Wow.
First, let me say you folks all rock. I still think this game has some of the best roleplaying happening on these boards. The amount of effort you have all put into developing your characters and the relationships between them is fantastic.
I gotta be honest, I'm not sure quite how confident I am about playing Bubbles after catching up in the IC thread. The interaction between all of you is just great, and I think taking her over mid-stream like this would be just as jarring as changing actors halfway through a movie.
This leaves me with a bit of a dilemma. I'd love to join the game, but the group is at an awful spot to introduce a new character. I hope Ferrix will have some insight. I'm wondering if maybe we should wait until the group is out of the cave, then switch Bubbles out of the party and replace her with Finn, who I could play pretty easily, I think. There has been just enough personality displayed about him for me to get an idea of him, but without feeling so much like I have to fill someone's (that is, Slip's very excellent) shoes.
How do you all, particularly our illustrious DM, feel about Bubbles dropping to NPC status for a while? I know it will be a bit clunky, but I can't help but think it would be better than the alternative.
