classes are pretty versatile - magisters can be firepower, utility, and healing; akashics can be at least stealthy/skilled plus utility plus maybe something else; totem warriors can be any sort of fighter niche (archer/melee/scout/support), etc., so we can have a weird group and still make it work. Though, of course, we're going to want to make sure we have some semblance of a balanced party, whether through classes or design decisions within those classes.
This is going to be pretty free-form, since we have 2-3 GMs and some people who don't have the book yet and may not be sure of what they prefer (although you can get a pretty good idea of what's what from Monte Cook's design diaries).
I'll start us off:
For race, I'd prefer human, verrik, or giant, in no particular order, depending on the class I choose. Mojh or sibbecai might be interesting, and if there's an utterly overwhelming demand for my first three, I'd go with one of those, but the faen, while interesting, aren't really my style, and litorians make me shudder. If runechildren are a possibility, I might be interested, although that would be subject to the design and style of the game.
For class, I'd prefer, in hideously complicated groupings of preference: at the first tier, akashic, mage blade, magister; at the second tier, greenbond, witch; at the third tier, champion, totem warrior, warmain; and at the fourth tier, oathsworn, runethane, and unfettered, although if we decided not to have a completely 'pure' game, I'd consider mixing some unfettered in with another class, depending on level. Just to be clear, my tiers of preference are not absolutely what I have to play, in that order, but sort of what looks interesting to me in a general way, so if I ended up with a greenbond or a witch, I'd be cool with that, and I could even make an oathsworn or another low-tier preference work for me if it came down to that.
Since we have a lot of time, we could probably spend a while figuring out who prefers what in which order, so everyone gets their first or second choice, rather than playing musical chairs and ending with someone who checks this thread late in the planning stages and 'gets stuck with the [insert class/race you absolutely loathe].' Fortunately, most of the Arcana Unearthed classes are pretty versatile - magisters can be firepower, utility, and healing; akashics can be at least stealthy/skilled plus utility plus maybe something else; totem warriors can be any sort of fighter niche (archer/melee/scout/support), etc., so we can have a weird group and still make it work. Though, of course, we're going to want to make sure we have some semblance of a balanced party, whether through classes or design decisions within those classes.
This is going to be pretty free-form, since we have 2-3 GMs and some people who don't have the book yet and may not be sure of what they prefer (although you can get a pretty good idea of what's what from Monte Cook's design diaries).
I'll start us off:
For race, I'd prefer human, verrik, or giant, in no particular order, depending on the class I choose. Mojh or sibbecai might be interesting, and if there's an utterly overwhelming demand for my first three, I'd go with one of those, but the faen, while interesting, aren't really my style, and litorians make me shudder. If runechildren are a possibility, I might be interested, although that would be subject to the design and style of the game.
For class, I'd prefer, in hideously complicated groupings of preference: at the first tier, akashic, mage blade, magister; at the second tier, greenbond, witch; at the third tier, champion, totem warrior, warmain; and at the fourth tier, oathsworn, runethane, and unfettered, although if we decided not to have a completely 'pure' game, I'd consider mixing some unfettered in with another class, depending on level. Just to be clear, my tiers of preference are not absolutely what I have to play, in that order, but sort of what looks interesting to me in a general way, so if I ended up with a greenbond or a witch, I'd be cool with that, and I could even make an oathsworn or another low-tier preference work for me if it came down to that.
I also agree with mirthcard about keeping everything in this thread until a game goes into development. It'll be easy to keep track of that way.
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Although, yeah, the litorians on p. 13 and p. 56 are pretty bad-ass. I suppose if I was forced to choose right now, my top choice would be a Litorian Oathsworn, but I'm flexible, so no worries. 
