[quote=Stella]
I'm a recent SAO fan and I have some interest in this RP. As a long-time ex-MMORPG player, I've also been put off by the lack of magic in SAO and its RPs so I've been looking for one based on ALFheim. But since I'm a strictly one-RP-at-a-time RPer and I'm currently interested in another RP, I have 2 quick questions for our GM so I can decide which to join:

1. Because magic spells were introduced to ALO and it's unlikely that every spell in the game was named in the anime or the light novels (and other sources), what's your stance on player spell selection: A - Strictly stick to canon spells, B - Allow player-made spells. Same question applies to non-magic skills.

2. Because it's unusual for players of different races to work together due to the race vs race PvP, what would our character's motivation to work together be? (since people are most likely going to be picking varying races for their characters). There doesn't have to be a concrete answer to this question, we could just RP it out and improvise of course.

Thank you.
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For the magical spells I was going to allow players to choose from a pool of known canon spells and then maybe one or two..or three spells of their own creation. 
Those spells made my players will be under heavy scrutiny though as to make sure they aren't too OP. I wouldn't allow someone to have a spell that just instantly wiped out a huge group of mobs or something. Or a spell that put a permanent status effect on another player. Things like that. 

For the second question I haven't really thought about that. I was planning on having all of our characters spoken to by an official who is looking into issues, Like Kirito for GGO, but I quickly decided against that. I was hoping player backstory would come into play somewhat here to help develop it. But other than that I was just wanting it to develop over time. 

I hope that answers your questions :) I appreciate you looking into this thread :D 
By the way, I like your avatar :D