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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 5521250" data-attributes="member: 36150">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=2469" target="_blank">rangerjohn</a> , as a player, I would suggest finding your own reasons to 'belong'.  The DM can only do so much given we're at the very start of a pre-written adventure.   @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=84167" target="_blank">HolyMan</a>  asked us for ways to tie ourselves to the game world, and gave us a few on his own (specifically the spice item).I know you were having many issues with your character design, and you eventually settled (?) on a Priestess of Pharasma build.  You also built being an orphan into your back story, which has the unfortunate side-effect of making your past somewhat unclear.  At the moment, the only thing tying our characters together is the Professor, and that's what we (as players) accept as story fiat - ie. if we do not accept that we are together for the Professor's sake, there is no story, or the DM has to re-invent the wheel to make a reason.I say be patient, allow the story to unfold, and think more on your character.  While your character doesn't like her immediate company, there is a reason she and the others will have to stick together - none of us knows what that is... yet.Based on that statement, I (the player, as if I were reading a story) might assume that Zeldana has a very narrow view of the world at large.  Her life was first spent on the streets, then in a convent dedicated to death, and now here.  Zeldana seems as bigoted as the people she accuses of bigotry.From what I've seen, through Zeldana's eyes, is thus:A Human Paladin of Justice who trips over his own wordsA polite man who fancies the Professor's daughterA soft-spoken Northern BarbarianA blue Dwarf who's dwarf-like.An uncharacteristically polite Bugbeara crass, loudmouthed ass of a Duergar (who are, by nature, crass asses)With the exception of my Duergar, everyone has been the picture of politeness.  And yet, they're all idiots?I don't follow.</blockquote>

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