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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J. Alexander" data-source="post: 4043410" data-attributes="member: 28453">The Colony - Thoughts / RulesOkay guys....looks like we will start on as planned and I will have the initial post up sometime next saturday.. as for character selection i have decided to let everyone play...i just dont have the heart/nuts to tell people no especially when they have proven to be good players in other games i am running and or i have know them for over 25 years...so make your final tweaks and we will get started..Here are some ground rules and how i anticipate things to go1. This is a very powerful group of characters...there are going to be problems and a lot of difficutl mechanical issues to be worked out...so let's all be patient as everyone get's to know their character and how he best functions..2. I expect a post every 3 days......i know real life gets in the way at times..and bites us int he ass....but at least pop in and say.....hey busy.......my character is off doing this or just picking his nose.....computer issues are of course another matter all together and totally acccetptable  just shoot me an emial on wiki and let me know whats up when you can3. A character who dies in this game is going to be dead unless you can get him raised somehow...and given the location and setting this will be very difficult to do.....so think things thru.........4. Be Nice....we are not sitting at a table where we can read each others body language,, so think your comment thru before you make them........especially if you have not gamed or played with the person before......they do no know how you intend your comment so a smiley face or something prefacing it is encourgaged to let them know your intentions..5. If you have an issue with a player use wiki to contact me..lets keep the squaqblles off the main board where people can read them and get their dander up or feelngs hurt....If I feel it is an issue then i will attempt a resolution either in game or via emails..and if necessay i am going to be a hard ass and just kill the charcter if it becoming a problem withing the game itself....better to have one pissed off player than 5 other miserable players who just let a gamee go because they dont like the drama6. The game is going to be a world building game much like civilization, hero's of might and magic, warcraft etc......your job is to build a thriving colony and deal with the construction of it's defenses, builidngs etc....this is going to make for a tedious game at times dealing with mundane issues such as farming, allocationg of resources, finances etc......so if you dont want to deal with or get bored with it...just tell me and we can retire your character....7. This is an unexplored continent..no ones with the exception of the d'shai empire had any real useful information so dont feel like your blind...it is part of the setting.8. Lets all use wiki to communicate with each other either as an email or as a discussion thread...i will create one for general discussion so we can at some point retire this thread....and allow each campaign to be seperated for the easier flow of information...9. We have a lot of varied personalites etc and given the number of druids in the party and the clerics as well as the racial tensions and prejudices,i expect all the players to be true to their religion and racial attidues...this is going to create a lot of interparty strain at times i know...but part of the logic behind the colony game is to get charcters into interacting and the compromisng and builiding a "better world"...So the clerics are going to be distrustfull of the druids, the druids are going to dispise the clerics and the dwarves are going to be looked on with suspicion by everyone......now i dont expect your charcters to be an ass about it but they should consider these things as the begin to interact with each other and start the process of building the colony. Remember you are all very powerful and have been selected for this..so your going to have an ego..confidence in your ability etc...10.HAVE FUN.....dont be afraid to step outside the box with your character a little and dont be afraid to explore his powers etc  even if it slows down the game somewhat....characters can have many things going on at the same time unless your out scouting or adventruing....so feel free to have three or four projects going on at the same time...likewise just because someone else is building a sawmill or flour mill does not mean that your charcter can not also build one....it is a colony.....you have a chance to build an empire for yourself or become a major player.......so take advantage of it...11. I am going to use the honor system in this game.....use invisible castle to roll the dice but dont post the links...just tell me the number of if you hit and the damage......we are all adults here so i dont feel like i have to know or check up on you....having said that...if i do ever feel i need to check up and find you have been a bad player..then blue bolts from heaven will be generated <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />......12. Input is  more than welcome..if you have an idea or a neat hook tell me about it..perhaps we can use it.......this is as much your game as it is mine..so as players you need to be involved.......Just random thougths from a coffee wired dm......looking forward to it guys.</blockquote>

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