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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scorch" data-source="post: 233506" data-attributes="member: 1502">Tried out Multiplayer Last NightWarning:  Some techno geek stuff in here.  Last night I told WizarDru and Valanthe that I would try and get a multiplayer game up and running on my server through my ADSL connection.  After messing around with CD Keys, Multiplayer Game on Player Client vs Multiplayer Game on DM Client, and Serverside characters versus local characters I was able to get a game up and running starting with Chapter 1.  We played characters we had each played through on the Prelude so we were third level with equipment.  I had to play on my server because I only had one CD key but it was playable.  The only lag we suffered was when my 5400 ROM drives thrashed to load data and send large text blocks.  Once stuff was cached in memory things ran smoothly.I played Gunter Thyckeskull, 3rd level Half-Orc Barbarian (from Wizardru's Beta Story Hour).Valanthe played, well, Valanthe, a third level rogue (from Wizardru's Story Hour).Wizardru played Stabby Applebottom, another 3rd level barbarian from a one shot game we ran at Worldcon last year.We got equipped then tackled the Penninsula Prison break.  We got as far as the inner prison before Valanthe's computer locked and we decided to call it a night.  Two hours had just flown on by!Here are some of the highlights that I remember:1) Gunter being dragged down to the dark side as he stands by and watches Stabby shake a poor woman down (alignment hit because we were partied).2) Gunter getting drawn back to the light when Valanthe helped a poor person escape the prison riot.3) Gunter getting his first Great Sword and naming it TOECUTTER!4) Gunter being dissed by a guard while Valanthe sweet talks him and Stabby makes friends with him.5) Stabby and Gunter running into a group of escaped prisoners and just letting loose with an industrial sized can of WHOOP ASS!6) A prisoner taking a swipe at Stabby and he ducks under the blow! CRIT HIT!7) Watching Cleave in action!  WHA-BOOM!8) Running into a square and seeing escaped prisoners, charging into battle, and one of them opens up with a spell that nearly kills Stabby and takes Gunter down a few notches.  We then smile and say "Our turn, BIZATCH!"9) Fighting in a sewer. Gunter and Stabby engage the prisoners and Val gets behind them and SNEAK ATTACKS!10) Oh?!?  You gonna cast that spell while I am next to you?  Attack of Opportunity!!!! WHAM!11) Val sneaking down a corridor looking for traps and then walks right up to a chest and gets SPIKED!  Granted, it was right after combat and were too jazzed to be careful.</blockquote>

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