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And....the water bottle hits the wall with a dull thud.

BS. Explain what power Albrecht has that trumps Will's.

Who said we were a mad wizard?

Or that gods would be involved?

I thought I did all my battles.

((I'm hurt, have you ever known me to not put effort into my work?

Just the messenger, sir. Amnesia and other forms of limited backstory are cheap tools used by many new/inexperienced/bad GMs to avoid having to do lots of work.

If things go roughly the way i plan, Arin should get a fair amount of her memories back fairly soon.

That's good. Hopefully, once this picks up more people should come.

To the Anti-Elf thing, I dont really get that feeling around here (at least, from most people anyway). I dont know anything about a Drizzit guy though.

As to the first: It's one part typical dislike of Mary Sues to two parts DF-based prejudice.
As to the second: Drizzit Do'Urden was a drow ranger who spawned a whole new archetype for cheap characters. It didn't take long for drow to be composed primarily of, to paraphrase Nale of The Order of the Stick, Chaotic Good rebels with a Mary Sue streak. So...kinda like Edward Cullen*, but with less creepy questionable romance and more scimitars and adventure.
*Edward's the vampire, right?

Finally, before i get to writing, I would like to say that, if you think i dont give enough 'hooks' to go off, please give me advice on how to improve my writing and game starts. I am here to learn. I lean towards a more hands off, let-the-players-explore type GM. For example, instead of just heading down the road straight away, you could have looked around for any clues as to the reason for your predicament, but ho-hum. I tend to think games where the GM gives the only options of action tend to be restrictive and almost boring, unless there is an incredibly good dose of humour.)).

At the moment, there really isn't much. Part of the problem with an adventure starring an amnesiac in the wilderness is that starting point. Maybe starting in a town would have been better. Nut I don't know your plans, so I won't judge.

You are interrupted as the bear, surprised at your sudden turn around, veers off to your left, right into a mighty tree. It stumbles back, clearly stunned. Its face is covered in scratches and its nose is bleeding. Whilst you might not be one of those forest dwelling Silfroudar elves, this encounter went better than expected.

I can honestly say that that was the least-expected possibility.

Graze.

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Locate a tree and climb it. Bears that big don't climb trees.

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on December 18, 2013, 11:41:19 pm

Attempt to knock the tollman down.

Already down. I interpreted your charge as a series of slams. You pretty much barreled through a window, taking no damage in the process, and knocked the guy off his feet.

Oh. Good.

Back up a couple yards, so I can use my bill on him.
Also draw said bill.

are you religious?

Of course. Who isn't?

what do you do in your spare time?

Talk/Play with friends, largely.

what kind of education do you have? (it should be noted that formal normal schooling costs money, and that most people don't send there kids to school) or possibly an apprenticeship (also costs money but not as much)  Were you sent away to live with monks or clerics?

Apprenticeship, to a goldsmith. It was my parents' hope for a better life for their son. It might have worked, if it wasn't for that goblin raid.
(We need a plot hook somehow...)

do you have latent magical properties?  If so what?

I've heard rumors that I should, but if so I don't know what.

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on December 18, 2013, 09:08:14 pm

No, you will never live down the game where you were a backstabbing Marty Stu who never showed evidence of anything negative ever happening to him.

That is more like a Karma Houdini, as I was not flawless, but lets not debate this any further, shall we?

Said as you continue debating. Convenient that the debate should end with your argument, no?

(Let's just say you got about as much fanfare as any other embark upon arrival)

Any other embark that requires dragging the embarkers across dimensions?
Also, that's a sucky comparison, since that "fanfare" would be at minimum records of an embark and traces of a trail across the world, which doesn't translate well into much of anything logical here,