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[Zurai]

Practical. My own morality is bleeding through here, but they don't see anything morally wrong with T&A. It rains enough and life is tough enough that people generally keep clothed except in private. Now, at the fertility festival......

 

[Dire Lemming]

Hey, my moral perspective is let people do what they want as long as it's not hurtful. That of course includes annoying me until I become hurtful.

Hm, I had to look up the meaning of T&A.

So what time of year do you think you'll start this in? Sometime around this firtility festival perhaps?

Oh, and do we have a calender?

 

[Zurai]

For simplicity's sake I'm going to use the real world calendar and weekdays. I would love to include a custom calendar and so on, but in my experience those just don't work well. It might be better with PbP where a quarter of your session isn't wasted by "wait, if the weeks are 5 days long and there are 20 months, doesn't that mean..." and so on, but I think I'll stick with the tried and true RL calendar. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, after all.

As for what season it'll be at game start... I havn't decided yet. It depends in large part on what everyone's backgrounds are and what plot hooks those inspire me to cook up for you all

 

[OnlytheStrong]

I am working on my barbarian hunters backstory and was wondering if there was a particular big game hunter that was more famous than the others. I mean, someone that he could look up to, maybe even try to learn from.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Which Real Life calendar would you be using? Gregorian? Julian? Lunar?

A Lunar calendar would of course be the most realistic in relation to the time period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_calendar

 

[Zurai]

I am working on my barbarian hunters backstory and was wondering if there was a particular big game hunter that was more famous than the others. I mean, someone that he could look up to, maybe even try to learn from.

Kallistrate, the Councilwoman, was in the group that brought down the dire owlbear. She's a tough lady. Other notable big-game hunters:

Eusathios, male, big-game hunter, age 25; Alexios's brother. Noted for being strong and fast, as well as working the longest hours of any of the hunters.
Artemisia, female, big-game hunter, age 21; Tall and beautiful, Artemisia is still single and is lusted after by many of the young men. She is especially superstitious.
Euaristos, male, big-game hunter, age 38; Old and wrinkled, Euaristos is still known for having the best hearing of anyone around, and his advice on hunting and tracking have saved many young hunters' lives.
Apollinarius, male, big-game hunter, age 25; Apollinarius has the eyes of an eagle - literally. He's a spirit-talker favored by the spirit of a great eagle.
Alexios, male, big-game hunter, age 27; Eusathios's brother. Speaks with a stutter. Is quite greedy, but reigns in his impulses for fear of drawing the ire of the spirits. He was the one that tracked down the dire owlbear.
Koritto, female, big-game hunter, age 35; Koritto has long greying hair that she rarely brushes or braids. She's whip-smart and was considered a favorite for the Hunter's seat on the Council of Elders before Kallistrate killed the dire owlbear.

 

[Zurai]

Which Real Life calendar would you be using? Gregorian? Julian? Lunar?

Uhhhh... American?

Basically, the days and months and number of days in the months are identical to modern western calendars. Again, simplicity is the key here: everyone here is familiar with the standard calendar (Gregorian, I believe?). With all the other new stuff I'm going to be introducing to you guys, I think time is one important thing to keep constant.

EDIT: Looking at the lunar calendar though, I think I may use that basic concept. So, here goes:

12 months. Each month is 28 (4 7-day weeks) days long. Each season is divided over 3 months. The names of the months and the days of the week remain the same as in real life.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Hey, that's cool, any other notable spirit talkers and/or healers I should know about?

Yes it's Gregorian.

So what are the months named for? HEHE

Although not having named months would fix that. Not that it's really a problem.'

Anyway, cool. Lunar Calendar!

Oh, I just remembered what I felt was missing, I think you missed my question about whether or not we have wheels.

Also, feel free to build upon my character's family members as you see fit. Even if you don't end up picking my character.

 

[OnlytheStrong]

Okay, I am planning on making the Barbarian Hunter a hunter/tanner for his profession. Only problem is............equipment. I nave no clue how they used to tan hides. Any help? Please. lol.

 

[Dire Lemming]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning

I shall name thy character, Stinky the Stinky One.