Surviving in an Unknown Land - Nightime Tales

Hello there! Finally started the game. Now, survivors! Feel free to chat and ask questions in this thread. The game is right here

• Characters:
• Juvel Valentines - Goblin Male - Tinkerer's Apprentice - Makeyejr
• Jafrie Vine-Walker - Leonid Male - Circus Acrobat - tricksterson
• Saya Terra - Human Female - Monastery Big Sister - Parable
• Barkspawn - Flora Male - Former Rebel - Pblades
• Glenn Horn - Ratatoskrin Male - Delivery Boy - Hashil
• Kori - Human Male - Blacksmith Apprentice - gamerkane

edited 26th Jun '14 10:54:17 PM by daltar

So we can start from having gotten out of the sarcophagi? Or do you want us to roleplay getting out of them?

I would assume that playing getting out is preferable, but you could just get right out. After all the OP even tells you how to get out.

For the heck of it, I did.

Also, probably not going to be posting massive walls of text like that unless I absolutely have to.

You can fiddle with the sarcophagus, fail to get out and need help or even simply get out in a single sentence and then take other actions. It's all up to you guys.

Do they have all their belongings with them, right now?

Yups, it's all in the sarcophagus with them.

So, I posted my intro. Was it okay? Like I said, I'm kinda new to the whole role-playing thing.

It's better than mine lol

edited 26th Jun '14 3:19:51 PM by GamerKane

Quick question: So are each of the characters aware of the existence of the species of the other characters before meeting them? Like, just for an example using my character, when Juvel formally introduces himself to everyone, is everyone going to react like Juvel being a goblin is a normal thing (if possibly somewhat unusual to see, considering their backgrounds), or are they gonna be shocked and confused at the existence of a 3'8" green man with large ears and a large nose? Or would a character's knowledge of the various species of the survivors vary depending on the what the player decides and the character's background?

I'm going to guess the latter. Since the tech level is pretty low across the board and travel would be more difficult than usual,even the races that live in naturally cosmopolitan settings (ie, Glenn has seen humans and a few other animal-esque races, but not goblins or treants before) are probably still in for some culture shock.

Makes sense to me - I'll just go with that for now unless daltar says differently.

Probably assume that your nations are far apart. Though I leave it up to players whenever or not their characters are familiar with the other species. Still, as said, travel is not all that often and species tend to band together except on some exceptional cities.

So I take it we're from different parts of the same world? I thought it was more that we were from entirely different universes.

In general I figure that for instance most of us might have heard of goblins and that they were little and green but probably not much more or if we did 90% of it is unreliable at best. For my character you guys would probably have heard that somewhere out there are critters that look part human, part animal but that's it.

@daltar: Could you put a convenient character list at the beginning of either this or the sign up thread?

edited 26th Jun '14 8:46:11 PM by tricksterson

I will only say that if you discuss the places you came from, none of those currently awake come from a nation any other others will recognize. Whenever you come from different corners of a big planet or different worlds altogether, is not certain.

And done.

edited 26th Jun '14 10:54:27 PM by daltar

Since no one has posted after, I rewrote my post.

So is it just me, or does Glenn have a bit of ADD going on?

Enh, he's a squirrel, kind of goes with the territory

I get a feeling that what Jafrie just did is going to hurt him. A lot.

Claws to the neck, that does hurt a bit.

I can imagine young lion people grabbing each others hands and forcing them to the neck.

"Stop stabbing yourself! Stop stabbing yourself! Stop stabbing yourself!"

He's trying to get the claws between his neck and the collar. Daltar said it fit snuggly on the back and sides, which I'm taking to assume there room in front. Not, I'm just assuming any attempt to remove it will bring some kind of painful shock.

Glenn's kind has a flight or fight response that trips at the tiniest thing, so it's less ADD and more paranoia.

So how climbable is the drop? Unless it's sheer I would say Jafrie with his claws and skills at least could manage it, Glen too but I want to check before doing it.

It's just one story high... about two meters or meter and a half. However, the thing was broken kind of diagonally so you may keep your balance on the side walls and climb back up.