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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 845838" data-attributes="member: 426">Welcome back!!!Hi, Edena!Welcome back to EN World and the online community!!  You have been missed.  You seem to be in very good spirits now that your new hard drive is up and running.I do see some of the problems you mentioned in the 4th IR.  First, there is the time issue.  Secondly, the Red Death would be a big issue.  (creamsteak, the Red Death was the main threat in the Masque of the Red Death setting.  It feed on magic.)  I could see a lot of disruption coming in the 4th IR.  It might be wise to explain some of your concerns about a 4th IR.  Unless the Red Death could be driven off or defeated, the abundance of magic in the IR would have put the Read Death in a feeding frenzy.  If you need time before restarting the 4th IR or perhaps to begin over, take it.  I think most of us will be there when you are ready.I plan to spend a little time correlating the information from your FRCS Power Levels thread so people can debate such issues as political and economic strength.  I might have to wait a few days, as I have a project that I am working on right now.I think it is somewhat hard to adapt a 1st edition character who has been through multiple DMs to 3rd edition.  (I have a 3rd edition character who started back as a magic-user circa 1984.  However, I have largely played with the same core group of people -- my best friend and his family -- with some people joining and leaving over the years.)  Creamsteak's solution is possible, but I think you should take whatever approach you feel is best.  (Including not creating a 3rd edition version of your character.)Yes, I did read the whole article.  (I have also read the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad, and the Odyssey among other works.  Don't worry, Edena.  Your post was much briefer than any of the works of Homer.  (The Greek poet, not Bart Simpson's dad.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ))So, welcome back.I would suggest that you try to reach out to people you think you have alienated.  Never underestimate the power of forgiveness.I have some idea of how hard it is to run an IR.  I filled in for Edena for a few days on a prep thread, and altered my schedule to try to accomodate those outside of the U.S.  I was a bit tired afterwards.  So, take whatever time you need.  The important thing, Edena, is that you are back.</blockquote>

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