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[felis_ultharus]

First of all, a reminder that the game will be at a different place this week. Half of you will need directions to Matt's. I know man_dragora does. If anyone else does, let me know.

It's a little late in the game to be making/changing characters, but there are still a few details to be worked out. From foi_nefaste, melting_penguin, and PapaGnu, I'll need a homeland. This isn't just for roleplaying reasons -- although since we'll be episodic instead of having a story arc, it'll be nice for the characters to have backgrounds to build on for the roleplaying.

In Forgotten Realms, having a homeland has a number of practical effects on the game -- there certain things people can have from one place that they can't have from another. Since none of you are going to know the dozens of places you can be from, it would be easiest for you to describe your background, and I'll pick somewhere appropriate.

(Things to consider -- urban/wilderness/rural, climate, tyrannies versus free countries, safe countries versus dangerous ones, culture -- and there are places here based on all European, Middle Eastern, and African cultures in the middle ages. From the wizards, it would be nice to know if they're from a place where magic is feared or respectable -- and if respectable, whether wizards are running the show. It would also be helpful to know if they apprenticed to another wizard, or attended a school of magic.)

If you want me to suggest a place cold, I can do that as well. The sooner you guys can get back to me on this, the more complete my preparations for next Sunday.

for everyone else, I'm not avoiding commenting on people's journals. I'm just behind because of so much else to do. I did get 40 pages of editing done this morning, and have the final version of project due for this evening.